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Making Meaning with Machines

Somatic Strategies, Choreographic Technologies, and Notational Abstractions through a Laban/Bartenieff Lens

By: Amy Laviers,Catherine Maguire

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Making Meaning with Machines

Somatic Strategies, Choreographic Technologies, and Notational Abstractions through a Laban/Bartenieff Lens

By: Amy Laviers,Catherine Maguire

A rigorous primer in movement studies for designers, engineers, and scientists that draws on the fields of dance and robotics. How should a gestural interface react to a “flick” versus a “dab”? Versus a “punch”? Should robots reach out to a human counterpart with a direct, telescoping action or through a circuitous arc in space? Just as different movements express the different internal states of human movers, so too can the engineered systems behind robots. In Making Meaning with Machines, Amy LaViers and Catherine Maguire offer a refreshingly embodied approach to machine design that supports the growing need to make meaning with machines by using the field of movement studies, including choreography, somatics, and notation, to engage in the process of designing expressive robots. Drawing upon the Laban/Bartenieff tradition, LaViers and Maguire sharpen the movement analysis methodology, expanding the material through their work with machines and putting forward new conventions, such as capitalization, naming, and notation schemes, that make the embodied work more legible for academic contexts. The book includes an overview of movement studies, exercises that define the presented taxonomy and principles of movement, case studies in movement analysis of both humans and robots, and state-of-the-art research at the intersection of robotics and dance. Making Meaning with Machines is a much-needed primer for observing, describing, and creating a wide array of movement patterns, which ultimately can help facilitate broader and better design choices for roboticists, technologists, and designers.

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MIT Press

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0262546124

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9780262546126

With a Mighty Hand

The Story in the Torah

By: Amy Ehrlich

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With a Mighty Hand

The Story in the Torah

By: Amy Ehrlich

A lyrical adaptation of the first five books of the Hebrew Bible presents the stories of Adam and Eve, Abraham, Moses and other primary figures in a continuous narrative that upholds the complexities of the original text.

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Candlewick Press

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0763643955

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9780763643959

Lost Restaurants of Philadelphia

By: Amy Strauss

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Lost Restaurants of Philadelphia

By: Amy Strauss

Culinary Memories from Philidelphia's Past...Beyond the Cheesesteak Long before Philadelphia's food scene was splashed on covers of Bon Appetit and local establishments garnered accolades like America's best restaurant, culinary pioneers set the city's restaurant industry ablaze. Frenchman Georges Perrier brought the city the highest, most-respected opulence, Le Bec-Fin, for 40 years running. The ultimate seafood institute, Old Original Bookbinder's, held the title of the world's largest lobster tank and prepared impeccable oyster Rockefeller. Steve Poses changed the culinary game with the Frog that captivated palates with the infusion of international flavors. The nation's very first automat, Horn & Hardart's, consistently delivered near-perfect comfort food classics via vending machine. Amy Strauss revisits celebrated spaces, unforgettable personalities and must-have recipes that made Philadelphia's historic restaurants remembered for their delicious moments in time.

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Arcadia Publishing

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1467141755

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Dangerous Sisters of the Hebrew Bible

By: Amy Kalmanofsky

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Dangerous Sisters of the Hebrew Bible

By: Amy Kalmanofsky

Fathers, sons, and mothers take center stage in the Bible’s grand narratives, Amy Kalmanofsky observes. Sisters and sisterhood receive less attention in scholarship but, she argues, play an important role in narratives, revealing anxieties related to desire, agency, and solidarity among women playing out (and playing against) their roles in a patrilineal society. Most often, she shows, sisters are destabilizing figures in narratives about family crisis, where property, patrimony, and the resilience of community boundaries are at risk. Kalmanofsky demonstrates that the particular role of sisters had important narrative effects, revealing previously underappreciated dynamics in Israelite society.

