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The Reproduction of Inequality

How Class Shapes the Pregnant Body and Infant Health

by Katherine Mason ...

Series series Health, Society, and Inequality
An important analysis of the difference class makes in reproductive health choicesCan you run a marathon, drink coffee, eat fish, or fly on a plane while pregnant? Such questions are just the tip of the iceberg for how most pregnant women’s bodies are managed, surveilled, and scrutinized during pregnancy. The Reproduction of Inequality examines the intense social pressure that expectant and new ... Read more

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An important analysis of the difference class makes in reproductive health choicesCan you run a marathon, drink coffee, eat fish, or fly on a plane while pregnant? Such questions are just the tip of the iceberg for how most pregnant women’s bodies are managed, surveilled, and scrutinized during pregnancy. The Reproduction of Inequality examines the intense social pressure that expectant and new
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The Ivory Compass

A Legacy of Whispers and Waves

by Katherine Mason ...

Series Book 1 - The Chronicles of the Ivory Compass
Brittany. Accused of witchcraft, Annelise Moreau clutches an ivory compass, her only defense against the inquisitor’s accusations. The compass whispers of escape, of realms beyond human comprehension, but at a cost she cannot yet fathom. It is a key, a conduit, and a curse that will ripple through time.Centuries later, the compass resurfaces in London, its ivory surface radiating an unnatural ... Read more

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Brittany. Accused of witchcraft, Annelise Moreau clutches an ivory compass, her only defense against the inquisitor’s accusations. The compass whispers of escape, of realms beyond human comprehension, but at a cost she cannot yet fathom. It is a key, a conduit, and a curse that will ripple through time.Centuries later, the compass resurfaces in London, its ivory surface radiating an unnatural
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Infectious Change

Reinventing Chinese Public Health After an Epidemic

by Katherine Mason ...

In February 2003, a Chinese physician crossed the border between mainland China and Hong Kong, spreading Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)—a novel flu-like virus—to over a dozen international hotel guests. SARS went on to kill about 800 people and sicken 8,000 worldwide. By the time it disappeared in July 2003 the Chinese public health system, once famous for its grassroots, low-technology ... Read more

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In February 2003, a Chinese physician crossed the border between mainland China and Hong Kong, spreading Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)—a novel flu-like virus—to over a dozen international hotel guests. SARS went on to kill about 800 people and sicken 8,000 worldwide. By the time it disappeared in July 2003 the Chinese public health system, once famous for its grassroots, low-technology
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Beautiful Storm

San Francisco End Game, Book 1

by Katherine Jay ...

Narrated by Mason Lloyd, Andi Eloise ...

Series Audiobook 1 - San Francisco End Game
Unabridged

13 hours 40 min

I slept with my enemy and now I'm pregnant with his baby. What the heck did I do?Luke Bennett is many things—a talented tight end, one of football's biggest playboys, and a god beneath the sheets.He's also the person I trusted the most, until he broke my heart. Twice. A time in my life I'll never get over.The worst part is… I let him into my bed. I succumbed to his charms, and the moment it was ... Read more

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I slept with my enemy and now I'm pregnant with his baby. What the heck did I do?Luke Bennett is many things—a talented tight end, one of football's biggest playboys, and a god beneath the sheets.He's also the person I trusted the most, until he broke my heart. Twice. A time in my life I'll never get over.The worst part is… I let him into my bed. I succumbed to his charms, and the moment it was
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The Oxford Handbook of the Sociology of Body and Embodiment

Edited by Natalie Boero, Katherine Mason ...

Series series Oxford Handbooks
In popular debates over the influences of nature versus culture on human lives, bodies are often assigned to the category of "nature": biological, essential, and pre-social. The Oxford Handbook of the Sociology of Body and Embodiment challenges that view, arguing that bodies both shape and get shaped by human societies. As such, the body is an appropriate and necessary area of study for ... Read more

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In popular debates over the influences of nature versus culture on human lives, bodies are often assigned to the category of "nature": biological, essential, and pre-social. The Oxford Handbook of the Sociology of Body and Embodiment challenges that view, arguing that bodies both shape and get shaped by human societies. As such, the body is an appropriate and necessary area of study for
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COVID Studies

A Reader

by Joie Acosta, George Aumoithe, Tanya Buhler Corbin, Anirban Kapil Baishya, Jih-Fei Cheng, Moon Choi, Vivian Choi, Nishaant Choksi, Aaron Clark-Ginsberg, Sukanya Deogam, Kim Fortun, Alice Fothergill, Danya Glabau, Monica H. Green, Dolly Jørgensen, Dani Joslyn, Christine Keeves, Hyunah Keum, Christos Lynteris, Rachel Margolis, Katherine A. Mason, Tyesha Maddox, Luke J. Matthews, Darshana Sreedhar Mini, Samantha Montano, Courtney Page-Tan, Hyeonbin Park, Lori Peek, Elisa Perego, Rashawn Ray, Kalpesh Rathwa, Monica Sanders, Amanda Savitt, Sarah Senk, Robert Soden, Jacob Steere-Williams, Cécile Stephanie Stehrenberger, Kathleen Tierney, Kristin Urquiza, Ashton M. Verdery, Carlos Villegas, Haowei Wang, Jacqueline Wernimont, Sarah S. Willen, Heather M. Wurtz, Myungji Yang, Carl A. Zimring ...

