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The Healing Power of Movement A beginner’s guide to using your body


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English | July 23, 2024 | ISBN: 1446313174 | 144 pages | PDF | 41 Mb
In The Healing Power of Movement,Hannah Glancy explores the joy of being physically active and reveals how exercise can boost physical, mental, and spiritual health. Glancy, an experienced yoga teacher, hill runner, and fell walker, emphasizes the ways in which getting our bodies moving can make us feel closer to nature and the world around us, demystifying the often-intimidating world of physical activity.

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The Decline Of The World Communist Movement Moscow, Beijing, And Communist Parties In The West


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English | 2019 | ISBN: 0367306654, 0367291193 | EPUB | pages: 296 | 0.3 mb
International Communism today is split on a number of ideological and political issues and is incapable of the kind of unified action implied by the term "movement.†So argues Heinz Timmermann in this assessment of the current state of world Communism. Dr. Timmermann discusses the historical concept of a world Communist movement in connection with the USSR and China. Focusing on Communism in the West, he examines such diverse groups as the Communist parties in Italy, France, Portugal, Cyprus, Chile, and Japan. Communist parties in the West are increasingly adjusting their policies to better fit their own cultures, and the author links this independence to the emphasis the Soviet Union’s Communist Party has been placing on the specifically Russian character of the October Revolution and Soviet state interests. Apparently, Moscow is now showing some flexibility in its response to tendencies toward differentiation and pluralism within the system of Communist parties. Gorbachev is less concerned with ideological orthodoxy than with Communists effectively supporting Soviet foreign policy. The author argues that by acceding to the concept of "unity in diversity,†Gorbachev is signaling that the Soviet leadership is willing to look beyond the myth of a world Communist movement.

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Pride An Inspirational History of the LGBTQ+ Movement


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English | 2022 | ISBN: 0593382943 | EPUB | pages: 128 | 175.7 mb
Take pride in who you are! This inspiring history of the LGBTQ+ community enlightens young readers on the true timeline of LGBTQ+ history around the world, the lives of important figures like Harvey Milk, and iconic events like Stonewall.

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Study of Movement Speeds Down Stairs


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2013 | 70 Pages | ISBN: 1461439728 | PDF | 1 MB
The Study of Movement Speeds Down Stairs closely examines forty-three unique case studies on movement patterns down stairwells. These studies include observations made during evacuation drills, others made during normal usage, interviews with people after fire evacuations, recommendations made from compiled studies, and detailed results from laboratory studies. The methodology used in each study for calculating density and movement speed, when known, are also presented, and this book identifies an additional seventeen variables linked to altering movement speeds. The Study of Movement Speeds Down Stairs is intended for researchers as a reference guide for evaluating pedestrian evacuation dynamics down stairwells. Practitioners working in a related field may also find this book invaluable.

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The Anthropology of Sport and Human Movement A Biocultural Perspective


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English | ISBN: 0739129392 | 2010 | 366 pages | EPUB | 735 KB
The evolution of the human species has always been closely tied to the relationship between biology and culture, and the human condition is rooted in this fascinating intersection. Sport, games, and competition serve as a nexus for humanity’s innate fixation on movement and social activity, and these activities have served throughout history to encourage the proliferation of human culture for any number of exclusive or inclusive motivations: money, fame, health, spirituality, or social and cultural solidarity.

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We Must Be Fearless The Woman Suffrage Movement in Indiana


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English | ISBN: 0871954389 | 2020 | 252 pages | PDF | 16 MB
Commemorating the centennial of women receiving the right to vote in the United States, We Must Be Fearless : The Woman Suffrage Movement in Indiana examines the struggles and triumphs of a myriad of Hoosier women black and white, rich and poor, urban and rural who banded together to seek equal rights with men at the ballot box. The story of the Indiana woman s suffrage movement can be divided into three stages. The first began with the first woman s rights association meeting in 1851 and ended in 1869. The second phase of woman s suffrage work in Indiana began in 1869 when the Indiana Woman s Rights Association reformed with a new name the Indiana Woman s Suffrage Association. The final phase of the suffrage movement in Indiana started with the 1890s as many Hoosier women worked with national women s groups or worked on local and state progressive reforms aside from or in addition to their work on suffrage.

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Crisis, Movement, Management Globalising Dynamics


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English | 2015 | ISBN: 1138951153, 0415628350 | EPUB | pages: 168 | 1.0 mb
Globalised neo-liberalism has produced multiple crises – social, ecological, political. In the past, crises of global order have generated large-scale social transformations, and the current crises likewise hold a transformative promise. Social movements become a crucial barometer, in signalling both the demise and rise of political formations and programs. Elite strategies, framed as crisis management, create their own disordering side-effects. Experiments in movement strategy gain greater significance, as do contending elite efforts at repressing, managing or displacing the fall-out. In this book we investigate both movements and management in the face of crisis, taking crisis and unanticipated consequences as a normal state-of-play. The book enquires into the winners and losers from crisis, and investigates the movement-management nexus as it unfolds in particular localities as well as in broader contexts.

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