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      • University of Toronto Press

        University of Toronto Press is Canada’s leading academic publisher and one of the largest university presses in North America, with particular strengths in the social sciences, humanities, and business. The Book Publishing Division is widely recognized in Canada for its strength in history, political science, sociology, Indigenous studies, and cultural studies. Internationally, UTP is a leading publisher of medieval, Renaissance, Italian, Iberian, Slavic, and urban studies, as well as studies in book and print culture. With the publication of influential authors and award-winning research, as well as a continuing dedication to groundbreaking new scholarship and innovative texts for the higher education market, UTP has firmly established its reputation for excellence. UTP's newest imprint is Aevo UTP, which brings its innovation and academic excellence to a general readership.

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      • Harvard Square Editions

        An Independent US publisher cooperating with publishers all over the world to bring books of multicultural, environmental, and social value to light in new markets.

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      • Trusted Partner
        Humanities & Social Sciences
        April 2010

        An age of wonders

        Prodigies, politics and providence in England 1657–1727

        by William Burns, Kim Latham

        Monstrous births, rains of blood, apparitions of battles in the sky - people in early modern England found all of these events to carry important religious and political meanings. In An age of wonders, available in paperback for the first time, William E. Burns explores the process by which these events became religiously and politically insignificant in the Restoration period. The story involves the establishment of early modern science, the shift from 'enthusiastic' to reasonable religion, and the fierce political combat between the Whigs and the Tories. This historical study is based on close readings of a variety of primary sources, both print and manuscript. Burns claims that prodigies lost their religious meaning and became subjects of scientific enquiry as a result of political struggles, first by the supporters of the restored monarchy and the Church of England against Protestant dissenters, and then by the Whig defenders of the Revolution of 1688 against the Tories and the Jacobites. By integrating religious and political history with the history of science, An age of wonders will be of great use to those working in the field of early modern history. ;

      • Trusted Partner
        Humanities & Social Sciences
        April 2008

        Political passions

        Gender, the family and political argument in England, 1680–1714

        by Rachel Weil, Peter Lake, Anthony Milton, Jason Peacey, Alexandra Gajda

        Ideas about marriage, gender and the family were central to political debate in late Stuart England. Newly available in paperback, this book shows how political argument became an arena in which the proper relations between men and women, parents and children, public and private were defined and contested. Using sources that range from high political theory to scurrilous lampoons, she considers public debates about succession, resistance and divorce. Weil examines the allegedly fraudulent birth of the Prince of Wales in 1688, the uses to which Williamite propagandists put the image of the paradoxically sovereign but obedient Mary II, anxieties about the influence of bedchamber women on Queen Anne, the political self-image of the notorious Duchess of Marlborough, the relationship of feminism and Tory ideology in the polemical writings of Mary Astell and the scandal novels of Delariviere Manley. Solidly grounded in current historical scholarship, but written in an engaging manner accessible to non-specialists, this book will interest students of literature, gender studies, political culture and political theory as well as historians. ;

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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        October 2023

        The 1922 Committee

        by Philip Norton

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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        January 2012

        The Second Labour Government

        A reappraisal

        by John Shepherd

        This new edited collection of essays focuses on the history of Labour's second period in office during the 1929-1931 global financial crisis. Contributions by leading historians and younger academics bring fresh perspectives to Labour's domestic problems, electoral and party matters, relations with the Soviet Union and ideological questions. An important range of new historical research provides a much-needed reappraisal of Ramsay MacDonald's second Labour government, which impressed few with its conventional policies for tackling mass unemployment. Oswald Mosley, John Maynard Keynes and Ernest Bevin's alternative economic strategies are critically studied in key essays. A more positive side of the government's policies is also adeptly revealed on consumerism and agriculture. Significant new light is adroitly shed on the 1929 general election, the first fought on a universal franchise. The intricate politics of the Parliamentary Labour Party and the disaffiliation of the Independent Labour Party are convincingly explored. The influence of the Soviet Union on Labour's thoughts and actions is analysed in valuable accounts of Labour's foreign policy and Labour's turn to socialism after 1931. An important fresh account of opposition politics breaks new ground on the reaction of Tory politicians, including Harold Macmillan, to MacDonald's government. The volume concludes with an absorbing analysis of the myths surrounding '1931' in Labour history. This timely volume makes accessible a major reassessment of existing knowledge and new scholarship that will appeal to students and teachers of British political and social history. It is essential reading for sixth form and university courses on twentieth-century history. ;

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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        January 2007

