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Book Chase Family Series  Collection Two

Download or read book Chase Family Series Collection Two written by Lauren Royal and published by Novelty Publishing. This book was released on 2014-03-22 with total page 1284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ♥ A scandalous love triangle ♥ A matchmaking mama ♥ Royal palaces ♥ Balls and masquerades ♥ Steamy romance! Three beloved romances featuring New York Times bestselling author Lauren Royal’s “outrageously funny, loyal, compassionate, and unconventional” Chase family. More than 1200 pages of steamy historical romance! More detailed descriptions of each title can be found on the individual book pages. NEVER DOUBT A VISCOUNT - Lady Violet Ashcroft isn’t planning to marry. She’d rather spend her time reading than risking her tender heart. That is, until a handsome viscount named Ford Chase moves into the neighborhood... THE SCANDAL OF LORD RANDAL - Lady Lily Ashcroft fell for dashing Oxford professor Lord Randal Nesbitt at sixteen. Four years later, her older sister Rose wants him—and with two sisters locked in a tempestuous love triangle, scandal can only be around the corner… A GENTLEMAN’S PLOT TO TIE THE KNOT - Determined to land a wealthy, titled husband, Lady Rose Ashcroft heads off to Charles II’s court to find love. And runs smack dab into Christopher “Kit” Martyn, the one man who could ruin all her plans. PLEASE NOTE: This boxed set was formerly titled “Chase Family Series: The Jewels Collection.” The three novels within were formerly titled “Violet,” “Lily,” and “Rose.” BOOK DETAILS 3 full-length, standalone romance novels—no cliffhangers! Series: Chase Family Series Style: Humorous historical romance Length: 3 novels averaging 415 standard pages each (1,245 pages total) Bonus Material: Author’s Notes, preview of next book, link to giveaway R-rated Content: Steamy love scenes!* * If you’d prefer to read a Sweet & Clean (kisses only) version of this story, look for “Sweet Chase Brides Boxed Set Two” by Lauren Royal & Devon Royal. AWARDS • All three books are Top 10 Bestsellers on Google Play, Amazon, Apple Books, and Barnes & Noble • NEVER DOUBT A VISCOUNT: Rose Award Nominee • THE SCANDAL OF LORD RANDAL: Rose Award Nominee • A GENTLEMAN’S PLOT TO TIE THE KNOT: Winner of the Golden Quill Award for Best Historical Romance REVIEWS “A captivating historical romance. Fans of Julia Quinn’s Bridgerton series on Netflix will love Lauren Royal!” —Glynnis Campbell, USA Today Bestselling Author “A wonderful read! With a deft pen, Lauren Royal captures all the pageantry, excitement, and color that was Restoration England.” —Romantic Times “An impressive talent!” —Publishers Weekly (Forecasted review) CONNECTING BOOKS While Chase Family Series: Collection Two can be read on its own, many readers enjoy reading it as part of a series. All of Lauren’s books feature Chase family members. Should you wish to read them in chronological order, this is the sequence: Chase Family Series When an Earl Meets a Girl How to Undress a Marquess If You Dared to Love a Laird A Duke’s Guide to Seducing His Bride Never Doubt a Viscount The Scandal of Lord Randal A Gentleman’s Plot to Tie the Knot A Secret Christmas A Chase Family Christmas Chase Family Series: The Regency Tempt Me at Midnight Tempting Juliana The Art of Temptation New in 2022 Alice Betrothed Specially Priced Boxed Sets Chase Family Series: Collection One Chase Family Series: Collection Two Chase Family Series: The Regency Collection ABOUT THE AUTHOR LAUREN ROYAL is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of humorous historical romance. Her “truly enchanting” novels have won many awards including Booklist's “Top 10 Romance of the Year,” and they’ve earned raves from reviewers including Publishers Weekly, who calls her “an impressive talent.” All of Lauren’s books are complete, stand-alone stories, and yet they are also all connected—because they all feature her beloved “outrageously funny, loyal, compassionate, and unconventional” Chase family! Lauren writes steamy historical romance on her own and sweet/clean historical romance with her daughter, Devon Royal. She lives in Southern California with her family, two constantly shedding cats, and a stupendous collection of fuzzy socks. When she's not busy writing, she enjoys singing along (off-key) to Hamilton, dancing (badly), and (wasting time) watching HGTV. CONNECT WITH LAUREN • Want great free and 99¢ books sent to your inbox on select Fridays? Sign up for Lauren's newsletter at: http://royall.ink/Newsletter • Become an honorary Chase cousin (and get a FREE historical cookbook)! Join Lauren's Chase Family Readers Group on Facebook at: facebook.com/groups/ChaseFamilyReaders • To learn about the real people and places in Lauren's books, enter a contest to win jewelry, and see the ever-growing branches of the Chase Family Tree, visit her website at: LaurenRoyal.com

