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Saxons, Vikings, and Celts: The Genetic Roots of Britain and Ireland

By: Bryan Sykes

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Saxons, Vikings, and Celts: The Genetic Roots of Britain and Ireland

By: Bryan Sykes

From the best-selling author of The Seven Daughters of Eve, a perfect book for anyone interested in the genetic history of Britain, Ireland, and America. One of the world's leading geneticists, Bryan Sykes has helped thousands find their ancestry in the British Isles. Saxons, Vikings, and Celts, which resulted from a systematic ten-year DNA survey of more than 10,000 volunteers, traces the true genetic makeup of the British Isles and its descendants, taking readers from the Pontnewydd cave in North Wales to the resting place of the Red Lady of Paviland and the tomb of King Arthur. This illuminating guide provides a much-needed introduction to the genetic history of the people of the British Isles and their descendants throughout the world.

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W. W. Norton & Company

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0393079783

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9780393079784

DNA USA: A Genetic Portrait of America

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DNA USA: A Genetic Portrait of America

By: Bryan Sykes

The bestselling author of "The Seven Daughters of Eve" turns his sights on the genetics of the United States from the blue-blooded pockets of old-WASP New England to the vast tribal lands of the Navajo.

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W. W. Norton & Company

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0871404125

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9780871404121

Seven Daughters of Eve

The Science That Reveals Our Genetic Ancestry

By: Bryan Sykes

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Seven Daughters of Eve

The Science That Reveals Our Genetic Ancestry

By: Bryan Sykes

This national bestseller, now in paperback, reveals how all humans are descended from seven prehistoric women--the Seven Daughters of Eve.

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W. W. Norton & Company

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0393323145

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Bigfoot, Yeti, and the Last Neanderthal

A Geneticist's Search for Modern Apemen

By: Bryan Sykes

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Bigfoot, Yeti, and the Last Neanderthal

A Geneticist's Search for Modern Apemen

By: Bryan Sykes

...you're talking about a yeti or bigfoot or sasquatch. Well now, you'll be amazed whenI tell you that I'm sure they exist." --Jane Goodall, on NPR This is "The Big Book of Yetis." What the reader gets here is a world-class geneticist's search for evidence for the existence of Big Foot, yeti, or the abominable snowman. Along the way, he visits sites of alleged sightings of these strange creatures, attends meetings of cryptozoologists, recounts the stories of famous monster-hunting expeditions, and runs possible yeti DNA through his highly regarded lab in Oxford. Sykes introduces us to the crackpots, visionaries, and adventurers who have been involved in research into this possible scientific dead-end over the pat 100 years. Sykes is a serious scientist who knows how to tell a story, and this is a credible and engaging account. Almost, but not quite human, the yeti and its counterparts from wild regions of the world, still exert a powerful atavistic influence on us. Is the yeti just a phantasm of our imagination or a survivor from our own savage ancestry? Or is it a real creature? This is the mystery that Bryan Sykes set out to unlock. "An intriguing book...It is this humanity, this cheerful readiness to travel out into the deepest pine forests of Washington State to interview a twitchy hunter in a Chewbacca T-shirt about something he thought he heard groaning in the woods that makes this book worth reading. If science does ever acknowledge the yeti, it will be thanks to somebody very much like Sykes. --The Times London

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Red Wheel/Weiser

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193887515X

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9781938875151

Adam's Curse

A Future Without Men

By: Bryan Sykes

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Adam's Curse

A Future Without Men

By: Bryan Sykes

Examines the history and future of the Y chromosome and maintains that because it is unable to exchange genetic material or repair itself, the day will come when it will cease to exist.

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W. W. Norton & Company

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0393058964

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The Wolf Within

A Genetic History of Man's Best Friend

By: Professor Bryan Sykes

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The Wolf Within

A Genetic History of Man's Best Friend

By: Professor Bryan Sykes

The evolution of dogs and the forces that drove its amazing transformation from a fierce wild carnivore, the wolf, to the astonishing range of comparatively docile domesticated dogs that we know today.

