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Diwata

By: Barbara Jane Reyes

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Tagalog is a language spoken by twenty-two million people in the Philippines. Diwata is a Tagalog term meaning "muse." Diwata is also a term for a mythical being who resides in nature, and who human communities must acknowledge, respect, and appease in order to live harmoniously in this world. In her book Diwata, Barbara Jane Reyes frames her poems between the Book of Genesis creation story and the Tagalog creation myth, placing her work somewhere culturally between both traditions. Also setting the tone for her poems is the death and large shadow cast by her grandfather, a World War II veteran and Bataan Death March survivor, who has passed onto her the responsibility of remembering. Reyes' voice is grounded in her community's traditions and histories, despite war and geographical dislocation. From "Estuary 2": She was born with fins and fishtail, A quick blade slicing water. She was her father's mermaid child, A river demon, elders said. She mimicked her cetaceous brothers, Abalone diving bluest depths. She polished smooth her brothers' masks, Inlaid nacre half moon eyes. She lit oak pyres and bade the wind A whispered requiem. Barbara Jane Reyes is author of two previous poetry collections including Poeta en San Francisco, which was awarded the 2005 James Laughlin Award from the Academy of American Poets. She was born in Manila and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. She works as adjunct professor in Philippine studies at the University of San Francisco. From National Book Critics Circle: “Diwata as a mythological invocation takes teh reader back to pre-colonial Philippines when the belief in these god and goddesses shaped the everyday lives on the Southeast Asian archipelago. They have now become your muses as you reach toward this cultural legacy to shape a distinct postmodern poetics in which yo u don’t simply erase colonial history- you build with that narrative as well.

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Diwata

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Gentle Birth Choices

By: Barbara Harper

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Gentle Birth Choices

By: Barbara Harper

Birth as every woman would like it to be • Recommended by Lamaze International as one of the top ten books for pregnant women and their families • Includes a 45-minute DVD of six live gentle births • More than 32,000 copies sold of the original edition New parents are faced with a myriad of choices about pregnancy, labor, and birth. In Gentle Birth Choices Barbara Harper, renowned childbirth advocate, nurse, former midwife, and mother of three, helps to clarify these choices and shows how to plan a meaningful, family-centered birth experience. She dispels medical myths and reimagines birth without fear, pain, or violence. Harper explains the numerous gentle birth choices available, including giving birth in an independent birth center, at home, or in a hospital birthing room; finding a primary caregiver who shares your philosophy of birth; and deciding how to best use current technologies. She also provides practical advice for couples wishing to explore the option of using a doula or water during labor and birth to avoid the unwanted effects of drugs and epidurals. The Gentle Birth Choices DVD blends interviews with midwives and physicians and six actual births that illustrate the options of water birth, home birth, and vaginal birth after a prior Cesarean section. The DVD clearly reveals the strength of women during childbirth and the healthy and happy outcome of women exercising gentle birth choices. It is a powerful instructional tool, not only for expectant parents, but also for midwives, hospitals, birth centers, and doctors.

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Simon and Schuster

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1594778639

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9781594778636

The Suspicion Series Volume One

Suspicion of Innocence, Suspicion of Guilt, and Suspicion of Deceit

By: Barbara Parker

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The Suspicion Series Volume One

Suspicion of Innocence, Suspicion of Guilt, and Suspicion of Deceit

By: Barbara Parker

Three taut mysteries in the Edgar Award–nominated crime thriller series by a New York Times–bestselling author. Gail Connor is a fast-rising attorney in a major Miami law firm. She and fellow lawyer Anthony Quintana work hard to ensure justice for their clients, and continue to investigate crimes around town while off the clock. Suspicion of Innocence: Gail is about to make partner in her Miami law firm when her life takes a sudden turn. She discovers her sister’s murdered body and soon realizes she’s the prime suspect. Gail must fight for her life as she gets a firsthand look at the dark underside of the legal system. Suspicion of Guilt: Gail’s been handed the biggest case of her life—a career maker that will guarantee partnership at her firm. But when she discovers suspected forgery is only the top layer of a brutal murder cover-up, she’s plunged deep into conspiracy and deadly risk. Suspicion of Deceit: Gail is newly engaged to her colleague Anthony when disturbing revelations about his past come to light. It seems, as a rebellious and idealistic youth, he traveled to Central America and became entangled in the cover-up of a violent tragedy in the Cuban expatriate community. Now, to keep that secret, someone is willing to kill . . . over and over again.

