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Unusual Stories, Unusually Told: 7 Contemporary American Plays from Clubbed Thumb

U.S. Drag; Slavey; Dot; Baby Screams Miracle; Men on Boats; Of Government; Plano

By: Sigrid Gilmer,Gina Gionfriddo,Clare Barron,Jaclyn Backhaus,Agnes Borinsky,Will Arbery,Kate E. Ryan

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Unusual Stories, Unusually Told: 7 Contemporary American Plays from Clubbed Thumb

U.S. Drag; Slavey; Dot; Baby Screams Miracle; Men on Boats; Of Government; Plano

By: Sigrid Gilmer,Gina Gionfriddo,Clare Barron,Jaclyn Backhaus,Agnes Borinsky,Will Arbery,Kate E. Ryan

Unusual Stories, Unusually Told celebrates some of the boldest contemporary American voices with seven plays from Clubbed Thumb's Summerworks. Spanning 2001 to 2019 and accompanied by artist interviews and reflections on the work, this anthology presents a vital survey of formally inventive 21st century playwriting, and is a perfect collection for study and performance. U.S. Drag by Gina Gionfriddo A serial killer named Ed stalks the city, luring his victims by asking for help. To protect themselves, a group of New Yorkers form SAFE, “Stay Away From Ed.” The first rule: don't help anyone. It's a matter of urban survival. Slavey by Sigrid Gilmer In which Robert and Nora, a couple on the rise, get a big promotion, a bigger house, and a brand new slave. Dot by Kate E. Ryan In which old Dot and the weird kid from the neighborhood become friends. Set in that kind of Florida town that makes you wonder: is this TV, a book, or maybe even a cabaret? Baby Screams Miracle by Clare Barron In which a freak storm knocks down all the trees in town and a prodigal daughter is taught a new way to pray. But the weird weather's not over yet. Men on Boats by Jaclyn Backhaus Ten explorers. Four boats. One Grand Canyon. Men On Boats is the true(ish) history of an 1869 expedition, when a one-armed captain and a crew of insane yet loyal volunteers set out to chart the course of the Colorado River. Of Government by Agnes Borinsky The adventures of Barb the Teacher, Deb the Seeker, Heidi the Helper, Tawny the Addict and a host of others. With songs! Presented by Miss Marjorie Blain, her students, and members of the community. Light refreshments will be provided. Plano by Will Arbery Tonight, and later, and earlier, three sisters (no, not those ones) are stricken with a series of strange plagues. Let's talk about family nightmares. I mean, uh, memories.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1350194212

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9781350194212

The Cancer Problem

Malignancy in Nineteenth-Century Britain

By: Agnes Arnold-Forster

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The Cancer Problem

Malignancy in Nineteenth-Century Britain

By: Agnes Arnold-Forster

The Cancer Problem offers the first medical, cultural, and social history of cancer in nineteenth-century Britain. It begins by looking at a community of doctors and patients who lived and worked in the streets surrounding the Middlesex Hospital in London. It follows in their footsteps as they walked the labyrinthine lanes and passages that branched off Tottenham Court Road; then, through seven chapters, its focus expands to successively include the rivers, lakes, and forests of England, the mountains, poverty, and hunger of the four nations of the British Isles, the reluctant and resistant inhabitants of the British Empire, and the networks of scientists and doctors spread across Europe and North America. The Cancer Problem: Malignancy in Nineteenth-Century Britain argues that it was in the nineteenth century that cancer acquired the unique emotional, symbolic, and politicized status it maintains today. Through an interrogation of the construction, deployment, and emotional consequences of the disease's incurability, this book reframes our conceptualization of the relationship between medicine and modern life and reshapes our understanding of chronic and incurable maladies, both past and present.

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Oxford University Press

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0192635751

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9780192635754

Ready, Aye Ready!

By: Agnes Giberne

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Ready, Aye Ready!

