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Reading Smell in Eighteenth-Century Fiction

by Emily C. Friedman ...

Series series Transits: Literature, Thought & Culture, 1650–1850
Scent is both an essential and seemingly impossible-to-recover aspect of material culture. Scent is one of our strongest ties to memory, yet to remember a smell without external stimuli is almost impossible for most people. Moreover, human beings’ (specifically Western humans) ability to smell has been diminished through a process of increased emphasis on odor-removal, hygienic practices that ... Read more

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Scent is both an essential and seemingly impossible-to-recover aspect of material culture. Scent is one of our strongest ties to memory, yet to remember a smell without external stimuli is almost impossible for most people. Moreover, human beings’ (specifically Western humans) ability to smell has been diminished through a process of increased emphasis on odor-removal, hygienic practices that
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The Future Is Fat

Theorizing Time in Relation to Body Weight and Stigma

Edited by Jen Rinaldi, May Friedman, Emily R.M. Lind, Crystal Kotow, Tracy Tidgwell ...

Fat bodies of today are commonly assumed to have no future at all. In this line of thinking, a fat life is framed as failure, and a fast track towards death itself. Meanwhile, the histories of modern fat existence, communities, activists, and artists have been essentially unknown, written out of origins and existence. Most medical and cultural evaluations of fat have rendered the fat body more and ... Read more

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Fat bodies of today are commonly assumed to have no future at all. In this line of thinking, a fat life is framed as failure, and a fast track towards death itself. Meanwhile, the histories of modern fat existence, communities, activists, and artists have been essentially unknown, written out of origins and existence. Most medical and cultural evaluations of fat have rendered the fat body more and
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New Essays on Samuel Johnson

Revaluation

by Greg Clingham, Anthony W. Lee, Thomas M. Curley, Emily C. Friedman, Katherine Kickel, Lynda Mugglestone, John Richetti, Steven Scherwatzky, John Sitter, Paul Tankard0, Adam Rounce1 ...

New Essays on Samuel Johnson: Revaluation is a collection of essays by various hands that examines its point of focus, the inexhaustible English author Samuel Johnson, from a variety of different critical perspectives. The book also simultaneously interrogates particular texts (such as the Dictionary, the Lives of the Poets) alongside general themes (such as Johnson and intertextuality, Johnson ... Read more

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New Essays on Samuel Johnson: Revaluation is a collection of essays by various hands that examines its point of focus, the inexhaustible English author Samuel Johnson, from a variety of different critical perspectives. The book also simultaneously interrogates particular texts (such as the Dictionary, the Lives of the Poets) alongside general themes (such as Johnson and intertextuality, Johnson
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Adapting the Eighteenth Century

A Handbook of Pedagogies and Practices

by Sharon R. Harrow, Jason Gieger, Jason Gulya, Jeremy Brett, Jodi L. Wyett, Kathleen E. Urda, Kristen T. Saxton, Lindsay Doukopoulos, Maria Park Bobroff, Misty Krueger0, Nora Nachumi1, Peggy Schaller Elliott3, Rivka Swenson4, Robin Runia5, Servanne Woodward6, Ula Lukszo Klein7, Aleksondra Hultquist8, Anne Betty Weinshenker9, Cait Coker0, Catherine Ingrassia1, Chase Bringardner2, Emily C. Friedman3, Heather King4 ...

The eighteenth century was a golden age of adaptation: classical epics were adapted to contemporaneous mock-epics, life writing to novels, novels to plays, and unauthorized sequels abounded. In our own time, cultural products of the long eighteenth century continue to be widely adapted. Early novels such as Robinson Crusoe and Gulliver's Travels, the founding documents of the United States, Jane ... Read more

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The eighteenth century was a golden age of adaptation: classical epics were adapted to contemporaneous mock-epics, life writing to novels, novels to plays, and unauthorized sequels abounded. In our own time, cultural products of the long eighteenth century continue to be widely adapted. Early novels such as Robinson Crusoe and Gulliver's Travels, the founding documents of the United States, Jane
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The Adaptation Advantage

Let Go, Learn Fast, and Thrive in the Future of Work

by Heather E. McGowan, Chris Shipley ...

Narrated by Emily Ellet ...

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7 hours 44 min

We stand at an inflection point where technology can be leveraged to unleash human potential, or it can pit humans against machines. Heather McGowan and Chris Shipley have dedicated the last five years to understanding how technical, business, and cultural shifts have brought us to this place in order to construct this comprehensive and approachable guide to the future of work.Blending insights ... Read more

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We stand at an inflection point where technology can be leveraged to unleash human potential, or it can pit humans against machines. Heather McGowan and Chris Shipley have dedicated the last five years to understanding how technical, business, and cultural shifts have brought us to this place in order to construct this comprehensive and approachable guide to the future of work.Blending insights
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Women Warriors in Early Modern Spain

A Tribute to Barbara Mujica

by Susan L. Fischer, Frederick A. de Armas, Edward H. Friedman, Emilie L. Bergmann, Teresa Scott Soufas, Elizabeth Cruz Petersen, Susan Paun de García, Isaac Benabu, Emily C. Francomano0, Charles Victor Ganelin1, Gillian T. Ahlgren2, Sharon D. Voros3, Sherry Velasco4, Alison Weber5, Marjorie Agosín6 ...

