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The Chocolate Bunny

The Chocolate Bunny

Francesca Emerson

Golden Wren Publishing Pty Ltd
2019
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Mother to three children, wife to three husbands, and in these reflective years of her life, sculptress, Black Activist and writer. Franny Emerson has done it all. Born into poverty, lost her mother when she was barely five, married her first husband when she was still at school just to get out of the stultifying home in which she was living, and grew up into one of black America's most beautiful sweethearts.Now, for the first time, in this tell-all book in which Francesca holds nothing back, you'll read of what happened in Hollywood when the lights went out, and stars like Michael Douglas, Warren Beatty, Jack Lemmon and many others really got up to.What an amazing life it really was like as a Playboy Bunny; and Francesca will tell you the inside stories of how a girl from Harlem grew up to be the lover of some of the most famous men in the world, a gangster's moll, and holding the Oscar at the Award Ceremony for one of the greatest movie directors of all time.The Chocolate Bunny is the funniest, sharpest and most revealing book ever written about what happens when the movie comes to an end, and real life begins.Read this autobiography, and Hollywood will never seem the same again.
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Autism: An Introduction to Psychological Theory

Autism: An Introduction to Psychological Theory

Francesca Happé

HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS
1998
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Autism is a fascinating yet perplexing disorder that continues to intrigue researchers and clinicians studying brain and behavior. In this lucid and elegant book, Francesca Happ provides a concise overview of current psychological theory and research that synthesizes the established work on the biological foundations, cognitive characteristics, and behavioral manifestations of this disorder. She focuses her discussion on the cognitive approaches that deal with both thought and feeling--those hypotheses that link brain to action, deepen our understanding of the autistic person's view of the world, and offer better approaches to effectively managing the behavior of people with autism struggling to live in our world. The book reviews the latest research into the communication, socialization, and imagination impairments in autism, and further distinguishes the levels of severity in the spectrum of autistic disorders. Happ also includes a discussion of the talented few--high-functioning autistic individuals with Asperger's syndrome--and of the many childhood behavioral disorders, unrelated to autism, that manifest autistic-like symptoms. Autism is an important and much-needed contribution to the literature. It will be valued by parents and teachers of autistic children as well as by students and researchers interested in disorders of language and communication.
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Sentinel

Sentinel

Francesca Lidia Viano

Harvard University Press
2018
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The story of the improbable campaign that created America’s most enduring monument.The Statue of Liberty is an icon of freedom, a monument to America’s multiethnic democracy, and a memorial to Franco-American friendship. That much we know. But the lofty ideals we associate with the statue today can obscure its turbulent origins and layers of meaning. Francesca Lidia Viano reveals that history in the fullest account yet of the people and ideas that brought the lady of the harbor to life.Our protagonists are the French sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi and his collaborator, the politician and intellectual Édouard de Laboulaye. Viano draws on an unprecedented range of sources to follow the pair as they chase their artistic and political ambitions across a global stage dominated by imperial rivalry and ideological ferment. The tale stretches from the cobblestones of northeastern France, through the hallways of international exhibitions in London and Paris, to the copper mines of Norway and Chile, the battlegrounds of the Franco-Prussian War, the deserts of Egypt, and the streets of New York. It features profound technical challenges, hot air balloon rides, secret “magnetic” séances, and grand visions of a Franco-American partnership in the coming world order. The irrepressible collaborators bring to their project the high ideals of liberalism and republicanism, but also crude calculations of national advantage and eccentric notions adopted from orientalism, freemasonry, and Saint-Simonianism.As entertaining as it is illuminating, Sentinel gives new flesh and spirit to a landmark we all recognize but only dimly understand.
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Architecture

