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The Encyclopedia of Angels

An A-to-Z Guide with Nearly 4,000 Entries

By: Constance Victoria Briggs

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The Encyclopedia of Angels

An A-to-Z Guide with Nearly 4,000 Entries

By: Constance Victoria Briggs

Recent fascination with angels in books, television, and movies has made the celestial beings one of the current hot topics. User friendly, with an A-Z organization, The Encyclopedia of Angels covers every angel topic from Aaron to Zuriel.This heavenly volume lists the names, responsibilities, and orders of the cherubs as well as the various hierarchies which have been created throughout history. More than just a dictionary of angels' names, with painters, sculptors, writers, and philosophers who used angels in their works are included. Readers will have easy access to famous writings featuring angels, the angels of the holy books, the nature of angels, and angelic experiences of the saints, prophets, and mystics. With extensive and organized cross-referencing, The Encyclopedia of Angels is the ultimate resource guide for all angel lovers and scholars.

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Penguin

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0452279216

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Encyclopedia of the Unseen World

The Ultimate Guide to Apparitions, Death Bed Visions, Mediums, Shadow People, Wandering Spirits, and Much, Much More

By: Constance Victoria Briggs

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Encyclopedia of the Unseen World

The Ultimate Guide to Apparitions, Death Bed Visions, Mediums, Shadow People, Wandering Spirits, and Much, Much More

By: Constance Victoria Briggs

An A-Z encyclopedia of the unseen and the unknown world of psychics, channeling, mediums, mystics, near death experiences, prophets, shadow people, death bed visions, astral projection and more. The Encyclopedia of the Unseen World includes concepts as well as descriptions of the spiritual world that have been extrapolated from a number of sources including: Ancient and Channeled Writings, Cultural Beliefs, Mediums, Mystics, Near Death Experiences, Psychics, Prophets and Visionaries, Scriptures and more.

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Weiser Books

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1609251644

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9781609251642

Spiritual Warfare

By: B. Sellars Briggs

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Spiritual Warfare

By: B. Sellars Briggs

The Spirits of Heaven and Hell Have Been At War for Millennia. Now, with the Dawn of Christ's Return Imminent, the Race of Men are Unsuspecting Pawns in an Eternal Conflict that could Tilt the Scales for Armageddon!

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Gold Grizzly Publications

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0692020705

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9780692020708

When the Sleeping Giant Awakens Within

Personal Memoirs and Perspectives of Miracles, Wonders, and the Supernatural

By: Nancy L. Briggs

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When the Sleeping Giant Awakens Within

Personal Memoirs and Perspectives of Miracles, Wonders, and the Supernatural

By: Nancy L. Briggs

This supernatural thriller takes a lighthearted look at the heavy-handed in the spiritual world. It is the true story of one woman’s courage and determination to overcome supernatural targeted oppression and suppression against all odds. Seemingly alone and defenseless, divine intervention would reveal itself time and time again to turn the tide in her favor to insure not only her survival, but her thrival. This is a trip to the inner heart and soul, in order to survive the external forces that were determined to force fear, destruction, carnage, and chaos. It is a feminine perspective and survivor’s guide when you find yourself confronted with the dark side of the supernatural, intended to lighten the load of a burden she carried for twelve years. The battles were supernatural, the fight with the unseen forces was never fair or provoked, and came out of the blue and at random. The choices of others and the universal laws of attraction had unleashed a war zone in her personal life after the events of 9/11, and she had to discover for herself how to cleanse, clean, and clear it out of her life. This is a journey of discovery of the self. We heal, we reveal, we recover to assist others who struggle with dark days and deeds.

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Balboa Press

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1452573514

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9781452573519

Special Relationships

People and Places

By: Asa Briggs

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Special Relationships

People and Places

By: Asa Briggs

July 2011 marked the 90th birthday of a remarkable man Lord Asa Briggs. A Cambridge graduate, Bletchley Park code-breaker, and one of the most eminent and influential historians of our time, his experiences could easily fill several autobiographies. Yet, surprisingly this memoir is the first book that he has ever written about himself. In it, Briggs delves deep into his own history-from the origins of his highly distinctive name and his early education; through his recruitment into the Intelligence Corps and his wartime experiences as a Hut Six cryptographer; to his outstanding contributions as a social and cultural historian. Along the way he sets out to trace those personal relationships which have most shaped (his) life his childhood friends and Cambridge professors; his Bletchley Park coworkers; fellow historians; and of course his closest friends and family. Brimming with fascinating insights, and full of warmth, intelligence and good humor, this is a exceptional memoir of an exceptional man.

