This is the story of a child growing up in war-torn Northern Ireland; of a musician who migrated to the United States with only $50 and a guitar; of a man who braved the bridges of New York City and the collapse of the Twin Towers. This is the story of Patrick O'Kane. From the turbulent streets of Troubles-era Derry to the highest barrels of the George Washington Bridge, the poems of Troubles explore a daughter's interpretations of a father's life that has been anything but ordinary.
You can try and hide. But this gangland boss will get their revenge – no matter how long it takes…Lifelong friends Lori Graham and Stephanie Lyle are sitting on the balcony of Lori’s flat in Glasgow, chatting, drinking, enjoying the summer’s warmth.Until the peace is shattered by the sound of gunshots from a drive-by shooting.Running to investigate, the women find both their worlds shattered. One of their sons is the shooter, and one is the victim.As Lori and Stephanie try and pick through the pieces, they discover that they themselves hold the key to why their boys have turned each other.A deadly secret from their teenage years has come back to haunt them, and now a face from the past is back for vengeance, using the one thing that will hurt Lori and Stephanie the most – their children.
"El amor nunca le gusta que lanza en su persecuci n: prefiere venir a s mismo f cilmente anidan en la alcoba que eligi ." Alexa Madrexx. Son estas palabras que presento mi primera colecci n de poemas, un sue o acariciado desde la infancia, sino que la vida con sus desv os casi me hizo olvidar. Por Kaleidoscope festival o emociones en conflicto? Porque yo estoy fascinado por sus m ltiples y cambiantes colores que describen en mi gama de emociones y sensaciones que he experimentado y compartido durante los primeros 28 a os de mi vida. Adem s, no me gusta la monoton a y no quiero correr el riesgo de perderse en los textos ins pidos. Si bien es cierto que esta colecci n puede sorprender a muchos, sino que tambi n permite que cada uno se re nen de acuerdo a sus gustos. Buena lectura Alexa M.
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Robert Desjarlais; Sabina M. Perrino; Joshua O. Reno; Nicholas Bartlett; Aurora Donzelli; Margaux Fitoussi; Alexa Hagerty; Rafadi Hakim; Parthiban Muniandy; Emily Ng
This volume, written in a readable and enticing style, is based on a simple premise, which was to have several exceptional ethnographers write about their experiences in an evocative way in real time during the COVID-19 pandemic. Rather than an edited volume with dedicated chapters, this book thus offers a new format wherein authors write several, distinct dispatches, each short and compact, allowing each writer's perspectives and stories to grow, in tandem with the pandemic itself, over the course of the book. Leaving behind the trope of the lonely anthropologist, these authors come together to form a collective of ethnographers to ask important questions, such as: What does it mean to live and write amid an unfolding and unstoppable global health and economic crisis? What are the intensities of the everyday? How do the isolated find connection in the face of catastrophe? Such first-person reflections touch on a plurality of themes brought on by the pandemic, forces and dynamics of pressing concern to many, such as contagion, safety, health inequalities, societal injustices, loss and separation, displacement, phantasmal imaginings and possibilities, the uncertain arts of calculating risk and protection, limits on movement and travel, and the biopolitical operations of sovereign powers. The various writings—spun from diverse situations and global locations—proceed within a temporal flow, starting in March 2020, with the first alerts and cases of viral infection, and then move on to various currents of caution, concern, infection, despair, hope, and connection that have unfolded since those early days. The writings then move into 2021, with events and moods associated with the global distribution of potentially effective vaccines and the promise and hope these immunizations bring. The written record of these multiform dispatches involves traces of a series of lives, as the authors of those lives tried to make do, and write, in trying times. A timely ethnography of an event that has changed all our lives, this book is critical reading for students and researchers of medical anthropology, sociocultural anthropology, contemporary anthropological theory, and ethnographic writing.
