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Field Hockey Narratives

History, Heritage, and Communities

'Fun, rooted in science... May this book give all women strength for the times we now live in.' Cat Bohannon A myth-busting vindication of women's physical strengths For decades, Starre Vartan - like most women - was told that having a woman's body meant being weaker than men. Like many women, she mostly believed it. Not anymore. Following a half decade of research into the newest science, Vartan shows in The Stronger Sex that women's bodies are incredibly powerful, flexible, and resilient in ways men's bodies aren't. Tossing aside the narrow notion of the tall, muscular man as the measure of strength, Vartan reveals the ways that women surpass men in endurance, flexibility, immunity, pain tolerance, and the ultimate test of any human body: longevity. In interviews with dozens of researchers from biology, anthropology, physiology, and sports science, plus in-depth conversations with runners, swimmers, wrestlers, woodchoppers, thru-hikers, firefighters, and more, The Stronger Sex squashes outdated ideas about women's bodies. It's a celebration of female strength that doesn't argue "down with men" but "up with us all."

The Power of the Female Body

The Stronger Sex

Clásicos Hispánicos

La idea del comportamiento civilizado en la Edad Media y Moderna estaba íntimamente relacionada con la representación de la mujer como modelo de la virtud. El refinamiento, la piedad y templanza que mostraban las damas virtuosas en el interior de los palacios serían ejemplos para los hombres con modales rudos adquiridos en los campos de batalla, o los entornos de la sociabilidad masculina. La virtud parece ser mujer, y el vicio hombre, afirmaba con ingenio la dama Emilia Pía en el libro El Cortesano de Castiglione.

La definición de las cualidades típicamente femeninas, y cómo estas se expresaban en la práctica, sin embargo, variaba conforme al papel que se atribuía a la mujer en la sociedad, y según la época. En este libro destacados especialistas analizan la virtud femenina desde los campos de la historia, la literatura y la filosofía, y la contrastan con la representación misógina de la mujer como disoluta y pérfida, igualmente omnipresente en la época. Pasan revista a damas nobles, damas de corte, poetas, monjas, reinas, embajadoras, y se analizan textos literarios y otras fuentes desde los tiempos de los trovadores hasta la Ilustración y el ocaso del Antiguo Régimen, con el fin de estudiar como los diferentes modelos de virtud favorecieron y restringieron la actuación de las mujeres en la sociedad en aquellos tiempos.

La virtud es mujer : la dimensión femenina en la práctica y la teoría moral de la época medieval y moderna

Ice Kings

The Pucking Wrong Number&nbsp;meets Pucking Around&nbsp;in this spicy hockey romance where one girl becomes the obsession of three university hockey players. I only have one shot to make a life for myself, and more than just my future is on the line. My baby brother is still back in the dump I escaped from, still living in a house of cigarette butts stuffed in beer cans and slurred arguments. So now that I've gotten to Sovereign Kings University, I have to make it worth it. I'll keep my eyes down, ignore the rich kids’ taunts, and graduate. At least that was my plan before I busted the knee of a hockey player. Having possibly ruined the team’s chance of a championship, I'm now the target of the players. The golden boy captain, Alexander, is the ringleader of the popular students. Every day Kane—the tall, dark and perpetually pissed-off defense—finds a way to humiliate me. Yet, being painfully ignored by the huge, reserved goalie they call Mountain may just hurt the most. When the players aren’t making my life a living hell, these three are twisting me up inside with desire and glimpses of the real them. But can I risk losing my heart to one hockey player—let alone all three? I’m certainly in for a long, hard season. "The perfect amount of heat, darkness, and heartbreak. A must read." —J.L. Beck, USA Today&nbsp;bestselling author of&nbsp;The Wildflower