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William Collins

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0008244456

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The Wolf Within: The Astonishing Evolution of the Wolf into Man’s Best Friend

By: Professor Bryan Sykes

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The Wolf Within: The Astonishing Evolution of the Wolf into Man’s Best Friend

By: Professor Bryan Sykes

The genetic history of the dog is a sensational example of the co-evolution of two species, man and wolf, to each other’s mutual benefit. But how did this ancient partnership begin? To answer this question, Professor Bryan Sykes identifies tantalising clues in the recently mapped genetic makeup of both species.

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HarperCollins UK

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000824443X

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Adam's Curse

By: Bryan Sykes

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Adam's Curse

By: Bryan Sykes

Genetically speaking, the big difference between men and women is that where women have two X chromosomes, men have one X and one Y. It is surprising that one chromosome difference out of our total of twenty-six can have such an important consequence. Is this relatively small genetic variance really sufficient to explain the differences between the sexes, not just the physical but the psychological, social, even cultural? Leading geneticist Professor Bryan Sykes takes us on a fascinating exploration into the science of sex and gender, and takes a scientific look at what makes men tick. His conclusions will surprise some people and are bound to cause controversy. His research has shown that the all-important male Y chromosome is getting smaller and the female X chromosome is taking over. Women are winning the evolutionary battle of the sexes. The result is that men, slowly but surely, are heading for extinction...

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1845056310

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The Seven Daughters of Eve

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The Seven Daughters of Eve

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A scientist describes how he linked the DNA found in the remains of a five-thousand-year-old man to modern-day relatives and explains how all modern individuals can trace their genetic makeup back to prehistoric times to seven primeval women.

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0393020185

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Bigfoot, Yeti, and the Last Neanderthal

A Geneticist's Search for Modern Apemen

By: Bryan Sykes

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Bigfoot, Yeti, and the Last Neanderthal

A Geneticist's Search for Modern Apemen

By: Bryan Sykes

...you're talking about a yeti or bigfoot or sasquatch. Well now, you'll be amazed when I tell you that I'm sure they exist." —Jane Goodall on NPR This is "The Big Book of Yetis." What the reader gets here is a world-class geneticist's search for evidence for the existence of Big Foot, yeti, or the abominable snowman. Along the way, he visits sites of alleged sightings of these strange creatures, attends meetings of cryptozoologists, recounts the stories of famous monster-hunting expeditions, and runs possible yeti DNA through his highly regarded lab in Oxford. Sykes introduces us to the crackpots, visionaries, and adventurers who have been involved in research into this possible scientific dead-end over the past 100 years. Sykes is a serious scientist who knows how to tell a story, and this is a credible and engaging account. Almost, but not quite human, the yeti and its counterparts from wild regions of the world, still exert a powerful atavistic influence on us. Is the yeti just a phantasm of our imagination or a survivor from our own savage ancestry? Or is it a real creature? This is the mystery that Bryan Sykes set out to unlock.

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Red Wheel Weiser

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1633410277

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What Else You Got?

40 Years of Mis-spent Youth in the Ad Game

By: Pat Bryan,Patrick Michael Bryan

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What Else You Got?

40 Years of Mis-spent Youth in the Ad Game

By: Pat Bryan,Patrick Michael Bryan

What was a teenager doing carrying a $10,000 oil painting on a London tram? Why did this man risk life and limb standing in the centre of a downtown intersection in Toronto in rush hour? How did the author get Red Skelton's hat? Why was this middle-aged businessman wearing a skirt and carrying a spear? Find the answers to these and other questions in Pat Bryan's lively book that lifts the lid on the hard-driving, often hilarious world of advertising.

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iUniverse

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0595187803

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At All Costs

By: Bryan Perrett

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At All Costs

By: Bryan Perrett

From the jaws of defeat, incredible victories. AT ALL COSTS! transports you to the battlefront for over two centuries of astonishing military confrontations. From the Battle of Minden in 1795 to dramatic second world war stories and the Battle for Goose Green in the Falklands, Bryan Perrett gives astoundingly vivid accounts of international forces in daring actions, achieving victory against the odds. These real-life military adventures are meticulously, accurately described, giving a true flavour of some of the most important moments in world history.