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Casemate Publishers

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1781594023

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9781781594025

Political Support in Canada

The Crisis Years : Essays in Honor of Richard A. Preston

By: Richard A. Preston,E. Donald Briggs

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Political Support in Canada

The Crisis Years : Essays in Honor of Richard A. Preston

By: Richard A. Preston,E. Donald Briggs

All governments require popular support, and in democracies this support must be maintained by noncoercive means. This book analyzes the question of political support in Canada, a country in which the maintenance of the integrity of the political community has been and continues to be, in the words of the editors, "the single most salient aspect of the country's political life." The nature of popular support is first considered in broad, theoretical terms, then from the standpoint of those agents most responsible for maintaining support in Canadian democracy, then as influenced by particular issues and policies, and finally as it affects and is affected by the separatist movement in Quebec.

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Duke University Press

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0822305461

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9780822305460

Unlearning

Rethinking Poetics, Pandemics, and the Politics of Knowledge

By: Charles L. Briggs

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Unlearning

Rethinking Poetics, Pandemics, and the Politics of Knowledge

By: Charles L. Briggs

A provocative theoretical synthesis by renowned folklorist and anthropologist Charles L. Briggs, Unlearning questions intellectual foundations and charts new paths forward. Briggs argues, through an expansive look back at his own influential works as well as critical readings of the field, that scholars can disrupt existing social and discourse theories across disciplines when they collaborate with theorists whose insights are not constrained by the bounds of scholarship. Eschewing narrow Eurocentric modes of explanation and research foci, Briggs brings together colonialism, health, media, and psychoanalysis to rethink classic work on poetics and performance that revolutionized linguistic anthropology, folkloristics, media studies, communication, and other fields. Beginning with a candid memoir that credits the mentors whose disconcerting insights prompted him to upend existing scholarly approaches, Briggs combines his childhood experiences in New Mexico with his work in graduate school, his ethnography in Venezuela working with Indigenous peoples, and his contemporary work—which is heavily weighted in medical folklore. Unlearning offers students, emerging scholars, and veteran researchers alike a guide for turning ethnographic objects into provocations for transforming time-worn theories and objects of analysis into sources of scholarly creativity, deep personal engagement, and efforts to confront unconscionable racial inequities. It will be of significant interest to folklorists, anthropologists, and social theorists and will stimulate conversations across these disciplines.

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University Press of Colorado

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1646421027

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9781646421022

Learning How to Ask

A Sociolinguistic Appraisal of the Role of the Interview in Social Science Research

By: Charles L. Briggs

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Learning How to Ask

A Sociolinguistic Appraisal of the Role of the Interview in Social Science Research

By: Charles L. Briggs

Interviews are ubiquitous in modern society, and they play a crucial role in social scientific research. But, as Charles Briggs convincingly argues in this book, received interviewing techniques rest on fundamental misapprehensions about the nature both of the interview as a communicative event, and of the nature of the data that it produces. Furthermore, interviewers rarely examine the compatibility of interviews as a means of acquiring information to one another. These oversights often blind interviewers to ensuing errors of interpretation, as well as to the limitations of the interview as a means of acquiring data. To conflict these problems, Professor Briggs presents an analysis of the 'communicative blunders' that he himself committed in conducting research interviews among Spanish-speakers in northern New Mexico. By focusing on these errors and exploring how they may be avoided, he is able to propose new techniques for designing, implementing, and analyzing interview-based research. These rest on identifying the subjects' resources for conveying information, and the relative compatibility of the shared rules and understandings that underlie their strategies with those associated with interviews. Critical of existing paradigms of interviewing, which he sees as deriving from Western 'folk' theories of reality and communication, Briggs shows that the development of more sophisticated interviewing methodologies requires further research into interviewing itself. Briggs's conclusions provide a basis for the reexamination of current uses of interviews in a wide range of contexts - from social science research to job applications, welfare and health care delivery, criminal and legal investigations, journalism and broadcasting, and other areas of everyday life. His book will appeal to linguists, sociologists, anthropologists, historians, psychologists, as well as other readers whose research or professional activities depend on the use of interviews.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521311136