Book Family Life Now

Download or read book Family Life Now written by Kelly J. Welch and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2020-10-08 with total page 697 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Family Life Now is a candid, thoughtful examination of marriages, families, and intimate relationships that follows the Family Life Education framework. Written in a student-friendly, conversational style, the text encourages readers to draw upon their own backgrounds and experiences to understand theories and concepts vital to the family sciences. Author Kelly J. Welch incorporates scholarship from the social and behavioral sciences to cover topics that are important to students today, such as LGBTQ+ individuals and relationships, cohabitating, and financial compatibility with a partner. This title is accompanied by a complete teaching and learning package.

Book Lifestyle Medicine  Fourth Edition

Download or read book Lifestyle Medicine Fourth Edition written by James M. Rippe and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2024-09-20 with total page 1495 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fourth edition of Dr. James Rippe’s classic Lifestyle Medicine textbook continues to lead and inform the rapidly growing field of lifestyle medicine. This is the discipline that focuses on the impact of daily habits and actions on both short- and long-term health and quality of life. The first edition of this comprehensive work named the field of lifestyle medicine in the academic medical literature. The fourth edition continues to span and expand the field and offers extensive evidence-based literature in virtually every aspect of lifestyle medicine. This Textbook, edited by cardiologist Dr. James Rippe, who is a leading lifestyle medicine researcher, represents the combined wisdom and recommendations of over 325 experts in virtually every aspect of lifestyle medicine. Chapter authors have been chosen because of their background as leaders in various aspects of lifestyle medicine. Lifestyle Medicine, Fourth Edition contains extensive sections on the treatment and prevention of coronary heart disease,stroke, cancer, diabetes, obesity, substance abuse, dementia, and many other clinical conditions. Key lifestyle modalities such as physical activity, nutrition, weight management, sleep, stress reduction, and positive connections with other humans are supported by detailed discussion and state-of-the-art evidence. The expanded section on behavioral medicine provides an important framework for these discussions. Every chapter has been completely revised and many new topics added, such as lifestyle medicine for nursing, psychiatry, and preventive neurology. The fourth edition of this classic text continues to serve as the leading, comprehensive textbook in lifestyle medicine. The original has been called the “indispensable bible” of lifestyle medicine, and the fourth edition of this work continues to justify this designation. There is no longer any serious doubt that daily habits and actions have a significant impact on multiple aspects of health. The fourth edition of Lifestyle Medicine provides the scientific evidence to support this assertion and will serve as an invaluable reference and guide, not only to lifestyle medicine practitioners but to all primary care physicians, subspecialty physicians, nurses, and other healthcare practitioners.

Book Feed

    Book Details:
  • Author : M. T. Anderson
  • Publisher : Candlewick Press
  • Release : 2010-05-11
  • ISBN : 0763651559
  • Pages : 311 pages

Download or read book Feed written by M. T. Anderson and published by Candlewick Press. This book was released on 2010-05-11 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Identity crises, consumerism, and star-crossed teenage love in a futuristic society where people connect to the Internet via feeds implanted in their brains. Winner of the LA Times Book Prize. For Titus and his friends, it started out like any ordinary trip to the moon - a chance to party during spring break and play around with some stupid low-grav at the Ricochet Lounge. But that was before the crazy hacker caused all their feeds to malfunction, sending them to the hospital to lie around with nothing inside their heads for days. And it was before Titus met Violet, a beautiful, brainy teenage girl who knows something about what it’s like to live without the feed-and about resisting its omnipresent ability to categorize human thoughts and desires. Following in the footsteps of George Orwell, Anthony Burgess, and Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., M. T. Anderson has created a brave new world - and a hilarious new lingo - sure to appeal to anyone who appreciates smart satire, futuristic fiction laced with humor, or any story featuring skin lesions as a fashion statement.