On Thin Ice

Reclaiming the Stories of Our Lives

Time, Now

The Psychology of Everything

The Psychology of Culture Shock

A fascinating deep dive into the dynamic interplay between culture, economics, institutions, and human prosperity. In Pathway to Change, Naci Mocan investigates the economic origins of current cultural beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors, highlighting the lasting impact of historical agricultural practices and ecological conditions. He shows that cultural traits evolve in response to external shocks—such as exposure to violence, changes in institutional quality, and the laws and law enforcement—and argues that culture and institutions influence each other: culture shapes the functioning of institutions, while institutions also mold cultural norms. As a result, the success of institutional reforms depends heavily on the cultural context in which they are implemented. Drawing on research from various fields—including economics, evolutionary biology, psychology, linguistics, neuroscience, philosophy, anthropology, and political science—the author describes how cultural attributes such as trust, honesty, patience, preference for leisure, morality, individualism, and proclivity for violence shape economic outcomes and individual well-being. The book presents evidence on both intergenerational transmission of culture and horizontal transmission within the members of the same generation. It also describes how culture can be shaped and transformed, emphasizing the roles of media, education, laws and law enforcement, and role models. Finally, the book recommends that undesirable cultural attributes that are detrimental to our well-being, determined by scientific criteria, should be modified, and offers policy tools that can be deployed for cultural change.

Culture, Economics, Human Progress, and Prosperity

Pathway to Change

Can one political leader change the course of history? Should CEOs be given big bonuses when a company performs well? Will firing a coach actually change the fortunes of the team? What does a religion's success owe to a charismatic founder? In a fresh take on the interplay of power, character and success, world-renowned historian and bestselling author Jared Diamond argues that great leaders are so much more than either heroic exceptions or products of circumstance. Looking at natural experiments in four different spheres - history, business, sport and religion - Diamond asks under which conditions is a leader most likely to make a difference and why. Drawing on examples of iconic leaders - from Botswana president Seretse Khama to environmentalist Rachel Carson to legendary UCLA basketball coach John Wooden - Diamond shows us how effectiveness is determined by a range of complex interrelated factors, from resources to geography, culture to technology. Profits, Prophets, Coaches and Kings is a thought-provoking assessment of when leaders can bring about effective change, when they don't, and perhaps whether we need them at all.

(When) Do Leaders Make a Difference?

Profits, Prophets, Coaches and Kings

A visionary look at how novel attributes arise and become transformative innovations in nature, culture, and technology The Origins of the New presents a revolutionary approach to evolutionary success in all realms of life. In this groundbreaking book, Douglas Erwin takes readers on a dazzling excursion across science and history to explore how evolution generates new and enduring features in biology, culture, and technology. Erwin begins by tracing how thinkers from Darwin’s time to the present day have sought to discover the driving mechanisms of evolutionary novelty. He then lays out compelling empirical evidence for separating novelty from innovation, showing how novelty involves the emergence of unique characteristics while innovation has to do with the success of those characteristics across time. Erwin develops a unifying conceptual framework for these powerful dynamics, demonstrating how they have shaped everything from the evolution of avian feathers and flight to the creation of human language and the breathtaking advances in digital computing we’re witnessing today. A landmark work that redefines our understanding of the changes happening all around us, The Origins of the New reveals how the forces of novelty and innovation are the same across nature and culture, continually producing new forms and refashioning the world as we know it. Published in association with the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC

Novelty and Innovation in the History of Life, Culture, and Technology

The Origins of the New

Off the Ice

SIE KÄMPFT GEGEN IHRE ANGST. ER GEGEN SEINEN RUF. DOCH GEGEN IHRE HERZEN HABEN BEIDE KEINE CHANCE ...

Der Traum von Eiskunstläuferin Sierra Romanova ist geplatzt. Nach einem schweren Unfall kann sie nicht bei den Olympischen Spielen antreten und hat Angst, aufs Eis zurückzukehren. Ausgerechnet Dylan Donovan, der wegen seines rücksichtslosen Verhaltens und der wilden Partyexzesse vom Eishockeyteam suspendiert wurde, stellt ihr Leben komplett auf den Kopf. Seine provokanten Worte treiben sie zurück aufs Eis - und schon bald kann sie auch außerhalb des Trainings nicht aufhören, an ihn zu denken. Als Sierra für ihr Comeback einen Partner braucht, ist Dylan ihre beste Chance. Und was für die beiden als absolute Notlösung beginnt, lässt schnell Gefühle aufkommen, die sie nicht mehr ignorieren können ...



