Author: Jason Roberts
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
ISBN: 0816548153
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 265
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On a remote island in the South Pacific, the Lavongai have consistently struggled to obtain development through logging and commercial agriculture. Yet many Lavongai still long to move beyond the grind of subsistence work that has seemingly defined their lives on New Hanover, Papua New Guinea, for generations. Following a long history of smaller-scale and largely unsuccessful resource development efforts, New Hanover became the site of three multinational-controlled special agricultural and business leases (SABLs) that combined to cover over 75 percent of the island for ninety-nine-year lease terms. These agroforestry projects were part of a national effort to encourage “sustainable” rural development by tapping into the growing global demand for agricultural lands and crops like oil palm and biofuels. They were supposed to succeed where the smaller-scale projects of the past had failed. Unfortunately, these SABLs resulted in significant forest loss and livelihood degradation, while doing little to promote the type of economic development that many Lavongai had been hoping for. It is within this context that We Stay the Same grounds questions of hope for transformative economic change within Lavongai assessments of the inequitable relationships between global processes of resource development and the local lives that have become increasingly defined by the necessities and failures of these processes. Written in a clear and relatable style for students, We Stay the Same combines ethnographic and ecological research to show how the Lavongai continue to survive and make meaningful lives in a situation where their own hopes for a better future have often been used against them as a mechanism of a more distantly profitable dispossession.
Author: Heraclitus
Publisher: CUP Archive
ISBN:
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 450
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A text and study of Heraclitus' philosophical utterances whose subject is the world as a whole rather than man and his part in it.
Author: Joey McIntyre
Publisher: Alfred Music
ISBN: 9780769284415
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 78
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Stay the Same is the debut solo album from this former member of The New Kids on the Block. Includes songs co-written by fellow "New Kid" Donnie Wahlburg and producer/co-writer Joe Carrier. Titles are: Couldn't Stay Away from Your Love * I Can't Do It Without You * Give It Up * Stay the Same * I Love You Came Too Late * All I Wanna Do * The Way That I Loved You * I Cried * Because of You * We Can Get Down * Let Me Take You for a Ride * One Night * Without Your Love.
Author: Eve Aw
Publisher: Epigram Books
ISBN: 9814655406
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 35
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Shortlisted for Singapore Book Awards 2017 (Best Children’s Picture Book category) Shortlisted for the AFCC Asian Children's Book Awards 2017 In this engaging and humorous story, a young girl has a familiar and common encounter with her Grandma that most young children often have with elderly relatives. It’s time for the yearly reunion dinner with Grandma. She asks the same questions as she would every year. However, we see how this sameness amidst our ever-changing environment makes home and family all the more precious.
Author: Perfection Learning Corporation
Publisher: Turtleback
ISBN: 9781663608192
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 980
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Author: Michelle Rial
Publisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN: 1797211269
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 162
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A visual pep talk of charts and essays on feeling better about not feeling better. Maybe This Will Help is one part the funny and relatable graphs that fans of Am I Overthinking This? and of Michelle Rial know and love, and one part the honest stories behind what makes those graphs so poignant. Michelle Rial brings to light her struggles with chronic pain, grief, and creative uncertainty in a way that reflects the universality of dealing with the unthinkable. Equal parts funny and moving, this book delves into the more serious side of things, finding levity and collective experience in the invisible difficulties that so many of us face. Through humorous charts and intimate peeks into the author's life, it explores the big things that can feel unmanageable and the everyday humor that keeps us moving forward. SELF-HELP WITH HUMOR: This book brings levity and laughter to serious topics without undermining the important message and relatability that makes it resonate. BELOVED AUTHOR: Michelle Rial's first book was beloved by her tens of thousands of fans as well as by the media, including Wired, Vulture, Book Riot—and the New Yorker even published her chart-based article on "Book Publishing by the Numbers." JUST THE RIGHT TONE: This book perfectly captures trying to figure out the "magic pill" that will fix things, struggling to find peace in how things are, and the humor in even the hardest times. It makes an ideal gift for someone struggling with physical or mental pain when you want to help but aren't sure how to. Perfect for: Fans of Michelle Rial's Instagram and first book, Am I Overthinking This?; people in their 20s and 30s grappling with big life changes or chronic illness
Author: Daniel Defoe
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 708
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Author: Xenophon
Publisher:
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Category : Greece
Languages : en
Pages : 544
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Category : Electric industry workers
Languages : en
Pages : 544
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