Book Prescription for Nutritional Healing  Sixth Edition

Download or read book Prescription for Nutritional Healing Sixth Edition written by Phyllis A. Balch CNC and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2023-03-28 with total page 993 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The nation’s #1 bestselling guide to natural remedies, totally revised and updated. This fully revised edition includes both time-honored, proven strategies and the latest science to arm you with the best natural therapies for your health. In this volume—a reference work of unparalleled authority—the updated material includes: natural ways to lessen the severity of Alzheimer’s symptoms cutting-edge information about COVID-19 and other viral infections as well as practical ways to help your body cope with acute and long-term symptoms nutritional information on menopause and breast and prostate cancers science about chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) and fibromyalgia (FMS) and how you can gain more control over your symptoms Prescription for Nutritional Healing, Sixth Edition, is the source for accessible, evidence-based information that serves as a guide for using natural nutritional remedies to achieve and maintain wellness.

Book Chase Family Series  Collection One

Download or read book Chase Family Series Collection One written by Lauren Royal and published by Novelty Publishing. This book was released on 2014-03-22 with total page 1406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ♥ A close-knit, meddling family ♥ Mistaken identities ♥ Glamorous makeovers ♥ Castles and country houses ♥ Steamy romance! From New York Times bestselling author Lauren Royal comes the first three novels in her beloved series featuring the “outrageously funny, loyal, compassionate, and unconventional” Chase family. Nearly 1400 pages of steamy historical romance! More detailed descriptions of each title can be found on the individual book pages. WHEN AN EARL MEETS A GIRL - Colin Chase, the Earl of Greystone, finds his carefully planned life turned upside down when the Great Fire of London lands a lowly jeweler’s daughter in his arms. HOW TO UNDRESS A MARQUESS - Jason Chase, the Marquess of Cainewood, is on the road to bring a blackguard to justice when he crosses paths with a woeful Scottish lad—who turns out to be a lovely Scottish lass. A DUKE’S GUIDE TO SEDUCING HIS BRIDE - Lady Kendra Chase is caught in a compromising embrace with a dashing Scottish highwayman. Will her brothers really insist she marry him? PLEASE NOTE: This boxed set was formerly titled “Chase Family Series: The Jewels Collection.” The three novels within were formerly titled “Amethyst,” “Emerald,” and “Amber.” BOOK DETAILS 3 full-length, standalone romance novels—no cliffhangers! Series: Chase Family Series Style: Humorous historical romance Length: Novels average 460 standard pages each (1,380 pages total) Bonus Material: Author’s Notes, preview of next book, link to giveaway R-rated Content: Steamy love scenes!* * If you prefer to read Sweet & Clean (kisses only) romance, look for “Sweet Chase Brides Boxed Set One” by Lauren Royal & Devon Royal. AWARDS • All three books are Top Ten Bestsellers on Google Play, Amazon, Apple Books, and Barnes & Noble • WHEN AN EARL MEETS A GIRL: Nominated by Romantic Times for Best First Historical Romance • HOW TO UNDRESS A MARQUESS: Finalist for the Booksellers' Best Award and RWA Award of Excellence • A DUKE’S GUIDE TO SEDUCING HIS BRIDE: A Booklist Top Ten Romance of the Year, with a Romantic Times K.I.S.S. Award-winning hero REVIEWS “A captivating historical romance. Fans of Julia Quinn’s Bridgerton series will love Lauren Royal!” —Glynnis Campbell, USA Today Bestselling Author “A wonderful read! With a deft pen, Lauren Royal captures all the pageantry, excitement, and color that was Restoration England.” —Romantic Times “An impressive talent!” —Publishers Weekly (Forecasted review) “A passionate tale that brings late seventeenth-century England vividly alive...fast-paced and filled with action from the very first page to the climax.” —Midwest Book Review CONNECTING BOOKS While Chase Family Series: Collection One can be read on its own, many readers enjoy reading it as part of a series. All of Lauren’s books feature Chase family members. Should you wish to read them in chronological order, this is the sequence: Chase Family Series When an Earl Meets a Girl How to Undress a Marquess If You Dared to Love a Laird A Duke’s Guide to Seducing His Bride Never Doubt a Viscount The Scandal of Lord Randal A Gentleman’s Plot to Tie the Knot A Secret Christmas A Chase Family Christmas Chase Family Series: The Regency Tempt Me at Midnight Tempting Juliana The Art of Temptation New in 2022 Alice Betrothed Specially Priced Boxed Sets Chase Family Series: Collection One Chase Family Series: Collection Two Chase Family Series: The Regency Collection ABOUT THE AUTHOR LAUREN ROYAL is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of humorous historical romance. Her “truly enchanting” novels have won many awards including Booklist's “Top 10 Romance of the Year,” and they’ve earned raves from reviewers including Publishers Weekly, who calls her “an impressive talent.” All of Lauren’s books are complete, stand-alone stories, and yet they are also all connected—because they all feature her beloved “outrageously funny, loyal, compassionate, and unconventional” Chase family! Lauren writes steamy historical romance on her own and sweet/clean historical romance with her daughter, Devon Royal. She lives in Southern California with her family, two constantly shedding cats, and a stupendous collection of fuzzy socks. When she's not busy writing, she enjoys singing along (off-key) to Hamilton, dancing (badly), and (wasting time) watching HGTV. CONNECT WITH LAUREN • Want great free and 99¢ books sent to your inbox on select Fridays? Sign up for Lauren's newsletter at: http://royall.ink/Newsletter • Become an honorary Chase cousin (and get a FREE historical cookbook)! Join Lauren's Chase Family Readers Group on Facebook at: facebook.com/groups/ChaseFamilyReaders • To learn about the real people and places in Lauren's books, enter a contest to win jewelry, and see the ever-growing branches of the Chase Family Tree, visit her website at: LaurenRoyal.com