By: Agnes Giberne

Aand they call this 'Woodbine Cottage'!" said Susan Dunn, gazing out upon a paved street, where several unwashed children were disporting themselves in a gutter. She looked dusty and unhappy, and she spoke disconsolately,—all three things rare with Susan Dunn, for a neater and brighter and more smiling little roundabout of a woman could in general be nowhere found. The cottage wore an air of confusion. A damp floor told of recent scrubbing, as also did pail and soap, not to speak of Mrs. Dunn's own rolled-up sleeves and bare arms. In one corner stood a pile of chairs: in another a small wooden cupboard. An empty book-case lay on the table, and through the open door might be seen a folded carpet, waiting for admission. Side by side with the book-case, on the round table, sat cross-legged a little girl, about seven years old, contemplating the scene with sober eyes. She had plainly climbed there to be out of the way. There had been a family flitting from an old home to a new. No unusual event this, in the lives of many men and women, but very unusual in the lives of Richard and Susan Dunn. For during more than fifteen years Dunn had worked as a regularly attached labourer, under Messrs. Horry, Builders, &c.; and not merely as a labourer, but as a clever and skilful "handy man," though, unhappily for himself, not as a skilled artisan. A widowed mother had been unable to afford the seven years' apprenticeship in those days requisite; and Richard Dunn's abilities were thereby handicapped through his after life. For fifteen years they had known no change; and now suddenly a change had become necessary. Times were bad for business men, and Dunn's employers had failed. Thereby many working-men were cast adrift, and compelled to flit elsewhere in search of employment. Dunn found what he needed, with less difficulty than he had expected. But he had to quit the pretty cottage and well-cultivated garden-slip which had long been the pride of his heart; to say good-bye to friends of many years' standing; and to find himself fresh quarters at Littleburgh. "Woodbine Cottage" had sounded hopeful, when first he was advised to take a look at it. Dunn soon found, however, that dreams of country prettiness and twining creepers must be put aside. Littleburgh was a bustling manufacturing town, of perhaps some nine or ten thousand inhabitants, and, viewed from a money point of view, it might be regarded as a very thriving place. There were cloth-factories and other factories, some of the former being worked almost entirely by women. Fresh houses and streets were being run up in all directions: so the builders were just then having a fairly good time of it. Of course rents were proportionately dear. The town lay in a flat unbeautiful neighbourhood; very different from the fair and hilly landscape the Dunns were used to look upon. Long rows of small red or white houses, as much alike one to another as a supply of pill-boxes, stretched away to the east and south; and beyond them lay wide brick-fields, with a kiln here and there.

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Library of Alexandria

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1465567216

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9781465567215

Implications of Integrating Women into the Marine Corps Infantry

By: Agnes Gereben Schaefer,Jennie W. Wenger,Jennifer Kavanagh,Jonathan P. Wong,Gillian S. Oak,Thomas E. Trail,Todd Nichols

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Implications of Integrating Women into the Marine Corps Infantry

By: Agnes Gereben Schaefer,Jennie W. Wenger,Jennifer Kavanagh,Jonathan P. Wong,Gillian S. Oak,Thomas E. Trail,Todd Nichols

This study for the U.S. Marine Corps presents a historical overview of the integration of women into the U.S. military and explores the importance of cohesion and what influences it. The gender integration experiences of foreign militaries, as well as the gender integration efforts of domestic police and fire departments, are analyzed for insights into effective policies. The potential costs of integration are analyzed as well.

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Rand Corporation

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0833092642

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9780833092649

The Political Economy of Middle Class Politics and the Global Crisis in Eastern Europe

The case of Hungary and Romania

By: Agnes Gagyi

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The Political Economy of Middle Class Politics and the Global Crisis in Eastern Europe

The case of Hungary and Romania

By: Agnes Gagyi

Contrary to dominant narratives which portray East European politics as a pendulum swing between democracy and authoritarianism, conventionally defined in terms of an ahistorical cultural geography of East vs. West, this book analyzes post-socialist transformation as part of the long downturn of the post-WWII global capitalist cycle. Based on an empirical comparison of two countries with significantly different political regimes throughout the period, Hungary and Romania, this study shows how different constellations of successive late socialist and post-socialist regimes have managed internal and external class relations throughout the same global crisis process, from very similar positions of semi-peripheral, post-socialist systemic integration. Within this context, the book follows the role of social movements since the 1970s, paying attention both to the level of differences between local integration regimes and to the level of structural similarities of global integration. The analysis maintains a special focus on movements’ class composition and inter-class relationships and the specific position of middle-class politics in movements.

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Springer Nature

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3030769437

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9783030769437

Magic and the Will to Science

A Political Anthropology of Liminal Technicality

By: Agnes Horvath

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Magic and the Will to Science

A Political Anthropology of Liminal Technicality

By: Agnes Horvath

This book offers a political anthropological perspective on the problematic character of science, combining insights from historical sociology, political theory, and cultural anthropology. Its central idea, departing from the works of Frances Yates and the Gnosticism thesis of Eric Voegelin, is that far from being the radical opposite of magic, modern science effectively grew out of magic, and its varieties, like alchemy, Hermetic philosophy, the occult, Gnosticism, and Neoplatonism. Showing that the desire to use science to solve various – real or presumed – problems of human existence has created a permanent liminal crisis, it contends that the ‘will to science’ is parasitic, existing as it does in sheer relationality, outside of and in between concrete places and communities. A study of the mutual relationship between magic and science in different historical eras, ranging from the Early Neolithic to recent disease prevention ideas, Magic and the Will to Science will appeal to scholars and students of social and anthropological theory, and the philosophy and sociology of science.

