Unapologetic Expression
Unapologetic Expression

Author: André Marmot

Publisher: Faber & Faber

Published: 2024-04-30

Total Pages: 330

ISBN-13: 0571374506

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A lively, subversive history of the new UK jazz wave, encapsulating its revolutionary spirit and tracing its foundations to birth of the genre itself. By the end of the last century, jazz music was considered by many to be obsolete and uncool, a genre appreciated only by out of touch white men with deeply questionable taste. And yet, by 2019, a new generation of UK jazz musicians was selling out major venues and appearing on festival line-ups around the world. How has UK jazz rehabilitated its image so totally in twenty-five years? And how did it ever become uncool in the first place? Reaching back to the roots of jazz as the 'unapologetic expression' of oppressed peoples, shaped by the forces of slavery, imperialism and globalisation, Andre ́ Marmot places this new wave within the wider context of a divided, postcolonial Britain navigating its identity in a new world order. These artists have crafted a sound which reflects the nation as it is today - a sound connected to the very origins of jazz itself. Drawing on eighty-six interviews with key architects of this jazz renaissance and those who came before them - from Shabaka Hutchings, Nubya Garcia and Moses Boyd to Gilles Peterson, Courtney Pine and Cleveland Watkiss - Unapologetic Expression captures the radical spirit of a vital British musical movement.

And Bloom The Art of Aging Unapologetically
And Bloom The Art of Aging Unapologetically

Author: Denise Boomkens

Publisher: Hachette UK

Published: 2021-09-02

Total Pages: 265

ISBN-13: 1784727903

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*** 'Are you aging fabulously? Here's how.' Anna Murphy, The Times 'A lovely book celebrating female beauty over 40.' Top Sante 'You become what you see. What you see determines what you believe - and the most powerful way of inspiring people is with images. My goal with AndBloom is to motivate women to embrace life without fear. To provide examples of women between the age of 40 and, currently, 100, so that any woman can open this book and see themselves recognized.' Denise Boomkens launched the AndBloom project on Instagram in 2018, to create a 'happy place for women over 40' - a community where women can be themselves and where aging is celebrated instead of feared. In this, her first book, she shares her own experiences of aging and brings together portraits and interviews with more than 100 extraordinary 'ordinary' women to create both a gloriously illustrated celebration of female beauty over 40 and an empowering handbook to aging happily.

The Unapologetic Guide to Black Mental Health
The Unapologetic Guide to Black Mental Health

Author: Rheeda Walker

Publisher: New Harbinger Publications

Published: 2020-05-01

Total Pages: 232

ISBN-13: 1684034167

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An unapologetic exploration of the Black mental health crisis—and a comprehensive road map to getting the care you deserve in an unequal system. We can’t deny it any longer: there is a Black mental health crisis in our world today. Black people die at disproportionately high rates due to chronic illness, suffer from poverty, under-education, and the effects of racism. This book is an exploration of Black mental health in today’s world, the forces that have undermined mental health progress for African Americans, and what needs to happen for African Americans to heal psychological distress, find community, and undo years of stigma and marginalization in order to access effective mental health care. In The Unapologetic Guide to Black Mental Health, psychologist and African American mental health expert Rheeda Walker offers important information on the mental health crisis in the Black community, how to combat stigma, spot potential mental illness, how to practice emotional wellness, and how to get the best care possible in system steeped in racial bias. This breakthrough book will help you: Recognize mental and emotional health problems Understand the myriad ways in which these problems impact overall health and quality of life and relationships Develop psychological tools to neutralize ongoing stressors and live more fully Navigate a mental health care system that is unequal It’s past time to take Black mental health seriously. Whether you suffer yourself, have a loved one who needs help, or are a mental health professional working with the Black community, this book is an essential and much-needed resource.