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9780521311137

Kenya Highlights

By: Philip Briggs

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Kenya Highlights

By: Philip Briggs

Kenya Highlights, first in a new series of colourful Highlights Guides published by Bradt, hones in on the best of this magnificent country and condenses it into a portable but informative guidebook aimed at first time visitors planning or joining an organised safari. Renowned Africa expert, Philip Briggs - author of ten Bradt guides, and arguably the most highly-respected guidebook writer on the region - describes and provides full background information to the country's highlights, with emphasis on the superlative game reserves and sparkling Indian Ocean coastline that have made Kenya one of Africa's premier holiday destinations. There's a chapter offering advice on safari planning, plus detailed sections on wildlife, history and people, and select lodge accommodation (chosen in conjunction with several leading tour operators to Kenya). Featuring beautiful full-colour photos throughout, this book serves equally as a holiday planner, a travel companion and a memento of your trip.

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Bradt Travel Guides

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1841622672

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9781841622675

God Smiled On This Jersey Girl

By: Susanne Briggs

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God Smiled On This Jersey Girl

By: Susanne Briggs

The author was living a normal life enjoying her family, friends, her job, and her church, and one day in 2019, she was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Her name was on so many prayer lists, and her Christian friends were lifting her spirits daily by telling her that Jesus could heal her, and she believed them. She thanked Jesus every day for healing her even though she really did not know if she would die or not from the disease. In spite of suffering significantly from the cancer and the treatments, she felt the presence and love of God more profoundly in her life than at any other time of her life. After months of treatment, she had surgery to remove the cancer, and the surgeon told her the pathologist could not find one cancer cell in everything they removed from her. She received her miracle. She is cancer-free. The author, never in a million years, thought she would write a book to tell the miracles that God gave her, but when she received healing of pancreatic cancer, she wondered why Jesus healed her and spared her life. Most people die from this kind of cancer. As she prayed about it, she had a strong feeling that God wanted her to write this book to help others know that He is alive and loves them and has the power to heal them, physically and spiritually. Many are struggling with hopelessness and pain in this sometimes scary world, and only Jesus can gift them with His peace that passes all understanding. By His stripes, we are healed.

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Fulton Books, Inc.

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163710006X

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The Constance Fisher Tragedy

By: Bob Briggs

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The Constance Fisher Tragedy

By: Bob Briggs

On March 8, 1954, while battling post partum depression, a 24 year old Maine housewife drowned her three children in a bathtub before attempting suicide. After spending only 5 years at the Augusta State Hospital, Constance Fisher was released from the institution. Her release marked the beginnings of a new era in the treatment of the mentally ill in America, as the nation moved to phase out the large state run mental hospitals. On June 30, 1966, Constance Fisher again drowned her three children in a bathtub in what has been called the most bizarre murder story in the history of New England. The incident was foretelling of another American tragedy; the plight of the acutely mentally ill with no facility left to properly care for them.

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145675646X

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9781456756468

The History of Bethlem

By: Jonathan Andrews,Asa Briggs,Roy Porter,Penny Tucker,Keir Waddington

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The History of Bethlem

By: Jonathan Andrews,Asa Briggs,Roy Porter,Penny Tucker,Keir Waddington

Bethlem Hospital, popularly known as "Bedlam", is a unique institution. Now seven hundred and fifty years old, it has been continuously involved in the care of the mentally ill in London since at least the 1400s. As such it has a strong claim to be the oldest foundation in Europe with an unbroken history of sheltering and treating the mentally disturbed. During this time, Bethlem has transcended locality to become not only a national and international institution, but in many ways, a cultural and literary myth. The History of Bethlem is a scholarly history of this key establishment by distinguished authors, including Asa Briggs and Roy Porter. Based upon extensive research of the hospital's archives, the book looks at Bethlem's role within the caring institutions of London and Britain, and provides a long overdue re-evaluation of its place in the history of psychiatry.