        Religion in Revolutionary England

        by Christopher Durston, Judith Maltby

        This book offers a collection of essays tightly focused around the issue of religion in England between 1640 and 1660, a time of upheaval and civil war in England. Edited by well-known scholars of the subject, topics include the toleration controversy, women's theological writing, observance of the Lord's Day and prayer books. To aid understanding, the essays are divided into three sections examining theology in revolutionary England, inside and outside the revolutionary National Church and local impacts of religious revolution. Carefully and thoughtfully presented, this book will be of great use for those seeking to better understand the practices and patterns of religious life in England in this important and fascinating period. ;

      • Mind, Body, Spirit

        Chakra Wisdom Oracle Cards

        The Complete Spiritual Toolkit for Transforming Your Life

        by Tori Hartman

        Set your intentions, break through blockages and achieve your dreams using the 49 cards and workbook of this extraordinary divination system! Each original card connects with a major chakra and represents one of the mystical fables revealed by angels to psychic Tori Hartman over five years following a near-death experience. The Oracle contains 49 unique chakra cards, each with its own fairy-tale image, as well as a detailed workbook that includes divination spreads, chakra-by-chakra insight to guide you on your journey, and a personal inquiry and focused meditation for each card. The divination spreads range from basic one-card readings to more complex, yet still easy-to-use layouts. This new deck is set to become a classic for those interested in card divination.

      • Mind, Body, Spirit

        Chakra Wisdom Oracle Toolkit

        A 52-Week Journey of Self-discovery with the Lost Fables

        by Tori Hartman

        In 52 weeks of self-discovery, The Chakra Wisdom Oracle Toolkit guides you in opening up your intuition, removing blockages from your life, improving your relationships and realizing your highest potential. Here is the full text of the fables that were revealed by angels to the popular intuitive Tori Hartman and then lost for two decades. Week by week, you will explore the 49 fables, beginning with “Renewal” – the fable of Geranium, which promises a new beginning. This standalone book can also be used in conjunction with the Chakra Wisdom Oracle Cards, a divinatory deck of 49 cards, each one representing one of the fables.            Each fable is associated with one of the major chakras and has its own shade of colour (Geranium Red, for example) and a fairy-tale illustration; the visuals add extra layers of meaning to the words of the fable. There are five days of activity per week, each requiring just 10–20 minutes. On Monday, you read the fable and set your intention for the week. On Tuesday, you explore the meaning of the week’s colour. Wednesday is the Journal Journey, when you complete a written task. On Thursday there are exercises in self-understanding, to be done alone or in a group. Friday has a guided meditation. Through short bursts of activity each day, the fables will seep into your life, giving you new perspectives and helping you to make the changes you truly want.

      • Thriller / suspense
        December 2011

        Taking A Stand

        by Ken Casper

        Homebuilder Jesse Amorado and former Air Force Captain Tori Carr come from the same Texas town but from very different worlds. When she returns home to Coyote Springs to help her father, a real-estate developer, turn the seediest neighborhood into an exclusive resort for the wealthy, Tori and Jesse immediately clash. He'll do whatever it takes to save his heritage, and she is caught up in proving herself to her father. As personal tensions rise and local trouble begins to brew, Jesse and Tori fall in love-despite it all. They soon find, however, that they must not only confront vested interests and prejudices, they have to fight for their very lives. Ken Casper is the author of more than 25 novels, including AS THE CROW DIES, book one of The Jason Crow West Texas Mystery Series. He and his wife Mary, raise horses on a small ranch in Texas. Visit Ken at www.KenCasper.com.

      • Fiction

        Ice Diaries

        by Lexi Revellian

        It's 2018 and Tori's managing. Okay, so London is under twenty metres of snow, almost everybody has died in a pandemic or been airlifted south, and the only animals around are rats. Plus her boyfriend never returned from going to find his parents a year ago when the snow began - but she's doing fine. Really.She lives in an apartment that's luxurious, if short on amenities, in a block which used to be home to rich City bankers. A handful of fellow survivors are her friends, and together they forage for food and firewood, have parties once a month and even run a book club. The problem is they have no long-term future; eventually provisions will run out. Tori needs to find transport to make the two-thousand-mile journey south to a warm climate and start again.Enter Morgan, a disturbingly hot cage fighter from a tougher, meaner world where it's a mistake to trust people. He's on the run from the leader of the gang he used to work with. And he has a snowmobile.

      • Children's & YA
        June 2020

        When the dead dream

        Death series - book 1

        by Mel Hartman

        April Charles is a pleasantly disturbed young girl who prefers to lie on the couch all day. She works in a funerary, gets a kick out of zombie stories and has nice friends. But no one around her knows that she is not of this world.   She's half siren and half ripper. With her voice she can bring the dead to life and influence the living. However, using those gifts is not without consequences. Her dark side then wants to take over and it takes all her effort to keep it under control.   One day, when she accidentally brings a dead man back to life, he tells her disturbing news. A group of psychopaths plan to exploit her world, Terr, and sell it to the very wealthy as an exclusive vacation destination. Everything is possible and allowed on Terr, there are almost no rules, and strange, fascinating creatures live there.   April knows she has to say goodbye to her quiet life if she wants to help save Terr. And so she reluctantly throws herself into the fray.

