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Operation Devil Horns - Ray Bolger - Bog - Bloomsbury Publishing Plc - Plusbog.dk

Operation Devil Horns - Ray Bolger - Bog - Bloomsbury Publishing Plc - Plusbog.dk

Special Agent Michael Santini offers an inside account of the takedown of MS-13 in San Francisco—one of the largest federal takedowns of a criminal gang in U.S. history.In a bid to take down MS-13’s criminal network in the Mission District of San Francisco, Michael Santini, a special agent with Homeland Security Investigations, recruits a pair of hardened gang members and convinces them to risk their lives as criminal informants. Set in a city with one of the strictest sanctuary policies protecting illegal immigrants in America, Operation Devil Horns illustrates how politically correct ideology impacts life-or-death crime fighting on the streets. Through the informants’ eyes, Operation Devil Horns offers a rare glimpse into the pervasive criminal subculture of MS-13, a gang of Spanish-speaking immigrants that still terrorizes pockets of American society today – including their own compatriots. The case begins with a focus on the gang in San Francisco, eventually widening to include a network that reaches across borders. Santini tracks down the gang’s leadership from the Bay Area to the prison cells of corrupt Central American regimes. Eventually, it takes the cold-blooded murder of three family members in San Francisco to shake the American public out of complacency and focus sober attention on a growing and violent threat.This is the story of a dedicated team of special agents, federal prosecutors, and local police who overcome political and legal challenges to take down more than two dozen violent criminal targets.

DKK 225.00
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Operation Devil Horns - Ray Bolger - Bog - Bloomsbury Publishing Plc - Plusbog.dk

Operation Devil Horns - Ray Bolger - Bog - Bloomsbury Publishing Plc - Plusbog.dk

Special Agent Michael Santini offers an inside account of the takedown of MS-13 in San Francisco—one of the largest federal takedowns of a criminal gang in U.S. history.In a bid to take down MS-13’s criminal network in the Mission District of San Francisco, Michael Santini, a special agent with Homeland Security Investigations, recruits a pair of hardened gang members and convinces them to risk their lives as criminal informants. Set in a city with one of the strictest sanctuary policies protecting illegal immigrants in America, Operation Devil Horns illustrates how politically correct ideology impacts life-or-death crime fighting on the streets. Through the informants’ eyes, Operation Devil Horns offers a rare glimpse into the pervasive criminal subculture of MS-13, a gang of Spanish-speaking immigrants that still terrorizes pockets of American society today – including their own compatriots. The case begins with a focus on the gang in San Francisco, eventually widening to include a network that reaches across borders. Santini tracks down the gang’s leadership from the Bay Area to the prison cells of corrupt Central American regimes. Eventually, it takes the cold-blooded murder of three family members in San Francisco to shake the American public out of complacency and focus sober attention on a growing and violent threat.This is the story of a dedicated team of special agents, federal prosecutors, and local police who overcome political and legal challenges to take down more than two dozen violent criminal targets.

DKK 355.00
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Reframing Decision Making in Education - Perry R. Rettig - Bog - Bloomsbury Publishing Plc - Plusbog.dk

Reframing Decision Making in Education - Perry R. Rettig - Bog - Bloomsbury Publishing Plc - Plusbog.dk

American schools should be laboratories for modeling democratic concepts. However, our school systems are the antithesis of democratically run organizations. Teaching professionals, students and parents have very little power or genuine influence in decision making. Reframing Decision Making in Education begins by describing the current status of American schools and concludes with a description of the organizational structure, leadership, and decision making practices necessary to make our schools operate in a manner congruent with those democratic principles we espouse as a country.This book describe a democratic structure and a decision making matrix to help reform leaders begin such an endeavor. Woven through each chapter is a fictional story of Principal Samantha Levy. We see Ms. Levy’s struggles as she begins the process of making change in her high school and its impact on those around her.