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Routledge

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1136098607

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9781136098604

Hello! Python

By: Anthony Briggs

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Hello! Python

By: Anthony Briggs

Summary Hello! Python fully covers the building blocks of Python programming and gives you a gentle introduction to more advanced topics such as object-oriented programming, functional programming, network programming, and program design. New (or nearly new) programmers will learn most of what they need to know to start using Python immediately. About this Book Programmers love Python because it's fast and efficient. Shouldn't learning Python be just the same? Hello! Python starts quickly and simply, with a line of Python code. You'll learn the basics the right way--by writing your own programs. Along the way, you'll get a gentle introduction to more advanced concepts and new programming styles.> No experience with Python needed. Exposure to another programming language is helpful but not required. Purchase of the print book comes with an offer of a free PDF, ePub, and Kindle eBook from Manning. Also available is all code from the book. What Makes Hello! Python special Learn Python fast Even if you've never written a line of code before, you'll be writing real Python apps in just an hour or two. Great examples There's something new in every chapter, including games, web programming with Django, databases, and more. User Friendly guides Using lots of illustrations and a down-to-earth writing style, this book invites you to explore Python along with half-a-dozen traveling companions from the User Friendly cartoon strip. ========================================== Table of Contents Why Python? Hunt the Wumpus Interacting with theWorld Getting Organized Business-Oriented Programming Classes and Object-oriented Programming Sufficiently Advanced Technology Django! Gaming with Pyglet Twisted Networking Django Revisted! Where to from Here?

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Simon and Schuster

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163835152X

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9781638351528

The History of Broadcasting in the United Kingdom: Volume V: Competition

By: Asa Briggs

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The History of Broadcasting in the United Kingdom: Volume V: Competition

By: Asa Briggs

Part of a five-volume history of the rise and development of broadcasting in the United Kingdom.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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019215964X

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9780192159649

Growth and Risk in Infancy

By: Stephen Briggs

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Growth and Risk in Infancy

By: Stephen Briggs

This book is based on detailed weekly observations of infants in their home environment from shortly after birth until two years. Each infant's interactions, relationships, physical, emotional and cognitive development are systematically studied. The focus of the study is on vulnerable infants, and problems in their development encountered in the course of observations are carefully assessed in terms of risk and resilience. The aims of the book are to explore, first, how far these observations can contribute to the development of a new methodology for studying infancy; second, how this approach leads to the emergence of new theoretical concepts and, third, how this study can influence professionals in the field. The book demonstrates that these observations can combine theoretical perspectives from psychoanalysis and child development psychology and can extend both kinds of theory. Comparisons between the infants leads to the development of a theoretical model, and this is demonstrated throughout the five case studies. The findings from the study concentrate on continuity and change in infant development and how the model facilitated conceptualisations and comparisons of infant development. The book ends with considered conclusions about risk in infancy and the scope for further research. The book will be essential for all engaged in the study of infancy, and for professionals working with infants, young children and their families.

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Jessica Kingsley Publishers

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1853023981

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9781853023989

Raven's Shadow

By: Patricia Briggs

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Raven's Shadow

By: Patricia Briggs

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Patricia Briggs comes a fantastical series set in a world where magic is the only thing that stands between humanity and total destruction... Seraph is a Raven mage, and among the last of the Travelers who ensure that the city of Colossae is safe from evil. Unwelcome by those who fear magic, the wizard clans have been decimated by the very people they’ve sworn to protect. But Seraph is spared a similar fate by the ex-soldier Tier—and together they build a life where she is no longer burdened by her people’s responsibility. But now Tier is missing—or dead—and Seraph’s reprieve from her duty is over. Using her magic to discover her husband’s fate, Seraph realizes the prison that holds the evil entity known as Stalker is weakening—and only Seraph can fulfill her ancestors’ oath...

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Penguin

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044101187X

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9780441011872

A New Image

Imago Dei

By: Carol L. Briggs

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A New Image

Imago Dei

By: Carol L. Briggs

In Part 1 of A New Image, put yourself in the sandals of Noah, Joseph, Moses, and Joshua, who foreshadow things to comethey are models of the image of Jesus. In a makeover, one usually doesnt know where to start. When one sees the wide-reaching effect of these four individuals by their complete obedience to the Almighty God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob (Israel), there is definitely a light at the end of the tunnel. Actually, this book may inspire one to read the most interesting stories found anywherethe stories in the Bible. In Part 2, there are personal stories told by witnesses of the signs and wonders that are happening to them in todays timeand absolutely supernaturally! Several people give witness, confirming why they are developing a new image in Jesus by embracing their Hebrew rootsleading to a closer relationship with Yeshua (His name in Hebrew) through immersion in and obedience to the Torah, where one goes to learn even more about Him because He is the Word, the truth, and the light.

