Barbara Kristof's Books

Southern Exposure

International Development and the Global South in the Twenty-first Century

By: Barbara P. Thomas-Slayter

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Southern Exposure

International Development and the Global South in the Twenty-first Century

By: Barbara P. Thomas-Slayter

Calling increasing poverty and inequality in the Global South (sometimes known as the third world) as "among our most urgent problems today," Thomas-Slayter seeks to explore the problems of globalization from the perspective of ordinary non-elite people of the South. After offering a brief history of imperialism and colonialism, she presents chapters looking at issues of globalization and the nation-state; human rights and international refugees; the role of international economic organizations in creating inequality; the links between population, the environment, and development; food security and global politics; and the rise of "anti-globalization" movements.

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Kumarian Press

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1565491742

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Armageddon Now

The End of the World A to Z

By: Jim Willis,Barbara Willis

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Armageddon Now

The End of the World A to Z

By: Jim Willis,Barbara Willis

Covering all doomsday prophecies whether by fire or ice, bang or whimper, asteroid or alien, act of God or human folly! Environmental disasters, ebola outbreaks, war in the Middle East, political riots and upheavals may all be signs that the end times are coming. The timeless notion that the end is near is once again exerting a powerful influence on politics, religion, and pop culture. Omens and prophecies, asteroid collisions and nuclear war, global warming and virus pandemics, alien intervention, act of God or human folly, doomsday prophecies abound within the pages of Armageddon Now: The End of the World A to Z as we speculate how we might soon greet the eve of destruction. From alpha to omega and predictions from Nostradamus to the ancient Mayans, this tome is packed with 200 entries, 100 illustrations, and an extensive index. Satan, saints, survivalists, and evangelical preachers known for their views on biblical prophecies receive their due. The End has never been so thoroughly covered as in Armageddon Now. It’s the last word for the end user. So, don’t be left behind. Save yourself by buying this book.

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Visible Ink Press

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1578592445

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Personalized Medicine

Empowered Patients in the 21st Century?

By: Barbara Prainsack

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Personalized Medicine

Empowered Patients in the 21st Century?

By: Barbara Prainsack

Inside today's data-driven personalized medicine, and the time, effort, and information required from patients to make it a reality Medicine has been personal long before the concept of “personalized medicine” became popular. Health professionals have always taken into consideration the individual characteristics of their patients when diagnosing, and treating them. Patients have cared for themselves and for each other, contributed to medical research, and advocated for new treatments. Given this history, why has the notion of personalized medicine gained so much traction at the beginning of the new millennium? Personalized Medicine investigates the recent movement for patients’ involvement in how they are treated, diagnosed, and medicated; a movement that accompanies the increasingly popular idea that people should be proactive, well-informed participants in their own healthcare. While it is often the case that participatory practices in medicine are celebrated as instances of patient empowerment or, alternatively, are dismissed as cases of patient exploitation, Barbara Prainsack challenges these views to illustrate how personalized medicine can give rise to a technology-focused individualism, yet also present new opportunities to strengthen solidarity. Facing the future, this book reveals how medicine informed by digital, quantified, and computable information is already changing the personalization movement, providing a contemporary twist on how medical symptoms or ailments are shared and discussed in society. Bringing together empirical work and critical scholarship from medicine, public health, data governance, bioethics, and digital sociology, Personalized Medicine analyzes the challenges of personalization driven by patient work and data. This compelling volume proposes an understanding that uses novel technological practices to foreground the needs and interests of patients, instead of being ruled by them.

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NYU Press

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1479856908

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Belief and Unbelief

Womanhood Beyond Religion

By: Barbara G. Walker

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Belief and Unbelief

Womanhood Beyond Religion

By: Barbara G. Walker

Barbara G. Walker, bestselling author of The Woman’s Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets and past winner of the American Humanist Association’s Humanist Heroine Award, takes a hard look at religion in her latest book: Belief & Unbelief. Walker’s 22 new essays cover the spectrum, from “The Islamic Holocaust” being perpetrated against women to the dizziness of crystal-gazers in “Encountering the New Age.” Walker explains in depth how religion has been perverted from its naturalistic roots in the celebration of the mystery of new life to a patriarchal orgy of violence. In “Does Religion Make People Good?”, Walker responds with an emphatic “No!”, citing extensive evidence of “Bible Morality” to produce today’s Christian “God the Monster.” Women have borne the brunt of patriarchal religion’s evils – Walker even argues cogently for “Religion As the Root of Sexism.” Yet in her conclusion, “Family and the Future,” the ever-upbeat Walker imagines a return to the original, best traditions of religion as a metaphor for the wonder of the universe.

