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National Computer Security Conference, 1993 (16th) Proceedings

Information Systems Security: User Choices

By: DIANE Publishing Company

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National Computer Security Conference, 1993 (16th) Proceedings

Information Systems Security: User Choices

By: DIANE Publishing Company

Presentations of a conference. Covers a wide range of topics spanning the new draft Federal Criteria for Information Security, research and development activities, techniques for building secure computer systems and networks, and ethics issues. Papers and panels address harmonization of U.S. criteria for information technology security with international criteria, future techniques for integrating commercial off-the-shelf products into secure systems, access control and other networking challenges, etc. Numerous tables and figures.

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0788119249

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Carry Me Home

Birmingham, Alabama: The Climactic Battle of the Civil Rights Revolution

By: Diane McWhorter

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Carry Me Home

Birmingham, Alabama: The Climactic Battle of the Civil Rights Revolution

By: Diane McWhorter

Now with a new afterword, the Pulitzer Prize-winning dramatic account of the civil rights era’s climactic battle in Birmingham as the movement, led by Martin Luther King, Jr., brought down the institutions of segregation. "The Year of Birmingham," 1963, was a cataclysmic turning point in America’s long civil rights struggle. Child demonstrators faced down police dogs and fire hoses in huge nonviolent marches against segregation. Ku Klux Klansmen retaliated by bombing the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, killing four young black girls. Diane McWhorter, daughter of a prominent Birmingham family, weaves together police and FBI records, archival documents, interviews with black activists and Klansmen, and personal memories into an extraordinary narrative of the personalities and events that brought about America’s second emancipation. In a new afterword—reporting last encounters with hero Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth and describing the current drastic anti-immigration laws in Alabama—the author demonstrates that Alabama remains a civil rights crucible.

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Simon and Schuster

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0743226488

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9780743226486

Shepherds in the Image of Christ

The Centennial History of St. John’S ̃ Assumption Seminary Archdiocese of San Antonio, Texas

By: Mary Diane Langford CDP

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Shepherds in the Image of Christ

The Centennial History of St. John’S ̃ Assumption Seminary Archdiocese of San Antonio, Texas

By: Mary Diane Langford CDP

Bishop John Shaw was importing priests from Europe when he discerned the need for a seminary for the Diocese of San Antonio, TX. A locally-formed clergy was key to the support of the Catholic faith in the young diocese. Relying on five diocesan priests as faculty, Shaw dedicated St. Johns Seminary in 1915. A frontier, make-do attitude energized the first faculty as they taught and guided the seminarys first class who lived and studied in what had been the bishops residence. In its first century, St. Johns Assumption Seminary has trained nearly 800 priests for service in arch/dioceses across the US and foreign lands. With the guidance of arch/diocesan priests in the first 25 years, the Congregation of the Missions (Vincentians) in the second 25 years, and again directed by archdiocesan priests and a diverse faculty in the last 50 years, St. Johns Assumption has both struggled and thrived. Collaborating with Oblate School of Theology, St. Johns Assumption nationally-known for its pioneering bilingual-bicultural programs, stands on solid ground as it begins its second century. Shepherds in the Image of Christ chronicles 100 years of molding men and boys into priests for the Roman Catholic Church of Texas and beyond.

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iUniverse

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1491732296

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9781491732298

A Perilous Obsession

By: Diane Gilmore

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A Perilous Obsession

By: Diane Gilmore

From the author of A Perilous Pursuit... Love is madness. L.A. entertainment executive Taylor Fairchild and her rock musician lover, Craig Phillips, have returned from a harrowing ordeal in Mexico where they nearly lost their lives at the hands of a vicious drug lord. Chelsea Gardener is a megafan whose life revolves around Craig and his music. Looking harmless, even ordinary, Taylor and Craig have no warning that Craig’s “number one fan” suffers from erotomania, the mental disorder that causes celebrity stalkers to believe their victims are in love with them. What begins as a celebrity crush by a young fan hanging around Craig’s recording studio soon develops into a dangerous obsession where mentally-unstable Chelsea believes she and Craig belong together, and that Taylor is in the way of that fantasy future. After Taylor is hunted down and threatened, the stalking game takes a frightening turn when Chelsea ramps up her goal to not only eliminate her competition but to kill Craig himself for love, all while the law seems helpless to stop her. Will Taylor and Craig survive Chelsea’s mission to destroy them both?