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WestBow Press

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1490849521

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9781490849522

Sounds French

Globalization, Cultural Communities, and Pop Music, 1958-1980

By: Jonathyne Briggs

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Sounds French

Globalization, Cultural Communities, and Pop Music, 1958-1980

By: Jonathyne Briggs

Sounds French' reveals how French society mediated the challenges of globalization through the consumption and production of popular music, itself increasingly an expression of globalized culture. As recorded music became more commonplace and crossed national boundaries in the second half of the twentieth century, French musicians and their audiences articulated new types of communal identities around popular music genres that reflected the impact of social, political, economic, and cultural transformations after the 1950s.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0199377065

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9780199377060

Making Health Public

How News Coverage Is Remaking Media, Medicine, and Contemporary Life

By: Charles L. Briggs,Daniel C. Hallin

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Making Health Public

How News Coverage Is Remaking Media, Medicine, and Contemporary Life

By: Charles L. Briggs,Daniel C. Hallin

This book examines the relationship between media and medicine. Drawing on insights from anthropology, linguistics, and media studies, it considers the fundamental role of news coverage in constructing wider cultural understandings of health and disease. The authors advance the notion of ‘biomediatization’ and demonstrate how health knowledge is co-produced through connections between dispersed sites of knowledge making and through multiple forms of expertise. The chapters offer an innovative combination of media content analysis and ethnographic data on the production and circulation of health news, drawing on work with journalists, clinicians, health officials, medical researchers, marketers, and audiences. New to this edition are new case studies, in particular about the COVID-19 pandemic. The first case study looks at pharmaceutical and biotech news, and how journalists portray the flow of information across the boundaries between science and business. The next two case studies examine pandemic news, beginning with the 2009 H1N1 “swine flu” pandemic and continuing to the COVID-19 pandemic. The final case study examines the treatment of race and racism in health news, looking at the ways it interacts with cultural constructions of health citizenship, and the forces that have produced a shift from deracialization of health news to a much stronger focus on race and racism in contemporary health news. This book is ideal for undergraduate students and scholars across the social sciences, health sciences, cultural studies, and journalism.

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Taylor & Francis

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104009211X

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9781040092118

Preparing for the New Jerusalem

Seeing the Light at Last

By: Carol L. Briggs

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Preparing for the New Jerusalem

Seeing the Light at Last

By: Carol L. Briggs

WAKE UP, YOU SLUMBERING CHRISTIANS! This author has never written a book before, and had never planned tountil the Lord woke her early one morning at 4:30 A.M.September of 2009...and very clearly said, Type this title on your computer, PREPARING FOR THE NEW JERUSALEM. She immediately jumped up, turned on the computer, typed the title at the top of a new document. and, has been on a spiritual whirlwind ever since. Her story may be very much like yoursencouraged to be self-sufficient, obsessed with getting a degree and then a career, marrying and juggling career and family 24/7. In their family, Sunday was the only time they even heard the name of Jesus mentioned (in the worship service sermon), and if she was tired and slept in on that morning, never heard that name all week longlet alone realized that she could have a personal relationship with her savior. However, read how all of the coincidences (good and bad) that were easily explained away at the time could actually, with hindsight, be traced back to the Lord being with her even from before conception and how it took her 45 years to wake up to that truth. After you read about her adventuresome teaching career around the world, her counsel to her brothers and sisters in Christ may touch just the right chord to give you a wake up call for Jesus in these last days.

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1456714821

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9781456714826

Voices of Modernity

Language Ideologies and the Politics of Inequality

By: Richard Bauman,Charles L. Briggs

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Voices of Modernity

Language Ideologies and the Politics of Inequality

By: Richard Bauman,Charles L. Briggs

Language and tradition have long been relegated to the sidelines as scholars have considered the role of politics, science, technology and economics in the making of the modern world. This novel reading of over two centuries of philosophy, political theory, anthropology, folklore and history argues that new ways of imagining language and representing supposedly premodern people - the poor, labourers, country folk, non-europeans and women - made political and scientific revolutions possible. The connections between language ideologies, privileged linguistic codes, and political concepts and practices shape the diverse ways we perceive ourselves and others. Bauman and Briggs demonstrate that contemporary efforts to make schemes of social inequality based on race, gender, class and nationality seem compelling and legitimate, rely on deeply-rooted ideas about language and tradition. Showing how critics of modernity unwittingly reproduce these foundational fictions, they suggest new strategies for challenging the undemocratic influence of these voices of modernity.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521008972

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9780521008976

Disaster Security

Using Intelligence and Military Planning for Energy and Environmental Risks

By: Chad M. Briggs,Miriam Matejova

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Disaster Security

Using Intelligence and Military Planning for Energy and Environmental Risks

By: Chad M. Briggs,Miriam Matejova

Inside view of how and why militaries/intelligence agencies plan for environmental disasters, for practitioners, policymakers and scholars.

