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By Clinton N. Westman. 2022
Cree and Christian develops and applies new ethnographic approaches for understanding the reception and indigenization of Christianity, particularly through an…
examination of Pentecostalism in northern Alberta. Clinton N. Westman draws on historical records and his own long-term ethnographic research in Cree communities to explore questions of historical change, cultural continuity, linguistic practices in ritual, and the degree to which Indigenous identity is implicated by Pentecostal commitments. Such complexity calls for constant negotiation and improvisation, key elements of Pentecostal worship and speech strategies that have been compared to jazz modes. The historical sweep of Cree and Christian considers the dynamics of Pentecostal conversion in relation to the strengths and weaknesses of other denominations and the underlying foundation of Cree cosmological worldviews. Pentecostalism has remained open to recognizing the power of spirits while also benefiting from its own essential flexibility. Pentecostals often seek to gain a degree of temporal and spiritual autonomy and authority that may not have seemed possible under previous Christian practices or Cree traditions.Cree and Christian is the first book to provide a fully historicized account of Indigenous Pentecostalism, connecting contemporary religious practices and pluralism to historical Pentecostal, Evangelical, Catholic, and mainstream Protestant missions since the nineteenth century. By tracing religious practices and discourses since the 1890s, Westman paints a picture of the transformations and encounters from the earliest conversions (and resistance) to today&’s pluralistic, mediatized, and bilingual religious landscape.By John Starosta Galante. 2022
On the Other Shore explores the social history of Italian communities in South America and the transnational networks in which…
they were situated during and after World War I. From 1915 to 1921 Italy&’s conflict against Austria-Hungary and its aftermath shook Italian immigrants and their children in the metropolitan areas of Buenos Aires, Montevideo, and São Paulo. The war led portions of these communities to mobilize resources—patriotic support, young men who could enlist in the Italian army, goods like wool from Argentina and limes from Brazil, and lots of money—to support Italy in the face of &“total war.&” Yet other portions of these communities simultaneously organized a strident movement against the war, inspired especially by anarchism and revolutionary socialism. Both of these factions sought to extend their influence and ambitions into the immediate postwar period.On the Other Shore demonstrates patterns of social cohesion and division within the Italian communities of South America; reconstructs varying transatlantic and inter-American networks of interaction, exchange, and mobility in an &“Italian Atlantic&”; interrogates how authorities in Italy viewed their South American &“colonies&”; and uncovers ways that Italians in Latin America balanced and blended relationships and loyalties to their countries of residence and origin. On the Other Shore&’s position at the intersection of Latin American history, Atlantic history, and the histories of World War I and Italian immigration thereby engages with and informs each of these subject areas in distinctive ways.By Michael C. McKenzie. 2022
In 1834 the weary missionary Jason Lee arrived on the banks of the Willamette River and began to build a…
mission to convert the local Kalapuya and Chinook populations to the Methodist Church. The denomination had become a religious juggernaut in the United States, dominating the religious scene throughout the mid-Atlantic and East Coast. But despite its power and prestige and legions of clergy and congregants, Methodism fell short of its goals of religious supremacy in the northwest corner of the continent. In A Country Strange and Far Michael C. McKenzie considers how and why the Methodist Church failed in the Pacific Northwest and how place can affect religious transplantation and growth. Methodists failed to convert local Native people in large numbers, and immigrants who moved into the rural areas and cities of the Northwest wanted little to do with Methodism. McKenzie analyzes these failures, arguing the region itself—both the natural geography of the place and the immigrants&’ and clergy&’s responses to it—was a primary reason for the church&’s inability to develop a strong following there. The Methodists&’ efforts in the Pacific Northwest provide an ideal case study for McKenzie&’s timely region-based look at religion.To many Americans in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, the West was simultaneously the greatest symbol of American opportunity, the…
greatest story of its history, and the imagined blank slate on which the country&’s future would be written. From the Spanish-American War in 1898 to the Great Depression&’s end, from the Mississippi to the Pacific, policymakers at various levels and large-scale corporate investors, along with those living in the West and its borderlands, struggled over who would define modernity, who would participate in the modern American West, and who would be excluded. In Making a Modern U.S. West Sarah Deutsch surveys the history of the U.S. West from 1898 to 1940. Centering what is often relegated to the margins in histories of the region—the flows of people, capital, and ideas across borders—Deutsch attends to the region&’s role in constructing U.S. racial formations and argues that the West as a region was as important as the South in constructing the United States as a &“white man&’s country.&” While this racial formation was linked to claims of modernity and progress by powerful players, Deutsch shows that visions of what constituted modernity were deeply contested by others. This expansive volume presents the most thorough examination to date of the American West from the late 1890s to the eve of World War II.By Julia Schleck. 2022
