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Mind over Magma

The Story of Igneous Petrology

By: Davis A. Young

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Mind over Magma

The Story of Igneous Petrology

By: Davis A. Young

Mind over Magma chronicles the scientific effort to unravel the mysteries of rocks that solidified on or beneath Earth's surface from the intensely hot, molten material called magma. The first-ever comprehensive history of the study of such igneous rocks, it traces the development of igneous petrology from ancient descriptions of volcanic eruptions to recent work incorporating insights from physical chemistry, isotope studies, and fluid dynamics. Intellectual developments in the field--from the application of scientific methods to the study of rocks to the discovery of critical data and the development of the field's major theories--are considered within their broader geographical, social, and technological contexts. Mind over Magma examines the spread of igneous petrology from western Europe to North America, South Africa, Japan, Australia, and much of the rest of the world. It considers the professionalization and Anglicization of the field, detailing changes in publication outlets, the role of women, and the influence of government funding. The book also highlights the significant role that technological developments--including the polarizing microscope, high-temperature quenching furnaces, and instrumental analysis--have played in the discovery of new data and development of revolutionary insights into the nature of igneous rocks. Both an engagingly told story and a major reference, Mind over Magma is the only available history of this important field. As such, it will be appreciated by petrologists, geochemists, and other geologists as well as by those interested in the history of science.

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Princeton University Press

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069118772X

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9780691187723

Phase Diagrams of the Elements

By: David A. Young

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Phase Diagrams of the Elements

By: David A. Young

The behavior of solid and liquid matter at high pressures and temperatures is best described in a phase diagram, which shows the regions of stability of different phases of the material. Thanks to the diamond-anvil cell, which has made possible much higher pressures, and to new and very accurate theoretical models and methods, Phase Diagrams of the Elements presents the most up-to-date information on the phase behavior of all the chemical elements from hydrogen to fermium. The book summarizes, with the aid of tables and illustrations, the experimental data and the theoretical calculations. Each element is discussed in a separate section. Other chapters deal with methods, the liquid-vapor transition, and an overview of the elements. While comprehensively reviewing all that has been done in this important area, the author also points to questions that need much more experimental and theoretical work.

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Univ of California Press

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0520911482

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9780520911482

Newport Revisited

By: Rob Lewis,Ryan A. Young

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Newport Revisited

By: Rob Lewis,Ryan A. Young

In the three-hundred-fifty-plus years that Newport has existed, it has held a fascination for those who love the sea. Along its narrow streets are nestled the largest collection of preserved eighteenth-century and nineteenth-century dwellings in America. The sailing is spectacular, and the natural harbor is a safe haven for boats. Newport Revisited uses vintage photographs to explore Newport from the 1880s to the 1960s. The book takes the reader on a historic tour to see what people from all parts of the world travel to get a taste of, such as the amazing mansions and the natural beauty of this unique town. Newport Revisited shows the reader the Colony House, Brick Market, and many other exciting sites.

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Arcadia Publishing

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1439628211

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9781439628218

Historic Preservation Technology

A Primer

By: Robert A. Young

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Historic Preservation Technology

A Primer

By: Robert A. Young

This introduction to historic preservation goes well beyond the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation and shows how wood, stone, masonry, and metal were used in the past and how adaptive re-use can be employed to bring modern amenities to historic structures. The book covers all aspects of the exterior and interior building fabric, including windows, roofing, doors, porches, and electrical and mechanical systems for both residential and small-scale commercial buildings. Richly illustrated with photographs showing typical elements of historic buildings, decay mechanisms, and remediation techniques, the book also contains a variety of useful case studies and features a companion Website that offers dozens of additional images and resources.

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John Wiley & Sons

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0471788368

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9780471788362

Negotiating the Good Life

Aristotle and the Civil Society

By: Mark A. Young

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Negotiating the Good Life

Aristotle and the Civil Society

By: Mark A. Young

For centuries philosophers have wrestled with the dichotomy between individual freedom on the one hand and collective solidarity on the other. Yet today there is a growing realization that this template is fundamentally flawed. In this book, Mark Young embraces and advocates a more holistic concept of freedom; one which is not merely defined negatively but which positively provides the preconditions for individuals to actively exercise their autonomy and to flourish as human beings in the process. Young posits the idea of 'freedom in community' and traces its origin back to Aristotle. Taking as his premise that humans are deeply social beings who live their lives intricately interwoven with each other, he examines what type of political community is relevant for us in this post-Classical, post-Enlightenment and, indeed, post-Existential world. Identifying the failure of traditional 'statist' models of politics, Young instead argues for a civil society: a globally interlinked and free set of liberal communities as the best context for nourishing human flourishing. In this way we can achieve a proper setting for Eudaimonia in a modern sense.

