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Billie Eilish

By: Billie Eilish

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From legendary recording artist and two-time Academy Award winner Billie Eilish, an intimate look at her life—both on and offstage—in this stunning photography book. Billie Eilish is a once in a generation superstar. With distinctive visual flare and darkly poignant lyricss that rival performers twice her age, Billie is a musician who stands out from the crowd. Between her record-shattering award-winning music and her uncompromising and unapologetic attitude, it's no surprise that her fanbase continues to grow. Now in this visual narrative journey through her life, she is ready to share more with her devoted audience, including hundreds of never-before-seen high-quality photos, from baby pictures to early performance images–all lovingly selected by Billie herself. This gorgeous book captures the essence of Billie, offering readers a personal glimpses into her childhood, her life on tour, and more. A must-have for any fan.

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Grand Central Publishing

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1538720493

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9781538720493

Billie Eilish - Happier Than Ever

By: Billie Eilish

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Billie Eilish - Happier Than Ever

By: Billie Eilish

(Piano/Vocal/Guitar Artist Songbook). 15 songs from Eilish's much-anticipated third studio album which debuted at the top of the Billboard 200 album charts. Includes arrangements for piano, voice and guitar for the songs: Billie Bossa Nova * Everybody Dies * Getting Older * Lost Cause * My Future * NDA * Therefore I Am * Your Power * and more.

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Hal Leonard

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1705154476

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9781705154472

Billie Eilish - Don't Smile At Me Songbook

By: Billie Eilish

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Billie Eilish - Don't Smile At Me Songbook

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(Piano/Vocal/Guitar Artist Songbook). This California teenage newcomer to the pop music scene launched to viral fame with her debut single "Ocean Eyes." Our songbook includes this and song and 8 more from her debut album, plus a bonus track, "Lovely." Other songs include: &Burn * Bellyache * Copycat * Hostage * Idontwannabeyouanymore * My Boy * Party Favor * Watch.

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Hal Leonard Corporation

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1540057143

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9781540057143

Billie Eilish - Don't Smile at Me Easy Piano Songbook

By: Billie Eilish

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Billie Eilish - Don't Smile at Me Easy Piano Songbook

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(Easy Piano Personality). This songbook features easy piano arrangements with lyrics for all the tracks on her attention-grabbing debut EP featuring: Bellyache * Copycat * Hostage * Idontwannabeyouanymore * My Boy * Ocean Eyes * Party Favor

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1540081796

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9781540081797

Billie Eilish - When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? Easy Piano Songbook

By: Billie Eilish

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Billie Eilish - When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? Easy Piano Songbook

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(Easy Piano Personality). This debut studio album by this teenage newcomer to the music scene reaching the top of the Billboard 200 album charts. Our matching folio features 13 tracks arranged for easy piano with lyrics: All the Good Girls Go to Hell * Bad Guy * Bury a Friend * 8 * Goodbye * I Love You * ilomilo * Listen Before I Go * My Strange Addiction * When the Party's Over * Wish You Were Gay * Xanny * You Should See Me in a Crown.

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154008177X

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All In

An Autobiography

By: Billie Jean King,Johnette Howard,Maryanne Vollers

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All In

An Autobiography

By: Billie Jean King,Johnette Howard,Maryanne Vollers

NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • An inspiring and intimate self-portrait of the champion of equality that encompasses her brilliant tennis career, unwavering activism, and an ongoing commitment to fairness and social justice. “A story about the personal strength, immense growth, and undeniable greatness of one woman who fearlessly stood up to a culture trying to break her down.”—Serena Williams In this spirited account, Billie Jean King details her life's journey to find her true self. She recounts her groundbreaking tennis career—six years as the top-ranked woman in the world, twenty Wimbledon championships, thirty-nine grand-slam titles, and her watershed defeat of Bobby Riggs in the famous "Battle of the Sexes." She poignantly recalls the cultural backdrop of those years and the profound impact on her worldview from the women's movement, the assassinations and anti-war protests of the 1960s, the civil rights movement, and, eventually, the LGBTQ+ rights movement. She describes the myriad challenges she's hurdled—entrenched sexism, an eating disorder, near financial peril after being outed—on her path to publicly and unequivocally acknowledging her sexual identity at the age of fifty-one. She talks about how her life today remains one of indefatigable service. She offers insights and advice on leadership, business, activism, sports, politics, marriage equality, parenting, sexuality, and love. And she shows how living honestly and openly has had a transformative effect on her relationships and happiness. Hers is the story of a pathbreaking feminist, a world-class athlete, and an indomitable spirit whose impact has transcended even her spectacular achievements in sports.

