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Medieval Narbonne

A City at the Heart of the Troubadour World

by Jacqueline Caille, Kathryn L. Reyerson ...

Series series Variorum Collected Studies
This volume presents a series of studies by Jacqueline Caille, acknowledged as the leading expert on medieval Narbonne, which chart the development and history of the city from its Roman origins to its decline in the late Middle Ages. They focus on the period of Narbonne's heyday, from the mid-11th to the mid-14th centuries, and a central place is held by Ermengarde, viscountess for half the 12th ... Read more

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This volume presents a series of studies by Jacqueline Caille, acknowledged as the leading expert on medieval Narbonne, which chart the development and history of the city from its Roman origins to its decline in the late Middle Ages. They focus on the period of Narbonne's heyday, from the mid-11th to the mid-14th centuries, and a central place is held by Ermengarde, viscountess for half the 12th
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The Gift Paradigm

A Short Introduction to the Anti-Utilitarian Movement in the Social Sciences

by Alain Caillé ...

Series Book 57 - Paradigm ;
In his classic essay The Gift, Marcel Mauss argued that gifts can never be truly free; rather, they bring about an expectation of reciprocal exchange. For over one hundred years, his ideas on economy, social relations, and exchange have inspired new modes of thought, none more so than what crystallized in the 1980s around an innovative group of French academics. In The**Gift Paradigm, Alain Caillé ... Read more

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In his classic essay The Gift, Marcel Mauss argued that gifts can never be truly free; rather, they bring about an expectation of reciprocal exchange. For over one hundred years, his ideas on economy, social relations, and exchange have inspired new modes of thought, none more so than what crystallized in the 1980s around an innovative group of French academics. In The**Gift Paradigm, Alain Caillé
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The Embalmer

Translated by Rhonda Mullins ...

by Anne-Renée Caillé ...

A small-town embalmer's daughter lifts the shroud on the fascinating minutiae of dealing with the dead.Imagine rubbing shoulders with the dead for most of your life. As she picks the brain of her father for the most gruesome and thought-provoking secrets of his embalming career - from the drowned boy whose organs were eaten by eels to how to inject just the right amount of colour into a corpse's ... Read more

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A small-town embalmer's daughter lifts the shroud on the fascinating minutiae of dealing with the dead.Imagine rubbing shoulders with the dead for most of your life. As she picks the brain of her father for the most gruesome and thought-provoking secrets of his embalming career - from the drowned boy whose organs were eaten by eels to how to inject just the right amount of colour into a corpse's
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The Promise

How One Woman Made Good on Her Extraordinary Pact to Send a Classroom of 1st Graders to College

by Oral Lee Brown, Caille Millner ...

A portion of the proceeds from the book will go to the Oral Lee Brown Foundation. To learn more about the Oral Lee Brown Foundation please visit www.oralleebrownfoundation.com.In the bestselling tradition of The Pact and The Freedom Writers Diary*—the inspiring story of one woman’s extraordinary promise and steely determination to make a difference in the world.*One morning in 1987 Oral Lee Brown ... Read more

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A portion of the proceeds from the book will go to the Oral Lee Brown Foundation. To learn more about the Oral Lee Brown Foundation please visit www.oralleebrownfoundation.com.In the bestselling tradition of The Pact and The Freedom Writers Diary*—the inspiring story of one woman’s extraordinary promise and steely determination to make a difference in the world.*One morning in 1987 Oral Lee Brown
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The Golden Road

Notes on My Gentrification

by Caille Millner ...

The true story of a remarkable young woman's struggle to find a home in the worldCaille Millner is a rising star on the literary scene. A graduate of Harvard University, she was first published at age sixteen and was recently named one of *Columbia Journalism Review'*s Ten Young Writers on the Rise. The Golden Road is Millner's clear-eyed and transfixing memoir. From her childhood in a Latino ... Read more

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The true story of a remarkable young woman's struggle to find a home in the worldCaille Millner is a rising star on the literary scene. A graduate of Harvard University, she was first published at age sixteen and was recently named one of *Columbia Journalism Review'*s Ten Young Writers on the Rise. The Golden Road is Millner's clear-eyed and transfixing memoir. From her childhood in a Latino
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For a New Classic Sociology

A Proposition, followed by a Debate

Edited by Alain Caillé, Frédéric Vandenberghe ...

This book examines the future of the social sciences and the reconstruction of society in contemporary times. Drawing on the lead piece For a New Classic Sociology, it calls for a new theoretical synthesis that overcomes the fragmentation, specialization and professionalization within the social sciences. The position paper and the responses by a team of world-class social theorists provide an ... Read more

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This book examines the future of the social sciences and the reconstruction of society in contemporary times. Drawing on the lead piece For a New Classic Sociology, it calls for a new theoretical synthesis that overcomes the fragmentation, specialization and professionalization within the social sciences. The position paper and the responses by a team of world-class social theorists provide an
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A Family for Ronnie

by Julie Caille ...