Robert Desjarlais; Sabina M. Perrino; Joshua O. Reno; Nicholas Bartlett; Aurora Donzelli; Margaux Fitoussi; Alexa Hagerty; Rafadi Hakim; Parthiban Muniandy; Emily Ng
This volume, written in a readable and enticing style, is based on a simple premise, which was to have several exceptional ethnographers write about their experiences in an evocative way in real time during the COVID-19 pandemic. Rather than an edited volume with dedicated chapters, this book thus offers a new format wherein authors write several, distinct dispatches, each short and compact, allowing each writer's perspectives and stories to grow, in tandem with the pandemic itself, over the course of the book. Leaving behind the trope of the lonely anthropologist, these authors come together to form a collective of ethnographers to ask important questions, such as: What does it mean to live and write amid an unfolding and unstoppable global health and economic crisis? What are the intensities of the everyday? How do the isolated find connection in the face of catastrophe? Such first-person reflections touch on a plurality of themes brought on by the pandemic, forces and dynamics of pressing concern to many, such as contagion, safety, health inequalities, societal injustices, loss and separation, displacement, phantasmal imaginings and possibilities, the uncertain arts of calculating risk and protection, limits on movement and travel, and the biopolitical operations of sovereign powers. The various writings—spun from diverse situations and global locations—proceed within a temporal flow, starting in March 2020, with the first alerts and cases of viral infection, and then move on to various currents of caution, concern, infection, despair, hope, and connection that have unfolded since those early days. The writings then move into 2021, with events and moods associated with the global distribution of potentially effective vaccines and the promise and hope these immunizations bring. The written record of these multiform dispatches involves traces of a series of lives, as the authors of those lives tried to make do, and write, in trying times. A timely ethnography of an event that has changed all our lives, this book is critical reading for students and researchers of medical anthropology, sociocultural anthropology, contemporary anthropological theory, and ethnographic writing.
When his computer hacker dad discovers a secret website, Alex O'Donnell and his girlfriend Kateri become embroiled in a mystery that leads to sudden wealth and murder. A modern retelling of the classic Arabian Nights tale "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves."
Super Nature is a collection of photographic essays on climate change and a case for hope. The book comprises original photography and archival imagery, accompanied by a series of short essays. The book takes readers through the Alaskan Arctic, forests of Northern Albania, to a coastal wall along the Sea of Japan, and along the way delves into our perceived separateness from nature and the ways in which we have adapted in the past to our environment. Super Nature is a story for how we perceive and relate through our lived experiences to an ever-changing relationship with the planet, and reflections for how we begin to move beyond crisis. Text in English and German.
Clinical trials have become a $24 billion industry that is reshaping every aspect of health care development and delivery in the United States and around the world. "Chasing Medical Miracles "is the first book to give readers a behind-the-scenes look at the complicated world of clinical trials and how a multibillion-dollar industry of private companies conducting clinical trials with little oversight has quietly become a major part of the American medical establishment. O'Meara reveals what every health-conscious person needs to know about how drugs, devices, and procedures are tested and approved.
Alex O. Williams thoroughly examines the nature and sources of mortgage portfolio risk, the analysis of that risk, and the methods for identifying and guarding against it. Following a discussion of regulation and the mortgage market, Williams describes the portfolio diversification approach to controlling risk in mortgage portfolios. He then examines four systems for analyzing portfolio risk: the regression method of mortgage risk analysis, the linear probability model, cohort analysis of delinquency risk, and a discriminant functional classification model used to measure default risk. He also develops a procedure for constructing an index of loan quality. Finally, Williams presents an exhaustive treatment of the financial evaluation of commercial and industrial properties. Presented in a clear, readable format, amply illustrated with explanatory tables and figures, this is an invaluable tool for mortgage officers and portfolio managers. It will also provide much useful information for real estate executives and brokers.
With no team in her rural town, Zoey tries out for Bantam girl's team the Barrie Sharks. She makes the cut and, knowing that the income from her family's farm won't cover the fees, pushes herself to overcome her shyness and try to raise her own funding. Zoey's talent and eagerness on the ice impress Coach Mikom, team captain Tia, and goalie Anika. But her skills challenge rich Mel for prominence on the team. Teammate Kat makes Zoey embarrassed by her rural background, and Zoey's shame at her father's behavior at a game gives a player on another team the opportunity to bully Zoey, and interfere with her game.Distributed in the U.S by Lerner Publishing Group.
