Colleen Conway's Books

Fairfax: The Rise and Fall

By: Colleen Ryan

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Fairfax - once a great Australian media company - faces a grim future. Newspapers worldwide are faltering in the face of competition from the internet, but the fate of Fairfax stands out as being particularly cruel. The carnage is barely credible. Massive printing plants are being dismantled. Hundreds of fine journalists have been ushered from the building. The newspapers themselves are on notice. The future of the company is shaky. Fairfax: The Rise and Fall is a story that is book-ended by young Warwick Fairfax and Gina Rinehart—the eccentric beneficiaries of two of the greatest family fortunes Australia has ever seen. But the real players in the Fairfax saga are the business and political giants. They include Kerry Packer, Rupert Murdoch, Conrad Black, John Howard, Paul Keating, Neville Wran, David Gonski, Roger Corbett and Fred Hilmer. The once-mighty Fairfax has been a victim of them all. Colleen Ryan gives the definitive account of the fate of Fairfax, a drama-filled saga that reveals how far Fairfax has fallen

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Melbourne Univ. Publishing

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0522867227

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Bounding Biomedicine

Evidence and Rhetoric in the New Science of Alternative Medicine

By: Colleen Derkatch

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Bounding Biomedicine

Evidence and Rhetoric in the New Science of Alternative Medicine

By: Colleen Derkatch

During the 1990s, an unprecedented number of Americans turned to complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), an umbrella term encompassing chiropractic, energy healing, herbal medicine, homeopathy, meditation, naturopathy, and traditional Chinese medicine. By 1997, nearly half the US population was seeking CAM, spending at least $27 billion out of pocket. Bounding Biomedicine centers on this boundary-changing era, looking at how consumer demand shook the health care hierarchy. Drawing on scholarship in rhetoric and science and technology studies, the book examines how the medical profession scrambled to maintain its position of privilege and prestige, even as its foothold appeared to be crumbling. Colleen Derkatch analyzes CAM-themed medical journals and related discourse to illustrate how members of the medical establishment applied Western standards of evaluation and peer review to test health practices that did not fit easily (or at all) within standard frameworks of medical research. And she shows that, despite many practitioners’ efforts to eliminate the boundaries between “regular” and “alternative,” this research on CAM and the forms of communication that surrounded it ultimately ended up creating an even greater division between what counts as safe, effective health care and what does not. At a time when debates over treatment choices have flared up again, Bounding Biomedicine gives us a possible blueprint for understanding how the medical establishment will react to this new era of therapeutic change.

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University of Chicago Press

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022634598X

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The Suffrage Photography of Lena Connell

Creating a Cult of Great Women Leaders in Britain, 1908-1914

By: Colleen Denney

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The Suffrage Photography of Lena Connell

Creating a Cult of Great Women Leaders in Britain, 1908-1914

By: Colleen Denney

Lena Connell was one of a new breed of young professional women who took up photography at the turn of the 20th century. She ran her own studio in North London, only employed women, and made her mark on history by creating compellingly modern portraits of women in the British suffrage movement. The women that Connell captured on film are as class-inclusive a group as you could find: whether they were factory workers, schoolteachers, or aristocrats, they joined the cause to make a difference for future generations of women, if not for themselves. Connell's portraits created a new kind of visibility for these activists as hard-working, unrelenting women, whose spirits rose above injustice. This book examines Connell's artistic career within the Edwardian suffrage movement. It discusses her body of portraits within the British suffrage movement's propagandistic efforts and its goals of sophisticated, professional representations of its members. It includes all of her known portraits of suffragettes through 1914.

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1476681627

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Students' Guide to Colleges

The Definitive Guide to America's Top 100 Schools Written by the Real Experts--The Students Who Attend Them

By: Jordan Goldman,Colleen Buyers

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Students' Guide to Colleges

The Definitive Guide to America's Top 100 Schools Written by the Real Experts--The Students Who Attend Them

By: Jordan Goldman,Colleen Buyers

College guides are a must for any teenager trying to choose the right school. Unfortunately, most guidebooks are vague, boring tomes written by administrators and journalists, instead of the real experts–the college students that actually go there. Students’ Guide to Colleges is different. Entirely student-written and edited, this invaluable resource cuts through the cant with comprehensive listings of the vital statistics and requirements for America’s top 100 schools accompanied by three totally honest, fresh, fun-to-read descriptions penned by attending undergrads from different walks of life. Want to know how big classes really are? How rigorous the academics get? Or how greek or granola, chill or up-tight, homogenous or diverse, gay or straight, a campus really is? Lively, irreverent, and insightful, the Students’ Guide to Colleges is the only guidebook that offers multiple perspectives on each school and tells it like it is so that college applicants can make the best choice when deciding where they want to spend their college years. More than 30,000 students surveryed Preface by Chuck Hughes, former seniior dean of admissions at Harvard University

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1101221410

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Modern Graph Theory Algorithms with Python