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Cambridge University Press

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1108472354

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9781108472357

Stories in the Time of Cholera

Racial Profiling During a Medical Nightmare

By: Charles L. Briggs,Clara Mantini-Briggs

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Stories in the Time of Cholera

Racial Profiling During a Medical Nightmare

By: Charles L. Briggs,Clara Mantini-Briggs

Chronicles the 1992-1993 cholera epidemic in Venezuela.

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Univ of California Press

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0520243889

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9780520243880

Dead Heat

By: Patricia Briggs

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Dead Heat

By: Patricia Briggs

The Mercy Thompson series transports readers into the realm of werewolves Charles Cornick and Anna Latham... Charles and Anna soon discover that a dangerous fae being is on the loose, replacing human children with simulacrums. The fae have started a cold war with humanity that's about to heat up and Charles and Anna are in the crossfire"--

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Ace

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0425256286

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9780425256282

Council of Evil

A Villain.net novel

By: Andy Briggs

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Council of Evil

A Villain.net novel

By: Andy Briggs

Jake Hunter is your quintessential bully-tough, mean, and misunderstood. While he likes the power gotten from picking on the nerdy kids, he's sick of his dumb buddies, and he craves some adventure in his dull life. So when he stumbles upon a Web site called Villain.net that lets him download superpowers, he's eager to try out the laser vision and the radioactivity. But when he joins forces with a supervillain named Basilisk, Jake must decide if he truly wants to accept the consequences of being a villain. And of course, little does he know that Hero.com is out there too, recruiting teens for the other side. . . .

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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080272809X

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9780802728098

Syria, Press Framing, and the Responsibility to Protect

By: E. Donald Briggs,Walter C. Soderlund,Tom Pierre Najem

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Syria, Press Framing, and the Responsibility to Protect

By: E. Donald Briggs,Walter C. Soderlund,Tom Pierre Najem

The Syrian Civil War has created the worst humanitarian disaster since the end of World War II, sending shock waves through Syria, its neighbours, and the European Union. Calls for the international community to intervene in the conflict, in compliance with the UN-sanctioned Responsibility to Protect (R2P), occurred from the outset and became even more pronounced following President Assad's use of chemical weapons against civilians in August 2013. Despite that egregious breach of international convention, no humanitarian intervention was forthcoming, leaving critics to argue that UN inertia early in the conflict contributed to the current crisis Syria, Press Framing, and The Responsibility to Protect examines the role of the media in framing the Syrian conflict, their role in promoting or, on the contrary, discouraging a robust international intervention. The media sources examined are all considered influential with respect to the shaping of elite views, either directly on political leaders or indirectly through their influence on public opinion. The volume provides a review of the arguments concerning appropriate international responses to events in Syria and how they were framed in leading newspapers in the United States, Great Britain, and Canada during the crucial early years of the conflict; considers how such media counsel affected the domestic contexts in which American and British decisions were made not to launch forceful interventions following Assad's use of sarin gas in 2013; and offers reasoned speculation on the relevance of R2P in future humanitarian crises in light of the failure to protect Syrian civilians.

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Handbook of Photosensory Receptors

By: Winslow R. Briggs

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Handbook of Photosensory Receptors

By: Winslow R. Briggs

This first complete resource on photosensory receptors from bacteria, plants and animals compiles the data on all known classes of photoreceptors, creating a must-have reference for students and researchers for many years to come. Among the editors are the current and a former president of the American Society for Photobiology.

