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Mothers and Illicit Drugs

Transcending the Myths

By: Susan C. Boyd

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Mothers and Illicit Drugs

Transcending the Myths

By: Susan C. Boyd

A critical feminist expose of some surprising social fictions about both "good" and "bad" drugs, and "good" and "bad" mothers.

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University of Toronto Press

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0802081517

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9780802081513

Reaching Out in Family Therapy

Home-Based, School, and Community Interventions

By: Nancy Boyd-Franklin,Brenna Hafer Bry

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Reaching Out in Family Therapy

Home-Based, School, and Community Interventions

By: Nancy Boyd-Franklin,Brenna Hafer Bry

This book has been replaced by Adolescents at Risk: Home-Based Family Therapy and School-Based Intervention, ISBN 978-1-4625-3653-5.

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Guilford Press

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1462505996

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9781462505999

Essentials of Psychiatric Nursing

By: Mary Ann Boyd,Rebecca Luebbert

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Essentials of Psychiatric Nursing

By: Mary Ann Boyd,Rebecca Luebbert

Master Need-to-Know Psychiatric Nursing Information with Ease Gain the basic knowledge and patient interaction skills you need to confidently prepare for psychiatric nursing practice with this concise, engaging text. Essentials of Psychiatric Nursing is easy to understand and rich with clinical examples and explanations that clarify challenging concepts and help you build the unique therapeutic communication capabilities necessary to excel in the care of patients with common mental health disorders. New! Unfolding Patient Stories, written by the National League for Nursing, immerse you in commonly encountered clinical scenarios and equip you for successful patient interactions. Concept Mastery Alerts drawn from the Lippincott®PrepU adaptive learning system clarify the most challenging mental health nursing concepts. NCLEX Notes keep you focused on important application areas for success on the NCLEX®. Case Studies interwoven in the mental health disorder chapters help you apply theory to nursing care for specific disorders, supported by online videos that reveal symptoms and procedures in greater detail. Emergency Care Alerts help you recognize situations that may require immediate or specialized care. Nursing Management of Selected Disorders sections familiarize you with the most common major psychiatric disorders. Research for Best Practice boxes reinforce the latest evidence and implications from relevant studies to guide and validate interventions. Therapeutic Dialogue features compare and contrast therapeutic and nontherapeutic conversations to help you hone your patient communication skills. Psychoeducation Checklists help you develop effective patient and family teaching plans. Clinical Vignette features and accompanying questions challenge you to identify solutions to commonly encountered patient scenarios. Drug Profile boxes reinforce your understanding of commonly prescribed medications for patients with mental health problems. Key Diagnostic Characteristics summaries provide fast access to diagnostic criteria, target symptoms, and associated findings for select disorders as described in the DSM-5 by the American Psychiatric Association. Available on the book’s companion website, Nursing Care Plans based on case scenarios guide you through the diagnostic stages and plan of care for patients with a particular diagnosis.

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Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

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1975139828

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9781975139827

Digging Deep

A Writer Uncovers His Marriages

By: Boyd Lemon

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Digging Deep

A Writer Uncovers His Marriages

By: Boyd Lemon

Eleven years after my last divorce I moved to Boston at age 66, after a lifetime in California, to live platonically with a 23-year-old female college student. I still thought my marriages failed because I had married the wrong women--crazy women. Finally, I realized that I must have had some role in destroying these marriages. Encouraged by my roommate, I embark on a journey to uncover my role. My attitudes about marriage had been profoundly influenced by my place on the cusp between the moralistic generation of the 1940's and 1950's and the next generation that embraced "sex, drugs and rock 'n roll" as well as greater independence and equality for women. I was also deeply troubled by my choice of a career that seemed only to help the rich get richer. These issues propelled me to avoid dealing with my marriages. My memoir is a story of these marriages and divorces and uncovering my role through intense introspection and the writing process. I believe it will help others deal with issues in their own relationships, as couples and individuals face the new order in relationships and their own pasts.

