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Arctic Passages

Ice, Exploration, and the Battle for Power at the Top of the World

Island Press

Almost two centuries after British explorer Sir John Franklin and his men died amid paralyzing cold and ice in pursuit of the mythical Northwest Passage, the Arctic is melting at an alarming pace. Instead of working together to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, countries are racing to control newly ice-free waters and the riches in the seabed below. But by choosing self-interest over cooperative action, they may be condemning the world to an uninhabitable future.

Arctic Passages reminds us that while we go about our lives, climate change is unspooling slowly but insidiously, spawning extreme weather events that will be increasingly difficult to ignore. Ultimately, the fate of the Arctic will be decided by the developed world and how it decides to take action—if it’s not too late.
 

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American Idle

Late-Career Job Loss in a Neoliberal Era

Rutgers University Press

What happens when older workers lose their jobs in a recessionary economy filled with employers who favor hiring younger workers? From hard falls to soft landings, American Idle uses in-depth interviews to detail how these workers simultaneously embrace and resist the pervasive messages of the neoliberal era as they manage the painful mismatch between expectation and reality.
 

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Always an Academic Immigrant

A Collective Memoir

Rutgers University Press

Always an Academic Immigrant is a collective memoir that gives voice to eighty-one academics who immigrated from thirty-seven countries for a career in higher education. It reveals the challenges they faced adapting to new national and institutional cultures and the vital contributions immigrants have made to academia as scholars, teachers, and leaders. 

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Pilates Applications for Health Conditions Volume 2

Locomotor System Conditions

Jessica Kingsley Publishers, Handspring Publishing

Edited by two international experts in movement education, this comprehensive reference examines musculoskeletal and movement Conditions, and how we can improve gait, balance, and quality of life. Designed for Pilates teachers, movement educators, continuing education providers, and trainee teachers.

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Pilates Applications for Health Conditions Volume 1

Multi-System Conditions

Jessica Kingsley Publishers, Handspring Publishing

Edited by two international experts in movement education, this comprehensive reference examines 24 health conditions that improve gait, balance, and quality of life. Designed for Pilates teachers, movement educators, continuing education providers, and trainee teachers, it demonstrates applications for clinical practice, home studios and online.

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Pilates Applications for Health Conditions Two-Volume Set

Jessica Kingsley Publishers, Handspring Publishing

Edited by two international experts in movement education, this comprehensive reference examines how we can improve gait, balance, and quality of life for both multi-system and musculoskeletal conditions. Designed for Pilates teachers, movement educators, continuing education providers, and trainee teachers.

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The Dad Rock That Made Me a Woman

University of Texas Press

A memoir-in-essays on transness, dad rock, and the music that saves us.

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The Architecture of the Playing Field

Shaping Space in Sport

University of Texas Press

A novel exploration of playing fields as aesthetic and architectural spaces that frame athletes’ creativity and spectators’ evolving experiences of sport.

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Tawennawetah Teyoswathe – The Morning Star: It is Bright

Traditional Ways of Knowing & Cultural Responsibility. A Prayer for Recovery & a Spiritual Explanation of the Process for Receiving Duties on Behalf of Oneself & All the People

Riverside Architectural Press
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Sex and Love in Porfirian Mexico City

A Social History of Working-Class Courtship

University of Florida Press

This social history explores the romantic and sexual lives of the poor and working class in Mexico City during the rule of dictator Porfirio Díaz, showing how everyday experiences were shaped by broader changes taking place as the Mexican state modernized and underwent capitalist growth and development.

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