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Humanist Press

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093177957X

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Wire in Design

Modern Wire Art & Mixed Media

By: Barbara A. Mcguire

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Wire in Design

Modern Wire Art & Mixed Media

By: Barbara A. Mcguire

Wire is not boring or still... Wire is alive! Wire has held fascination as an art and craft medium for many years, but it has only come into the limelight as of late. If you have an interest in wire's rich past or the desire to explore this creative medium, you will find everything you need in this comprehensive volume. Besides discovering how many innovative artists have used wire effectively in their art, you will learn how to apply the elements and principles of design in your own wire artwork. • More than a dozen projects, including jewelry and home decor accessories • Complete guide to basic wire techniques and applications • Showcases the work of more than 75 talented artists

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Penguin

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144021977X

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Personalities on the Plate

The Lives and Minds of Animals We Eat

By: Barbara J. King

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Personalities on the Plate

The Lives and Minds of Animals We Eat

By: Barbara J. King

Rooted in the latest science, and built on a mix of firsthand experience (including entomophagy, which, yes, is what you think it is) and close engagement with the work of scientists, farmers, vets, and chefs, Personalities on the Plate is an unforgettable journey through the world of animals we eat."--Dust jacket.

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University of Chicago Press

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022619518X

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George W. Bush and the War on Women

Turning Back the Clock on Progress

By: Barbara Finlay

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George W. Bush and the War on Women

Turning Back the Clock on Progress

By: Barbara Finlay

This book takes a devastating look at the actions and policies of the George W. Bush administration in terms of their impact on women in the United States and abroad. Surprisingly, this is a largely ignored aspect of Bush's presidency, even though his policies have in many ways reversed or inhibited women's progress over the past three decades. While the media have focused on his opposition to abortion, Bush's less-publicized anti-feminist agenda has in fact been much more extensive. He has opposed women's interests in multiple ways, from shutting down women's offices in the government to de-funding programs that assist women, from opposing global women's rights treaties to supporting anti-feminist organizations. Contrary to his public claims that 'W stands for Women,' his policies, appointments and actions reveal a strongly patriarchal bent. This book also includes a chapter on the negative effects on women of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

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Zed Books Ltd.

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1848130996

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Diffusion of Democracy

The Past and Future of Global Democracy

By: Barbara Wejnert

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Diffusion of Democracy

The Past and Future of Global Democracy

By: Barbara Wejnert

This study of democratization since 1800 provides new data to explore the relationship between socioeconomic development and democracy over the last 200 years. Barbara Wejnert examines both countries and regions, and argues that the role of diffusion mechanisms (as opposed to internal factors) is especially significant, as are regional effects.

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Cambridge University Press

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1107047110

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A Multilingual Development Framework for Young Learners

Early Multi-Competence in South Tyrol

By: Barbara Hofer

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A Multilingual Development Framework for Young Learners

Early Multi-Competence in South Tyrol

By: Barbara Hofer

This book presents a new extended framework for the study of early multicompetence. It proposes a concept of multilingual competences as a valuable educational target, and a view of the multilingual learner as a competent language user. The thematic focus is on multilingual skill development in primary schoolers in the trilingual province of South Tyrol, northern Italy. A wide range of topics pertaining to multicompetence building and the special affordances of multilingual pedagogy are explored. Key concepts like language proficiency, native-speakerism, or monolingual classroom bias are subjected to critical analysis.

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Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

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311110771X

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Dragons and Tigers

A Geography of South, East, and Southeast Asia

By: Barbara A. Weightman

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Dragons and Tigers

A Geography of South, East, and Southeast Asia

By: Barbara A. Weightman

Dragons and Tigers: A Geography of South, East, and Southeast Asia, Third Edition explores and illustrates conditions, events, problems, and trends of both larger regions and individual nations. Using a cross-disciplinary approach, the author discusses evolving physical and cultural landscapes. Nature-Society relations provide the foundation for social, economic, political, and environmental problems. Dragons and Tigers is the only textbook that covers all three regions – South Asia, East Asia, and Southeast Asia – in one textbook. It is the most comprehensive book on the market about the geography of Asia.

