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Return to Santa Flores

Return to Santa Flores

Iris Johansen

Random House USA Inc
2013
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#1 New York Times bestselling author Iris Johansen offers readers a classic tale of a love that seems impossible--and a hunger that is undeniable. Jenny Cashman longs to escape the refined, rarified air of her exclusive Swiss education. At nineteen, she's desperate for independence--and to once again see the man she loves. So she sells her belongings, leaves Europe, and heads to Las Vegas. The sight of Steve Jason's newest palatial hotel and casino thrills Jenny--but not as much as the sight of the man himself. Steve came to her rescue after her father died, paying for her years of expensive schooling. Now, she must convince him that she's old enough to make her own decisions . . . including about her passion for him. Steve Jason is a powerful mogul, a man who came from nothing and made a name for himself in the industry before he was thirty years old. He takes great care to keep all emotional involvement with others to a bare minimum--with only one exception. Jenny has always been incredibly important to him. But how can he keep her safe when she seems oblivious to her own stunning beauty and the reactions she gets from other men? It will take all of Steve's resolve to protect her--especially from his own desires.
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The Architecture of Percier and Fontaine and the Struggle for Sovereignty in Revolutionary France

The Architecture of Percier and Fontaine and the Struggle for Sovereignty in Revolutionary France

Iris Moon

Routledge
2019
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As the official architects of Napoleon, Charles Percier (1764–1838) and Pierre-François-Léonard Fontaine (1762–1853) designed interiors that responded to the radical ideologies and collective forms of destruction that took place during the French Revolution. The architects visualized new forms of imperial sovereignty by inverting the symbols of monarchy and revolution, constructing meeting rooms resembling military encampments and gilded thrones that replaced the Bourbon lily with Napoleonic bees. Yet in the wake of political struggle, each foundation stone that the architects laid for the new imperial regime was accompanied by an awareness of the contingent nature of sovereign power. Contributing fresh perspectives on the architecture, decorative arts, and visual culture of revolutionary France, this book explores how Percier and Fontaine’s desire to build structures of permanence and their inadvertent reliance upon temporary architectural forms shaped a new awareness of time, memory, and modern political identity in France.
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Robert Chambers of Edinburgh

Robert Chambers of Edinburgh

Iris Macfarlane

Routledge
2020
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This is a book on the life and times of Robert Chambers, founder of W. & R. Chambers publishers. Although there are now books based on some of his letters and on the impact of one of his books, The Vestiges of Natural Creation, there are no books on the whole man and his life. Written by Iris Macfarlane with Alan Macfarlane, the book weaves together three strands. At one level, it is a biography of Chambers and his family; the portrait of a rise from absolute poverty to great wealth and influence. At the second it provides the context of his life by the way of a portrait of nineteenth century Edinburgh as seen through his eyes. At the third it explores the intellectual and organisational revolutions embodied in his life, the explorations in history, folklore, geology, publishing, education and many other fields which made him one of the most exciting thinkers of his age. It is based on extensive archival research among the Chambers’ archives in Edinburgh and conversations with his descendants.Please note: This title is co-published with Social Science Press, New Delhi. Taylor & Francis does not sell or distribute the Hardback in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.
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Packing Death in Australian Literature

Packing Death in Australian Literature

Iris Ralph

Routledge
2020
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Packing Death in Australian Literature: Ecocides and Eco-Sidesaddresses Australian Literature from ecocritical, animal studies, plantstudies, indigenous studies, and posthumanist critical perspectives. Thebook’s main purpose is twofold: to bring more sustained attention to environmental,vegetal, and animal rights issues, past and present, and todo that from within the discipline of literary studies. Literary studies inAustralia continue to reflect disinterest or not enough interest in criticalengagements with the subjects of Australia’s oldest extant environmentsand other beings beside humans. Packing Death in Australian Literature:Ecocides and Eco-Sides foregrounds the vegetal and nonhumananimal populations and contours of Australian Literature. Critical studiesrelied on in Packing Death in Australian Literature: Ecocides andEco-Sides include books by CA. Cranston and Robert Zeller, Simon C.Estok, Bill Gammage, Timothy Morton, Bruce Pascoe, Val Plumwood,Kate Rigby, John Ryan, Wendy Wheeler, and Cary Wolfe. The selectedliterary texts include work by Merlinda Bobis, Eric Yoshiaki Dando,Nugi Garimara, Francesca Rendle-Short, Patrick White, and Evie Wyld.
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Packing Death in Australian Literature