Dirty Knowledge explores the failure of traditional conceptions of academic freedom in the age of neoliberalism. While examining and rejecting…
the increasing tendency to view academic freedom as a form of free speech, Julia Schleck highlights the problem of basing academic freedom on employment protections like tenure at a time when such protections are being actively eliminated through neoliberalism&’s preference for gig labor. The argument traditionally made for such protections is that they help produce knowledge &“for the public good&” through the protected isolation of the Ivory Tower, where &“pure&” knowledge is sought and disseminated. In contrast, Dirty Knowledge insists that academic knowledge production is and has always been &“dirty,&” deeply involved in the debates of its time and increasingly permeated by outside interests whose financial and material support provides some research programs with significant advantages over others. Schleck argues for a new vision of the university&’s role in society as one of the most important forums for contending views of what exactly constitutes a societal &“good,&” warning that the intellectual monoculture encouraged by neoliberalism poses a serious danger to our collective futures and insisting on deliberate, material support for faculty research and teaching that runs counter to neoliberal values.By Danielle Ecuyer. 2021
Think of all the runaway business success stories: Google, Facebook, Amazon to name just three. Imagine if you had invested…
in these stocks when they first listed!Shareplicity 2 shows how investors can successfully invest in US stocks and ETFs (exchange traded funds), and how they can pick the themes and the trends that will offer the best returns in the 2020s and beyond.Danielle Ecuyer has been investing in the US stock market for many years and now shares her experience and expertise in Shareplicity 2, the follow up book to her bestselling Shareplicity, which hit book shops in 2020 and was a regular on the Top 50 Business Book bestseller lists for many months.Shareplicity 2 is a comprehensive and practical book with chapters on:* Ford versus Tesla, the changing of the guard* US stock markets and the major indices* The US now and into the future* Valuing the top 20 US giants* Secular megatrends: part one – an overview* Secular megatrends: part two – growth sectors and stocks* Investing in the US indirectly via ETFs and ESG funds* US stock portfolios* What you need to know* Investing is not a process of perfect..By Karen Morley. 2020
Bias might be built in to how our brains work, but that doesn't make it acceptable. Recent advances in psychology…
and neuroscience have given us unprecedented insight into how biases interfere with good decision-making. When it comes to leadership, biases create a 'sticky floor', making it hard for women to rise to the top. The good news is that the change to gender balance can be accelerated if you know more about how bias works.In this book, Dr Karen Morley explains how biases, particularly the insidious unconscious ones, trip us up. She outlines an approach for minimising their impact in organisations, with Bias Busters - specific actions you can take with the goal of making it easier to notice, talk about and overcome bias.Beat Gender Bias is for leaders and all men and women who want a better working world. By creating an inclusive culture, organisations create personal, social and economic value that will sustain future success.This book makes it clear how you can make a difference and play a bigger, more satisfying part in creating a more inclusive world.Positive thinking coupled with positive doing is a must for anybody in today's disrupted, distracted world where change is the…
new normal.It's All Possible shows how to embrace change through insightful stories and proven possibility hacks from everyday people, business leaders, sports stars and entertainers that will inspire and motivate you. It is backed with the latest research on mindset and personal development.Throughout this book you will get to know Rob Hartnett who has worked in senior leadership roles with both global and small organisations, achieving many milestones along the way. Rob is the founder and CEO of The Hartnett Group and a sought-after speaker on possibility and mindset. Most importantly, Rob is a proud family man and a former world champion yachtsman. What drives Rob will drive you to believe that, really, It's All Possible.By Colleen Callander. 2021
The inspirational true story of former Sportsgirl CEO Colleen Callander's rise to the top and her lessons for those looking…