Harness the power of graph algorithms and real-world network applications using Python

By: Colleen M. Farrelly,Franck Kalala Mutombo

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Modern Graph Theory Algorithms with Python

Harness the power of graph algorithms and real-world network applications using Python

By: Colleen M. Farrelly,Franck Kalala Mutombo

Solve challenging and computationally intensive analytics problems by leveraging network science and graph algorithms Key Features Learn how to wrangle different types of datasets and analytics problems into networks Leverage graph theoretic algorithms to analyze data efficiently Apply the skills you gain to solve a variety of problems through case studies in Python Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBook Book DescriptionWe are living in the age of big data, and scalable solutions are a necessity. Network science leverages the power of graph theory and flexible data structures to analyze big data at scale. This book guides you through the basics of network science, showing you how to wrangle different types of data (such as spatial and time series data) into network structures. You’ll be introduced to core tools from network science to analyze real-world case studies in Python. As you progress, you’ll find out how to predict fake news spread, track pricing patterns in local markets, forecast stock market crashes, and stop an epidemic spread. Later, you’ll learn about advanced techniques in network science, such as creating and querying graph databases, classifying datasets with graph neural networks (GNNs), and mining educational pathways for insights into student success. Case studies in the book will provide you with end-to-end examples of implementing what you learn in each chapter. By the end of this book, you’ll be well-equipped to wrangle your own datasets into network science problems and scale solutions with Python.What you will learn Transform different data types, such as spatial data, into network formats Explore common network science tools in Python Discover how geometry impacts spreading processes on networks Implement machine learning algorithms on network data features Build and query graph databases Explore new frontiers in network science such as quantum algorithms Who this book is for If you’re a researcher or industry professional analyzing data and are curious about network science approaches to data, this book is for you. To get the most out of the book, basic knowledge of Python, including pandas and NumPy, as well as some experience working with datasets is required. This book is also ideal for anyone interested in network science and learning how graph algorithms are used to solve science and engineering problems. R programmers may also find this book helpful as many algorithms also have R implementations.

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1805120174

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Historical Perspectives on Sustainable Fashion

Inspiration for Change

By: Amy Twigger Holroyd,Jennifer Farley Gordon,Colleen Hill

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Historical Perspectives on Sustainable Fashion

Inspiration for Change

By: Amy Twigger Holroyd,Jennifer Farley Gordon,Colleen Hill

For centuries, the fashion industry has struggled to reconcile style with sustainability. In Historical Perspectives on Sustainable Fashion, you will be transported back in time to discover the historical dimensions of today's sustainable fashion movement. An array of success stories and cautionary tales provide both inspiration and warnings for the eco-conscious designer, encouraging an innovative approach that builds on predecessors' discoveries to move the practice of fashion forward. The 1st edition, Sustainable Fashion: Past, Present and Future, emerged from the Museum at FIT's groundbreaking exhibition 'Eco-Fashion: Going Green'. This revised edition broadens perspectives even further, incorporating eye-opening examples of designers, brands and activists working for change across the world today. Likewise, a new chapter examines the globalized mainstream fashion system and historical alternatives that provide compelling inspiration for reimagining the status quo. Fascinating and timely, Historical Perspectives on Sustainable Fashion examines progressive fashion through a historical lens, encouraging readers to question the state of the industry and demonstrating the value of historical insights in enabling and inspiring change.

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1350160458

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Women, Portraiture and the Crisis of Identity in Victorian England

My Lady Scandalous Reconsidered

By: Colleen Denney

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Women, Portraiture and the Crisis of Identity in Victorian England

My Lady Scandalous Reconsidered

By: Colleen Denney

Exploring the concept of portrait as memoir, Women, Portraiture and the Crisis of Identity in Victorian England: My Lady Scandalous Reconsidered examines the images and lives of four prominent Victorian women who steered their way through scandal to forge unique identities. The volume shows the effect of celebrity, and even notoriety, on the lives of Mary Elizabeth Braddon, Lady Dilke, Millicent Garrett Fawcett, and Sarah Grand. For these women, their portraits were more than speaking likenesses-whether painted or photographic, they became crucial tools the women used to negotiate their controversial identities. Women, Portraiture and the Crisis of Identity in Victorian England shows that the fascinating power of celebrity - and specifically its effects on women - was as much of a phenomenon in Victorian times as it is today. Colleen Denney explores how these women used their portraits as tools of persuasion, performing a domestic masquerade to secure privacy and acceptance, or sites of resistance, tearing down male constructions of female propriety and fighting Victorian stereotypes of intellectual women. Questioning the classic Victorian notions of "separate spheres," this volume celebrates women's search for self within the constraints of the nineteenth century, as well as within the world of present-day academia.