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Knopf

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1101947349

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9781101947340

Where the Heart Is

By: Billie Letts

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Where the Heart Is

By: Billie Letts

A down on her luck pregnant teen finds herself living in a shopping center in this Oprah's Book Club selection that inspired the film starring Ashley Judd and Natalie Portman. Talk about unlucky sevens. An hour ago, seventeen-year-old, seven months pregnant Novalee Nation was heading for California with her boyfriend. Now she finds herself stranded at a Wal-Mart in Sequoyah, Oklahoma, with just $7.77 in change. But Novalee is about to discover hidden treasures in this small Southwest town–a group of down-to-earth, deeply caring people willing to help a homeless, jobless girl. From Bible-thumping blue-haired Sister Thelma Husband to eccentric librarian Forney Hull, they are about to take her–and you, too–on a moving, funny, and unforgettable journey.

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Grand Central Publishing

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075952288X

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9780759522886

Why Are You So Sensitive?

Navigating Everyday, Unintended Microaggressions

By: Billie Lee

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Why Are You So Sensitive?

Navigating Everyday, Unintended Microaggressions

By: Billie Lee

A lively, engaging, and honest look at microaggressions told from a variety of different perspectives—and what we can do about them. "You look better than me, and I'm a real woman!" "You're so well spoken!" "Act like a man." In her own life and activist work, Billie Lee has realized how painful microaggressions like these can be, even when they come from people whose intentions are good. As a trans woman in the public eye, Billie Lee has been on the receiving end of more than her fair share of microaggressions, but like most of us, she’s been guilty of them too. In Why Are You So Sensitive?, Billie shares stories of microaggressions she's both received and committed, alongside an all-star list of contributors from different backgrounds including Brian Michael Smith and Jacob Tobia. Psychologist and microaggression expert Dr. Gina Torino provides analysis and advice to help readers better understand the underlying dynamics at play and simple ways to reduce harm in their own interactions. Dynamic, relatable, and packed with insights, Why Are You So Sensitive? meets readers where they are and provides a vital blueprint for a better, kinder world.

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Andrews McMeel Publishing

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1524897485

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9781524897482

Shoot the Moon

By: Billie Letts

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Shoot the Moon

By: Billie Letts

From one of America's best-loved storytellers - the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Where the Heat Is - comes a tale of a small Oklahoma town and the mystery that has haunted its residents for years. In 1972, windswept DeClare, Oklahoma, was consumed by the murder of a young mother, Gaylene Harjo, and the disappearance of her baby, Nicky Jack. When the child's pajama bottoms were discovered on the banks of Willow Creek, everyone feared that he, too, had been killed, although his body was never found. Nearly thirty years later, Nicky Jack mysteriously returns to DeClare, shocking the town and stirring up long-buried memories. But what he discovers about the night he vanished is more astonishing than he or anyone could have imagine. Piece by piece, what emerges is a story of dashed hopes, desperate love, and a secret that still cries out for justice...and redemption.

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Hachette+ORM

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0759511713

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9780759511712

The Lecherous Professor

Sexual Harassment on Campus

By: Billie Wright Dziech,Linda Weiner

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The Lecherous Professor

Sexual Harassment on Campus

By: Billie Wright Dziech,Linda Weiner

Discusses sexual harassment on campus, and suggests actions students, parents, faculty, and administrators can take to combat it.

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University of Illinois Press

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0252061187

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9780252061189

Billie-Jo

Collection of Poetry

By: Billie-Jo Carroll-Tierney

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Billie-Jo

Collection of Poetry

By: Billie-Jo Carroll-Tierney

Billie-Jo Collection of Poetry By: Billie-Jo Tierney Billie-Jo: Collection of Poetry includes stories of family life, humor, and loss. These poems also tackle prejudice, betrayal, and uncertainty. Author Billie-Jo Carroll-Tierney also writes about her family and loved ones in her poetry, as well as extended family members. She lost her youngest brother due to choices he made and his story is included within these poems. The author loves to talk to people and this is how she learns more about the world in which we live.