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John Wiley & Sons

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3527310193

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Somaliland

with the overland route from Addis Ababa via eastern Ethiopia

By: Philip Briggs

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Somaliland

with the overland route from Addis Ababa via eastern Ethiopia

By: Philip Briggs

The pioneering first edition of this guidebook was the first dedicated entirely to Somaliland, and this second edition, fully updated and with a foreword by Simon Reeve, continues Bradt's groundbreaking tradition of publishing highly specialist guides to newly emerging destinations. Significantly, this new edition also covers Addis Ababa and eastern Ethiopia - the main gateway into Somaliland. Also included is a detailed historical and archaeological background to a region whose wealth of rock art, ancient burial sites, ruined cities and historical ports stretches back 5,000 years and has links with ancient Egypt and Axum as well as the more recent Ottoman and British empires. Comprehensive birdwatching and wildlife sections include details of where to look for of the region's endemic and near-endemic birds and mammals, while the guide also contains the only proper maps available for the capital Hargeisa and other large towns such as Burao, Berbera and Borama, compiled from scratch using GPS. Somaliland ranks among the world's most obscure and uncharted travel destinations. It comprises the former colony of British Somaliland, which merged with its Italian namesake to form the Somali Republic upon attaining independence in 1960, but unilaterally seceded from the rest of war-torn Somalia in 1991. Now a peaceful and fully functional self-governing democracy, Somaliland still awaits official recognition by the UN AU and most other such organisations more than quarter of a century later. Yet despite its obscurity, this ancient and largely arid land has much to offer the truly intrepid traveller, and the low-key, low-rise capital Hargeisa Is easily reached by air or overland from neighbouring Ethiopia. With this unique guide, discover Las Geel, the most alluring rock art site on the Horn of Africa; the charmingly decayed Ottoman port of Berbera, which provides access to some splendid beaches and offshore reefs; the spectacular Daallo Escarpment, swathed in fragrant evergreen forests that support several endemic bird species; and the abandoned city of Maduna, the most impressive of several mediaeval Islamic ruins dotted around the arid interior.

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178477605X

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Christmas With You

A feel-good holiday romance anthology

By: Heidi McLaughlin,L.P. Dover,Cindi Madsen,R.J. Prescott,Amy Briggs

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Christmas With You

A feel-good holiday romance anthology

By: Heidi McLaughlin,L.P. Dover,Cindi Madsen,R.J. Prescott,Amy Briggs

Welcome to the charming town of Friendship, Massachusetts, where the mistletoe is hung, holiday fires are lit, and where five couples find love at the most magical time of the year. Snowflake Lane Inn, by L. P. Dover The owner of a picturesque inn gets a holiday surprise when a well-known fashion designer comes to stay and redesigns his future. Runaway Christmas Bride, by Cindi Madsen Making a new life in Friendship certainly wasn't the plan, but the spirit of Christmas - along with the rugged local sheriff - leads to a change of heart for this runaway bride. Christmas Lights, by Amy Briggs A visitor to Friendship learns the true meaning of Christmas from a single dad and his young daughter. Christmas Encounter, by R. J. Prescott A famous Formula One driver finds all roads lead to Friendship -and love - this Christmas. It's a Wonderful Holiday, by Heidi McLaughlin A workaholic finds just the right Christmas magic to remind him about the most important thing in life: spending time with his wife and family. What readers are saying about Christmas with You... "Beautifully well-written." "A touching, funny Christmas anthology packed full of entertaining, likable characters and great Christmas romance short stories." "If you love Christmas romance...this is an anthology you won't want to miss." "The perfect collection for the most wonderful time of the year." "Beautiful, heartwarming Christmas stories...new couples, warm loving relationships...perfect for young adults and older.

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Forever

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1538732459

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The Encyclopedia of God

An A-Z Guide to Thoughts, Ideas, and Beliefs about God

By: Constance Victoria Briggs

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The Encyclopedia of God

An A-Z Guide to Thoughts, Ideas, and Beliefs about God

By: Constance Victoria Briggs

Now That God Is Popular Again, What Do People Say About Him? Interest in the nature of the Supreme Being is growing again, especially among people who had turned away from conventional religious approaches. God is "in" again, but what do we know about him? In this remarkable reference work, Constance Victoria Briggs, author of the popular The Encyclopedia of Angels, offers a stimulating and inspiring review of the thoughts of hundreds of scholars, religious authorities, mystics, writers, saints, prophets, philosophers, poets--even celebrities--on the nature of God. "Although we can't question God, we can evaluate the information contained in these sources and draw our own conclusions about who and what God is," she says. "It's my desire to portray God as a multi-faceted spiritual entity whose characteristics have shaped our lives since the dawn of mankind." In a highly accessible A-Z format, Briggs presents hundreds of short informative entries from diverse traditions and beliefs. From Arabot, the Seventh Heaven in Judaic lore, to Thomas Jefferson's beliefs in God, from Brahma, Hinduism's chief deity, to Mulungu, the Supreme Being in some East African beliefs--you'll find it all in this revealing tour through the world's beliefs. Among the riches in The Encyclopedia of God, you'll find a chronicle of the acts of God, past and future; God's relationship with the saints, prophets, and other holy men and women; God's relationship with the angels; the beliefs about God of world religions and ancient cultures; and new age thoughts on God. All entries are meticulously cross-referenced to give you quick access to related topics.

