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The Renaissance of Islam

History, Culture and Society in the 10th Century Muslim World

By: Adam Mez

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The Renaissance of Islam

History, Culture and Society in the 10th Century Muslim World

By: Adam Mez

The tenth century was a formative period for Islamic culture and Adam Mez's Renaissance of Islam offers a detailed survey of the Muslim world during that period. No other single work covers the subject as comprehensively. Mez drew upon a vast range of sources to produce a detailed account of all aspects of Islamic culture and society - finance, religion, geography, industry and trade, law, morals, navigation, etc. The result is a lucid and engaging work that even today remains a key resource for researchers and students alike. The original edition is now very rare. This new edition, introduced by Julia Bray, one of the leading scholars of the period, makes the work available once again and includes a bibliography and index specially prepared for this edition.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1838603573

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Postal Systems in the Pre-Modern Islamic World

By: Adam J. Silverstein

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Postal Systems in the Pre-Modern Islamic World

By: Adam J. Silverstein

Adam Silverstein's book offers a fascinating account of the official methods of communication employed in the Near East from pre-Islamic times through the Mamluk period. Postal systems were set up by rulers in order to maintain control over vast tracts of land. These systems, invented centuries before steam-engines or cars, enabled the swift circulation of different commodities - from letters, people and horses to exotic fruits and ice. As the correspondence transported often included confidential reports from a ruler's provinces, such postal systems doubled as espionage-networks through which news reached the central authorities quickly enough to allow a timely reaction to events. The book sheds light not only on the role of communications technology in Islamic history, but also on how nomadic culture contributed to empire-building in the Near East. This is a long-awaited contribution to the history of pre-modern communications systems in the Near Eastern world.

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Cambridge University Press

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1139464086

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Subversions of the American Century

Filipino Literature in Spanish and the Transpacific Transformation of the United States

By: Adam Lifshey

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Subversions of the American Century

Filipino Literature in Spanish and the Transpacific Transformation of the United States

By: Adam Lifshey

A revolutionary study of Spanish-language Filipino literature as the first creative reaction to American imperialism

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University of Michigan Press

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0472052934

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The Renaissance of Islam

History, Culture and Society in the 10th Century Muslim World

By: Adam Mez

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History, Culture and Society in the 10th Century Muslim World

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Analysis and Geometry on Complex Homogeneous Domains

By: Jacques Faraut,Soji Kaneyuki,Adam Koranyi,Qi-keng Lu,Guy Roos

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Analysis and Geometry on Complex Homogeneous Domains

By: Jacques Faraut,Soji Kaneyuki,Adam Koranyi,Qi-keng Lu,Guy Roos

A number of important topics in complex analysis and geometry are covered in this excellent introductory text. Written by experts in the subject, each chapter unfolds from the basics to the more complex. The exposition is rapid-paced and efficient, without compromising proofs and examples that enable the reader to grasp the essentials. The most basic type of domain examined is the bounded symmetric domain, originally described and classified by Cartan and Harish- Chandra. Two of the five parts of the text deal with these domains: one introduces the subject through the theory of semisimple Lie algebras (Koranyi), and the other through Jordan algebras and triple systems (Roos). Larger classes of domains and spaces are furnished by the pseudo-Hermitian symmetric spaces and related R-spaces. These classes are covered via a study of their geometry and a presentation and classification of their Lie algebraic theory (Kaneyuki). In the fourth part of the book, the heat kernels of the symmetric spaces belonging to the classical Lie groups are determined (Lu). Explicit computations are made for each case, giving precise results and complementing the more abstract and general methods presented. Also explored are recent developments in the field, in particular, the study of complex semigroups which generalize complex tube domains and function spaces on them (Faraut). This volume will be useful as a graduate text for students of Lie group theory with connections to complex analysis, or as a self-study resource for newcomers to the field. Readers will reach the frontiers of the subject in a considerably shorter time than with existing texts.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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1461213665

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The Clans, Septs & Regiments of the Scottish Highlands

By: Frank Adam

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The Clans, Septs & Regiments of the Scottish Highlands

By: Frank Adam

Given by Eugene Edge III.