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1315317605

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Why Wellness Sells

Natural Health in a Pharmaceutical Culture

By: Colleen Derkatch

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Why Wellness Sells

Natural Health in a Pharmaceutical Culture

By: Colleen Derkatch

How and why the idea of wellness holds such rhetorical—and harmful—power. In Why Wellness Sells, Colleen Derkatch examines why the concept of wellness holds such rhetorical power in contemporary culture. Public interest in wellness is driven by two opposing philosophies of health that cycle into and amplify each other: restoration, where people use natural health products to restore themselves to prior states of wellness; and enhancement, where people strive for maximum wellness by optimizing their body's systems and functions. Why Wellness Sells tracks the tension between these two ideas of wellness across a variety of sources, including interviews, popular and social media, advertising, and online activism. Derkatch examines how wellness manifests across multiple domains, where being "well" means different things, ranging from a state of pre-illness to an empowered act of good consumer-citizenship, from physical or moral purification to sustenance and care, and from harm reduction to optimization. Along the way, Derkatch demonstrates that the idea of wellness may promise access to the good life, but it serves primarily as a strategy for coping with a devastating and overwhelming present. Drawing on scholarship in the rhetoric of health and medicine, the health and medical humanities, and related fields, Derkatch offers a nuanced account of how language, belief, behavior, experience, and persuasion collide to produce and promote wellness, one of the most compelling—and harmful—concepts that govern contemporary Western life. She explains that wellness has become so pervasive in the United States and Canada because it is an ever-moving, and thus unachievable, goal. The concept of wellness entrenches an individualist model of health as a personal responsibility, when collectivist approaches would more readily serve the health and well-being of whole populations.

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1421445298

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The Christian Home in Victorian America, 1840--1900

By: Colleen McDannell

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The Christian Home in Victorian America, 1840--1900

By: Colleen McDannell

... wonderfully imaginative and provocative in its interdisciplinary approach to the study of nineteenth-century American religion and women's role within it."Â -- Choice "... an important addition to the fields of religious studies, women's history, and American cultural history." -- Journal of the American Academy of Religion "... a complete and complex portrait of the Christian home." -- The Journal of American History

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Indiana University Press

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0253113563

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Lisbon

By: Debra Colleen Daggett

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Lisbon

By: Debra Colleen Daggett

Chief Warumbee sold Ten Miles Falls in 1678, and a century later, the first Lisbon settlement was established along the Androscoggin River. The water's mammoth power generated thousands of jobs and shaped a way of life for Lisbon's earliest citizens. Near beautiful cascading waterfalls, European immigrants found a magnificent place to share hard work, old-world customs, family traditions, and pride in their new home. Lisbon's history is as intricately woven as its fine Worumbo cloth. The town has suffered ravaging floods and fires, yet it has triumphed with the indomitable spirit of the community. In this volume, vivid photographs tell fascinating stories and carefully preserve the past for future generations.

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0738539147

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9780738539140

Mystery Women

An Encyclopedia of Leading Women Characters in Mystery Fiction: Vol.1 (1860-1979)

By: Colleen Barnett

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Mystery Women

An Encyclopedia of Leading Women Characters in Mystery Fiction: Vol.1 (1860-1979)

By: Colleen Barnett

Edgar- and Agatha-nominated author Colleen Barnett here updates her essential reference for readers and writers of mystery, examining women who detect, women as sleuths, and the evolving roles of women in professions and in society.

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1458768368

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9781458768360

Rogues, Romance, and Exoticism in French Cinema of the 1930s

By: Colleen Kennedy-Karpat

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Rogues, Romance, and Exoticism in French Cinema of the 1930s

By: Colleen Kennedy-Karpat

Many popular French films of the 1930s captured the world and brought it into neighborhood cinemas for filmgoers who craved adventure. These films often served as visual postcards from the French empire, which enjoyed an unprecedented visibility in domestic popular culture between the world wars. But the public appetite for the exotic also transcended imperial borders. Exoticist films displayed landscapes and different that lay beyond the metropole, many of which were not subject to European rule. This broad conception of the exotic meant that French narrative cinema represented both colonial and non-colonial settings and populations, developing a coherent set of tropes that were shaped, yet not entirely defined, by the politics of imperial rule. Empire alone cannot address the full range of the French exoticist imaginary that was projected onto movie screens in the 30s. Only by venturing beyond imperial boundaries can we fully understand how the French saw non-Westerners and, by extension, how they saw themselves during this tumultuous decade. Rogues, Romance, and Exoticism in French Cinema of the 1930s proposes a critical framework for exoticist cinema that includes and exceeds the limits of empire. From rogue colons to the m tisse in love, from the deserts of North Africa to the streets of Shanghai, this book identifies and analyzes recurring figures, common settings, major stars, plot devices, and narrative outcomes that dominated exoticist cinema at its popular peak.

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1611476135

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The Value of Rotting Pumpkins

The Art of Teaching Elementary School

By: Colleen N. Thrailkill Ed.D.

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The Value of Rotting Pumpkins

The Art of Teaching Elementary School

By: Colleen N. Thrailkill Ed.D.