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Open Road Media

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1504047214

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Domestic Colonies

The Turn Inward to Colony

By: Barbara Arneil

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Domestic Colonies

The Turn Inward to Colony

By: Barbara Arneil

Modern colonization is generally defined as a process by which a state settles and dominates a foreign land and people. This book argues that through the nineteenth and into the first half of the twentieth centuries, thousands of domestic colonies were proposed and/or created by governments and civil society organizations for fellow citizens as opposed to foreigners and within their own borders rather than overseas. Such colonies sought to solve every social problem arising within industrializing and urbanizing states. Domestic Colonies argues that colonization ought to be seen during this period as a domestic policy designed to solve social problems at home as well as foreign policy designed to expand imperial power. Three kind of domestic colonies are analysed in this book: labour colonies for the idle poor, farm colonies for the mentally ill and disabled, and utopian colonies for racial, religious, and political minorities. All of them were justified by an ideology of colonialism that argued if people were segregated in colonies located on empty land and engaged in agrarian labour, this would improve both the people and the land. Key domestic colonialists analysed in this book include Alexis de Tocqueville, Abraham Lincoln, Peter Kropotkin, Robert Owen, and Booker T. Washington. The turn inward to colony thus requires us to rethink the meaning and scope of colonization and colonialism in modern political theory and practice.

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300

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Oxford University Press

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0192525115

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Approaches to Media Literacy: A Handbook

A Handbook

By: Art Silverblatt,Jane Ferry,Barbara Finan

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Approaches to Media Literacy: A Handbook

A Handbook

By: Art Silverblatt,Jane Ferry,Barbara Finan

Completely updated, with current examples and new coverage of digital media, this popular handbook provides a range of qualitative approaches that enable students to effectively decipher information conveyed through the channels of mass communication - photography, film, radio, television, and interactive media. It aim is to help students develop critical thinking skills and strategies with regard to what media to use and how to interpret the information that they receive. The techniques include ideological, autobiographical, nonverbal, and mythic approaches. An Instructor's Manual is available to professors who adopt this new edition.

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Routledge

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1317476565

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Suspicion of Deceit

By: Barbara Parker

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Suspicion of Deceit

By: Barbara Parker

New York Times bestseller: Miami attorneys Gail Connor and Anthony Quintana are back in action in this “complex, involving tale” (Booklist). Now running her own private law practice, Gail has taken on the Miami Opera as her first client. The company’s newest young star—who is set to take the lead in Mozart’s Don Giovanni—recently performed in Castro’s Cuba. And while the Opera’s board of directors couldn’t care less, Miami’s Cuban community could make a great deal of trouble for all involved. To Gail, it seems more like a case for a PR specialist than a lawyer. But she soon discovers that the Opera’s problems may threaten to expose a secret hidden in the history of Cuban emigration to Miami. It’s a secret someone is killing to keep, and a deadly conspiracy that leads Gail to the most unlikely of suspects: her fiancé Anthony Quintana. Edgar Award finalist and former Florida state prosecutor Barbara Parker once again serves up “a rich mix of tropical politics, edgy romance and secrets from the past” in the third legal thriller in the bestselling series (Publishers Weekly). Suspicion of Deceit is the 3rd book in the Suspicion series, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.

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Open Road Media

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1497631904

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9781497631908

Mosby's Review Questions for the NCLEX-RN Exam - E-Book

By: Patricia M. Nugent,Judith S. Green,Barbara A. Vitale,Phyllis K. Pelikan

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Mosby's Review Questions for the NCLEX-RN Exam - E-Book