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Dorrance Publishing

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1480981265

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9781480981263

Billie Holiday: The Last Interview

and Other Conversations

By: Billie Holiday

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Billie Holiday: The Last Interview

and Other Conversations

By: Billie Holiday

The first-ever collection of interviews with the tortured but groundbreaking singer Billie Holiday, part of Melville House’s beloved Last Interview series Legendary singer Billie Holiday comes alive in this first-ever collection of interviews from throughout her career. Included is her last interview, given from her deathbed in a New York City hospital, where police were standing by ready to arrest her for a parole violation should she recover. Also included: The transcript of an interrogation by a US Customs official questioning about whether she'd violated her parole by using drugs on a foreign tour. But the book is more than a look at just the famously tragic side of her life. In other conversations, drawn from music magazines, late-night radio programs, and newspapers across the US and Canada, she discusses her childhood, musicians who influenced her, her friendship -- and falling out -- with the influential sax player Lester Young, why she chose the gardenia as her symbol, why she quit Count Basie's band, her substance abuse problems, writing songs and whether she wrote her own memoir, and more. In frank and open conversations, Billie Holiday proves herself far more articulate, aware, intelligent, and even heroic than the way she's often portrayed. This collection is an essential volume for all who have been moved by her music.

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Melville House

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1612196748

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9781612196749

Made in the U.S.A.

A Novel

By: Billie Letts

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Made in the U.S.A.

A Novel

By: Billie Letts

The bestselling author of Where the Heart Is returns with a heartrending tale of two children in search of a place to call home. Lutie McFee's history has taught her to avoid attachments...to people, to places, and to almost everything. With her mother long dead and her father long gone to find his fortune in Las Vegas, 15-year-old Lutie lives in the god-forsaken town of Spearfish, South Dakota with her twelve-year-old brother, Fate, and Floy Satterfield, the 300-pound ex-girlfriend of her father. While Lutie shoplifts for kicks, Fate spends most of his time reading, watching weird TV shows and worrying about global warming and the endangerment of pandas. As if their life is not dismal enough, one day, while shopping in their local Wal-Mart, Floy keels over and the two motherless kids are suddenly faced with the choice of becoming wards of the state or hightailing it out of town in Floy's old Pontiac. Choosing the latter, they head off to Las Vegas in search of a father who has no known address, no phone number and, clearly, no interest in the kids he left behind. Made in the U.S.A. is the alternately heartbreaking and life-affirming story of two gutsy children who must discover how cruel, unfair and frightening the world is before they come to a place they can finally call home.

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0446537861

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9780446537865

The Honk and Holler Opening Soon

By: Billie Letts

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The Honk and Holler Opening Soon

By: Billie Letts

Caney Paxton wanted his cafe to have the biggest and brightest sign in Eastern Oklahoma-the "opening soon" part was supposed to be just a removable, painted notice. But a fateful misunderstanding gave Vietnam vet Caney the flashiest joke in the entire state. Twelve years later, the once-busy highway is dead and the sign is as worn as Caney, who hasn't ventured outside the diner since it opened. Then one blustery December day, a thirtyish Crow woman blows in with a three-legged dog in her arms and a long-buried secret on her mind. Hiring on as a carhop, Vena Takes Horse is soon shaking up business, the locals, and Caney's heart...as she teaches them all about generosity of spirit, love, and the possibility of promise-just like the sign says.

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Grand Central Publishing

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0759522464

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9780759522466

Dirty Thirty

A Memoir

By: Billie Proffitt

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Dirty Thirty

A Memoir

By: Billie Proffitt

Dirty Thirty By: Billie Proffitt With a plethora of experiences by her late twenties, Billie Proffitt still felt overwhelmed by the pressure of deciding what she wanted. Raised that well-being is more valuable than the “should’s” of society, she examined not only the roads less traveled, but also the ones that nobody else saw. Her willingness to forge on even as these were littered with pitfalls, paint these non-chronological stories which make up the thirty most important lessons she learned by thirty. Believing as author Natalie Babbitt suggested, that it isn’t death to be feared, “but rather the unlived life,” this gifted storyteller marks the up’s, down’s, backward and eventual steps forward in life that span the range of human emotions. Billie is a bright, quirky, honest young woman who captures the beauty of the human condition with passion and humor - insight and determination. Dirty Thirty doesn’t evoke wistful regret for life’s lost opportunities, but instead inspires reaching toward the great days ahead that yet have to be lived.

