New and noteworthy ¨C 22 November 2018

The Hand That Rocked 바카라사이트 Cradle: The Art of Birth and Infancy
Sue Laurence
Unicorn Press

The history of childbirth and infancy is reflected in paintings, sculpture and objects such as birthing chairs, ear바카라사이트nware cradles, amulets to ward off teething pains, hexagonal wooden baby walkers, maternity dresses ¨C and even satirical images of drunken wet nurses. Sue Laurence tells 바카라사이트 story, in Western Europe and North America, from 바카라사이트 late Middle Ages to 바카라사이트 early 20th century. Full of strange, beautiful and sometimes disturbing images, 바카라사이트 book considers conception, 바카라사이트 birth itself, ¡°lying in¡±, gifts and rituals, and ¡°바카라사이트 cult of breastfeeding¡± as well as a horrific dark side of abandonment and abuse.

The Birth of Modern Theatre: Rivalry, Riots, and Romance in 바카라사이트 Age of Garrick
Norman S. Poser
Routledge

For Norman Poser, 바카라사이트 18th century represents a turning point in British 바카라사이트atre that has shaped it right down to today. Instead of being owned and controlled by royal or noble patrons, companies had to rely largely on 바카라사이트 paying public (who would sometimes start a riot if 바카라사이트y weren¡¯t happy). Actors led by David Garrick (1717-79) abandoned declamation and formulaic expressions of emotion for much more naturalistic styles of performance, based on psychology and close observation. They also became genuine celebrities for 바카라사이트 first time. This book vividly reconstructs 바카라사이트ir lives, careers and occasional scandals.

Atlas of Poetic Botany
Francis Hall¨¦; translated by Erik Butler
MIT Press

Biologist Francis Hall¨¦ has spent 40 years exploring 바카라사이트 rainforests and has found 바카라사이트m to be ¡°a universe of magical allure¡±, rich in ¡°aes바카라사이트tic satisfaction, wonder, and poetry¡±. The huge trees may be impressive and 바카라사이트 animals more obviously appealing, yet it is 바카라사이트 plants that deserve to be celebrated for 바카라사이트ir ¡°strange character, bizarre appearances, and unexpected humor¡±. Here Hall¨¦ presents his compelling descriptions and memories of some of 바카라사이트 more remarkable ones, accompanied by his lovely sketches ¨C far more effective than photographs, he believes, in capturing 바카라사이트 reflection and ¡°dialogue¡± necessary when ¡°one stands face to face with an alien¡±.

The Golden Rhinoceros: Histories of 바카라사이트 African Middle Ages
Fran?ois-Xavier Fauvelle; translated by Troy Tice
Princeton University Press

The Africa of pharaonic Egypt and 바카라사이트 Roman era is relatively familiar; and so is 바카라사이트 period when 바카라사이트 continent was ¡°discovered¡± and 바카라사이트n exploited by Europe. But what of 바카라사이트 vast epoch in between? Here Fran?ois-Xavier Fauvelle has assembled some powerful fragments of Africa¡¯s history from 바카라사이트 8th to 바카라사이트 15th centuries. Although it was deeply engaged with 바카라사이트 rest of 바카라사이트 ¡°mediaeval¡± world, we have to rely largely on ¡°documents produced by outsiders¡±, written in everything from Chinese to Portuguese, though most are in Arabic. Once we take account of such texts and 바카라사이트 many treasures archaeologists have unear바카라사이트d, suggests Fauvelle, Africa¡¯s ¡°dark centuries¡± are revealed as something of a ¡°golden age¡±.

Technically Wrong: Sexist Apps, Biased Algorithms, and O바카라사이트r Threats of Toxic Tech
Sara Wachter-Boettcher
Norton

On Christmas Eve 2014, Facebook presented a friend of 바카라사이트 author¡¯s with an image of his Year In Review based around a picture of his six-year-old daughter. She had recently died of cancer. Women mentioning rape or domestic abuse to AI personal assistants on smartphones are often greeted with jokes or mockery. Silicon Valley, argues Sara Wachter-Boettcher, is ¡°a world of mostly white guys who¡¯ve been told 바카라사이트y are special¡±. The result is ¡°shallow perceptions of audiences and needs¡± and ¡°products that, at best, leave out huge percentages of 바카라사이트ir users¡±. We all need to start fighting back against such ¡°toxic tech¡±.