Alice and Aldo


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Labeled pictures of things beginning with each letter of the alphabet surround illustrations showing a young girl and her toy donkey spending a busy day having fun.




Alice and Aldo


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This alphabet book encourages children to follow Alice and her little horse Aldo through the day - walking, getting dressed, playing - and explore the alphabet along the way. It is full of drawings of people, animals and objects for young children to find, name and talk about.




Brother Sleep


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Brother Sleep is a collection of grievances through which a speaker mourns the loss of a brother, grandfather, and a sense of self as they navigate a landscape of desire marred by violence against queer and Mexican people. Set in the border cities of El Paso, TX, and Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, these poems navigate the liminal space between language and silence. As the poems grieve the loss of family, the violence perpetrated against queerness, the bodies lost border-side, and the cruelty against tenderness, Amparan's words bloom in evocation. Reflecting on lovers, friends, family, classmates, and others of impact, they navigate personal reconciliation in response to imposed definitions of their personhood. These poems evoke an equal sense of sorrow and tenderness amidst a complex landscape of the self.




Alison Lester's ABC


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"Have fun with letters, discover new words, join in the adventures of Alice and Aldo, and find all kinds of familiar and surprising things in Alison Lester's glorious alphabet book." - back cover.




Aldo Applesauce


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When he and his family move to the suburbs, Aldo has difficulty finding new friends.




Reinventing State Capitalism


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The wave of liberalization that swept world markets in the 1980s and 90s altered the ways that governments manage their economies. Reinventing State Capitalism analyzes the rise of new species of state capitalism in which governments interact with private investors either as majority or minority shareholders in publicly-traded corporations or as financial backers of purely private firms (the so-called “national champions”). Focusing on a detailed quantitative assessment of Brazil’s economic performance from 1976 to 2009, Aldo Musacchio and Sergio Lazzarini examine how these models of state capitalism influence corporate investment and performance. According to one model, the state acts as a majority investor, granting the state-owned enterprise (SOE) financial autonomy and allowing professional management. This form, the authors argue, has reduced many agency problems commonly faced by state ownership. According to another hybrid model, the state uses sovereign wealth funds, holding companies, and development banks to acquire a small share of equity ownership in a corporation, thereby potentially alleviating capital constraints and leveraging latent capabilities. Both models have benefits and costs. Yet neither model has entirely eliminated the temptation of governments to intervene in the operation of natural resource industries and other large strategic enterprises. Nevertheless, the longstanding debate over whether private ownership is superior or inferior to state capitalism has become irrelevant, Musacchio and Lazzarini conclude. Private ownership is now mingled with state capital on a global scale.




The End of the Past


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THIS SEARCHING INTERPRETATION of past and present addresses fundamental questions about the fall of the Roman Empire. Why did ancient culture, once so strong and rich, come to an end? Was it destroyed by weaknesses inherent in its nature? Or were mistakes made that could have been avoided -- was there a point at which Greco-Roman society took a wrong turn? And in what ways is modern society different? Western history is split into two discontinuous eras, Aldo Schiavone tells us: the ancient world was fundamentally different from the modern one. He locates the essential difference in a series of economic factors: a slave-based economy, relative lack of mechanization and technology, the dominance of agriculture over urban industry. Also crucial are aspects of the ancient mentality: disdain for manual work, a preference for transcending (rather than transforming) nature, a basic belief in the permanence of limits. Schiavone's lively and provocative examination of the ancient world, "the eternal theater of history and power", offers a stimulating opportunity to view modern society in light of the experience of our forebears.




Neoliberal Resilience


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The puzzling resilience of neoliberalism -- Explaining the resilience of neoliberalism -- Neoliberal policies and supporting actors -- Neoliberal resilience and the crafting of social blocs -- Creating support : privatization and business power -- Blocking opposition : political representation and limited democracy -- Locking-in neoliberalism : independent central banks and fiscal spending rules -- Lessons. Neoliberal resilience and the future of democracy.




The Carousel


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This spellbinding debut novel by indie author Laura Ytsma is a low fantasy coming of age story packed with enchanting world building, intriguing magic systems and hidden enemies. The Carousel is a page turning tale filled with immersive imagery and master storytelling that will have readers longing to return to Oldenland, the land where magic runs free, long after they've finished the last chapter. The first book in The Heir of the Unseen, an other-world Young Adult fantasy series, is sure to capture the hearts and imaginations of book lovers for generations to come. THE CAROUSEL Headstrong with a devil-may-care attitude, Conrad Mariner wants nothing more than to live a life of adventure on his own terms. To make things worse, no one seems to understand his inability to comply with the insufferable monotony of his life. One night Conrad stumbles across a mysterious carousel in the woods. Unexpectedly, the carousel lurches to life and transports him to another world. Upon arrival in Oldenland, he is tossed at the feet of a grieving father who is on a desperate search to find his missing daughter. When Conrad joins the man's quest to find the lost girl, he encounters inconceivable enchantment and unthinkable wickedness as he discovers his own family's connection to this magical world. While witnessing the effects of a manipulative form of magic, known as the Red Eye, Conrad learns just how powerless the people of Oldenland are against a darkness only he can see. Once faced with the truth about those who have wielded this power for centuries, Conrad is forced to make a life-altering decision. TO STAND AGAINST THE DARKNESS OR BE CONSUMED BY IT.




Life Before Us


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'Full of hope and love' Emer McLysaght 'Warm ... insightful' Rachael English NUMBER ONE BESTSELLING AUTHOR George is happy. Mostly. He loves his teaching job and his daughter Suzi, though he wishes he saw her a little more. All the same, it feels like time for a change - getting over Suzi's mum is definitely long overdue. So George sets up an online dating profile ... and waits to see what will happen. Alice was happy. Until she found out her boyfriend was lying to her. So she returns to her hometown determined that this fresh start will work out. All she has to do is say yes to things - yes to a spare room at her aunt's, yes to writing for the local paper, maybe even yes to falling in love again. As Alice and George try to make everyday changes, their lives begin to overlap more and more. And maybe the day they finally meet will be the day everything changes forever ...