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Taylor & Francis

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1351915444

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9781351915441

Black Eagle Child

The Facepaint Narratives

By: Ray A. Young Bear

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Black Eagle Child

The Facepaint Narratives

By: Ray A. Young Bear

A classic of Native American literature, Black Eagle Child uses a rich mix of verse, prose narrative, and letters to tell Edgar Bearchild's journey to adulthood. Although the backdrop of much of Young Bear's novel may be familiar -- the conflicts over race, drugs, Vietnam and others that gripped America in the fifties, sixties, and seventies -- Bearchild recounts his coming-of-age story from a distinct vantage point, as a member of the Mesquakie nation. From his childhood delight in Jell-O to his induction into the faith of his elders, Bearchild's journey is a uniquely American one.

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Grove Press

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0802134289

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9780802134288

Soul Power

Culture, Radicalism, and the Making of a U.S. Third World Left

By: Cynthia A. Young

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Soul Power

Culture, Radicalism, and the Making of a U.S. Third World Left

By: Cynthia A. Young

Soul Power is a cultural history of those whom Cynthia A. Young calls “U.S. Third World Leftists,” activists of color who appropriated theories and strategies from Third World anticolonial struggles in their fight for social and economic justice in the United States during the “long 1960s.” Nearly thirty countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America declared formal independence in the 1960s alone. Arguing that the significance of this wave of decolonization to U.S. activists has been vastly underestimated, Young describes how literature, films, ideologies, and political movements that originated in the Third World were absorbed by U.S. activists of color. She shows how these transnational influences were then used to forge alliances, create new vocabularies and aesthetic forms, and describe race, class, and gender oppression in the United States in compelling terms. Young analyzes a range of U.S. figures and organizations, examining how each deployed Third World discourse toward various cultural and political ends. She considers a trip that LeRoi Jones, Harold Cruse, and Robert F. Williams made to Cuba in 1960; traces key intellectual influences on Angela Y. Davis’s writing; and reveals the early history of the hospital workers’ 1199 union as a model of U.S. Third World activism. She investigates Newsreel, a late 1960s activist documentary film movement, and its successor, Third World Newsreel, which produced a seminal 1972 film on the Attica prison rebellion. She also considers the L.A. Rebellion, a group of African and African American artists who made films about conditions in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles. By demonstrating the breadth, vitality, and legacy of the work of U.S. Third World Leftists, Soul Power firmly establishes their crucial place in the history of twentieth-century American struggles for social change.

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Duke University Press

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0822388618

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9780822388616

Instructional Design Frameworks and Intercultural Models

By: Young, Patricia A.

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Instructional Design Frameworks and Intercultural Models

By: Young, Patricia A.

Provides frameworks for integrating culture into design. Offers practical applications for the construction of user interfaces, products, services, and other online environments useful in the development of culture-based designs.

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IGI Global

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1605664278

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9781605664279

The Minds of Marginalized Black Men

Making Sense of Mobility, Opportunity, and Future Life Chances

By: Alford A. Young

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The Minds of Marginalized Black Men

Making Sense of Mobility, Opportunity, and Future Life Chances

By: Alford A. Young

While we hear much about the "culture of poverty" that keeps poor black men poor, we know little about how such men understand their social position and relationship to the American dream. Moving beyond stereotypes, this book examines how twenty-six poverty-stricken African American men from Chicago view their prospects for getting ahead. It documents their definitions of good jobs and the good life--and their beliefs about whether and how these can be attained. In its pages, we meet men who think seriously about work, family, and community and whose differing experiences shape their views of their social world. Based on intensive interviews, the book reveals how these men have experienced varying degrees of exposure to more-privileged Americans--differences that ground their understandings of how racism and socioeconomic inequality determine their life chances. The poorest and most socially isolated are, perhaps surprisingly, most likely to believe that individuals can improve their own lot. By contrast, men who regularly leave their neighborhood tend to have a wider range of opportunities but also have met with more racism, hostility, and institutional obstacles--making them less likely to believe in the American Dream. Demonstrating how these men interpret their social world, this book seeks to de-pathologize them without ignoring their experiences with chronic unemployment, prison, and substance abuse. It shows how the men draw upon such experiences as they make meaning of the complex circumstances in which they strive to succeed.