      • Children's & YA
        August 2020

        Lillicorn Leerzame avonturen in WooWoo Land

        by Lisa Moss, Dr. Thomas Bernard, Rikky Schrever, Ayelen Lamas, Bram Hartman

        The Adventures of Lillicorn series is designed to introduce little engineers and budding computer scientists to STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) skills such as structured problem solving, creative thinking, pattern recognition and coding within a playful, imaginative and interactive way. Featuring a young curious heroine, who has a passion for science and coding, and loves to find creative solutions on her many quests. The story inspires 4 to 8-year-old children to  be adventurous and explore faraway places, and encourages them to use their scientific ‘brain smarts,’ to solve a series of fun STEM educational activities. Meet Lilli, a fearless little girl, who loves to conceive new experiments and inventions. In her dreams at night, she transforms into Lillicorn, a superhero, where she teams up with friends, including the reader, to travel to distant lands, and figure out innovative solutions that save the day! The rhyming story books are designed so that children can solve ten different STEM quests and earn charm tokens (provided in the book). It’s an exciting way for children to learn fundamental STEM skills (e.g. abstraction, coding, pattern recognition, etc.) at an early age, as well as develop 21st century learning skills (the 4Cs – critical thinking, collaboration, creativity and communication). De Avonturen van Lillicorn wil de volgende generatie leiders in STEM-vaardigheden (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) inspireren door een jonge nieuwsgierige heldin met een passie voor wetenschap en die graag creatieve oplossingen zoekt voor haar vele speurtochten. Het verhaal inspireert kinderen van 4 tot 8 jaar om op avontuur te gaan en verre streken te verkennen, en moedigt hen aan om hun 'wetenschappelijke intelligentie' te gebruiken om een reeks leuke, leerzame STEM-activiteiten op te lossen. Maak kennis met Lilli, een onverschrokken klein meisje, dat geïntrigeerd is door de wetenschap en graag nieuwe experimenten en uitvindingen bedenkt. 's Nachts in haar dromen verandert ze in Lillicorn, een superheld, waar ze samen met vriendjes, inclusief de lezer, naar verre landen reist en innovatieve oplossingen bedenkt om de boel te redden! Het rijmende verhalenboek is zo ontworpen dat kinderen tien verschillende STEM-opdrachten kunnen oplossen en fiches kunnen verdienen (in het boek). Het is een stimulerende manier voor kinderen om al op jonge leeftijd fundamentele STEM-vaardigheden en onderzoekend leren te leren (bijv. abstractie, ruimtelijke perceptie, patroonherkenning, enz.) en om leervaardigheden geschikt voor de 21ste eeuw te ontwikkelen (de 4 belangrijkste - kritisch denken, samenwerking, creativiteit en communicatie).

      • Children's & YA
        September 2020

        Les Aventures scientifiques de Lillicorn au Pays de Woo-Woo

        by Lisa Moss, Dr. Thomas Bernard, Ayelen Lamas, Bram Hartman, Marine Rocamora

        Les Aventures de Lillicorn entend inspirer la prochaine génération de leaders en compétences STEM (Sciences, Technologie, Ingénierie et Mathématiques) à travers les péripéties d’une jeune héroïne curieuse et passionnée de sciences, qui adore trouver des solutions créatives au cours de ses nombreuses enquêtes. L’histoire encourage les enfants de 4 à 8 ans à avoir le goût de l’aventure et à explorer des endroits lointains, tout en les incitant à utiliser leur esprit scientifique pour résoudre une série d’activités pédagogiques STEM amusantes. Faites la connaissance de Lilli, une petite fille intrépide intriguée par les sciences qui adore concevoir de nouvelles expériences et inventions. La nuit, dans ses rêves, elle devient la super héroïne Lillicorn et s’associe à ses amis, y compris le lecteur, pour voyager vers un pays lointain et trouver des solutions innovantes pour remporter tous les défis ! Le livre interactif illustré écrit en rimes a été créé pour enseigner dès le plus jeune âge les compétences STEM fondamentales (ex. : abstraction, perception spatiale, reconnaissance des formes) et pour développer les compétences cognitives du 21ème siècle (les « 4 C » : Critical thinking (Pensée critique), Créativité, Coopération et Communication) de manière ludique. The Adventures of Lillicorn series is designed to introduce little engineers and budding computer scientists to STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) skills such as structured problem solving, creative thinking, pattern recognition and coding within a playful, imaginative and interactive way. Featuring a young curious heroine, who has a passion for science and coding, and loves to find creative solutions on her many quests. The story inspires 4 to 8-year-old children to  be adventurous and explore faraway places, and encourages them to use their scientific ‘brain smarts,’ to solve a series of fun STEM educational activities. Meet Lilli, a fearless little girl, who loves to conceive new experiments and inventions. In her dreams at night, she transforms into Lillicorn, a superhero, where she teams up with friends, including the reader, to travel to distant lands, and figure out innovative solutions that save the day! The rhyming story books are designed so that children can solve ten different STEM quests and earn charm tokens (provided in the book). It’s an exciting way for children to learn fundamental STEM skills (e.g. abstraction, coding, pattern recognition, etc.) at an early age, as well as develop 21st century learning skills (the 4Cs – critical thinking, collaboration, creativity and communication).