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Fortress Press

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1451479697

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Lifting the Shadow

Reshaping Memory, Race, and Slavery in U.S. Museums

By: Amy Sodaro

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Lifting the Shadow

Reshaping Memory, Race, and Slavery in U.S. Museums

By: Amy Sodaro

Lifting the Shadow: Reshaping Memory, Race, and Slavery in U.S. Museums examines a small but significant wave of new U.S. memorial museums that focus on slavery and its ongoing violent legacies, including the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Montgomery’s Legacy Museum: From Enslavement to Mass Incarceration, and Greenwood Rising, which commemorates the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. These museums are challenging historical narratives of slavery and race by placing racial oppression at the center of American history and linking historical slavery to contemporary racial injustice, but they have opened in a period marked by growing racial tension, white nationalism, and political division. Sodaro examines how the violence of U.S. slavery and its lasting legacies is negotiated in these museums, as well as their potential to contribute to the development of a more critical historical memory of race in the U.S. at this particularly volatile sociopolitical moment.

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Rutgers University Press

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1978842651

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TouchPoints for Women

By: Ronald A. Beers,Amy E. Mason

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TouchPoints for Women

By: Ronald A. Beers,Amy E. Mason

TouchPoints for Women puts God’s answers to your most pressing questions right at your fingertips. Inside, you’ll find answers, words of encouragement, and Bible promises on nearly 150 alphabetically arranged topics—from affection, belonging, and contentment, to disappointment, loneliness, and security. Whether you read this book straight through or use it as a handy reference guide for those days when life throws you an unexpected curve, you’ll be amazed at the impact God’s Word can and does have on your everyday life.

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Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

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1414360193

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Teaching the Arts

By: David Roy,William Baker,Amy Hamilton

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Teaching the Arts

By: David Roy,William Baker,Amy Hamilton

Foregrounds the importance of arts education to children's development and learning.

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Cambridge University Press

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1108552366

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Enoch and the Gospel of Matthew

By: Amy E. Richter

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Enoch and the Gospel of Matthew

By: Amy E. Richter

Matthew's Gospel contains material unique to it among the canonical Gospels. What is the background for this material? Why does the writer of Matthew's Gospel tell the story of Jesus in the way he does--including women in his genealogy, telling the story of the birth of Jesus in his particular way, and including the visit of the magi led by a star? Enoch and the Gospel of Matthew shows that the writer of Matthew was familiar with themes and traditions about the antediluvian patriarch Enoch, including the story of the fall of the angels called "watchers," who transgress their heavenly boundaries to engage in illicit relations with women and teach them forbidden arts. The Gospel writer shows that Jesus brings about the eschatological repair of the consequences of the watchers' fall as told in the Enochic legend. This study focuses on Matthew's genealogy and infancy narrative and also has implications for the study of women in Matthew, since it is often through the stories of women in Matthew that the repair of the watchers' transgression takes place.

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1610975235

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Bible TouchPoints for Women

God's Answers for Your Every Need

By: Ronald A. Beers,Gilbert Beers,Amy E. Mason

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Bible TouchPoints for Women

God's Answers for Your Every Need

By: Ronald A. Beers,Gilbert Beers,Amy E. Mason

Life can be hard, but finding answers to some of your toughest questions doesn't have to be Bible Touchpoints for Women is a wonderful way to discover what God has to say about women's particular needs and circumstances. Each topic includes thought-provoking questions, with answers given directly from the Scriptures, and a promise from God's Word. Topics are alphabetically arranged for quick reference. Answers regarding life issues such as conflict, depression, forgiveness, loneliness, insecurity and everything in between are addressed in this beautifully packaged LeatherLike edition with ribbon marker. Whether you read this book straight through or use it as a handy reference guide for those days when life throws you an unexpected curve, you'll be amazed at the impact God's Word can and does have on your everyday life.

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1496402596

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Marginal Voices

Studies in Converso Literature of Medieval and Golden Age Spain

By: Amy I. Aronson-Friedman,Gregory B. Kaplan

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Marginal Voices

Studies in Converso Literature of Medieval and Golden Age Spain

By: Amy I. Aronson-Friedman,Gregory B. Kaplan

The conversos of late medieval and Golden Age Spain were Christians whose Jewish ancestors had been forced to change faiths within a society that developed a preoccupation with pure Christian lineage. The aims of this book is to shed new light on the cultural impact of this social climate, in which public suspicion of the religious sincerity of conversos became widespread and scrutiny by the Inquisition came to impede social advancement and threaten life and property. The bulk of the essays center on literary works, including lesser known and canonical pieces, which are analyzed by scholars who reveal the heterogeneous nature of textual voices that are informed by an awareness of the marginal status of conversos. Contributors are Gregory B. Kaplan, Ana Benito, Patricia Timmons, David Wacks, Bruce Rosenstock, Laura Delbrugge, Michelle Hamilton, Deborah Skolnik Rosenberg, Kevin Larsen and Luis Bejarano.

