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If You Want to Walk on Water, You've Got to Get Out of the Boat

By: John Ortberg,Amanda Sorenson

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If You Want to Walk on Water, You've Got to Get Out of the Boat

By: John Ortberg,Amanda Sorenson

Ortberg, in his engaging and humorous style, reflects on the biblical story in Matthew 14 and applies it to our lives today. He helps us recognize what boat we're in--the comfortable situation where we're hiding--and encourages us to face our fears and embrace the unique calling of God in our lives.

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Zondervan

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0310250552

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9780310250555

Killer Moms

True Stories

By: Amanda R. Woomer

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Killer Moms

True Stories

By: Amanda R. Woomer

A murder at the hands of a mother is a heartbreaking deviation and a crime against nature! How can a mother commit such an appalling crime? How can she end the lives of the innocents she so recently bore and nurtured? A mother is supposed to be loving, protective, caring, and kind. She’s supposed to nurture and guide her children from infancy into childhood and adolescence. The very thought of murdering a child—much less their own child—is not only bizarre but perhaps the most disturbing thought a parent could have! Exploring the ultimate betrayal of a mother’s duty, Killer Moms: True Stories recounts 31 harrowing tales of motherhood gone wrong, including … Rachel David, who believed she was married to God Andrea Yates, who systemically executed each of her five children by drowning them Magda Goebbels, one of the most powerful women in Nazi Germany, the propaganda minister’s wife and a Hitler favorite The ambiguous Casey Anthony case, whose acquittal shocked the public Melissa Drexler, aka “The Prom Mom,” who hid her pregnancy from everyone Rosemary West, one of England’s most notorious serial killers Lindsey Nicole Blansett, whose solution to ensuring her children wouldn’t suffer in the future was to make sure they did not have a future Nannie Doss, the “Giggling Granny,” who managed to murder four generations of her family in a killing spree that lasted 30 years Angela Camacho, who helped her husband murder her three young children because he believed they were possessed by witches. An unflinching look into humanity’s dark side, Killer Moms is an unnerving read that delves into the twisted paths, the chilling motives, and the devastating consequences of maternal malice!

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Visible Ink Press

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1578598664

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9781578598663

Family Ties and Aging

By: Ingrid Arnet Connidis,Amanda E. Barnett

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Family Ties and Aging

By: Ingrid Arnet Connidis,Amanda E. Barnett

Providing an integrated and thorough representation from current research and contemporary society, Family Ties and Aging shows how pressing issues of our time—an aging population, changing family structures, and new patterns of work-family balance—are negotiated in the family lives of middle-aged and older adults. Focusing on key questions such as "How do current trends and social arrangements affect family relationships?" and "What are the implications of what we know for future research, theory, practice, and policy?", authors Ingrid Arnet Connidis and Amanda E. Barnett explore groups and relationships that are typically overlooked, including the unique family situations of older single and childless persons, sibling ties, older lesbian and gay adults, and new forms of intimate relationships. The Third Edition is thoroughly updated to include the latest research and theoretical developments, recent media coverage of related issues, and new information on intimate relationships in later life and elder neglect/abuse.

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SAGE Publications

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1544342292

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9781544342290

Despite the Best Intentions

How Racial Inequality Thrives in Good Schools

By: Amanda E. Lewis,John B. Diamond

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Despite the Best Intentions

How Racial Inequality Thrives in Good Schools

By: Amanda E. Lewis,John B. Diamond

A rich and disturbing portrait of the achievement gap that persists more than fifty years after the formal dismantling of segregation.