No teacher is the best that she or he can be from the first day in the classroom. It is with time and experience that we develop skill and knowledge and learn the art of teaching. Colleen N. Thrailkill, Ed.D., who taught more than three decades, shares a wide-ranging collection of techniques geared to help teach elementary students math, reading, and a sense of environmental responsibility in this book. She also explores how to: • take advantage of teachable moments; • meet the needs of every learner; • bring real-world problem solving into the classroom. This book is packed with curriculum ideas, teaching philosophy, and practical strategies for navigating teacher life. It will serve as a valuable resource for student teachers, beginning teachers, and veteran teachers. Join the author as she looks back on the obstacles she overcame in fulfilling her dream of teaching children—and shares lessons to help other educators succeed.

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1480899534

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Worth

By: Colleen McElroy,Worth Park District Historical Museum

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Worth

By: Colleen McElroy,Worth Park District Historical Museum

The story of Worth is interwoven with generational volunteerism and small-town charm. The Crandall family that came to Lane's Island in 1858, named for early landowner DeWitt Lane, established the legacy of philanthropy that permeates today. Settlers in the town followed suit by donating land to establish the first school and church. The railroad expansion in 1880 brought a business district, residents, and the name Worth. By the early 1900s, Worth saw the opening of the racetrack to the east, construction of a new Cal Sag Channel to the south, and the establishment of the village in 1914. Every step of Worth's transformation, from agrarian life to a bustling blue-collar community, has been met with resistance to modernization, yet the spirit of camaraderie continues to grow. The 1940s and 1950s saw a boom in population and civic organizations. Many of these organizations exist today and add to Worth's reputation as the "Friendly Village.

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0738593680

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Courage, Serenity and Wisdom

By: Colleen Test

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Courage, Serenity and Wisdom

By: Colleen Test

The title is about how God and Jesus changed my life around, and I was brought up learning bought God and Jesus and in my teens through my late twenties. I was lost and did not know who I was. No one is perfect and I understand that, but I made a lot of mistakes in my life and I had a hard time dealing with that. Then one day, I learned that God and Jesus never left me. I left them. They watched over me through it all. This is also a story about my family and how different people are and what they go through. We are all different, but the same. We want to love, eat, drink, and have fun. But we also cry and try to understand why we are here and what our purpose in life is.

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1647015472

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Energy for Life

Connect with the Source

By: Colleen Deatsman

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Energy for Life

Connect with the Source

By: Colleen Deatsman

THERE IS NO MAGIC IF THERE IS NO ENERGY Magic is more than words, gestures and visualization. The definition of magic: " to bring about change in conformity to will" calls for change to be made in a situation. Change requires energy. Energy in, Change out Yes, you can input some energy through the burning of candles and incense, and the ''sacrifice'' of other material forms, but the real foundation for magical success comes from the ability of the magician to channel energy from its ultimate source. That energy flows through the magician to be expressed and transformed guided by his focused intent. This new book, "Energy for Life, "not only teaches the reader how to tap into the Universal Life Force but the accompanying audio CD enables the user to do so through expertly crafted guided meditation ''carried'' into the user''s deep unconscious by specially composed musical accompaniment. Finalist for the Coalition of Visionary Resources Award for Best Alternative Health/Healing Book

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0738707740

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Mystery Women, Volume One (Revised)

An Encyclopedia of Leading Women Characters in Mystery Fiction: 1860-1979

By: Colleen Barnett

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Mystery Women, Volume One (Revised)

An Encyclopedia of Leading Women Characters in Mystery Fiction: 1860-1979

By: Colleen Barnett

Many bibliographers focus on women who write. Lawyer Barnett looks at women who detect, at women as sleuths and at the evolving roles of women in professions and in society. Excellent for all women's studies programs as well as for the mystery hound.

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Sourcebooks, Inc.

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1615950087

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The Wounds of Exclusion

Poverty, Women’s Health, and Social Justice

By: Colleen Reid

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The Wounds of Exclusion

Poverty, Women’s Health, and Social Justice

By: Colleen Reid

This participant observer study chronicles the stories of a group of poor Canadian women, their experience with exclusion by health and social service providers, and their involvement in a feminist action research project.

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Routledge

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1315416794

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Joe Gans

A Biography of the First African American World Boxing Champion

By: Colleen Aycock,Mark Scott

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Joe Gans

A Biography of the First African American World Boxing Champion

By: Colleen Aycock,Mark Scott

Joe Gans captured the world lightweight title in 1902, becoming the first black American world title holder in any sport. Gans was a master strategist and tactician, and one of the earliest practitioners of "scientific" boxing. As a black champion reigning during the Jim Crow era, he endured physical assaults, a stolen title, bankruptcy, and numerous attempts to destroy his reputation. Four short years after successfully defending his title in the 42-round "Greatest Fight of the Century," Joe Gans was dead of tuberculosis. This biography features original round-by-round ringside telegraph reports of his most famous and controversial fights, a complete fight history, photographs, and early newspaper drawings and cartoons.