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9004222588

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9789004222588

Prayers of Power

A 40-Day Journal

By: Mark Doss,Amy Jo Wrobel

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Prayers of Power

A 40-Day Journal

By: Mark Doss,Amy Jo Wrobel

Prayers of Power invites us to enter into a journey through the Bible to meet people whose positions as leaders of sheep, people, or nations became empowered through the humility of praying to the God of all wisdom and strength. History has revealed to us that many in positions of authority choose to use their power for good, leaving the world a better place than they found it. However, some have become infamous for abusing their mastery over others as a tool of destruction to accomplish evil purposes. The forty days of this journal will highlight prayers from great leaders, kings, and prophets in the Old Testament to our Lord Jesus Christ, His Apostles, and others who sometimes are left without names in the New Testament. We will discover the prayers of people who knew that their strength and power lay in the simple act of worship through prayer. These powerful prayers will encourage your prayer journey, helping you find and experience the power of our great God as you walk this pilgrim’s journey, doing good, and glorifying God. Whether you see yourself in a position of power or as a humble servant, you will gain practical insights and encouragement as you learn from others in Scripture. Through their adversities and victories, they overcame with sustainability that only comes from on high. Be encouraged and built up, fellow sojourner, as you walk the path through Prayers of Power. We hope it will be a journey that will renew your strength and refresh your relationship with your Savior.

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WestBow Press

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166428835X

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9781664288355

Yoga Anatomy

By: Leslie Kaminoff,Amy Matthews

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Yoga Anatomy

By: Leslie Kaminoff,Amy Matthews

The best-selling anatomy guide for yoga is now updated, expanded, and better than ever! With more asanas, vinyasas, full-color anatomical illustrations, and in-depth information, the second edition of YogaAnatomy provides you with a deeper understanding of the structures and principles underlying each movement and of yoga itself. From breathing to inversions to standing poses, see how specific muscles respond to the movements of the joints; how alterations of a pose can enhance or reduce effectiveness; and how the spine, breathing, and body position are all fundamentally linked. Whether you are just beginning your journey or have been practicing yoga for years, Yoga Anatomy will be an invaluable resource—one that allows you to see each movement in an entirely new light. With Yoga Anatomy, Second Edition, authors Leslie Kaminoff and Amy Matthews, both internationally recognized experts and teachers in anatomy, breathing, and bodywork, have created the ultimate reference for yoga practitioners, instructors, and enthusiasts alike.

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Human Kinetics

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1492583413

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9781492583417

Arabian Delights

Recipes & Princely Entertaining Ideas from the Arabian Peninsula

By: Amy Riolo

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Arabian Delights

Recipes & Princely Entertaining Ideas from the Arabian Peninsula

By: Amy Riolo

Introducing the rich and exotic traditions of Arabian cuisine with recipes and entertaining ideas from the Arabian Peninsula's romantic past and trendy present

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Capital Books

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1933102551

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Table for One Chicago

The Solo Diner's Restaurant Guide

By: Michael Kaminer,Amy Laban

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Table for One Chicago

The Solo Diner's Restaurant Guide

By: Michael Kaminer,Amy Laban

At last . . . welcome dining help for the lone traveler Anyone who has ever traveled alone has faced two options: ordering wildly overpriced room service, or braving unknown streets to dine alone. If one elects the latter, he or she could be greeted with rude looks, poor, indifferent service, too much noise, too little light, and disappointing food. Finally here is a book to rescue the lone diner and put the business traveler or newcomer to Chicago at ease when making a dining decision. In "Table for One: Chicago, Author Michael Kaminer rates the restaurants in terms of friendliness, service, lighting, food, wines by the glass, and comfort--all from the perspective of the single diner. He also discusses what to expect in terms of price, food preparations, and clientele.