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Boyd Lemon

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1432768468

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Adolescents at Risk

Home-Based Family Therapy and School-Based Intervention

By: Nancy Boyd-Franklin,Brenna Hafer Bry

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Adolescents at Risk

Home-Based Family Therapy and School-Based Intervention

By: Nancy Boyd-Franklin,Brenna Hafer Bry

Rich with illustrative case material, this book guides mental health professionals to break the cycle of at-risk behavior by engaging adolescents and their families in home, school, and community contexts. The authors explore the multigenerational patterns that shape the lives of poor and ethnic minority adolescents and present innovative strategies for intervening beyond the walls of the agency or clinic. Grounded in research, the book shows how to implement both home-based family therapy and school-based achievement mentoring to provide a comprehensive web of support. Building on the earlier Reaching Out in Family Therapy, this book reflects the ongoing development of the authors' multisystems approach and many other important changes in the field; the majority of the content is completely new. It is an indispensable resource for beginning and experienced professionals or text for courses on adolescent intervention or adolescent mental health.

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Guilford Publications

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1462536581

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9781462536580

Principled Practices for Adolescent Literacy

A Framework for Instruction and Policy

By: Elizabeth G. Sturtevant,Fenice B. Boyd,William G. Brozo,Kathleen A. Hinchman,David W. Moore,Donna E. Alvermann

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Principled Practices for Adolescent Literacy

A Framework for Instruction and Policy

By: Elizabeth G. Sturtevant,Fenice B. Boyd,William G. Brozo,Kathleen A. Hinchman,David W. Moore,Donna E. Alvermann

This book presents an evidence-based framework for understanding the literacy needs of adolescents. The premise is that educators and other critical stakeholders need to understand evidence-based principles in order to develop effective curriculum to meet the needs of diverse learners. Recommendations are provided for middle and secondary education, professional development, teacher education research and policy. At the center of the book are Eight Guiding Principles developed by the authors through a process that included an extensive review of research and policy literature in literacy and related fields, a comparison of National Standards documents, and visits to the classrooms of 28 middle and high school teachers across the United States. The Principles are broad enough to encompass a variety of contexts and student needs, yet specific enough to offer real support to those involved in program development or policy decisions. They provide an overarching structure that districts and teachers can use to develop site-specific curriculum that is both research-based and designed to meet the needs of the learners for whom they are responsible. Important Text Features: Organized to help readers understand empirically supported principles of practice that can be used to address literacy concerns in today's schools, each chapter that addresses one of the eight Principles follows a similar format: * The Principle is presented along with a brief explanation of the research base and a sample of national standards that support it. * One or more case examples spanning a wide variety of disciplines, grade levels, and local conditions - provide an in-depth look at the Principle in action. * A well-known adolescent literacy expert offers a response to each case example, giving readers an informed view of the importance of the Principle, how it is enacted in the cases, and examples of other work related to the Principle. Discussion questions are provided that can be used for individual reflection or group discussion. Principled Practices for Adolescent Literacy is intended as a text for pre-service and in-service upper-elementary, middle and high school literacy methods courses and graduate courses related to adolescent literacy, and as a resource for school district personnel, policymakers and parents.

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Routledge

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1134732368

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9781134732364

Real Talk in Elementary Classrooms

Effective Oral Language Practice

By: Maureen P. Boyd,Lee Galda

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Real Talk in Elementary Classrooms

Effective Oral Language Practice

By: Maureen P. Boyd,Lee Galda

Describing effective, creative strategies for talking with students in ways that enhance literacy learning, this book offers a window into the classrooms of four exemplary teachers. Principles of productive classroom discussions are illustrated with detailed case examples. The book shows how—and explains why—"real talk" can enhance student engagement, foster critical thinking, promote mastery of literacy concepts, and instill a lasting love of reading. It offers ideas for selecting children's literature and fitting a range of interactive literacy activities into the school day. The authors draw on current knowledge about the connections between oral language and literacy development across the elementary grades.

