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  Imitation Democracy - The...

  Dmitrii Furman

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  After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russia under Yeltsin and Putin implemented a political system of "imitation democracy," marked by "a huge disparity between formal constitutional principles and the reality of authoritarian rule." How did this system take shape, how else might it have developed, and what are the prospects for re-envisioning it more democratically in the future? 
   
   
   
  These questions animate Dmitrii Furman's Imitation Democracy, a welcome antidote to books that blandly decry Putin as an omnipotent dictator, without considering his platforms, constituencies, and sources of power. With extensive public opinion polling drawn from throughout the late- and post-Soviet period, Furman offers a definitive account of the formation of the modern Russian political system, casting it into powerful relief through comparisons with other post-Soviet states. 
   
   
   
  Peopled with grey technocrats, warring oligarchs, patriots, and provocateurs, Furman's narrative details the struggles among partisan factions, and the waves of public sentiment, that shaped modern Russia's political landscape, culminating in Putin's third presidential term, which resolves the contradiction between the "form" and "content" of imitation democracy, "the formal dependence of power on elections and the actual dependence of elections on power."

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  ADHD - Raising an Explosive...

  Oliver Miller

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  Still struggling to help your ADHD child? 
  Do you see any or many of these signs and symptoms of ADHD in your child? 
  - Loses important things 
  - Disorganized 
  - Distracted 
  - No follow-through 
  - Avoids mental effort 
  - Doesn't listen 
  - Inattentive 
  - Careless 
  - Spacey 
  - Forgetful 
  - Poor focus 
  If you’re seeing more than a handful of these characteristics, you can’t ignore them.  
  These behaviors indicate a child who is not fully present and not able to embrace the joy available in life. With these behaviors, often they find it impossible to interact in a cooperative, productive, and fulfilling way with other people. They don’t do as well in school, and this affects their future career possibilities. 
  When your child acts up with the symptoms of ADHD, it can put you right on your “last nerve,” and you want a solution. But you’re also recognizing that simply giving your child a pill every day may not be the best or most responsible thing to do. 
  Sure, you can get specialized testing and simply “get a pill” 
  OR 
  You can be a real parent and learn the true MEANING of their behavior, as well as what you can do to help. 
  There IS a Solution to Help a Child with ADHD without Medication 
  I’m here to tell you that there IS a solution for the symptoms you’re seeing in your child. And we’re not talking about controlling or minimizing the symptoms of ADHD. That’s not nearly enough. 
  We’re talking about a real transformation where your child becomes truly happy, fulfilled, responsible, and, well, a human being again - almost always without the use of medications, which have a serious list of possible long-term side effects 
  You can do this, so let's get started.

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  Spent Behind the Wheel -...

  Julietta Hua, Kasturi Ray

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  Are taxi drivers in today's era of the ride-hail app performing care work akin to domestic and household labor? Julietta Hua and Kasturi Ray examine the case study of contemporary professional passenger driving in the United States. On the one hand, they show, the rise of the gig economy has brought new attention to the industry of professional passenger driving. On the other hand, the vulnerabilities that professional drivers experience remain hidden. 
   
   
   
  Drawing on interviews with drivers, labor organizers, and members of licensing commissions, as well as case law and other published resources, Hua and Ray argue that working for ride-hail companies like Uber and Lyft shares similarities with driving for taxi companies in the impact on driver lives. Reproductive labor—conventionally understood as feminized labor—is extracted, but masked, behind the masculinized, racialized bodies of drivers. Professional driving is thus best understood alongside domestic and other gendered service work as reproductive labors devalued and often demonetized to benefit the national economy. 
   
   
   
  Spent behind the Wheel is a must for listeners interested in critical studies of technological change and the gig economy, showing how drivers' capacities are drained for the benefit of riders, corporations, and the maintenance of the racial state.

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  Unleash the POWER of Lyrical...

  Jasper Vexley

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  Unleash the POWER of Lyrical Genius 
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  Footmarks - A Journey into Our...

  Jim Leary

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  'Lucid, poetic and fascinating' ALICE ROBERTS
  'Engaging, authoritative and full of fascinating stories of the past' RAY MEARS
  
  
  'A gentle, personal and very readable book' JULIA BLACKBURN AUTHOR OF TIME SONG
  'A triumph!' JAMES CANTON, AUTHOR OF THE OAK PAPERS
  
  
  'I loved this book' FRANCIS PRYOR
  
  On paths, roads, seas, in the air, and in space - there has never been so much human movement. In contrast we think of the past as static, 'frozen in time'. But archaeologists have in fact always found evidence for humanity's irrepressible restlessness. Now, latest developments in science and archaeology are transforming this evidence and overturning how we understand the past movement of humankind.
  
  In this book, archaeologist Jim Leary traces the past 3.5 million years to reveal how people have always been moving, how travel has historically been enforced (or prohibited) by people with power, and how our forebears showed incredible bravery and ingenuity to journey across continents and oceans.
  
  With Leary to show the way, you'll follow the footsteps of early hunter-gatherers preserved in mud, and tread ancient trackways hollowed by feet over time. Passing drovers, wayfarers and pilgrims, you'll see who got to move, and how people moved. And you'll go on long-distance journeys and migrations to see how movement has shaped our world.

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  Medieval Conflicts and Dynasties...

  Harris Ropes

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  This volume explores how rival dynasties, religious authorities, and expanding empires shaped the geopolitical and cultural map of the Middle Ages. 
  Begin with The Investiture Controversy, the clash between the Church and monarchs over who held the authority to appoint bishops. This power struggle between emperors and popes tested the boundaries between secular and spiritual rule and laid the foundation for modern concepts of church-state relations. 
  Move next to The Reconquista, the centuries-long campaign to reclaim the Iberian Peninsula from Muslim rule. Fueled by religious fervor and royal ambition, this protracted conflict transformed Spain and Portugal and culminated in the powerful Catholic monarchies that would launch the Age of Exploration. 
  Then explore The Norman Conquest, a pivotal event that redefined English history. William the Conqueror's triumph at the Battle of Hastings in 1066 not only shifted the English throne but also reshaped the culture, language, and law of the British Isles. 
  Finally, journey to The Norman Sicily, where Norman adventurers established a multicultural kingdom blending Latin, Greek, and Arab traditions. This dynamic realm became a beacon of learning and tolerance during a time of widespread division. 
  These four works together uncover the complex web of ambition, religion, and warfare that fueled Europe's transformation during the Middle Ages.

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