Ann Jones

Presents a portrait of life in Kabul in the wake of the Taliban, examining the real world of female outcasts, including cast-off wives, rape victims, runaway child brides, prostitutes, and others in a society that emphasizes the lack of rights of women.

Life Without Peace in Afghanistan

Kabul in Winter

A study of women murderers in America from precolonial times to the present reveals a social history of the United States in terms of the women who murdered and their crimes

Women who Kill

From the renowned authority on domestic violence, a startlingly original inquiry into the aftermath of wars and their impact on the least visible victims: women In 2007, the International Rescue Committee, which brings relief to countries in the wake of war, wanted to understand what really happened to women in war zones. Answers came through the point and click of a digital camera. On behalf of the IRC, Ann Jones spent two years traveling through Africa, East Asia, and the Middle East, giving cameras to women who had no other means of telling the world what war had done to their lives. The photography project—which moved from Liberia to Syria and points in between—quickly broadened to encompass the full consequences of modern warfare for the most vulnerable. Even after the definitive moments of military victory, women and children remain blighted by injury and displacement and are the most affected by the destruction of communities and social institutions. And along with peace often comes worsening violence against women, both domestic and sexual. Dramatic and compelling, animated by the voices of brave and resourceful women, War Is Not Over When It's Over shines a powerful light on a phenomenon that has long been cast in shadow.

Women Speak Out from the Ruins of War

War Is Not Over When It's Over

Women who kill

Eileen Scanlon

Rebecca Ferguson

"Educational Visions looks to future developments in educational technology by reviewing its history, covering themes such as learning analytics and design, inquiry learning, citizen science, inclusion, and learning at scale. The book shows how successful innovations can be built over time, informs readers about current practice and demonstrates how they can use this work themselves. The chapters show how one research group has worked persistently over 40 years with four visions in mind, of a future where: - learning is accessible for everyone - teaching is adapted to meet learners' needs - teams can successfully teach any number of students at a distance - learners engage enthusiastically with STEM learning. Each vision is covered in a pair of chapters: the first brings together four decades of research in the area; the second introduces current work, showing how they are united by a consistent framework and a persistent vision." This work was published by Saint Philip Street Press pursuant to a Creative Commons license permitting commercial use. All rights not granted by the work's license are retained by the author or authors.

Educational Visions

“Unsparing, scathingly direct, and gut-wrenching . . . the war Washington doesn’t want you to see” (Andrew J. Bacevich, New York Times–bestselling author of Washington Rules) This “uncompromisingly visceral” account (Mother Jones) of what combat does to American soldiers comes from a veteran journalist who was embedded with troops in Afghanistan and reveals the harrowing journeys of the wounded, from the battlefield to back home. Along the way, the author of the acclaimed Kabul in Winter shows us the dead, wounded, mutilated, brain-damaged, drug-addicted, suicidal, and homicidal casualties of our distant wars, exploring the devastating toll such conflicts have taken on us as a nation. “An indispensable book about America’s current wars and the multiple ways they continue to wound not only the soldiers but their families and indeed the country itself. Jones writes with passion and clarity about the tragedies other reporters avoid and evade.” —Marilyn Young, editor of Iraq and the Lessons of Vietnam

How the Wounded Return from America's Wars

They Were Soldiers

André Gali

Jørn Mortensen

Museum for Skills

Cracking the Code with Maths Practi

When smoke meets steel, there's going to be sparks!Hiding behind her thick black glasses and overly large suits, shy and insecure Ella makes sure that no one can see past her dreary appearance. But, after a last minute temp assignment comes in for Adelaide's most eligible bachelor, businessman Dane Harrison, Ella's shyness is what first attracts his attention. Even with the adulation of incredibly stunning society women, Dane finds his thoughts returning time and again to his seemingly innocent temp.But after an encounter with Ella's drunken mother, Dane starts to unravel the tragedy in Ella's past and puts in place a plan that could benefit both of them. Can Ella stick to her side of the bargain without falling in love with Dane... or will the threat of her former life cast too big a shadow?New author Ann Jones' novel is a modern, erotic yet romantic tale of love and lust. Stock full of the hottest love scenes since Fifty Shades of Grey, Tempting the Temp, will be one book that will be hard to put down - if only to take a good long, cold shower.

Tempting the Temp

“Whether you’re an individual woman looking for help or a reader looking for the truth about the thousands of women who are battered by the men they live with, Next Time, She’ll Be Dead is the one book you should read.” —Gloria Steinem At least 1 in 4 women will be abused during her lifetime—that is 25% of our mothers, daughters, sisters, partners, and friends. Thousands will be killed. As author Ann Jones observes, despite its devastation battering is regarded not as a serious crime, but instead as an inevitable “problem” blandly labeled “domestic violence.” Stories of household assaults and murders are all over the news, but the blame is usually pinned on the woman who is said to have either provoked the attack or failed to “leave.” In this groundbreaking book, Jones points instead to the many factors in society that promote, trivialize, and perpetuate brutality against women: from popular psychology, academic “expertise,” mass media, and pop culture, to the criminal justice system and the law itself. Delving deep into the history, legality, and personal politics of male violence against wives and girlfriends, Next Time, She’ll Be Dead fearlessly reframes the issue. This critically acclaimed masterwork offers productive ways of thinking and speaking about battering and explains what must be done to stop it.

Battering and How to Stop It

Next Time, She'll Be Dead

PUT THE BILLY ON gives us insights into what it was like to grow up in Australia in the 1930s and 40s. The story is mixed with undertones of delightful humour and fading innocence. Historical events, such as the lead up to World War II, are artfully compared to the tensions in the speaker's own life. Ann Jones invites us to reflect on how far we've come, and the precious things that may have been lost on the way. PUT THE BILLY ON won the IP Picks 08 Best Creative Non-Fiction Award.

Put the Billy On

Meic Gilby

A useful Welsh grammar book based on the highly succesful Welsh Learners website of the same name, providing a guide for beginners and additional information for advanced learners, grammar terms, common idioms and phrases and valuable vocabulary.

The Ideal Aid to Speaking and Writing

BBC Learn Welsh

A premiada jornalista e ativista americana dos direitos da mulher, Ann Jones, partiu para uma cidade destruída do Afeganistão, esperando levar ajuda a um lugar aonde os EUA só haviam levado destruição. O resultado é um relato cortante de uma cidade lutando para erguer-se das ruínas. Em Cabul no inverno, a escritora Ann Jones descreve situações estarrecedoras testemunhadas por ela durante o período no qual trabalhou como agente humanitária em Cabul. A autora adentra uma ampla comunidade de mulheres forçadas a viver à margem da sociedade e, assim, descreve a chocante realidade vivida pelas mulheres afegãs - viúvas de guerra, meninas-noivas fugitivas, prostitutas humilhadas, esposas desprezadas, vítimas de estupro.

Vida e paz no Afeganistão

Cabul no Inverno

Traces the history of Mexico from the era of primitive man ten thousand years ago to its present position as a modern state.

Uncle Tom's Campus

Growing Up in Queensland's Gulf Country: Easy Read Comfort Edition

Put the Billy on

What have been the biggest successes in educational technology – and why have they succeeded when others have failed? Educational Visions shows how innovations including citizen science, learning at scale, inclusive education, learning design and analytics have developed over decades. The book is shaped by the visions pursued by one research group for the past 40 years. It outlines the group’s framework for innovation and shows how this can be put into practice to achieve long-term results that benefit both students and teachers at every educational level.

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