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Guilford Press

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1609181611

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The Second Science Fiction Novel MEGAPACK®

By: Arthur Jean Cox,John Boyd,Kenneth F. Gantz,Jeff Sutton

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The Second Science Fiction Novel MEGAPACK®

By: Arthur Jean Cox,John Boyd,Kenneth F. Gantz,Jeff Sutton

I’m pleased to continue our Science Fiction Novel MEGAPACK® series with another collection of great SF novels, published originally between 1959 and 2011. Fans of classic science fiction with enjoy this set. A highlight is The Asteroid Murder Case, by the late Arthur Jean Cox, which is based on a story by Ross Rocklin. (See Jean’s introduction for more information). Also included are: Not in Solitude, by Kenneth F. Gantz First on the Moon, by Jeff Sutton The Organ Farm, by John Boyd. If you enjoy this ebook, don't forget to search your favorite ebook store for "Wildside Press Megapack" to see more of the 300+ volumes in this series, covering adventure, historical fiction, mysteries, westerns, ghost stories, science fiction -- and much, much more!

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1479424269

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Women in Music

A Research and Information Guide

By: Karin Pendle,Melinda Boyd

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Women in Music

A Research and Information Guide

By: Karin Pendle,Melinda Boyd

First published in 2006. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an Informa company.

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1135384568

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The Films of Audie Murphy

By: Bob Larkins,Boyd Magers

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The Films of Audie Murphy

By: Bob Larkins,Boyd Magers

This work not only traces Audie Murphy's life as a film actor (from Beyond Glory, 1948, to A Time for Dying, 1971) but also provides a biography that runs from his birth to his three years in the army, winning every possible combat medal including the Congressional Medal of Honor--and from his Hollywood debut at James Cagney's invitation to his final dramatic decline, gambling his fortunes away, becoming involved in violent episodes, and dying in a plane crash in 1971. Each of the 49 film entries gives full credits, including casts, characters, crew, date of release, location, and cost, backgrounds for directors and main players, and comments and anecdotes from interviews with Murphy's colleagues. Critical reviews are quoted and the work is richly illustrated with film stills and private photographs.

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McFarland

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1476609276

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9781476609270

Sanitarium

By: Bobby Boyd

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Sanitarium

By: Bobby Boyd

In Sanitarium, Dr. Beth Dickson is an expert of knowing what is rational and then comes logical. How? But sane. In a psych ward built for females, they are deeply disturbed. But as a psychiatrist, Dr. Beth Dickson is hoping to bridge the gap between her world and theirs. Dr. Beth found herself on both sidesbeing a doctor and then a patient highly accused. The only thing more cherishing is for her to clear her name and bring the truth to both sides.

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Xlibris Corporation

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1543435696

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A Life on the Middle West's Never-Ending Frontier

By: Willard L. Boyd

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A Life on the Middle West's Never-Ending Frontier

By: Willard L. Boyd

University of Iowa legend Willard L. “Sandy” Boyd is a proud middle westerner. His decades of service to the university began in 1954, when he arrived as a law professor. He later became president of the University of Iowa from 1969 to 1981, and led the school through times that were fraught not just for the university but for the country. During the intense polarization of the late sixties and early seventies, Sandy’s compassion and steady leadership ensured that dissent on campus would be honored and would not stop the university’s educational mission. He quickly became admired, not simply for his professional achievements but also for his personal integrity. His memoir, interspersed with personal wisdom gleaned over more than six decades of service and leadership, encapsulates Sandy’s shrewd yet optimistic view of the public university as an institution. At every stage in his life—in the U.S. Navy during World War II, while practicing law or teaching, and in leadership positions at Chicago’s Field Museum and the University of Iowa— Sandy relied on his principles of open disclosure, inclusiveness, and respect for differences to guide him on issues that matter. This chronicle of Sandy’s experiences throughout his life shows us the evolution both of the University of Iowa and of the nation writ large. More importantly, this book gives us a lens through which to examine our present situation, whether debating free speech on campus, the role of the arts and humanities in civil society, or the importance of funding for educational and cultural institutions.