Book Family Men  Fathers as Coparents in Diverse Contexts and Family Structures

Download or read book Family Men Fathers as Coparents in Diverse Contexts and Family Structures written by Sarah E. DeMartini and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2022-08-26 with total page 105 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Food for the Future

    Book Details:
  • Author : John Brueggemann
  • Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
  • Release : 2023-07-03
  • ISBN : 1666930725
  • Pages : 323 pages

Download or read book Food for the Future written by John Brueggemann and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2023-07-03 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Food for the Future: Stories from the Alternative Agro-food Movement is about different foods, the stories they contain, and most of all the people in the stories. John Brueggemann interviewed dozens of farmers, chefs, non-profit managers, consumers, teachers, and healthcare providers. He argues that their individual stories point towards larger patterns that have shaped the alternative agro-food movement, and that other factors, including the environmental movement, farms, lifestyle movements, and consumers have all played a crucial role in its rise. The author concludes that the alternative agro-food movement is providing a countervailing force relative to mainstream market culture, and that instead of efficiency, profit, consumption, individualism and short-term thinking, the alternative agro-food movement emphasizes meaning, need, creation, community, and long-term thinking.

Book Lippincott Nursing Procedures

    Book Details:
  • Author : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
  • Publisher : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
  • Release : 2022-03-14
  • ISBN : 1975178602
  • Pages : 2363 pages

Download or read book Lippincott Nursing Procedures written by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins and published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. This book was released on 2022-03-14 with total page 2363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Confidently provide best practices in patient care, with the newly updated Lippincott® Nursing Procedures, 9th Edition. More than 400 entries offer detailed, evidence-based guidance on procedures ranging from the most basic patient care to assisting with intricate surgeries. The alphabetical organization allows you to quickly look up any procedure by name, and benefit from the clear, concise, step-by-step direction of nursing experts. Whether you’re a nursing student, are new to nursing, or are a seasoned practitioner, this is your go-to guide to the latest in expert care and positive outcomes.

