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Foucault and the Iranian Revolution

Foucault and the Iranian Revolution

Janet Afary; Kevin B. Anderson

University of Chicago Press
2005
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In 1978, as the protests against the Shah of Iran reached their zenith, philosopher Michel Foucault was working as a special correspondent for Corriere della Sera and Le Monde. During his little-known stint as a journalist, Foucault traveled to Iran, met with leaders like Ayatollah Khomeini, and wrote a series of articles on the revolution. Foucault and the Iranian Revolution is the first book-length analysis of these essays on Iran, the majority of which have never before appeared in English. Accompanying the analysis are annotated translations of the Iran writings in their entirety and the at times blistering responses from such contemporaneous critics as Middle East scholar Maxime Rodinson as well as comments on the revolution by feminist philosopher Simone de Beauvoir. In this important and controversial account, Janet Afary and Kevin B. Anderson illuminate Foucault's support of the Islamist movement. They also show how Foucault's experiences in Iran contributed to a turning point in his thought, influencing his ideas on the Enlightenment, homosexuality, and his search for political spirituality. Foucault and the Iranian Revolution informs current discussion on the divisions that have reemerged among Western intellectuals over the response to radical Islamism after September 11. Foucault's provocative writings are thus essential for understanding the history and the future of the West's relationship with Iran and, more generally, to political Islam. In their examination of these journalistic pieces, Afary and Anderson offer a surprising glimpse into the mind of a celebrated thinker.
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The Compass: The Improvisational Theatre That Revolutionized American Comedy

The Compass: The Improvisational Theatre That Revolutionized American Comedy

Janet Coleman

University of Chicago Press
1991
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Janet Coleman brilliantly recreates the time, the place, the personalities, and the neurotic magic whereby the Compass made theater history in America. The Compass began in a storefront theater near the University of Chicago campus in the summer of 1955 and lasted only a few years before its players--including David Shepherd, Paul Sills, Elaine May, Mike Nichols, Barbara Harris, and Shelley Berman--moved on. Out of this group was born a new form: improvisational theater and a radically new kind of comedian. "They did not plan to be funny or to change the course of comedy," writes Coleman. "But that is what happened." "For anyone who is interested in theatre, underground theatre, improvisational theatre, and the sheer madness of trying something new with a repertory group, The Compass will prove a welcome history with fascinating details."--Norman Mailer "Janet Coleman has done a spectacular job of capturing the history, the almost alarmingly diverse cultural influences, and the extraordinary people who made up the Compass."--Neal Weaver, Los Angeles Village View "Engrossing. . . . An open window on a part of the theater that should be known."--Arthur Miller "A valuable chronicle of an important chapter in the history of comedy and theater."--William Wolf, New York Observer "The eruptive, disruptive talents who made the theater memorable are the same ones who make The Compass a good read."--Jay Cocks, Time "A moving, inspirational, anecdote-studded feast."--Publishers Weekly
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Seeing Like a Rover

Seeing Like a Rover

Janet Vertesi

University of Chicago Press
2015
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In the years since the Mars Exploration Rovers Spirit and Rover first began transmitting images from the surface of Mars, we have become familiar with the harsh, rocky, rusty-red Martian landscape. But those images are much less straightforward than they may seem to a layperson: each one is the result of a complicated set of decisions and processes involving the large team behind the Rovers. With Seeing Like a Rover, Janet Vertesi takes us behind the scenes to reveal the work that goes into creating our knowledge of Mars. Every photograph that the Rovers take, she shows, must be processed, manipulated, and interpreted - and all that comes after team members negotiate with each other about what they should even be taking photographs of in the first place. Vertesi's account of the inspiringly successful Rover project reveals science in action, a world where digital processing uncovers scientific truths, where images are used to craft consensus, and where team members develop an uncanny intimacy with the sensory apparatus of a robot that is millions of miles away. Ultimately, Vertesi shows, every image taken by the Mars Rovers is not merely a picture of Mars - it's a portrait of the whole Rover team, as well.
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Writing Fiction, Tenth Edition