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University of Iowa Press

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1609386523

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9781609386528

Therapy in the Real World

Effective Treatments for Challenging Problems

By: Nancy Boyd-Franklin,Elizabeth N. Cleek,Matt Wofsy,Brian Mundy

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Therapy in the Real World

Effective Treatments for Challenging Problems

By: Nancy Boyd-Franklin,Elizabeth N. Cleek,Matt Wofsy,Brian Mundy

Helping beginning and experienced therapists cope with the myriad challenges of working in agencies, clinics, hospitals, and private practice, this book distills the leading theories and best practices in the field. The authors provide a clear approach to engaging diverse clients and building rapport; interweaving evidence-based techniques to meet therapeutic goals; and intervening effectively with individuals, families, groups, and larger systems. Practitioners will find tools for addressing the needs of their clients while caring for themselves and avoiding burnout; students will find a clear-headed framework for making use of the variety of approaches available in mental health practice.

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Guilford Publications

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1462526055

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9781462526055

A Sense Of Place

By: Veda Boyd Jones

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A Sense Of Place

By: Veda Boyd Jones

TV news achor Kate Malone actually heard bells when she first saw Tyler Sinclair. Okay, so they were the church bells that played every day at the same time. But couldn't they be a sign that it was time to stop climbing the ladder of success to bigger stations and stay in Kentucky?When his brother died, Air Force Major Tyler Sinclair bowed out of the service to take over the giant Sinclair Corporation. Although Tyler wasn't pleased to return to Bend, Kentucky, he believed that for every door God closed He opened a window, and Tyler vowed to be the best CEO he could be. In learning how each of his companies operated, he soon came across WKYS-TV and Kate Malone.

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Barbour Publishing

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1630582875

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9781630582876

It Can't Be Luck

The Life and Times of Billy Boyd Lavender

By: Billy Boyd Lavender

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It Can't Be Luck

The Life and Times of Billy Boyd Lavender

By: Billy Boyd Lavender

In 1960, Billy Boyd Lavender made a profession of faith and was baptized into a family of Christians. Subsequently, that tumultuous decade brought about a slower spiritual maturity. However, the Lord kept Billy under his umbrella of protection and waited patiently for his rededication in August of 1974. Since the summer of 1974, Billy has been a student of prophecy and Bible study. For the past forty-four years, he has referred to the Bible as the "language book of God." At times the still small voice in his heart would be ignored to his detriment, but other times it could be heard loud and clear and with certainty. After a twenty-six-year career in information technology, Billy's health began to fail. He and his wife, Cheryl, appealed to God. What seemed to the doctors to be his certain demise proved to be just another opportunity for God to reveal himself as the master physician. Beginning in 1991 until now, God has spared him from a heart transplant, a high-speed head-on collision, and a brain hemorrhage. It Can't Be Luck ascribes all honor and glory to his Lord who has stuck closer than a brother throughout his life.

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Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.

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1644924463

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9781644924464

Wilkins' Clinical Practice of the Dental Hygienist

By: Linda D. Boyd,Lisa F. Mallonee,Charlotte J. Wyche,Jane F. Halaris

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Wilkins' Clinical Practice of the Dental Hygienist

By: Linda D. Boyd,Lisa F. Mallonee,Charlotte J. Wyche,Jane F. Halaris

Staying true to Esther Wilkins’ pioneering vision that made her best-selling text the “Bible” for dental hygienists, Wilkins’ Clinical Practice of the Dental Hygienist, Thirteenth Edition progresses through crucial topics in dental hygiene in a straightforward format to ensure students develop the knowledge and skills they need for successful, evidence-based practice in today’s rapidly changing oral health care environment. This cornerstone text, used in almost every dental hygiene education program in the country, has been meticulously updated by previous co-authors, Linda Boyd and Charlotte Wyche, and new co-author Lisa Mallonee to even better meet the needs of today’s students and faculty, while reflecting the current state of practice in dental hygiene. Maintaining the hallmark outline format, the Thirteenth Edition continues to offer the breadth and depth necessary not only for foundation courses but for use throughout the entire dental hygiene curriculum.