DKK 520.00
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Reframing Decision Making in Education - Perry R. Rettig - Bog - Bloomsbury Publishing Plc - Plusbog.dk

Reframing Decision Making in Education - Perry R. Rettig - Bog - Bloomsbury Publishing Plc - Plusbog.dk

American schools should be laboratories for modeling democratic concepts. However, our school systems are the antithesis of democratically run organizations. Teaching professionals, students and parents have very little power or genuine influence in decision making. Reframing Decision Making in Education begins by describing the current status of American schools and concludes with a description of the organizational structure, leadership, and decision making practices necessary to make our schools operate in a manner congruent with those democratic principles we espouse as a country.This book describe a democratic structure and a decision making matrix to help reform leaders begin such an endeavor. Woven through each chapter is a fictional story of Principal Samantha Levy. We see Ms. Levy’s struggles as she begins the process of making change in her high school and its impact on those around her.

DKK 312.00
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Becoming the Pearl-Poet - - Bog - Bloomsbury Publishing Plc - Plusbog.dk

Becoming the Pearl-Poet - - Bog - Bloomsbury Publishing Plc - Plusbog.dk

Who is the Pearl-poet? How do ideas about his life and interpretations of his poems shape our understanding of his work in late-medieval England—and beyond? In Becoming the Pearl-Poet: Perceptions, Connections, Receptions , readers can explore the world of this extraordinary, fourteenth-century writer. In Part I, “Perceptions,” five scholars give insightful literary analyses of the narrative poems attributed to the poet: Pearl, Cleanness, Patience, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, and St. Erkenwald . In Part II, “Connections,” six scholars examine connections between these diverse poems, focusing on authorship, ecology, material culture, sartorial adornment, shields, and the poet’s pastoral theology. In Part III, “Receptions,” scholars consider the illustrations of the Pearl Manuscript (British Library MS Cotton Nero A.x), the poet’s cultural situatedness in the Northwest Midlands and Ricardian court, his religious contexts, later translations and paraphrases of his work, and his medieval and modern audiences. Intended for students and scholars alike, this book encourages readers to gain a deeper understanding of the Pearl-poet and his world, learning many new things and enjoying old things in a new way.

DKK 355.00
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Becoming the Pearl-Poet - - Bog - Bloomsbury Publishing Plc - Plusbog.dk

Becoming the Pearl-Poet - - Bog - Bloomsbury Publishing Plc - Plusbog.dk

Who is the Pearl-poet? How do ideas about his life and interpretations of his poems shape our understanding of his work in late-medieval England—and beyond? In Becoming the Pearl-Poet: Perceptions, Connections, Receptions, readers can explore the world of this extraordinary, fourteenth-century writer. In Part I, “Perceptions,” five scholars give insightful literary analyses of the narrative poems attributed to the poet: Pearl, Cleanness, Patience, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, and St. Erkenwald. In Part II, “Connections,” six scholars examine connections between these diverse poems, focusing on authorship, ecology, material culture, sartorial adornment, shields, and the poet’s pastoral theology. In Part III, “Receptions,” scholars consider the illustrations of the Pearl Manuscript (British Library MS Cotton Nero A.x), the poet’s cultural situatedness in the Northwest Midlands and Ricardian court, his religious contexts, later translations and paraphrases of his work, and his medieval and modern audiences. Intended for students and scholars alike, this book encourages readers to gain a deeper understanding of the Pearl-poet and his world, learning many new things and enjoying old things in a new way.

DKK 849.00
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Love, Activism, and the Respectable Life of Alice Dunbar-Nelson - Professor Tara T. (professor Of Women's And Gender Studies Green - Bog - Bloomsbury

Love, Activism, and the Respectable Life of Alice Dunbar-Nelson - Professor Tara T. (professor Of Women's And Gender Studies Green - Bog - Bloomsbury