Architecture

Francesca Prina

Princeton University Press
2009
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By way of more than 2,000 years of architectural history, this richly illustrated book defines and shows all the major components of the art--from theory, plans, and models to structural elements such as columns, arches, and domes, to materials and decorative elements. With beautiful color photographs on virtually every page, and precise captions that point directly to important aspects of each photo, this book provides an easy-to-use visual grammar of the nearly infinite variety with which the elements of architecture have been used in buildings across the ages and around the world--from Western Europe and Greece to the Americas, the Middle East, China, Japan, India, and Africa. Each entry includes a definition, illustrated examples, and detailed analysis and explanation, all presented in the context of architecture's historical evolution. Architecture frequently juxtaposes famous and lesser-known buildings from widely different times and places, providing delightful surprises for the expert as well as a fresh, informative, and pleasurable introduction for general readers and students.
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The Promise and Peril of Credit

The Promise and Peril of Credit

Francesca Trivellato

Princeton University Press
2019
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How an antisemitic legend gave voice to widespread fears surrounding the expansion of private credit in Western capitalismThe Promise and Peril of Credit takes an incisive look at pivotal episodes in the West’s centuries-long struggle to define the place of private finance in the social and political order. It does so through the lens of a persistent legend about Jews and money that reflected the anxieties surrounding the rise of impersonal credit markets.By the close of the Middle Ages, new and sophisticated credit instruments made it easier for European merchants to move funds across the globe. Bills of exchange were by far the most arcane of these financial innovations. Intangible and written in a cryptic language, they fueled world trade but also lured naive investors into risky businesses. Francesca Trivellato recounts how the invention of these abstruse credit contracts was falsely attributed to Jews, and how this story gave voice to deep-seated fears about the unseen perils of the new paper economy. She locates the legend’s earliest version in a seventeenth-century handbook on maritime law and traces its legacy all the way to the work of the founders of modern social theory—from Marx to Weber and Sombart.Deftly weaving together economic, legal, social, cultural, and intellectual history, Trivellato vividly describes how Christian writers drew on the story to define and redefine what constituted the proper boundaries of credit in a modern world increasingly dominated by finance.
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The Promise and Peril of Credit

The Promise and Peril of Credit

Francesca Trivellato

Princeton University Press
2021
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How an antisemitic legend gave voice to widespread fears surrounding the expansion of private credit in Western capitalismThe Promise and Peril of Credit takes an incisive look at pivotal episodes in the West’s centuries-long struggle to define the place of private finance in the social and political order. It does so through the lens of a persistent legend about Jews and money that reflected the anxieties surrounding the rise of impersonal credit markets.By the close of the Middle Ages, new and sophisticated credit instruments made it easier for European merchants to move funds across the globe. Bills of exchange were by far the most arcane of these financial innovations. Intangible and written in a cryptic language, they fueled world trade but also lured naive investors into risky businesses. Francesca Trivellato recounts how the invention of these abstruse credit contracts was falsely attributed to Jews, and how this story gave voice to deep-seated fears about the unseen perils of the new paper economy. She locates the legend’s earliest version in a seventeenth-century handbook on maritime law and traces its legacy all the way to the work of the founders of modern social theory—from Marx to Weber and Sombart.Deftly weaving together economic, legal, social, cultural, and intellectual history, Trivellato vividly describes how Christian writers drew on the story to define and redefine what constituted the proper boundaries of credit in a modern world increasingly dominated by finance.
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The Blessing in Disguise

The Blessing in Disguise

Francesca Villardi

Treadmill Treats
2015
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Growing up an only child, Deja had wonderful parents and an idyllic childhood; shortly after meeting her first love Deja's world crumbles around her. Devastating life changing news, compounded with the depths of drug and alcohol addiction leads her into a verbally abusive marriage that spans 25 years. Deja finds herself dreaming of that first love. The story follows Deja's transformation from rock bottom to an incredible journey of one's true self. Along the way she finds herself questioning everything in her life including her faith and herself worth, still she is stuck. Fear rules her life.When she learns to let go and starts to lead a sprit filled life, she starts to believe that nothing is impossible. She can and will overcome all of life's obstacles and realizes that this was all just "The blessing in disguise"
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Family Systems Constellations and Other Systems Constellation Adventures: A Transformational Journey

Family Systems Constellations and Other Systems Constellation Adventures: A Transformational Journey

