“…Drawing on empirical data from her in-depth interviews with 70 gay men, Goldberg analyzes how gay dads interact with competing ideals of fatherhood and masculinity, alternately pioneering and accommodating heteronormative “parenthood culture.” …”

“…It is founded on Melanie Klein's discovery of the "internal object" with its combined masculine and feminine qualities and ambiguous, awe-inspiring nature. …”

“…In this action-packed book, you’ll build your skills in exploratory data analysis by digging into the fascinating world of NBA games and player stats using the R language. …”

“…As such, this book challenges the reader to think about chance in a new way and to come to grips with this endlessly fascinating phenomenon…”

“…This book, emerging from the 27th Annual Meeting of the French Society of Toxinology (SFET, http:sfet.asso.fr/international), will be of great interest for those in the scientific community who want to know more about the fascinating world of toxins…”

“…Paul's use of λογικὴ λατρεία in Rom 12.1 has long fascinated and puzzled interpreters. This study proposes a new explanation of Paul's reason language in Rom 12.1 based on a detailed investigation of ancient philosophical texts on the role of human beings in the cosmos, in which reason language and the idea of a vocation of human beings are closely connected. …”

“…Moreover, Olga's lively style makes this a fascinating personal account of archaeology and travel in the interwar era…”

“…More than 300 million people use Kuaishou every day, and the platform enabled over 20 million people to earn income through e-commerce each year--and this book tells the entire fascinating story in the age of livestreaming. The Age of Livestreaming describes the leadership vision of Kuaishou's founders--to enhance every person's unique sense of happiness--and shows how the rapid development of livestreaming has facilitated dynamic growth in e-commerce across a broad range of industries and products, particularly the fashion industry. …”

“…Cryptology: Classical and Modern, Second Edition proficiently introduces readers to the fascinating field of cryptology. The book covers classical methods including substitution, transposition, Playfair, ADFGVX, Alberti, Vigene re, and Hill ciphers. …”

“…Working for Canada is a fascinating memoir tracing a career spent in the service of Canada and Canadians. …”

“…Visitors to the Arctic enter places that have been traditionally imagined as otherworldly. This strangeness fascinated audiences in nineteenth-century Britain when the idea of the heroic explorer voyaging through unmapped zones reached its zenith. …”

“…"This fascinating book comprises case studies of careers from 24 countries across the globe, highlighting culture-specific career issues, and encouraging reflection on one's own career. …”

“…This course is designed to guide you through the fascinating landscape of LLMs, encompassing both no-code and low-code solutions powered by Python. …”

“…Traditional web dev stacks use a different programming language in every layer, resulting in a complex mashup of code and frameworks. Together, the MongoDB database, the Express and AngularJS frameworks, and Node.js constitute the MEAN stack - a powerful platform that uses only one language, top to bottom: JavaScript. …”

“…Accepting as valid the hypothesis that Luke uses Mark and Q, the study examines Luke’s redaction of the Marcan narrative summary (Mark 3,7-13a) to construct the context of the Sermon (Luke 6,17-20a) and his re-working of the Q-Sermon in order to expound the theme of mercy. …”

“…Combining both the close quantitative analysis for which Professor Maddison is famous with a more qualitative approach that takes into account the complexity of the forces at work, this book provides students and all interested readers with a totally fascinating overview of world economic history. Professor Maddison has the unique ability to synthesise vast amounts of information into a clear narrative flow that entertains as well as informs, making this text an invaluable resource for all students and scholars, and anyone interested in trying to understand why some parts of the World are so much richer than others…”

“…Placing Tertullian's writings in the Roman culture of dress, she shows that in them men's dress is used to envision Christian masculinity as non-Roman and anti-imperial. His concerns about women's dress, however, reveal internal Christian debates about the nature of the flesh and the possibility of its transformation in to a resurrected, glorious body"…”

“…Over the next two centuries, Taylor tracks the evolution of idealized white identity through the history of art, language, geography, biology, labor, law, literature, masculinity, optics, philosophy, and religion. From Shakespeare's Othello (which does not include a single "white" man) to the works of John Locke (the first white philosopher) and William Wells Brown (the first African-American novelist), Buying Whiteness will transform the way you read our past and revolutionize your understanding of what it means to be white…”
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“…Readers will find items that are familiar such as the ubiquitous coffee grinder but also those that are more unusual such as shelving systems and cigarette lighters. A fascinating essay places Dieter Rams in the context of modern design, from Bauhaus to Philip Johnson. …”

“…The comedia's preoccupation with kingship together with its obsession with the representation of women (and women's bodies) renders the question of royal subjectivity inseparable from issues surrounding masculinity and femininity. Taking into account theories of performance and performativity within a historical context, this study investigates how the themes, imagery and language in plays by Calderon and his contemporaries reveal a richly paradoxical presentation of gendered monarchical power…”