Series series The Early Modern Exchange
Although scholars often depict early modern Spanish women as victims, history and fiction of the period are filled with examples of women who defended their God-given right to make their own decisions and to define their own identities. The essays in Women Warriors in Early Modern Spain examine many such examples, demonstrating how women battled the status quo, defended certain causes, challenged ... Read more

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Although scholars often depict early modern Spanish women as victims, history and fiction of the period are filled with examples of women who defended their God-given right to make their own decisions and to define their own identities. The essays in Women Warriors in Early Modern Spain examine many such examples, demonstrating how women battled the status quo, defended certain causes, challenged
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Relinquished

The Politics of Adoption and the Privilege of American Motherhood

by Gretchen Sisson ...

Narrated by Kimberly M. Wetherell, Angel Pean, Emily Norman, Katie Koster, Renata Friedman, Si Chen ...

Unabridged

10 hours 28 min

WINNER, THE 2026 ADELE CLARK BOOK AWARDFINALIST, NONFICTION, NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARDS, 2024FINALIST, 2024 GODDARD RIVERSIDE STEPHAN RUSSO BOOK PRIZE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE"Essential reading." —NPR “Books We Love”**“Dares to imagine a different world where Americans treat adoption like the justice issue it is.” ―Washington Post“Impressively reported…[Sisson] uses her deep well of knowled... ... Read more

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WINNER, THE 2026 ADELE CLARK BOOK AWARDFINALIST, NONFICTION, NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARDS, 2024FINALIST, 2024 GODDARD RIVERSIDE STEPHAN RUSSO BOOK PRIZE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE"Essential reading." —NPR “Books We Love”**“Dares to imagine a different world where Americans treat adoption like the justice issue it is.” ―Washington Post“Impressively reported…[Sisson] uses her deep well of knowled...
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This Is Home

by Lisa Duffy ...

Narrated by Renata Friedman, Emily Woo Zeller ...

Unabridged

8 hours 29 min

From the author of book club favorite The Salt House comes a deeply affecting novel about a teenage girl finding her voice and the military wife who moves in downstairs, united in their search for the true meaning of home.Sixteen-year-old Libby Winters lives in Paradise, a seaside town north of Boston that rarely lives up to its name. After the death of her mother, she lives with her father, Bent, ... Read more

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From the author of book club favorite The Salt House comes a deeply affecting novel about a teenage girl finding her voice and the military wife who moves in downstairs, united in their search for the true meaning of home.Sixteen-year-old Libby Winters lives in Paradise, a seaside town north of Boston that rarely lives up to its name. After the death of her mother, she lives with her father, Bent,
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Disney High

The Untold Story of the Rise and Fall of Disney Channel's Tween Empire

by Ashley Spencer ...

Narrated by Lalaine ...

Unabridged

10 hours 51 min

This program is read by actor Lalaine, known for her roles in Disney’s Lizzie McGuire, The Disney Channel original movie You Wish, and her role as Kate in the 1999 remake of Annie. It features a foreword and an epilogue read by the author.The first unauthorized look at the inner workings—and ultimate breakdown—of the Disney Channel machineFor many kids growing up in the 2000s, there was no cultura ... Read more

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This program is read by actor Lalaine, known for her roles in Disney’s Lizzie McGuire, The Disney Channel original movie You Wish, and her role as Kate in the 1999 remake of Annie. It features a foreword and an epilogue read by the author.The first unauthorized look at the inner workings—and ultimate breakdown—of the Disney Channel machineFor many kids growing up in the 2000s, there was no cultura
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Atomic Habits

An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones

by James Clear ...

Narrated by James Clear ...

Unabridged

5 hours 35 min

**The #1 New York Times bestseller.Over 25 million copies sold!Translated into 60+ languages!Tiny Changes, Remarkable Results**No matter your goals, Atomic Habits offers a proven framework for improving--every day. James Clear, one of the world's leading experts on habit formation, reveals practical strategies that will teach you exactly how to form good habits, break bad ones, and master the tiny ... Read more

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**The #1 New York Times bestseller.Over 25 million copies sold!Translated into 60+ languages!Tiny Changes, Remarkable Results**No matter your goals, Atomic Habits offers a proven framework for improving--every day. James Clear, one of the world's leading experts on habit formation, reveals practical strategies that will teach you exactly how to form good habits, break bad ones, and master the tiny
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Against Purity

Living Ethically in Compromised Times

by Alexis Shotwell ...

The world is in a terrible mess. It is toxic, irradiated, and full of injustice. Aiming to stand aside from the mess can produce a seemingly satisfying self-righteousness in the scant moments we achieve it, but since it is ultimately impossible, individual purity will always disappoint. Might it be better to understand complexity and, indeed, our own complicity in much of what we think of as bad, ... Read more

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The world is in a terrible mess. It is toxic, irradiated, and full of injustice. Aiming to stand aside from the mess can produce a seemingly satisfying self-righteousness in the scant moments we achieve it, but since it is ultimately impossible, individual purity will always disappoint. Might it be better to understand complexity and, indeed, our own complicity in much of what we think of as bad,
... Read more
Perfect Me

Beauty as an Ethical Ideal

by Heather Widdows ...

How looking beautiful has become a moral imperative in today’s worldThe demand to be beautiful is increasingly important in today's visual and virtual culture. Rightly or wrongly, being perfect has become an ethical ideal to live by, and according to which we judge ourselves good or bad, a success or a failure. Perfect Me explores the changing nature of the beauty ideal, showing how it is more ... Read more

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How looking beautiful has become a moral imperative in today’s worldThe demand to be beautiful is increasingly important in today's visual and virtual culture. Rightly or wrongly, being perfect has become an ethical ideal to live by, and according to which we judge ourselves good or bad, a success or a failure. Perfect Me explores the changing nature of the beauty ideal, showing how it is more
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