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0195342720

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9780195342727

Salvaging Community

How American Cities Rebuild Closed Military Bases

By: Michael Touchton,Amanda J. Ashley

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Salvaging Community

How American Cities Rebuild Closed Military Bases

By: Michael Touchton,Amanda J. Ashley

American communities face serious challenges when military bases close. But affected municipalities and metro regions are not doomed. Taking a long-term, flexible, and incremental approach, Michael Touchton and Amanda J. Ashley make strong recommendations for collaborative models of governance that can improve defense conversion dramatically and ensure benefits, even for low-resource municipalities. Communities can't control their economic situation or geographic location, but, as Salvaging Community shows, communities can control how they govern conversion processes geared toward redevelopment and reinvention. In Salvaging Community, Touchton and Ashley undertake a comprehensive evaluation of how such communities redevelop former bases following the Department of Defense's Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) process. To do so, they developed the first national database on military redevelopment and combine quantitative national analyses with three, in-depth case studies in California. Salvaging Community thus fills the void in knowledge surrounding redevelopment of bases and the disparate outcomes that affect communities after BRAC. The data presented in Salvaging Community points toward effective strategies for collaborative governance that address the present-day needs of municipal officials, economic development agencies, and non-profit organizations working in post-BRAC communities. Defense conversion is not just about jobs or economic rebound, Touchton and Ashley argue. Emphasizing inclusion and sustainability in redevelopment promotes rejuvenated communities and creates places where people want to live. As localities and regions deal with the legacy of the post-Cold War base closings and anticipate new closures in the future, Salvaging Community presents a timely and constructive approach to both economic and community development at the close of the military-industrial era.

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Cornell University Press

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1501739778

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9781501739774

The Sensation

The Salvation Series, Book II

By: Amanda Bridgeman

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The Sensation

The Salvation Series, Book II

By: Amanda Bridgeman

Last time she investigated the saints of the Solme Complex. This time it's the sinners of the Sensation... Presenting the second Salvi Brentt novel from award-winning author, Amanda Bridgeman. A series of brutal murders has the homicide division of San Francisco's Hub 9 working overtime. But as the bodies mount, they begin to question whether the attacks are random or somehow connected. When one of their own falls victim, Detective Salvi Brentt and the Hub 9 homicide team join forces with the narcotics and cyber divisions to track down those responsible. They soon discover a volatile new drug-tech experience, involving black market neural implants, has hit the streets, causing the epidemic of violence and missing persons. With the clock ticking and the bodies piling up, Salvi must go deep undercover in the seedy Sensation club scene to find out who is behind it. But in the secretive playgrounds of the rich and powerful, some will stop at nothing to protect their empire... File Under: Science Fiction [ Electrical High | Rich vs All | Deathly Addiction | If You Go Down to the Woods… ]

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Watkins Media Limited

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0857668633

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9780857668639

Living Smart, Spending Less Workbook

Wise Choices That Stretch Your Income

By: Stephen Sorenson,Amanda Sorenson

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Living Smart, Spending Less Workbook

Wise Choices That Stretch Your Income

By: Stephen Sorenson,Amanda Sorenson

The tool readers need to get their spending under control, this workbook helps put into practice the principles first presented in the book Living Smart, Spending Less. The book covers areas where daily financial decisions must be made, as well as providing money-saving tips on the big decisions of life.

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080244931X

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Jesus, the Galilean Exorcist

His Exorcisms in Social and Political Context

By: Amanda Witmer

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Jesus, the Galilean Exorcist

His Exorcisms in Social and Political Context

By: Amanda Witmer

Amanda Witmer presents an investigation of exorcism in the activities of the historical Jesus, particularly the connection between spirit possession and exorcism on the one hand and the socio-political context of first-century Galilee on the other. Witmer draws on research from the areas of sociology, anthropology, archaeology and biblical studies to illuminate this aspect of Jesus' career, as well as the broader social implications of spirit possession in those he treated and the exorcisms themselves. Evidence found in the strands underlying the Synoptic Gospels is evaluated using the criteria of authenticity and comparative analysis in order to establish early and historical material. Questions posed and answered concern the historical plausibility of Jesus' role as exorcist, the possibility that his own career began with a period of spirit possession, and the meaning that his exorcisms conveyed to his first-century audience. Thus, the methodology includes textual analysis, sociological analysis of general cultural patterns within which first-century Palestine can be fitted, and anthropological analysis of the plausible functions of both spirit possession and exorcism in agrarian societies.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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0567427560

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9780567427564

Living Smart, Spending Less

Creative Ways to Stretch Your Income-- and Have Fun Doing it

By: Stephen Sorenson,Amanda Sorenson

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Living Smart, Spending Less

Creative Ways to Stretch Your Income-- and Have Fun Doing it

By: Stephen Sorenson,Amanda Sorenson

The indulgence of the '80s has left people with a mindset that has a difficult time adjusting to the frugal '90s. The practical tips in this timely guide will help readers discover what they can do without, how they can take charge of certain areas in their lives, and how they can channel resources to enhance their overall lifestyles.