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Princeton University Press

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0691092427

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9780691092423

Integrating Children's Literature through the Common Core State Standards

By: Rachel L. Wadham,Terrell A. Young

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Integrating Children's Literature through the Common Core State Standards

By: Rachel L. Wadham,Terrell A. Young

Implementation of the Common Core State Standards with the integration of children's literature can transform teaching and learning into a holistic and engaging experience. Tackling nearly every aspect of the English Language Arts Standards and the measures they employ, it offers a thorough plan for engaging elementary school students with literature. It explores the benefits and teaching principles behind CCSS, and explains how to apply them to literature. Along with the strengths it has in connection to CCSS, you will learn about the history of children's literature and what both fiction and nonfiction bring to the classroom. You will find plenty of practical applications of the CCSS, including book lists and lesson ideas, along with thorough examples. There is also a wealth of information on the kinds of readers you will encounter and explanations of how to meet their needs. A final section focuses on creating a curriculum, connecting the theory throughout the book with concrete lessons plans and units that cover the main CCSS skill sets.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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9798216103264

Cultivating Cooperation

A History of the Missouri Farmers Association

By: Raymond A. Young

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Cultivating Cooperation

A History of the Missouri Farmers Association

By: Raymond A. Young

As one of the most successful farm organizations in the United States, the Missouri Farmers Association brought together farm clubs from all over the state to serve as the central body through which farmer-owned businesses could compete with investor-owned businesses. In Cultivating Cooperation, Raymond A. Young follows the fascinating history of MFA from its grass-roots beginning in a schoolhouse in 1914 through the upheaval that led to only the second leadership change in the organization's history in 1979. William Hirth was responsible for the early success of MFA. At the age of fifteen, Hirth became interested in farming and started lecturing on the benefits of building a cooperative of farm clubs. He continued to advocate this idea by publishing The Missouri Farmer, a magazine that informed subscribers on legislative issues and farm club news and later became MFA's house organ. Hirth believed that the farm clubs should capitalize not only on the economic advantages of joining together as a cooperative, but on the political and social advantages as well. Upon Hirth's death in 1940, Fred Heinkel took over leadership of MFA. Under his guidance, the cooperative grew at a feverish rate. Supply companies, such as oil refineries, feed mills, and seed plants, were acquired or built whenever it proved advantageous to the farmers. A sister cooperative was created to expand into neighboring states, and a national alliance was created to establish a stronger representation in Washington, D.C. MFA was also instrumental in securing a fourÞyear medical school in its hometown of Columbia in order to ensure medical care for farmers and their families in rural areas. In addition, MFA has played a role in helping Third World countries develop cooperatives of their own. With intimate knowledge of the organization, Raymond Young involves the reader in the intricacies of the formation and development of the Missouri Farmers Association, enlivening his account with liberal use of anecdotes from the pages of The Missouri Farmer. An introduction by Michael L. Cook places the story of MFA within the context of the history of the cooperative movement nationwide. Students and scholars of Missouri history, as well as farmers and those interested in agriculture, will find this comprehensive examination of MFA an invaluable resource.

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University of Missouri Press

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0826209998

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9780826209993

Imperial Japan

1926-1938

By: A Young

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Imperial Japan

1926-1938

By: A Young

A journalist on the Japan Chronicle for eleven years, the author collected in this volume the most significant current events for discussion. They include the financial crisis of 1927, hostilities with China and in particular Manchuria, Japan’s booming manufacturing industry, Japanese nationalism, Japan’s new empire and its place within the Far East and East Asia. Written from a Western perspective, the volume nonetheless presents a balanced view of Japan and its behaviour which only close observation and dealings with the Japanese people could make possible.

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Routledge

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1136917381

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9781136917387

Human Specialization in Design and Technology

The Current Wave for Learning, Culture, Industry, and Beyond

By: Patricia A. Young

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Human Specialization in Design and Technology

The Current Wave for Learning, Culture, Industry, and Beyond

By: Patricia A. Young

Human Specialization in Design and Technology explores emerging trends in learning and training—standardization, personalization, customization, and specialization—with a unique focus on innovations specific to human needs and conditions. Analyzing evidence from current academic research as well as the popular press, this concise volume defines and examines the trajectory of instructional design and technologies toward more human-centered and specialized products, services, processes, environments, and systems. Examples from education, healthcare, business, and other sectors offer real-world demonstrations for scholars and graduate students of educational technology, instructional design, and business development. The book features insights into the future of professors, public schools, equity and access, extended technologies, open educational resources, and more, concluding with a set of concrete solutions.