Book Sexual Violence Crimes and Gendered Power Relations

Download or read book Sexual Violence Crimes and Gendered Power Relations written by Bilge Sahin and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-10-29 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a robust gendered analysis and establishes a feminist approach to international actors’ responses to sexual violence crimes in conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the impact of these global political practices on local gendered power relations. Sexual violence crimes in eastern DRC have received significant global attention and triggered calls by the international community to end this violence. This book critically assesses international assistance to the Congolese legal system to challenge sexual violence crimes, to determine to what extent it engages with the continuum of gendered violence from peacetime to conflict. It also examines whether international assistance has produced any transformations in gendered power relations in eastern DRC. The author investigates how challenging sexual violence crimes in conflict necessitates broader female empowerment and engagement with gendered power relations. This book will be of interest to scholars and postgraduate students in gender studies, development studies and international relations. It will also provide significant guidance for professionals working for development agencies and international NGOs focusing on eastern DRC.

Book Mineral Nutrition of Livestock  5th Edition

Download or read book Mineral Nutrition of Livestock 5th Edition written by Neville F. Suttle and published by CABI. This book was released on 2022-05-30 with total page 609 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fifth edition of this important book reviews recent advances in livestock mineral nutrition, updated throughout with new references that reflect the growing complexity of mineral metabolism. Major related themes covered include the assessment of the 'mineral value' of feeds, the false hopes placed on organic mineral supplements and limiting the 'mineral footprint' of livestock production to lower environmental pollution. Following a clear and easy to reference structure, the book also considers potential pitfalls, such as misleading estimates of mineral requirements for growth, and misinterpretation of genomic markers for mineral requirements and bioavailability of supplements. An essential resource for researchers and students in animal nutrition, agriculture and veterinary medicine, this book also forms a useful reference for veterinary practitioners and those concerned with human nutrition and environmental protection.

Book Fresh Food from Small Spaces

Download or read book Fresh Food from Small Spaces written by R.J. Ruppenthal and published by Chelsea Green Publishing. This book was released on 2008-11-05 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Books on container gardening have been wildly popular with urban and suburban readers, but until now, there has been no comprehensive "how-to" guide for growing fresh food in the absence of open land. Fresh Food from Small Spaces fills the gap as a practical, comprehensive, and downright fun guide to growing food in small spaces. It provides readers with the knowledge and skills necessary to produce their own fresh vegetables, mushrooms, sprouts, and fermented foods as well as to raise bees and chickens—all without reliance on energy-intensive systems like indoor lighting and hydroponics. Readers will learn how to transform their balconies and windowsills into productive vegetable gardens, their countertops and storage lockers into commercial-quality sprout and mushroom farms, and their outside nooks and crannies into whatever they can imagine, including sustainable nurseries for honeybees and chickens. Free space for the city gardener might be no more than a cramped patio, balcony, rooftop, windowsill, hanging rafter, dark cabinet, garage, or storage area, but no space is too small or too dark to raise food. With this book as a guide, people living in apartments, condominiums, townhouses, and single-family homes will be able to grow up to 20 percent of their own fresh food using a combination of traditional gardening methods and space-saving techniques such as reflected lighting and container "terracing." Those with access to yards can produce even more. Author R. J. Ruppenthal worked on an organic vegetable farm in his youth, but his expertise in urban and indoor gardening has been hard-won through years of trial-and-error experience. In the small city homes where he has lived, often with no more than a balcony, windowsill, and countertop for gardening, Ruppenthal and his family have been able to eat at least some homegrown food 365 days per year. In an era of declining resources and environmental disruption, Ruppenthal shows that even urban dwellers can contribute to a rebirth of local, fresh foods.

Book Parenting Ahead

    Book Details:
  • Author : Kristen Hatton
  • Publisher : New Growth Press
  • Release : 2023-04-17
  • ISBN : 1645072797
  • Pages : 142 pages

Download or read book Parenting Ahead written by Kristen Hatton and published by New Growth Press. This book was released on 2023-04-17 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Parenting Ahead helps parents with younger children build a foundation for their family based on biblical principles for the teen years to come.

Book Practical Friendship

    Book Details:
  • Author : Christian Langkamp
  • Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
  • Release : 2021-09-24
  • ISBN : 3754351648
  • Pages : 458 pages

Download or read book Practical Friendship written by Christian Langkamp and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2021-09-24 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Practical Friendship brings insights together from ancient and contemporary philosophy, theology, psychology and sociology to identify what good friendship means and how we can live it. Based on the analysis it proposes we adopt a role based view of friendship, that also can be used to analyse loneliness. Based on research and anecdotal evidence the book compiles a range of recommendations on how to maintain our friendships in good repair and how to foster friendship in old age. The book addresses an audience of professionals working to fight loneliness in our society as well as lay people wanting to reflect on how to improve the friendships in their lives. Additional sections are addressed at researchers in sociology and psychology who want to expand their understanding of friendship in order to tune their research to generate insight for loneliness-support.