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Jones & Bartlett Learning

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1284217809

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9781284217803

West Federal Taxation

Individual Income Taxes

By: William Hoffman,James E. Smith,James H. Boyd

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West Federal Taxation

Individual Income Taxes

By: William Hoffman,James E. Smith,James H. Boyd

No other tax book conveys the complexities of tax concepts and individual tax codes as clearly!

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South Western Educational Publishing

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0324009046

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9780324009040

Encyclopedia of Historians and Historical Writing

By: Kelly Boyd

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Encyclopedia of Historians and Historical Writing

By: Kelly Boyd

First published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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Taylor & Francis

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1884964338

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9781884964336

Writing for Immortality

Women and the Emergence of High Literary Culture in America

By: Anne E. Boyd

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Writing for Immortality

Women and the Emergence of High Literary Culture in America

By: Anne E. Boyd

Before the Civil War, American writers such as Catharine Maria Sedgwick and Harriet Beecher Stowe had established authorship as a respectable profession for women. But though they had written some of the most popular and influential novels of the century, they accepted the taboo against female writers, regarding themselves as educators and businesswomen. During and after the Civil War, some women writers began to challenge this view, seeing themselves as artists writing for themselves and for posterity. Writing for Immortality studies the lives and works of four prominent members of the first generation of American women who strived for recognition as serious literary artists: Louisa May Alcott, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, Elizabeth Stoddard, and Constance Fenimore Woolson. Combining literary criticism and cultural history, Anne E. Boyd examines how these authors negotiated the masculine connotation of "artist," imagining a space for themselves in the literary pantheon. Redrawing the boundaries between male and female literary spheres, and between American and British literary traditions, Boyd shows how these writers rejected the didacticism of the previous generation of women writers and instead drew their inspiration from the most prominent "literary" writers of their day: Emerson, James, Barrett Browning, and Eliot. Placing the works and experiences of Alcott, Phelps, Stoddard, and Woolson within contemporary discussions about "genius" and the "American artist," Boyd reaches a sobering conclusion. Although these women were encouraged by the democratic ideals implicit in such concepts, they were equally discouraged by lingering prejudices about their applicability to women.

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JHU Press

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1421401770

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9781421401775

West Federal Taxation 2005

Comprehensive

By: Eugene Willis,William H. Hoffman,James H. Boyd,David M. Maloney

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West Federal Taxation 2005

Comprehensive

By: Eugene Willis,William H. Hoffman,James H. Boyd,David M. Maloney

Combining the number one Individual tax text with the number one Corporations text, West Federal Taxation: Comprehensive Volume, 2005 Edition, is a true winner. An edited version of the first two WFT textbooks, this book offers a thorough and balanced treatment of relevant tax Code and regulations as applied to individuals and corporations. Ideal for undergraduate or graduate levels, this text works for either a one-semester course in which an instructor wants to integrate coverage of individual and corporate taxation, or for a two-semester sequence in which the use of only one book is desired.

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0324220901

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9780324220902

A Dance with the Dragon

The Vanished World of Peking's Foreign Colony

By: Julia Boyd

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A Dance with the Dragon

The Vanished World of Peking's Foreign Colony

By: Julia Boyd

With its fossil hunters and philosophers, diplomats, dropouts, writers and explorers, missionaries and refugees, Peking's foreign community in the early 20th century was as exotic as the city itself. Always a magnet for larger than life individuals, Peking attracted characters as diverse as Reginald Johnston (tutor to the last emperor), Bertrand Russell, Pierre Loti, Rabrindranath Tagore, Sven Hedin, Peter Fleming, Wallis Simpson and Cecil Lewis. The last great capital to remain untouched by the modern world, Peking both entranced and horrified its foreign residents. Ignoring the poverty outside their gates, they danced, played and squabbled among themselves, oblivious to the great political events that were to shape modern China unfolding around them. This is a dazzling portrait of an eclectic foreign community and of China itself.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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085773184X