Francesca Mason Boring

All My Relatons Press
2015
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Family Systems Constellations and Other Systems Constellation Adventures: A transformational journey by Francesca Mason Boring, with forward by Anngwyn St. Just, Ph.D. is a welcome support for those who wish to honor life, be strengthened in their work with fellow human beings, and are looking for a clear and simple path to love. For those who are seeking greater love in their families and relationships, psychologists, social workers, medical practitioners, teachers, administrators, massage therapists, and life coaches, this introduction to family systems constellations and the breadth of applications of systems constellations will provide sound introduction to a welcome tool. An excellent mentor for facilitators Family Systems Constellations stimulates confidence for those promoting solutions, well-being and connection in their practice. If you seek a sense of belonging, a place to call home and a doorway to peace, this book is an excellent first step. * Francesca Mason-Boring writes: "Facilitators of family systems constellation ... do well to know that speaking clearly about the work is a revolutionary act of healing. Many people who suffer physical and psychological pain are in actuality experiencing the pain of generations past, along with collective fields in their family and community systems which are still resonating with trauma. There is great power in being a witness." If you want to get a sense of what Constellations can offer to personal, professional, and social dimensions of our living, or would just like a fascinating read, I highly recommend this book. -Bruce Nayowith MD, Subtle Activism, Member of Physicians for Social Responsibility * This book will enlighten and explain how people suffering from generational trauma can be helped. They can learn why they continue to be caught in destructive cycles. Therapists providing treatment to Alaska Natives, American Indians and other minorities may gain insight in a way to help their clients achieve wellness. - Inez L. Larsen, Ph.D., Tlingit * For Constellation facilitators and students, yes, and for any who serve as life guides in any capacity, the content will support you, nudge you, extend your complementary education, encourage you to stay with your path and to simultaneously open to the passions and presences of others. p -Suzi Tucker, Family Constellations facilitator/presenter and author of Gather Enough Fireflies e trauma can be Family Systems Constellations And Other Systems Constellation Adventures is a distillation of wisdom that is both inspirational and practical. -Betsy Bergstrom, Shamanic Teacher, Practitioner
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British Birds

British Birds

Francesca Greenoak

Helm
1997
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Species by species, this text delves into the heritage of bird lore.Birds have always been with us. Around them has grown up a substantial body of folklore, often regionally based and dating from as far back as the Druids. They have inspired writers throughout our history from the Celts through Chaucer, Shakespeare and Wordsworth to modern poets such as Ted Hughes. The strength of regional identity in Britain is reflected in the wide variety of local names for each bird, while the folklore itself is often an intriguing blend of native and cross-cultural references. With great skill and scholarship Francesca Greenoak examines and unravels the folklore of British birds, analysing the origins of names and the rich heritage of legend and lore so integral to our appreciation of the birds themselves. Alongside this it provides examples of the role particular species have played in poetry and prose.The text is enhanced by line drawings from a number of leading illustrators.
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A Moon Will Rise from the Darkness

A Moon Will Rise from the Darkness

Francesca Albanese; Richard Falk; John Dugard; Michael Lynk

PLUTO PRESS
2025
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'Albanese is perhaps the one figure of our times that future historians will recall as the one who did the most to redeem our generation from its guilt over the genocide of the Palestinian people. Her reflections in this book are not just timely – they are for the ages' - Yanis Varoufakis Israel’s genocide in Palestine and the complicity of powerful Western states is undermining international human rights and the UN system. The United States has imposed sanctions on lawyers, UN experts, and Palestinian officials in an attempt to bully and intimidate them into silence. One prominent example is UN special rapporteur Francesca Albanese, who has played an important role in documenting Israel’s atrocities and those who profit from its oppression of Palestinians. This book compiles Albanese’s indispensable and damning reports on Israel’s conduct in Palestine since October 2023. First outlining the case that this period should be understood as a genocide, Albanese goes on to explain how the ongoing violence fits into a longer history of Israel’s settler colonialism, and finally presents a devastating indictment against the international corporations that treat mass killing and destruction as a business opportunity. The volume also features a reflection by Albanese on the current state of affairs; revelations by her predecessors Richard Falk, John Dugard, and Michael Lynk of their experiences as UN special rapporteurs; and a preface by Lex Takkenberg, a 30-year veteran of UNRWA, co-authored with scholar Mandy Turner. The ebook is free to download from www.plutobooks.com indefinitely, with a request for a donation to the Palestinian refugee agency, UNRWA. All royalties from sales of the book will be donated to UNRWA.
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How to Crack an Egg with One Hand