Unapologetic AF
Unapologetic AF

Author: Kelly Charles-Collins

Publisher: Pen Legacy Publishing

Published: 2021-07-27

Total Pages: 176

ISBN-13: 9781735488011

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Present the problem or question your book addresses, making it an essential read for those who are both familiar and unfamiliar with the subject; Outline specifically your target audience, ones who are interested in this problem or question, to demonstrate existing curiosity about your book; Demonstrate why readers should care about the problem or question you are writing about; Give an indication of your approach to writing the book and its content; Explain why YOU are the most qualified person to write this book; Demonstrate why the book will appeal to a large market and make publishing it worthwhile and hopefully profitable! In Unapologetic AF: 34 Ways To Unleash Your Inner Badass, Kelly Charles-Collins imparts experience and wisdom gained from a life of twists and turns that taught her to own her power. Using Kelly's tips and strategies, women will learn how to embrace the power within them and navigate through biased bullshit so they can live the life they have always envisioned. Kelly experienced a gamut of obstacles as a single mother on welfare before earning multiple six-figures as an attorney and becoming a professional speaker. Kelly Charles-Collins shares the 34 ways she implemented to navigate this journey of life, all while being able to stand in her power and unleash her badassery no matter the circumstances. Unapologetic AF: 34 Ways To Unleash Your Inner Badass is for women (and men) of any age regardless of what stage of life they are in presently. Readers can consume the 34 ways in one sitting or throughout the whole year. By the time the 52nd week is reached, you will feel encouraged to celebrate having unleashed your badassery so you can live life unapologetically AF.

AI's Take on Relationships
AI's Take on Relationships

Author: Sandy Y. Greenleaf

Publisher: Sandy Y. Greenleaf

Published: 2024-03-24

Total Pages: 732

ISBN-13:

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Discover a groundbreaking exploration of relationships through the unique lens of artificial intelligence. In "AI's Take on Relationships," we delve into the complexities of human connections, offering fresh insights and practical advice to help you build and maintain healthy, fulfilling relationships. Curated by an author passionate about democratizing knowledge for the betterment of human lives, this book presents a fascinating fusion of cutting-edge AI technology and timeless wisdom. By posing thought-provoking questions to advanced AI systems, the author has compiled a comprehensive guide that tackles the most pressing challenges and opportunities in modern relationships. From navigating the intricacies of communication and building trust to cultivating empathy and overcoming conflicts, "AI's Take on Relationships" provides a roadmap for success in all types of relationships. Whether you're seeking to strengthen your romantic partnership, deepen your friendships, or improve your family dynamics, this book offers actionable strategies and relatable anecdotes to guide you on your journey. Through a combination of research-backed insights, real-life examples, and practical exercises, you'll gain a deeper understanding of yourself and others, enabling you to foster more meaningful connections. The AI's unique perspective challenges conventional wisdom, encouraging readers to think differently about relationships and embrace new approaches to building lasting, fulfilling bonds. "AI's Take on Relationships" is an essential read for anyone seeking to enhance their interpersonal skills, communicate more effectively, and create a more compassionate, understanding world. Embrace the power of AI-driven insights and transform your relationships today.

Straight Acting
Straight Acting

Author: Will Tosh

Publisher: Seal Press

Published: 2024-09-17

Total Pages: 249

ISBN-13: 1541602684

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A dazzling and "highly readable" (Guardian) portrait of Shakespeare as a young artist, revealing how his rich and complex queer life informed the plays and poems we treasure today “Was Shakespeare gay?” For years the question has sent experts and fans into a tailspin of confusion. But as scholar Will Tosh argues, this debate misses the point: sex, intimacy, and identity in Elizabethan England were infinitely more complex—and queer—than we have been taught. In this incisive biography, Tosh reveals William Shakespeare as a queer artist who drew on his society’s nuanced understanding of gender and sexuality to create some of English literature’s richest works. During Shakespeare’s time, same-sex desire was repressed and punished by the Church and state, but it was also articulated and sustained by institutions across England. Moving through the queer spaces of Shakespeare’s life—his Stratford schoolroom, smoky London taverns and playhouses, the royal court—Tosh shows how strongly Shakespeare’s early work was influenced by the queer culture of the time, much of it totally integrated into mainstream society. He also uncovers the surprising reason why Shakespeare veered away from his early work’s gender-bending homoeroticism. Offering a subversive sketch of Elizabethan England, Straight Acting uncovers Shakespeare as one of history’s great queer artists and completely reshapes the way we understand his life and times.