Packing Death in Australian Literature

Iris Ralph

TAYLOR FRANCIS LTD
2022
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Packing Death in Australian Literature: Ecocides and Eco-Sidesaddresses Australian Literature from ecocritical, animal studies, plantstudies, indigenous studies, and posthumanist critical perspectives. Thebook’s main purpose is twofold: to bring more sustained attention to environmental,vegetal, and animal rights issues, past and present, and todo that from within the discipline of literary studies. Literary studies inAustralia continue to reflect disinterest or not enough interest in criticalengagements with the subjects of Australia’s oldest extant environmentsand other beings beside humans. Packing Death in Australian Literature:Ecocides and Eco-Sides foregrounds the vegetal and nonhumananimal populations and contours of Australian Literature. Critical studiesrelied on in Packing Death in Australian Literature: Ecocides andEco-Sides include books by CA. Cranston and Robert Zeller, Simon C.Estok, Bill Gammage, Timothy Morton, Bruce Pascoe, Val Plumwood,Kate Rigby, John Ryan, Wendy Wheeler, and Cary Wolfe. The selectedliterary texts include work by Merlinda Bobis, Eric Yoshiaki Dando,Nugi Garimara, Francesca Rendle-Short, Patrick White, and Evie Wyld.
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Mobilization against Asylum Seekers in Contemporary Urban Spaces

Mobilization against Asylum Seekers in Contemporary Urban Spaces

Iris Beau Segers

TAYLOR FRANCIS LTD
2022
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This book investigates the issue of local mobilization against asylum seekers in urban areas, which are often disproportionally affected by complex issues related to immigration and integration, as well as socio-economic development and growing inequalities. Based on ethnographic research in the city of Rotterdam, it explores the conditions under which mobilization against the establishment of an asylum seekers’ centre emerged, offering a combined analysis of interviews, social media, and mainstream media to demonstrate the key role played by storytelling in the development of opposition to the arrival of asylum seekers. Presenting a theoretical model of anti-immigration mobilization that connects the social importance of storytelling to broader socio-political developments and conditions, this volume will appeal to scholars of sociology, anthropology, and politics with interests in migration, social movements, and mobilization around contentious issues.
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Mobilization against Asylum Seekers in Contemporary Urban Spaces

Mobilization against Asylum Seekers in Contemporary Urban Spaces

Iris Beau Segers

TAYLOR FRANCIS LTD
2023
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This book investigates the issue of local mobilization against asylum seekers in urban areas, which are often disproportionally affected by complex issues related to immigration and integration, as well as socio-economic development and growing inequalities. Based on ethnographic research in the city of Rotterdam, it explores the conditions under which mobilization against the establishment of an asylum seekers’ centre emerged, offering a combined analysis of interviews, social media, and mainstream media to demonstrate the key role played by storytelling in the development of opposition to the arrival of asylum seekers. Presenting a theoretical model of anti-immigration mobilization that connects the social importance of storytelling to broader socio-political developments and conditions, this volume will appeal to scholars of sociology, anthropology, and politics with interests in migration, social movements, and mobilization around contentious issues.
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Blind Alley: An Eve Duncan Forensics Thriller

Blind Alley: An Eve Duncan Forensics Thriller

Iris Johansen

BANTAM
2017
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Eve Duncan unwittingly walks into an obsessive killer's trap--and enters into a deadly game that awakens her own darkest nightmares--in this "expertly plotted, eminently entertaining novel" (Publishers Weekly) from #1 New York Times bestselling author Iris Johansen. "Stunning and terrifying."--RT Book Reviews, 41/2 stars Forensic sculptor Eve Duncan puts a face on the victims of violent crimes. She's working on the skull of a newly discovered Jane Doe, her face destroyed beyond recognition. But whoever killed this poor girl wasn't trying to hide her identity. The plan is far more horrifying. As the face begins to appear under Eve's skilled hands, she gets the shock of her life: The victim is someone she knows all too well. Someone who isn't dead. Yet. To stop a twisted psychopath, Eve must put her own life on the line. But that's not the worst of it--when her adopted daughter, Jane, reveals a bizarre connection to the case, Eve can't stop her from joining the hunt for the killer . . . a chase that will lead to a harrowing confrontation.
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Migration, Settlement, and the Concepts of House and Home

