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  Beauty and the Beast

  Michael Taussig

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  The celebrated anthropologist and author of The Corn Wolf examines the Colombian culture of plastic surgery and its surprising relationship to violence.   Drawing on extensive fieldwork in Colombia, Michael Taussig scrutinizes the audacious and sometimes destructive attempts people make to transform their bodies through cosmetic surgery and liposuction. He balances an examination of surgeries meant to enhance an individual’s beauty with their often-overlooked counterparts, surgeries performed—often on high profile criminals—to disguise one’s identity. Exploring this global phenomenon through Colombia’s economic, cultural, and political history, Taussig links the country’s long civil war and history of torture to the beauty industry at large, sketching Colombia as a country whose high aesthetic stakes make it a staging ground for some of the most important and problematic ideas about the body. Central to Taussig’s examination is George Bataille’s notion of depense, or “wasting.” While depense is often used as a critique, Taussig also looks at its position as a driving economic force. Depense, he argues, is precisely what these procedures are about, and the beast on the other side of beauty should not be dismissed as simple recompense. At once theoretical and colloquial, public and intimate, Beauty and the Beast is a true-to-place ethnography that tells a layered story about the lengths to which people will go to be physically remade.

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  Lead the Way - 24 Lessons in...

  Paul Young

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  Lead the Way provides short, self-guided overviews that both aspiring and practicing after school professionals need to thrive in their roles. The 24 fundamental insights and strategies can be used as professional development topics with after school program staff, laying the foundation for the program to recruit, retain, and grown effective leaders.

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  Nurses at Work

  Karen Latchana Kenney

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  The Meet Your Community Workers illustrated nonfiction book Nurses at Work teaches young readers about the education, tasks, tools, and role in society of nurses.  Easy-to-read text combines with colorful illustrations to provide entertainment and facts for even the youngest audience. Looking Glass Library is an imprint of Magic Wagon, a division of ABDO Group. Grades PreK-4.

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  Summary and Analysis of Rise of...

  Worth Books

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  So much to read, so little time? This brief overview of Rise of the Rocket Girls tells you what you need to know—before or after you read Nathalia Holt’s book.   Crafted and edited with care, Worth Books set the standard for quality and give you the tools you need to be a well-informed reader.   This short summary and analysis of Rise of the Rocket Girls includes:  Historical contextChapter-by-chapter overviewsProfiles of the main charactersDetailed timeline of key eventsImportant quotesFascinating triviaGlossary of termsSupporting material to enhance your understanding of the original work  About Rise of the Rocket Girls: The Women Who Propelled Us, from Missiles to the Moon to Mars by Nathalia Holt:   When the Jet Propulsion Laboratory first began researching rocket science and the possibilities within space exploration in the middle of the twentieth century, they hired a hyper intelligent group of female mathematicians to work with their staff of engineers.   In Rise of the Rocket Girls: The Women Who Propelled Us, from Missiles to the Moon to Mars, Nathalia Holt examines four decades of the JPL’s major accomplishments from interviews and research of these groundbreaking women who were recruited to be “human computers,” Including, from this team of unsung heroes, Barbara Paulson, Helen Ling, Sue Finley, and Sylvia Lundy.   As the JPL’s projects evolved from developing missiles and satellites to executing moon landings and planetary exploration projects, the women’s roles grew too, becoming the team responsible for launching America into Space—and they did it all while balancing marriage and children, too.   The summary and analysis in this ebook are intended to complement your reading experience and bring you closer to a great work of nonfiction.  

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  How to Fight a Bear    and Win -...

  Institute Bathroom Readers'

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  A humorous guide to surviving in the wilderness, that also might make you want to avoid the wilderness forever.For more than twenty-five years, Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader has helped you learn amazing things you didn’t know. Now, Uncle John will show you how to do things you didn’t know how to do . . . and probably should never, never, never actually do, unless you’re in a survival situation and really, really, really need to do. It’s How to Fight a Bear . . . and Win. A new approach to survival guides and how-to books, this book provides step-by-step instructions for how to make do in any rugged terrain. But if you’re expecting “how to start a fire,” think again. This isn’t the kind of book that will tell you how to make a fire by rubbing two sticks together—it will tell you how to make a fire using a car battery. It will also tell you:·       How to swing from a vine like Tarzan·       How to land an airplane in an emergency·       How to fight a bear . . . and win·       How to perform emergency surgery in the woods·       How to identify what insects you can—and cannot—eat And lots, lots more

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  Learn Polish - Level 2: Absolute...

  Innovative Language Learning

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  Finished with Introduction to Polish? Advance to Absolute Beginner Polish!Welcome to Absolute Beginner Polish, Volume 1Before you take that trip to Poland, get a solid foundation of Polish first!Start speaking Polish in minutes and grasp the language, culture, and customs in just minutes more with Absolute Beginner Polish, a completely new way to learn Polish with ease!Absolute Beginner Polish will have you speaking with proper pronunciation from the very first lesson and arm you with cultural insight and other information to utterly shock and amaze your Polish friends. Why are the audio lessons so effective? Short and to the point Syllable-by-syllable breakdown of each word and phrase so you can say every word and phrase instantly Repeat after the professional teacher section so you can practice proper pronunciation Quick cultural tips in each lesson will help you navigate your way even better Above all, a fun and relaxed approach to grasping a lot of information quickly and easily--effortlessly learn from a bilingual and bicultural host as they guide you through pitfalls and pleasures of Poland and the Polish languageYou see, unlike other audiobooks, we actually teach Polish and Polish culture. With each lesson you will master a target phrase and key vocabulary. This is a complete lesson taught by a professional, bilingual teacher! Listen to the preview now! This is not a vocabulary audiobook with just words and their translations. These 25 short and effective audio lessons will allow you to: Speak Polish within minutes of your first lesson Understand the culture, customs, and people of Poland Master manners, etiquette, and customs Surprise phrases and tips that will leave your guests wondering where you learned themThis audiobook comes with downloadable lesson notes totaling more than 200 pages. Start speaking Polish now!Download the PDF and read along:https://bit.ly/2WJTgKP

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