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Artemis Publishing LLC

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1733994459

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9781733994453

Occupational Outlook Handbook, 1996-1997

By: DIANE Publishing Company

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Occupational Outlook Handbook, 1996-1997

By: DIANE Publishing Company

A nationally recognized, best-selling reference work. An easy-to-use, comprehensive encyclopediaÓ of today's occupations & tomorrow's hiring trends. Describes in detail some 250 occupations -- covering about 104 million jobs, or 85% of all jobs in the U.S. Each description discuses the nature of the work; working conditions; employment; training, other qualifications, & advancement; job outlook; earnings; related occupations; & sources of additional information. Revised every 2 years.

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0788129058

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9780788129056

Benozzo Gozzoli

Tradition and Innovation in Renaissance Painting

By: Diane Cole Ahl,Benozzo Gozzoli,Benozzo (di Lese)

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Benozzo Gozzoli

Tradition and Innovation in Renaissance Painting

By: Diane Cole Ahl,Benozzo Gozzoli,Benozzo (di Lese)

Providing a reassessment of Benozzo Gozzoli, one of the most esteemed and prolific artists of the Renaissance, this work focuses on the social and cultural context within which he worked. The book provides stylistic and technical discussions of each of his major works.

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Yale University Press

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0300066996

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The Last Woman in the Forest

By: Diane Les Becquets

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The Last Woman in the Forest

By: Diane Les Becquets

From the national bestselling author of Breaking Wild, a riveting and powerful thriller about a woman whose greatest threat could be the man she loves.… Marian Engström has found her true calling: working with rescue dogs to help protect endangered wildlife. Her first assignment takes her to northern Alberta, where she falls in love with her mentor, the daring and brilliant Tate. After they’re separated from each other on another assignment, Marian is shattered to learn of Tate’s tragic death. Worse still is the aftermath in which Marian discovers disturbing inconsistencies about Tate’s life, and begins to wonder if the man she loved could have been responsible for the unsolved murders of at least four women. Hoping to clear Tate’s name, Marian reaches out to a retired forensic profiler who’s haunted by the open cases. But as Marian relives her relationship with Tate and circles ever closer to the truth, evil stalks her every move.…

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Penguin

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0399587055

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9780399587054

Breaking Wild

By: Diane Les Becquets

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Breaking Wild

By: Diane Les Becquets

When keen outdoorsperson Amy Raye Latour ventures into the wilderness for the last time this season, things turn dangerous. She finds herself on the verge of the precarious edge that she's flirted with her entire life. When Amy Raye doesn't return to camp, ranger Pru Hathaway responds to the missing person's call. Even after an unexpected snowfall turns the operation into a search and recovery, Pru's discoveries lead her to suspect Amy Raye is still alive. Her search becomes an obsession with a woman whose life is just as mysterious as the clues she has left behind.

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042528378X

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9780425283783

A Descriptive Catalogue of the Musical Manuscript Collection of the National Library of Greece

Byzantine Chant and Other Music Repertory Recovered

By: Diane H. Touliatos-Banker

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A Descriptive Catalogue of the Musical Manuscript Collection of the National Library of Greece

Byzantine Chant and Other Music Repertory Recovered

By: Diane H. Touliatos-Banker

The National Library of Greece (Ethnike Bibliothike tes Ellados) is one of the richest depositories of Byzantine musical manuscripts that exists, but in spite of being such a rich archive, the National Library has never published a catalogue of its musical manuscripts - not all of which are Byzantine or Greek. It is the purpose of this published catalogue to recover or, in some instances, to present for the first time the repertory of the musical sources of the library. The manuscripts encompass Egypt, Turkey, the Balkans, Italy, Cyprus and Israel/Palestine. This variety underlines the importance of the catalogue for identifying composers, music and performance practice of different locales. The catalogue will enlighten musicologists and Byzantinists and stimulate more interest and investigation of these sources. As such, it will fill a major gap in the bibliography of Byzantine chant and other musical studies.

