![]() ![]() One essay, for example, examines how two bastions of the Ivy League, Yale and Princeton, influenced the paths taken by less prestigious men's colleges. It begins with two overview chapters - one on the general history of American coeducation, the other on the differing approaches of Catholic and historically black colleges to admitting women students - and then offers case studies that consider the ways in which the problems and promise of coeducation have played out in a wide range of institutions. Informed by a wealth of fresh research, the book is rich in both historical and sociological insights. In thirteen original essays, Going Coed investigates the reasons behind this important phenomenon, describes how institutions have dealt with the changes, and captures the experiences of women who attended these schools. ![]() ![]() In Negotiating Social Contexts, Basu offers a revealing picture of the lives of biracial college women. More than a quarter-century ago, the last great wave of coeducation in the United States resulted in the admission of women to almost all of the remaining men's colleges and universities. Miller-Bernal (2000) argued coeducation and even the establishment of womens colleges (both practices centered on increasing. Challenged by Coeducation, a survey of institutional evolution, succeed in elucidating a deeper understanding of the complexities women in higher education continue to face, despite the progress that been made in the last forty years. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() When he meets Chizuru Mizuhara, he thinks he has finally found the perfect girl with everything he could possibly ask for. Tired of feeling alone, he decides to use the app “Diamond” to get himself a rental girlfriend. The series began serialization in Weekly Shonen Magazine in merger issue No.32 on July, 2017 and has been compiled into 16 physical Japanese volumes as of August 2019.Ģ0-year-old college student Kazuya Kinoshita is feeling gloomy after his girlfriend dumped him for another guy. Kanojo, Okarishimasu (彼女、お借りします?, English: “Rent a Girlfriend”) is a romantic comedy manga series written and drawn by Reiji Miyajima. The twenty-second of the Kanojo, Okarishimasu manga series. ![]() ![]() ![]() How do I train? Why is the main character doing NOTHING about the primal yet constantly complaining about it? Why is the main character wondering how they should train when they know a master of arms? Just what is going on here? This book is a mess. (like you've ever got answers so why even ask?) Oh well, I'll go train. Felix’s life on planet Earth had became just a series of ruined relationships, dead end jobs, and rotating apartments which were smaller than most postage stamps. ![]() With that said, what the hell is going on with this? Example: I have a primal evil in me that's changing me into an evil creature and trying to take over me in its entirety! I'm going to buy some clothes and read books! Innocent people are being hurt in a raid of monsters, I need to help them! Oh no! The primal is growing, transforming me into something evil, and the hunger is real! I nearly lost myself! I think I'll get my answers from the primal. Dissonance is the first novel in the Unbound series and was released in 2022. First, let me start by saying I've not finished this yet so I may change this review later. ![]() ![]() ![]() I consider them comedies first, mysteries second, and crime novels a distant third. ![]() As of yet, there have been no murders or violent crimes or human trafficking in the Spellman novels. If you’re expecting a corpse to show up, you’ll be waiting a long time. ![]() While the Spellman books may be shelved in the mystery section, they aren’t your typical crime novels. But, before you crack the spine-er, press the on switch, I thought you might want a quick introduction to the Spellmans. I am here to convince you that you have a) not made a mistake and b) have invested wisely. However, if you are reading this, you are alive (congratulations!) and have purchased (congratulations again!) or are considering purchasing the Spellman series eBook box set. Sorry, I was just trying to grab your attention. If you are reading this, I am already dead. List of ex-boyfriends Letter from the Authorĭear person who has some kind of electronic reading device: Chapter Excerpts from the First 5 Spellman Documents ![]() ![]() ![]() This enchanting story is enhanced with author James Mayhew's color illustrations. There, she meets Odette, a beautiful princess who is transformed into a swan by an evil sorcerer. As Ella learns the story and listens to the music she is transported in a dream into Swan Lake's setting. In this story, Ella's kindly ballet teacher Madame Rosa is preparing her class to dance in Tchaikovsky's immortal Swan Lake. The newest title in the charming Ella Bella series tells another story of Ella Bella, a little girl who loves to dance. Two more books in this series are Ella Bella Ballerina and Cinderella and Ella Bella Ballerina and the Sleeping Beauty, also available from Barron's. This delightful character is the creation of James Mayhew. ![]() Can Ella Bella break a wicked sorcerer's spell and reunite Odette with her one true love?ĭiscover the magic of famous ballets with the charming Ella Bella Ballerina. When Ella Bella dances to the enchanting music of the most famous ballet of all, Swan Lake, she is whisked off to meet Odette, the swan princess. Ella Bella loves the magic of the ballet! ![]() ![]() I read the anthology back in September and this many months later I still remember what all the stories are about as well as their stimulating visions of colonialism, science, authority, work, and relationships. This is not to say there isn’t a long way to go in in the quest for diverse books, just that I’m delighted that anthologies like this exist and can be downloaded with one click. If the ebook revolution has done anything it has broadened the range of what can be affordably published and how much more feasible it is to get hold of things from all over the world. ![]() ![]() Twenty years ago such a collection of seven stories by Asian writers might certainly have been published but my ability