      • Literary studies: poetry & poets

        Virtual Muse

        by Charles O. Hartman

      • Biography & True Stories
        June 2019

        Rocket Girls

        Storie di ragazze che hanno alzato la voce

        by Laura Gramuglia

        Women in the history of rock are not few; but few are the ones remembered. However, armies of other female musicians fought with them, though their stories never gained the spotlight. But the moment to tell them has arrived. That’s why Rocket Girls is first of all a request for attention. A reading that encourages us to look beyond labels and consider female music not a genre in itself, but a world as rich and multi-faceted as the male one. You will meet fifty women who have fought the patriarchy of rock. One song for every artist, from the ’50s to this day.Nina Simone, M.I.A., Lauryn Hill, Saint Vincent, Madonna, Fiona Apple, Patti Smith, Joni Mitchell, Björk, Amy Winehouse, Tina Turner, Siouxie, Courtney Love, Janis Joplin, Marianne Faithfull, Nico, Sinead O’Connor, Whitney Houston, Cat Power, Tori Amos, PJ Harvey, Cher, and many more.

      • Romance
        June 2014

        Jack of Hearts

        Book Two of The Hall Sisters

        by Heather MacAllister

        He was about to get played . . .He was her trump card.When failed actress Laurel Hall comes home for Christmas, she thinks the worst thing she'll have to do is explain her lackluster career. Then she learns that her family has another job for her-and this one's going to be toughest role yet. The part? To lure the man who ruined her father into a high-stakes poker game and then take him down. But to do that, Laurel will need a coach. That's where gorgeous Jack Hartman, a former world-class gambler, comes in. Only Laurel quickly discovers she'd like more from Jack than poker tips. Okay, so Jack has a bit of a shady past with cards. But he's over that now. Still, there's no way he can resist Laurel's request. And as he teaches her the tricks of the trade, he and Laurel get close. Very close. But it soon becomes evident that Laurel doesn't need a coach-she needs Jack to play the game in her stead. But if he wins, will lovely Laurel be part of the spoils? "

      • October 2021

        Spirituality in Architectural Education

        Twelve Years of the Walton Critic Program at The Catholic University of America

        by Julio Bermudez

        How does spirituality enter the education of an architect? Should it? What do we mean by ‘spirituality’ in the first place? Isn’t architectural education a training ground for professional practice and, therefore, technically and secularly oriented? Is there even room to add something as esoteric if not controversial as spirituality to an already packed university curriculum? The humanistic and artistic roots of architecture certainly invite us to consider dimensions well beyond the instrumental, including spirituality. But how would we teach such a thing? And why, if spirituality is indeed relevant to learning architecture, have we heard so little about it? Spirituality in Architectural Education addresses these and many other important philosophical, disciplinary, pedagogic, and practical questions. Grounded on the twelve-year-old Walton Critic Program at the Catholic University of America School of Architecture and Planning, this book offers solid arguments and insightful reflections on the role that “big questions” and spiritual sensibility ought to play in the architectural academy today. Using 11 design studios as stopping grounds, the volume takes the reader into a journey full of meaningful interrogations, pedagogic techniques, challenging realizations, and beautiful designs. Essays from renowned architects Craig W. Hartman, Juhani Pallasmaa, Alberto Campo Baeza, Claudio Silvestrin, Eliana Bórmida, Michael J. Crosbie, Prem Chandavarkar, Rick Joy, Susan Jones, and Daniel Libeskind open new vistas on the impact of spirituality in architectural education and practice. All this work is contextualized within the ongoing discussion of the role of spirituality and religion in higher education at large. The result is an unprecedented volume that starts a long-awaited conversation that will advance architectural schooling. ACSA Distinguished Professor Julio Bermudez, with recognized expertise on spirituality in architecture, will be the guide in this fascinating and contemplative journey.

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