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Genealogical Publishing Com

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0806304480

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Olivia Twist: Honor Among Thieves

By: Darin Strauss,Adam Dalva

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Olivia Twist: Honor Among Thieves

By: Darin Strauss,Adam Dalva

The Dickens classic reimagined as a female-centric, dark futuristic fable. To save a boy she barely knows, teenage orphan Olivia Twist joins THE ESTHERS, a rag-tag girl gang of thieves running free in a dangerous future. Olivia's life in this London of internment camps and strange technology gets even more complicated when she discovers that she has more power and wealth than she's ever dreamed of. But it comes with a great cost. This volume collects issues #1-#4 of Darin Strauss, Adam Dalva, and Emma Vieceli's Olivia.

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Dark Horse Comics

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1506709575

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Wind, Water, Work

Ancient and Medieval Milling Technology

By: Adam Lucas

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Wind, Water, Work

Ancient and Medieval Milling Technology

By: Adam Lucas

This book is the most comprehensive empirical study to date of the social and technical aspects of milling during the ancient and medieval periods. Drawing on the latest archaeological evidence and historical studies, the book examines the chronological development and technical details of handmills, beast mills, watermills and windmills from the first millennium BCE to c. 1500. It discusses the many and varied uses to which mills were turned in the civilisations of Rome, China, Islam and Europe, and the many types of mill that existed. The book also includes comparative regional studies of the social and economic significance of milling, and tackles several important historiographical issues, such as whether technological stagnation was a characteristic of late Antiquity, whether there was an "industrial revolution" in the European Middle Ages based on waterpower, and how contemporary studies in the social shaping of technology can shed light on the study of pre-modern technology.

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BRILL

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9047417224

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On Liking the Other

Queer Subjects and Religious Discourses

By: Kevin J. Burke,Adam J. Greteman

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On Liking the Other

Queer Subjects and Religious Discourses

By: Kevin J. Burke,Adam J. Greteman

A 2022 SPE Outstanding Book Award Winner On Liking the Other: Queer Subjects and Religious Discourses studies the intersection of religious and queer discourses in teacher education. It looks at the sometimes difficult topics rooted in these two particular discourses, which are often seen as unwelcome in both public and private educational spaces. In engaging in such a conversation, the authors seek the ways that these discourses, while steeped in discontent, dilemma, and difficulty, might also offer ways to reorient ourselves amidst twenty-first century educational realities. More to the point, the text puts queer histories and logics into conversations with theologies through the concept of liking. Eschewing the typical antagonism that often defines the relationships between religious and queer discourses, this book looks for resonances and overlaps that might provide new habits for conducting the work of meeting in teacher education classrooms and educational worlds. It is an excellent text for a variety of classrooms and courses. On Liking the Other is structured in three sections, with each section divided into two chapters. Within each section, the authors explore an overarching theme through their distinct, albeit related, perspectives. This is to allow each perspective to be given its due, while also drawing on the knowledge of one another at particular junctures. Like a conversation in person, this recognizes the ways conversations (as opposed to monologues) happen and, in doing so, helps to add clarification and additional details. Kevin J. Burke is a curriculum theorist whose scholarship operates at the intersection of religion, masculinities, and English education. Adam J. Greteman is a philosopher of education whose scholarship operates at the intersection of queer theories, sexualities, and Art education. Both authors are deeply invested in the work of Teacher Education, particularly in thinking through the conundrums of engaging pre-service teachers who bring to Teacher Education classrooms and eventually their own classrooms their religious, gendered, and sexual subjectivities. The conversations here, attempting to orient ourselves differently, are meant to open up space for complicated conversations that are foundational to the work of curriculum. Perfect for courses such as: Queer Theory in Education | Multicultural Education | Critical Educational Foundations | Human Diversity, Power and Opportunity in Social Institutions | Diversity in Education | Diversity and Inclusive Teaching | Multicultural and Equity Studies in Education