'Es gibt Menschen, die Geschichten schreiben, und es gibt Bal Khabra, die sie dich fühlen lässt, als wäre es deine eigene. Kaum jemand bringt Herz und Humor so mühelos zusammen wie sie.' book_lynni

SIE KÄMPFT GEGEN IHRE ANGST. ER GEGEN SEINEN RUF. DOCH GEGEN IHRE HERZEN HABEN BEIDE KEINE CHANCE ...Der Traum von Eiskunstläuferin Sierra Romanova ist geplatzt. Nach einem schweren Unfall kann sie nicht bei den Olympischen Spielen antreten und hat Angst, aufs Eis zurückzukehren. Ausgerechnet Dylan Donovan, der wegen seines rücksichtslosen Verhaltens und der wilden Partyexzesse vom Eishockeyteam suspendiert wurde, stellt ihr Leben komplett auf den Kopf. Seine provokanten Worte treiben sie zurück aufs Eis - und schon bald kann sie auch außerhalb des Trainings nicht aufhören, an ihn zu denken. Als Sierra für ihr Comeback einen Partner braucht, ist Dylan ihre beste Chance. Und was für die beiden als absolute Notlösung beginnt, lässt schnell Gefühle aufkommen, die sie nicht mehr ignorieren können ...
 »Es gibt Menschen, die Geschichten schreiben, und es gibt Bal Khabra, die sie dich fühlen lässt, als wäre es deine eigene. Kaum jemand bringt Herz und Humor so mühelos zusammen wie sie.« 
 book_lynni

Revolve

Examines the discordance among the public over controversial historic monumentsand how it should be addressed, highlighting how iconoclasm is confronted through global heritage management theory.

Throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, the United States and Canada rarely experienced iconoclasm, the premeditated destruction of visual symbols, because of their specific emotional or ideological content in the public square. This is changing. As North Americans continue to reject the tangible and intangible heritage of institutionalized white supremacy, iconoclasm acts are happening with greater frequency. The death of George Floyd in May 2020 hastened the demand by Americans to remove historic monuments; so much so, that protesters took matters into their own hands and pulled down statues of historical figures, not limited to the American Civil War but also associated with European colonialism before the American Revolution and during the reign of Queen Victoria in Canada.&nbsp;

For historic preservationists and conservationists, iconoclasm is now the most consequential issue in the field and will continue to be a matter of contention for the foreseeable future. Motives for enacting iconoclasm can be justified, but what are the consequences for doing so, and how, in turn, will this determine the future of our public spaces in towns and cities? More fundamentally, is the current period of iconoclasm leading us to reconsider the public square as part of the built environment? This book will be the first theory-informed work to examine the discordance among the public over controversial historic monuments in the historic landscape and how it should be addressed. It challenges architects, landscape architects, conservationists, preservationists, elected officials, and the public to reconsider the public square and whether or not civic art that memorializes is still relevant or a practice that can be reimagined. It also considers the after-effects of iconoclasm acts: How should we redesign public civic spaces after we have either destroyed or removed historic monuments? As societal values change in regard to public memorialization, how will heritage practitioners, conservationist technicians, and urban designers grapple with working in the civic realm, which may be considered antiquated but continues to exist in our cities?