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9780857731845

The Roosevelt Women

By: Betty Boyd Caroli

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The Roosevelt Women

By: Betty Boyd Caroli

The Roosevelt name conjures up images of powerful Presidents and dashing men of high society. But few people know much about the extraordinary network of women that held the Roosevelt clan together through war, scandal, and disease. In The Roosevelt Women, Betty Boyd Caroli weaves together stories culled from a rich store of letters, memoirs, and interviews to chronicle nine extraordinary Roosevelt women across a century and a half of turbulent history. She examines the Roosevelt women as mothers, daughters, wives, and, beyond that, as world travelers, authors, campaigners, and socialites -- in short, as themselves. She reveals how they demonstrated the energy and intellectual curiosity that defined their famous family, as well as the roles they played in the intrigues, scandals, and accomplishments that were hallmarks of the Roosevelt clan. From the much maligned Sara Delano (who sired Franklin and by turns terrified and supported Eleanor) to Theodore's irrepressible daughter, Alice ("I can either rule the country or control Alice," Teddy once said) to the beloved Bamie, who was the only mother Alice ever knew, and the model of everything she never was in life, to the exceptionally beautiful but ultimately overwhelmed Mittie, Theodore's mother, The Roosevelt Women is an intricate portrait of bold and talented women, a grand tale of both unbearable tragedies and triumphant achievements.

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Basic Books

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1541672763

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9781541672765

The Weight

By: Jeff Boyd

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The Weight

By: Jeff Boyd

Julian Strickland is seemingly the lone Black man in the hipster dreamland of Portland, Oregon. To his friends, he's the coolest member of the scene: the soulful drummer from Chicago in an indie rock band that's just about to break through. But to himself, he's a sheltered Christian homeschool kid who used to write book reports on Leviticus. A virgin until the night of his marriage, divorced at twenty-four, he's still in disarray two years later: pretending to fit in, wondering if any of his relationships are real, estranged from his family, and struggling to reconcile his strict religious background. Then he meets Ida Blair, a Black painter at the start of a promising career"--Jacket flap.

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Simon and Schuster

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1668007266

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9781668007266

The Ride of Your Life

By: Tina Elliott Boyd

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The Ride of Your Life

By: Tina Elliott Boyd

The Ride of Your Life embraces a highly visual, kinetic, and common image-- of a front wheel of a bicycle as a tool, the "front-wheel" concept. The concept helps readers come to understand the spiritual journey to give a beautiful and joyful ride no matter what has happened in your life. Building upon a life-changing personal event, Tina brings the details of riding a bike into conversation with the discipline of becoming more faithful on her ride by growing her relationship with God." ... amazon.com.

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WestBow Press

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1490859101

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9781490859101

Meg, Jo, Beth, Amy: The Story of Little Women and Why It Still Matters

By: Anne Boyd Rioux

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Meg, Jo, Beth, Amy: The Story of Little Women and Why It Still Matters

By: Anne Boyd Rioux

“[An] affectionate and perceptive tribute.”—Wendy Smith, Boston Globe In Meg, Jo, Beth, Amy, Anne Boyd Rioux brings a fresh and engaging look at the circumstances leading Louisa May Alcott to write Little Women and why this beloved story of family and community ties set in the Civil War has resonated with audiences across time.

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W. W. Norton & Company

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0393254747

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9780393254747

Communication Skills for Nurses

By: Claire Boyd,Janet Dare

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Communication Skills for Nurses

By: Claire Boyd,Janet Dare

Survive placements and practice with this essential guide for all student nurses. Providing words of wisdom and advice from real-life student nurses, Communication Skills for Nurses is a handy, portable, and fun introduction to the key communication and interpersonal skills you’ll need on placement and as a registered nurse. Special features: Developed by students, for students Clear, straightforward, and jargon-free Explains how to use your interpersonal skills effectively, communicate with patients with specific conditions, and handle both criticisms and compliments Features tips and advice from real life nursing students Examples and questions based on real life nursing and healthcare situations

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John Wiley & Sons

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1118767527

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9781118767528

Palmyra - Isle of Death

By: Karl Boyd

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Palmyra - Isle of Death

By: Karl Boyd

In this fast paced adventure, modern day treasure hunters collide with ghosts of pirates from the past as Karl Boyd uses his outstanding writing ability to combine fact with fiction to tell his version of what really happened to the treasure of the Esperanza. Come along for the boat ride of your life and match wits with Bill â€œSkeeterâ€ Whitaker and his buddy, Clete Palmer as they attempt to solve the mystery of the Esperanza. As this rollicking tale weaves its way between the beautiful isles of Hawaii and the far off isolated atoll of Palmyra, you will encounter murder, lies, greed, betrayal, unrequited romance and revenge. Is Karlâ€™s tale pure fiction, or, could his assumptions of where the treasure still resides be more historical fact waiting to be discovered? Decide for yourself, but remember: Only Palmyra, the isle of death knows for sure.