A Family for RonnieSuddenly orphaned, little Ronnie faced two startled guardians. His aunt, Alicia Brant, wanted to mother the boy. And his rugged bachelor uncle, Luke Garrick, was proving a natural-born dad. Unfortunately, Alicia and Luke had something else in common. A past….One long-ago summer, lone-wolf Luke had nearly made shy, virginal Alicia his mate. But she'd been afraid to trust his ... Read more

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A Family for RonnieSuddenly orphaned, little Ronnie faced two startled guardians. His aunt, Alicia Brant, wanted to mother the boy. And his rugged bachelor uncle, Luke Garrick, was proving a natural-born dad. Unfortunately, Alicia and Luke had something else in common. A past….One long-ago summer, lone-wolf Luke had nearly made shy, virginal Alicia his mate. But she'd been afraid to trust his
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Little Leeta

by Caillé Eire, Amber Chisholm ...

Trapped alone in a tower in a land filled with magic, a young girl struggles to survive and to defy her captors. For as long as anyone can remember, the traditions of her kingdom require that one peasant girl be chosen every generation to become the future bride of the king's heir. This time, Little Leeta is chosen and, as is custom, is bricked into a tower for years to await rescue by the king's ... Read more

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Trapped alone in a tower in a land filled with magic, a young girl struggles to survive and to defy her captors. For as long as anyone can remember, the traditions of her kingdom require that one peasant girl be chosen every generation to become the future bride of the king's heir. This time, Little Leeta is chosen and, as is custom, is bricked into a tower for years to await rescue by the king's
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Convivial Futures

Views from a Post-Growth Tomorrow

Edited by Frank Adloff, Alain Caillé ...

Series series X-Texte zu Kultur und Gesellschaft
What steps are needed to make life better and more convivial? The Second Convivialist Manifesto (2020) has presented a short diagnosis of the current crises and sketches of a possible and desirable future. It has been a necessary work of theoretical synthesis, but preserving a viable world also requires passion. It is thus urgent to show what people would gain from a shift to a post-neoliberal and ... Read more

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What steps are needed to make life better and more convivial? The Second Convivialist Manifesto (2020) has presented a short diagnosis of the current crises and sketches of a possible and desirable future. It has been a necessary work of theoretical synthesis, but preserving a viable world also requires passion. It is thus urgent to show what people would gain from a shift to a post-neoliberal and
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Raising Resilient Children with a Borderline or Narcissistic Parent

by Margalis Fjelstad, Jean McBride ...

Being partnered with a narcissist or borderline personality can be hard enough, but learning how to shield children from the fallout is paramount. Here, the authors show readers how to manage parenting when a narcissistic or borderline partner is part of the equation.Life in a narcissistic family system is at best challenging, and too often filled with chaos, isolation, emotional outbursts, and ... Read more

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Being partnered with a narcissist or borderline personality can be hard enough, but learning how to shield children from the fallout is paramount. Here, the authors show readers how to manage parenting when a narcissistic or borderline partner is part of the equation.Life in a narcissistic family system is at best challenging, and too often filled with chaos, isolation, emotional outbursts, and
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Игрок - Роман

by Федор Достоевский ...

Series series Классика и модерн
«Игрок» — роман русского писателя Фёдора Михайловича Достоевского, впервые опубликованный в 1866 году.Темой романа является всепоглощающая страсть к азартной игре. Основной сюжет роман основан на истории азарта, ставшего для человека уже не смыслом игры и даже не смыслом жизни, но единственной, экзистенциальной сутью бытия. ... Read more

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«Игрок» — роман русского писателя Фёдора Михайловича Достоевского, впервые опубликованный в 1866 году.Темой романа является всепоглощающая страсть к азартной игре. Основной сюжет роман основан на истории азарта, ставшего для человека уже не смыслом игры и даже не смыслом жизни, но единственной, экзистенциальной сутью бытия.
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Mediocracy

The Politics of the Extreme Centre

by Alain Deneault ...

Translated by Catherine Browne ...

There was no Reichstag fire. No storming of the Bastille. No mutiny on the Aurora. Instead, the mediocre have seized power without firing a single shot. They rose to power on the tide of an economy where workers produce assembly-line meals without knowing how to cook at home, give customers instructions over the phone that they themselves don’t understand, or sell books and newspapers that they ... Read more

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There was no Reichstag fire. No storming of the Bastille. No mutiny on the Aurora. Instead, the mediocre have seized power without firing a single shot. They rose to power on the tide of an economy where workers produce assembly-line meals without knowing how to cook at home, give customers instructions over the phone that they themselves don’t understand, or sell books and newspapers that they
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