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Author : Simon Mayo
Publisher : Random House
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2016-07-07
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781448173044

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Blame by Simon Mayo Pdf

What happens when society wants you banged up in prison for a crime your parents committed? That’s the situation in which Ant finds herself – together with her little brother Mattie and their foster-parents, she’s locked up in a new kind of family prison. None of the inmates are themselves criminals, but wider society wants them to do time for the unpunished ‘heritage’ crimes of their parents. Tensions are bubbling inside the London prison network Ant and Mattie call home – and when things finally erupt, they realize they’ve got one chance to break out. Everyone wants to see them punished for the sins of their mum and dad, but it’s time for Ant to show the world that they’re not to blame. A new nail-bitingly taught YA suspense thriller, from author of the bestselling ITCH series, Simon Mayo.

Author : Michelle Huneven
Publisher : Sarah Crichton Books
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2009-09-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781429989893

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Blame by Michelle Huneven Pdf

Michelle Huneven, Richard Russo once wrote, is "a writer of extraordinary and thrilling talent." That talent explodes with her third book, Blame, a spellbinding novel of guilt and love, family and shame, sobriety and the lack of it, and the moral ambiguities that ensnare us all. The story: Patsy MacLemoore, a history professor in her late twenties with a brand-new Ph.D. from Berkeley and a wild streak, wakes up in jail—yet again—after another epic alcoholic blackout. "Okay, what'd I do?" she asks her lawyer and jailers. "I really don't remember." She adds, jokingly: "Did I kill someone?" In fact, two Jehovah's Witnesses, a mother and daughter, are dead, run over in Patsy's driveway. Patsy, who was driving with a revoked license, will spend the rest of her life—in prison, getting sober, finding a new community (and a husband) in AA—trying to atone for this unpardonable act. Then, decades later, another unimaginable piece of information turns up. For the reader, it is an electrifying moment, a joyous, fall-off-the-couch-with-surprise moment. For Patsy, it is more complicated. Blame must be reapportioned, her life reassessed. What does it mean that her life has been based on wrong assumptions? What can she cleave to? What must be relinquished? When Huneven's first novel, Round Rock, was published, Valerie Miner, in the Los Angeles Times Book Review, celebrated Huneven's "moral nerve, sharp wit and uncommon generosity." The same spirit electrifies Blame. The novel crackles with life—and, like life, can leave you breathless.

Author : D. Justin Coates,Neal A. Tognazzini
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
Page : 331 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2013-01-31
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780199860821

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Blame by D. Justin Coates,Neal A. Tognazzini Pdf

What is it to blame someone, and when are would-be blamers in a position to do so? What function does blame serve in our lives, and is it a valuable way of relating to one another? The essays in this volume explore answers to these and related questions.

Author : Kelly McCormick
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2022-05-05
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781108842259

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The Problem of Blame by Kelly McCormick Pdf

Explores the problem of blame in moral philosophy, setting out a new theory of blame, free will, and moral responsibility.

Author : Diana Larsen,Tricia Broderick
Publisher : Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Page : 197 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2022-09-27
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781523000562

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Lead Without Blame by Diana Larsen,Tricia Broderick Pdf

A detailed framework for leaders to move past outdated workplace blame and shame strategies to cultivate resilient teams capable of facing adversity and setbacks confidently. Workplace finger-pointing stifles creativity, reduces productivity, and limits psychological safety. Although no one sets out to be judgmental, learning new habits is hard. Two experienced leadership and agilists coaches share a road-tested leadership model that continuously embraces humility and failure as part of the growth process to deliver results. By facilitating blame-free retrospective meetings, leaders chart a productive path forward. They amplify three essential motivators of purpose, autonomy, and co-intelligence within their team. Layered on with four resilience factors: inclusive collaboration, transparent power dynamics, collaborative learning, and embracing conflict. After applying these strategies, learning leaders will help their teams and themselves become more resilient and better equipped to handle any unexpected and challenging tasks that comes their way.