to step up.Before we can lead anyone else, we need to be leading in our own lives.In Leader by Design, Colleen Callander aims to inspire all women to have a voice, live with purpose, lead in their own lives, change the rules, live with confidence and embrace their superpowers.She also aims to inspire organisations to embrace a new era of leadership - one that leads with kindness, trust and authenticity and one that has more women at the helm.A wife, mother of three, and chronic high-achiever, Colleen left school at the age of 16 and became state manager of a national retail brand within a few short years. She went on to become a top female CEO - but not before she almost threw in the towel, burdened under the crushing weight of burnout.Colleen held the role of CEO for 13 years, over which time her mission was to empower, engage, inspire and allow people to bring their best selves to work each day. This book is part autobiography, sharing Colleen's life journey (including how her upbringing shaped the women and leader she is today), and it is part guide/pocket mentor, full of actionable tips, advice, actions and insights to help women step into their confidence and lead with purpose.Each chapter shares insights and tips, is thought-provoking, and will empower and inspire all women who, no matter at what stage they are in on their leadership journey in business or in life, to believe that the best is yet to come. Leader By Design will ignite the courage and confidence to believe in your own superpower and believe in and embrace the positive influence that women can have on the world today through the way we lead. Perfect for job seekers, new graduates, and experienced professionals, this practical, invaluable guide will have you prepared, ready and positioned for career success.By Mary Leslie. 2022
Our living spaces are getting smaller but, as we spend more time at home, they must now work harder than…
ever to provide us with room to relax, work and entertain. Interior designers need to understand how to build accessibility, circulation, storage and lighting into the most restricted areas, without compromising on style. In this jargon-free guide, Mary Leslie demonstrates how to design for compact living, proposing creative solutions that can be applied to a variety of settings. A versatile designer may be addressing a cramped studio flat one day and a dressing room for an international business traveller the next; this book provides inspiration and advice for every kind of small space, and every budget. Organised around the different areas of the home, Squeezing It In examines familiar problems and offers clever, immediately applicable ideas for making the best of pocket-sized spaces. The entire design process is considered alongside complete examples, from the UK and internationally, which are generously illustrated with full-colour photographs, plans and sketches. Featuring case studies from: Archio Ltd Armstrong Keyworth Benjamin Tindall Architects Darren Oldfield Architects Jeffreys Interiors Papa Architects Peden & Pringle Plankbridge Ltd.From bestselling author John Asher comes a breakthrough guide on how to connect with the burnt out buyer using both…
new iterations of his proven neuroscience sales techniques as well as groundbreaking techniques to address the new business landscape.Focusing on both internal and external variables, The Future of Sales explores how to make a sale, grow your company, and comfort your client in times of uncertainty and change. Using the same scientific strategies that John Asher and his team created to break down The Neuroscience of Selling, The Future of Sales arms readers with techniques that are proven to once again explore the way that buyers buy, instinctually, so you can make a sale... this time exploring sales in times of great change, companies in crisis, and buyers who are in new (virtual) environments.By Jan Lucassen, Radhika Seshan. 2022
The study of wage levels and the purchasing power of wages is often viewed as a specialized academic topic of…
little concern to the wider public. This is far from being the case, as this book demonstrates. The study of wages opens up vistas of the daily life of the working people, of their standards of living and, therefore, addresses questions of larger economic developments and unequal power relationships in a region. Wage Earners in India 1500–1900: Regional Approaches in an International Context brings together several scholars—young and veteran—to study new data and reinterpret older data from a fresh methodological perspective to locate India within global economic systems more effectively. This book • identifies previously unused and unpublished material for the study of wages • underlines the importance of wages as a source of income for Indians from early times • demonstrates the trends in wages over the period under review • stresses the need to take women into account for the reconstruction of household incomeBy Anupama P. Mahajan. 2022
This textbook offers a lucid and comprehensive understanding of comparative public administration since its inception. This textbook explores the evolution…
of comparative public administration and the approaches of F. W. Riggs, Ferrel Heady and John D. Montgomery to understand the major administrative systems around the world. It examines the extent to which the various forms of polities, regimes and public opinion can influence bureaucracies in multiple countries and analyses the role of public administration systems in their democratic frameworks. Comparative Public Administration, written as per the prescribed curriculum of major Indian universities, will serve as a valuable companion to undergraduate and postgraduate students of public administration and UGC-NET and civil services aspirants. Key Features: • Provides a holistic understanding of the various concepts of comparative public administration • Critically explores the major administrative systems of India, UK, USA, France and Japan • Well-organized sections for easy comprehension of the concepts and theoriesBy N Srinivasan. 2022
Agricultural finance has come a long way in the past 15 years. After the concerted efforts of GOI, supported by…