Writing Fiction, Tenth Edition

Janet Burroway; Elizabeth Stuckey-French; Ned Stuckey-French

University of Chicago Press
2019
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More than a quarter million copies sold! A creative writer’s shelf should hold at least three essential books: a dictionary, a style guide, and Writing Fiction. Janet Burroway’s best-selling classic is the most widely used creative writing text in America, and for more than three decades it has helped hundreds of thousands of students learn the craft. Now in its tenth edition, Writing Fiction is more accessible than ever for writers of all levels—inside or outside the classroom. This new edition continues to provide advice that is practical, comprehensive, and flexible. Burroway’s tone is personal and nonprescriptive, welcoming learning writers into the community of practiced storytellers. Moving from freewriting to final revision, the book addresses “showing not telling,” characterization, dialogue, atmosphere, plot, imagery, and point of view. It includes new topics and writing prompts, and each chapter now ends with a list of recommended readings that exemplify the craft elements discussed, allowing for further study. And the examples and quotations throughout the book feature a wide and diverse range of today’s best and best-known creators of both novels and short stories. This book is a master class in creative writing that also calls on us to renew our love of storytelling and celebrate the skill of writing well. There is a very good chance that one your favorite authors learned the craft with Writing Fiction. And who knows what future favorite will get her start reading this edition?
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Writing Fiction, Tenth Edition

Writing Fiction, Tenth Edition

Janet Burroway; Elizabeth Stuckey-French; Ned Stuckey-French

University of Chicago Press
2019
pokkari
More than a quarter million copies sold! A creative writer’s shelf should hold at least three essential books: a dictionary, a style guide, and Writing Fiction. Janet Burroway’s best-selling classic is the most widely used creative writing text in America, and for more than three decades it has helped hundreds of thousands of students learn the craft. Now in its tenth edition, Writing Fiction is more accessible than ever for writers of all levels—inside or outside the classroom. This new edition continues to provide advice that is practical, comprehensive, and flexible. Burroway’s tone is personal and nonprescriptive, welcoming learning writers into the community of practiced storytellers. Moving from freewriting to final revision, the book addresses “showing not telling,” characterization, dialogue, atmosphere, plot, imagery, and point of view. It includes new topics and writing prompts, and each chapter now ends with a list of recommended readings that exemplify the craft elements discussed, allowing for further study. And the examples and quotations throughout the book feature a wide and diverse range of today’s best and best-known creators of both novels and short stories. This book is a master class in creative writing that also calls on us to renew our love of storytelling and celebrate the skill of writing well. There is a very good chance that one your favorite authors learned the craft with Writing Fiction. And who knows what future favorite will get her start reading this edition?
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Shaping Science

Shaping Science

Janet Vertesi

University of Chicago Press
2020
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In Shaping Science, Janet Vertesi draws on a decade of immersive ethnography with NASA's robotic spacecraft teams to create a comparative account of two great space missions of the early 2000s. Although these missions appear to feature robotic explorers on the frontiers of the solar system, bravely investigating new worlds, their commands were issued from millions of miles away by a very human team. By examining the two teams' formal structures, decision-making techniques, and informal work practices in the day-to-day process of mission planning, Vertesi shows just how deeply entangled a team's local organizational context is with the knowledge they produce about other worlds. Using extensive, embedded experiences on two NASA spacecraft teams, this is the first book to apply organizational studies of work to the laboratory environment in order to analyze the production of scientific knowledge itself. Engaging and deeply researched, Shaping Science demonstrates the significant influence that the social organization of a scientific team can have on the practices of that team and the results they produce.
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From the Seashore to the Seafloor