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0786493364

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Faithful Revolution

How Voice of the Faithful Is Changing the Church

By: Tricia Colleen Bruce

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Faithful Revolution

How Voice of the Faithful Is Changing the Church

By: Tricia Colleen Bruce

Through field observation and interviews with Voice of the Faithful founders, leaders, and members across the US, Tricia Bruce examines the complex identity negotiations that accompany a challenge to one's own religion.

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Oxford University Press

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0199380260

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Games, Design and Play

A detailed approach to iterative game design

By: Colleen Macklin,John Sharp

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Games, Design and Play

A detailed approach to iterative game design

By: Colleen Macklin,John Sharp

The play-focused, step-by-step guide to creating great game designs This book offers a play-focused, process-oriented approach for designing games people will love to play. Drawing on a combined 35 years of design and teaching experience, Colleen Macklin and John Sharp link the concepts and elements of play to the practical tasks of game design. Using full-color examples, they reveal how real game designers think and work, and illuminate the amazing expressive potential of great game design. Focusing on practical details, this book guides you from idea to prototype to playtest and fully realized design. You’ll walk through conceiving and creating a game’s inner workings, including its core actions, themes, and especially its play experience. Step by step, you’ll assemble every component of your “videogame,” creating practically every kind of play: from cooperative to competitive, from chance-based to role-playing, and everything in between. Macklin and Sharp believe that games are for everyone, and game design is an exciting art form with a nearly unlimited array of styles, forms, and messages. Cutting across traditional platform and genre boundaries, they help you find inspiration wherever it exists. Games, Design and Play is for all game design students, and for beginning-to-intermediate-level game professionals, especially independent game designers. Bridging the gaps between imagination and production, it will help you craft outstanding designs for incredible play experiences! Coverage includes: Understanding core elements of play design: actions, goals, rules, objects, playspace, and players Mastering “tools” such as constraint, interaction, goals, challenges, strategy, chance, decision, storytelling, and context Comparing types of play and player experiences Considering the demands videogames make on players Establishing a game’s design values Creating design documents, schematics, and tracking spreadsheets Collaborating in teams on a shared design vision Brainstorming and conceptualizing designs Using prototypes to realize and playtest designs Improving designs by making the most of playtesting feedback Knowing when a design is ready for production Learning the rules so you can break them!

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0134392221

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Learn Psychology

By: Dr. Kenneth E Carter,Dr. Colleen M Seifert

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Learn Psychology

By: Dr. Kenneth E Carter,Dr. Colleen M Seifert

Learn Psychology offers a comprehensive yet accessible presentation of psychology principles, research and theory. Each chapter is carefully structured to cover the topics and concepts of a standard introductory psychology course with associated learning objectives and assessments. Multiple influences are discussed at the end of each chapter wrapping up the chapter presentation. With Learn Psychology, students will find an engaging writing style supported by a pedagogical approach that invites critical analysis, all while building a deeper knowledge of psychology. Important Notice: The digital edition of this book is missing some of the images or content found in the physical edition.

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1449686478

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The Visual Culture of Women's Activism in London, Paris and Beyond

An Analytical Art History, 1860 to the Present

By: Colleen Denney

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The Visual Culture of Women's Activism in London, Paris and Beyond

An Analytical Art History, 1860 to the Present

By: Colleen Denney

Women's bodies and their portrayals in the media remain at the center of every debate on women's rights worldwide. This study examines the domains of public and private space--and the interstices between them--with a focus on how women advance in the public arena, drawing on the domestic politics of the private realm in their drive for social justice and equality. The author examines the visual culture of first-wave feminists in Edwardian England and feminist developments in France. Late 20th century and 21st century women's movements are discussed in the context of how they continue to honor first-wave suffrage history.

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1476671370

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The Unofficial Guide to California with Kids

By: Colleen Dunn Bates,Susan LaTempa,Menasha Ridge

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The Unofficial Guide to California with Kids

By: Colleen Dunn Bates,Susan LaTempa,Menasha Ridge

California is the most visited state in the United States, Disneyland is the United States' second most visited theme park, and California's national parks attract almost 30 million visitors a year. Los Angeles—as the fourth largest destination for domestic travel in the U.S. and the second-ranked destination for overseas visitors, behind only New York—welcomed 25 million visitors in 2008. San Francisco is ranked in the top 10 most visited US cities, with over 15 million visitors per year. Neighboring Napa County greeted 4 million visitors in 2008, and Sonoma Valley hosted 7 million visitors.