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Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.

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0754651681

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9780754651680

Language as a Complex Adaptive System

By: Nick C. Ellis,Diane Larsen-Freeman

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Language as a Complex Adaptive System

By: Nick C. Ellis,Diane Larsen-Freeman

Explores a new approach to studying language as a complex adaptive system, illustrating its commonalities across many areas of language research Brings together a team of leading researchers in linguistics, psychology, and complex systems to discuss the groundbreaking significance of this perspective for their work Illustrates its application across a variety of subfields, including languages usage, language evolution, language structure, and first and second language acquisition "What a breath of fresh air! As interesting a collection of papers as you are likely to find on the evolution, learning, and use of language from the point of view of both cognitive underpinnings and communicative functions." Michael Tomasello, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology

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John Wiley & Sons

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144433400X

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9781444334005

A Guide to Christian Art

By: Diane Apostolos-Cappadona

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A Guide to Christian Art

By: Diane Apostolos-Cappadona

A one-volume introduction to and overview of Christian art, from its earliest history to the present day. Diane Apostolos-Cappadona begins by examining how art and Christianity have intersected throughout history, and charts this tumultuous relationship that has yielded some of the greatest outpourings of human creativity. To introduce readers to the way a painting can be read Apostolos-Cappadona begins with an analysis of a painting of the Adoration of the Magi, helping readers to see how they can interpret for themselves the signs, symbols and figures that the book covers. In the more-than 1000 entries that follow Apostolos-Cappadona gives readers an expert overview of all the frequently used symbols and motifs in Christian art as well as the various saints, historical figures, religious events, and biblical scenes most frequently depicted. Readers are introduced to the ways in which religious paintings are often "coded'" such as what a lily means in a picture of Mary, how a goldfinch can be "Christological", or how the presence of an Eagle means it is likely to be a picture of St John. The entries are organized by topic, so that students and beginners can easily find their way to discussion of the themes and motifs they see before them when looking at a painting.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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0567685144

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9780567685148

Cozy Case Files, A Cozy Mystery Sampler, Volume 11

By: Vivien Chien,Ellie Alexander,Elizabeth Penney,Diane Kelly,Paige Shelton,Mariah Fredericks

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Cozy Case Files, A Cozy Mystery Sampler, Volume 11

By: Vivien Chien,Ellie Alexander,Elizabeth Penney,Diane Kelly,Paige Shelton,Mariah Fredericks

Looking for a new cozy series? In the new edition of Cozy Case Files, Minotaur Books compiles the beginnings of six charming cozy mysteries publishing in Winter 2021 for free for easy sampling. The eleventh edition of Cozy Case Files features the latest cozies by the following authors: Ellie Alexander, Vivien Chien, Mariah Fredericks, Diane Kelly, Elizabeth Penney, and Paige Shelton. It’s 1914 New York, and a killer is stalking Broadway in Death of a Showman. A treasure hunt through Edinburgh gives way to a search for a villain terrorizing the city in Deadly Editions. It’s the end of a beautiful Maine summer in Bodies and Bows, and apron shop owner Iris Buckley must track down a killer before her best friend is arrested for murder and everything unravels. In Murder with a View, the body of a popular country music singer turns up in Nashville carpenter Whitney Whitaker’s latest real estate investment. Oregon’s favorite bakery Torte’s newest venture - a pop-up ice cream shop - is swirling into a nightmare in Chilled to the Cone. And in Fatal Fried Rice, a delectable cozy set in Cleveland, Ohio, Lana Lee may be next on the chopping block when her cooking class turns deadly and Lana is forced to investigate to clear her name.