Migration, Settlement, and the Concepts of House and Home

Iris Levin

Routledge
2015
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How do migrants feel "at home" in their houses? Literature on the migrant house and its role in the migrant experience of home-building is inadequate. This book offers a theoretical framework based on the notion of home-building and the concepts of home and house embedded within it. It presents innovative research on four groups of migrants who have settled in two metropolitan cities in two periods: migrants from Italy (migrated in the 1950s and 1960s) and from mainland China (migrated in the 1990s and 2000s) in Melbourne, Australia, and migrants from Morocco (migrated in the 1950s and 1960s) and from the former Soviet Union (migrated in the 1990s and 2000s) in Tel Aviv, Israel. The analysis draws on qualitative data gathered from forty-six in depth interviews with migrants in their home-environments, including extensive visual data. Levin argues that the physical form of the house is meaningful in a range of diverse ways during the process of home-building, and that each migrant group constructs a distinct form of home-building in their homes/houses, according to their specific circumstances of migration, namely the origin country, country of destination and period of migration, as well as the historical, economic and social contexts around migration.
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Defining Sustainable Development for Our Common Future

Defining Sustainable Development for Our Common Future

Iris Borowy

Routledge
2013
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The UN World Commission on Environment and Development, chaired by former Norwegian Prime Minister Gro Harlem Brundtland, alerted the world to the urgency of making progress toward economic development that could be sustained without depleting natural resources or harming the environment. Written by an international group of politicians, civil servants and experts on the environment and development, the Brundtland Report changed sustainable development from a physical notion to one based on social, economic and environmental issues. This book positions the Brundtland Commission as a key event within a longer series of international reactions to pressing problems of global poverty and environmental degradation. It shows that its report, "Our Common Future", published in 1987, covered much more than its definition of sustainable development as "development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs" for which it became best known. It also addressed a long list of issues which remain unresolved today. The book explores how the work of the Commission juggled contradictory expectations and world views, which existed within the Commission and beyond, and drew on the concept of sustainable development as a way to reconcile profound differences. The result was both an immense success and disappointment. Coining an irresistibly simple definition enabled the Brundtland Commission to place sustainability firmly on the international agenda. This definition gained acceptability for a potentially divisive concept, but it also diverted attention from underlying demands for fundamental political and social changes. Meanwhile, the central message of the Commission – the need to make inconvenient sustainability considerations a part of global politics as much as of everyday life – has been side-lined. The book thus assesses to what extent the Brundtland Commission represented an immense step forward or a missed opportunity.
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Defining Sustainable Development for Our Common Future

Defining Sustainable Development for Our Common Future

Iris Borowy

Routledge
2015
nidottu
The UN World Commission on Environment and Development, chaired by former Norwegian Prime Minister Gro Harlem Brundtland, alerted the world to the urgency of making progress toward economic development that could be sustained without depleting natural resources or harming the environment. Written by an international group of politicians, civil servants and experts on the environment and development, the Brundtland Report changed sustainable development from a physical notion to one based on social, economic and environmental issues.This book positions the Brundtland Commission as a key event within a longer series of international reactions to pressing problems of global poverty and environmental degradation. It shows that its report, "Our Common Future", published in 1987, covered much more than its definition of sustainable development as "development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs" for which it became best known. It also addressed a long list of issues which remain unresolved today. The book explores how the work of the Commission juggled contradictory expectations and world views, which existed within the Commission and beyond, and drew on the concept of sustainable development as a way to reconcile profound differences. The result was both an immense success and disappointment. Coining an irresistibly simple definition enabled the Brundtland Commission to place sustainability firmly on the international agenda. This definition gained acceptability for a potentially divisive concept, but it also diverted attention from underlying demands for fundamental political and social changes.Meanwhile, the central message of the Commission – the need to make inconvenient sustainability considerations a part of global politics as much as of everyday life – has been side-lined. The book thus assesses to what extent the Brundtland Commission represented an immense step forward or a missed opportunity.
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Try to Remember