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0470910801

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On, Off

By: Colleen McCullough

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On, Off

By: Colleen McCullough

A searing scientific murder mystery packed with heartpounding twists. It is 1965, and in Holloman, Connecticut, someone is preying on the innocent. At a prestigious research centre for the neurosciences, fondly known by its staff as “the Hug,” parts of a mutilated body are discovered. Very soon Lieutenant Carmine Delmonico of the Holloman Police learns that a string of horrifying murders, each fitting the same modus operandi as the body found at the Hug, has been occurring throughout the state. Then another body is found and the medical staff become prime suspects... With the Center’s hierarchies of power in turmoil and every member of its staff hiding something, Delmonico delves into the lives and pasts of each and every employee. It is the case of his career, and he is determined to solve it. But how do you find a monster who leaves no clues and is always two steps ahead?” Colleen McCullough artfully maintains the suspense and holds back the truth until the last page, where she presents the reader with one final terrifying and unexpected twist. On, Off is a classic murder mystery, written with all the flair and skill that have made Colleen McCullough one of the most popular novelists of her time.

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Mystery Women, Volume Three (Revised)

An Encyclopedia of Leading Women Characters in Mystery Fiction: 1860-1979

By: Colleen Barnett

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Mystery Women, Volume Three (Revised)

An Encyclopedia of Leading Women Characters in Mystery Fiction: 1860-1979

By: Colleen Barnett

Like other fictional characters, female sleuths may live in the past or the future. They may represent current times with some level of reality or shape their settings to suit an agenda. There are audiences for both realism and escapism in the mystery novel. It is interesting, however, to compare the fictional world of the mystery sleuth with the world in which readers live. Of course, mystery readers do not share one simplistic world. They live in urban, suburban, and rural areas, as do the female heroines in the books they read. They may choose a book because it has a familiar background or because it takes them to places they long to visit. Readers may be rich or poor; young or old; conservative or liberal. So are the heroines. What incredible choices there are today in mystery series! This three-volume encyclopedia of women characters in the mystery novel is like a gigantic menu. Like a menu, the descriptions of the items that are provided are subjective. Volume 3 of Mystery Women as currently updated adds an additional 42 sleuths to the 500 plus who were covered in the initial Volume 3. These are more recently discovered sleuths who were introduced during the period from January 1, 1990 to December 31, 1999. This more than doubles the number of sleuths introduced in the 1980s (298 of whom were covered in Volume 2) and easily exceeded the 347 series (and some outstanding individuals) described in Volume 1, which covered a 130-year period from 1860-1979. It also includes updates on those individuals covered in the first edition; changes in status, short reviews of books published since the first edition through December 31, 2008.

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Amazing Fantastic Incredible

A Marvelous Memoir

By: Stan Lee,Peter David,Colleen Doran

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Amazing Fantastic Incredible

A Marvelous Memoir

By: Stan Lee,Peter David,Colleen Doran

In this gorgeously illustrated, full-color graphic memoir, Stan Lee—comic book legend and cocreator of Spider-Man, the X-Men, the Avengers, the Incredible Hulk, and a legion of other Marvel superheroes—shares his iconic legacy and the story of how modern comics came to be. Stan Lee is a man who needs no introduction. The most legendary name in the history of comic books, he was the leading creative force behind Marvel Comics, and brought to life—and into the mainstream—some of the world’s best-known heroes and most infamous villains throughout his career. His stories—filled with superheroes struggling with personal hang-ups and bad guys who possessed previously unseen psychological complexity—added wit and subtlety to a field previously locked into flat portrayals of good vs. evil. Lee put the human in superhuman and in doing so, created a new mythology for the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. In this beautifully illustrated graphic memoir—illustrated by celebrated artist Colleen Doran—discover the true story behind the man, written with the same inimitable wit, energy, and offbeat spirit that he brought to the world of comics. Moving from his impoverished childhood in Manhattan to his early days writing comics, through his military training films during World War II and the rise of the Marvel empire in the 1960s to the current cinematic resurgence, Amazing Fantastic Incredible documents the life of a man and the legacy of an industry and career. This funny, moving, and incredibly honest memoir is a must-have for collectors and fans of comic books and graphic novels of every age.

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Trauma-Sensitive Schools

The Importance of Instilling Grit, Determination, and Resilience

By: Colleen Lelli

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Trauma-Sensitive Schools

The Importance of Instilling Grit, Determination, and Resilience

By: Colleen Lelli

Trauma-Sensitive Schools: The Importance of Instilling Grit, Determination, and Resilience is written with the consideration of the important and effective role educators and other staff who work with children every day can have on children of trauma. Daily supportive interactions from caring adults can bring healing, while using strategies in a school setting that can promote learning for children of trauma. The purpose of this book is to both support schools in their creation of trauma sensitive school systems and classrooms and provide practical strategies for educators to implement in the classroom. The strategies provided will support children and young people in their learning, their self-regulation and relationship skills. Skills such as grit, determination and resilience can be taught, and this book will provide all readers with ways to support children of trauma. The importance of understanding how trauma impacts cognitive, behavioral and social growth is emphasized with key terms outlined and discussed. This text is applicable for any pre-service teacher studying to become an educator as well. Self-care strategies for educators are also included to reduce the risk of secondary trauma and to effectively teach all children but especially children of trauma.

