![]() He also co-wrote the 33 1/3 volume on They Might Be Giants' Flood (2014 Bloomsbury).Ī scholar and maker of popular and experimental musics, he has published in the Journal of Popular Music Studies, Popular Music and Society, Perspectives of New Music, the Journal of Popular Music Education, ImageTexT, Music Theory Spectrum, Music Theory Online, and the Journal of Musicological Research. He is the author of the books Assimilate: A Critical History of Industrial Music (2013 Oxford University Press) and Laurie Anderson's Big Science (2021 Oxford University Press). Alexander Reed is Associate Professor of Music at Ithaca College. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Her revolutionary ideas compel us to look at the minority body without making value-judgments." - The Washington Book Review Barnes redefines disability as a social phenomenon in a fresh way. " The Minority Body is a fascinating and compelling study of the concept of disability. it remains to be seen where the debate goes next, but wherever it goes, future discussion will need to engage with the work of Elizabeth Barnes."-Jennifer Hawkins, Ethics Barnes has brought a new level of precision to a popular slogan and has then set about defending it with all the familiar tools of contemporary analytic philosophy. ![]() "Elizabeth Barnes has written an interesting and important book about disability. "Elizabeth Barnes' new book offers a much-needed philosophical discussion of disability capitalizing on relevant research in bioethics, feminist philosophy and disability studies." - Elena Fell and Natalia Lukianova, The Philosophical Quarterly I would enthusiastically recommend this text to anyone interested in disability and philosophy, and especially to those new to philosophy." - Tessa-May Zirnsak, Metapsychology Online Reviews "I am happy to unequivocally say that this text makes a fascinating and groundbreaking contribution to feminist and disability philosophy. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() It’s been a while since I have been this charmed, this engaged and enjoyed myself so much when reading a book. Hello and welcome to this episode of “OMFG, I love this book so much, let me tell you why”. How did we get this book: ARCs from the publisher Stand alone or series: Book 1 in a trilogy And when a larger threat emerges, Evie must finally take charge and become a superheroine in her own right… or see her city fall to a full-on demonic invasion. Now it’s up to her to contend with murderous cupcakes, nosy gossip bloggers, and supernatural karaoke battles-all while juggling unexpected romance and Aveda’s increasingly outrageous demands. Unfortunately, she’s not nearly as together when it comes to running her own life, standing up for herself, or raising her tempestuous teenage sister, Bea.īut everything changes when Evie’s forced to pose as her glamorous boss for one night, and her darkest comes out: she has powers, too. She’s great at her job-blending into the background, handling her boss’s epic diva tantrums, and getting demon blood out of leather pants. Working for one is even harder.Įvie Tanaka is the put-upon personal assistant to Aveda Jupiter, her childhood best friend and San Francisco’s most beloved superheroine. ![]() ![]() Spoiler Warning: Next is the text detailing the details of the plot. ![]() ![]() For when the people of Pern, led by Masterharper Robinton and F'lar and Lessa, Weyrleader and Weyrwoman of Benden Weyr, excavated the ancient remains of the planet's original settlement, they uncovered the colonist's voice-activated artificial intelligence system - which still functioned!Īnd the computer had incredible news for them: There was a chance - a good chance - that they could, at long last, annihilate Thread once and for all! Now, for the first time, it looked as if that dream could come true. But the greatest dream of the dragon riders was to find a way to eradicate Thread completely, so that never again would their beloved Pern be threatened with destruction. ![]() On the backs of their magnificent telepathic dragons they flew to flame the deadly stuff out of the air before it could reach the planet's surface. For generations, the dragonriders had dedicated their lives to fighting Thread, the dreaded spores that periodically rained from the sky to ravage the land. ![]() ![]() Now they go by the name of genes, and we are their survival machines” (p. They have come a long way, those replicators. Early on in The Selfish Gene, Dawkins relates this crucial insight as follows: “They are in you and me they created us, body and mind and their preservation is the ultimate rationale for our existence. As a consequence, the ultimate beneficiary of selection is the gene. Whereas individual organisms are temporary occurrences-present in one generation, gone in the next-genes are potentially immortal and their structure is passed on from generation to generation. Under this view of life, the fundamental unit of selection is the gene. Hamilton, the most ambitious form of the gene’s-eye view was spelled out in two later books: George Williams’s Adaptation and Natural Selection (1966) and Richard Dawkins’s The Selfish Gene (1976). Fisher, as well as the social evolution models of W. D. ![]() Tracing its origins to the emergence of population genetics during the modern synthesis of the 1930s, especially to the writings of R. A. Selfish gene theory, or the gene’s-eye view of evolution, however, offers a radically different picture of evolution by natural selection. ![]() It is individuals that vary in phenotype, individuals that struggle to survive environmental pressures and compete over access to mates, and individuals that vary in fitness according to phenotype. In its original formulation, Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection was based upon individual organisms. ![]() ![]() Winner Book of the Year for Younger Children, Australian Book Industry Winner Book of the Year, Australian Book Industry Awards 2018 Winner QBD Children’s Book of the Year 2018 ![]() Winner Best Children’s Fiction, Aurealis Awards 2017 Praise for Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow: ![]() And with the city she loves in a state of fear, Morrigan quickly realises it is up to her to find a cure for the Hollowpox, even if it will put her – and the rest of Nevermoor – in more danger than ever before. As victims of the Hollowpox multiply, panic spreads. Now Morrigan faces a new, exciting challenge: to master the mysterious Wretched Arts of the Accomplished Wundersmith and control the power that threatens to consume her.