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245

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Taylor & Francis

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1040005896

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9781040005897

The White Pine Industry in Minnesota

A History

By: Agnes Mathilda Larson

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The White Pine Industry in Minnesota

A History

By: Agnes Mathilda Larson

An in-depth study of the role of Minnesota's old-growth forests in the development of the Upper Mississippi valley examines the influence of the region's white pine industry on the construction of the railroads, the rise of busy mill towns, environmental devastation of the forests, and the daily lives of those who depended on the forest for their livelihoods. Reprint.

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U of Minnesota Press

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1452913587

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9781452913582

The Art and Science of Compassion, a Primer

Reflections of a Physician-Chaplain

By: Agnes M. F. Wong

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The Art and Science of Compassion, a Primer

Reflections of a Physician-Chaplain

By: Agnes M. F. Wong

The Art And Science Of Compassion. A Primer is designed as a short, "all-in-one", introductory text that covers the full gamut of compassion, from the evolutional, biological, behavioural, and psychological, to the social, philosophical, and spiritual. Written with busy trainees, clinicians, and educators in mind, it aims to address the following questions: What is compassion? Is it innate or a trainable skill? What do different scientific disciplines, including neuroscience, tell us about compassion? Why is "compassion fatigue" a misnomer? What are the obstacles to compassion? Why are burnout, moral suffering, and bullying so rampant in healthcare? And finally, what does it take to cultivate compassion? Drawing on her diverse background as a clinician, scientist, educator, and chaplain, Dr. Wong presents a wealth of scientific evidence supporting that compassion is both innate and trainable. By interleaving personal experiences and reflections, she shares her insights on what it takes to cultivate compassion to support the art of medicine and caregiving. The training described draws on both contemplative and scientific disciplines to help clinicians develop cognitive, attentional, affective, and somatic skills that are critical for the cultivation of compassion. Compassion not only benefits the recipients, produces better patient care, and improves the healthcare system, it is also a boundless source of energy, resilience, and wellness for the givers. With striking illustrations for key concepts and a concise summary for each chapter, this book provides a solid conceptual framework and practical approaches to cultivate compassion. It serves to complement the experiential component of compassion that the readers are strongly encouraged to develop and practise in their daily lives"--

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0197551386

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9780197551387

Researching Mobile Learning

Frameworks, Tools, and Research Designs

By: Giasemi Vavoula,Agnes Kukulska-Hulme

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Researching Mobile Learning

Frameworks, Tools, and Research Designs

By: Giasemi Vavoula,Agnes Kukulska-Hulme

This title sets out the issues and requirements for mobile learning research and presents recent efforts to specify appropriate theoretical frameworks, research methods and tools. Leading researchers in the field present their experiences and approaches to key aspects of mobile learning research such as data capture and analysis.

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Peter Lang

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3039118323

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9783039118328

Lives of the Queen of Scotland and English Princesses

Vol. VI

By: Agnes Strickland

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Lives of the Queen of Scotland and English Princesses

Vol. VI

By: Agnes Strickland

Reprint of the original, first published in 1856.

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3375177615

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Book's by Agnes Dunn

Unusual Stories, Unusually Told: 7 Contemporary American Plays from Clubbed Thumb

Unusual Stories, Unusually Told: 7 Contemporary American Plays from Clubbed Thumb

The Cancer Problem

The Cancer Problem

Ready, Aye Ready!

Ready, Aye Ready!

Implications of Integrating Women into the Marine Corps Infantry

Implications of Integrating Women into the Marine Corps Infantry

The Political Economy of Middle Class Politics and the Global Crisis in Eastern Europe

The Political Economy of Middle Class Politics and the Global Crisis in Eastern Europe

Magic and the Will to Science

Magic and the Will to Science

The White Pine Industry in Minnesota

The White Pine Industry in Minnesota

The Art and Science of Compassion, a Primer

The Art and Science of Compassion, a Primer

Researching Mobile Learning

Researching Mobile Learning

Lives of the Queen of Scotland and English Princesses

Lives of the Queen of Scotland and English Princesses

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