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0802449301

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9780802449306

When Easy Answers Play Hard to Get

Decision Making for Young Teens

By: Stephen Sorenson,Amanda Sorenson

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When Easy Answers Play Hard to Get

Decision Making for Young Teens

By: Stephen Sorenson,Amanda Sorenson

Thirteen realistic, open-ended stories about teens who have daily-life decisions to make present the reader with an opportunity of thinking through the problems and making the decisions too.

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Augsburg Fortress Publishing

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0806620846

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9780806620848

Stop Pretending

By: Luis Palau,Stephen Sorenson,Amanda Sorenson

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Stop Pretending

By: Luis Palau,Stephen Sorenson,Amanda Sorenson

Learn how to lead an authentic Christian life by taking the lessons the Apostle Paul wrote down in the first half of 2 Corinthians.

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Nexgen

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0781438926

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9780781438926

Soulbound

Destiny's Move

By: Amanda Albery

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Soulbound

Destiny's Move

By: Amanda Albery

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Page Publishing Inc

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168139121X

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Concepts and Categories

Foundations for Sociological and Cultural Analysis

By: Michael T. Hannan,Gaël Le Mens,Greta Hsu,Balázs Kovács,Giacomo Negro,László Pólos,Elizabeth Pontikes,Amanda J. Sharkey

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Concepts and Categories

Foundations for Sociological and Cultural Analysis

By: Michael T. Hannan,Gaël Le Mens,Greta Hsu,Balázs Kovács,Giacomo Negro,László Pólos,Elizabeth Pontikes,Amanda J. Sharkey

Why do people like books, music, or movies that adhere consistently to genre conventions? Why is it hard for politicians to take positions that cross ideological boundaries? Why do we have dramatically different expectations of companies that are categorized as social media platforms as opposed to news media sites? The answers to these questions require an understanding of how people use basic concepts in their everyday lives to give meaning to objects, other people, and social situations and actions. In this book, a team of sociologists presents a groundbreaking model of concepts and categorization that can guide sociological and cultural analysis of a wide variety of social situations. Drawing on research in various fields, including cognitive science, computational linguistics, and psychology, the book develops an innovative view of concepts. It argues that concepts have meanings that are probabilistic rather than sharp, occupying fuzzy, overlapping positions in a “conceptual space.” Measurements of distances in this space reveal our mental representations of categories. Using this model, important yet commonplace phenomena such as our routine buying decisions can be quantified in terms of the cognitive distance between concepts. Concepts and Categories provides an essential set of formal theoretical tools and illustrates their application using an eclectic set of methodologies, from micro-level controlled experiments to macro-level language processing. It illuminates how explicit attention to concepts and categories can give us a new understanding of everyday situations and interactions.

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Columbia University Press

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0231549938

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9780231549936

Harlequin Historical September 2013 - Bundle 2 of 2

Mistress at Midnight\The Runaway Countess\In the Commodore's Hands

By: Sophia James,Amanda McCabe,Mary Nichols

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Harlequin Historical September 2013 - Bundle 2 of 2

Mistress at Midnight\The Runaway Countess\In the Commodore's Hands

By: Sophia James,Amanda McCabe,Mary Nichols

Harlequin® Historical brings you three new titles for one great price, available now for a limited time only from September 1 to September 30! This Harlequin® Historical bundle includes Mistress at Midnight by Sophia James, The Runaway Countess by Amanda McCabe and In the Commodore's Hands by Mary Nichols. Look for six compelling new stories every month from Harlequin® Historical!

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Harlequin

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1459255267

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9781459255265

Globalisation, the State and Regional Australia

By: Amanda Walsh

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Globalisation, the State and Regional Australia

By: Amanda Walsh

‘If we are to understand global capital, neoliberalism and the state in meaningful ways, we must understand them as they operate in, and on, particular places and people.’ Amanda Walsh Globalisation is an inescapable term in the 21st century, but its real meaning is often difficult to pin down. This book sheds new light on the political and economic implications of globalisation by examining the lived experience of a particular region: the Shoalhaven area of New South Wales, where two iconic Australian industries – dairying and manufacturing – struggled to survive in the face of global competition. Drilling down through layers of theory, policy and politics, Amanda Walsh surveys how globalisation has played out in regional Australia. Using industry case studies, she explores how decisions made at a national level have affected regional communities, and considers the role of the state in promoting and mediating globalising forces.