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Myers Education Press

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1975504097

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Adae Murimuth Continuatio Chronicarum; Robertus de Avesbury de Gestis Mirabilibus Regis Edwardi Tertii

By: Adam Murimuth,Robert Of Avesbury,Robert of Avesbury

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Adae Murimuth Continuatio Chronicarum; Robertus de Avesbury de Gestis Mirabilibus Regis Edwardi Tertii

By: Adam Murimuth,Robert Of Avesbury,Robert of Avesbury

Two fourteenth-century chronicles by Adam Murimuth and Robert of Avesbury, edited by E. M. Thompson (1840-1929) and published in 1889.

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Cambridge University Press

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1108053386

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O Holy Night - Solo, Choir SATB, small Orchestra and Piano (Score)

Cantique de Noël

By: Enrico Zullino,Adolphe Adam

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O Holy Night - Solo, Choir SATB, small Orchestra and Piano (Score)

Cantique de Noël

By: Enrico Zullino,Adolphe Adam

O Holy Night" (Cantique de Noel) composed by Adolphe Adam, with orchestration by Enrico Zullino. Score available in series a Set of Parts (13) that includes Solo voice, Choir SATB, Trumpet in C and in Bb, Horn in C and in F, Bassoon, Violin I - II, Viola, Cello, and Double Bass. includes translations in multiple languages, such as English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Korean, Japanese, and Chinese. These translations provide musicians with valuable insights into the content and its cultural context, creating a comprehensive and enriching musical experience for performers and audiences around the world.

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Glissato Edizioni Musicali

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The Medieval Economy of Salvation

Charity, Commerce, and the Rise of the Hospital

By: Adam J. Davis

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The Medieval Economy of Salvation

Charity, Commerce, and the Rise of the Hospital

By: Adam J. Davis

In The Medieval Economy of Salvation, Adam J. Davis shows how the burgeoning commercial economy of western Europe in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, alongside an emerging culture of Christian charity, led to the establishment of hundreds of hospitals and leper houses. Focusing on the county of Champagne, he looks at the ways in which charitable organizations and individuals—townspeople, merchants, aristocrats, and ecclesiastics—saw in these new institutions a means of infusing charitable giving and service with new social significance and heightened expectations of spiritual rewards. In tracing the rise of the medieval hospital during a period of intense urbanization and the transition from a gift economy to a commercial one, Davis makes clear how embedded this charitable institution was in the wider social, cultural, religious, and economic fabric of medieval life.

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Cornell University Press

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1501742124

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King of Thieves

By: Adam Shand

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King of Thieves

By: Adam Shand

History.

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ReadHowYouWant.com

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1458716686

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9781458716682

Marketing Modernity

Italian Advertising from Fascism to Postmodernity

By: Adam Arvidsson

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Marketing Modernity

Italian Advertising from Fascism to Postmodernity

By: Adam Arvidsson

In Marketing Modernity, Adam Arvidsson traces the development of Italy's postmodern consumer culture from the 1920s to the present day. In so doing, Arvidsson argues that the culture of consumption we see in Italy today has its direct roots in the social vision articulated by the advertising industry in the years following the First World War. He then goes on to discuss how that vision was further elaborated by advertising's interaction with subsequent big discourses in Twentieth Century Italy: fascism, post-war mass political parties and the counter-culture of the 1960s and 1970s. Based on a wide range of primary sources, this fascinating book takes an innovative historical approach to the study of consumption.