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1000334945

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9781000334944

Ethical and Legal Issues for Imaging Professionals

By: Doreen M. Towsley-Cook,Terese A. Young

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Ethical and Legal Issues for Imaging Professionals

By: Doreen M. Towsley-Cook,Terese A. Young

This balanced examination of ethical and legal principles and issues provides vital information for radiography, ultrasound, nuclear medicine, and radiation professionals. By discussing the foundations of ethics for technologists, then entering into a discussion of applicable law, Ethical and Legal Issues for Imaging Professionals, 2nd Edition provides an approach that leads to a more successful style of personal risk management. With each chapter divided into two sections of ethical issues and legal issues, the content is easy to read and understand. Plus, learning activities and current event discussions help the readers learn and remember information so they can use it in real life. - Imaging Scenarios spark classroom discussion and encourage students to apply what they have learned and develop critical thinking and problem solving skills. - Review Questions at the end of each chapter allow students to test their retention of chapter content. - Critical Thinking Questions and Activities helps students examine their personal responses to various situations and encourages them to expand on their knowledge of policies and procedures. - Professional Profiles present a brief glimpse into how ethics and law impact the daily lives of professional imaging technologists. - Margin Definitions and Glossary provide an easily accessible resource to understanding terminology. - Learning Objectives and Chapter Outline focus the student on the most important content. - Discussion of limited radiographers, health care literacy, HIPAA, employee rights, whistle blowing, and relevant new technologies include the most current information available to keep readers up-to-date on topics in their field. - More relevant and up-to-date case studies keep readers current on situations they may face in the field. - Expanded content on the history of ethics gives users a better understanding of ethics. - Updated legal terminology provides the most current information on the ever-changing world of law. - Bulleted key point summaries highlight important information from each chapter for easy review.

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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0323277764

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9780323277761

The Bible, Rocks and Time

Geological Evidence for the Age of the Earth

By: Davis A. Young,Ralph F. Stearley

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The Bible, Rocks and Time

Geological Evidence for the Age of the Earth

By: Davis A. Young,Ralph F. Stearley

Davis A. Young and Ralph Stearley seek to convince readers of the vast antiquity of the Earth. They point out the flaws of young-Earth creationism and counter the impression by many scientists that all Christians are young-Earth creationists.

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InterVarsity Press

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0830828761

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9780830828760

Trading Fish, Saving Fish

The Interaction between Regimes in International Law

By: Margaret A. Young

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Trading Fish, Saving Fish

The Interaction between Regimes in International Law

By: Margaret A. Young

Numerous international legal regimes now seek to address the global depletion of fish stocks, and increasingly their activities overlap. The relevant laws were developed at different times by different groups of states. They are motivated by divergent economic approaches, influenced by disparate non-state actors, and implemented by separate institutions such as the World Trade Organization and the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization. Margaret Young shows how these and other factors affect the interaction between regimes. Her empirical and doctrinal analysis moves beyond the discussion of conflicting norms that has dominated the fragmentation debate. Case-studies include the negotiation of new rules on fisheries subsidies, the restriction of trade in endangered marine species and the adjudication of fisheries import bans. She explores how regimes should interact, in fisheries governance and beyond, to offer insights into the practice and legitimacy of regime interaction in international law.

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Cambridge University Press

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1139500457

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9781139500456

Determining the Economic Value of Water

Concepts and Methods

By: Robert A. Young,John B. Loomis

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Determining the Economic Value of Water

Concepts and Methods

By: Robert A. Young,John B. Loomis

Water provides benefits as a commodity for agriculture, industry, and households, and as a public good such as fisheries habitat, water quality and recreational use. To aid in cost-benefit analysis under conditions where market determined price signals are usually unavailable, economists have developed a range of alternative valuation methods for measuring economic benefits. This volume provides the most comprehensive exposition to-date of the application of economic valuation methods to proposed water resources investments and policies. It provides a conceptual framework for valuation of both commodity and public good uses of water, addressing non-market valuation techniques appropriate to measuring public benefits - including water quality improvement, recreation, and fish habitat enhancement. The book describes the various measurement methods, illustrates how they are applied in practice, and discusses their strengths, limitations, and appropriate roles. In this second edition, all chapters have been thoroughly updated, and in particular the coverage of water markets and valuation of ecosystem services from water has been expanded. Robert Young, author of the 2005 edition, has been joined for this new edition by John Loomis, who brings additional expertise on ecosystem services and the environmental economics of water for recreational and other public good uses of water.