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Weidenfeld & Nicolson

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1474619185

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George B. McClellan

The Man Who Saved the Union

By: H. J. Eckenrode,Bryan Conrad

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George B. McClellan

The Man Who Saved the Union

By: H. J. Eckenrode,Bryan Conrad

THIS IS MORE THAN THE STORY OF “Little Mac.” It is the story also of that dark center of intrigue, the nation’s capital in 1862—of Washington shaking in its shoes for fear of an invasion by “gaunt hairy beings riding into Washington like Centaurs and perhaps setting fire to the Capitol”; a Washington dominated by politicians and partisans, where party strife and bitterness were so strong that some members of the government itself preferred Union defeat to a victory which might make a Democrat (McClellan) a national hero and a presidential possibility; a Washington in which even the President and his Cabinet showed a childish impatience because McClellan did not remove the threat to the capital overnight—in spite of a liquid terrain and “the greatest military combination in modern history, Lee and Jackson”; a Washington rotten with military gossip and spy-talk in back alleys.... “THIS BOOK ORIGINATED in studies made by the historians of the Conservation Commission in the Richmond battlefield area, which is comprised in the Richmond Battlefield Park, a charge of the commission. These battlefields are the best preserved and least studied (because long inaccessible) in the country. A detailed examination of the terrain convinced the historians, both of them Southerners, that McClellan was a great general and that he has been underestimated by historians. Their opinion was confirmed by a study of the records. They came to the conclusion that it was McClellan who prevented the defeat of the North in 1861-62 when the Confederacy was relatively stronger than it was at a later time. Believing that politics should not be permitted to influence military judgments, they have written this book, partly for the purpose of doing justice to a great man who has suffered at the hands of history. It is based on the ground itself and the original sources, and is believed to be a contribution to American and Virginia history.”—Foreword

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Pickle Partners Publishing

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1789123003

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9781789123005

The Changing Face Of Battle

By: Bryan Perrett

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The Changing Face Of Battle

By: Bryan Perrett

A fascinating study of the changing face of the art of warfare over the past 2000 years, by one of today's most readable historians Mankind has always been in conflict. Without war, there would be no peace, no stability, no safety. Men go to war to defend, or acquire, territory that they see as rightly theirs; to defend, or impose, beliefs that they hold as fundamental truths. In 2,000 years, while the causes of battle have hardly changed, the conduct of battle has changed and developed apace. Technology advances, weaponry becomes ever more powerful, military thinking shifts again and again. In THE CHANGING FACE OF BATTLE, historian Bryan Perrett reviews that continuous process of change, from AD 9 through to the Gulf War. By analysis of some 30 significant battle confrontations he shows, in clear detail, just how advanced we now are in the art of warfare.

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Weidenfeld & Nicolson

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1780225253

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9781780225258

James Longstreet

Lee's War Horse

By: H. J. Eckenrode,Bryan Conrad

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James Longstreet

Lee's War Horse

By: H. J. Eckenrode,Bryan Conrad

James Longstreet stood with Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson in the great triumvirate of the Army of Northern Virginia. He fought from First Manassas through Appomattox and served as Lee's senior subordinate for most of that time. In this classic work,

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Univ of North Carolina Press

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0807847992

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9780807847992

Randomization, Bootstrap and Monte Carlo Methods in Biology

By: Bryan F.J. Manly

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Randomization, Bootstrap and Monte Carlo Methods in Biology