Power And Persuasion
Power And Persuasion

Author: Carol S Lilly

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2018-02-13

Total Pages: 254

ISBN-13: 0429977735

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When the Communist Party of Yugoslavia (CPY) took power after the Second World War, it had a vision for a new and better society in which all humans would live together in peace and prosperity and in which their mutual exploitation would be eliminated. That vision required changes not only in the country's political and economic structure, but in its citizen's values, morals, goals, aesthetics, and social behavior. Based on extensive archival research, Lilly's study describes the CPY's struggle to realize that social and cultural transformation by means of oral, written, and visual persuasion in the first nine years after the war.Lilly's descriptions of party policies in such media as newspapers, journals, educational curricula, group activities like parades, workplace competitions, and volunteer labor brigades, and the production of both high and popular culture depict the evolving form and content of the party's persuasive rhetoric. Her archival work, moreover, reveals both societal reaction to such rhetoric and the extent to which party leaders adapted their persuasive policies in response to feedback from below. In this respect, Lilly places her work at the intersection of cultural history, cultural studies and politics by discussing how individuals and different groups perceive, digest, and remake culture from above in their own image.Ultimately, then, this study not only modifies current understandings of Yugoslavia's postwar history but informs us about the nature of state-society relations in dictatorial regimes and the complexities of cultural change. Moving beyond an interpretation of Yugoslavia's political and cultural history in the 1940s, it addresses broader questions like: How do dictatorial regimes maintain power and support? How do subject populations express their views and exert influence even under oppressive conditions? When and how does persuasive rhetoric work and what are its limits?

The Snakehead
The Snakehead

Author: Patrick Radden Keefe

Publisher: Anchor

Published: 2009-07-21

Total Pages: 434

ISBN-13: 0385530218

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In this thrilling panorama of real-life events, the bestselling author of Empire of Pain investigates a secret world run by a surprising criminal: a charismatic middle-aged grandmother, who from a tiny noodle shop in New York’s Chinatown managed a multi-million dollar business smuggling people. “Reads like a mashup of The Godfather and Chinatown, complete with gun battles, a ruthless kingpin and a mountain of cash. Except that it’s all true.” —Time Keefe reveals the inner workings of Sister Ping’s complex empire and recounts the decade-long FBI investigation that eventually brought her down. He follows an often incompetent and sometimes corrupt INS as it pursues desperate immigrants risking everything to come to America, and along the way, he paints a stunning portrait of a generation of illegal immigrants and the intricate underground economy that sustains and exploits them. Grand in scope yet propulsive in narrative force, The Snakehead is both a kaleidoscopic crime story and a brilliant exploration of the ironies of immigration in America.

Heidegger and Kabbalah
Heidegger and Kabbalah

Author: Elliot R. Wolfson

Publisher: Indiana University Press

Published: 2019-10-01

Total Pages: 468

ISBN-13: 0253042607

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While many scholars have noted Martin Heidegger's indebtedness to Christian mystical sources, as well as his affinity with Taoism and Buddhism, Elliot R. Wolfson expands connections between Heidegger's thought and kabbalistic material. By arguing that the Jewish esoteric tradition impacted Heidegger, Wolfson presents an alternative way of understanding the history of Western philosophy. Wolfson's comparison between Heidegger and kabbalah sheds light on key concepts such as hermeneutics, temporality, language, and being and nothingness, while yielding surprising reflections on their common philosophical ground. Given Heidegger's involvement with National Socialism and his use of antisemitic language, these innovative readings are all the more remarkable for their juxtaposition of incongruent fields of discourse. Wolfson's entanglement with Heidegger and kabbalah not only enhances understandings of both but, more profoundly, serves as an ethical corrective to their respective ethnocentrism and essentialism. Wolfson masterfully illustrates the redemptive capacity of thought to illuminate common ground in seemingly disparate philosophical traditions.

Look East, Cross Black Waters
Look East, Cross Black Waters

Author: Jonah Blank

Publisher: Rand Corporation

Published: 2015-10-13

Total Pages: 317

ISBN-13: 0833089013

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India's core goals for Southeast Asia largely match those of the United States, but America should not expect India to join any coalition to balance against China. Instead, the United States should work on cultivating long-term relations.