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Minotaur Books

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1250814855

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9781250814852

Win, Lose, or Die

By: Diane Hoh

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Win, Lose, or Die

By: Diane Hoh

DIVDIVFor new recruit Nicki, college tennis becomes a match to the death/divDIV A scholarship to college is what every high school student dreams about. But for military brat Nicki Bledsoe, who’s changed schools eight times over twelve years, a tennis scholarship to Salem University means having to prove herself all over again. It doesn’t help that Nicki gets a far-from-warm welcome from Libby DeVoe, the school’s reigning tennis star. The fiercely competitive Libby seems intent on making Nicki’s life miserable./divDIV Someone writes “go away, loser” in hair mousse on Nicki’s locker. A tire on her car is slashed. Her lucky tennis racket is destroyed. It has to be Libby . . . right? Nicki is determined to prove that she doesn’t scare so easily . . . but it’s already too late. Her enemy has put a plan in motion to beat Nicki in a terrifying game—and losing means certain death./divDIV This ebook features an illustrated biography of Diane Hoh including rare photos and never-before-seen documents from the author’s personal collection./div/div

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Open Road Media

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1480421707

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Advent with St. Francis

Daily Reflections

By: Diane M. Houdek

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Advent with St. Francis

Daily Reflections

By: Diane M. Houdek

One of the most beloved saints in history, Francis of Assisi had a special insight into the importance of the Incarnation. From his love of the humanity of Christ, to his celebration of the first Christmas crèche at Greccio, Francis is an ideal guide for prayer and reflection during the seasons of Advent and Christmas. The liturgical readings and the example of Francis combine to offer a unique contemplative experience. By pairing the words and deeds of St. Francis with the Scripture readings for Advent, Advent with St. Francis: Daily Reflections helps readers explore how they, too, can live the Gospel in the circumstances of their daily lives. It is written in a simple and engaging style that will draw readers in to the life of Francis as they grow in their faith and spiritual practice through the inspiration of this beloved saint.

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Franciscan Media

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1616367059

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Contemporary Health Studies

An Introduction

By: Louise Warwick-Booth,Ruth Cross,Diane Lowcock

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Contemporary Health Studies

An Introduction

By: Louise Warwick-Booth,Ruth Cross,Diane Lowcock

Contemporary Health Studies: An Introduction provides a lively and accessible introduction to the current issues and key debates in this area. It contains a strong, up-to-date, global, social-scientific focus examining the human experience of health particularly emphasizing its social, political and environmental dimensions. The book’s diverse content is usefully divided into three main parts. Part one sets the scene looking closely at the definition of health studies and the debates surrounding the concept of health. Part two explores different disciplines underpinning Health Studies including chapters such as sociology, psychology, anthropology and health promotion. Part three of the book explores the determinants of health and contains chapters on individual factors influencing health, policy influences on health, public health and the global context of health. Each chapter: Opens with a list of key learning outcomes; Contains topical learning tasks; Poses questions for reflection and debate; Provides an in-depth case study to summarise the key arguments made. Carefully chosen tables, figures and photographs bring the text to life, whilst the companion web-site offers additional learning resources for both students and lecturers alike. Contemporary Health Studies: An Introduction is an essential guide for undergraduate health students written by three authors who have a wealth of teaching experience in this subject area. Their book will inspire readers to consider the human experience of health within contemporary global society as it is mediated by individual, societal and global contexts.

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Polity

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074565021X

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9780745650210

Red Lamb And The Two Side Posts

By: Diane Elizabeth Brown

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Red Lamb And The Two Side Posts

By: Diane Elizabeth Brown

To provide colorful, vivid details of Moses and Aaron chosen by God to be mediators and the mouthpiece for God. Moses 80 years old and Aaron 83. God instructed Moses to go before Pharaoh to declare that he had heard the cries and prayers of the enslaved children of Israel in Egypt after 430 years of bondage. through a series of unfortunate events called plagues because of the disobedience of Pharaoh and being threatened of his authority and his so-called kingdom resisted and would not set God's people free. It is a hard truth and facts that took place long ago but will be shared with our children and those that are far off until the end of time.