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Dorrance Publishing

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1480943665

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9781480943667

Speak Cherokee Right Now

By: Billie Ruth Walls

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Speak Cherokee Right Now

By: Billie Ruth Walls

Learn how to speak Cherokee with this small and easy-to-learn phonetic guide to speaking. Words and phrases are listed with phonetic equivalents in Cherokee. Also includes a Cherokee syllabary. This little book is a great supplement to your Cherokee language study and a great teaching tool for kids.

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Native Voices

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1570678006

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Heart of Malice

By: C. Billie Brunson

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Heart of Malice

By: C. Billie Brunson

Heart of Malice is the story of Elvis Thaddeus Proctor, a kind, law-abiding man who through criminal and surgical circumstance inherits the heart of a sociopathic serial killer. Under the diabolical influence of this heart, Elvis is compelled to enact vile offenses upon humans and animals alike. More importantly, Heart of Malice is the bittersweet story of Elvis best friend, Jason Slane, who happens to have a heart of gold. It is too bad that it remains hidden behind a pattern of erotic pursuits. Through Jason, Elvis finds a potential solution to his dilemma in the spunky and lovely person of Monica Coy. Soon, though, he moves to end their relationship out of concern for her life. Elvis then experiments with family activities, a popular recreational substance and aerobics, all aimed at purging his heinous inclinations. These fail. At this point, Monica learns through traumatic experience of the ill-begotten affliction suffered by the man she holds dear. During this time, Jason also becomes reluctantly aware of his friends horrible predicament. He makes a valiant attempt to save Elvis from an entity he cannot comprehend. But through this endeavor his true heart, at last, is able to shine.

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Xlibris Corporation

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1503568717

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9781503568716

Spirit Guide Invocations

Seeking Wisdom from Sacred Helpers

By: Billie Topa Tate

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Spirit Guide Invocations

Seeking Wisdom from Sacred Helpers

By: Billie Topa Tate

Connect to the Realm of Healing and Meet Your Divine Helpers Drawing from the sacred world of Spirit, this medicine woman book helps you utilize the energy platform of the indigenous Apache tradition through potent writings called invocations. From relieving stress to sending love to those who have passed away, the placement of words as an energy tool can unlock so many possibilities, regardless of your background or experience level. Billie Topa Tate is one of the most exciting new authors representing the indigenous spirit world. Her book shows you how to contact angels, ancestors, and other spirits for guidance and protection. With specific invocations for dozens of purposes, Spirit Guide Invocations helps you find the appropriate medicine words to transform the energy of nearly any situation. Discover how to develop your psychic abilities, create new relationships, clear nightmares, remove harmful ancestral and family influences, and more. This book shows you how energy can cross time and space to support you.

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Llewellyn Worldwide

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0738774375

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9780738774374

The Good News About Estrogen

The Truth Behind a Powerhouse Hormone

By: Uzzi Reiss, M.D.,Billie Fitzpatrick

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The Good News About Estrogen

The Truth Behind a Powerhouse Hormone

By: Uzzi Reiss, M.D.,Billie Fitzpatrick

The latest information about estrogen, the body's enlivening powerhouse hormone. Why is estrogen crucial—and so misunderstood? How do I know if my estrogen level is “normal”? What is the best treatment for a hormonal imbalance? How does estrogen impact my reproductive cycle? Is hormone replacement therapy right for me? Is it only useful at menopause? How can I be my best, healthiest self now and in the future? Understanding estrogen—its function and interplay with all your other hormones and body systems—is key to a healthy, vibrant life. But far too many women remain unaware of the benefits of estrogen, and how it can be supplemented in natural, bioidentical form. This book, written by an expert in the field of OB-GYN and integrative medicine, offers an authoritative yet accessible approach to hormonal health. In The Good News About Estrogen, Dr. Uzzi Reiss draws upon the most up-to-date scientific research, as well as women’s stories from his decades of practice, to explain: - How hormones—and your levels of estrogen—change over time, and what you can do to achieve balance naturally or with hormone replacement therapy (HRT). - The good news about estrogen—how it can enhance energy, sexuality, and memory; alleviate premenstrual syndrome (PMS) or the side effects of menopause; help fight weight gain, anxiety, depression, and more. - Bioidentical hormones—why they are safe and crucial to your well-being at any age or stage, and how to choose which treatment plan is right for you. - How your everyday habits—what you eat, drink, wear, and breathe—can affect hormonal health, and which small lifestyle changes can make a big difference. - Nutrition and exercise—learn how each works hand-in-hand with hormones and can help you to achieve maximum physical and emotional fitness, promote bone health, prevent cardiovascular disease, and boost brain power.

