Is feminism still a dirty word? We asked twenty-five of the brightest, funniest, bravest young women what being a feminist in 2015 means to them.We hear from Laura Bates (of the Everyday Sexism Project), Reni Eddo-Lodge (award-winning journalist and author), Yas Necati (an eighteen-year-old activist), Laura Pankhurst, great-great granddaughter of Emmeline Pankhurst and an activist in her own right, comedian Sofie Hagen, engineer Naomi Mitchison and Louise O'Neill, author of the awa...

For the general cardiologist a compact and up-to-date indications list for CMR exams with illustrative examples is provided covering the entire field of cardiology with 16 chapters. For the CMR expert updated state-of-the-art CMR protocols are given.

Donny, Mary Grace, and the Grandma Gang come together for an action-packed summer camp experience. While the children get used to sleep-away camp in the Santa Ynez mountains, they visit ancient Chumash cave paintings and even meet the descendants of their painters, while they develop a healthy bond with nature.Along the way, Donny, a delightful boy with Down syndrome, and his crime-fighting older sister, Mary Grace, encounter several mysteries that require their special skills. Frog...

Who let the dogs out…of people's cars and backyards? Some dognappers have come to town, and everybody's upset because their dogs have gone missing. Where are the dogs and how can they be brought back home? It's a mystery that only Donny, Mary Grace, and the Grandma Gang can solve. America's favorite brother and sister are back to solve a crime with the help of the Grandma Gang…and you're invited to come for the ride as they find the clues and see if they can save the dogs! It's an adventur...

Here's a mystery: why are the marbles in these Chinese Checkers sets so darned ugly?Donny, his sister Mary Grace, their grandmother, and the whole Grandma Gang ride again…discovering criminals who are using a senior center as their surprising base of operations!Donny is a sunny and curious boy with Down syndrome, and Mary Grace is his smart and loving big sister. They and the Grandma Gang work together with seniors of all backgrounds to solve a really big crime. As a team, th...

Quincy is known as the 'City of Presidents' and the 'Granite City.' It is also known for its waterfront and the Fore River Shipyard. The city produced a president of the Continental Congress and two presidents of the United States. Quincy's granite was used to build the Bunker Hill Monument, Minot Lighthouse, and other cherished buildings around the country. The city's waterfront meanders for 27 miles, and its Fore River Shipyard is famous for manufacturing World War I and II warships. Res...

From 1901 to 1960, the picture postcard recorded almost every aspect of life in the city of Boston. Through the vintage postcards in Boston, readers will tour the city's Emerald Necklace and green spaces, visit Boston's old waterfront, understand Boston's part in America's Revolutionary War, and see the diversity of the city's many museums, churches, libraries, colleges, and internationally famous hospitals. Postcard images depict the many events that have shaped the historic city of Bosto...

This book focuses on the geo-economic and geopolitical impact of value chains transformation on the transport-logistic reintegration of continental Eurasian countries, with a specific focus on the members of the Eurasian Economic Union.The author assesses the potential impact of current trends (global value chains fragmentation and decoupling) on Eurasian transport integration. The book combines in-depth analysis of the evolution of value chains and transport-logistics corridors ac...

Weymouth offers a glimpse into the history of the Bay State's second-oldest town through one of the most nostalgic media of the early twentieth century: postcards. Between 1902 and 1965, almost anyone or anything of significance in Weymouth was captured by local postcard publishers, such as Hunt's News Room. The cards showed nearly every aspect of life in Weymouth, from maritime commerce and railroads to town fairs and harness racing. With images of local churches, elaborate homes of the e...

This book presents an original empirical study on the linguistic repertoires of post-2008 Italian migrants living in London. The author interrogates how migrants’ trajectories and their relation with their homeland’s migration history are displayed through the engagement of new multilingual practices, such as translanguaging, and how new identities are negotiated during conversational acts. The book will be of interest to students and scholars of Sociolinguistics and Migration Studies.

Discover the true story of Maria Pepe, an eleven-year-old girl who changed the course of Little League history.Maria Pepe loved baseball. When Little League formed in her hometown in 1972, she was eager to prove herself as a competitor. There was only one problem: Little League was not open to girl players. This didn’t stop Maria. She took her glove and joined her friends, Nicky and Louie, at tryouts. She could hit, pitch, and catch as good as any of the boys—bette...