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"[I]f you want to become a real lawyer (or mentor a young'un to become one), and you really don't know how, then this is really the book for you. . . . Really!"- The Honorable Richard G. Kopf, Senior United States District Judge for the District of Nebraska, at Hercules and the Umpire"[A]absolutely addictive, unputdown-able. . . . Curmudgeon's Guide pulls off - with great elan - a technique that many writers attempt, only to crash and burn in the face of its extraordinary degree of difficulty. That technique is to deliver deadly accurate truths veiled in laugh-out-loud humor."- Bruce MacEwen, Law Firm Consultant, at Adam Smith, Esq.

If every day feels like a jumbo-coffee day, then this candle is for you! This hand-poured candle featuring the iconic logo of Luke’s Diner will transport you to Stars Hollow with its inviting scent of fresh-brewed coffee. QUALITY INGREDIENTS: A double wick and the finest ingredients of soy and coco wax provide an even, clean, 23-hour burn and enhanced aromatherapy experience. THE PERFECT GIFT: Packaged in a beautiful ready-to-go gift box, this candle makes a thoughtful gift for fans of the show and for anyone who feels, like Lorelai, that everything in their life has something to do with coffee.ADD TO YOUR COLLECTION: Add more great stationery products inspired by the Gilmore Girls to your collection with Gilmore Girls Hardcover Journal, Gilmore Girls: The Official Advent Calendar, and more from Insight Editions.

This incisive book examines how citizens are increasingly taking it upon themselves to change their neighbourhoods and communities, becoming co-producers, makers and pioneers who actively participate in the design of urban spaces and spatial processes. Analysing the potentials and limitations of civic engagement, it discusses how such participation has led to greater cohesion of communities against changing environments. The book explores a diverse range of examples and case studies related to local practices in urban neighbourhoods and communities, reflecting the variability of civic initiatives in European cities and regions. Investigating critical topics such as cultural heritage, social or third places and tactical urbanism, chapters examine the relations between (temporary) civic engagement, social cohesion and resilience, urban change, urban planning and governance. As citizens’ actions and initiatives are becoming increasingly influential in cities and regions, it presents bottom-up and top-down approaches to better understand the spatial impacts and dimensions of civic engagement. Social Cohesion and Resilience through Citizen Engagement will prove an indispensable resource for postgraduate students of urban policy, strategic spatial planning, town and country planning, urban and regional development and territorial governance. Its timely analysis of developments and planning strategies will also benefit policy makers interested in civic engagement and urban change.

Large-scale, interoperable biobanks are an increasingly important asset in today's life science research and, as a result, multiple types of biobanks are being established around the globe with very different financial, organizational and legal set-ups. With interdisciplinary chapters written by lawyers, sociologists, doctors and biobank practitioners, Global Genes, Local Concerns identifies and discusses the most pressing issues in contemporary biobanking.This timely book addresses pressing questions such as: how do national biobanks best contribute to translational research?; What are the opportunities and challenges that current regulations present for translational use of biobanks?; How does inter-biobank coordination and collaboration occur on various levels?; and how could academic and industrial exploitation, ownership and IPR issues be addressed and facilitated? Identifying that biobanks foundational and operational set-ups should be legally and ethically sound, while at the same time reflecting the hopes and concerns of all the involved stakeholders, this book contributes to the continued development of international biobanking by highlighting and analysing the complexities in this important area of research.Academics in the fields of law and ethics, health law and biomedical law, as well as biobank managers and policymakers will find this insightful book a stimulating and engaging read.Contributors include: T. Bossow, T.A. Caulfield, B.J. Clark, Å. Hellstadius, J.R. Herrmann, K. Høyer, M. Jordan, J. Kaye, N.C.H. Kongsholm, K. Liddell, J. Liddicoat, M.J. Madison, T. Minssen, B. Murdoch, W. Nicholson Price II, E. Ortega-Paino, M. Prictor, M.B. Rasmussen, K. Sargsyan, J. Schovsbo, A.M. Tupasela, E. van Zimmeren, F. Vogl, H. Yu, P.K. Yu

'Herrmann-Pillath's work attempts to bring to bear upon the discipline of economics perspectives from other discourses which have been burgeoning recently -- namely, thermodynamics, evolutionary biology, and semiotics, aiming at a consilience contextualized by economic activity and problems. This marks the work as a contemporary example of natural philosophy, which is now at the doorstep of a revival. The overall perspective is that human economic activity is an aspect of the ecology of the earth s surface, viewing it as an evolving physical system mediated through distributed mentality as expressed in technology evolution. Knowledge is taken to be ''physical'' with a performative function, as in Peirce's pragmaticism. Thus, the social meanings of expectations, prices and credit are found to be rooted in energy flows. The work draws its foundation from Hegel and C.S. Peirce and its immediate guidance from Hayek, Veblen and Georgescu-Roegen. The author generates an energetic theory of economic growth, guided by Odum's maximum power principle. Economic discourse itself is reworked in the final chapter, in light of the examinations of the previous chapters, naturalizing economics within an extremely powerful contemporary framework.'- Stanley N. Salthe, Binghamton University, SUNY

Start every day with a gift from the Gilmore Girls™ as you make your way through the holiday season! 25 DAYS OF SURPRISES: Count down to the holidays and receive 25 days of Gilmore Girls™–themed collectibles by opening a pocket each day. COLLECTIBLE PRIZES: This 25-day advent calendar features high-quality collectible items—ornaments, patches, magnets, washi tape, and more—that are designed to last so that you can show off your love for Gilmore Girls™ year-round. PERFECT FOR FANS: Immerse yourself in Stars Hollow™ and all its iconic local institutions like Luke’s™ and The Dragonfly Inn™ as you discover each exciting prize in this deluxe advent calendar.