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Sydney University Press

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1743325568

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9781743325568

Technology and Disability

50 Years of Trace R&D Center Contributions and Lessons Learned

By: Gregg Vanderheiden,Jonathan Lazar,Amanda Lazar,Hernisa Kacorri,J. Bern Jordan

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Technology and Disability

50 Years of Trace R&D Center Contributions and Lessons Learned

By: Gregg Vanderheiden,Jonathan Lazar,Amanda Lazar,Hernisa Kacorri,J. Bern Jordan

This book outlines the development of the Trace R&D Center as an institution for furthering accessible and assistive technologies. The book walks readers through the Center’s nascent attempts to solve individual challenges with augmentative communication devices through contemporary efforts to establish global frameworks and infrastructures for accessibility. This book is premised on the Center’s mission to maximize the potential of people with disabilities by harnessing evolving technologies while at the same time dismantling the barriers created by those same technological advancements. Readers will learn how this has been done in the past and why this practice should be a fundamental and integrated feature in new technology planning and implementation. The book touches on pre-internet technologies before exploring the huge implications of, first, the personal computer and, second, the Internet. In parallel with the massive growth in scale rendered by the launch of the Web, the book traces the expansion of the Center’s focus from the individual to the universal, particularly in working to establish accessibility standards and infrastructures. Learning from the successes and failures of the Center, the book outlines many past challenges and future directions for the development of technologies for people with disabilities from the research and industry perspectives.

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Springer Nature

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3031092147

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9783031092145

Night's Mistress

By: Amanda Ashley

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Night's Mistress

By: Amanda Ashley

Pregnant vampire Mara finds herself torn between two men who would provide different lives for her child--Kyle Bowden, the mortal man she loves, and Logan Blackwood, the millionaire vampire she created centuries earlier.

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Zebra Books

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1420130412

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9781420130416

Defensive Security Handbook

By: Lee Brotherston,Amanda Berlin,William F. Reyor III

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Defensive Security Handbook

By: Lee Brotherston,Amanda Berlin,William F. Reyor III

Despite the increase of high-profile hacks, record-breaking data leaks, and ransomware attacks, many organizations don't have the budget for an information security (InfoSec) program. If you're forced to protect yourself by improvising on the job, this pragmatic guide provides a security-101 handbook with steps, tools, processes, and ideas to help you drive maximum-security improvement at little or no cost. Each chapter in this book provides step-by-step instructions for dealing with issues such as breaches and disasters, compliance, network infrastructure, password management, vulnerability scanning, penetration testing, and more. Network engineers, system administrators, and security professionals will learn how to use frameworks, tools, and techniques to build and improve their cybersecurity programs. This book will help you: Plan and design incident response, disaster recovery, compliance, and physical security Learn and apply basic penetration-testing concepts through purple teaming Conduct vulnerability management using automated processes and tools Use IDS, IPS, SOC, logging, and monitoring Bolster Microsoft and Unix systems, network infrastructure, and password management Use segmentation practices and designs to compartmentalize your network Reduce exploitable errors by developing code securely

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"O'Reilly Media, Inc."

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109812720X

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9781098127206

Human

By: Amanda Rees,Charlotte Sleigh

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Human

By: Amanda Rees,Charlotte Sleigh

What does it mean to be human? And what, if anything, does it have to do with being a member of the animal species Homo sapiens? This dazzling book gets to the very heart of our rather unscientific motivations and prejudices, showing how they are of great use in resolving the world’s biggest problems. From beasts to aliens, this book explores widely discussed but often problematic links between humans and six other beings, tackling deep philosophical questions including humanity’s common purpose, life’s meaning, and what it means to be accepted as part of a community. Global in its outlook and illustrated with stunning pictures, Human is a powerful, funny, and iconoclastic antidote to post-humanism.

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Reaktion Books

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1789142512

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9781789142518

Disaster in Paradise

The Landslides in Johnson's Landing

By: Amanda Bath

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Disaster in Paradise

The Landslides in Johnson's Landing

By: Amanda Bath

On the morning of July 12, 2012, Mandy Bath left her picturesque home and garden in Johnson’s Landing, BC, for a day trip to nearby Kaslo. She had no forewarning of what the placid summer day would bring. But just over an hour later, a massive landslide tore into the community, destroying her home and killing four people: Valentine Webber, aged 60, and his daughters, 22-year-old Diana and 17-year-old Rachel, along with 64-year-old Petra Frehse. Returning the next day to search for her cat, Mandy narrowly avoided being buried beneath a second slide. Disaster in Paradise tells a story of survival, grief and recovery, as Mandy and the other residents of Johnson’s Landing gradually rebuild their community in the wake of the tragedy. Mandy eloquently details her own experience of trauma and healing, and weaves in the stories of other residents and volunteers in the rescue and recovery missions as the community bands together to collectively mourn their loss. The story is grounded by the author’s intimate knowledge of the Johnson’s Landing community, but also reflects the greater themes of loss, perseverance and bravery that arise in natural disasters everywhere.