RBI and NABARD, towards doubling of agricultural credit flow in 2004-2005, the growth in credit flow to the sector has been robust with an impressive CAGR of 18% between 2004--2005 and 2019-2020. While outreach increased, the Terms of Trade (Farmers and Non-farmers) has largely been on a declining trend, reflecting the underlying stressed conditions in farming. There is a challenge of inclusion, where small and marginal farmers continue to struggle for suitable and affordable credit products and access. This book summarizes the current state of agricultural finance in India, highlighting policy blind spots and grey areas. It documents the important advancements made in the agri-finance space in the last few years. The book covers various aspects of Agri-Finance Policy; institutional appetite and architecture for agriculture credit; formal financial services for enterprises in agriculture; agri-business, including FPOs; and innovations in credit, insurance, delivery mechanisms for agri-sector.By Olivia Poulet, Laurence Dobiesz. 2022
Theirs was the love of a lifetime.Now they have one night to save it...GRIPPING, MOVING AND BEAUTIFULLY OBSERVED, THIS NOVEL…
CELEBRATES THE MESSINESS AND THE MIRACLE OF THAT THING WE CALL LOVE. 'Wonderfully romantic' KEIRA KNIGHTLEY'Beautifully tender and life-affirming' TOM ALLEN'Relatable. Funny. Heartbreaking. Glorious' DEBORAH FRANCES-WHITE_________________________Whir, beep, click, breath. Whir, beep, click, breath. Pippa Gallagher is rushed in to hospital following a traffic accident.As Pippa lies unconscious, fragments of the past flash through her mind. The day she met Steve Gallagher, the man who would become the love of her life. The heartbreak she felt tonight as she got into her car, her eyes blurry from tears. Meanwhile Steve sits at her bedside, his eyes fixed on her pale, still face. He has no idea where his wife was going when she crashed. No clue as to why she became distracted behind the wheel. All he knows is that she is his world. And that he wasn't there when she needed him most. For the next twelve hours, Steve tells Pippa all the reasons he loves her. But is it too late? Can Pippa find her way back to him?HAVE YOU READ THE LOVE STORY EVERYONE IS TALKING ABOUT?'Witty, tender and compulsively readable!' DIANA GABALDON, bestselling author of OUTLANDER'Hilarious and heartbreaking' SARA PASCOE'Captivating. I loved it' REBECCA HALL'This drowns in love. 'Beautiful' SIOBHÁN MCSWEENEY_________________________Early readers ADORE this beautiful novel:'Oh my gosh, I can't even with this book. It was stunningly beautiful and emotive. I laughed, I cried and I felt totally heartbroken. A beautiful story that both made me hopeful and emotionally destroyed at the same time. I loved it. *****''An absolute joy to read. A book for anyone who is in love, has loved or been loved *****''Oh my gosh, this book nearly broke me. It was so romantic and funny and real and relatable. I loved every page. That ending is amazing. Highly recommend *****''A beautiful, moving love story, poignant and so very real. Explores the beautiful, messy chaos that is falling in and staying in love. The connection between them was so real that my heart broke for them with every page, and it felt as though we've lived through their relationship alongside them. A truly heartbreakingly stunning story about love and loss, fans of If I Stay will definitely love this story ****' 'This is such a beautiful love story. Although it is quite heartbreaking... there are quite a lot of funny moments. Such a great cast of characters. Great storyline and quite emotional. Thoroughly entertaining *****'This was a tender, emotional read. It was romantic as you would expect, yet not schmaltzy or unrealistic. I found it to be a beautiful and thought-provoking book. I really enjoyed it ****'A beautifully written romance that had me rooting for the characters throughout. The perfect weekend read'By Mark G. Stewart, David V. Rosowsky. 2022
The volume explains how risk and decision-making analytics can be applied to the wicked problem of protecting infrastructure and society…
from extreme events. There is increasing research that takes into account the risks associated with the timing and severity of extreme events in engineering to reduce the vulnerability or increase the resiliency of infrastructure. "Engineering for extremes" is defined as measures taken to reduce the vulnerability or increase the resiliency of built infrastructure to climate change, hurricanes, storms, floods, earthquakes, heat waves, fires, and malevolent and abnormal events that include terrorism, gas explosions, vehicle impact and vehicle overload. The book introduces the key concepts needed to assess the economic and social well-being risks, costs and benefits of infrastructure to extreme events. This includes hazard modelling (likelihood and severity), infrastructure vulnerability, resilience or exposure (likelihood and extent of damage), social and economic loss models, risk reduction from protective measures, and decision theory (cost-benefit and utility analyses). Case studies authored by experts from around the world describe the practical aspects of risk assessment when deciding on the most cost-efficient measures to reduce infrastructure vulnerability to extreme events for housing, buildings, bridges, roads, tunnels, pipelines, and electricity infrastructure in the developed and developing worlds.By Francesco Alfieri, Friedrich-Wilhelm von Herrmann. 2021
Toward the beginning of 2013, I received reports of passages in the Black Notebooks that offered observations on Jewry, or…