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John Wiley and Sons

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047087628X

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Leadership For Global Citizenship

By: Barbara C. Crosby

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Leadership For Global Citizenship

By: Barbara C. Crosby

Barbara C Crosby's book offers flexible and widely applicable tools for the exercise of global leadership for the common good - including group assessment, multiple perspectives on team and organizational dynamics, systems thinking, the democratic process, and the search for cross-cultural ethical principles.

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SAGE

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0761917470

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Work with Me

The 8 Blind Spots Between Men and Women in Business

By: Barbara Annis,John Gray

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Work with Me

The 8 Blind Spots Between Men and Women in Business

By: Barbara Annis,John Gray

A leading gender studies authority draws on extensive interviews to challenge popular conceptions and identify biological factors behind how and why men and women think and act as they do in the workplace.

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Macmillan

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023034190X

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Cancer, Radiation Therapy, and the Market

By: Barbara Bridgman Perkins

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Cancer, Radiation Therapy, and the Market

By: Barbara Bridgman Perkins

Cancer, Radiation Therapy, and the Market shows how the radiation therapy specialty in the United States (later called radiation oncology) co-evolved with its device industry throughout the twentieth-century. Academic engineers and physicians acquired financing to develop increasingly powerful radiation devices, initiated companies to manufacture the devices competitively and designed hospital and freestanding procedure units to utilize them. In the process they incorporated market strategies into medical organization and practice. This provocative inquiry concludes that public health policy needs to re-evaluate market-driven high-tech medicine and build evidence-based health care systems.

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Taylor & Francis

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1351978136

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Bad Leadership

What It Is, How It Happens, Why It Matters

By: Barbara Kellerman

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Bad Leadership

What It Is, How It Happens, Why It Matters

By: Barbara Kellerman

How is Saddam Hussein like Tony Blair? Or Kenneth Lay like Lou Gerstner? Answer: They are, or were, leaders. Many would argue that tyrants, corrupt CEOs, and other abusers of power and authority are not leaders at all--at least not as the word is currently used. But, according to Barbara Kellerman, this assumption is dangerously naive. A provocative departure from conventional thinking, Bad Leadership compels us to see leadership in its entirety. Kellerman argues that the dark side of leadership--from rigidity and callousness to corruption and cruelty--is not an aberration. Rather, bad leadership is as ubiquitous as it is insidious--and so must be more carefully examined and better understood. Drawing on high-profile, contemporary examples--from Mary Meeker to David Koresh, Bill Clinton to Radovan Karadzic, Al Dunlap to Leona Helmsley--Kellerman explores seven primary types of bad leadership and dissects why and how leaders cross the line from good to bad. The book also illuminates the critical role of followers, revealing how they collaborate with, and sometimes even cause, bad leadership. Daring and counterintuitive, Bad Leadership makes clear that we need to face the dark side to become better leaders and followers ourselves. Barbara Kellerman is research director of the Center for Public Leadership and a lecturer in public policy at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.

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Harvard Business Press

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1422163237

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Understanding Inequality

The Intersection of Race/Ethnicity, Class, and Gender

By: Barbara A. Arrighi

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Understanding Inequality

The Intersection of Race/Ethnicity, Class, and Gender

By: Barbara A. Arrighi

As the age of globalization and New Media unite disparate groups of people in new ways, the continual transformation and interconnections between ethnicity, class, and gender become increasingly complex. This reader, comprised of a diverse array of sources ranging from the New York Times to the journals of leading research universities, explores these issues as systems of stratification that work to reinforce one another. Understanding Inequality provides students and academics with the basic hermeneutics for considering new thought on ethnicity, class, and gender in the 21st century.

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Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

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1461646545

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The Case for Impeachment

The Legal Argument for Removing President George W. Bush from Office

By: Dave Lindorff,Barbara Olshansky

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The Case for Impeachment

The Legal Argument for Removing President George W. Bush from Office

By: Dave Lindorff,Barbara Olshansky

In this hard-hitting and persuasive new book, a seasoned journalist and a Constitutional expert assert that it's time for the American people to take action against President George W. Bush.

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031237254X

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John McCain

Serving His Country

By: Barbara Silberdick Feinberg,Barbara Jane Feinberg

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John McCain

Serving His Country

By: Barbara Silberdick Feinberg,Barbara Jane Feinberg

Chronicles the life and career of John McCain, Navy pilot, P.O.W., and senator, and his 1999-2000 campaign for the presidency.