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Harbour Publishing

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155017696X

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9781550176964

A House in the Sky

By: Amanda Lindhout,Sara Corbett

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A House in the Sky

By: Amanda Lindhout,Sara Corbett

The spectacularly dramatic memoir of a woman whose curiosity about the world led her from rural Canada to imperiled and dangerous countries on every continent, and then into fifteen months of harrowing captivity in Somalia—a story of courage, resilience, and extraordinary grace. The dramatic and redemptive memoir of a woman whose curiosity led her to the world’s most beautiful and remote places, its most imperiled and perilous countries, and then into fifteen months of harrowing captivity—an exquisitely written story of courage, resilience, and grace As a child, Amanda Lindhout escaped a violent household by paging through issues of National Geographic and imagining herself in its exotic locales. At the age of nineteen, working as a cocktail waitress in Calgary, Alberta, she began saving her tips so she could travel the globe. Aspiring to understand the world and live a significant life, she backpacked through Latin America, Laos, Bangladesh, and India, and emboldened by each adventure, went on to Sudan, Syria, and Pakistan. In war-ridden Afghanistan and Iraq she carved out a fledgling career as a television reporter. And then, in August 2008, she traveled to Somalia—“the most dangerous place on earth.” On her fourth day, she was abducted by a group of masked men along a dusty road. Held hostage for 460 days, Amanda converts to Islam as a survival tactic, receives “wife lessons” from one of her captors, and risks a daring escape. Moved between a series of abandoned houses in the desert, she survives on memory—every lush detail of the world she experienced in her life before captivity—and on strategy, fortitude, and hope. When she is most desperate, she visits a house in the sky, high above the woman kept in chains, in the dark, being tortured. Vivid and suspenseful, as artfully written as the finest novel, A House in the Sky is the searingly intimate story of an intrepid young woman and her search for compassion in the face of unimaginable adversity.

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Simon and Schuster

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1451651694

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9781451651690

Enlightened Aid

U.S. Development as Foreign Policy in Ethiopia

By: Amanda Kay McVety

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Enlightened Aid

U.S. Development as Foreign Policy in Ethiopia

By: Amanda Kay McVety

Enlightened Aid examines the intellectual and political origins of Point Four, the first American aid program for the developing world, and the economic and diplomatic implications of its operations in Ethiopia.

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Oxford University Press

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0190257784

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9780190257781

The Unthinkable (Revised and Updated)

Who Survives When Disaster Strikes--and Why

By: Amanda Ripley

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The Unthinkable (Revised and Updated)

Who Survives When Disaster Strikes--and Why

By: Amanda Ripley

Unlock the secrets of survival with this riveting expedition into the science of disaster—now revised and updated to address the pandemic, the role of social media in disaster response, and more—from the New York Times bestselling author of The Smartest Kids in the World “The thinking person’s manual for getting out alive.”—NPR’s “Book Tour” “A must read . . . We need books like this to help us understand the world in which we live.”—Nassim Nicholas Taleb, author of The Black Swan and Fooled by Randomness Disaster can come in many forms, from earthquakes and wildfires to pandemics and acts of terror. Afterward, when the dust settles and the survivors emerge, we can’t help but wonder: Why did they live when so many others perished? In The Unthinkable, prize-winning journalist Amanda Ripley, who has covered some of the most devastating disasters of our age, sets out to find the answers. To understand the human reaction to chaos and imminent danger, she turns to leading brain scientists, trauma psychologists, and other disaster experts—from a Holocaust survivor who studies heroism to a master gunfighter who learned to overcome extreme fear. Along the way, we learn about the perils of crowd psychology, the elegance of the brain’s fear circuits, how leaders can build trust quickly, and other invisible factors that can make the difference between death and survival. A fascinating combination of neuroscience, firsthand accounts, and thrilling investigative journalism, this book is for anyone who has ever wondered how they would respond in a life-and-death situation—or wanted to increase their odds of survival. This new edition updates all the original research and features timely material on enormous, slow-moving disasters such as pandemics and climate catastrophes. Most important, it reveals the brain’s ability to do much better—with a little help.

