Love and Intimacy in Contemporary Society: Love in an International Context (Brooks Ann)(Paperback)

Love and Intimacy in Contemporary Society: Love in an International Context (Brooks Ann)(Paperback)

Love and Intimacy in Contemporary Society reflects on relationships in contemporary society and the role of love and intimacy in framing lives. The book draws on sociological perspectives, cultural sociology and gender theory perspectives. It looks at how love and intimacy is experienced

Contemporary Painting in Context (Petersen Anne Ring)(Paperback)

The essays collected in Contemporary Painting in Context examine the transformation and expansion of the field of painting over the last decades in relation to the more general lines of development in contemporary culture and visuality. The contributors address a range of important issues ?

Grief and Bereavement in Contemporary Society: Bridging Research and Practice (Neimeyer Robert A.)(Paperback)

Grief and Bereavement in Contemporary Society is an authoritative guide to the study of and work with major themes in bereavement. Its chapters synthesize the best of research-based conceptualization and clinical wisdom across 30 of the most important topics in the field. The volume's contributors

Childhood, Culture and Society: In a Global Context (Wyness Michael)(Paperback)

Man in Love - My Struggle Book 2 (Knausgaard Karl Ove)(Paperback / softback)

An electrifying story about love and new life from the international phenomenon, Karl Ove Knausgaard. * Karl Ove Knausgaard's dazzling new novel, The Morning Star, is available to pre-order now *This is a book about leaving your wife and everything you

The Subversive Family: An Alternative History of Love and Marriage (Mount Ferdinand)(Paperback)

British politician and writer, Ferdinand Mount, challenges contemporary beliefs about society and family--including the history of divorce, childcare, and the concept of the nuclear family. In Subversive Family, politician and writer Ferdinand Mount argues that society is shaped by a series of

Location Technologies in International Context (Wilken Rowan)(Paperback)

Location Technologies in International Context offers the first international account of location technologies (in an expanded sense) and brings together a range of contributions on these technologies and their various cultures of use within the Global South.This collection asks: How, within the

The Empire of Love: Toward a Theory of Intimacy, Genealogy, and Carnality (Povinelli Elizabeth a.)(Paperback)

In The Empire of Love anthropologist Elizabeth A. Povinelli reflects on a set of ethical and normative claims about the governance of love, sociality, and the body that circulates in liberal settler colonies such as the United States and Australia. She boldly theorizes intimate relations as pivotal

Daring to Trust: Opening Ourselves to Real Love and Intimacy (Richo David)(Paperback)

The best-selling author of How to Be an Adult in Relationships explains how to build trust--the essential ingredient in successful relationships--despite our fears or past betrayals Most relationship problems are essentially trust issues, explains psychotherapist David Richo. Whether it's fear of

Architecture in Context: Contemporary Design Solutions Based on Environmental, Social and Cultural Identities (Plan The)(Pevná vazba)

Architecture in Context analyzes the work of contemporary international architects through the presentation of projects that exemplify their architectural vision and their connection with the spaces with which they work. It explains how the interaction between architecture and landscape is a

Anna (Hickson Ella)(Paperback)

1968. East Berlin. Anna and Hans are married, in love and moving up in the world--but it is a world ruled by suspicion. Who can be trusted when everyone is listening? Can we ever escape our

Redeeming 6 - Walsh Chloe

An epic and unforgettable love story continues in Redeeming 6, the fourth book in the international bestselling and TikTok-phenomenon The Boys of Tommen series, from Chloe Walsh. The power and pain of first love has never been more deeply felt than in Chloe Walsh's extraordinary stories about the

An Assassin's Guide to Love and Treason (Boecker Virginia)(Paperback)

Shakespeare in Love meets Mr. and Mrs. Smith in this witty and thrilling story of star-crossed assassins in Elizabeth England, perfect for fans of My Lady Jane and TheGentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue When Lady Katherine's father is killed for being an illegally practicing Catholic, she

Copy Cat (Pye Ali)(Paperback / softback)

Bella loves Anna. In fact, Bella loves Anna SO MUCH that she wants to be just like her, and copies every single thing she does. But like all little kittens, Bella and Anna get into a bit of a tangle . . . Anna suddenly snaps - she's had enough of Bella being SUCH a copycat! What is Bella going to

Spanish Grammar in Context (Ibarra Juan Kattan)(Paperback)

Spanish Grammar in Context provides an accessible and stimulating approach to learning grammar. Authentic texts are used to illustrate and explain the key areas of Spanish grammar, followed by a range of exercises to help students reinforce and test their understanding. An answer key is also

Love On The Dole (Greenwood Walter)(Paperback / softback)

In Hanky Park, near Salford, Harry and Sally Hardcastle grow up in a society preoccupied with grinding poverty, exploited by bookies and pawnbrokers, bullied by petty officials and living in constant fear of the dole queue and the Means Test. Sally, meanwhile, falls in love with Larry Meath, a

Savage Peace: Hope and Fear in America, 1919 (Hagedorn Ann)(Paperback)

Written with the sweep of an epic novel and grounded in extensive research into contemporary documents, Savage Peace is a striking portrait of American democracy under stress. It is the surprising story of America in the year 1919. In the aftermath of an unprecedented worldwide war and a flu

Love in a Fallen City (Chang Eileen)(Paperback / softback)

Collects the stories that combine an unsettled, probing, utterly contemporary sensibility, keenly alert to sexual politics and psychological ambiguity, with an intense lyricism that echoes the classics of Chinese

We Are Totally Normal (Kanakia Naomi)(Paperback)

In this queer contemporary YA, perfect for fans of Becky Albertalli and This Is Kind of an Epic Love Story, Nandan's perfect plan for junior year goes awry after he hooks up with a guy for the first time.Nandan's got a plan to make his junior year perfect, but hooking up with his friend Dave isn't

Escape from Intimacy: Untangling the ``Love'' Addictions: Sex, Romance, Relationships (Schaef Anne Wilson)(Paperback)

Schaef applies the addictions of sex, love, romance, and relationships to her broader addiction theory and clearly defines and contrasts the relationship

Love And Garbage (Klima Ivan)(Paperback / softback)

The narrator of Love and Garbage has temporarily abandoned his work-in-progress - an essay on Kafka - and exchanged his writer's pen for the orange vest of a Prague road-sweeper. As he works, he meditates on Czechoslovakia, on Kafka, on life, on art and, obsessively, on his passionate and

Almost Like Being in Love (Kluger Steve)(Paperback)

A high school jock and nerd fall in love senior year, only to part after an amazing summer of discovery to attend their respective colleges. They keep in touch at first, but then slowly drift apart.Flash forward twenty years.Travis and Craig both have great lives, careers, and loves. But something

Boundaries in Marriage Participant's Guide (Cloud Henry)(Paperback)

You long for a marriage marked by lifelong love, intimacy, and growth. And it can be yours--if you set wise boundaries. Boundaries are the property lines that define and protect each of you as individuals. Get them in place and you can make a good marriage better and possibly even save a

In Waves (Dungo Aj)(Paperback)

A tale of love, heartbreak and surfing from an important new voice in comics. In Waves is Craig Thompson's Blankets meets William Finnegan's Barbarian Days. In this visually arresting graphic novel, surfer and illustrator AJ Dungo remembers his late partner, her battle with cancer, and their shared