By: Patricia M. Nugent,Judith S. Green,Barbara A. Vitale,Phyllis K. Pelikan

This title includes additional digital media when purchased in print format. For this digital book edition, media content is not included. Prepare for exam success with Mosby's Review Questions for the NCLEX-RN® Examination! Over 5,000 exam-style practice questions help you assess your strengths and weaknesses, develop test-taking skills, and reduce your test anxiety. Written by testing experts Patricia M. Nugent, Phyllis K. Pelikan, Judith S. Green, and Barbara A. Vitale, this book makes review easy by organizing material into the core clinical areas of medical-surgical nursing, mental health, maternity, and pediatrics. Rationales are provided for both correct and incorrect answers, and alternate item format questions ensure that you're prepared for the latest version of the exam. Convenient organization by core clinical area, body system, and disorders makes it easy for students to select the practice questions they prefer. More than 3,000 questions in the book Rationales for both correct and incorrect answers explain the reasoning behind each answer option. Alternate item format questions include fill-in-the-blank, multiple response, drag and drop prioritizing, chart/exhibit, and hot spot (figure/illustration) enhance students' critical thinking skills. Three practice modes -- study, quiz, and exam Coverage of new content on the 2010 NCLEX-RN test plan prepares your students for the exam with the most up-to-date information. An increase to over 300 alternate item format questions provides additional practice with these important critical thinking questions. 12 chart/exhibit alternate item format questions introduce students to the newest alternate item format type. - Coverage of new content on the 2010 NCLEX-RN test plan prepares you for the exam with the most up-to-date information. - An increase to over 300 alternate item format questions provides additional practice with these important critical thinking questions. - 12 chart/exhibit alternate item format questions introduce the newest alternate item format type.

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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0323079938

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9780323079938

Happy about My Resume

50 Tips for Building a Better Document to Secure a Brighter Future

By: Barbara Safani

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Happy about My Resume

50 Tips for Building a Better Document to Secure a Brighter Future

By: Barbara Safani

Many great job candidates have poor resumes that are merely a laundry list of job tasks that do little to distinguish them from their competition. The average recruiter or hiring manager spends less than 15 seconds reviewing a resume. Most people's resumes fail to "wow" the reader and quickly end up in the "no" pile. Writing a resume can feel like an overwhelming task. It can seem like a Herculean effort to consolidate so much important information about a career into a one or two page document. But it doesn't have to be that way! In 'Happy About My Resume', Barbara Safani offers 50 tips for creating compelling copy and presenting it in a powerful way to grab the hiring authority's attention and get them to pick up the phone to call you in for an interview. Safani provides practical and easy-to-follow advice as well as numerous samples that show each of her tips in action. The book will help readers learn how to quickly create a resume that is professional, gets them noticed, minimizes the amount of time they spend in a job search, and maximizes their earning power. The book is for anyone who wants to proactively manage their career and improve the quality of their current resume or create a resume from scratch.

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Happy About

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1600051138

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The Othering of Women in Silent Film

Cultural, Historical, and Literary Contexts

By: Barbara Tepa Lupack

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The Othering of Women in Silent Film

Cultural, Historical, and Literary Contexts

By: Barbara Tepa Lupack

In The Othering of Women in Silent Film: Cultural, Historical, and Literary Contexts, Barbara Tepa Lupackexplores the rampant racial and gender stereotyping depicted in early cinema, demonstrating how those stereotypes helped shape American attitudes and practices. Using social, cultural, literary, and cinema history as a focus, this book offers insights into issues of Othering, including discrimination, exclusion, and sexism, that are as timely today as they were a century ago. Lupack not only examines the ways that dominant cinema of the era imprinted indelible and pejorative images of women—including African Americans, Native Americans, Asians, Hispanics, and New Women/Suffragists—but also reveals the ways in which a number of pioneering early filmmakers and performers attempted to counter those depictions by challenging the imagery, interrogating the stereotypes, and re-politicizing the familiar narratives. Scholars of film, gender, history, and race studies will find this book of particular interest.

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Lexington Books

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1666913979

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9781666913972

Women and Men at Work

By: Irene Padavic,Barbara F. Reskin

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Women and Men at Work

By: Irene Padavic,Barbara F. Reskin

Author order on title cover reads Irene Padavic and Barbara Reskin.

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236

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Pine Forge Press

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076198710X

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9780761987109

The Bed & Breakfast Guide for the United States, Canada, Bermuda, Puerto Rico & the U.S.V.I.

By: Phyllis Featherston,Barbara F. Ostler,National Bed & Breakfast Association (U.S.)

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The Bed & Breakfast Guide for the United States, Canada, Bermuda, Puerto Rico & the U.S.V.I.

By: Phyllis Featherston,Barbara F. Ostler,National Bed & Breakfast Association (U.S.)

With entries increased by more than one-third over the previous edition, this is by far the largest and most comprehensive guide to private homes and small, family operated inns of great charm and comfort. Photos.

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Norwalk, Conn. : National Bed & Breakfast Association

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0961129832

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Mosby's Review Questions for the NCLEX-RN Exam - E-Book

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The Othering of Women in Silent Film

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The Bed & Breakfast Guide for the United States, Canada, Bermuda, Puerto Rico & the U.S.V.I.

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