Amy Osmond Cook's Books

Hope After Divorce

By: Jennifer Cummings, Ph.D.,Lisa LaBelle,Amy Osmond Cook, Ph.D.

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Hope After Divorce

By: Jennifer Cummings, Ph.D.,Lisa LaBelle,Amy Osmond Cook, Ph.D.

Walking the painful path of divorce can leave us feeling isolated, discouraged, and wondering whether we will ever feel happiness and peace again. In this poignant collection of essays, women of faith share their personal journeys through divorce. Their stories offer hopeful reassurance that amidst the raging storms of life, there is peace and joy to be found through the Atonement of Jesus Christ. The resounding message of this book is that “all things work together for good to them that love God” (Romans 8:28). Through the mercy and love of our Savior, we have every reason to hope. Jennifer Cummings received her Ph.D. in communication from the University of Utah and teaches communication courses there. Lisa LaBelle is an elementary school teacher in Park City, Utah. Amy Osmond Cook received her Ph.D. in communication from the University of Utah and currently teaches at Arizona State University. They have all traveled the heartbreaking road of divorce and have all found hope through the teachings of Jesus Christ.

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187

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Gibbs Smith

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1937458180

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9781937458188

Why They Believe

A Case Study in Contemporary Polygamy

By: Amy Cook, Ph.D.

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Why They Believe

A Case Study in Contemporary Polygamy

By: Amy Cook, Ph.D.

“Why do they do it?” is a question often asked about people who choose to live a polygamous lifestyle. This book aims to answer that very question. Driven by the theories of Kenneth Burke, Janja Lalich, George Cheney, Max Weber, and others, this six-year study explores organizational identification and unobtrusive control and compliance as it intersects with rhetoric, organizations, and religion. To explore the overarching question of why people choose to live this lifestyle, 14 current and 14 former polygamists volunteered to participate in in-depth interviews. Current members affirm their freedom of choice and say they would never live any other way. Former members state they were victims of brainwashing and organizational control. Both sides are represented equally, and both perspectives are given full treatment. In addition to in-depth interviews, written organizational documents were collected and analyzed using Extended Metaphor Analysis, Aristotelian Analysis, and Burkean Identification Strategies. Why They Believe investigates the question of “why they do it” in a depth never before explored. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in the reasons polygamists choose to live this alternative lifestyle.

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312

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Gibbs Smith

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1937458326

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9781937458324

Handsome Heroes & Vile Villains

Men in Disney's Feature Animation

By: Amy M. Davis

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Handsome Heroes & Vile Villains

Men in Disney's Feature Animation

By: Amy M. Davis

From dwarves to princes, heroes to heartbreakers, the Disney treatment of male characters in the studio’s animated features. One of PopSugar’s Best Books for Women (2013) From the iconic Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) to Tangled, the 2010 retelling of Rapunzel, Handsome Heroes and Vile Villains looks at the portrayal of male characters in Disney films from the perspective of masculinity studies and feminist film theory. This companion volume to Good Girls and Wicked Witches places these depictions within the context of Hollywood and American popular culture at the time of each film’s release. “Within her idealism and love for the House of the Mouse, it seems Davis is on to something. Whether idealistic or delusional, the Disney she talks about seems to be a thing that’s waiting just around the corner.” —PopMatters

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281

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Indiana University Press

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0861969073

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9780861969074

"Ligeti's Laments: Nostalgia, Exoticism, and the Absolute "

By: Amy Bauer

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"Ligeti's Laments: Nostalgia, Exoticism, and the Absolute "

By: Amy Bauer

When the Hungarian composer Gy?rgy Ligeti passed away in June 2006, he was widely feted as being one of the greatest composers of our time. His complete published works were recorded during his lifetime and his music continues to inspire a steady stream of performances and scholarship. Ligeti's Laments provides a critical analysis of the composer's works, considering both the compositions themselves and the larger cultural implications of their reception. Bauer both synthesizes and challenges the prevailing narratives surrounding the composer's long career and uses the theme of lament to inform a discussion of specific musical topics, including descending melodic motives, passacaglia and the influence of folk music. But Ligeti 'laments' in a larger sense; his music fuses rigour and sensuality, tradition and the new and influences from disparate high and low cultures, with a certain critical and ironic distance, reflected in his spoken commentary as well as in the substance of his music. The notions of nostalgia, exoticism and the absolute are used to relate works of different eras and genres, along with associated concepts of allegory, melancholy, contemporary subjectivity and the voice.