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Routledge

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1135040524

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9781135040529

Odyssey in Love

An Adventure in the Way, the Truth, and the Life

By: Robert A. Young

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Odyssey in Love

An Adventure in the Way, the Truth, and the Life

By: Robert A. Young

Odyssey in Love is a fascinating documentary of two madly in love Catholic-Christian souls who became one in spirit and who are attempting to follow Gods will for their lives. The forty-seven year story of Bob and Mary Young, as related in their boring annual Christmas letters and family photos, provides a laugh-out-loud recollection of co-creating and raising nine children and, by proxy, twenty-five grandchildren... so far. Bob and Mary believe that this brief earthly journey is an adventure in God and with God, and, that by doing His will in this life, they will join Him and their loved ones in an eternal adventure of divine love in the next life! Their Christmas story highlights that conviction. Odyssey in Love reflects the Light that emanates from our Father in this age of moral darkness, and fills each of us with a burning hope and expectation that we too will fulfill our destiny and experience fully our adventure in the Son, who is the Way, the Truth, and the Life!

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iUniverse

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1475978634

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9781475978636

John Tortes "Chief" Meyers

A Baseball Biography

By: William A. Young

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John Tortes "Chief" Meyers

A Baseball Biography

By: William A. Young

One of major league baseball's first Native American stars, John Tortes "Chief" Meyers (1880-1971) was the hard-hitting, award-winning catcher for John McGraw's New York Giants from 1908 to 1915 and later for the Brooklyn Dodgers. He appeared in four World Series and remains heralded for his role as the trusted battery mate of legendary pitcher Christy Mathewson. Unlike other Native American players who eschewed their tribal identities to escape prejudice, Meyers--a member of the Santa Rosa Band of the Cahuilla Tribe of California--remained proud of his heritage and became a tribal leader after his major league career. This first full biography explores John Tortes Meyers's Cahuilla roots and early life, his year at Dartmouth College, his outstanding baseball career, his life after baseball, and his remarkable legacy.

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McFarland

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0786491337

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9780786491339

Matching Books and Readers

Helping English Learners in Grades K-6

By: Nancy L. Hadaway,Terrell A. Young

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Matching Books and Readers

Helping English Learners in Grades K-6

By: Nancy L. Hadaway,Terrell A. Young

Providing practical guidance and resources, this book helps teachers harness the power of children's literature for developing ELLs' literacy skills and language proficiency. The authors show how carefully selected fiction, nonfiction, and poetry can support students' learning across the curriculum. Criteria and guiding questions are presented for matching books and readers based on text features, literacy and language proficiency, and student background knowledge and interests. Interspersed throughout are essays and poems by well-known children's authors that connect in a personal way with the themes explored in the chapters. The annotated bibliography features over 600 engaging, culturally relevant trade titles.

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Guilford Press

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1606238833

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9781606238837

J.L. Wilkinson and the Kansas City Monarchs

Trailblazers in Black Baseball

By: William A. Young

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J.L. Wilkinson and the Kansas City Monarchs

Trailblazers in Black Baseball

By: William A. Young

Baseball pioneer J. L. Wilkinson (1878-1964) was the owner and founder, in 1920, of the famed Kansas City Monarchs of the Negro Leagues. The only white owner in the Negro National League (NNL), Wilkinson earned a reputation for treating players with fairness and respect. He began his career in Iowa as a player, later organizing a traveling women's team in 1908 and the multiracial All-Nations club in 1912. He led the Monarchs to two Negro Leagues World Series championships and numerous pennants in the NNL and the Negro American League. During the Depression he developed an ingenious portable lighting system for night games, credited with saving black baseball. He resurrected the career of legendary pitcher Satchel Paige in 1938 and in 1945 signed a rookie named Jackie Robinson to the Monarchs. Wilkinson was posthumously inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2006, joining 14 Monarchs players.