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McGraw-Hill Companies

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0658006983

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9780658006982

A Catholic Woman's Book of Days

By: Amy Welborn

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A Catholic Woman's Book of Days

By: Amy Welborn

Finding God Every Day God is present to us in ways too numerous to count. Unfortunately, we are often so busy that we fail to recognize and respond to this active presence. A Catholic Woman’s Book of Days offers daily meditations that clear a spiritual place—a time in our day when we can set our hearts on God. The meditations are brief, pointed, direct, and personal—and will connect you to God’s word and the Catholic faith.While a number of successful devotionals for women have been published for the general Christian market, A Catholic Woman's Book of Days is the first resource in the Catholic market featuring daily devotions and prayers for women. Written by Amy Welborn, the devotional entries are pointed and brief, and help Catholic women connect their everyday concerns with God's Word in the context of their Catholic faith. Each entry is introduced by a Scripture verse and followed by a one-sentence prayer. These devotions and prayers are sure to provide Catholic women with a dose of God's grace each day of the year.

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Loyola Press

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0829429417

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Wace, The Hagiographical Works

The Conception Nostre Dame and the Lives of St Margaret and St Nicholas. Translated with introduction and notes by Jean Blacker, Glyn S. Burgess, Amy V. Ogden with the original texts included

By: Jean Blacker,Glyn S. Burgess,Amy Ogden

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Wace, The Hagiographical Works

The Conception Nostre Dame and the Lives of St Margaret and St Nicholas. Translated with introduction and notes by Jean Blacker, Glyn S. Burgess, Amy V. Ogden with the original texts included

By: Jean Blacker,Glyn S. Burgess,Amy Ogden

Best known for his two chronicles, the Roman de Brut and the Roman de Rou, Wace, one of the great pioneers of twelfth-century French writing, is also the author of three hagiographical works: the Conception Nostre Dame and the Lives of St Margaret and St Nicholas. The Conception is the first vernacular work to focus on the life of the Virgin Mary. Emphasising Margaret's concern for women in labour, the Margaret seemingly contributed to the saint's broad popularity. The Nicholas, with its many miracles involving children, equally played a key role in popularising its protagonist's cult. The present volume brings these works together for the first time and provides the original texts, the first translations into English, notes and substantial introductions.

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9004247688

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9789004247680

Virginia Beach

Jewel Resort of the Atlantic

By: Amy Waters Yarsinske

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Virginia Beach

Jewel Resort of the Atlantic

By: Amy Waters Yarsinske

Virginia Beach: Jewel Resort of the Atlantic, takes us back in time to the days when the sparkling resort strip of Virginia Beach drew crowds by the train-full. This new book takes readers back to the days when there were only summer cottages and inns at Virginia Beach. In days gone by, sea breezes and incomparable landscapes created the backdrop for excursionists, and the wild country of Back Bay, Croatan, Sandbridge, and Fort Story was untouched. We follow the development of the resort as it changed to include grand hotels, clubs, nightlife, and watersports. Readers are invited to take a walk on the boardwalk of yesteryear and follow Virginia Beach through World War II and the big band era, to the fabulous fifties and the 1960s, when Virginia Beach formally incorporated as a city.

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Arcadia Publishing

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0738541753

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The Ultimate Mediterranean Diet Cookbook

Harness the Power of the World's Healthiest Diet to Live Better, Longer

By: Amy Riolo

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The Ultimate Mediterranean Diet Cookbook

Harness the Power of the World's Healthiest Diet to Live Better, Longer

By: Amy Riolo

More than a mix of rich history, gorgeous beaches, and warm blue waters, the countries along the Mediterranean Sea and their people have a history of living longer and healthier lives and you can too! By simply following a Mediterranean diet rich in olive oil, nuts, beans, fish, fruits and vegetables, even drinking wine with meals, you can prevent diseases and prolong your life. The Ultimate Mediterranean Diet Cookbook is the only book needed to unleash the power of one of the world's healthiest diets. It integrates the latest research and clinical findings with 100 delicious, authentic, easy recipes and Mediterranean lifestyle tips while dispelling any myths and misinformation. Using the Mediterranean Pyramid as a guide, cuisine expert Amy Riolo gets to the core of the Mediterranean lifestyle, and explains what is eaten, when to eat it, and why. Each recipe in The Ultimate Mediterranean Diet Cookbook contains a cultural tip from the Mediterranean region. Fun historical facts, legend, and lore, as well as nutritional information accompany each recipe. The Ultimate Mediterranean Diet Cookbook features recipes from all countries in the region to include perennial favorites, little known treasures, and recent discoveries. Get ready to enjoy a healthy lifestyle that includes enticing, satisfying, recipes- great for family dinners and entertaining, for any and all occasions, to be appreciated by any palate. "Amy Riolo is a true guardian of the techniques and inherent goodness of the Mediterranean life style! Her food, her philosophy is an absolute pleasure to read and consume." - Chef Jason Roberts www.chefjasonroberts.com