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Lerner Publications

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0761319743

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Drones in the Water

By: Barbara Martina Linde

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Drones in the Water

By: Barbara Martina Linde

Most people have seen or heard about flying drones and their many uses, but have you heard about drones in the water? What are they used for, and how are they waterproof? With this volume, readers will learn what an underwater drone is and how it operates. Students will discover how people use drones to explore shipwrecks, coral reefs, and other underwater sites. They'll find out how the use of drones helps scientists obtain data about the water, and they'll learn about drone rules and safety protocols. Photographs, diagrams, and graphic organizers will help readers visualize the concepts, and fact boxes enhance the narrative.

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PowerKids Press

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1725309459

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News in a New Century

Reporting in An Age of Converging Media

By: Jerry Lanson,Barbara Croll Fought

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News in a New Century

Reporting in An Age of Converging Media

By: Jerry Lanson,Barbara Croll Fought

This is a truly multimedia approach to reporting, which makes the book relevant to young journalists regardless of whether it's newspaper, magazine, e-zine, or broadcast they're interested in. There are interesting, relevant examples and detailed, practical tips.

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Pine Forge Press

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0761985069

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Feminist Perspectives on Sociology

By: Barbara Littlewood

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Feminist Perspectives on Sociology

By: Barbara Littlewood

The Feminist Perspectives Series seeks to provide concise, accessible and engaging introductions to key feminist topics and debates. The texts in the series are designed to be used on a wide range of courses touching feminist issues and are written by experienced teachers who are also well known in their respective fields. Each book in the series includes the most up-to-date statistics, research data, key sources and suggestions for further reading. Feminist Perspectives on Sociology examines how sociology has been transformed under the influence of feminism in recent years. This transformation consists both of a critique of established areas and the opening up of new ones. Areas and issues covered include approaches to knowledge and research, patriarchal relations, work in and outside the home, body politics, sport and fitness, migration, violence, the state, and globalisation. The book also reviews a range of ‘post’ perspectives and arguments including postmodernism, postcolonialism and postfeminism. Feminism is also a transformative social movement. Its political impact, from local to transnational levels, has to be taken into account in assessing developments in sociology, providing it with a connection between research and action. Key features Provides a comprehensive and accessible introduction to feminist perspectives in sociology Discusses and assesses sociological and feminist theories in relation to case studies Covers a wide range of current issues that will interest readers from many disciplinary backgrounds Includes end of chapter summaries, suggestions for further reading and a glossary of key terms Barbara Littlewood is Lecturer in Sociology, University of Glasgow.

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Routledge

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1317904753

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Many Peoples, Many Faiths

Women and Men in the World Religions

By: Robert S. Ellwood,Barbara A. McGraw

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Many Peoples, Many Faiths

Women and Men in the World Religions

By: Robert S. Ellwood,Barbara A. McGraw

For more than three decades this introduction to the world's religions, Many Peoples, Many Faiths has combined factual information with empathic writing that seeks to convey the flavor of our planet's diverse religions and cultures. This classic work helps students gain a sense of each religion's unique characteristics while tackling some of today's most critical religious issues. It is written in an engaging style and has been fully updated--with fresh insights and information on each of the world’s major religions, along with new religious movements.

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Routledge

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1315507552

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Essays on Turkish Literature and History

By: Barbara Flemming

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Essays on Turkish Literature and History

By: Barbara Flemming

In Essays on Turkish Literature and History Barbara Flemming makes available essays partly previously published in German. They offer insights gained through decades of scholarship. Although the Ottoman period is central, a wide range is covered, including an early Turkish principality, Mamluk and Ottoman Egypt, and contemporary southeastern Turkey. The essays look into historical and political factors involved in the preoccupation with the world’s ending, into Muslim-Christian dialogue, the sultan’s prayer before battle, and the bilingualism of poets. Of particular interest are the sections on female participation in mysticism, on an anti-Sufi movement in Cairo, on the Ottoman capital’s appeal to collectors and emigrants (Diez, Süssheim, Böhlau), and on the far-reaching effects of alphabet change.