By: Bryan F.J. Manly

Modern computer-intensive statistical methods play a key role in solving many problems across a wide range of scientific disciplines. This new edition of the bestselling Randomization, Bootstrap and Monte Carlo Methods in Biology illustrates the value of a number of these methods with an emphasis on biological applications. This textbook focuses on three related areas in computational statistics: randomization, bootstrapping, and Monte Carlo methods of inference. The author emphasizes the sampling approach within randomization testing and confidence intervals. Similar to randomization, the book shows how bootstrapping, or resampling, can be used for confidence intervals and tests of significance. It also explores how to use Monte Carlo methods to test hypotheses and construct confidence intervals. New to the Third Edition Updated information on regression and time series analysis, multivariate methods, survival and growth data as well as software for computational statistics References that reflect recent developments in methodology and computing techniques Additional references on new applications of computer-intensive methods in biology Providing comprehensive coverage of computer-intensive applications while also offering data sets online, Randomization, Bootstrap and Monte Carlo Methods in Biology, Third Edition supplies a solid foundation for the ever-expanding field of statistics and quantitative analysis in biology.

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CRC Press

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1482296411

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9781482296419

Reformation and Modern Rituals and Theologies of Baptism

From Luther to Contemporary Practices

By: Bryan D. Spinks

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Reformation and Modern Rituals and Theologies of Baptism

From Luther to Contemporary Practices

By: Bryan D. Spinks

Presenting a comprehensive survey of the historical underpinnings of baptismal liturgies and theologies, Bryan Spinks presents an ecumenically and geographically wide-ranging survey and discussion of contemporary baptismal rites, practice and reflection, and sacramental theology. Writing within a clear chronological framework, Bryan Spinks presents two simultaneous volumes on Baptismal Liturgy and Theology. Early and Medieval Rituals and Theologies of Baptism summarizes the understandings of baptism in the New Testament and the development of baptismal reflection and liturgical rites throughout Syrian, Egyptian, Roman and African regions. In this second volume, Reformation and Modern Rituals and Theologies of Baptism, Spinks traces developments through the Reformation, liturgies in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and explores important new ecumenical perspectives on developments of twentieth-century sacramental discussion. Present practices of Baptist, Amish, as well as Methodist, Roman Catholic, Lutheran, Reformed and Anglican denominations are also examined.

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Routledge

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135190583X

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One More River to Cross

By: Bryan Prince

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One More River to Cross

By: Bryan Prince

Accused of the attempted murder of a plantation owner in Maryland during the early 1800s, Isaac Brown, a slave, survived harsh punishment, escaped, was recaptured, escaped again, and in the face of multiple challenges, ultimately made his way to freedom in Canada. This is his story.

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Dundurn

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1459701534

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9781459701533

Racial Justice and the Catholic Church

By: Bryan N. Massingale

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Racial Justice and the Catholic Church

By: Bryan N. Massingale

Examines the history of racism in the United States from the Civil War to the twenty-first century and discusses the teaching efforts of the Catholic Church to put a stop to racism and promote reconciliation and justice.

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Orbis Books

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1608331806

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Studying Horror Cinema

By: Bryan Turnock

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Studying Horror Cinema

By: Bryan Turnock

Aimed at teachers and students new to the subject, Studying Horror Cinema is a comprehensive survey of the genre from silent cinema to its twenty-first century resurgence. Structured as a series of thirteen case studies of easily accessible films, it covers the historical, production, and cultural context of each film, together with detailed textual analysis of key sequences. Sitting alongside such acknowledged classics as Psycho and Rosemary’s Baby are analyses of influential non-English language films as Kwaidan, Bay of Blood, and Let the Right One In. The author concludes with a chapter on 2017’s blockbuster It, the most financially successful horror film of all time, making Studying Horror Cinema the most up-to-date overview of the genre available.

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Liverpool University Press

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180034743X

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9781800347434

Retaining New Teachers

How do I support and develop novice teachers? (ASCD Arias)

By: Bryan Harris

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Retaining New Teachers

How do I support and develop novice teachers? (ASCD Arias)

By: Bryan Harris

K–12 schools in the United States are suffering from an epidemic of teacher attrition: nearly half of all new teachers leave the field within their first five years, and thousands of teaching positions across the country are going unfilled. What can school leaders do about this persistent turnover and the resulting loss of human potential? In this timely book, Bryan Harris describes the four broad supports that he says are crucial to helping early-career teachers succeed and stay in the profession: comprehensive induction programs, supportive administrators, skilled mentors, and helpful colleagues. He offers practical, research-based strategies to help leaders provide these supports and create a culture of collaboration across the school. The result is a school in which beginning teachers truly thrive as effective practitioners who see themselves successfully helping students learn more every day.