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St. Martin's Press

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1250214548

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9781250214546

How Lovely Is Thy Dwelling Place (from "Requiem")

By: Johannes Brahms,Billie Nastelin

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How Lovely Is Thy Dwelling Place (from "Requiem")

By: Johannes Brahms,Billie Nastelin

Organ and piano duet teams will appreciate Billie Nastelin's skillful arrangement of the beautiful "How Lovely Is Thy Dwelling Place" from the Brahms Requiem. Each player has opportunities with both melody and accompaniment, and congregations and audiences will request this over and over. Two copies of the music are included. Also arranged for organ/piano duet by Nastelin: "And the Glory of the Lord," from Messiah (GOPD9901),

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Alfred Music

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1457490978

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9781457490972

The Boardinghouse

The Artist Community House, Chicago 1936-37

By: Donald S. Vogel

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The Boardinghouse

The Artist Community House, Chicago 1936-37

By: Donald S. Vogel

The Boardinghouse is an account of how a diverse group of high spirited, self-assured, talented youths were able to meld in supporting one another during Vogel's first year as a student at the Chicago Art Institute's School of Fine Art during the desperate times of the great depression. The book portrays one year in the lives of eighteen young men from various parts of the country who shared similar dreams of becoming an artist. In this Artist Community House, under the charge of Malcolm Hackett, some of the other young art students included Don Goodall, later to become Chairman of the Art Department at the University of Southern California and then the University of Texas at Austin; Gibson Danes, later to become chairman of the Art Department at UCLA and then Yale School of Art and Archeology; Dick Shaw who later would work on such cartoons as "Grin and Bear It," and "Mr. Magoo.

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University of North Texas Press

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1574410016

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9781574410013

You've Got Mail, Billie Letts

By: Molly Levite Griffis

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You've Got Mail, Billie Letts

By: Molly Levite Griffis

A collection of personal letters between Molly Levite Griffis and her friend, best-selling author Billie Letts, that celebrate the joys and hardships of small town life.

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Sunbelt Media

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1571683135

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9781571683137

Making Room

Doing Less So God Can Do More

By: Billie Jauss

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Making Room

Doing Less So God Can Do More

By: Billie Jauss

“What is God doing in and through you?” It’s a question we should all ask ourselves. In Making Room, join a spiritual journey toward the discovery of the reasons behind stagnant faith. Be encouraged to dig deeper, and learn how to put the distractions of life into perspective as you allow God to do more in them and through you. It’s time to embrace all the meaningful life moments God has for you to glorify Him.

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New Hope Publishers

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1596699876

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The Midwife's Tale

An Oral History from Handywoman to Professional Midwife

By: Nicky Leap,Billie Hunter

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The Midwife's Tale

An Oral History from Handywoman to Professional Midwife

By: Nicky Leap,Billie Hunter

Mothers and midwives reveal the wonders and difficulties of early twentieth century childbirth in this informative and insightful healthcare history. Before the foundation of the United Kingdom’s National Health Service (NHS) in 1948, expectant mothers relied on midwives to help them through childbirth. Based on interviews conducted with dozens and mothers and retired midwives over several years, Billie Hunter and Nicky Leap’s The Midwife’s Tale shares the stories of these women in their own words, shedding light on their experiences and on the realities of childbirth in the first half of the twentieth century. Intriguing, poignant, and sometimes humorous, this oral history covers the experiences of women from the 1910s through the 1950s including accounts of the difficulties of rearing large families in poverty-stricken environments and the lack of information about contraception and abortion—even as midwifery changed from an unqualified “handywoman” skill to an actual profession.

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Pen and Sword

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1473829984

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9781473829985

A Kids Book About Equality

By: Billie Jean King

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A Kids Book About Equality

By: Billie Jean King

Teach your child that our differences make us unique and are to be celebrated. Gender inequality is something that happens in lots of ways, every day. But it doesn't have to! This book helps kids notice when things are unfair, ask why, and do something about it. Equality is worth standing up for because each one of us matters, and when we are all included and represented equally, we all thrive. Meet A Kids Co., a new kind of media company with a collection of beautifully designed books that kick-start challenging, empowering, and important conversations for kids and their grown-ups. Learn more at akidsco.com.

