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Media Backends

Digital Infrastructures and Sociotechnical Relations

by Lisa Parks, Julia Velkova, Sander de Ridder, Mark Andrejevic, Philippe Bouquillion, Jonathan Cohn, Faithe Day, Fatima Gaw0, Christine Ithurbide1, Anne Kaun2, Amanda Lagerkvist3, Alexis Logsdon4, Stine Lomborg5, Tim Markham6, Vicki Mayer7, Rahul Mukherjee8, Kaarina Nikunen9, Vibodh Parthasarathi0, Philipp Seuferling1, Ranjit Singh2, Jacek Smolicki3, Fredrik Stiernstedt4, Matilda Tudor5, Zala Volcic6 ...

Series series Geopolitics of Information
Exploring how we make, distribute, and consume today’s media systemsMedia backends--the electronics, labor, and operations behind our screens--significantly influence our understanding of the sociotechnical relations, economies, and operations of media. Lisa Parks, Julia Velkova, and Sander De Ridder assemble essays that delve into the evolving politics of the media infrastructural landscape. ... Read more

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Exploring how we make, distribute, and consume today’s media systemsMedia backends--the electronics, labor, and operations behind our screens--significantly influence our understanding of the sociotechnical relations, economies, and operations of media. Lisa Parks, Julia Velkova, and Sander De Ridder assemble essays that delve into the evolving politics of the media infrastructural landscape.
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Columbus Noir

by Kristen Lepionka, Julia Keller, Robin Yocum, Yolonda Tonette Sanders, Lee Martin ...

Series series Akashic Noir
O-H-Oh-No! Fourteen storytellers reveal a gritty side to C-Bus in this collection of crime tales.Akashic Books continues its award-winning series of original noir anthologies, launched in 2004 with Brooklyn Noir. Each book comprises all-new stories, each one set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the respective city.With stories by: Lee Martin, Robin Yocum, Kristen Lepionka, Craig ... Read more

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O-H-Oh-No! Fourteen storytellers reveal a gritty side to C-Bus in this collection of crime tales.Akashic Books continues its award-winning series of original noir anthologies, launched in 2004 with Brooklyn Noir. Each book comprises all-new stories, each one set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the respective city.With stories by: Lee Martin, Robin Yocum, Kristen Lepionka, Craig
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Dying to Love

by Julia Sanders ...

When a party turns into a crime scene, will you be able to find the killer — before it’s too late?Sage Reynolds is a crime reporter in Atlanta. When she goes to a party with her best friend, Ruby, the unthinkable happens; someone ends up dead. The cause of death is deemed a drug overdose by police but, for Sage, something isn’t adding up. Soon, Sage is faced with a series of reported cases ... Read more

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When a party turns into a crime scene, will you be able to find the killer — before it’s too late?Sage Reynolds is a crime reporter in Atlanta. When she goes to a party with her best friend, Ruby, the unthinkable happens; someone ends up dead. The cause of death is deemed a drug overdose by police but, for Sage, something isn’t adding up. Soon, Sage is faced with a series of reported cases
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Health, Parenting, and Community Perspectives on Black Fatherhood

Defying Stereotypes and Amplifying Strengths

by Katrina Akande, Julia Arroyo, Cassandra Bolar, Clinton Boyd, Jr., Melissa E. Buckley, Thomas Cotton III, Marquitta S. Dorsey, Arlene Godwin, Christina Grange, Kelley Hollie, Wykinia Jones, Ericka M. Lewis, Maretta D. McDonald, Carl Route, Jr., Ashley Sanders, Ebony K. Williams ...

Series series The Black Atlantic Cultural Series: Revisioning Artistic, Historical, Literary, Psychological, and Sociological Perspectives
From slavery to present day, the narratives of Black fatherhood have been fraught with biases and stereotypes, failing to accurately capture the voices and lived experiences of Black fathers. Contrary to these narratives, Black fathers play an important role in the lives of their children and families. Health, Parenting, and Community Perspectives on Black Fatherhood: Defying Stereotypes and ... Read more

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From slavery to present day, the narratives of Black fatherhood have been fraught with biases and stereotypes, failing to accurately capture the voices and lived experiences of Black fathers. Contrary to these narratives, Black fathers play an important role in the lives of their children and families. Health, Parenting, and Community Perspectives on Black Fatherhood: Defying Stereotypes and
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Get Productive in a Multi-Task World

A Parent's Guide to Project Management

by Linda Sanders, Julia Donnelly ...

This is a book for those of you that need help managing those projects that most people have. Projects don't have to be large endeavors with many people contributing. A project is that special dinner party that you want to arrange with your friends, your son's camping trip that you have been "volunteered" to coordinate or your daughter's prom. It could be that kitchen renovation. In short, a ... Read more

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This is a book for those of you that need help managing those projects that most people have. Projects don't have to be large endeavors with many people contributing. A project is that special dinner party that you want to arrange with your friends, your son's camping trip that you have been "volunteered" to coordinate or your daughter's prom. It could be that kitchen renovation. In short, a
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How to Use Evidence to End Homelessness

For Smarter, More Impactful Action

by Michael Barber, Stephen Aldridge, Andy Burnham, Will Snell, Carol Black, Suzanne Fitzpatrick, Pete Mackie, Richard Garside, James Turner, Guillermo Rodriguez-Guzman, Will Moy, Michael Sanders, Vanessa Hirneis, Julia Ellingwood, Derek McGowan, Lezley Marion Cameron, Kenneth Gibb, Mark McGreevy, Rosanne Haggerty, Juha Kahila, Henrique Joaquim, Eleanor Williams, Jo Metcalfe, Matt Peacock, Mike Findlay-Agnew, Lorna Tucker, Sam Freedman, Brian Robson, Jack Shaw, Jonathan Roberts, Ian Rutherford ...

Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence.Building on the influential Using Evidence to End Homelessness (Bristol University Press, 2020), this practical collection shows how evidence and data can drive smarter action to improve outcomes for people affected by homelessness. Six years on, it captures lessons learned and progress made while charting a path for greater impact. With ... Read more

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Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence.Building on the influential Using Evidence to End Homelessness (Bristol University Press, 2020), this practical collection shows how evidence and data can drive smarter action to improve outcomes for people affected by homelessness. Six years on, it captures lessons learned and progress made while charting a path for greater impact. With
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New Haven Noir

by Amy Bloom ...

Series series Akashic Noir
"In an Ivy League town, Bloom turns Yale's motto— Lux et Veritas—on its head, finding darkness and deceit in every corner of New Haven." — Kirkus ReviewsThe image of a charming college town serves New Haven well, but its natives know that the city has been built on a rich—and violent—history that still seeps out from between the cracks in the sidewalks and the halls of learning.Now, *New York ... Read more

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"In an Ivy League town, Bloom turns Yale's motto— Lux et Veritas—on its head, finding darkness and deceit in every corner of New Haven." — Kirkus ReviewsThe image of a charming college town serves New Haven well, but its natives know that the city has been built on a rich—and violent—history that still seeps out from between the cracks in the sidewalks and the halls of learning.Now, *New York
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Stockholm Noir

by Nathan Larson, Carl-Michael Edenborg ...

Series series Akashic Noir
"[A] superb sampling of Swedish crime writing talent . . . will be appreciated by fans of Stieg Larsson's Millennium [series] and Jens Lapidus's Easy Money ." — Library JournalWhat could be more peaceful than a city made up of a series of islands surrounded by crystal-clear water? But like any big, international metropolis, Stockholm has a dark side—fed by the disparity between its affluent ... Read more

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"[A] superb sampling of Swedish crime writing talent . . . will be appreciated by fans of Stieg Larsson's Millennium [series] and Jens Lapidus's Easy Money ." — Library JournalWhat could be more peaceful than a city made up of a series of islands surrounded by crystal-clear water? But like any big, international metropolis, Stockholm has a dark side—fed by the disparity between its affluent
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Tehran Noir

by Salar Abdoh ...

Series series Akashic Noir
Crime fiction set in Iran—including a finalist for the Shamus Award for Best PI Short Story." Tehran Noir is not only a solid crime collection, but an illuminating look into day-to-day life in the Middle East, with religious and political implications galore, as well as racial tensions bubbling just beneath the surface. . . . The stories in Tehran Noir aren't always easy to read, but they are ... Read more

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Crime fiction set in Iran—including a finalist for the Shamus Award for Best PI Short Story." Tehran Noir is not only a solid crime collection, but an illuminating look into day-to-day life in the Middle East, with religious and political implications galore, as well as racial tensions bubbling just beneath the surface. . . . The stories in Tehran Noir aren't always easy to read, but they are
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Zagreb Noir

by Darko Macan, Josip Novakovich, Ivan Vidić, Ružica Gašperov, Mima Simić, Robert Perisic, Pero Kvesić, Nada Gašić, Zoran Pilić, Andrea Žigić-Dolenec, Darko Milošić, Nora Verde, Ivan Sršen, Neven Ušumović ...

Series series Akashic Noir
"A must-read book by Croatian authors available in English. A collection of crime stories set across Zagreb, each one by a different Croatian writer."--Time Out (Croatia)"Zagreb, Croatia--its culture and its touchstones--will be terra incognita for many U.S. readers...Notable is Nora Verde's 'She-Warrior,' in which a young woman's carefully planned anarchist activities are smacked down by a triple ... Read more

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"A must-read book by Croatian authors available in English. A collection of crime stories set across Zagreb, each one by a different Croatian writer."--Time Out (Croatia)"Zagreb, Croatia--its culture and its touchstones--will be terra incognita for many U.S. readers...Notable is Nora Verde's 'She-Warrior,' in which a young woman's carefully planned anarchist activities are smacked down by a triple
... Read more
Barcelona Noir

by Adriana V. López, Carmen Ospina ...

Series series Akashic Noir
Journey to Spain with "stories that tap into history, politics and culture to cast a cloak of horror and humor on the city's distinctive neighborhoods" ( The Miami Herald).For some, Barcelona is a European enchantress of nouveau architecture, fusion tapas, and fine cava. To others, it's a Gothic labyrinth of tiny streets to lose oneself in; hashish-clouded after-hours bars to forget the time; ... Read more

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Journey to Spain with "stories that tap into history, politics and culture to cast a cloak of horror and humor on the city's distinctive neighborhoods" ( The Miami Herald).For some, Barcelona is a European enchantress of nouveau architecture, fusion tapas, and fine cava. To others, it's a Gothic labyrinth of tiny streets to lose oneself in; hashish-clouded after-hours bars to forget the time;
... Read more
Santa Fe Noir

by Kimmy Santiago Baca, Ana Castillo, James Reich, Miriam Sagan, Israel Francisco Haros Lopez ...

Series series Akashic Noir
Seventeen storytellers take readers on a dark tour of the arty New Mexican city in this collection of crime tales.Akashic Books continues its award-winning series of original noir anthologies, launched in 2004 with Brooklyn Noir. Each book comprises all-new stories, each one set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the respective city.With stories by: Ana Castillo, Jimmy Santiago Baca, ... Read more

$12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Seventeen storytellers take readers on a dark tour of the arty New Mexican city in this collection of crime tales.Akashic Books continues its award-winning series of original noir anthologies, launched in 2004 with Brooklyn Noir. Each book comprises all-new stories, each one set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the respective city.With stories by: Ana Castillo, Jimmy Santiago Baca,
... Read more

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