īut a strange illness has taken hold of Nevermoor, turning its peaceable Wunimals into mindless, vicious unnimals on the hunt. Morrigan Crow and her friends have survived their first year as proud scholars of the elite Wundrous Society, helped bring down the nefarious Ghastly Market, and proven themselves loyal to Unit 919. The highly anticipated third book in the award-winning Nevermoor series from one of Australia’s best-selling and most loved authors. ![]() Morrigan Crow faces her most dangerous challenge yet in her latest Wundrous adventure. Synopsis: Strange things are happening in Nevermoor… ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() As with Carle's earlier title The Very Hungry Caterpillar (1969), merchandise has been based on this story and it has been adapted to animation. It tells the story of a young girl, Monica, who wants to play with the Moon. Papa, Please Get the Moon for Me is a children's picture book designed, illustrated, and written by Eric Carle, published by Simon & Schuster in 1986.The book's aim is to educate children about the phases of the Moon. Papa, Please Get the Moon for Me uses a distinctive collage style, typical of Carle's work by 1986, achieved by painting tissue paper, cutting it into pieces, and assembling it. It tells the story of a young girl, Monica, who wants to play with the Moon. Eric Carle (19292021) was acclaimed and beloved as the creator of brilliantly illustrated and innovatively designed picture books for very young children, including Papa, Please Get the Moon for Me Have You Seen My Cat and The Tiny Seed. ![]() ![]() The display of this fervor has been channeled and distilled throughout time into one sacred object: the battle vest. The religious ferocity of Heavy Metal fandom is one of the most fervent in the history of subculture. Limited to 100 copies, only available direct from Sacred Bones.*** ![]() ![]() ***The artist-edition comes with all of the above and a battle vest starter pack consisting of 5 other exclusive patches including new designs for Aura Noir and Black Magic, and a hand-numbered and signed artist print photograph. Limited to 400 copies, only available direct from Sacred Bones.*** ***The limited-edition comes with a faux leather bound slipcase, a 7" featuring unreleased music from blackened thrashers Aura Noir and old-school heavy metallers Black Magic, a Defenders of the Faith patch, and a two sided poster. To celebrate the release we have limited edition battle vest starter packs. ![]() These deluxe full color art books are all hardcover and embossed. Defenders of the Faith is a collection of heavy metal photography by the artist Peter Beste. ![]() ![]() ![]() But words spoken cannot be taken back and once Georgie knows the truth, she may even find a way to right past wrongs and help Aunt Vie and Markie out after all. But as Georgie and Markie's histories begin to entwine, Georgie becomes more desperate to find the truth. When she finally gets permission to leave on her own, Georgie makes friends with Markie-a foster kid who'd been under Aunt Elvie's care-who has a limb difference and a huge attitude. Then Markie asks Georgie to help her find her mom, and suddenly summer has a real purpose. Youngblood, about family, identity, and learning to stand up for what's right - now in paperback! Georgie has no idea what to expect when she, Mama, and Peaches are plopped down in the middle of small town USA-aka Bogalusa, Louisiana-where Mama grew up and Great Aunt Vie needs constant care. Georgie wants to help out at the once famous family diner that served celebrities like the Jackson 5 and the Supremes, but everyone is too busy to show her the ropes and Mama is treating her like a baby, not letting her leave her sight. The second book from critically acclaimed author Leslie C. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Because every day you learn something new and meet new people, new places, new mottos of life.ĩ. Because it’s not the first time you’ve taken a shot in the ass, and if you’re okay and you remember the sutures you’ve received so far, they were just a few steps ahead.Ĩ. Because a road is charming depending on the person you are travelling with.ħ. Because you can travel wherever you want, the only condition being your will and budget.Ħ. Because there are little things to enjoy: a gift, a smile, a pleasure.ĥ. Because you have to make others happy so that you can be happy.Ĥ. ![]() ![]() Because you have been given a mission that you must fulfil not only for yourself but also for those around you.ģ. Stay alive because you can breathe, see and admire nature, hear and understand music’s messages.Ģ. Reasons why it’s worth living your life, a kind of list to look at on dark days and remember that you still have many things to do and those bad days come and go. Today I thought I’d make you a list of reasons to stay alive. We hope that you can find that reason in this article. There are days when everything around us seems to lead to an abyss we forget why we are still vital when suddenly a basis appears that gives us the strength to move on. Today we wanted to share with you his list of reasons to stay alive. ![]() |