Series series Critical Studies in Risk and Disaster
A “state of the field” collection of essays that presents the latest research on the pandemic from a range of disciplinesCOVID Studies is a “state of the field” collection of essays that presents the latest research on the pandemic from a range of disciplines, including sociology, anthropology, public policy, political science, history, and science and technology studies. Though varied in their ... Read more

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A “state of the field” collection of essays that presents the latest research on the pandemic from a range of disciplinesCOVID Studies is a “state of the field” collection of essays that presents the latest research on the pandemic from a range of disciplines, including sociology, anthropology, public policy, political science, history, and science and technology studies. Though varied in their
... Read more
Mapping Faith

Theologies of Migration and Community

by Faiza Omar, Ric Stott, Oliver Joseph, Ibrahim Mogra, Katy Radford, Julie Khovacs, Ivan Khovacs, David Mason, Hassan Rabbani, Katherine Baxter, Yvonne Green, Alison Phipps, Tawona Sithole, Rachel Godfrey, Sofia Rehman, Michael Nausner, Robyn Ashworth-Steen, Sheila Curran, Sayed Razawi, Jacqueline Nicholls, Aviva Dautch, Pádraig Ó Tuama, Harvey Kwiyani, Hajra Williams, Sally Style, Mohamed Omar, Jennifer Langer, Issam Kourbaj, Ruth Padel, Nazneen Ahmed, Amir Darwish ...

This enlightening edited collection shows how migration shapes the lives of faith communities - and vice versa - through diverse prisms including diaspora, generational change, cultural conflict, conceptions of 'ministry' and artistic response. The contributors comprise writers, poets and artists from the three largest Abrahamic faiths (Judaism, Christianity, Islam) and beyond. They show how ... Read more

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This enlightening edited collection shows how migration shapes the lives of faith communities - and vice versa - through diverse prisms including diaspora, generational change, cultural conflict, conceptions of 'ministry' and artistic response. The contributors comprise writers, poets and artists from the three largest Abrahamic faiths (Judaism, Christianity, Islam) and beyond. They show how
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Sophie, Standing There

A Novel

by Meg Mason ...

Narrated by Katherine Parkinson ...

Unabridged

9 hours 18 min

A Kirkus Earphones Award WinnerA TOP TEN LIBRARY READS PICK“So smart, so funny, so moving. I absolutely loved it.”—Bonnie Garmus, New York Times bestselling author of Lessons in ChemistryThe “brilliant” (Ann Patchett) and much beloved author of the critically acclaimed Sorrow and Bliss returns with a tender and hilarious novel about heartb... ... Read more

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A Kirkus Earphones Award WinnerA TOP TEN LIBRARY READS PICK“So smart, so funny, so moving. I absolutely loved it.”—Bonnie Garmus, New York Times bestselling author of Lessons in ChemistryThe “brilliant” (Ann Patchett) and much beloved author of the critically acclaimed Sorrow and Bliss returns with a tender and hilarious novel about heartb...
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Compassionate School Practices

Fostering Children′s Mental Health and Well-Being

by Dana Asby, Meghan Wenzel, Martha Staeheli, Christine Y. Mason, Katherine T. Volk ...

Already Ready For What Will Come - SEL For A Culture Of CareIs your school prepared to care for all of the students, staff, and families in your community? Sadly, your school might be the only point of care for many. Be already ready--Establish a compassionate cultural foundation for strong relationships and holistic skills to weather stress, trauma, and promote well-being for your entire school ... Read more

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Already Ready For What Will Come - SEL For A Culture Of CareIs your school prepared to care for all of the students, staff, and families in your community? Sadly, your school might be the only point of care for many. Be already ready--Establish a compassionate cultural foundation for strong relationships and holistic skills to weather stress, trauma, and promote well-being for your entire school
... Read more
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In a German Pension

by Katherine Mansfield ...

Narrated by Carl Mason ...

Unabridged

3 hours 22 min

In a German Pension is a 1911 collection of short stories by the writer Katherine Mansfield; her first published collection. All but three of the stories were originally published in The New Age edited by A. R. Orage; the first to appear was "The Child-Who-Was-Tired". The last three were first published in this collection, and her biographer Anthony Alpers thinks that two (The Swing of the ... Read more

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In a German Pension is a 1911 collection of short stories by the writer Katherine Mansfield; her first published collection. All but three of the stories were originally published in The New Age edited by A. R. Orage; the first to appear was "The Child-Who-Was-Tired". The last three were first published in this collection, and her biographer Anthony Alpers thinks that two (The Swing of the
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Sister of the Baroness, The

by Katherine Mansfield ...

Narrated by Carl Mason ...

Unabridged

11 min

In The Sister of the Baroness by Katherine Mansfield we have the theme of appearance, identity, self-importance, class and escape. Taken from her In a German Pension collection the story is narrated in the first person by an unnamed English woman and after reading the story the reader realises that Mansfield may be exploring the theme of appearance. With the exception of the narrator all the ... Read more

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In The Sister of the Baroness by Katherine Mansfield we have the theme of appearance, identity, self-importance, class and escape. Taken from her In a German Pension collection the story is narrated in the first person by an unnamed English woman and after reading the story the reader realises that Mansfield may be exploring the theme of appearance. With the exception of the narrator all the
... Read more

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Swing of the Pendulum, The

by Katherine Mansfield ...

Narrated by Carl Mason ...

Unabridged

24 min

The Swing of the Pendulum is a short story by Katherine Mansfield: The landlady knocked at the door. - “Come in,” said Viola. - “There is a letter for you,” said the landlady, “a special letter” - she held the green envelope in a corner of her dingy apron. - “Thanks.” Viola, kneeling on the floor, poking at the little dusty stove, stretched out her hand. “Any answer?” ... Read more

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The Swing of the Pendulum is a short story by Katherine Mansfield: The landlady knocked at the door. - “Come in,” said Viola. - “There is a letter for you,” said the landlady, “a special letter” - she held the green envelope in a corner of her dingy apron. - “Thanks.” Viola, kneeling on the floor, poking at the little dusty stove, stretched out her hand. “Any answer?”
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