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1475849249

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From Leatherneck to Roman Collar

The Life and Times of Rev. Col. Timothy Mannix Gahan, USMC (Ret.)

By: Colleen Gahan McFall

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From Leatherneck to Roman Collar

The Life and Times of Rev. Col. Timothy Mannix Gahan, USMC (Ret.)

By: Colleen Gahan McFall

A career in the U.S. Marine Corps and ordination to the Catholic priesthood are commitments to service, but it is rare one would not only have both these callings and be a widower and father as well. Timothy M. Gahan is such a man. Raised in a large Irish Catholic military family, he served in the Vietnam War as a helicopter machine gunner and was later commissioned in the Corps. Leatherneck to Roman Collar describes the unusual life and times of a 27-year USMC veteran and family man who became a parish priest as told by one of his sisters. It is a compelling story of meeting challenges, devotion, overcoming obstacles, sacrifice, happiness and love of country, family and God.

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1698710747

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America's Asia

Racial Form and American Literature, 1893-1945

By: Colleen Lye

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America's Asia

Racial Form and American Literature, 1893-1945

By: Colleen Lye

What explains the perception of Asians both as economic exemplars and as threats? America's Asia explores a discursive tradition that affiliates the East with modern efficiency, in contrast to more familiar primitivist forms of Orientalism. Colleen Lye traces the American stereotype of Asians as a "model minority" or a "yellow peril"--two aspects of what she calls "Asiatic racial form"-- to emergent responses to globalization beginning in California in the late nineteenth century, when industrialization proceeded in tandem with the nation's neocolonial expansion beyond its continental frontier. From Progressive efforts to regulate corporate monopoly to New Deal contentions with the crisis of the Great Depression, a particular racial mode of social redress explains why turn-of-the-century radicals and reformers united around Asian exclusion and why Japanese American internment during World War II was a liberal initiative. In Lye's reconstructed archive of Asian American racialization, literary naturalism and its conventions of representing capitalist abstraction provide key historiographical evidence. Arguing for the profound influence of literature on policymaking, America's Asia examines the relationship between Jack London and leading Progressive George Kennan on U.S.-Japan relations, Frank Norris and AFL leader Samuel Gompers on cheap immigrant labor, Pearl S. Buck and journalist Edgar Snow on the Popular Front in China, and John Steinbeck and left intellectual Carey McWilliams on Japanese American internment. Lye's materialist approach to the construction of race succeeds in locating racialization as part of a wider ideological pattern and in distinguishing between its different, and sometimes opposing, historical effects.

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1400826438

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Treatment Resource Manual for Speech-Language Pathology, Seventh Edition

By: Froma P. Roth,Colleen K. Worthington

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Treatment Resource Manual for Speech-Language Pathology, Seventh Edition

By: Froma P. Roth,Colleen K. Worthington

With major content updates and many more supporting online materials, the seventh edition of the Treatment Resource Manual for Speech-Language Pathology is an accessible and reliable source of basic treatment information and techniques for a wide range of speech and language disorders. This detailed, evidence-based manual includes complete coverage of common disorder characteristics, treatment approaches, reporting techniques, and patient profiles for child and adult clients. Divided into two sections, the first focuses on preparing for effective interventions, and includes the basic principles of speech-language therapies including various reporting systems and techniques. The second part, the bulk of the book, is devoted to treatments for specific communication disorders, including speech sound disorders, pediatric language disorders, autism spectrum disorder, adult aphasia and traumatic brain injury (TBI), motor speech disorders, dysphagia, stuttering, voice disorders, and alaryngeal speech. The last three chapters focus on effective counseling skills, cultural competence and considerations, and contemporary professional issues, including critical thinking, telepractice, simulation technologies, and coding and reimbursement. Treatment Resource Manual for Speech-Language Pathology, Seventh Edition is an ideal resource for academic courses on intervention and clinical methods in graduate speech-language programs and as a more practical supplementary text to the more traditional theoretical books used for undergraduate clinical methods courses. It is also helpful as a study guide for certification and licensing exams, and a handy manual for practicing clinicians in need of a single resource for specific therapy techniques and materials for a wide variety of communication disorders. New to the Seventh Edition * Updates to each disorder-focused chapter on treatment efficacy and evidence-based practice * New focus on a social model of disability (diversity-affirming approach to intervention) * Substantial update on approaches for autism * Expanded discussion of the use of telepractice to conduct intervention * Expanded information on cultural/linguistic diversity and cultural responsiveness/competence within the context of therapeutic intervention * Updated information on incidence/prevalence of aphasia and expanded discussion of treatment efficacy in TBI, spasmodic dysphonia, and goals for treatment of motor speech disorders * Additional Helpful Hints in each disorder chapter * Updates to the Lists of Additional Resources and Recommended Readings * Updated citations and references throughout * Significant expansion of supplementary online materials to facilitate pedagogy and enhance learning Key Features * Chapters focused on treatment of disorders include a concise description of the disorder, case examples, specific suggestions for the selection of therapy targets, and sample therapy activities * Bolded key terms with an end-of-book glossary * A multitude of case examples, reference tables, charts, figures, and reproducible forms * Helpful Hints and Lists of Additional Resources in each chapter * Updated book appendices that include the new ASHA Code of Ethics and Cultural Competency checklists in addition to disorder-specific appendices in many chapters Please note that ancillary content (such as documents, audio, and video, etc.) may not be included as published in the original print version of this book.