“A fascinating biography of a fascinating woman.” - Booklist , starred review “This definitive look at a remarkable figure delivers the goods.” - Publishers Weekly , starred review "A brilliant analysis." - Jericho Brown, Pulitzer Prize winner Featured in Ms. Magazine ’s " Most Anticipated Reads for the Rest of Us 2022" ( books by or about historically excluded groups) Born in New Orleans in 1875 to a mother who was formerly enslaved and a father of questionable identity, Alice Dunbar-Nelson was a pioneering activist, writer, suffragist, and educator. Until now, Dunbar-Nelson has largely been viewed only in relation to her abusive ex-husband, the poet Paul Laurence Dunbar. This is the first book-length look at this major figure in Black women’s history, covering her life from the post-reconstruction era through the Harlem Renaissance.Tara T. Green builds on Black feminist, sexuality, historical and cultural studies to create a literary biography that examines Dunbar-Nelson''s life and legacy as a respectable activist – a woman who navigated complex challenges associated with resisting racism and sexism, and who defined her sexual identity and sexual agency within the confines of respectability politics. It’s a book about the past, but it’s also a book about the present that nods to the future.

DKK 233.00
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Gloria Steinem - William H. Pruden Iii - Bog - Bloomsbury Publishing Plc - Plusbog.dk

Gloria Steinem - William H. Pruden Iii - Bog - Bloomsbury Publishing Plc - Plusbog.dk

This book details the life and activism of Gloria Steinem, using her life as a lens through which readers can examine the evolution of women''s rights in the United States over the past half-century. This work traces the life and career of feminist activist Gloria Steinem, providing an examination of her life and her efforts to further equal opportunity among all people, especially women, in the United States from the second half of the 20th century to the present. It follows Steinem in a primarily chronological fashion to best convey the impact of her own efforts as well as the changing nature of women''s status in American society during Steinem''s half-century as an active reformer and public figure. The book notably includes her work with Ms. Magazine and details of her personal life.This book''s wider coverage of Steinem''s life, from her early childhood to the present, adds to previous works, which tend to stop with the end of the heyday of the women''s movement and the rise of the Conservative movement in the early 1980s. With one of the defining aspects of Steinem''s work being her lifelong commitment to women''s rights and human equality, the treatment of her whole life helps readers understand the full extent of both her commitment and impact.

DKK 556.00
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Superwomen - Carolyn (state University Of New York College At Old Westbury Cocca - Bog - Bloomsbury Publishing Plc - Plusbog.dk

Superwomen - Carolyn (state University Of New York College At Old Westbury Cocca - Bog - Bloomsbury Publishing Plc - Plusbog.dk

Winner of the 2017 Eisner Award in the Best Academic/Scholarly Work category 2017 Prose Awards Honorable Mention, Media & Cultural Studies Over the last 75 years, superheroes have been portrayed most often as male, heterosexual, white, and able-bodied. Today, a time when many of these characters are billion-dollar global commodities, there are more female superheroes, more queer superheroes, more superheroes of color, and more disabled superheroes--but not many more. Superwomen investigates how and why female superhero characters have become more numerous but are still not-at-all close to parity with their male counterparts; how and why they have become a flashpoint for struggles over gender, sexuality, race, and disability; what has changed over time and why in terms of how these characters have been written, drawn, marketed, purchased, read, and reacted to; and how and why representations of superheroes matter, particularly to historically underrepresented and stereotyped groups. Specifically, the book explores the production, representations, and receptions of prominent transmedia female superheroes from their creation to the present: Wonder Woman; Batgirl and Oracle; Ms. Marvel and Captain Marvel; Buffy the Vampire Slayer; Star Wars ’ Padmé Amidala, Leia Organa, Jaina Solo, and Rey; and X-Men’ s Jean Grey, Storm, Kitty Pryde, Rogue, and Mystique. It analyzes their changing portrayals in comics, novels, television shows, and films, as well as how cultural narratives of gender have been negotiated through female superheroes by creators, consumers, and parent companies over the last several decades.