Author : Kate Cook
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2024-01-11
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9781350410510

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Praise and Blame in Greek Tragedy by Kate Cook Pdf

Exploring the use of praise and blame in Greek tragedy in relation to heroic identity, Kate Cook demonstrates that the distribution of praise and blame, a significant social function of archaic and classical poetry, also plays a key role in Greek tragedy. Both concepts are a central part of the discourse surrounding the identity of male heroic figures in tragedy, and thus are essential for understanding a range of tragedies in their literary and social contexts. In the tragic genre, the destructive or dangerous aspects of the process of kleos (glory) are explored, and the distribution of praise and blame becomes a way of destabilising identity and conflict between individuals in democratic Athens. The first half of this book shows the kinds of conflicts generated by 'heroes' who seek after one kind of praise in tragedy, but face other characters or choruses who refuse to grant the praise discourses they desire. The second half examines what happens when female speakers engage in the production of these discourses, particularly the wives and mothers of heroic figures, who often refuse to contribute to the production of praise and positive kleos for these men. Praise and Blame in Greek Tragedy therefore demonstrates how a focus on this poetically significant topic can generate new readings of well-known tragedies, and develops a new approach to both male heroic identity and women's speech in tragedy.

Author : Christopher Hood
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2013-12-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780691162126

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The Blame Game by Christopher Hood Pdf

The blame game, with its finger-pointing and mutual buck-passing, is a familiar feature of politics and organizational life, and blame avoidance pervades government and public organizations at every level. Political and bureaucratic blame games and blame avoidance are more often condemned than analyzed. In The Blame Game, Christopher Hood takes a different approach by showing how blame avoidance shapes the workings of government and public services. Arguing that the blaming phenomenon is not all bad, Hood demonstrates that it can actually help to pin down responsibility, and he examines different kinds of blame avoidance, both positive and negative. Hood traces how the main forms of blame avoidance manifest themselves in presentational and "spin" activity, the architecture of organizations, and the shaping of standard operating routines. He analyzes the scope and limits of blame avoidance, and he considers how it plays out in old and new areas, such as those offered by the digital age of websites and e-mail. Hood assesses the effects of this behavior, from high-level problems of democratic accountability trails going cold to the frustrations of dealing with organizations whose procedures seem to ensure that no one is responsible for anything. Delving into the inner workings of complex institutions, The Blame Game proves how a better understanding of blame avoidance can improve the quality of modern governance, management, and organizational design.

Author : Victoria Team,Rukhsana Ahmed,Mohan Jyoti Dutta,Audra Diers-Lawson
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2024-01-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9782832543023

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COVID-19: Risk Communication and Blame by Victoria Team,Rukhsana Ahmed,Mohan Jyoti Dutta,Audra Diers-Lawson Pdf

Author : Ben Dattner
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2012-02-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781439169575

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The Blame Game by Ben Dattner Pdf

Reveals how claiming credit and placing blame on others damages careers and business results, outlines eleven personality types that are prone to credit and blame problems, and shows how to protect against the blame game.

Author : Judith Rowbotham,Marianna Muravyeva,David Nash
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2013-06-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9781136275456

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Shame, Blame, and Culpability by Judith Rowbotham,Marianna Muravyeva,David Nash Pdf

This ground-breaking collection of research-based chapters addresses the themes of shame, blame and culpability in their historical perspective in the broad area of crime, violence and the modern state, drawing on less familiar territories such as Russia and Greece, not just on material from familiar locations in western Europe. Ranging from the early modern to the late twentieth century, the collection has implications for how we understand punishments imposed by states or the community today. Shame, blame and culpability is divided into three sections, with a crucial case study part complementing two theoretical parts on shame, and on blame and culpability; exploring the continuance of shaming strategies and examining their interaction with and challenge to 'modern' state-sponsored blaming mechanisms, including allocations of culpability. The collection includes chapters on the deviant body, capital punishment and, of particular interest, Russian case studies, which demonstrate the extent to which the Russian, like the Greek, experience need to be seen as part of a wider European whole when examining ideas and themes. The volume challenges ideas that shame strategies were largely eradicated in post-Enlightenment western states and societies; showing their survival into the twentieth century as a challenge to state dominance over identification of what constituted 'crime' and also over punishment practices. Shame, blame and culpability will be a key text for students and academics in the fields of criminology and crime, gender or European history.

