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The novel chronicles the life and death of fictional jazz artist Joss Moody through the recollection of his family and friends and those who came in contact with him at his death.

Even before the trial began, the court proceedings were anticipated to be so affectively charged that some audience members even offered to pay fines on behalf of the writers. As the trial commenced, the writers’ lawyer asked the witnesses to provide textual evidence for the obscenity of the stories under question. By deflecting the panopticonian light on individualized words rather than cultural interpretations of the narratives, the lawyer left the witnesses in a verbal conundrum. There was general consensus in the court that the stories felt obscene, but somehow there was no textual evidence to substantiate this collective affect of discomfort. Keen to condemn the stories, the witnesses threw out words such as “breasts” or “lovers” at the judge, words that ended up providing inadequate evidence for obscenity. Why did the witnesses rebuke the narratives as obscene, but fail to describe or name the obscenity in them? From The Journal of Commonwealth and Postcolonial Literature. 2019.

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The instruction in this book has been uniquely selected to teach the type of legal writing most revered in the law, and most successful in law schools. The instruction is supported by a complementary website that includes additional articles and exercises. Thus, the instruction and exercises in this book provided a much needed preparation for law school.

This report, published in the Council of Graduate School’s series of “best practice monographs,” provides accessible and replicable models for preparing STEM researchers to navigate the ethical as well as logistical challenges in international research collaborations.

A National Book Award Finalist for Young People’s Literature.

Ghost wants to be the fastest sprinter on his elite middle school track team, but his past is slowing him down in this first electrifying novel in a new series from Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe Award–winning author Jason Reynolds.

Ghost. Lu. Patina. Sunny. Four kids from wildly different backgrounds with personalities that are explosive when they clash. But they are also four kids chosen for an elite middle school track team—a team that could qualify them for the Junior Olympics if they can get their acts together. They all have a lot to lose, but they also have a lot to prove, not only to each other, but to themselves.

As a student at Brooklyn Visions Academy, Miles Morales knows he's lucky. Not all kids get this opportunity, especially not kids from his neighborhood. With his quirky best friend Ganke, this school year is gonna be a blast. Right? Wrong. Miles has a secret. He's actually Spider-Man. Well not THE Spider-Man but A Spider-Man. Pretty much the only Spider-Man in town now that Peter Parker is gone. Miles is doing his best to save every little old lady but it's getting to be too much. He's got more important stuff to worry about like homework, girls, family, the perfect Halloween costume, and girls. Did we mention girls? Ok well maybe just one girl. But when Miles accidentally discovers a villainous teacher's plan to turn good kids bad, he will need to come to terms with his own destiny as the new SPIDER-MAN

From the publisher:

A newbie to the track team, Patina must learn to rely on her teammates as she tries to outrun her personal demons in this follow-up to the National Book Award finalist Ghost by New York Times bestselling author Jason Reynolds.

Ghost. Lu. Patina. Sunny. Four kids from wildly different backgrounds with personalities that are explosive when they clash. But they are also four kids chosen for an elite middle school track team—a team that could qualify them for the Junior Olympics if they can get their acts together. They all have a lot to lose, but they also have a lot to prove, not only to each other, but to themselves.

Patina, or Patty, runs like a flash. She runs for many reasons—to escape the taunts from the kids at the fancy-schmancy new school she’s been sent to since she and her little sister had to stop living with their mom. She runs from the reason WHY she’s not able to live with her “real” mom any more: her mom has The Sugar, and Patty is terrified that the disease that took her mom’s legs will one day take her away forever. So Patty’s also running for her mom, who can’t. But can you ever really run away from any of this? As the stress builds up, it’s building up a pretty bad attitude as well. Coach won’t tolerate bad attitude. No day, no way. And now he wants Patty to run relay…where you have to depend on other people? How’s she going to do THAT?