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A veil of spears
Since the Night of Endless Swords, a bloody battle the Kings of Sharakhai narrowly won, the kings have been hounding the rebels known as the Moonless Host. Many have been forced to flee the city, including Çeda, who discovers that the King of Sloth is raising his army to challenge the other kings' rule. When Çeda finds the remaining members of the Moonless Host, now known as the thirteenth tribe, she sees a tenuous existence. Çeda hatches a plan to return to Sharakhai and free the asirim, the kings' powerful, immortal slaves. The kings, however, have sent their greatest tactician, the King of Swords, to bring Çeda to justice for her crimes. But the once-unified front of the kings is crumbling. The surviving kings vie quietly against one another, maneuvering for control over Sharakhai. Çeda hopes to use that to her advantage, but whom to trust? Any of them might betray her. As Çeda works to lift the shackles from the asirim and save the thirteenth tribe, the kings of Sharakhai, the scheming queen of Qaimir, the ruthless blood mage, Hamzakiir, and King of Swords all prepare for a grand clash that may decide the fate of all.
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The Left-Handed Dinner Party and Other Stories
Contemporary Canadian short fiction about perplexing family secrets and the haunting consequences of loss.
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Something to hide : a novel
Four women from different backgrounds, each with something to hide, cross paths in West Africa and begin to discover the impact of their actions.
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The Girl in His Shadow
THE USA TODAY BESTSELLER!\"An exquisitely detailed journey through the harrowing field of medicine in mid-19th century London.\"--Tracey Enerson Wood, USA Today bestselling author of The Engineer's Wife and The War Nurse An unforgettable historical fiction novel about one woman who believed in scientific medicine before the world believed in her.
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A foray into the worlds of animals and humans : with A theory of meaning
Is the tick a machine or a machine operator? Is it a mere object or a subject? With these questions, the pioneering biophilosopher Jakob von Uexküll embarks on a remarkable exploration of the unique social and physical environments that individual animal species, as well as individuals within species, build and inhabit. This concept of the umwelt has become enormously important within posthumanist philosophy, influencing such figures as Heidegger, Merleau-Ponty, Deleuze and Guattari, and, most recently, Giorgio Agamben, who has called Uexküll \"a high point of modern antihumanism.\" A key document in the genealogy of posthumanist thought, A Foray into the Worlds of Animals and Humans advances Uexküll's revolutionary belief that nonhuman perceptions must be accounted for in any biology worth its name; it also contains his arguments against natural selection as an adequate explanation for the present orientation of a species' morphology and behavior. A Theory of Meaning extends his thinking on the umwelt , while also identifying an overarching and perceptible unity in nature. Those coming to Uexküll's work for the first time will find that his concept of the umwelt holds out new possibilities for the terms of animality, life, and the whole framework of biopolitics itself.
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This is not over
Clashing over exchanged insults that compromise their reputations, a woman running from her sordid past and a doctor's wife who depends on tenant income risk everything to protect shattering secrets.
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Can stories reduce abortion stigma? Findings from a longitudinal cohort study
Women often hide or selectively disclose abortion experiences due to stigma. Secrecy can help women avoid stigma but may also result in isolation and a lack of social support and contribute to broader social silence. This study assesses whether a book-club intervention can support abortion disclosure among book club participants and improve participants' affective responses towards women who have abortions and abortion providers. A total of 109 women from 13 all-female book clubs located in 9 US states read and discussed a non-fiction book that included stories about pregnancy and abortion, participated in a book club discussion and completed baseline, immediate post-intervention and endline surveys. In 10 out of the 13 book club discussions, at least one member disclosed having had a previous abortion. Overall, 15 of the 19 women who privately reported having a previous abortion self-disclosed one or more abortions during the book club discussion. Following the book club intervention, women reported having more positive feelings toward women who have abortions and abortion providers. Greater improvement and longer lasting effects were seen in groups where there was also an in-person disclosure of abortion experience. Findings suggest that exposure to the stories of women who have had abortions can reduce abortion stigma.
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The piano maker : a novel
The story of what brings an enigmatic French woman to a small Canadian town in the 1930s, a woman who has found depths of strength in dark times and comes to discover sanctuary at last.
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Adoption's Need for a 'Villainous Other': Folklore, Fictions, and Northern Ireland's Jurisliteratures of Redress
Certain legal concepts relevant to adoption (such as \"legitimate\" birth status, relatedness, and the sanctity of family life) seem prone to being influenced by society's lingering fears of a villainous Other. This figure may appear as abandoned child or harmful parent, or indeed as some faceless authority figure or nonhuman actor tasked with decision-making. The systems themselves can be deemed wicked and villainous in the sense that they can become immune to reform: churches, governments and judiciaries can perpetuate some of the darkest folkloric traditions of adoption or abandonment. Decision-makers may inhabit shadowy margins, illegally falsifying or redacting birth records, enforcing vetoes on information or contact, and silencing survivors and victims. This may occur even where redress mechanisms are slowly coming into being. As with folklore, literary fiction, and dystopian fables, cycles of secrecy, shame, stigma, and inequality are difficult to overcome. Northern Ireland's current situation merits discussion: its public consultation on the (apparent) need for truth recovery—and redress—for the victims and survivors of mother and baby institutions has recently concluded but has done little to comfort those who seek meaningful law reforms or recognition of rights violations, past or present.
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