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Lulu.com

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0557256267

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9780557256266

The Science of College

Navigating the First Year and Beyond

By: Patricia S. Herzog,Casey T. Harris,Shauna A. Morimoto,Jill G. Wheeler

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The Science of College

Navigating the First Year and Beyond

By: Patricia S. Herzog,Casey T. Harris,Shauna A. Morimoto,Jill G. Wheeler

This book aids entering college students - and the people who support college students - in navigating college successfully. In an environment of information overload, where bad advice abounds, this book offers readers practical tips and guidance. The up-to-date recommendations in this book are based upon real students, sound social science research, and the collective experiences of faculty, lecturers, advisors, and student support staff. The central thesis of the book is that the transition to adulthood is a complex process, and college is pivotal to this experience. This book seeks to help young people navigate the college process. The student stories in this book highlight how the challenges that college students can encounter vary in important ways based on demographics and social backgrounds. Despite these varied backgrounds, getting invested in the community is crucial for college success, for all students. Universities have many resources available, but students need to learn when to access which resources and how best to engage with people serving students through different roles and with distinct expertise. There is no single template for student success. Yet, this book highlights common issues that many students face and provides science-based advice for how to navigate college. Each chapter is geared toward college students with a focus on the life stage that many entering college students are in: emerging adulthood. In addition to the student-focused chapters, the book includes an appendix for parents and for academics, along with supplemental website materials of instructional activities related to the content of the book."--

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The Inner Story of the Suffrage Movement

Woman Suffrage and Politics, Woman Suffrage By Federal Constitutional Amendment

By: Carrie Chapman Catt,Nettie Rogers Shuler,Mary Sumner Boyd,Henry Wade Rogers

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The Inner Story of the Suffrage Movement

Woman Suffrage and Politics, Woman Suffrage By Federal Constitutional Amendment

By: Carrie Chapman Catt,Nettie Rogers Shuler,Mary Sumner Boyd,Henry Wade Rogers

This book addresses the question of why women in twenty-six other countries received the right to vote before American women were enfranchised. The authors blame the liquor lobby for the delay.

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8026884957

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La Gloria An American Colony

By: Boyd Leuenberger

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La Gloria An American Colony

By: Boyd Leuenberger

The Cuban Colonization Company owns and holds deeds for two large tracts of the best land in Cuba, situated on the north coast in the Province of Puerto Principe, the most fertile and healthful portion of the island. This region is being rapidly colonized by enterprising Americans, who own and are developing thousands of plantations in the immediate vicinity of our holdings. We are selling this valuable land in small tracts, from five to forty acres each, at a low price, payable in monthly installments. La Gloria an American Colony is a history of La Gloria, the first and largest American colony in Cuba. In addition this book contains a collection of vignetts provided by the descendants of some of the first settlers. This book is for anyone interested in American history or early Cuban American relations. In addition, this book contains reference material for 100s of American families which will be of special interest to family genealogists.