as the case may be, world Jewry. It immediately became clear to me that the publication of the Black Notebooks would call forth a wide-spread international debate. Already in the Spring of 2013, I had asked Professor Friedrich-Wilhelm von Herrmann, last private assistant – and in the words of my grandfather, the “chief co-worker of the complete edition”, – if he might review the Notebooks as a whole, based on his profound insight into the thought of Martin Heidegger, and in particular, review those Jewish-related passages that were the focus of the public eye.Publications about the Black Notebooks quickly came to propagate catchy expressions such as “being-historical anti-Semitism” and “metaphysical anti-Semitism”. The first question that obviously arises is: Does the thought of Martin Heidegger exhibit any kind of anti-Semitism at all?In this book Professor von Herrmann now advances his hermeneutic explication. With Professor Francesco Alfieri of the Pontificia Università Lateranense he has found a colleague who has drawn up a comprehensive philological analysis of volumes GA 94 through GA 97 of the Complete Edition.The fact that Heidegger designated the hitherto published “black notebooks” as Ponderings (Überlegungen) and as Observations (Anmerkungen) has been given little consideration. He intentionally placed them at the conclusion of the Complete Edition because without acquaintance with the lectures, and above all, with the being-historical treatises that would come to be published in the framework of the Complete Edition, they would not be comprehensible. (Arnulf Heidegger)Rooted in feminist ethnography and decolonial feminist theory, this book explores the subjectivity of Palestinian hunger strikers in Israeli prisons,…
as shaped by resistance. Ashjan Ajour examines how these prisoners use their bodies in anti-colonial resistance; what determines this mode of radical struggle; the meanings they ascribe to their actions; and how they constitute their subjectivity while undergoing extreme bodily pain and starvation. These hunger strikes, which embody decolonisation and liberation politics, frame the post-Oslo period in the wake of the decline of the national struggle against settler-colonialism and the fragmentation of the Palestinian movement. Providing narrative and analytical insights into embodied resistance and tracing the formation of revolutionary subjectivity, the book sheds light on the participants’ views of the hunger strike, as they move beyond customary understandings of the political into the realm of the ‘spiritualisation’ of struggle. Drawing on Foucault’s conception of the technologies of the self, Fanon’s writings on anti-colonial violence, and Badiou’s militant philosophy, Ajour problematises these concepts from the vantage point of the Palestinian hunger strike.By Frank Bell, Raj Chirumamilla, Bhaskar B. Joshi, Bjorn Lindstrom, Ruchi Soni, Sameer Videkar. 2022
Understand the essentials of the Snowflake Database and the overall Snowflake Data Cloud. This book covers how Snowflake’s architecture is…
different from prior on-premises and cloud databases. The authors also discuss, from an insider perspective, how Snowflake grew so fast to become the largest software IPO of all time.Snowflake was the first database made specifically to be optimized with a cloud architecture. This book helps you get started using Snowflake by first understanding its architecture and what separates it from other database platforms you may have used. You will learn about setting up users and accounts, and then creating database objects. You will know how to load data into Snowflake and query and analyze that data, including unstructured data such as data in XML and JSON formats. You will also learn about Snowflake’s compute platform and the different data sharing options that are available. What You Will LearnRun analytics in the Snowflake Data CloudCreate users and roles in SnowflakeSet up security in SnowflakeSet up resource monitors in SnowflakeSet up and optimize Snowflake ComputeLoad, unload, and query structured and unstructured data (JSON, XML) within SnowflakeUse Snowflake Data Sharing to share dataSet up a Snowflake Data ExchangeUse the Snowflake Data MarketplaceWho This Book Is ForDatabase professionals or information technology professionals who want to move beyond traditional database technologies by learning Snowflake, a new and massively scalable cloud-based database solutionBy Juliet Floyd, James Katz, Katie Schiepers. 2021
The volume offers multiple perspectives on the way in which people encounter and think about the future. Drawing on the…
perspectives of history, literature, philosophy and communication studies, an international ensemble of experts offer a kaleidoscope of topics to provoke and enlighten the reader. The authors seek to understand the daily lived experience of ordinary people as they encounter new technology as well as the way people reflect on the significance and meaning of those technologies. The approach of the volume stresses the quotidian quality of reality and ordinary understandings of reality as understood by people from all walks of life. Providing expert analysis and sophisticated understanding, the focus of attention gravitates toward how people make meaning out of change, particularly when the change occurs at the level of social technologies- the devices that modify and amplify our modes of communication with others. The volume is organised into three main sections: The phenomena of new communication technology in people's lives from a contemporary viewpoint; the meaning of robots and AI as they play an increasing role in people's experience and; broader issues concerning the operational, sociological and philosophical implications of people as they address a technology driven future.