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Penguin

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0744099536

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9780744099539

Sexual Harassment in Higher Education

Reflections and New Perspectives

By: Billie Wright Dziech,Michael Hawkins

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Sexual Harassment in Higher Education

Reflections and New Perspectives

By: Billie Wright Dziech,Michael Hawkins

Originally published in 1998, Sexual Harassment in Higher Education addresses the problem of sexual harassment on college campuses. This work reflects on a variety of aspects of sexual harassment, its litigation and law, as well as how the issues they demonstrate often have as much to do with linguistics or jurisprudence as with negative action, though there is a great deal of evidence of the latter. The book provides a clear-eyed and detailed assessment of the 'harassment' controversies now plaguing America's universities and colleges.

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Routledge

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0429824475

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9780429824470

Good Anxiety

Harnessing the Power of the Most Misunderstood Emotion

By: Wendy Suzuki

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Good Anxiety

Harnessing the Power of the Most Misunderstood Emotion

By: Wendy Suzuki

World-renowned neuroscientist and author of Healthy Brain, Happy Life explains how to harness the power of anxiety into unexpected gifts. We are living in the age of anxiety, a situation that often makes us feel as if we are locked into an endless cycle of stress, sleeplessness, and worry. But what if we had a way to leverage our anxiety to help us solve problems and fortify our wellbeing? What if, instead of seeing anxiety as a curse, we could recognize it for the unique gift that it is? Dr. Wendy Suzuki has discovered a paradigm-shifting truth about anxiety: yes, it is uncomfortable, but it is also essential for our survival. In fact, anxiety is a key component of our ability to live optimally. Every emotion we experience has an evolutionary purpose, and anxiety is designed to draw our attention to vulnerability. If we simply approach it as something to avoid, get rid of, or dampen, we actually miss an opportunity to improve our lives. Listening to our anxieties from a place of curiosity, and without fear, can actually guide us onto a path that leads to joy. Drawing on her own intimate struggles and based on cutting-edge research, Dr. Suzuki has developed an inspiring guidebook for managing unwarranted anxiety and turning it into a powerful asset. In the tradition of Quiet and Thinking, Fast and Slow, Good Anxiety has the power to permanently change how we understand anxiety and, more importantly, how we can use it to improve our lives for the better.

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The Hittites and Their World

By: Billie Jean Collins

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The Hittites and Their World

By: Billie Jean Collins

Lost to history for millennia, the Hittites have regained their position among the great civilizations of the Late Bronze Age Near East, thanks to a century of archaeological discovery and philological investigation. The Hittites and Their World provides a concise, current, and engaging introduction to the history, society, and religion of this Anatolian empire, taking the reader from its beginnings in the period of the Assyrian Colonies in the nineteenth century B.C.E. to the eclipse of the Neo-Hittite cities at the end of the eighth century B.C.E. The numerous analogues with the biblical world featured throughout the volume together represent a comprehensive and up-to-date survey of the varied and significant contributions of Hittite studies to biblical interpretation.

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Healthy Brain, Happy Life

A Personal Program to to Activate Your Brain and Do Everything Better

By: Wendy Suzuki,Billie Fitzpatrick

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Healthy Brain, Happy Life

A Personal Program to to Activate Your Brain and Do Everything Better

By: Wendy Suzuki,Billie Fitzpatrick

A neuroscientist transforms the way we think about our brain, our health, and our personal happiness in this clear, informative, and inspiring guide—a blend of personal memoir, science narrative, and immediately useful takeaways that bring the human brain into focus as never before, revealing the powerful connection between exercise, learning, memory, and cognitive abilities. Nearing forty, Dr. Wendy Suzuki was at the pinnacle of her career. An award-winning university professor and world-renowned neuroscientist, she had tenure, her own successful research lab, prestigious awards, and international renown. That’s when to celebrate her birthday, she booked an adventure trip that forced her to wake up to a startling reality: despite her professional success, she was overweight, lonely, and tired and knew that her life had to change. Wendy started simply—by going to an exercise class. Eventually, she noticed an improvement in her memory, her energy levels, and her ability to work quickly and move from task to task easily. Not only did Wendy begin to get fit, but she also became sharper, had more energy, and her memory improved. Being a neuroscientist, she wanted to know why. What she learned transformed her body and her life. Now, it can transform yours. Wendy discovered that there is a biological connection between exercise, mindfulness, and action. With exercise, your body feels more alive and your brain actually performs better. Yes—you can make yourself smarter. In this fascinating book, Suzuki makes neuroscience easy to understand, interweaving her personal story with groundbreaking research, and offering practical, short exercises—4 minute Brain Hacks—to engage your mind and improve your memory, your ability to learn new skills, and function more efficiently. Taking us on an amazing journey inside the brain as never before, Suzuki helps us unlock the keys to neuroplasticity that can change our brains, or bodies, and, ultimately, our lives.