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1416620583

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Equity and Trusts in Australia

By: Michael Bryan,Vicki Vann,Susan Barkehall Thomas

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Equity and Trusts in Australia

By: Michael Bryan,Vicki Vann,Susan Barkehall Thomas

Equity and Trusts in Australia offers an accessible introduction to the principles of Australian equity and trusts law for students, linking key doctrines to their wider relationship with the law. The text covers foundational topics of equity and trusts law, including the nature of equity, fiduciary relationships and trust structures. This edition has been revised to include recent landmark decisions and a new chapter on termination and variation of trusts. Each chapter concludes with a guide to the online resources, which encourage students to extend their knowledge of the content through further reading, practice problems and discussion topics. Written by a team of experienced authors, Equity and Trusts in Australia is an ideal text for students undertaking this area of study for the first time. A Sourcebook on Equity and Trusts in Australia is also available and provides cases and primary legal materials to accompany Equity and Trusts in Australia.

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Cambridge University Press

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100923238X

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9781009232388

A Reader in Ecclesiology

By: Bryan P. Stone

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A Reader in Ecclesiology

By: Bryan P. Stone

This Reader presents a diverse and ecumenical cross-section of ecclesiological statements from across the twenty centuries of the church's existence. It builds on the foundations of early Christian writings, illustrates significant medieval, reformation, and modern developments, and provides a representative look at the robust attention to ecclesiology that characterizes the contemporary period. This collection of readings offers an impressive overview of the multiple ways Christians have understood the church to be both the 'body of Christ' and, at the same time, an imperfect, social and historical institution, constantly subject to change, and reflective of the cultures in which it is found. This comprehensive survey of historical ecclesiologies is helpful in pointing readers to the remarkable number of images and metaphors that Christians have relied upon in describing the church and to the various tensions that have characterized reflection on the church as both united and diverse, community and institution, visible and invisible, triumphant and militant, global and local, one and many. Students, clergy and all interested in Christianity and the church will find this collection an invaluable resource.

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Routledge

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1317186990

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Day Trading For Canadians For Dummies

By: Ann C. Logue,Bryan Borzykowski

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Day Trading For Canadians For Dummies

By: Ann C. Logue,Bryan Borzykowski

Day Trading For Canadians For Dummies provides anyone interested in this quick-action trading for income with the nuts and bolts information and advice and, most importantly, a step-by-step plan of action for getting started in the day trading market. It includes information on the ins and outs of day trading; understanding the short-term markets; and raising capital and protecting one's principal investment. It also helps readers understand how to manage risk and keep emotions in check, as well as provide sample trading plans. This Canadian edition features information on the best online brokerage firms, offers helpful Canadian resources, and covers the unique tax issues Canadian traders have to face.

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0470945036

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From the Dress-Up Corner to the Senior Prom

Navigating Gender and Sexuality Diversity in PreK-12 Schools

By: Jennifer Bryan

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From the Dress-Up Corner to the Senior Prom

Navigating Gender and Sexuality Diversity in PreK-12 Schools

By: Jennifer Bryan

Very few PreK-12 teachers are adequately trained to address the gender identity and sexual identity of their students in a developmentally-appropriate and pedagogically-sound manner. Yet responsible adults—parents, educators, pre-service teachers, coaches, religious instructors, camp administrators and school counselors— must help children navigate the inherently diverse, increasingly complex world of gender and sexuality in the twenty-first century. From the Dress-Up Corner to the Senior Prom is a practical, forward thinking resource for anyone involved in educating children and adolescents. Jennifer Bryan takes readers into classrooms, administrative meetings, recess, parent conferences, and the annual pep rally to witness the daily manifestations of Gender and Sexuality Diversity at school. She provides a coherent framework for understanding what readers "see," and invites them to use a contemporary, heart/mind perspective as they consider the true developmental needs of all elementary, middle, and high school students. The book features thoughtful questions, models of dialogue, accessible lesson plans, and many pedagogical strategies. At the heart of this book, though, are the evocative stories from teachers, students, and parents that Bryan has listened to over the span of her career. These personal anecdotes bring the comprehensive explorations of this seminal work to life.