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Writers Republic LLC

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1646205316

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9781646205318

A Conspiracy for Love

By: Diane M. Unger

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A Conspiracy for Love

By: Diane M. Unger

BRIANNA HAD ENDURED SO MUCH HEARTACHE AND PAIN DURING HER FEW SHORT YEARS OF HER MARRIAGE TO THE LIEUTENANT. NO OTHER WOMAN WOULD HAVE SURVIVED ALL THAT SHE HAD BEEN PUT THROUGH. BUT THINGS SEEM TO BE BACK TO NORMAL AND THE LOVE BETWEEN THEM IS STRONGER than ever. BUT AS THE PATTERN HAS GONE, TRANQUILITY WILL BE SHORT LIVED AND THIS TIME SHE WILL SUFFER THE GREATEST HEARTACHE, THE LOSS OF HER SPOUSE. Does she go back to the future and leave the past behind. Can she ? Will She? Can she give up on the plantation and all those who meant so much to her? A Bridge to Ones Love Kat, a novelist, great with one-liners, funny especially when it comes to talking about herself, comes home from a book signing tour a few days early to surprise her husband; but she is the one who gets the surprise when she finds him in the arms of another. In her fifties, self-conscious of her body image and the thought of dating, she decides she will never date again. But on a mountain, during a snowstorm, Someone will come into her life and due to unfortunate circumstances she will be forced to deal with all her insecurities and realize she can fall in love again.

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Xlibris Corporation

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1450077625

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9781450077620

Going This Way

Stories from the Life of Charlie Yates

By: Diane Elizabeth Yates

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Going This Way

Stories from the Life of Charlie Yates

By: Diane Elizabeth Yates

There are many words that could be used to describe Charlie Yates. He was funny, talented, driven, generous, friendly, loving, dependable, trustworthy, courageous, and sometimes annoying and aggravating. When he came into this world, he was but a lump of clay in the Potters hands. Through the years, God kneaded, rolled, turned, shaped, tested, and fired the vessel that became His faithful servant. The stories about Charlie are legend in his circles of influence. He was an aviator, a veteran, a husband, father, teacher, friend, and a child of God. The young sinner and the older, wiser, forgiven sinner lived, created, told, and retold stories. He verbally recounted his stories with great energy and animation, and he also shared them through movies, pictures, and books. The stories were of his adventures, mishaps, jokes, near-death experiences, joys, sorrows, struggles, and battles. After he died, people who knew him wanted to hear more. In this book are some of the stories that reveal the character and transformation of a gifted, yet ordinary, person whom God used for His purposes and His glory.

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WestBowPress

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1490827277

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9781490827278

Conquering the Beast

The Battle to Find Dignity After Abuse

By: Diane Fogyle

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Conquering the Beast

The Battle to Find Dignity After Abuse

By: Diane Fogyle

It was March 23, 1956, at six thirty-four in the morning, a baby girl was bornall of six pounds. She was perfectsoft pink skin, big blue eyes, and barely enough blond hair to say she had hair. She did not cry but was very content, just needed the basics: milk, a diaper change, and someone to love her and tell her she was special. She was born to loveless parentshe was twenty-five, and she was twenty. Her name is Diane, and she shared life with her four-year-old brother, Scott. What should have been a beautiful day and a beautiful life was not to be. I was sired by a monstera beasta person who only thought of himself, and whatever he thought he needed, he took. He ravaged my mother every nine months, and she had a baby every year or two up to the time she committed herself to an institution. Now it is 2015, and my story will be told. I am fifty-nine years old and have all the scars from being born by chance to these people. I live in the South and have three children. There are five grandchildren. This is my story, and it is written not to terrify the reader but to let you know the dangerous beasts that are out there waiting to destroy pieces of you. My journey now is to heal and focus on myself. I have loved my children too much, and I can no longer fix a husband. Today is my day. The story passed to me about my personality is that a simple piece of bubble gum would make me happy, that faithful and happy disposition has gotten me through many yesterdays. There is a higher plan; I must be patient to hear it revealed. I will understand one day. Please read this book and share it. There are many victims. You will never know them until you talk about sexual abuse. Be kind. Spread the joy.