From the Seashore to the Seafloor

Janet Voight; David Quammen

THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS
2022
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An octopus expert and celebrated artist offer a deep dive to meet the enchanting inhabitants of the world's marine ecosystems. Have you ever walked along the beach and wondered what kind of creatures can be found beneath the waves? Have you pictured what it would be like to see the ocean not from the shore, but from its depths? These questions drive Janet Voight, an expert on mollusks who has explored the seas in the submersible Alivn that can dive some 14,000 feet below the water's surface. In this book, she partners with artist Peggy Macnamara to invite readers to share her undersea journeys of discovery. With accessible scientific description, Voight introduces the animals that inhabit rocky and sandy shores, explains the fragility of coral reefs, and honors the extraordinary creatures that must search for food in the ocean's depths, where light and heat are rare. These fascinating insights are accompanied by Macnamara's stunning watercolors, illuminating these ecosystems and other scenes from Voight's research. Together, they show connections between life at every depth-and warn of the threats these beguiling places and their eccentric denizens face.
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Shaping Science

Shaping Science

Janet Vertesi

THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS
2023
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Drawing on a decade of immersive ethnography with NASA’s robotic spacecraft teams to create a comparative account of two great space missions of the early 2000s, Janet Vertesi uncovers how the social organization of a scientific team affects their scientific practices and results. In Shaping Science, Janet Vertesi draws on a decade of immersive ethnography with NASA’s robotic spacecraft teams to create a comparative account of two great space missions of the early 2000s. Although these missions featured robotic explorers on the frontiers of the solar system bravely investigating new worlds, their commands were issued from millions of miles away by a very human team. By examining the two teams’ formal structures, decision-making techniques, and informal work practices in the day-to-day process of mission planning, Vertesi shows just how deeply entangled a team’s local organizational context is with the knowledge they produce about other worlds. Using extensive, embedded experiences on two NASA spacecraft teams, this is the first book to apply organizational studies of work to the laboratory environment in order to analyze the production of scientific knowledge itself. Engaging and deeply researched, Shaping Science demonstrates the significant influence that the social organization of a scientific team can have on the practices of that team and the results they yield.
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Disposable Camera

Disposable Camera

Janet Foxman

University of Chicago Press
2012
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"Disposable Camera" For Karen To a disposable camera I have confined the paradise where my sister lives - palisades, sycamores, Sunbathers mistaken for statuary. People with shears, shrubbery cut into sea creatures. Lemon trees bloom in front of houses. Trophy wives escort children through mazes of palm trees. In the shadows of palms the children paw their toys delicately while the youngest one rides his plastic motorcycle toward his mother with a confidence so absolute, so heartbreakingly beautiful, everybody at the pier hopes nothing will ever humiliate it, that it will persist after the camera runs out of film. Although "Disposable Camera" is Janet Foxman's first book-length collection, you would not know it given the wry sophistication of the poems found within. The notion of the disposable camera permeates the entire book, where Foxman considers the instabilities in even our deepest attachments. Here gulfs expand, for instance, between twins, between the musician and his instrument, between the recluse and his inconsolable solitude. Whether a hermit; a twin; a filmgoer utterly taken with Triumph of the Will; or Masaccio, just after he's painted the Expulsion - the poems' speakers share a nagging anxiety that satisfaction may not exist outside the effort to imagine it, and that efforts at art and making, however compulsory to their executor, are probably regrettable from the start. A formally inventive and daring book, and one that displays a sophistication well beyond the poet's years, "Disposable Camera" will be a valuable addition to American poetry.
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Looking After Miss Alexander

Looking After Miss Alexander

Janet Weston

MCGILL-QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY PRESS
2023
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In July 1939, at the Royal Courts of Justice in London, fifty-nine-year-old Beatrice Alexander was found incapable of managing her own property and affairs. Although Alexander and those living with her insisted that she was perfectly well, the official solicitor took control of her home and money, evicted her “friends,” and hired a live-in companion to watch over her. Alexander remained legally incapable for the next thirty years. In the mid-twentieth century, Alexander was one of about thirty thousand people in England and Wales who were, at any time, legally “incapable” and under the auspices of what is now the Court of Protection. Focusing on the period between the 1920s and the 1960s, Looking After Miss Alexander explains the workings of the court, using Alexander’s unusual case to consider the complexities of this aspect of mental health law. Drawing on Court of Protection archives – some of which were made publicly available for the first time in 2019 – and micro-historical methods, Janet Weston also highlights the role of chance, subjectivity, and uncertainty in shaping how events unfolded then, and the stories we tell about those events today.An engaging and accessible history of mental capacity law, Looking After Miss Alexander examines ideas of citizenship and welfare, gender and vulnerability, care and control, and the role of the state. It also offers reflections on historical research and writing itself.
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Looking After Miss Alexander