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R&L Education

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1607099802

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Real Democracy

The New England Town Meeting and How It Works

By: Frank M. Bryan

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Real Democracy

The New England Town Meeting and How It Works

By: Frank M. Bryan

Relying on an astounding collection of more than three decades of firsthand research, Frank M. Bryan examines one of the purest forms of American democracy, the New England town meeting. At these meetings, usually held once a year, all eligible citizens of the town may become legislators; they meet in face-to-face assemblies, debate the issues on the agenda, and vote on them. And although these meetings are natural laboratories for democracy, very few scholars have systematically investigated them. A nationally recognized expert on this topic, Bryan has now done just that. Studying 1,500 town meetings in his home state of Vermont, he and his students recorded a staggering amount of data about them—238,603 acts of participation by 63,140 citizens in 210 different towns. Drawing on this evidence as well as on evocative "witness" accounts—from casual observers to no lesser a light than Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn—Bryan paints a vivid picture of how real democracy works. Among the many fascinating questions he explores: why attendance varies sharply with town size, how citizens resolve conflicts in open forums, and how men and women behave differently in town meetings. In the end, Bryan interprets this brand of local government to find evidence for its considerable staying power as the most authentic and meaningful form of direct democracy. Giving us a rare glimpse into how democracy works in the real world, Bryan presents here an unorthodox and definitive book on this most cherished of American institutions.

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University of Chicago Press

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0226077985

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Clinical Veterinary Microbiology E-Book

By: Bryan Markey,Finola Leonard,Marie Archambault,Ann Cullinane,Dores Maguire

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Clinical Veterinary Microbiology E-Book

By: Bryan Markey,Finola Leonard,Marie Archambault,Ann Cullinane,Dores Maguire

This beautifully illustrated, comprehensive reference provides concise information on the materials and methods of bacteriology, mycology, and virology. The book covers the collection, isolation, and culture of diagnostic specimens, with detailed notes on the biochemical, serological and other tests currently used to identify and distinguish between microbial pathogens. The new edition sets out to provide the most up-to-date account of all the clinically and economically important pathogens, including Bovine Spongiform Encephalomyeltis, Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, E-coli, and Salmonella. The clear, accessible format, together with the complete revision of the content, makes this a valuable resource. - High quality full colour photography - Essential for accurate diagnosis - Fully revised pathogenicity sections taking into account the major discoveries/incidences of the last 3-5 years - Reclassification of viruses, including changes to nomenclature - Appendices of Infectious Diseases - Fast access to vital information - Unique and practical inclusion of virology, bacteriology and mycology in one text - Greatly expanded chapter on viruses - More on PRIONS (including BSE) - Reclassification of viruses - many changes to nomenclature - Fully revised pathogenicity sections - Revised/complete coverage of E coli 0157 - Revised Systems section - Complete update of Infectious Diseases coverage in the appendices

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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0702055883

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9780702055881

Technology in Language Learning: An Overview

By: Bryan Smith

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Technology in Language Learning: An Overview

By: Bryan Smith

This module on computer assisted language learning provides novice and experienced second and foreign language (L2) teachers alike with an introduction to the field of computer assisted language learning (CALL). The module first provides a historical overview of the field and then explores the most widely researched areas within CALL. The module examines findings of research into computer-mediated communication for L2 learning as well as L2 skill area instruction in technology-enhanced settings. The unit then turns to a discussion of teacher and learner standards for using CALL, followed by a discussion of how one may find and evaluate CALL resources appropriate for specific instructional contexts. The module ends with an introduction to four of the newest and most exciting areas in CALL: gaming, fan fiction, digital story telling, and mobile assisted language learning. Please visit the series companion website for more information: http://routledgetextbooks.com/textbooks/9781315679594/

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