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BRILL

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9004355766

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Evolving God

A Provocative View on the Origins of Religion

By: Barbara J. King

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Evolving God

A Provocative View on the Origins of Religion

By: Barbara J. King

The author of How Animals Grieve “contends that religion . . . is a consequence of primate evolution” in this “brilliant book” (Booklist, starred review). Religion has been a central part of human experience since at least the dawn of recorded history. The gods change, as do the rituals, but the underlying desire remains—a desire to belong to something larger, greater, most lasting than our mortal, finite selves. But where did that desire come from? Can we explain its emergence through evolution? Yes, says biological anthropologist Barbara J. King—and doing so not only helps us to understand the religious imagination, but also reveals fascinating links to the lives and minds of our primate cousins. Evolving God draws on King’s own fieldwork among primates in Africa and paleoanthropology of our extinct ancestors to offer a new way of thinking about the origins of religion, one that situates it in a deep need for emotional connection with others, a need we share with apes and monkeys. Though her thesis is provocative, and she’s not above thoughtful speculation, King’s argument is strongly rooted in close observation and analysis. She traces an evolutionary path that connects us to other primates, who, like us, display empathy, make meanings through interaction, create social rules, and display imagination—the basic building blocks of the religious imagination. With fresh insights, she responds to recent suggestions that chimpanzees are spiritual—or even religious—beings, and that our ancient humanlike cousins carefully disposed of their dead well before the time of Neandertals. “Her interpretations result in a provocative hypothesis about the evolution of spirituality.” —The Dallas Morning News

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University of Chicago Press

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022636092X

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Caring for Families in Court

An Essential Approach to Family Justice

By: Barbara A. Babb,Judith D. Moran

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Caring for Families in Court

An Essential Approach to Family Justice

By: Barbara A. Babb,Judith D. Moran

In many US courts and internationally, family law cases constitute almost half of the trial caseload. These matters include child abuse and neglect and juvenile delinquency, as well as divorce, custody, paternity, and other traditional family law issues. In this book, the authors argue that reforms to the family justice system are necessary to enable it to assist families and children effectively. The authors propose an approach that envisions the family court as a "care center," by blending existing theories surrounding court reform in family law with an ethic of care and narrative practice. Building on conceptual, procedural, and structural reforms of the past several decades, the authors define the concept of a unified family court created along interdisciplinary lines — a paradigm that is particularly well suited to inform the work of family courts. These prior reforms have contributed to enhancing the family justice system, as courts now can shape comprehensive outcomes designed to improve the lives of families and children by taking into account both their legal and non-legal needs. In doing so, courts can utilize each family’s story as a foundation to fashion a resolution of their unique issues. In the book, the authors aim to strengthen a court’s problem-solving capabilities by discussing how incorporating an ethic of care and appreciating the family narrative can add to the court’s effectiveness in responding to families and children. Creating the court as a care center, the authors conclude, should lie at the heart of how a family justice system operates. The authors are well-known figures in the area and have been involved in family court reform on both a US national and an international scale for many years.

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1134842619

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Apogee of Empire

Spain and New Spain in the Age of Charles III, 1759–1789

By: Stanley J. Stein,Barbara H. Stein

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Apogee of Empire

Spain and New Spain in the Age of Charles III, 1759–1789

By: Stanley J. Stein,Barbara H. Stein

Once Europe's supreme maritime power, Spain by the mid-eighteenth century was facing fierce competition from England and France. England, in particular, had successfully mustered the financial resources necessary to confront its Atlantic rivals by mobilizing both aristocracy and merchant bourgeoisie in support of its imperial ambitions. Spain, meanwhile, remained overly dependent on the profits of its New World silver mines to finance both metropolitan and colonial imperatives, and England's naval superiority constantly threatened the vital flow of specie. When Charles III ascended the Spanish throne in 1759, then, after a quarter-century as ruler of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, Spain and its colonial empire were seriously imperiled. Two hundred years of Hapsburg rule, followed by a half-century of ineffectual Bourbon "reforms," had done little to modernize Spain's increasingly antiquated political, social, economic, and intellectual institutions. Charles III, recognizing the pressing need to renovate these institutions, set his Italian staff—notably the Marqués de Esquilache, who became Secretary of the Consejo de Hacienda (the Exchequer)—to this formidable task. In Apogee of Empire, Stanley J. Stein and Barbara H. Stein trace the attempt, initially under Esquilache's direction, to reform the Spanish establishment and, later, to modify and modernize the relationship between the metropole and its colonies. Within Spain, Charles and his architects of reform had to be mindful of determining what adjustments could be made that would help Spain confront its enemies without also radically altering the Hapsburg inheritance. As described in impressive detail by the authors, the bitter, seven-year conflict that ensued between reformers and traditionalists ended in a coup in 1766 that forced Charles to send Esquilache back to Italy. After this setback at home, Charles still hoped to effect constructive change in Spain's imperial system, primarily through the incremental implementation of a policy of comercio libre (free-trade). These reforms, made half-heartedly at best, failed as well, and by 1789 Spain would find itself ill prepared for the coming decades of upheaval in Europe and America. An in-depth study of incremental response by an old imperial order to challenges at home and abroad, Apogee of Empire is also a sweeping account of the personalities, places, and policies that helped to shape the modern Atlantic world.