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Harmony

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0593796721

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9780593796726

Seasons of Sorcery

A Fantasy Anthology

By: Jeffe Kennedy,Jennifer Estep,Grace Draven,Amanda Bouchet

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Seasons of Sorcery

A Fantasy Anthology

By: Jeffe Kennedy,Jennifer Estep,Grace Draven,Amanda Bouchet

Includes 2019 RITA® Award Novella Finalist THE DRAGONS OF SUMMER! Now on sale for $2.99 WINTER'S WEB BY JENNIFER ESTEP An assassin at a renaissance faire. What could possibly go wrong? Everything, if you’re Gin Blanco. This Spider is trapped in someone else’s icy web—and it seems like they don’t want her to leave the faire alive . . . A WILDERNESS OF GLASS BY GRACE DRAVEN The stretch of sea known as the Gray rules the lives of those in the village of Ancilar, including widow Brida Gazi. In the aftermath of an autumn storm, Brida discovers one of the sea's secrets cast onto the shore—a discovery that will change her world, mend her soul, and put her in the greatest danger she's ever faced. A CURSE FOR SPRING BY AMANDA BOUCHET A malevolent spell strangles the kingdom of Leathen in catastrophic drought. Prince Daric must break the curse before his people starve. A once-mighty goddess trapped in a human body might be the key—but saving his kingdom could mean losing all that he loves. THE DRAGONS OF SUMMER BY JEFFE KENNEDY As unofficial consort to the High Queen, former mercenary Harlan Konyngrr faces a challenge worse than looming war and fearsome dragons. His long-held secrets threaten what he loves most—and he must make a choice between vows to two women.

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Brightlynx Publishing

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1945367334

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9781945367335

Aging with Care

Your Guide to Hiring and Managing Caregivers at Home

By: Amanda Lambert,Leslie Eckford

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Aging with Care

Your Guide to Hiring and Managing Caregivers at Home

By: Amanda Lambert,Leslie Eckford

Finding the right fit to match aging adults with the best caregiver to assist them in their home can be fraught with challenge. In today’s pressurized world, the process involves overstressed family members and a shortage of great caregivers. So many adult children are seeking a helping hand and a friendly, experienced voice to guide them through this emotionally charged rite of passage. Aging with Care: Your Guide to Hiring and Managing Caregivers in the Home, takes a personal, professional, and sometimes humorous approach to the challenges, benefits, pitfalls and problems of hiring in-home caregivers. Here, two geriatric care experts explore the essential credentials and experience a home caregiver should have, pitfalls to avoid, hiring options and managing costs, and the decisions that go into finding the right fit for your loved one to be able to age in place. Sharing stories and insights from interviews with caregivers and elders, as well as industry experts, they walk you through the ins and outs, and provide you with the tools necessary to making the best care choices you can for the ones you love.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1442281642

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9781442281646

REDESIGNING WOMEN

Television after the Network Era

By: Amanda D. Lotz

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REDESIGNING WOMEN

Television after the Network Era

By: Amanda D. Lotz

In the 1990s, American televison audiences witnessed an unprecedented rise in programming devoted explicitly to women. Cable networks such as Oxygen Media, Women's Entertainment Network, and Lifetime targeted a female audience, and prime-time dramatic series such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Judging Amy, Gilmore Girls, Sex and the City, and Ally McBeal empowered heroines, single career women, and professionals struggling with family commitments and occupational demands. After establishing this phenomenon's significance, Amanda D. Lotz explores the audience profile, the types of narrative and characters that recur, and changes to the industry landscape in the wake of media consolidation and a profusion of channels. Employing a cultural studies framework, Lotz examines whether the multiplicity of female-centric networks and narratives renders certain gender stereotypes uninhabitable, and how new dramatic portrayals of women have redefined narrative conventions. Redesigning Women also reveals how these changes led to narrowcasting, or the targeting of a niche segment of the overall audience, and the ways in which the new, sophisticated portrayals of women inspire sympathetic identification while also commodifying viewers into a marketable demographic for advertisers.