Try to Remember

Iris Gomez

Grand Central Publishing
2010
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An award-winning poet and expert in US immigration and asylum law delivers a powerful novel about a daughter's attempt to sustain her family as her father struggles with his mental health. "Lyrical, poignant, and smart, as compassionate and hopeful as it is heartbreaking...a novel you will never forget." -- Jenna Blum, New York Times bestselling author of Those Who Save Us If she tries, Gabriela can almost remember when her father went off to work . . . when her mother wasn't struggling to undo the damage he caused . . . when a short temper didn't lead to physical violence. But Gabi cannot live in the past, not when one more outburst could jeopardize her family's future. So she trades the life of a normal Miami teenager for a career of carefully managing her father's delusions and guarding her mother's secrets. As Gabi navigates her family's twisting path of lies and revelations, relationships and loss, she finds moments of happiness in unexpected places. Ultimately Gabi must discover the strength she needs to choose what's right for her: serving her parents or a future of her own.
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Thread Of The Silkworm

Thread Of The Silkworm

Iris Chang

Basic Books
1996
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The definitive biography of Tsien Hsue-Shen, the pioneer of the American space age who was mysteriously accused of being a communist, deported, and became,to America's continuing chagrin,the father of the Chinese missile program.
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I Am My Mother's Daughter

I Am My Mother's Daughter

Iris Krasnow

Basic Books
2007
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Iris Krasnow-mother, daughter, and bestselling journalist-tackles the toughest relationship in the lives of many grown women: the mother-daughter bond. With women's life expectancy inching up past 80, you may be embroiled with your mother well past the time your own hair turns white. The good news: Living longer means more time to make peace-and this book shows you how. Drawing on her own experience with her colourful 85-year-old mother and the collective wisdom of more than 100 other adult daughters, Krasnow offers a fresh perspective on how to overcome the anger, guilt, and resentment that can destroy a family. The time to repair the bond is now, she reminds us: You can't kiss and make up at her funeral. The key is to let go of the fantasy mom and embrace the flesh-and-blood woman, with all her flaws.
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The Rape of Nanking

The Rape of Nanking

Iris Chang

Basic Books
2012
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The New York Times bestselling account of one of history's most brutal- and forgotten- massacres, when the Japanese army destroyed China's capital city on the eve of World War IIIn December 1937, one of the most horrific atrocities in the long annals of wartime barbarity occurred. The Japanese army swept into the ancient city of Nanking (what was then the capital of China), and within weeks, more than 300,000 Chinese civilians and soldiers were systematically raped, tortured, and murdered. In this seminal work, Iris Chang, whose own grandparents barely escaped the massacre, tells this history from three perspectives: that of the Japanese soldiers, that of the Chinese, and that of a group of Westerners who refused to abandon the city and created a safety zone, which saved almost 300,000 Chinese.Drawing on extensive interviews with survivors and documents brought to light for the first time, Iris Chang's classic book is the definitive history of this horrifying episode."Chang vividly, methodically, records what happened, piecing together the abundant eyewitness reports into an undeniable tapestry of horror." - Adam Hochschild, Salon
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Mabou Mines

Mabou Mines

Iris Fischer

The University of Michigan Press
2012
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The theater company Mabou Mines has for the past forty years created pathbreaking new theater by combining the latest concepts in music, visual arts, and technology with traditional forms of creative expression: puppetry, text, movement, theater design. From the beginning, the evanescence of performance and the dynamics of group work attracted the group. Most of their early pieces were never recorded, leaving little documentation of their foundational productions. Mabou Mines: Making Avant-Garde Theater in the 1970s provides this missing history, attempting to capture and describe the explorations of a group who set out to create indescribable performance. Iris Smith Fischer makes visible once again the celebrated company's least documented work, and offers accounts of the decisions and events that defined Mabou Mines' ideas and methods, particularly their creative collaborations with visual artists, musicians, writers, and dancers. Focusing on the heady days of the company's founding and first ten years, the book traces Mabou Mines' intellectual and artistic roots, frames them within the 1970s avant-garde, and outlines their significance in contemporary performance.
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Accidental Magic

