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Ann Brooks
This book offers a comprehensive overview of the field of the Sociology of Emotions, incorporating sociological, feminist and cultural perspectives. It will be essential reading for researchers and students seeking…
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Mary Ann Brooks
Once in a time old and new
Some folks say that dragons flew
Big and strong and full of fire
They flew on wings that never tired
Spreading their terrible…
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Brooke Anne Olive
Celebrating the joys of siblings, this sweet story focuses on the friendship between a big brother and his curly-haired sister, told in the most unexpected way! With colourful illustrations and…
Jessica Brooks
Slip behind the velvet ropes and into the exclusive world of Manhattan's style mavens with "Skyline Secrets: How Manhattan's Elite Tame Their Tresses." This isn't just any beauty book-it's a…
Step into the hidden corridors of Manhattan's beauty elite with "Urban Elixir: NYC's Proven Blueprint to Timeless Skin." This book isn't merely a collection of skincare tips; it's a golden…
The Routledge Companion to Love is an multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary reference work essential for students and researchers interested in the field of love, romance and popular romance fiction.
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This vibrant text provides an understanding of popular culture in a globalized world through the intersection of sociology and cultural studies, combining cultural theory with a wide range of examples…
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Genealogies of Emotions, Intimacies and Desire excavates epistemologies which attempt to explain changes in emotional regimes from medieval society to late modernity. Key in this debate is the concept of…
This book examines how feminism is being redefined for the twenty first century. Concepts covered include: feminist epistemology, Foucault, psychoanalytic theory and semiology, cultural politics and sexuality and identity.
Philosophical debates around reflexivity, identity and intimacy have preoccupied Western social and cultural theorists since the 1990s, and this book examines them in relation to the Chinese diasporic cultures in…
Do the new Asian economies encourage gender equality? Ann Brooks provides a unique insight into this question by assessing the impact of the new economy and the changing labour market…
Living with her mother in New York City, Elly appears to be a normal teenage girl. But, when her mother dies, her entire life is changed and Elly learns she…
Lillie Crawford is dying. Her mind slowly succumbing to the ruthlessness of Alzheimer's, Lillie's remaining time on Earth is predicted to be a slow and difficult journey.
But if you…
Women, Politics and the Public Sphere focuses intellectually on the legacy of eighteenth century women thinkers, writers and political philosophers in understanding the emergence of women public intellectuals in the…
Sally Palmer Thomason
For thirty-four years Sister Anne Brooks, a Catholic nun, served one of the America’s most impoverished towns and regions, Tutwiler, in the Mississippi Delta. Sally Palmer Thomason tells her powerful…
Sarah Cassidy, Peter Anghelides
No Gallifreyan was safe from the Time War. While the Doctor resisted the call, his granddaughter Susan did her duty and signed up to fight the growing Dalek threat.
Rebecca Ann Brooks
Anne Brooke Hawkins
A coloring book for all ages, featuring the beautiful buildings of historic Jacksonville, Oregon. The entire town is a National Historic Landmark, and this book contains 28 images of the…
Ann Brooks,Kathy Edwards
This book articulates a model of consulting that addresses the uncertainty and interconnectedness of the world in a postindustrial, knowledge era. Emphasizing outcomes and inquiry over diagnosis, it examines the…
Rosemary Ann Brooks
An Unforgettable Day reflects a family’s emotional rollercoaster day after a massive snowstorm unexpectedly shuts down the local school. The read becomes an excellent teaching moment for parents concerning their…
Bob Burnett,Anne Brooke
Branded Words is a collection of the best writings published by the online magazine Short Story Library during the year 2009. Authors in this collection include: Angel Zapata, Bob Burnett…
Ann Brooks,Theresa Devasahayam
The concept of emotional labour has largely emerged from the analysis of organizations in the West. This book addresses this gap in the literature and considers how and in what…
The concept of emotional labour has largely emerged from the analysis of organizations in the West. However, little has been written about the issue of what defines emotional labour and…
This edited collection takes a critical perspective on Norbert Elias’s theory of the civilizing process, through historical essays and contemporary analysis from sociologists and cultural theorists. It focuses on changes…
Ann Brooks,Lionel Wee
‘Consumption, Cities and States: Comparing Singapore with Asian and Western Cities’ examines the fascinating intersection of consumption, citizenship and the state in a cross-section of global cities in Asia and…
Anne Marie Brooks
A book of poems written from 1968 to 1982 about love, loss and finally hope. This book is inteneded to make the reader feel the emotions still relevant in today’s…
Anne Sutherland Brooks
Anne Sutherland Brooks has long been one of Canada’s lost poets. Though her work was at one time internationally recognized with the likes of fellow Canadians William Henry Drummond, Bliss…
Shea Anne Lowell
A surprise baby. An older woman. One man hoping for a second chance.
When Brooks responds to a small plane crash and discovers the only survivor-an 8-month-old baby girl-his entire…
Ann Brooks (Institute of Advanced Studies in the Humanities, University of Edinburgh)
Love and Intimacy in Contemporary Society reflects on relationships in contemporary society and the role of love and intimacy in framing lives. The book draws on sociological perspectives, cultural sociology…
Doris Ann Michel
Ten-year-old Brooke’s life changes from wealth to poverty when her father dies. She hates the shabby apartment behind the pizzeria where her mother works. It only gets worse when her…
J Hieb
Ferdinand the fox is afraid of the dark, but his Mama is nearby from the very start. He learns with her guidance to look up to the light, so that…
Miguel Brooks
An explicit and disturbing journey into the darker side of the human psyche, as seen through a real-life collection of fascinating cases in abnormal psychology.
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
This work is in the "public…
Brooke Hartzog
Tyjuanna Jackson
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