Author : Vanessa Reimer
Publisher : Demeter Press
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2015-11-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781772580334

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The Mother Blame Game by Vanessa Reimer Pdf

The Mother-Blame Game is an interdisciplinary and intersectional examination of the phenomenon of mother-blame in the twenty-first century. As the socioeconomic and cultural expectations of what constitutes “good motherhood” grow continually narrow and exclusionary, mothers are demonized and stigmatized—perhaps now more than ever—for all that is perceived to go “wrong” in their children’s lives. This anthology brings together creative and scholarly contributions from feminist academics and activists alike to provide a dynamic study of the many varied ways in which mothers are blamed and shamed for their maternal practice. Importantly, it also considers how mothers resist these ideologies by engaging in empowered and feminist mothering practices, as well as by publicly challenging patriarchal discourses of “good motherhood.”

Author : Stan Berenstain,Jan Berenstain
Publisher : Random House Books for Young Readers
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1997-10-07
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780679887430

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The Berenstain Bears and the Blame Game by Stan Berenstain,Jan Berenstain Pdf

This classic Berenstain Bears story is a perfect way to teach children about taking responsibility for their actions! Come for a visit in Bear Country with this classic First Time Book® from Stan and Jan Berenstain. Papa and Mama have had it with Brother and Sister constantly blaming each other for everything. Will the cubs ever learn to accept responsibility, or will they just keep playing the blame game? Includes over 50 bonus stickers!

Author : Jennifer Greene
Publisher : Harlequin
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2012-10-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781460305157

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Blame It on Paris by Jennifer Greene Pdf

Kelly Rochard is determined to have one last adventure before settling down to married life! Still, being mugged at the Louvre is not what she had in mind for her long-awaited trip to Paris. Until Will Maguire comes to her aid, and she finds herself completely distracted by the handsome stranger in the Notre Dame sweatshirt. Kelly can't seem to resist the world's most romantic city or Will, who is determined to show her all its treasures, from the top of the Eiffel Tower to strolls along the Seine. But will their love last when they're back in plain old South Bend, Indiana, or will they end up blaming their breathless fling on the city of love?

Author : Dr Peter Reder,Sylvia Duncan,Moira Gray
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2005-09-29
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781134919147

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Beyond Blame by Dr Peter Reder,Sylvia Duncan,Moira Gray Pdf

Through an examination of thirty-five major inquiries into child sexual abuse, the authors identify common themes with important implications for professional practice.

Author : Rina Ayuyang
Publisher : Drawn & Quarterly
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2020-08-28
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9781770464223

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Blame This on the Boogie by Rina Ayuyang Pdf

The true story of how Hollywood musicals got one person through school, depression, and the challenges of parenthood Inspired by the visual richness and cinematic structure of the Hollywood musical, Blame This on the Boogie chronicles the adventures of a Filipino American girl born in the decade of disco who escapes life's hardships and mundanity through the genre's feel-good song-and-dance numbers. Rina Ayuyang explores how the glowing charm of the silver screen can transform reality, shaping a person's approach to childhood, relationships, sports, reality TV, and eventually politics, parenthood, and mortality. Ayuyang's comics are as vibrant as the movies that she loves. Her deeply personal, moving stories unveil the magic of the world around us--rendering the ordinary extraordinary through a jazzed-up song-and-dance routine. Ayuyang showcases the way her love of musicals became a form of therapeutic distraction to circumnavigate a childhood of dealing with cultural differences, her struggles with postpartum depression, and an adulthood overshadowed by an increasingly frightening and depressing political climate. Blame This on the Boogie is Ayuyang's ode to the melody of the world, and shows how tuning out of life and into the magic of Hollywood can actually help an outsider find her place in it.