Accidental Magic

Iris Beaglehole

Te Ra Aroha Press
2022
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Welcome to Myrtlewood, a quirky town, steeped in magic, tea and mystery...Life's a struggle for Rosemary Thorn and her teen daughter, Athena. But their regular troubles are turned upside down after Granny Thorn's mysterious death.Despite her cousin's sinister manoeuvrings, Rosemary returns to Myrtlewood and the sprawling, dilapidated Thorn Manor. But there's more to the old house than meets the eye, as Rosemary and Athena soon find out - in a whirlwind of magic, adventure, mystical creatures and endless cups of tea.Life in Myrtlewood would be bliss if Rosemary could only clear her name in a certain murder investigation, solve the mystery and stay out of mortal peril - for at least a little while A small town with endless secrets, strange activities and a house with a mind of its own.If you love mystery, witches, magic and a big dose of humour, you're going to love Myrtlewood Mysteries Book 1.
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Accidental Magic

Accidental Magic

Iris Beaglehole

Te Ra Aroha Press
2022
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Welcome to Myrtlewood, a quirky town, steeped in magic, tea, and mystery...Life's a struggle for Rosemary Thorn and her teen daughter, Athena. But their regular troubles are turned upside down after Granny Thorn's mysterious death.Despite her cousin's sinister manoeuvrings, Rosemary returns to Myrtlewood and the sprawling, dilapidated Thorn Manor. But there's more to the old house than meets the eye, as Rosemary and Athena soon find out - in a whirlwind of magic, adventure, mystical creatures, and endless cups of tea.Life in Myrtlewood would be bliss if Rosemary could only clear her name in a certain murder investigation, solve the mystery, and stay out of mortal peril - for at least a little while A small town with endless secrets, strange activities, and a house with a mind of its own.If you love mystery, witches, magic, and a big dose of humour, you're going to love the Myrtlewood Mysteries
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Experimental Magic

Experimental Magic

Iris Beaglehole

Te Ra Aroha Press
2022
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It's the Spring Equinox in Myrtlewood, complete with strange disappearances, a quest to uncover heritage and a journey beyond the veil...Rosemary and Athena are just settling into their new life in the unapologetically magical village of Myrtlewood.After so many years in financial turmoil, things are looking up, and Rosemary even nabs the perfect part-time job while waiting on a certain handsome vampire lawyer to process her inheritance. Life is surprisingly peaceful until strange disappearances throw everything into chaos leading up to the Spring Equinox.Meanwhile, Athena is newly enrolled at Myrtlewood Academy but feels woefully unprepared for magical education. She has enough on her mind with the enigmatic Finnigan and his aloof behaviour, not to mention the disappearance of her father, Dain.If you're ready for more mystery, witches, paranormal women's fiction with a midlife main character, and a big dose of humour, you're going to love Myrtlewood Mysteries Book 2.
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Experimental Magic

Experimental Magic

Iris Beaglehole

Te Ra Aroha Press
2022
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It's the Spring Equinox in Myrtlewood, complete with strange disappearances, a quest to uncover heritage and a journey beyond the veil...Rosemary and Athena are just settling into their new life in the unapologetically magical village of Myrtlewood.After so many years in financial turmoil, things are looking up, and Rosemary even nabs the perfect part-time job while waiting on a certain handsome vampire lawyer to process her inheritance. Life is surprisingly peaceful until strange disappearances throw everything into chaos leading up to the Spring Equinox.Meanwhile, Athena is newly enrolled at Myrtlewood Academy but feels woefully unprepared for magical education. She has enough on her mind with the enigmatic Finnigan and his aloof behaviour, not to mention the disappearance of her father, Dain.If you're ready for more mystery, witches, paranormal women's fiction with a midlife main character, and a big dose of humour, you're going to love Myrtlewood Mysteries Book 2.
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