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Fair Winds Press (MA)

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1592336485

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Using Technology with Elementary Music Approaches

By: Amy M. Burns

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Using Technology with Elementary Music Approaches

By: Amy M. Burns

Do you find it challenging to integrate technology into your elementary music classroom? Do you feel that it could enhance your classroom experience if you could implement it in an approachable and realistic way? In Using Technology with Elementary Music Approaches, author Amy M. Burns offers an all-in-one, classroom-vetted guide to integrate technology into the music classroom while keeping with core educational strategies. In this book, you will find practical lessons and ideas that can be used in any elementary classroom, whether that classroom has one device per educator or a device for every student. Written for a range of experience levels, lessons further enhance classrooms that utilize the approaches of Feierabend, Kodály, Orff Schulwerk, and project-based learning. Experts from each field-Dr. Missy Strong, Glennis Patterson, Ardith Collins, and Cherie Herring-offer a variety of approaches and project ideas in the project-based learning section. Complemented by a companion website of lesson videos, resource guides, and more, Using Technology with Elementary Music Approaches allows new and veteran educators to hit the ground running on the first day of school.

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Oxford University Press

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0190055677

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9780190055677

ACTive Bible Play

By: Amy Houts

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ACTive Bible Play

By: Amy Houts

Here are 26 creative activities to engage students with meaningful and exciting Bible play! Correlated with Bible-in-Life and Echoes curricula for Units 1-12, this book is loaded with innovative ideas, as well as Scripture references and teacher tips. It provides great alternatives for Bible-in-Life Step Three activities. This handy resource fits well with any curriculum or can be used for stand-alone activities. Help preschooler’s imaginations soar as they act out Bible stories with fanciful dress-up, finger puppet, and role-play activities. Dramatic play helps little ones explore feelings and new ideas. It also gives you opportunities to teach preschoolers how to express themselves and act in social situations. Most importantly, children master age-appropriate Christian values and concepts too. So pull out the dress-up box, dust off your imagination, and don’t be afraid to act a little silly! Designed as a David C Cook disciple-shaping resource, these exciting new Bible FunStuff books include 26 fully reproducible activities guaranteed to keep classrooms buzzing with creative fun.

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David C Cook

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1434708071

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The Gifts They Bring

How Children in the Gospels Can Shape Inclusive Ministry

By: Amy Lindeman Allen

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The Gifts They Bring

How Children in the Gospels Can Shape Inclusive Ministry

By: Amy Lindeman Allen

Children are often touted as the “future” of the church, but their role in the church today is less frequently considered. In The Gifts They Bring, New Testament scholar, pastor, and mother Amy Lindeman Allen challenges readers to reconsider the way we view children in the church, focusing on our present life together as a diverse, inclusive community of faith. To do this, Lindeman Allen looks to the past, rereading familiar Gospel accounts with an eye to the experience of childhood in Jesus’ world, highlighting both the gifts that children brought to Jesus’ ministry as well as those they received from him. Through this lens, she invites readers to reconsider the age and relationship of well-known and lesser-known Bible characters, including the Bethlehem shepherds; James and John, the two disciples who followed Jesus alongside their mother; and the young boy whose lunch Jesus used to feed the five thousand. In the process, Lindeman Allen reconsiders ministry with children today, moving away from a transactional model of imparting wisdom to children to a dialogical model of learning and serving together with children. Each chapter reads a different Gospel story in conversation with experiences of real children in the church today, bringing into focus the varied gifts that children bring in a practice of inclusive ministry. These gifts include participation, proclamation, advocacy, listening, sharing, and partnership. Readers will grow more attuned to recognize the gifts that we each bring—children and adults—as essential members working together as one community in the body of Christ and so to share in the gift of Christ together.