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JHU Press

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0801881560

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The Enablers

How Team Trump Flunked the Pandemic and Failed America

By: Barbara Kellerman

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The Enablers

How Team Trump Flunked the Pandemic and Failed America

By: Barbara Kellerman

The COVID-19 pandemic will forever be remembered as a pivotal event in American history. Written by one of the world's foremost experts on leadership and followership, this book centers on the first six months of the pandemic and the crises that ran rampant. The chapters focus less on the former president, Donald Trump, than on his followers: on people complicit in his miserable mismanagement of the crisis in public health. Barbara Kellerman provides clear and compelling evidence that Trump was not entirely to blame for everything that went wrong. Many others were responsible including his base, party, administration, inner circle, Republican elites, members of the media, and even medical experts. Far too many surrendered to the president's demands, despite it being obvious his leadership was fatally flawed. The book testifies to the importance of speaking truth to power, and a willingness to take risks properly to serve the public interest.

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Cambridge University Press

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1108976646

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The Rapture Exposed

The Message of Hope in the Book of Revelation

By: Barbara R. Rossing

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The Rapture Exposed

The Message of Hope in the Book of Revelation

By: Barbara R. Rossing

The idea of "The Rapture" -- the return of Christ to rescue and deliver Christians off the earth -- is an extremely popular interpretation of the Bible's Book of Revelation and a jumping-off point for the best-selling "Left Behind" series of books. This interpretation, based on a psychology of fear and destruction, guides the daily acts of thousands if not millions of people worldwide. In The Rapture Exposed, Barbara Rossing argues that this script for the world's future is nothing more than a disingenuous distortion of the Bible. The truth, Rossing argues, is that Revelation offers a vision of God's healing love for the world. The Rapture Exposed reclaims Christianity from fundamentalists' destructive reading of the biblical story and back into God's beloved community.

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Foundations in Polymer Clay Design

Fundamental Design Elements - Explore Color, Shape, Pattern, Balance

By: Barbara McGuire,Barbara A. Mcguire

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Foundations in Polymer Clay Design

Fundamental Design Elements - Explore Color, Shape, Pattern, Balance

By: Barbara McGuire,Barbara A. Mcguire

Create Art with Polymer Clay Whether you are a student, teacher, crafter, or have an interest in art principles, you will discover new ways to unleash your creativity while creating with polymer clay. After a brief introduction to this versatile medium, the author presents the elements and principles of design, from color and value to emphasis and unity, which apply to all media. You will explore the concepts and complete exercises - which include step-by-step instructions and illustrations - aimed at stimulating and improving your design quality and creations. This indispensable guide includes: • More than 20 creative and functional projects • Artwork by celebrated artists from around the world • Hundreds of lavish full-color photos Comprehensive. Modern. Fundamental. An essential resource.Hundreds of lavish full-color photos Comprehensive. Modern. Fundamental. An essential resource.

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Sexism in America

Alive, Well, and Ruining Our Future

By: Barbara J. Berg

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Sexism in America

Alive, Well, and Ruining Our Future

By: Barbara J. Berg

The news in 2008 was that women had taken huge strides forward. Feminists' decades-long struggle finally seemed to be paying off, not only in boardrooms, classrooms, and kitchens but also at the very top-in presidential politics. But what is the truth behind the headlines? In Sexism in America: Alive, Well, and Ruining Our Future, renowned feminist author Barbara J. Berg debunks the many myths about how far women have come and the pervasive belief that ours is a post-feminist society. Combining authoritative research and compelling storytelling, Berg traces the assault on women's status from the 1950s-when Newsweek declared "for the American girl, books and babies don't mix"-to the present, exploring the deception about women's progress and contextualizing our current situation. All women are hurt by a society lauding their attributes in speeches while scorning them in public policy and popular culture, and the legacy of the women's movement is being short-circuited in every aspect of their lives. Passionate, extensively documented, humorous, and persuasive, Sexism in America is simultaneously enlightening, frightening, and revitalizing. Berg, an ardent optimist, helps women understand where they are and why and how they can move beyond the marginalizing strategies. It is exactly the right book at exactly the right time"--Provided by publisher.