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University of Illinois Press

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0252091760

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Teaching Quality Health and Physical Education

By: Dean Dudley,Amanda Telford,Claire Stonehouse,Louisa Peralta,Matthew Winslade

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Teaching Quality Health and Physical Education

By: Dean Dudley,Amanda Telford,Claire Stonehouse,Louisa Peralta,Matthew Winslade

Taught well, Health and Physical Education can provide purposeful, stimulating and challenging learning experiences. It can help children to develop sophisticated understanding, skill and capabilities through their bodies and to see greater meaning in not only what they are learning but also their wider lives; and it can enrich all other aspects of the curriculum. This practical new text will help pre- and in-service teachers to develop and implement quality health and physical education experiences in primary schools. It introduces the general principles of teaching and learning in Health and Physical Education and explains why this learning area is an important part of the Australian Curriculum. Chapters then discuss considerations and practical implications for teaching both health and physical education using a strengths-based approach. Packed with evidence-based and research-informed content, this valuable text also includes numerous examples and activities that help you bridge the gap from theory to real-world practice. Above all, it will give educators the confidence to teach primary health and physical education so that every child benefits.

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Cengage AU

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0170387011

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9780170387019

Foundation Flash MX

By: Kristian Besley,Sham Bhangal,Amanda Farr

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Foundation Flash MX

By: Kristian Besley,Sham Bhangal,Amanda Farr

If you've never used Flash before, this is the book for you. It uses a series of structured exercises to give you the broad, solid foundation knowledge you need to start your exploration of Flash from scratch. Foundation Flash MX uses a proven sequential, detailed, and accessible tutorial style to ensure that you'll retain your learning and be able to draw on it throughout your Flash career. Macromedia Flash MX is an exciting product, providing rich creative opportunities for Flash designers and developers at all levels of ability and experience. No single book can hope to provide adequate coverage of all aspects of Flash MX, which is why this book focuses relentlessly on the core skills that you need to get you started: understanding the interface; familiarizing yourself with the creative tools and their capabilities; grasping the relationships between the different components that make up a Flash movie; getting insight into how to put all the pieces together and hook them up with ActionScript. All these aspects (and much more) are covered in detailed tutorials and exercises, reinforced with a case study that runs throughout the book to apply everything in a real-world context. If you're looking for a book that'll give you a rock-solid grounding in Flash MX, then this is the title for you.

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Apress

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1590592298

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The Highly Healthy Child

By: Walter L. Larimore

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The Highly Healthy Child

By: Walter L. Larimore

This title provides an indispensable guide for parents who are passionate about raising healthy children--physically, emotionally, mentally, and spiritually.

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Zondervan Publishing Company

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0310240298

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Promised Land Discovery Guide

Living for God Where Culture Is Influenced

By: Ray Vander Laan

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Promised Land Discovery Guide

Living for God Where Culture Is Influenced

By: Ray Vander Laan

This five-session small group Bible study (DVD/digital video sold separately) by noted teacher and historian, Ray Vander Laan, is volume one of the That the World May Know series. Vander Laan illustrates how God guided his people to a specific place – the Promised Land – to impact the world both in ancient times and today. Just like the time and place of our birth shapes our journey, so the land and culture of the Hebrew people shaped their story. Promised Land provides wonderful context to the stories of that time. Faith Lessons is a unique video series that brings God's Word to life with astounding relevance. By weaving together the Bible's fascinating historical, cultural, religious, and geographical contexts, teacher and historian Ray Vander Laan reveals unique insights into the Scriptures' significance for modern believers. Each lesson: Focuses on passages of Scripture explored in the DVD Includes sidebars, maps, photos and other study tools Features questions that facilitate discussion and inspire personal reflection Include 30 personal Bible studies to help you deepen your learning experience between sessions, and turn lessons from the past into applications that impact how you live out your faith today. Filmed on location in Israel, these illuminating "faith lessons" afford a new understanding of the Bible that will ground your convictions and transform your life. The Faith Lessons video series is ideal for use in small groups, personal and family Bible studies, and adult Sunday school. Individual believers and families will gain vital insights from long-ago times and cultures through this innovative approach to Bible study. Lessons include: Standing at the Crossroads –Tel Gezer Wet Feet – Jordan River First Fruits – Tel Jericho Confronting Evil – Tel Beth Shemesh Iron of Culture – Tel Azekah Designed for use with the Faith Lessons Promised Land Video Study (sold separately).

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HarperChristian Resources

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0310878756

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9780310878759

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