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Michelle Ford
A sporting world under threat from a hidden menace, a nation ill-prepared to meet it, a Sydney school girl who found a way. When 13-year-old Michelle Ford went to her…
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Michele Ford
This Element explains how cross-border mobility defines diplomatic relationships between Southeast Asian states and social and political dynamics within the region's key destination countries. It discusses why consideration of bordering…
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Michelle Ford Busath
"Look At Me Now" is Busath's memoir, detailing her journey through health challenges, family life, divorce, remarriage, faith, and recovery, offering inspiration and insight into enduring and thriving against the…
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Luka T Jacobs
On the edge of the Pilliga, my family's quest for a fresh start in a new home quickly spiralled into a nightmare we could never have imagined. Initially, we had…
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Explores how middle-class activists struggled to define their place in a movement shaped by more than a century of fierce debate about the role of non-worker intellectuals. Drawing on extensive…
Social Activism in Southeast Asia examines the ways in which social movements operate in a region characterized by a history of authoritarian regimes and relatively weak civil society. It situates…
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Social Activism in Southeast Asia brings together cutting-edge accounts of social movements concerned with civil and political rights, globalization, peace, the environment, migrant and factory labour, the rights of middle-…
What happens when local unions begin to advocate for the rights of temporary migrant workers, asks Michele Ford in her sweeping study of seven Asian countries? Until recently unions in…
Secrets and lies go together like crackers and cheese.
On windswept Driftwood Island, Brianna West serves freshly baked bread and mini cheesecakes in her cozy cafe. Surrounded by the quirky…
Something smells off about this murder, and it's not the stinky cheese.
Brianna West needs a fresh start away from the big city. In her new cheese-themed cafe on quaint…
Cheese and wine are a match made in Heaven. Too bad murder is also on the menu.
Brianna West adores her busy cheese-themed cafe that serves Roquefort Danishes and camembert…
Fay Weldon
Clifford Wexford is a darling and a devil. An entrepreneur, his unique combination of charm and daring manipulates an already fraudulent art world. But manipulation of the egos and the…
With chapters written by Indonesian scholars and based upon extensive fieldwork experience in Indonesia, this is an important and fascinating examination of the meaning of work for women in modern…
Providing a full account of the role of women in union activism in Asia, covering all the major economies of the region, this book successfully challenges the prevailing conception of…
Brings together research on the study of men and masculinities in Southeast Asia. Drawing on rich ethnographic fieldwork from Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, and Cambodia, this book examines both…
Addresses issues related to maritime boundaries and security, marine safety, inter-island shipping, the development of the archipelagic concept in international law, marine conservation, illegal fishing, and the place of the…
Activists in Transition examines the relationship between social movements and democratization in Indonesia. Collectively, progressive social movements have played a critical role over in ensuring that different groups of citizens…
Michelle T. Ford
This Book is Non-Fiction, which deals with the struggles that people face in today’s society in regards to the economy, family life addictions and so much more; as well as…
Michelle E Forde
An unexpected surprise awaits the children and families who show up for Storytime. Mel and Gunner (Her Boxer Puppy Friend) lead their friends on an exciting adventure Downtown Historic Fernandina…
An Exciting, Fun Coloring Activity Book with Maze / Word Search of Mel's Going on an Egg Hunt song she penned into Mel's Egg-Venture with Gunner the Runner and Friends!
Michelle Lee Ford
From a first-hand perspective, Michelle Lee Ford provides a gripping account of daring property projects led by two enterprising businessmen with very little capital. The title 'Today and Today Again'…
A collection of essays by leading scholars of contemporary Indonesian politics and society, each addressing effects of material inequality on political power and contestation in democratic Indonesia.
This book provides a comparative analysis of the social, economic, industrial and migration dynamics that structure women’s paid work and unpaid care work experience in the Asia-Pacific region. Each country-focused…
Teri L. Caraway (University of Minnesota),Michele Ford (University of Sydney)
Two decades after Indonesia’s transition to democracy, Indonesia’s labor movement is a vibrant political actor. This book provides the first in-depth analysis of this development, investigating the unique tactics Indonesia’s…
This book both considers labour migration in its totality, showing how the divide between illegal and legal migration is often blurred, and also examines how governmental and international measures to…