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1635504511

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The Vegan Table

200 Unforgettable Recipes for Entertaining Every Guest at Every Occasion

By: Colleen Patrick-Goudreau

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The Vegan Table

200 Unforgettable Recipes for Entertaining Every Guest at Every Occasion

By: Colleen Patrick-Goudreau

Entertain in style—vegan style. The Vegan Table is your one-stop source for creating the perfect meal for your friends and family. Whether you’re hosting an intimate gathering of friends or a large party with an open guest list, author Colleen Patrick-Goudreau, crowned the “Vegan Martha Stewart” by VegNews magazine, will answer your every entertaining need. Inside you’ll be treated to practically limitless recipe and menu ideas, making it easy to satisfy any and all palates and preferences. From romantic meals for two to formal dinners, casual gatherings, children’s parties, and holiday feasts, you can keep the party going through every occasion and season. Recipes include: Pumpkin Curry Roasted Red Pepper, Artichoke, and Pesto Sandwiches Creamy Macaroni and Cashew Cheese Elegantly Simple Stuffed Bell Peppers Pasta Primavera with Fresh Veggies and Herbs Tempeh and Eggplant Pot Pies African Sweet Potato and Peanut Stew Roasted Brussels Sprouts with Apples and Onions Spring Rolls with Peanut Dipping Sauce South of the Border Pizza Tofu Spinach Lasagna Blackberry Pecan Crisp Flourless Chocolate Tart Red Velvet Cake with Buttercream Frosting Celebrate the joy of plant-based cuisine with The Vegan Table, your ultimate at-home dining and entertaining guide.

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1616734493

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Teaching Music in Higher Education

By: Colleen M. Conway

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Teaching Music in Higher Education

By: Colleen M. Conway

With five newly written chapters and sizable additions to nine original chapters, this second edition of Teaching Music in Higher Education provides a welcome update to author Colleen M. Conway's essential guide. In the book's new chapters, Conway offers insights beyond music and cognition including gender identity, sexual identity, and issues of cultural diversity not addressed in the first edition. Conway also covers technology in instructional settings and includes new references and updated student vignettes. Designed for faculty and graduate assistants working with undergraduate music majors as well as non-majors in colleges and universities, the book is designed to fit within a typical 15-week semester. The book's three sections address concerns about undergraduate curricula that meet National Association of School of Music requirements as well as teacher education requirements for music education majors in most states. Part I includes chapters on assessment and grading in music courses; understanding students' cognitive, musical, and identity growth; and syllabus design. Part II focuses on creating a culture for learning; instructional strategies to facilitate active learning; and applied studio teaching. Part III addresses growth in teaching practices for the college music professor and focuses on the job search in higher education, feedback from students, and navigating a career in higher education. The book features highly useful templates including a departmental assessment report, forms for student midterm and final evaluation, a Faculty Activities Report for music professors, and a tenure and promotion materials packet. Each of the three sections of the book makes reference to relevant research from the higher education or learning sciences literature as well as suggestions for further reading in the various topic areas.

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Oxford University Press

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019094532X

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Grow and Hide

The History of America's Health Care State

By: Colleen M. Grogan

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Grow and Hide

The History of America's Health Care State

By: Colleen M. Grogan

A sweeping history of the American health care state that reveals the public has been intentionally misled about the true role of government. The US government has always invested federal, state and local dollars in public health protection and prevention. Despite this public funding, however, Americans typically believe the current system is predominantly comprised of private actors with little government interference. In Grow & Hide, Colleen M. Grogan details the history of the American health care state and argues that the public has been intentionally misled about the true role of government. The US created a publicly financed system while framing it as the opposite in what Grogan terms the "grow-and-hide regime." Today, the state's role is larger than ever, yet it remains largely hidden because stakeholders-namely, private actors and their allies in government-have repeatedly, and successfully, presented the illusion of minimal government involvement. The consequences of this narrative are scarce accountability and a highly unequal distribution of benefits. In the wake of a pandemic that has killed over one million Americans--with the highest death rates among minorities and lower-income people--the time has come for an honest discussion about the health care system. As Grogan reveals, America has never had a system that resembles a competitive, free-market model. Given how much the government already invests in the health care system, means how these funds are distributed and administered are fundamental political questions for the American public, not questions that should be decided by the private sector. If we want to fix care in America, we need to reimagine the way it is organized, prioritized, funded, and, perhaps most importantly, discussed. Grow & Hide is an important contribution to this reimagining.

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