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1569763321

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Visualizing Geology

By: Barbara W. Murck,Brian J. Skinner

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Visualizing Geology

By: Barbara W. Murck,Brian J. Skinner

The newly revised Fourth Edition of Visualizing Geology, WileyPLUS NextGen Card and Loose-leaf Set Single Semester delivers an authoritative and thorough exploration of introductory Earth system science and geology in the distinctive style of the Wiley Visualizing series. Students learn about the three grand geologic cycles – tectonic, rock, and water – and how they interact to create and shape the geologic features we see and experience. This single-semester loose-leaf set includes access to the renowned WileyPLUS NextGen digital learning environment, an indispensable pedagogical addition to any classroom.

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1118996518

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Uprooted and Unwanted

Bosnian Refugees in Austria and the United States

By: Barbara Franz

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Uprooted and Unwanted

Bosnian Refugees in Austria and the United States

By: Barbara Franz

The tragedy of war does not end when the soldiers put down their guns. Among the after-effects, the dislocation and relocation of civilians often loom large. The aftermath of the Bosnian conflicts has left many refugees needing to establish new lives, often in radically different cultures. In Uprooted and Unwanted, Barbara Franz offers a cogent look at how these refugees have fared in two representative cities—Vienna and New York City. Between 1991 and 2001, some 30,000 Bosnian refugees settled in Austria, and 120,000 found their way to the United States. Franz focuses on the strategies, skills, and informal networks used by Bosnian refugees, particularly women, to adapt to official policies and administrative practices in their host societies. Her analysis concludes that historically inaccurate ideas on how to deal with displaced persons have led to policies in both Europe and North America that have adversely affected those whose lives have been devastated by war.

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Texas A&M University Press

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Bitter Friends, Bosom Enemies

Iran, the U.S., and the Twisted Path to Confrontation

By: Barbara Slavin

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Bitter Friends, Bosom Enemies

Iran, the U.S., and the Twisted Path to Confrontation

By: Barbara Slavin

In Bitter Friends, Bosom Enemies, Barbara Slavin untangles the love-hate relationship between Iran and the United States that has brought the two countries to the brink of war. Slavin reveals that relations between Washington and Tehran have been riddled with contradictions for decades and details missed opportunities for reconciliation under both the Clinton and Bush administrations, including diplomatic rebuffs to Iran in Bush's first term based on the mistaken belief that the U.S. invasion of Iraq would weaken Iran's Islamic government. On e of the few reporters to interview high-profile Iranian officials, including Iran's current and last two presidents, Slavin describes all the key constituencies in Iran society from the clerics, to the Revolutionary Guards, to reformers and Iranian youth. She unveils Iran and shows it to be a country that both adores and fears the United States. Despite government propaganda that portrays the U.S. as the "Great Satan," many Iranians have come to idolize staples of American pop culture while holding on to their own traditions. The United States, on the other hand, has demonized Iran as a member of an "axis of evil" that supports terrorists and represses its own people who, in the words of U.S. officials, "deserve better." As Iran moves toward becoming a nuclear power, Slavin believes that the power brokers in Washington may be suffering from the same lack of understanding and foresight that led the U.S. into prolonged warfare in Iraq. Distrustful of each other's intentions yet longing at some level to reconcile, neither Tehran nor Washington knows how this story will end. Anyone interested in understanding the dynamics of this pivotal international relationship will find Bitter Friends, Bosom Enemies a crucial and compelling read.

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0312384912

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The Jungian Inspired Holocaust Writings of Etty Hillesum

To Write is to Act

By: Barbara Morrill

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The Jungian Inspired Holocaust Writings of Etty Hillesum

To Write is to Act

By: Barbara Morrill

Within this fascinating new book, Barbara Morrill analyses the journal writings of Etty Hillesum, a young Jewish woman in the 1940s, as she began analysis with a Jungian oriented practitioner in 1941. While Anne Frank is an inspirational figure, little is known about Etty Hillesum, also from Amsterdam, who kept a diary recounting her life and experiences during early World War II. This book is a compelling example of how we can use Etty Hillesum’s writings in the present to stand firm against the problems we’re currently facing globally. Being a Jungian oriented Integral psychologist and professor, the author examines what Hillesum recorded in her time, as well as employing Etty’s ideas to illuminate the chaos in our time. She explores Hillesum’s own process of individuation and realization, encouraging others to “develop yourselves!” This will be a unique volume of interest to Jungian analysts, analysts in training, as well as readers with an interest in the time period and concern about democracy and “our times.”