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Presbyterian Publishing Corp

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1646983386

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9781646983384

The Contested State

Transnational Battles for Control of the Philippines Since 1898

By: Amy Blitz

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The Contested State

Transnational Battles for Control of the Philippines Since 1898

By: Amy Blitz

This study examines rising authoritarianism today in historical, transnational context, using the Philippines as a case study. Tracing the battle for control of the Philippines back to the Spanish era, the book offers insights into the broader transnational issues threatening democracy today.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1666922234

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Sensible Ecstasy

Mysticism, Sexual Difference, and the Demands of History

By: Amy Hollywood

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Sensible Ecstasy

Mysticism, Sexual Difference, and the Demands of History

By: Amy Hollywood

Sensible Ecstasy investigates the attraction to excessive forms of mysticism among twentieth-century French intellectuals and demonstrates the work that the figure of the mystic does for these thinkers. With special attention to Georges Bataille, Simone de Beauvoir, Jacques Lacan, and Luce Irigaray, Amy Hollywood asks why resolutely secular, even anti-Christian intellectuals are drawn to affective, bodily, and widely denigrated forms of mysticism. What is particular to these thinkers, Hollywood reveals, is their attention to forms of mysticism associated with women. They regard mystics such as Angela of Foligno, Hadewijch, and Teresa of Avila not as emotionally excessive or escapist, but as unique in their ability to think outside of the restrictive oppositions that continue to afflict our understanding of subjectivity, the body, and sexual difference. Mystics such as these, like their twentieth-century descendants, bridge the gaps between action and contemplation, emotion and reason, and body and soul, offering new ways of thinking about language and the limits of representation.

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University of Chicago Press

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0226349519

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9780226349510

Voices of Torah, Volume 2

A Treasury of Rabbinic Gleanings on the Weekly Portions, Holidays, and Special Shabbatot

By: Sonja Pilz,Amy Scheinerman

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Voices of Torah, Volume 2

A Treasury of Rabbinic Gleanings on the Weekly Portions, Holidays, and Special Shabbatot

By: Sonja Pilz,Amy Scheinerman

In this second volume of the classic CCAR publication, you'll find a compilation of multiple commentaries written by CCAR members on every parashah, including holiday portions. A great resource for d'var Torah preparation for lay leaders and clergy alike, this volume makes a great gift for students, teachers, and congregational leaders.

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0881233420

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9780881233421

Africa's Urban Youth

Challenging Marginalization, Claiming Citizenship

By: Amy S. Patterson,Tracy Kuperus,Megan Hershey

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Africa's Urban Youth

Challenging Marginalization, Claiming Citizenship

By: Amy S. Patterson,Tracy Kuperus,Megan Hershey

Draws from extensive fieldwork in three countries to show how African youth negotiate citizenship through daily obligations, relationships, and political engagement.

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Cambridge University Press

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1009235176

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9781009235174

Prove It! Church

By: Amy Welborn

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Prove It! Church

By: Amy Welborn

What do you say when someone tries to tell you: "You're not a Christian because your church isn't Bible-based?" "You're not a Christian because what your church teaches isn't in the Bible?" "You're not a Christian because you believe that good works will get you to heaven?" "You're not a Christian because you worship Mary like a goddess?" "You're not a Christian because you believe that the pope is right about everything?" "You're not a Christian because you obey the pope instead of God?" And the biggie: "You're not a Christian because you're not saved?" Prove It! Church gives you the answers you need when someone challenges your Catholic Faith. From Mary to the saints to papal infallibility, infant baptism, purgatory, and a whole lot more. Prove It! Church explains what you need to know to prove that the Catholic Church belongs to Christ, teaches Christ, preaches Christ - and is, in fact, Christ in the world today!