Looking After Miss Alexander

Janet Weston

MCGILL-QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY PRESS
2023
nidottu
In July 1939, at the Royal Courts of Justice in London, fifty-nine-year-old Beatrice Alexander was found incapable of managing her own property and affairs. Although Alexander and those living with her insisted that she was perfectly well, the official solicitor took control of her home and money, evicted her “friends,” and hired a live-in companion to watch over her. Alexander remained legally incapable for the next thirty years. In the mid-twentieth century, Alexander was one of about thirty thousand people in England and Wales who were, at any time, legally “incapable” and under the auspices of what is now the Court of Protection. Focusing on the period between the 1920s and the 1960s, Looking After Miss Alexander explains the workings of the court, using Alexander’s unusual case to consider the complexities of this aspect of mental health law. Drawing on Court of Protection archives – some of which were made publicly available for the first time in 2019 – and micro-historical methods, Janet Weston also highlights the role of chance, subjectivity, and uncertainty in shaping how events unfolded then, and the stories we tell about those events today.An engaging and accessible history of mental capacity law, Looking After Miss Alexander examines ideas of citizenship and welfare, gender and vulnerability, care and control, and the role of the state. It also offers reflections on historical research and writing itself.
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Trees and Shrubs of Mount Pleasant Cemetery

Trees and Shrubs of Mount Pleasant Cemetery

Janet Davis

Firefly Books
2026
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Established in 1876, Mount Pleasant Cemetery is a plant lover's paradise in the middle of Canada's largest city, Toronto. It is ecologically important, acting as a carbon sink as well as one of the country's largest arboretums. Its hundreds of varieties of trees represent all the species that can grow in this area of Canada, including very rare species, and the cemetery is renowned for its picturesque landscaping and beautifully maintained grounds, making it a desirable place for both locals and visitors to explore. In Trees and Shrubs of Mount Pleasant Cemetery, author and photographer Janet Davis captures the magic of the cemetery's flora through the seasons, from early spring cherry blossoms and summer hydrangeas, to the brilliant colors of fall and, at last, the soaring conifers that stand out against the snowy backdrop of winter. Beginning with a brief introduction to the cemetery and its dedicated teams of arborists and gardeners, this handsome guide introduces you to hundreds of plant species that call Mount Pleasant Cemetery home -- doing so through lively, detailed captions and breathtaking photographs. This book, small enough to tuck into a bag, will aid you in identifying and enjoying all the plants and trees you will encounter on your next visit to Mount Pleasant as well as enhance your encounters with the same plants elsewhere. It will also cover topics, such as animals, birds, diseases and pests, and it includes an arboretum map and several lists of plants to look for.
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Forgotten Dreams

Forgotten Dreams

Janet Lane Walters

BWL Publishing Inc.
2019
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Chad Morgan is tired of his roll as action hero Storm. The studio wants him to do two more. He really wants to do his friend's book where he has the rights. Needing to escape Hollywood and think he heads to Fern Lake where the woman he left behind lives.He realizes he loves Emma and decides to recover the love they had. Emma Grassi is now a nurse practitioner in private practice with her friend. She decides it's time to move on and she is tired of waiting for Chad to get over himself. She has vowed to rid herself of all memories of the man who forgot the dreams they once shared of a happy ever after.Sparks fly when they meet again.
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Courageous James and the Sneezy Dragon