DKK 291.00
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Mandeville's Travails - Francis Tobienne - Bog - Bloomsbury Publishing Plc - Plusbog.dk

Mandeville's Travails - Francis Tobienne - Bog - Bloomsbury Publishing Plc - Plusbog.dk

This book offers a critical methodology for analyzing travel literature. The subject of travel literature, as well as travel literatures, have not always been regarded with respect or given much critical attention. In order to amend this lack of positive reception, Francis Tobienne Jr. analyzes the late medieval text Mandeville’s Travels, specifically the Cotton MS. This text, though not overly popular currently, was among the most popular pieces of literature for well beyond its fourteenth-century inception in some three hundred manuscripts divided into three groups as well as early printed editions; further, this text offers a way in which to approach other pieces of travel literature. To facilitate this critical process Tobienne proposes a seven-part method: 1. Identify and Define the Problem, 2. Make Observations, 3. Look for Regularities, 4. Wonder Why Regularities Exist, 5. Propose a Hypothesis, 6. Use an Experiment and 7. Have Reproducible Results. Of note, Mandeville’s Travels is both the impetus behind this seven-part method, as well as the object of study. Thus, Tobienne showcases how each element of the seven-part method is at play in the text, even as he argues for the text’s importance within medieval studies. Also included in this examination is the application of this seven-part method to medieval and post-period pieces of literature. The book culminates in an argument for the canonization and importance of Mandeville’s Travels in and beyond medieval studies.

DKK 728.00
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Handbook of Black Librarianship - - Bog - Bloomsbury Publishing Plc - Plusbog.dk

Handbook of Black Librarianship - - Bog - Bloomsbury Publishing Plc - Plusbog.dk

As Dr. Josey and Ms. DeLoach wrote in their Introduction to the second editionof The Handbook of Black Librarianship: “In designing the second edition of The Handbook of Black Librarianship, the editors felt that this work should be a reference tool related to the various aspects of African Americans in librarianship and their work in libraries.” That first edition covered issues faced by black library professionals in the various fields of librarianship; organizations formed; black library collections and books; resources and other areas of progress. The second edition, published twenty-three years later, highlighted more current events in Black librarianship: early and contemporary library organizations, vital issues, African American resources, discussions on and about librarianship, a focus on health librarianship, and information resources and education. It has now been another twenty-two years since the last edition and time to reflect on “various aspects of African Americans” in our profession as well as the advancements over the past two and a half decades and to review those issues African Americans still face and how modern technological advancements have impacted our profession and the lives of Black librarians. This third edition’s coverage includes: - Pioneers and Landmark Episodes - A Chronology of Events in Black Librarianship - African American Forerunners in Librarianship - Modern Day Black Library Organizations - Vital Issues in Black Librarianship - Library Service to Our Communities - Library Technology and Black Librarianship - Pearls from Our Retirees - Issues in Diversity, Inclusion and Multiculturalism - African Library Resources and Education - Banned Books - Significant Books and Periodicals for Black Collections

DKK 442.00
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Handbook of Black Librarianship - - Bog - Bloomsbury Publishing Plc - Plusbog.dk

Handbook of Black Librarianship - - Bog - Bloomsbury Publishing Plc - Plusbog.dk

As Dr. Josey and Ms. DeLoach wrote in their Introduction to the second editionof The Handbook of Black Librarianship: “In designing the second edition of The Handbook of Black Librarianship, the editors felt that this work should be a reference tool related to the various aspects of African Americans in librarianship and their work in libraries.” That first edition covered issues faced by black library professionals in the various fields of librarianship; organizations formed; black library collections and books; resources and other areas of progress. The second edition, published twenty-three years later, highlighted more current events in Black librarianship: early and contemporary library organizations, vital issues, African American resources, discussions on and about librarianship, a focus on health librarianship, and information resources and education. It has now been another twenty-two years since the last edition and time to reflect on “various aspects of African Americans” in our profession as well as the advancements over the past two and a half decades and to review those issues African Americans still face and how modern technological advancements have impacted our profession and the lives of Black librarians. This third edition’s coverage includes: - Pioneers and Landmark Episodes - A Chronology of Events in Black Librarianship - African American Forerunners in Librarianship - Modern Day Black Library Organizations - Vital Issues in Black Librarianship - Library Service to Our Communities - Library Technology and Black Librarianship - Pearls from Our Retirees - Issues in Diversity, Inclusion and Multiculturalism - African Library Resources and Education - Banned Books - Significant Books and Periodicals for Black Collections