The book examines how iconoclasm is confronted through global heritage management theory. During the second half of the twentieth century, UNESCO and the European Union drafted charters to protect historic monuments from acts of war and degradation. The author considers these sets of principles and other international approaches to contested and conflicted heritage in addressing racism-based heritage that is embedded in North American heritage, from theoretical, architectural, and legal perspectives. France, which first experienced iconoclasm during the Revolution, has grappled with iconoclasm throughout its modern history. Revolutionary leader Henri Grégoire even invented a noun for it: "vandalism." Through the creation of an environment removed from a historic object's context-the public museum, the Louvre-France conceived institutional iconoclasm. From the revolutions and cultural upheavals of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries to the calamities of two world wars in the twentieth century, Europeans have developed policy and a legal framework that address iconoclasm. The book intends to examine this legal framework closely. It will inform the direction that the North American heritage field should take in order to accept that heritage changes, and must change, in response to our own needs to acknowledge multiple histories and identities in a diverse society, while simultaneously recognizing that iconoclasm is a part of how a society resolves its emotional responses to its built heritage.

Iconoclasm in the Public Square

SHORTLISTED FOR THE WATERSTONES DEBUT FICTION PRIZE 2025 AN OBSERVER BEST NEW NOVELIST 2025 'This summer's hottest read' SUNDAY TIMES 'You won't want to put it down' BRITISH VOGUE 'Sticky, twisting and dangerous' REBECCA K REILLY It's summer. An unnamed young man walks through the gates of a luxurious mansion in the South of France, ready to join the Blake family on their annual holiday. Here, during dreamlike days lounging by the pool and nights blurring into opulent parties, he quickly falls for Felix, the Blake's eldest son. He is everything the man wants to be - handsome, charismatic, wealthy - and his desire is surprisingly reciprocated. Suddenly, a new world of money and power feels within reach. But when summer ends and the two men return to London, the cracks in the Blakes' careful façade begin to show. With the two tormented by demons of their own, their bond risks being pulled apart at the seams. Their secrets and the choices they make will change not only their lives, but the future of those around them.

Sunstruck

Considered one of the best baseball novels of all time, this black comedy about a discontented businessman's obsession with a fantasy baseball league of his own creation is "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" meets William Gaddis meets John Updike's Rabbit, Run. Somewhere in a "major-league" American city, there lives a man named J. Henry Waugh—no-account accountant, barfly, and country music fan. The most important part of Waugh's life, as far as he is concerned, is lived in his head, where he is sole proprietor of the Universal Baseball Association, which is now entering its fifty-sixth season. The games are played with dice and scorecards, and the players are just numbers and names, but for Waugh they're more real than the dreary office, the dive bar, and the dingy apartment in which he spends his days. Still, being sole proprietor is a lonely business, and when a few rolls of the dice spell tragedy for the rookie pitcher Damon Rutherford—a player Waugh believes will reinvigorate the game—the whole association is imperiled, along with the sanity of its isolated creator. Robert Coover's fiction was a map of America, and The Universal Baseball Association is smack-dab in the center of it. Baseball, in Waugh's world, is an escape, and Waugh is nothing if not an all-American escapist with a capacity for denial so profound that it can only be called optimism.

Considered one of the best baseball novels of all time, this black comedy about a discontented businessman's obsession with a fantasy baseball league of his own creation is "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" meets William Gaddis meets John Updike's Rabbit, Run. Somewhere in a "major-league" American city, there lives a man named J. Henry Waugh—no-account accountant, barfly, and country music fan. The most important part of Waugh's life, as far as he is concerned, is lived in his head, where he is sole proprietor of the Universal Baseball Association, which is now entering its fifty-sixth season. The games are played with dice and scorecards, and the players are just numbers and names, but for Waugh they're more real than the dreary office, the dive bar, and the dingy apartment in which he spends his days. Still, being sole proprietor is a lonely business, and when a few rolls of the dice spell tragedy for the rookie pitcher Damon Rutherford—a player Waugh believes will reinvigorate the game—the whole association is imperiled, along with the sanity of its isolated creator. Robert Coover's fiction was a map of America, and The Universal Baseball Association is smack-dab in the center of it. Baseball, in Waugh's world, is an escape, and Waugh is nothing if not an all-American escapist with a capacity for denial so profound that it can only be called optimism.

The Universal Baseball Association, Inc., J. Henry Waugh, Prop

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