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Hampton Roads Publishing

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1612832253

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Victorian Voyages

Where did we come from?

By: Julia Golding,Andrew Briggs,Roger Wagner

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Victorian Voyages

Where did we come from?

By: Julia Golding,Andrew Briggs,Roger Wagner

Here is a wonderful and wittily written introduction to science as the art of asking open questions and not jumping to conclusions. It's also an amusing excursion through evolution and anthropology which packs in a lot of learning with the lightest of touches. A much-needed antidote to the bludgeoning crudity of so much writing in both science and religion." REVEREND DOCTOR MALCOLM GUITE Poet, singer-songwriter, priest, and academic Chaplain at Girton College Cambridge Join Harriet, Darwin's pet tortoise, and Milton, Schrodinger's indecisive cat on a time-travelling quest of discovery, unravelling scientific exploration and religious beliefs and how they fit together. Throughout the centuries humans have been looking for answers to BIG questions - how did the universe start? Is there a God behind it? Has science explained away the need for a God, or can faith enhance scientific discovery? On this adventure, Harriet and Milton meet the great Victorian scientists. Voyage with Darwin as he worked out his theory of Evolution. Step into Harriet and Milton's time machine, bring some snacks, and enjoy this curious quest of discovery. Written by Julia Golding, winner of the Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2006, and the Nestle Smarties Book Prize 2006.

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Lion Children's Books

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0745978010

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9780745978017

Christmas Lights

the perfect heart-warming festive read

By: Amy Briggs

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Christmas Lights

the perfect heart-warming festive read

By: Amy Briggs

A heart-warming festive novella from bestselling author Amy Briggs. Can flamingos help him win the heart of the new girl in town? Since the deaths of her parents, Samantha hasn't been too keen on the holiday season. Her favourite Christmas traditions now just remind her of all she's lost, and she's left going through the motions for the sake of her sister and her family. But when she runs right into the solid chest of single dad Jason, she suddenly feels a spark. Maybe all her sadness for this time of year could be about to change? Hoping to recreate the Christmas' from her past, and bring the light back into her eyes, Jason sets about giving Samantha the perfect holiday experience, 'Operation Christmas Flamingo'. With the help of Sam's sister and his own daughter Emily, can they once again bring the spirit of Christmas back into Sam's life? *Originally published in the Christmas With You anthology Why readers love Christmas Lights: 'A heartwarming read for the Christmas season' 'A cute story with lots of heart' 'A beautiful story about a single father, his daughter and the woman that came to mean so much to them both' 'A nostalgic feel of blending old memories with new and learning to enjoy life after loss' 'What a cute, sweet story

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0349421714

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9780349421711

Spiritual Consciousness: a Personal Journey

By: Kevin J Briggs

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Spiritual Consciousness: a Personal Journey

By: Kevin J Briggs

Spiritual Consciousness is nonfiction. It is a journey of one person from a young boy to adulthood, experiencing many aspects of life and life beyond death. It encompasses family, friends, happiness, and heartache. This book is not about thrills and spills of fiction. It is one persons life, with the usual daily routines intersected with his extracurricular experiences. It is these experiences that he encounters that are important. They are experiences that many people dont have, but if you do, then dont be fearful. Embrace them and learn. Many children have such experiences, and in some cases, their parents dont know how to handle it. They think their child is abnormal. They are not; they require guidance and understanding. This personal journey of Kevins shows the path he encountered. Kevins guide leads him elsewhereinto a different life. Do we really know the world in which we live? What is beyond? Kevins fascinating journey leads him within this world and into the next. There were many questions for him, and many are without answers. Kevin is undoubtedly in the present, but what about his past life, his future life, and his companions on his journey, a journey that he continues to explore? The unexplainable is explained. How do we know we are conscious? Some people never achieve knowing about consciousness. Some people find it hard to understand and believe. This book is for people who are curious, or perhaps they themselves have had an experience that they cannot explain and dont know where to turn. You are not alone.

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198220219X

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9781982202194

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