DKK 988.00
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Rambunctious Garden - Emma Marris - Bog - Bloomsbury Publishing Plc - Plusbog.dk

Rambunctious Garden - Emma Marris - Bog - Bloomsbury Publishing Plc - Plusbog.dk

______________ ''Remarkable ... Emma Marris explores a paradox that is increasingly vexing the science of ecology, namely that the only way to have a pristine wilderness is to manage it intensively'' — The Wall Street Journal ''Ms Marris''s book is an insightful analysis of the thinking that informs nature conservation'' - The Economist ''What may be the most important book about the environment in a generation'' - Idaho Statesman ______________ A paradigm shift is roiling the environmental world. For decades people have unquestioningly accepted the idea that our goal is to preserve nature in its pristine, pre-human state. But many scientists have come to see this as an outdated dream that thwarts bold new plans to save the environment and prevents us from having a fuller relationship with nature. Humans have changed the landscapes they inhabit since prehistory, and climate change means even the remotest places now bear the fingerprints of humanity. Emma Marris argues convincingly that it is time to look forward and create the "rambunctious garden," a hybrid of wild nature and human management.In this optimistic book, readers meet leading scientists and environmentalists and visit imaginary Edens, designer ecosystems, and Pleistocene parks. Marris describes innovative conservation approaches, including rewilding, assisted migration, and the embrace of so-called novel ecosystems. Rambunctious Garden is short on gloom and long on interesting theories and fascinating narratives, all of which bring home the idea that we must give up our romantic notions of pristine wilderness and replace them with the concept of a global, half-wild rambunctious garden planet, tended by us. ______________ ''Marris is a whip-smart writer . . . already being compared to the greatest environmental writers and thinkers of the past century, Rachel Carson and Aldo Leopold'' - San Francisco Chronicle ______________

DKK 139.00
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Music Theory and Composition - Stephen C. Stone - Bog - Bloomsbury Publishing Plc - Plusbog.dk

Music Theory and Composition - Stephen C. Stone - Bog - Bloomsbury Publishing Plc - Plusbog.dk

Music Theory and Composition: A Practical Approach presents a pragmatic, accessible approach to music theory through an emphasis on melody and counterpoint. This focus explains the “why” of musical construction more clearly than the traditional approach of beginning with chords. By starting with a single melodic line and gradually adding voices in counterpoint, the book drills part-writing while simultaneously explaining functionality, first with scale degrees and then with harmony. The text has students learn musical techniques and progressively build on their functions and importance to create their own compositions. With short, digestible chapters, Music Theory and Composition clearly presents otherwise complicated ideas not as strict rules, but as artistic ideals, encouraging the interactive creation of new compositions as a tool for learning. The textbook is versatile and easily customizable, suitingoDifferent skill levels with species counterpoint providing a framework for the beginner while providing an interesting challenge for more experienced studentsoDifferent curricular schedules with complete exercises in two, three, and four voices, allowing for an optional skip from two voices to fouroDifferent pedagogical approaches with species exercises encouraging students to consider harmonic choices and figured bass ensuring functional progressionsInstructor Resources: (email textbooks@rowman.com for access)·Instructor’s Manual: The Instructor’s Manual includes sample syllabi and student handouts·Test Bank: The test bank includes sample tests and answer keys in MS Word format.Student Resources: ·Companion Website with Downloadable Workbook Sections: http://textbooks.rowman.com/stoneAdditional Features:·complete curriculum for first-year theory courses·over 500 musical examples drawn from Common Practice Era compositions as well as more contemporary and popular pieces·focus on active composition throughout the text and workbook sections·large pop music section to expand student’s application of theory·conversational tone to encourage student engagementDesigned for first-year college music theory courses, but accessible enough for the interested lay reader or high school student, the text offers a true balance of counterpoint and harmony.​

DKK 710.00
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