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Routledge

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1134489897

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O Holy Night - Solo, Choir SATB, small Orchestra and Piano (Parts)

Cantique de Noël

By: Enrico Zullino,Adolphe Adam

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O Holy Night - Solo, Choir SATB, small Orchestra and Piano (Parts)

Cantique de Noël

By: Enrico Zullino,Adolphe Adam

O Holy Night" (Cantique de Noel) composed by Adolphe Adam, with orchestration by Enrico Zullino. This remarkable composition is available in a Set of Parts (13) that includes Solo voice, Choir SATB, Trumpet in C and in Bb, Horn in C and in F, Bassoon, Violin I - II, Viola, Cello, and Double Bass. Score available in series. includes translations in multiple languages, such as English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Korean, Japanese, and Chinese. These translations provide musicians with valuable insights into the content and its cultural context, creating a comprehensive and enriching musical experience for performers and audiences around the world.

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Upgrade Culture and Technological Change

The Business of the Future

By: Adam Richard Rottinghaus

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Upgrade Culture and Technological Change

The Business of the Future

By: Adam Richard Rottinghaus

This book explores the origin and future of "upgrade culture," a collection of cultural habits and orientations based on the assumption that new technologies will rapidly, perpetually, and inevitably emerge. By analyzing discourses of technological change and the practices of marketing workers inside the consumer technology industry between the early 1980s and the late 2010s, the book describes the genesis, maintenance, and future of upgrade culture. Based on archival and popular sources, first-hand interviews with a range of industry professionals, and participant observations at industry-only events, the book attends to issues both intimate to the culture of marketing work and structural to the organization of the consumer technology industry. This book will have a broad appeal to social/cultural theorists of technology, marketing, and consumerism, as well as to scholars in business history, communication, cultural studies, media studies, sociology, and anthropology. The Introduction of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license. https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/oa-mono/10.4324/9781003193869-1/introduction-adam-richard-rottinghaus?context=ubx&refId=1bb75408-b5c2-4a69-bd20-082a73a77920

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Routledge

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1000513793

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RISE: Comics Against Bullying #2

By: Marc Andreyko,Brandon Barrows,Christian Beranek,Elizabeth Amber Love,Vasilis K. Pozios, M.D.,Adam Pruett,Erica Schultz,Josh Southall,Kristopher White

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RISE: Comics Against Bullying #2

By: Marc Andreyko,Brandon Barrows,Christian Beranek,Elizabeth Amber Love,Vasilis K. Pozios, M.D.,Adam Pruett,Erica Schultz,Josh Southall,Kristopher White

Stand up against bullying! Featuring all-new comics from Marc Andreyko (Batwoman), Sina Grace (Li’l Depressed Boy), Vasilis Pozios, Marguerite Sauvage (Sensation Comics featuring Wonder Woman), Kristopher White (Father Robot), and MANY more! Proceeds benefit organizations including GLAAD, Prism Comics, and Stand For The Silent. Released by Northwest Press, which has been publishing quality LGBT-inclusive comics and graphic novels since 2010.

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1938720903

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Place names in much of north-east Scotland

By: Adam Watson

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Place names in much of north-east Scotland

By: Adam Watson

A study of Celtic, Scots and English place names across large sections of north-east Scotland, based on interviews with indigenous residents working the land and the sea, along with historical sources and maps.

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Paragon Publishing

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1782220690

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9781782220695

The Ethics of Sports Fandom

By: Adam Kadlac

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The Ethics of Sports Fandom

By: Adam Kadlac

Fans largely regard sports as an escapist pursuit—something that provides distraction from the cares and concerns of "real life." This book pushes back against a fully escapist account of sports fandom and argues that we should understand the value of fandom in terms of the ability of sports to prompt fans to reflect meaningfully on the notion of a good life. Even if we are not engaged in high-level athletics, it is possible to learn a great deal from those who are: what sacrifices are required to achieve our goals; how to persevere through failure and disappointment; and about teamwork and the rewards of accomplishing things together. Moreover, partisan fandom, which has been criticized from various quarters, can teach us valuable lessons about love and what it means to be invested in things over which we have no control. If our reflection on the efforts of individual athletes helps us reflect on our own pursuit of the good life, our attachments to teams can help us to cultivate a certain kind of humility and openness to all that life has to offer. The Ethics of Sports Fandom is an accessible resource for researchers and students interested in the ethics and philosophy of sport that offers an analysis of several different aspects of contemporary fandom: fantasy sports, the ways that fans interact with athletes on social media, violent sports, women’s sports, and the support for our countries’ national teams. In all these areas, reflecting on what it means to respect athletes as individual human beings engaged in their own pursuit of the good life requires that fans consider their sports-related behavior in a new light.