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1514467372

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9781514467374

Signalling Pathways in Apoptosis

By: Diane Watters,Martin Lavin

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Signalling Pathways in Apoptosis

By: Diane Watters,Martin Lavin

Apoptosis, or programmed cell death, is a necessary process by which a cell may die without adversely affecting its environment. It plays a crucial role in normal development, and in the body's defence mechanisms against disease. Too much cell death is destructive, leading to neurodegenerative diseases and impaired development. Conversely, too little cell death can lead to an increased susceptibility to cancer and sustained viral infection. Apoptosis is a matter of balance Dramatic progress has been made in the study of apoptosis over the past decade. One of the most rapidly expanding knowledge bases being established is on the molecular mechanisms controlled by a variety of gene products including Bcl-2, caspases, death receptors, and proteolytic targets, as well as the central role of the mitochondrion. The major challenge in apoptosis research is how the protein products involved operate in an intricate web of signaling pathways that also play a crucial role in cell proliferation and differentiation. This book concentrates on elucidating these signal transduction mechanisms, an area not properly reviewed by other apoptosis texts.

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CRC Press

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0203303652

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9780203303658

Live Fast, Love Hard

The Faron Young Story

By: Diane Diekman

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Live Fast, Love Hard

The Faron Young Story

By: Diane Diekman

As one of the best-known honky tonkers to appear in the wake of Hank Williams’s death, Faron Young was a popular presence on Nashville’s music scene for more than four decades. The Singing Sheriff produced a string of Top Ten hits, placed over eighty songs on the country music charts, and founded the long-running country music periodical Music City News in 1963. Flamboyant, impulsive, and generous, he helped and encouraged a new generation of talented songwriter-performers that included Willie Nelson and Bill Anderson. In 2000, four years after his untimely death, Faron was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. Presenting the first detailed portrayal of this lively and unpredictable country music star, Diane Diekman masterfully draws on extensive interviews with Young’s family, band members, and colleagues. Impeccably researched, Diekman’s narrative also weaves anecdotes from Louisiana Hayride and other old radio shows with ones from Young’s business associates, including Ralph Emery. Her unique insider’s look into Young’s career adds to an understanding of the burgeoning country music entertainment industry during the key years from 1950 to 1980, when the music expanded beyond its original rural roots and blossomed into a national (ultimately, international) enterprise. Echoing Young’s characteristic ability to entertain and surprise fans, Diekman combines an account of his public career with a revealing, intimate portrait of his personal life.

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University of Illinois Press

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0252093801

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9780252093807

Topics of Heavenly Proportions

By: Diane Lyons Frasco

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Topics of Heavenly Proportions

By: Diane Lyons Frasco

Topics of Heavenly Proportion" is an inspiring memoir by Diane Lyons-Frasco that intertwines personal anecdotes with profound spiritual insights. This heartfelt narrative begins with Diane's childhood in 1950s rural Massachusetts, where her father's career as a radio technician led the family to a modest ranch home in Ludlow. Here, Diane recounts her first spiritual vision of a white puppy and a charcoal gray doghouse, a vision fulfilled nineteen years later, demonstrating her belief in the divine timing of prayers. The book further delves into Diane's encounters with spirituality and divine messages. One poignant story recalls her prayer for a young boy who was run over by two cars, a prayer answered twenty years later when she learns the boy survived without any lasting injuries. Diane's experiences with inner and exterior locutions offer readers a glimpse into her deeply personal and mystical relationship with God. Diane shares her visitation by Saint Padre Pio, who imparted a message about the spiritual state of youth and the necessity of prayers to soften their hearts. Her stories are a testament to the power of faith, prayer, and the belief that God hears and acts on our prayers in His time, often in ways we may not immediately understand. "Topics of Heavenly Proportion" is a compelling blend of memoir and spiritual guide, encouraging readers to maintain hope and faith, regardless of how slow God's responses may seem. Diane's reflections serve as a reminder of the enduring power of prayer and the importance of nurturing one's spiritual life for personal and communal well-being.