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358

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Routledge

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1351560190

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9781351560191

Food & Society

Principles and Paradoxes

By: Amy E. Guptill,Denise A. Copelton,Betsy Lucal

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Food & Society

Principles and Paradoxes

By: Amy E. Guptill,Denise A. Copelton,Betsy Lucal

This popular text, now in a third edition, offers readers a vivid perspective on the cultural and social complexities of food practices and the current food system. Synthesizing insights from the multidisciplinary field of food studies, this book engages readers’ curiosity by highlighting the seeming paradoxes of food: how food is both individual and social, reveals both distinction and conformity, and, in the contemporary era, seems to come from everywhere but nowhere in particular. Each chapter begins with an intriguing case study and ends with suggested resources and activities. Chapter topics include identity, restaurants and food media, health, marketing, industrialization, global food, surplus and scarcity, and social change. Updates and enhancements in this edition reflect new scholarly insights into how food is involved in social media, social movements, and the COVID-19 pandemic. Throughout, the book blends concepts and empirical accounts to address the central issues of culture, structure, and social inequality. Written in a lively, accessible style, this book provides students with an unrivalled and multifaceted introduction to this fascinating aspect of social life.

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212

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John Wiley & Sons

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ISBN 10

1509542256

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9781509542253

Chicken Soup for the Soul: Best Mom Ever!

101 Stories of Gratitude, Love and Wisdom

By: Amy Newmark

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Chicken Soup for the Soul: Best Mom Ever!

101 Stories of Gratitude, Love and Wisdom

By: Amy Newmark

Chicken Soup for the Soul: Best Mom Ever! is full of loving and entertaining anecdotes by grateful children, all in praise of the woman who encourages them, supports them, and most importantly, loves them. These stories will brighten any mother’s day, and show her that the kids were paying attention after all.

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368

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Simon and Schuster

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1611599547

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9781611599541

Generation Eats

Great Recipes for a Fast Forward Culture

By: Amy Rosen

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Generation Eats

Great Recipes for a Fast Forward Culture

By: Amy Rosen

Generation Eats is a cookbook that looks like MTV and tastes like a Parisian restaurant and is geared toward the 20-something crowd. Lavishly illustrated, this title captures the essence of good food, easily prepared, in a modern, fast-paced, multi-cultural world. Color photos and illustrations.

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220

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Warwick Pub.

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1895629918

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9781895629910

Give a Girl a Knife

A Memoir

By: Amy Thielen

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Give a Girl a Knife

A Memoir

By: Amy Thielen

A beautifully written food memoir chronicling one woman’s journey from her rural Midwestern hometown to the intoxicating world of New York City fine dining—and back again—in search of her culinary roots Before Amy Thielen frantically plated rings of truffled potatoes in some of New York City’s finest kitchens—for chefs David Bouley, Daniel Boulud, and Jean-Georges Vongerichten—she grew up in a northern Minnesota town home to the nation’s largest French fry factory, the headwaters of the fast food nation, with a mother whose generous cooking dripped with tenderness, drama, and an overabundance of butter. Inspired by her grandmother’s tales of cooking in the family farmhouse, Thielen moves north with her artist husband to a rustic, off-the-grid cabin deep in the woods. There, standing at the stove three times a day, she finds the seed of a growing food obsession that leads her to the sensory madhouse of New York’s top haute cuisine brigades. But, like a magnet, the foods of her youth draw her back home, where she comes face to face with her past and a curious truth: that beneath every foie gras sauce lies a rural foundation of potatoes and onions. Amy Thielen’s coming-of-age story pulses with energy, a cook’s eye for intimate detail, and a dose of dry Midwestern humor. Give a Girl a Knife offers a fresh, vivid view into New York’s high-end restaurants before returning Thielen to her roots, where she realizes that the marrow running through her bones is not demi-glace but gravy—thick with nostalgia and hard to resist.

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322

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Clarkson Potter

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0307954919

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9780307954916

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