Murky waters
Murky waters

Author: Sophie Vasset

Publisher: Manchester University Press

Published: 2022-06-21

Total Pages: 184

ISBN-13: 1526159708

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Murky waters challenges the refined image of spa towns in eighteenth-century Britain by unveiling darker and more ambivalent contemporary representations. It reasserts the centrality of health in British spas by looking at disease, the representation of treatment and the social networks of care woven into spa towns. The book explores the great variety of medical and literary discourses on the numerous British spas in the long eighteenth century and offers a rare look at spas beyond Bath. Following the thread of 'murkiness', it explores the underwater culture of spas, from the gender fluidity of users to the local and national political dimensions, as well as the financial risks taken by gamblers and investors. It thus brings a fresh look at mineral waters and a pinch of salt to health-related discourses.

Transformation from Murky Waters
Transformation from Murky Waters

Author: Angela Stephens

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2015-07-24

Total Pages: 73

ISBN-13: 1491772379

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Im writing to share how Ive learned to journey through life, with God, gratitude and peace within my heart. I love flowers, the smell, the feel and the beauty they create. They start as a seed and as long as it is properly nurtured, it blooms into the most beautiful sight. When the seasons change some flowers are able to withstand the storms, while others die or become dormant until a new season comes. I choose to use the lotus flower as the art piece for this book. The reason for this is how a lotus is created. It emerges from the depths of the muddy swamp and blooms the most beautiful flower that opens when the sun rises and at nightfall it closes and goes beneath the water until dawn. The process reminds me of how we were created and ever changing. According to research it takes 60 days to change a habit; within 30 days you will notice the change, and 60 days for others to notice. My desire is for this book to brighten the light that is already within you and you blossom to greatness.

Diving for Starfish
Diving for Starfish

Author: Cherie Burns

Publisher: St. Martin's Press

Published: 2018-03-20

Total Pages: 241

ISBN-13: 1250056209

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In the mid 1930s, in the workroom of Parisian jeweler Boivin, a jewelry designer created one of the most coveted pieces of jewelry in the world: the famous starfish pin. Created out of gold and encrusted with 71 cabochon rubies and 241 small amethysts, the starfish was distinctive because its five rays were articulated, meaning that they could curl and conform to the bustline or shoulder of the women who wore it. The House of Boivin made three of them. After seeing it in the showroom of a Manhattan jewelry merchant, Burns set off on a journey to find out all she could about the elusive pins and the women who owned them.

Compass In Murky Waters
Compass In Murky Waters

Author: Stefy Arul Brabhaher

Publisher: Author's Ink Publications

Published: 2019-05-06

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 8193913485

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I don’t know why you complain, For the dismal nights, And the anguished seas, Have always been my muse.

Troubled Waters
Troubled Waters

Author: Sharon Shinn

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 391

ISBN-13: 9780441019236

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National bestselling author Sharon Shinn introduces a rich new fantasy world, one in which people believe that five essential elements rule all things and guide their lives.

Intercultural Communication
Intercultural Communication

Author: Ling Chen

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

Published: 2017-04-10

Total Pages: 684

ISBN-13: 1501500112

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This handbook takes a multi-disciplinary approach to offer a current state-of-art survey of intercultural communication (IC) studies. The chapters aim for conceptual comprehension, theoretical clarity and empirical understanding with good practical implications. Attention is mostly on face to face communication and networked communication facilitated by digital technologies, much less on technically reproduced mass communication. Contributions cover both cross cultural communication (implicit or explicit comparative works on communication practices across cultures) and intercultural communication (works on communication involving parties of diverse cultural backgrounds). Topics include generally histories of IC research, theoretical perspectives, non-western theories, and cultural communication; specifically communication styles, emotions, interpersonal relationships, ethnocentrism, stereotypes, cultural learning, cross cultural adaptation, and cross border messages;and particular context of conflicts, social change, aging, business, health, and new media. Although the book is prepared for graduate students and academicians, intercultural communication practitioners will also find something useful here.