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Lulu.com

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130467746X

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Emerson Avery, That Latin Teacher

By: John Allen Boyd

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Emerson Avery, That Latin Teacher

By: John Allen Boyd

Emerson Avery, That Latin Teacher is modern American literary fiction with a Southern flavor along with a few splashes of memoir. The core of the novel, covering about seven days, concerns Emerson Avery’s two trips into places of his past which clarify the source of his struggles with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and answers questions about his youth. Now at the coda of his life, he wants to achieve an existential understanding of himself. He is bright and fascinated with life around him – the human comedy – and he is devoted to his former pupils, family (some surrogate), and friends. The author, John Allen Boyd, has lived a life similar to that of Emerson, and, as such, the novel contains anecdotes that are partly memoir. Partly. But where is fiction purely fiction? As Emerson encounters those formative years and thinks about the present and the future, the novel moves like a person walking through a busy market place that stretches and detours for miles – stopping here and there for close inspection and possible purchases – moving quickly along at other places – observing people – leaving one display or another only to return later – always watching and listening and smelling and, sometimes, touching. There is quiet honey-soaked Southern life balanced with shocking horror and cruelty. There is the purity of man-wife love in contrast to depravity and perversity. Soaring intellect and dire ignorance. Trust and freedom and innocence teetering along side predation and indenture and insanity. Blind loyalty to tribalism against independence. Beauty and the hideous. Belief versus knowledge. Children and adults. And, throughout the novel, music, music, yes, music! What better way for a person to discover self. Its mystical power like walking naked under the rising sun or the full harvest moon. A reader may perceive the novel as a woven cloth, a fabric made from various threads that interweave and become visible again and again. Their warp and woof. There are numerous anecdotes and short stories that are ancillary to the main plot. And all of them are abstractions of the life of Emerson Avery. There are several themes that resound: Emerson is a part of all that he has met (Tennyson), people are more alike than different, and life among humans is not much of a departure from that of the lower animals considering our predatory acts on innocence and trust – our greed for things and lust for dominance. Also, we remain awash in primitive language as we attempt to translate our images into words – into any art form. He accepts that all art is translation. After all, he was a teacher of Latin. Likewise, Emerson sees us, as much today as any time in human history, swimming in the seas of mythology and superstition – especially the naïve and altruistic, whether urbane or rural. Ignorance is alive and abounding as are racism and tribalism, those perverse loyalties. People are funny, or is strange the better word? Emerson is a nurturer and finds self-worth in fostering young minds. Affirming their efforts to survive intelligently. He considers most human systems absurd and is an uncomfortable nihilist. Yet, in all of this, he is an optimist and usually calm in living his life in two houses – the place where he sleeps and in his classrooms. In his private life, he is intensely introspective and scholarly. In his classrooms and among friends he is extroverted, affable, and outgoing. His safety nets are music and reading, where he can sort it all out. While composing this novel, the author refused to write it in the manner of some of the dullest books he has ever read: linear narration – a plot trudging along from point A to point Z with the expected high points and low. Instead, he narrates his story using stories within stories within stories (Proust). He uses a variety of writing styles: straight narration, stream of conscious, fantasy, and other departures from the usual journalistic drivel. He has licen

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Susan Sontag

By: Jerome Boyd Maunsell

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Susan Sontag

By: Jerome Boyd Maunsell

“My idea of a writer: someone interested in ‘everything.’” This declaration by Susan Sontag (1933–2004) seemed to reflect her own life as an essayist, diarist, filmmaker, playwright, and novelist writing on a startling range of topics—from literature, dance, film, and painting to cancer, AIDS, and the ethics of war reportage. For many critics, her work captures the twentieth-century world better than almost any other. In this new biography, Jerome Boyd Maunsell draws on Sontag’s extensive diaries to offer a far more intimate portrait than ever before of her struggles in love, marriage, motherhood, and writing. Exploring the astonishing scope of Sontag’s life and work, Maunsell traces her growth during her intellectual career at Chicago, Oxford, and the Sorbonne. He discusses her short-lived marriage to Philip Rieff at seventeen, the birth of her son, and her subsequent relationships with women. As Maunsell follows the extraordinary arc of her life, he delves into her literary life in New York in the 1960s; travels with her to Hanoi, Cuba, and China; and surveys her work in Sweden and France in the 1970s, where she turned to filmmaking. Maunsell concludes by examining her miraculous rebirth as a novelist and critic in the 1980s and ’90s after her diagnosis with cancer in the mid-1970s. Providing a full picture of Sontag as a private person and public figure, this concise biography casts new light on this pivotal figure in literary and cultural history.

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