Book Ethical Challenges to Business as Usual     Second Edition

Download or read book Ethical Challenges to Business as Usual Second Edition written by Shari Collins and published by Broadview Press. This book was released on 2022-06-17 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This anthology offers a fresh approach to the ethics of business, casting a critical eye on entrenched assumptions and practices. It includes central works from such thinkers as John Locke, Karl Marx, Milton Friedman, Naomi Klein, and Thomas Piketty, while also introducing new voices on a range of pressing practical topics, including racial discrimination in the workplace, factory farming, climate change, affirmative action, and whistleblowing. A truly applied anthology, this book encourages students to see the real-world applications of the theories at issue and to examine the consequences of business as usual.

Book Can You Be a Catholic and a Feminist

Download or read book Can You Be a Catholic and a Feminist written by Julie Hanlon Rubio and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2024-03-15 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An eminent theologian addresses an enduring--but newly urgent--question Is it possible to be both a faithful Catholic and an avowed feminist? Earlier generations of feminists first formulated answers to this question in the 1970s. Their views are still broadly held, but with increasing tentativeness and a growing sense of their inadequacy. Even now, Catholic women and men still say, "It's my Church and I'm not leaving," "Change will only happen if people like me stay and fight," and "The Church's work for social justice is more important than the issues that concern me as a feminist." Yet in a post-#MeToo, #ChurchToo moment, when the Church seems disconnected from struggles for racial justice and LGBTQ inclusion, those answers sound increasingly insufficient. Today, tensions between Catholicism and feminism are more visible and ties to Catholic communities are increasingly weak. Can Catholic feminism survive? Julie Hanlon Rubio argues that it can. But if it is going to do so, it is necessary to rethink how women and men who experience the pull of feminism and Catholicism can credibly claim both identities. In Can You Be a Catholic and a Feminist? Rubio argues that Catholic feminist identity is only tenable if we frankly acknowledge tensions between Catholicism and feminism, bring forward shared concerns, and embrace the future with ambiguity and creativity. Rubio explores the potential for synergy and dialogue between Catholics and feminists through various lenses, including sexual violence, gender theory, pregnancy and pre-natal loss, work-life balance, relationships and family life, spirituality, conscience, and what it means to be human. This book gives those who struggle to balance Catholicism and feminism a credible path to authentic belonging.

Book Infoselves

Download or read book Infoselves written by Demetra Garbasevschi and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2021-02-09 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Infoselves delivers a multifaceted analysis of the commodification of self-identity online, from both a domination and a liberation perspective. Drawing on multiple resources, the book places its discussion of online identity within the larger context of self-identity evolution, arguing for the recognition of online identity as a legitimate component of the self-identity system. Advertising executive turned academic, Demetra Garbașevschi offers readers the means to understand the way our online identities are formed and used, to reflect on the future of self-identity, and to become more aware of the radical implications of our digital footprint. Readers will discover what it means to be an infoself in a deep digital context, from exploring the informational makeup of self-identity, to examining the various sources of identity information found online, to exposing the uses of this information through both latent and assertive self-commodification. Considering the many sources of information contributing to our identity narrative online, some beyond our direct control, managing the self is presented as one the greatest challenges of our digital present. The book includes illuminating discussions of a variety of topics within the subject of online identity, such as: Foundational concepts related to the idea of identity, including references to the works of Erik Erikson, symbolic interactionists, and social dramaturgy The evolution of online identity, with examinations of early and current viewpoints of the phenomenon Personal branding online as the epitome of self-commodification, with examples from online celebrity, micro-celebrity, and nano-celebrity Original research contributing to the larger discussion about how identities are constructed and performed through-the-line Perfect for graduate students in advertising, branding, and public relations, Infoselves also belongs on the bookshelves of those studying fields involving digital media. Working professionals in any of these areas will also benefit from this book’s insightful analyses of a variety of viewpoints on online identity.