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McFarland

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1476662991

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9781476662992

Women and Healthy Aging

Living Productively in Spite of It All

By: J Dianne Garner,Alice A Young

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Women and Healthy Aging

Living Productively in Spite of It All

By: J Dianne Garner,Alice A Young

This book explores what is known about healthy living among older women, emphasizing overcoming illness and adversity. Women and Healthy Aging focuses on common age-related changes and illnesses that frequently occur among women in the later years. It describes these diseases and changes, provides treatment options, highlights preventative measures, and offers suggestions for continued productive living as women age. Since some of the barriers to effective diagnoses, treatments, and implementation of productive living strategies are institutional, two chapters explore public health policies which affect older women and discrimination against older women in health care. This informative book assists health care professionals in the provision of services to older women, helping these professionals become catalysts for enabling older women to “overcome adversity” and continue to lead healthy, productive lives. Many of the most common diseases and age-related changes that affect older women are not “curable.” In a society which stresses “cure” as the appropriate role for health care professionals, what are these professionals to do with the legions of older women for whom “cures” may not be possible? How can they assist older women in preventing or slowing the occurrences of diseases and age-related changes? When prevention or cure is not possible, how can they assist older women in living productive, meaningful lives? By addressing specific conditions and diseases, Women and Healthy Aging gives readers focused information on current treatment options, preventative strategies, and suggestions for productive living which are disease- or condition-specific and target older women. Some of the topics covered include menopause, osteoporosis, arthritis, diabetes, heart disease, cancer, Alzheimer’s disease, and sensory loss. Practitioners, educators, and students in the fields of nursing, social work, physical therapy, occupational therapy, gerontology, human services, and medicine will find this book an illuminating source of valuable information and insights into the aging process for women.

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Routledge

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1317823400

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9781317823407

Stop Knocking at My Door

Drama Free HR to Help Grow Your Business

By: Karen Young

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Stop Knocking at My Door

Drama Free HR to Help Grow Your Business

By: Karen Young

Let Your Company THRIVE: Learn to LOVE HR The “Personnel Department” is long gone, replaced for the better by “Human Resources,” which emphasizes the employees as a resource. People are your most valuable asset, and having the best “people department” comes from making and conveying a unified plan. Stop Knocking on My Door reveals effective HR systems and practices that will reduce the interruptions you experience throughout the workday, resulting in employees who are happy, safe, and productive. Reduce incidents, disruptions, and turnover while increasing your bottom line by understanding the importance of: • Defining expectations • Making the job description the hub of the wheel • Staying out of employment regulatory purgatory • Improving morale and retention • Recognizing the significance of HR in companies of ALL sizes Embrace what quality HR management can do for your company― and your state of mind! “A wealth of information and guidance from one of the best HR experts I have known.” ―Nancy H. Sacunas, CEO, Sacunas, Inc.

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Advantage Media Group

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1599326515

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9781599326511

Brother to Brother

Motivation for Young African American Men

By: Lloyd A. Young,Lloyd Young Jr, Lloyd A. Young, Keon Young, Sean T. Young,Keon Young,Sean T. Young

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Brother to Brother

Motivation for Young African American Men

By: Lloyd A. Young,Lloyd Young Jr, Lloyd A. Young, Keon Young, Sean T. Young,Keon Young,Sean T. Young

SummaryBrother to Brother:Motivation for Young African-American Men is an anticipated bestseller for 2010. This book is a much needed tool to encourage young men to live up to their God-given potentials.Brother to Brotherprovides thought provoking quotes from various individuals on an array of topics: Education, Family, Fatherhood, Manhood, and Spirituality. Each segment is preceded by an essay relating to the chapter's subject matter.The Young men, the authors, have an established record of working with men, young and old helping them recognize their potential. The authors have reached out to other African-American men to be mentors through writing.Brother to Brother:Motivation for Young African-American Men is expected to be one of the top motivational books of its kind. Whether you are a young man or working with young African-American males, this book is a great addition to your resources for living a purposeful life. Don't miss out on this great opportunity to be motivated to "grow into the crown that has been placed above your head.

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101

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Xlibris Corporation

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1453517340

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9781453517345

Are Black Men Doomed?

By: Alford A. Young, Jr.

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Are Black Men Doomed?

By: Alford A. Young, Jr.

Life for too many African American men is a battle with extreme disadvantage, a fight for survival, and a struggle for dignity in a society which labels them a "problem." For more than 30 years, most of the effort put toward addressing the crisis of Black men has centered on what they must do to improve their condition. Without neglecting that perspective, Are Black men doomed? radically shifts the focus. This urgent intervention explores how a damning portrait of Black men as incorrigibly pernicious has been built and persists, and how the voice of these men themselves has been ignored. It astutely argues that improving the prospects for Black men requires that society fully come to terms with the narrow and incomplete vision it has sustained about these men. It then shows us the means to hear, understand, and value them, offering a new vision rooted in reinterpretation and redemption.

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140

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John Wiley & Sons

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1509522093

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