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100051210X

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Byzantine Ecocriticism

Women, Nature, and Power in the Medieval Greek Romance

By: Adam J. Goldwyn

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Byzantine Ecocriticism

Women, Nature, and Power in the Medieval Greek Romance

By: Adam J. Goldwyn

Byzantine Ecocriticism: Women, Nature, and Power in the Medieval Greek Romance applies literary ecocriticism to the imaginative fiction of the Greek world from the twelfth to fifteenth centuries. Through analyses of hunting, gardening, bride-stealing, and warfare, Byzantine Ecocriticism exposes the attitudes and behaviors that justified human control over women, nature, and animals; the means by which such control was exerted; and the anxieties surrounding its limits. Adam Goldwyn thus demonstrates the ways in which intersectional ecocriticism, feminism, and posthumanism can be applied to medieval texts, and illustrates how the legacies of medieval and Byzantine environmental practice and ideology continue to be relevant to contemporary ecological and environmental concerns.

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Springer

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3319692038

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Gardens in the Desert

How the Adaptive Church Can Lead a Whole New Life

By: Michael Adam Beck,Kenneth H. Carter Jr.

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Gardens in the Desert

How the Adaptive Church Can Lead a Whole New Life

By: Michael Adam Beck,Kenneth H. Carter Jr.

Your church can thrive in this strange new world! Many church people and leaders feel like exiles in their own land. We are facing tremendous challenges. And, just as for those who came before us, the challenges are also opportunities. If we adapt to our new environment, as people and as the body of Christ. Gardens in the Desert offers local and denominational church leaders a practical, inspired, scripture-rooted vision for how we can do this—how we can become God’s church now for God’s intended future. Michael Adam Beck and Ken Carter draw from Jeremiah 29 to provide wise guidance for leaders and churches seeking to adapt and thrive. Jeremiah’s imperatives resonate deeply today, compelling us to experiment, cultivate new relationships, prioritize faith-sharing with people of all ages, interact with others in humility, to “seek the wellbeing of the other,” and to move forward with confidence. The chapters are brief and packed with practical ideas and instruction. The authors include ideas from leaders inside and outside the Church, offering multiple ways for leaders to see and understand what it means to be an adaptive leader and how to shape an adaptive church. The book is rich with lists, diagrams, illustrations, clarifying questions, and frameworks, making the material easy to grasp. It is an excellent resource to share with leadership teams at every level of the local church and in denominational settings. Gardens in the Desert is for laity, leaders, and clergy who have been feeling lost, immobilized, powerless—as exiles—and who are ready to do something new.

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Abingdon Press

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1791033814

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Hidden Truth

Young Men Navigating Lives In and Out of Juvenile Prison

By: Adam Reich

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Hidden Truth

Young Men Navigating Lives In and Out of Juvenile Prison

By: Adam Reich

Hidden Truth takes the reader inside a Rhode Island juvenile prison to explore broader questions of how poor, disenfranchised young men come to terms with masculinity and identity. Adam D. Reich, who worked with inmates to produce a newspaper, writes vividly and memorably about the young men he came to know, and in the process extends theories of masculinity, crime, and social reproduction into a provocative new paradigm. Reich suggests that young men's participation in crime constitutes a game through which they achieve "outsider masculinity." Once in prison these same youths are forced to reconcile their criminal practices with a new game and new "insider masculinity" enforced by guards and administrators.

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