How to Crack an Egg with One Hand

Francesca Beauman

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
2011
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Within these pages you will find all you need to know (and a few things you don't) in order to embark on the mindboggling journey that is modern motherhood.Discover humorous yet pertinent advice on everything from what a new mother ought to wear on the red carpet to the best books to read while feeding a baby, and marvel at what Mark Twain had to say on teething, Vladimir Nabokov on prams, Mrs Gaskell on six-month-olds and Mrs Beeton on breastfeeding.From the totally frivolous to the deeply serious, from the cultural to the historical, from the history of the Caesarean to celebrity baby names, this is an intelligent, classy and eclectic guide for every twenty-first-century mother or mother-to-be. For it is important to acknowledge that, even though they may have a basketball in their stomachs, they still have a brain in their heads. It is a book to give to friends, daughters and sisters - and to cherish for yourself.True, you may not ever need to know what year the epidural was invented, how to write your child's name in Chinese, or what the gestation period of an anteater is, but isn't it fabulous to know that you do?
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Horny Lizards And Headless Chickens

Horny Lizards And Headless Chickens

Francesca Gould

Piatkus Books
2009
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HORNY LIZARDS AND HEADLESS CHICKENS is a vile and disgusting compendium of the world's most unpleasant creatures, diseases, hideous tortures and every other type of horrifying, nauseating fact imaginable. Questions posed in the book address revolting matters such as:* Do flies really puke on your food?* Which worm can eat its way through the human eye?* And how long does a head remain conscious after being guillotined?In HORNY LIZARDS AND HEADLESS CHICKENS, readers can explore a huge range of horrible subjects, which most books have the good sense to avoid, including Aztec sacrifices, bizarre medical treatments, body snatchers, cannibalism, and eye-wateringly unpleasant execution methods. You are guaranteed a brilliantly sickening read.
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Horrid Henry's Haunted House

Horrid Henry's Haunted House

Francesca Simon

Orion Children's Books
2008
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These are the stories of Horrid Henry, the child that every teacher has nightmares about. This edition inlcudes four unabridged stories with really horrid music and effects:-Horrid Henry and the Comfy Black ChairHorrid Henry's Haunted HouseHorrid Henry's New Teacher Horrid Henry Minds his MannersRead by Miranda Richardson
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Horrid Henry Tricks the Tooth Fairy

Horrid Henry Tricks the Tooth Fairy

Francesca Simon

Orion Children's Books
2008
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Four hilarious unabridged stories with really horrid music and sound effects:Horrid Henry tries to fool the Tooth Fairy into giving him some money despite the fact that his teeth appear to be "superglued to his gums".He creates havoc as a pageboy at a wedding.He gets rid of Moody Margaret, an unwanted guest.He "breaks in" the new teacher.Read by Miranda Richardson
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What the **** is Normal?!

What the **** is Normal?!

Francesca Martinez

Virgin Books
2015
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If you grow up in a world where wrinkles are practically illegal, going bald is cause for a mental breakdown, and women over size zero are encouraged to shoot themselves (immediately), what the hell do you do if you’re, gasp … DISABLED? Whatever body you’re born into, the pressure to be normal is everywhere. But have you ever met a normal person? What do they look like? Where do they live? What do they eat for breakfast?And what the **** does normal mean anyway?This is the award-winning wobbly comedian Francesca Martinez’s funny, personal, and universal story of how she learned to stick two shaky fingers up to the crazy expectations of a world obsessed with being ‘normal’.
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