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Taylor & Francis

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1040109780

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American Families and the Future

Analyses of Possible Destinies

By: Roma S Hanks,Marvin B Sussman,Barbara H Settles

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American Families and the Future

Analyses of Possible Destinies

By: Roma S Hanks,Marvin B Sussman,Barbara H Settles

As the world heads into the twenty-first century, individuals and their families are being confronted with a more diverse array of possible life experiences than has ever existed before. Changes in longevity, marriage, fertility, employment, and many other areas have created new opportunities for individual and family choice and variability in life course experiences. American Families and the Future discusses a variety of issues that face and will continue to families in coming years and describes various strategies families can use in their decisionmaking processes.This enlightening book is divided into five main sections: Demographic Issues; Social and Economic Issues; Technological Issues; Family Process in Shaping the Future; and Family Vision in Creating the Future. Individual chapters view family problem solving from a variety of perspectives and disciplines.American Families and the Future: describes recent demographic trends and considers their implications for how individuals and their families plan and prepare for their later adult life reviews health care issues and concerns for the elderly and addresses strategies for self-health promotion and illness prevention provides examples illustrating the uses and abuses of data to promote partisan views and agendas outlines a conceptual framework that can be uses to understand problem solving and decisionmaking by individuals and family groups presents a model that explores family decisionmaking, focusing on the conditions under which decisions are made presents findings from a study of early adolescents’perceptions of their role in family decisionmakingThe book closes with an upbeat discussion of possible solutions to current pathologies affecting human societies and cultures. Professionals who work with families will find this book an enlightening and encouraging guide for helping families cope with the myriad issues and choices they face in planning for their futures.

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Routledge

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1317764862

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Evangelical Christians in the Muslim Sahel

By: Barbara M. Cooper

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Evangelical Christians in the Muslim Sahel

By: Barbara M. Cooper

This “fascinating historical account” of a Christian mission in Niger offers a personal and richly detailed look at religious institutions in the region (Religious Studies Review). Barbara M. Cooper looks closely at the Sudan Interior Mission, an evangelical Christian mission that has taken a tenuous hold in a predominantly Hausa Muslim area on the southern fringe of Niger. Based on sustained fieldwork, personal interviews, and archival research, this vibrant, sensitive, compelling, and candid book gives a unique glimpse into an important dimension of religious life in Africa. Cooper’s involvement in a violent religious riot provides a useful backdrop for introducing other themes and concerns such as Bible translation, medical outreach, public preaching, tensions between English-speaking and French-speaking missionaries, and the Christian mission’s changing views of Islam.

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0253111927

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Cardiac Nursing E-Book

By: Debra K. Moser,Barbara Riegel

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Cardiac Nursing E-Book

By: Debra K. Moser,Barbara Riegel

Cardiac Nursing: A Companion to Braunwald's Heart Disease is the only comprehensive text available for cardiac nurses. This brand-new reference emphasizes both evidence-based practice and hands-on care in a high-tech, high-touch approach that meets the high-stakes needs of cardiac and critical care nurses. What's more, the book makes the material easily accessible by using clear language, straightforward text, and plenty of illustrations, lists, and tables. This book is the third in a series of companion texts for Braunwald's Heart Disease and the first specifically for nurses. - Authored by the widely published, well-known co-editors of The Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing--two leaders in cardiac nursing. - Endorsed by the authors of Braunwald's Heart Disease, including Eugene Braunwald, the physician considered by many to be the "father of modern cardiology." - Evidence-based Practice boxes highlight research-supported advances in knowledge and care practices. - Conundrum boxes helps readers hone their critical thinking skills by tackling tough questions for which there may be no easy answers. - Technology boxes keeps readers up to date with the latest technological advances. - Genetics boxes helps readers understand connections between genes and heart disease. - Pharmacology tables present important drug-related information at a glance. - A guide to cardiac abbreviations and acronyms gives nurses quick access to essential information.

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1437735592

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The SAGE Handbook of Sociolinguistics

By: Ruth Wodak,Barbara Johnstone,Paul E Kerswill

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The SAGE Handbook of Sociolinguistics

By: Ruth Wodak,Barbara Johnstone,Paul E Kerswill

This Handbook answers a long-standing need for an up-to-date, comprehensive, international, in-depth critical survey of the history, trajectory, data, results and key figures involved in sociolinguistics. The result is a work of unprecedented coverage and insight. It is all here, from the foundational contributions to the field to the impact of new media, new technologies of communication, globalization, trans-border fluidities and agendas of research.

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1847870953

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