to discover it would have been limited. This kind of anthology represents what digital publishing offers: opportunity and accessibility. Except for Yang, the authors and editors weren’t known to me so I came into the experience with, I hope, few preconceptions. She was smart and funny, and when I remembered she had a story in The Steampowered Globe, I started reading. Then it sat on my iPad for months, unread, until I went to London Worldcon (Loncon) and had the pleasure of being on a panel with J Y Yang. ![]() ![]() I read about it or saw a mention of it pass through Twitter or Tumblr, and bought and downloaded a copy on Kindle. I picked up the anthology The Steampowered Globe, editors Rosemary Lim and Maisarah Bte Abu Samah (ASiFF, Singapore, 2012) because. ![]() ![]() “I just want to say … I’m really glad you got away from … the door.” She takes a step toward me, her voice lowering. “Carrie,” she softly calls my name, and I stop and turn around. “Okay”-I start for the door-“I’ll see you bright and early tomorrow morning.” “Work the breakfast shift first, and we’ll see if you still feel that way,” she jokes. I can’t tell you how much I appreciate it.” “How would you feel about working the breakfast shift?” “I don’t know how you feel about hiring pregnant women, but I really need a job.” ![]() “Actually, there is something I need …” I glance at the sign in the window before looking back to her. “Well, I just wanted to say, if you ever need anything-pie, decaf tea-you know where to find me.” “And you’ve also probably already figured that this is my place.” I’m Sadie, which you’ve probably figured.” She gestures to her name badge. ![]() “Well, if you need anything …” She pauses, waiting for me to tell her my name. “Thank you.” I slide off the stool, standing. ![]() ![]() He is surprised, then, to encounter his old friend, Mr Sherlock Holmes, rising out of the early evening mist like a wraith. Dr John Watson, now almost seventy, has accustomed himself to a life of retirement. One era in particular – those enigmatic years in which, believed dead at the Reichenbach Falls, the Great Detective roved the world incognito – has been shrouded in obscurity and doubt, the particulars of that time too terrible and too strange to be set down in full. Riddled with lacunae and ambiguities, its parameters are defined chiefly by what his friend and colleague, Dr John Watson, saw fit to record. The blurb: Our knowledge of the life and career of Mr Sherlock Holmes is necessarily partial and inexact. Once again Nicholas Briggs and Richard Earl star as Holmes and Watson. This collection of four new audio adventures by Jonathan Barnes follows on from his very conspicuous success with The Adventure of the Perfidious Mariner and The Ordeals of Sherlock Holmes for Big Finish productions. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Scythe, the first book in his newest series, Arc of a Scythe, is a Michael L. ![]() Strong language includes "damn," "hell," "bastard," "son of a bitch," "a-hole," and "ass. Neal Shusterman is the New York Times bestselling author of more than thirty award-winning books for children, teens, and adults, including the Unwind dystology, the Skinjacker trilogy, Downsiders, and Challenger Deep, which won the National Book Award. Risa and Connor spend an evening sleeping in the same bed, although it's open to interpretation whether they actually have sex. Starkey, one of the villains, has impregnated three of his followers. Unwind Buy on Amazon Buy on Barnes & Noble Buy on IndieBound Download the Reading Group Guide In a society where unwanted teens are salvaged for their body parts, three runaways fight the system that would unwind them Connor’s parents want to be rid of him because he’s a troublemaker. There are a few scenes with sexual content, most of it implied rather than described. In two scenes, characters are put into an automated organ-harvesting machine while still conscious. ![]() UnDivided contains scenes of violence, often involving guns and knives, not to mention the "clappers" who are able to cause explosions with their own bodies. Parents need to know that UnDivided is the fourth and final volume of Neal Schusterman's Unwind "dystology." Set in a world where "harvesting" the organs of rebellious teens is normal, it raises compelling questions about medical ethics and free will. The first twisted and futuristic novel in the perennially popular New York Times bestselling Unwind dystology by Neal Shusterman. An underage customer orders liquor in a scene set in a bar.ĭid you know you can flag iffy content? Adjust limits for Drinking, Drugs & Smoking in your kid's entertainment guide. ![]() ![]() ![]() But how did this gelatinous, gross substance, come to develop awareness of self? And just what is consciousness, anyway? We are who and what we are, and saying so, thinking so, makes us conscious, at the very least. Somehow, within that biological organ, there is a thing we refer to as consciousness. ![]() But consider the human brain, with billions of neurons, and a nearly infinite possible range of interactions among them. Fairly simple and straightforward once one knows how it works. Does it have a borderline around it? How wide is that line? Does it have a background color? How about a foreground color? Can it display images, text, both? Where does it get its information, keyboard entry, internal calculation? and on and on and on. Under what conditions did one appear? Physical dimensions, like width and height. When I was still a programmer it was necessary to understand the many characteristics of, and rules about using, the objects that we would place on the screen in an application. ![]() It is not drawn from a recycled tap of special kinds of cells or dredged from the vein of free will. …consciousness is not something passed on or recycled-like single molecules of water, which are retained as they move about the earth as ice, water, or dew-from one living creature to the next…instead consciousness should be grown from “scratch” with only a few well-timed molecular parts from plans laid out. ![]() The brain…is a thrift-store bin of evolutionary hacks Russian-dolled into a watery, salty piñata we call a head. ![]() |