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Our Sunday Visitor

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1592767710

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Go and Do Likewise

A Call to Follow Jesus in a Life of Mercy and Mission

By: Amy DiMarcangelo

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Go and Do Likewise

A Call to Follow Jesus in a Life of Mercy and Mission

By: Amy DiMarcangelo

Learning to Extend God's Compassion to Those Who Need It Most In love, Jesus came to redeem sinful people and restore a fallen world, and he invites all of his followers to join this good work. But how can believers effectively care for their neighbors when life is so marred by sin and suffering? Is it possible for ordinary Christians to participate in God's mission to restore a broken world? From a theological perspective, Go and Do Likewise explores God's grand story of redemption to uncover how ordinary Christians can extend God's compassion to those in need. Author Amy DiMarcangelo builds on biblical principles and provides discussion questions for everyday application. This practical book encourages believers to joyfully engage in Christ's mission—relying on the gospel to spur mercy, justice, and generosity to those who need it most. Explores the Gospel to Shape Christlike Christians: Encourages believers to show mercy, justice, generosity, and love to those who need it most Interactive: Discussion questions provide readers with reflection and everyday application Appeals to Laypeople and Church Leaders Alike: Encourages the everyday Christian and provides church leaders with practical actions for church ministry

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Crossway

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1433588099

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9781433588099

My Body Is Not a Prayer Request

Disability Justice in the Church

By: Amy Kenny

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My Body Is Not a Prayer Request

Disability Justice in the Church

By: Amy Kenny

With humorous prose and wry wit, Kenny makes a convincing case for all Christians to do more to meet access needs and embrace disabilities as part of God's kingdom. . . . Inclusivity-minded Christians will cheer the lessons laid out here."--Publishers Weekly Much of the church has forgotten that we worship a disabled God whose wounds survived resurrection, says Amy Kenny. It is time for the church to start treating disabled people as full members of the body of Christ who have much more to offer than a miraculous cure narrative and to learn from their embodied experiences. Written by a disabled Christian, this book shows that the church is missing out on the prophetic witness and blessing of disability. Kenny reflects on her experiences inside the church to expose unintentional ableism and cast a new vision for Christian communities to engage disability justice. She shows that until we cultivate church spaces where people with disabilities can fully belong, flourish, and lead, we are not valuing the diverse members of the body of Christ. Offering a unique blend of personal storytelling, fresh and compelling writing, biblical exegesis, and practical application, this book invites readers to participate in disability justice and create a more inclusive community in church and parachurch spaces. Engaging content such as reflection questions and top-ten lists are included.

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Baker Books

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1493437097

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9781493437092

For Theirs Is the Kingdom

Inclusion and Participation of Children in the Gospel according to Luke

By: Amy Lindeman Allen

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For Theirs Is the Kingdom

Inclusion and Participation of Children in the Gospel according to Luke

By: Amy Lindeman Allen

Images of Jesus blessing children adorn Sunday schools across the globe. Nevertheless, interpreters typically flatten Jesus’ interaction with children into a handful of scenes, suggesting that children were the exception rather than the rule in Jesus’ ministry. In contrast, historical evidence suggests that Jesus’ first-century world was teeming with children. Re-reading Luke’s gospel in this light, For Theirs Is the Kingdom interrogates the role and presence of children among Jesus’ early followers. Demonstrating a rich presence parallel to the gospel’s surrounding cultures, it offers a new perspective not only on Luke’s child-centered narratives, but on the account as a whole. By drawing out the acceptance and participation of children in the Kingdom of God, Lindeman Allen places interdependence across generations at the core of Lukan discipleship.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1978703228

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9781978703223

Tourist Events, 1991

Beam's Directory of International Tourist Events

By: Amy L. Beam

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Tourist Events, 1991

Beam's Directory of International Tourist Events

By: Amy L. Beam

Over 2,500 annual tourist events in 85 countries provide an essential vacation planning guide for spectacular adventures. Events are listed by country (with an expanded section on the USA) & indexed by subject & date. Categories include visual & performing arts, sports, festivals, nature, shows & exhibitions. Each event includes name, description, date, attendance, fee, contact address & phone. Listings include famous extravaganzas, like Carnival in Rio, to lesser-known events, like international fireworks competitions in Japan.

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A C Press

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1879177277

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Malaysia

By: Susan Amy

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Malaysia

By: Susan Amy

Insight guides" er reisehåndbøker som skal gi historisk og kulturell forståelse for stedene som skal besøkes. De er kjent for dyptpløyende artikler om kultur, religion, mat, severdigheter osv., og er illustrert med flotte fargefotografier.

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