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0062366807

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Jacksonville and Camp Lejeune

By: Stratton C. Murrell,Billie Jean Murrell

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Jacksonville and Camp Lejeune

By: Stratton C. Murrell,Billie Jean Murrell

Located near the North Carolina coast on the New River, Jacksonville is home to the U.S. Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune. From the beginning, the people of Jacksonville have faced challenges brought on by the winds of nature and the winds of war in a poised and dignified manner, turning hardships to the betterment of the community. Such changes have encouraged population and tourist growth, as well as physical expansion of the city, thus creating a booming area that still manages to maintain the charm and hospitality of a small Southern town. Jacksonville and Camp Lejeune revisits the era when Jacksonville was just a fledgling community, when tobacco barns and warehouses dotted the landscape and ferries and fishing boats forged the New River. The townspeople looked to agriculture, shipping, naval stores, lumbering, hunting, fishing, and political involvement to occupy their interests and energies, while hurricanes and wars loomed in the world beyond. Few people in those times could have imagined that a hurricane would make Jacksonville the county seat of Onslow County or that the world at war would result in the population expansion of the 1940s and the 1950s. With the building of the Marine base, which brought about enormous social change for the residents, the city attracted construction workers, young families, and service men and women who paved the way for today's "rural metropolis.

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0738513563

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9780738513560

Twice Round the Clock

By: Billie Houston

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Twice Round the Clock

By: Billie Houston

It is past the half-hour. My time is coming nearer with every tick of the clock." Horace Manning, scientist, recluse and "closed book" even to his friends is found dead in his study at 4am, following a dinner in honor of his daughter's engagement. An ivory-handled carving knife rests between his shoulder blades as the house guests gather round to witness the awful crime. The telephone line has been sabotaged – a calculated murder has been committed. Rewinding twelve hours, the events of the afternoon and evening unfold, revealing a multitude of clues and motives from a closed cast of suspects until the narrative reaches 4am again – then races on to its riveting conclusion at 4pm as the reader is led twice round the clock.

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Sourcebooks, Inc.

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1464216363

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Traveler's Guide to Jewish Germany

By: Billie Ann Lopez,Peter Hirsch

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Traveler's Guide to Jewish Germany

By: Billie Ann Lopez,Peter Hirsch

Strongly recommended for people interested in history who would also like to go on a journey of discovery."-Katholische Nachrichten-Agentur According to the Talmud, the doors of return are always open, and the restored and preserved synagogues, cemeteries, and mikvehs in Germany await visitors-both Jew and Gentile-with wide open doors. This important work, complete with full-color photographs, describes significant sites mentioned in no other guidebook. With more Jewish historical points of interest than any country outside of Israel, Germany contains not only the relics of the past but also the origins of rituals and traditions that continue to the present day. Anyone researching family names, the Yiddish language, or Ashkenazi traditions may find their beginnings here. Germany offers many noteworthy Jewish sites, somber and sacred, even for those not interested in scholarly or personal investigation. In the Jewish cemetery on Ilandskoppel in Hamburg is a memorial to the Nazis' victims that includes an urn from Auschwitz. In Augsburg remains what is probably the only surviving German Jugendstil synagogue. A museum located in the synagogue complex contains a rich collection of ritual and secular objects from the seventeenth through the nineteenth centuries. Whether travelers are searching for history, religion, or their roots, they will not be disappointed by the countless discoveries to be made with this key to the doors of Jewish Germany.

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Pelican Publishing

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1455613312

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Ghost Beads

By: Billie Annette

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Ghost Beads

By: Billie Annette

Ghost Beads By: Billie Annette Ghost Beads is Billie Annette’s second poetry collection. Once again, her unique perspective of life will grip readers’ innermost selves and shake their minds to delve further into these thought-provoking poems. The prose within will awaken and challenge minds. Appreciating the prose within, readers will want more. Early readers of this work are quoted are quoted: “This is a treasure to be discovered!” “I cried, I was angry, I laughed.” “I am left to think alone in my mind and contemplate the beauty of life and love.” “I am so honored to read these poems. I want to first say that I am crying… you gifted me with these words as if you see through my soul.”

