This edited volume examines mass media portrayals of women leaders and other powerful women in popular culture. Contributors argue that increased media visibility and representation can lead to more widespread acceptance of women as societal leaders.The book employs an interdisciplinary, intersectional, and international approach to its coverage of these portrayals and their meanings for society and gender norms. Through a feminist lens, contributors examine these ...

Explore the famous historical gardens of Melbourne Hall, widely considered one of the most treasured historical gardens in England.The garden is admired for its natural tunnel made up of the sweeping branches of an ancient yew tree, as well as its wrought iron arbour created by Robert Bakewell (known as the ‘Birdcage’, which made Bakewell famous, but also left him penniless).There have been few radical alterations to the ga...

Understanding Teenage Girls: Culture, Identity and Schooling focuses on a range of social phenomenon that impact the lives of adolescent females of color. The authors highlight the daily challenges that African-American, Chicana, and Puerto Rican teenage girls face with respect to peer and family influences, media stereotyping, body image, community violence, pregnancy, and education. The authors also emphasize the incredible resiliency that young women possess in countering many ...

Intellectual Disability Psychiatry is a comprehensive and accessible guide to the management of mental health problems in people with intellectual disabilities. A clear and user-friendly handbook, it will help busy healthcare professionals develop their understanding of the mental health problems of service users with intellectual disabilities. Most importantly, it will help them make an accurate diagnostic assessment and develop and implement an holistic, person-...

Dig deeper into one of the most banned books in America with this annotated edition of Maia Kobabe’s seminal autobiographical work.In 2014, Maia Kobabe—who uses e/em/eir pronouns—thought that a comic of reading statistics would be the last autobiographical comic e would ever write. At the time, it was the only thing e felt comfortable with strangers knowing about em. Then e created Gender Queer. Maia’s intensely cathartic autobiography charts eir journey o...

The lives of a hitman, a crime lord and a mathematics professor intertwine with the mysterious threads of the Monty Hall paradox and the laws of subjective probability. Audio version of the movie written and directed by Gianluca Testa.

Globe Law and Business' journal Modern Lawyer is known for helping professionals navigate the changing legal services landscape, featuring insights from in-house counsel, legal tech specialists, law companies, law firms, and business leaders, who all bring a fresh perspective to legal services delivery. Essential Reads for the Modern Lawyer draws on the journal’s wealth of opinion pieces, interviews and thought leadership, which together comprise an invaluable and wide-ranging analysis of ...

This volume is a collection of papers originally delivered by an international group of researchers at a conference organized in April 2000 by Dr. F. J. Brüggemeier and Dr. Wolfgang Schenkluhn. The World in the Year 1000 is organized in four thematic sections covering five world regions: Europe, the Islamic world, India, China, and Mesoamerica. All contributions in this volume are original works by many of today's leading scholars. Unlike most works on pre-modern world history, wh...

The lives of a hitman, a crime lord and a mathematics professor intertwine with the mysterious threads of the Monty Hall paradox and the laws of subjective probability. Audio version of the movie written and directed by Gianluca Testa.

Zeitlose Weisheiten für ungewöhnliche Zeiten: Wie Aristoteles Ideen uns glücklicher machen könnenAristoteles war der erste Philosoph, der Glück als Zustand einer inneren Zufriedenheit beschrieben hat. Was hat dieser außergewöhnliche Denker, der sich mit der Frage nach dem guten, glücklichen und sinnerfüllten Leben beschäftigt hat, uns heute noch zu sagen? Erstaunlich viel, wie die britische Altertumsforscherin Edith Hall in ihrem klugen und unterhaltsamen Buch zeig...

Golfclubs scheitern heute nicht am Platz, sondern an der Sichtbarkeit. HOLE IN ONE CONSULTING zeigt, wie modernes Golfclubmarketing funktioniert. Präzise, psychologisch fundiert und vertriebsorientiert. Andreas Herrmann ist Multiunternehmer, Vertriebsexperte und Kommunikationspsychologe, liefert klare Strategien für mehr Mitglieder, stärkere Bindung und nachhaltige Umsatzsteigerung. Ohne Theorieballast, ohne Zufall. HOLE IN ONE CONSULTING ist ein praxisnaher Leitfaden für Betreiber, Manage...

From golden-brown French fries and crunchy zucchini strips to pepperoni pizza rolls, it's all your family's favorites without the added fat and oil of deep frying. Even the pickiest eaters are satisfied. A creative, crunchy twist on your favorite foods means everyone is happy. Whether it's home-gating, family dinners, or holiday gatherings, more capacity means more food in less time. In this book, you will find chapters covering a variety of topics:Chapter 1:...