A YEAR IN STARS HOLLOW: Spend an entire year planning your schedule, events, and memories with the Gilmore Girls™.START PLANNING NOW: Fill in the days on this undated weekly planner to start a year of planning at any time.52 PAGES: With one page a week, this weekly planner notepad includes plenty of room for all your events, plans, and projects for every day of the year.CONVENIENT SIZE: This undated planner is 8.5 x 11 inches, perfect for your desktop to keep track of important dates, deadlines, or weekly goals.PERFECT FOR STUDENTS AND ADULTS: Even if you don’t like Mondays like Lorelai, this undated planner is perfect for keeping both students and adult professionals organized all week long.COMPLETE YOUR COLLECTION: Collect more Gilmore Girls™-inspired stationery products, including the Gilmore Girls Embroidered Journal, Gilmore Girls Memo Pad Set, Gilmore Girls: Luke's Diner Coffee Cup Candle, and more!

Bringing together seventeen original essays by scholars from around the world, Screwball Television offers a variety of international perspectives on Gilmore Girls (WB/CW, 2000-2007). Adored by fans and celebrated by critics for its sophisticated wordplay and compelling portrayal of a mother-daughter relationship, this contemporary American TV program finally gets its due as a cultural production unlike any other - one that is beholden to Hollywood's screwball comedies of the 1930s, sleeped in intertextual references, and framed as a 'kinder, gentler kind of cult television series' in this lightly focused yet wide-ranging collection. This volume makes a significant contribution to television studies, genre studies, and women's studies, taking Gilmore Girls as its focus while adopting a panoramic critical approach sensitive to such topics as serialized fiction, elite education; addiction as a social construct; food consumption and the disciplining of bodies; post-feminism and female desire: depictions of journalism in popular culture; the changing face of masculinity in contemporary U.S. society; liturgical and ritualistic structures in televisual narrative; Orientalism and Asian representations on American TV: Internet fan discourses; and new genre theories attuned to the landscape of twenty-first-century media convergence. Screwball Television seeks to bring Gilmore Girls more fully into academic discourse not only as a topic worthy of critical scrutiny but also as an infinitely rewarding text capable of stimulating the imagination of students beyond the classroom.

Bringing together seventeen original essays by scholars from around the world, Screwball Television offers a variety of international perspectives on Gilmore Girls. Adored by fans and celebrated by critics for its sophisticated wordplay and compelling portrayal of a mother-daughter relationship, this contemporary American TV program finally gets its due as a cultural production unlike any other, one that is beholden to Hollywood’s screwball comedies of the 1930s, steeped in intertextual references, and framed as a ""kinder, gentler kind of cult television series"" in this tightly focused yet wide-ranging collection.This volume makes a significant contribution to television studies, genre studies, and women’s studies. Screwball Television seeks to bring Gilmore Girls more fully into academic discourse not only as a topic worthy of critical scrutiny but also as an infinitely rewarding text capable of stimulating the imagination of students beyond the classroom.

This picture book captures what fans of all ages love about Gilmore Girls—the quirky, lovable characters of Stars Hollow and the bonds they built throughout the series! Lorelai and Rory share a mother/daughter relationship that makes them uniquely the Gilmore girls. Their loving bond is found in everything from early morning birthday wakeup calls to late night movie marathons, dance contests, and the most unhealthy midnight snacks. And even though Lorelai’s relationship with her parents may be strained at times, they are still bound by love and Friday Night Dinners. But the Gilmore girls have another family that they found in a picturesque little town many miles—and maybe even an entire world—away from the place Lorelai was raised. From Sookie and Lane, to Babette and Miss Patty, and especially including Luke, this family has impacted the lives of the Gilmore girls in so many ways. They may be a little quirkier than the aunts and uncles and cousins that Lorelai grew up with, but they have filled Rory’s childhood and both of their lives with interesting characters, unique experiences, and lots and lots of love.

In this delightfully, fully illustrated parody retelling of the Christmas classic “A Visit from St. Nicholas”, fans can visit Stars Hollow on the night before Christmas and relive their favorite winter-themed episodes from each season of Gilmore girls. Walk through the Stars Hollow Winter Carnival, take a seat at the table for the Bracebridge Dinner, smell the first snowfall of the season, and witness the yearly Revolutionary War reenactment alongside Rory and Lorelai as you snuggle up with loved ones of all ages, embrace the joy of the season, and cheerily anticipate Christmas morning!

Lorelai and Rory recall when they first arrived in Stars Hollow in search of a welcoming home and community. In this delightfully illustrated picture book, pivotal moments in Lorelai’s and Rory’s lives are revisited. See the sweet potting shed behind the Independence Inn where the Girls made their home, experience how Rory and Lane first met, and celebrate the seasons with the whole community of Stars Hollow.THE GILMORE GIRLS’ FAVORITE MEMORIES: Learn for the first time how Lorelai and Rory were embraced by the town of Stars Hollow FOR FANS OF ALL AGES: The memories of a young mother and her daughter seeking a welcoming home and community are depicted with warmth and charm appropriate for all agesOLD FRIENDS, MEMORABLE MOMENTS: Filled with fan-favorite characters including Miss Patty, Luke, Sookie, and moreBEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED: Original full-color illustrations bring the town and residents of Stars Hollow to life like never before FOR MOTHER’S DAY AND EVERY DAY: This book is a perfect gift for Mother’s Day or for a quiet bedtime story any night of the year