Courageous James and the Sneezy Dragon

Janet Robinson

Tellwell Talent
2018
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This is the story of a young boy faced with a mystery. In solving this mystery James pushes through his fears and perceived limitations and saves a village. His life is never the same again. The story was so enjoyable that Janet told it to him on their next bed time occasion. This time, James began to correct his Nana and interject with new ideas. It became a magic and lastingmoment. Together they wrote and re-wrote the story until it was ready to share. Janet is also the author of Self-Esteem...The Simple Truth.
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Courageous James and the Sneezy Dragon

Courageous James and the Sneezy Dragon

Janet Robinson

Tellwell Talent
2018
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This is the story of a young boy faced with a mystery. In solving this mystery James pushes through his fears and perceived limitations and saves a village. His life is never the same again. The story was so enjoyable that Janet told it to him on their next bed time occasion. This time, James began to correct his Nana and interject with new ideas. It became a magic and lastingmoment. Together they wrote and re-wrote the story until it was ready to share. Janet is also the author of Self-Esteem...The Simple Truth.
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Just Another Day in the Retirement Home

Just Another Day in the Retirement Home

Janet V Fraser

Tellwell Talent
2019
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"Just Another Day in the Retirement Home" is a memoir about an eight year journey experienced by Janet Fraser, whose aging parents were living their final years in a retirement home. It is a poignant journey of the heart, from the first realization that life is about to change when the roles of parent and child are reversed, through the confusion of navigating the health care system, to the progression of dementia and all the adjustments and surprises that happen along the way. It is about loss and grief, yet it is a story of love, joy, resilience and gratitude. It is about life with all the tears and laughter, and what truly matters at the end of life. This is a love story about an elderly couple who are committed to staying together always, even as their abilities and memories are declining. The life lessons that Janet learns through this experience are invaluable -- the greatest lesson being compassion. As Janet watches the lives of her beloved parents unravel and their memories fade, she also watches her grandchildren as they discover the world-- building memories and reaching for the stars. The experience of being both daughter and grandmother brings home the message that being the link between the past and the future is a privilege and an honour. This is, after all, the circle of life.
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Waiting for the Light

Waiting for the Light

Janet Fisher

Tellwell Talent
2023
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Janet Fisher's poetry points us to the light and helps us find it. Sometimes deeply transcendent, her poetry takes us to places we long to go. This is definitely a good read.- Lorne Braun, author of A Thousand and One Coffee Spoons: Memoirs of a Traveller Soul Janet Fisher is an inspirational poet. Her subtle use of imagery feeds one's hunger for nature and sparks inquiry of such. Poignant and impelling, her words leave the reader in awe, hungry for more.- P. J. Payne, author of Of Women, Of Men
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Hiring Well

Hiring Well

Janet H Stewart

Tellwell Talent
2021
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Over the last decade, the kindergarten to grade-12 sector has faced unprecedented recruitment and hiring challenges. With an aging workforce and accelerated shifts in technology, there has never been a greater need for a sector-specific hiring guide.Hiring Well: Building Strong Selection Practices in K-12 is a practical step-by-step guide for constructing a comprehensive and consistent hiring process. Drawing on her years of kindergarten to grade 12 hiring experience, Janet Stewart shares practical strategies, templates and checklists to help you attract, select and hire top performing employees.Each and every hiring decision matters for creating a learning environment where students can thrive and for building a positive workplace culture that is welcoming and inclusive for all employees. Whether you need to build your hiring toolbox or sharpen your knowledge and confidence in making selection decisions, this is the book for you.
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Children's Literature: Approaches and Territories

Children's Literature: Approaches and Territories

Janet Maybin; Nicola J. Watson

Red Globe Press
2009
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How has children's literature been defined? In what ways has it changed over time? How are the classics of children's literature established? What is the impact of digital media and globalization on books for children? Children's Literature: Approaches and Territories provides a social and literary overview of the field of Anglophone children's literature: its history and genres, its current concerns and its possible future directions. Emphasising how children's literature is embedded in the social life of children and adults, the collection brings together lively and accessible scholarly essays by leading scholars, some reprinted and others newly commissioned. It includes sections on poetry, drama and picture books and is supported by detailed introductory material, suggestions for further reading and a colour plate section reproducing illustrations from key children's texts.
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