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Dorrance Publishing

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1646103041

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9781646103041

Anatolian Interfaces

Hittites, Greeks and their Neighbours

By: Billie Jean Collins,Mary R. Bachvarova,Ian Rutherford

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Anatolian Interfaces

Hittites, Greeks and their Neighbours

By: Billie Jean Collins,Mary R. Bachvarova,Ian Rutherford

The papers in this collection are the product of the conference "Hittites, Greeks and Their Neighbors in Ancient Anatolia: An International Conference on Cross-Cultural Interaction," hosted by Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. They cover an impressive range of issues relating to the complex cultural interactions that took place on Anatolian soil over the course of two millennia, in the process highlighting the difficulties inherent in studying societies that are multi-cultural in their make-up and outlook, as well as the role that cultural identity played in shaping those interactions. Topics include possible sources of tension along the Mycenaean-Anatolian interface; the transmission of mythological and religious elements between cultures; the change across time and space in literary motifs as they are adapted to new milieus and new audiences; the ways in which linguistic data can refine our understanding of the interrelations between the various peoples who lived in Anatolia; and the role that the Anatolian kingdoms of the first millennium played as cultural filters and conduits through which North Syrian or Near Eastern ideas or materials were transmitted to the Greeks.

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Oxbow Books

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178297475X

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Combating Hate

A Framework for Direct Action

By: Billie Murray

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Combating Hate

A Framework for Direct Action

By: Billie Murray

The United States has a hate problem. In recent years, hate speech has led not only to deep division in our politics but also to violence, murder, and even insurrection. And yet established constitutional jurisprudence holds that all speech is protected as “content neutral” and that the proper democratic response to hateful expression is not regulation but “more speech.” So how can ordinary citizens stand up to hate groups when the state will not? In Combating Hate, Billie Murray proposes an answer to this question. As a participant in anti-racist and anti-fascist protests, including demonstrations against the Ku Klux Klan, neo-Nazis, and the Westboro Baptist Church, Murray witnessed firsthand the limitations of the “more speech” approach as well as the combative tactics of anti-fascist activists. She argues that this latter group, commonly known as antifa, embodies a radically different strategy for combating hate, one that explodes the myth of content neutrality and reveals hate speech to be a tactic of fascist organizing with very real, highly anti-democratic consequences. Drawing on communication theory and this on-the-ground experience, Murray presents a new strategy, which she calls “allied tactics,” rooted in the commitment to affirm, support, and even protect those who are the victims of hate speech. Engaging and sophisticated, Combating Hate contends that there are concrete ways to fight hate speech from the front lines. Murray’s urgent argument that we reconsider how to confront and fight this blight on American life is essential reading for the current era.

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Penn State Press

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0271093110

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Lady Sings the Blues

The 50th-Anniversay Edition with a Revised Discography

By: Billie Holiday,William Dufty

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Lady Sings the Blues

The 50th-Anniversay Edition with a Revised Discography

By: Billie Holiday,William Dufty

Perfect for fans of The United States vs. Billie Holiday, this is the fiercely honest, no-holds-barred memoir of the legendary jazz, swing, and standards singing sensation—a fiftieth-anniversary edition updated with stunning new photos, a revised discography, and an insightful foreword by music writer David Ritz Taking the reader on a fast-moving journey from Billie Holiday’s rough-and-tumble Baltimore childhood (where she ran errands at a whorehouse in exchange for the chance to listen to Louis Armstrong and Bessie Smith albums), to her emergence on Harlem’s club scene, to sold-out performances with the Count Basie Orchestra and with Artie Shaw and his band, this revelatory memoir is notable for its trenchant observations on the racism that darkened Billie’s life and the heroin addiction that ended it too soon. We are with her during the mesmerizing debut of “Strange Fruit”; with her as she rubs shoulders with the biggest movie stars and musicians of the day (Bob Hope, Lana Turner, Clark Gable, Benny Goodman, Lester Young, Coleman Hawkins, and more); and with her through the scrapes with Jim Crow, spats with Sarah Vaughan, ignominious jailings, and tragic decline. All of this is told in Holiday’s tart, streetwise style and hip patois that makes it read as if it were written yesterday.

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0307786161

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