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Daine Lyons-Frasco

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1735216119

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Free Soil

By: Diane Jordan-Grizzard

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Free Soil

By: Diane Jordan-Grizzard

Recently fired from her position as a public school teacher in Ohio, Zenobia yearns to go back to her family's homeland of Liberia and open a women's clinic. As she encounters the conditions that grew out of Liberia's class division and oppression, what will she discover?

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Tate Publishing

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1616633301

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He Kept Coming Back to Teach Me

(Same Spirit, Different Man)

By: C. Diane Wilson

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He Kept Coming Back to Teach Me

(Same Spirit, Different Man)

By: C. Diane Wilson

C. Diane Wilson is the proud mother of two sons Christopher and Jonathan and is an administrator in her hometown. She received her B.A. from Illinois State University, M.A., Cambridge College, M.Ed., and Ed.D. Loyola University Chicago. She is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority, Top Ladies of Distinction, Sisters of Esther empowerment group which she co-leads with Mrs. Shenann Finley-Jones and Prophetess Linda Shambee.

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1462884032

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Harlequin Historical December 2012 - Bundle 2 of 2

Oklahoma Wedding Bells\Born to Scandal\A Stranger's Touch

By: Carol Finch,Diane Gaston,Anne Herries

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Harlequin Historical December 2012 - Bundle 2 of 2

Oklahoma Wedding Bells\Born to Scandal\A Stranger's Touch

By: Carol Finch,Diane Gaston,Anne Herries

Harlequin Historical brings you three new titles for one great price, available now for a limited time only from December 1 to December 31! Escape with rugged cowboys and brooding lords in these three timeless love stories. This Harlequin Historical bundle includes Oklahoma Wedding Bells by Carol Finch, Born to Scandal by Diane Gaston and A Stranger's Touch by Anne Herries. Look for 6 compelling new stories every month from Harlequin Historical!

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1459231236

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Jamaica Genesis

Religion and the Politics of Moral Orders

By: Diane J. Austin-Broos

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Jamaica Genesis

Religion and the Politics of Moral Orders

By: Diane J. Austin-Broos

How has Pentecostalism, a decidedly American form of Christian revivalism, managed to achieve such phenomenal religious ascendancy in a former British colony among people of predominately African descent? According to Diane J. Austin-Broos, Pentecostalism has flourished because it successfully mediates between two historically central yet often oppositional themes in Jamaican religious life—the characteristically African striving for personal freedom and happiness, and the Protestant struggle for atonement and salvation through rigorous ethical piety. With its emphasis on the individual experience of grace and on the ritual efficacy of spiritual healing, and with its vibrantly expressive worship, Jamaican Pentecostalism has become a powerful and compelling vehicle for the negotiation of such fundamental issues as gender, sexuality, race, and class. Jamaica Genesis is a work of signal importance to all those concerned not simply with Caribbean studies but with the ongoing transformation of religion andculture.

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0226924815

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Warren County Days

Short Stories of Opal Pratt

By: Diane Thomas-Plunk

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Warren County Days

Short Stories of Opal Pratt

By: Diane Thomas-Plunk

The 1950s were a quieter time with no cell phones, texting, twenty-four hour news or social media. Residents of rural Mississippi had more time for unfettered interactions, although in keeping with the strict, but unspoken, social rules that ordered their lives. And then there was Opal Pratt. In this sequel to the author’s first book, Opal, Miss Pratt is encouraged to step out of her reclusive comfort zone and learns more about human kind. Sometimes more than she wants. In addition to new characters, the reader will recognize Olivia and Levi, the former hussy Frances/Francine, the immigrant preacher now with a love interest, and Opal’s rejected suitor, Lemuel, who assumes a new and special place in her life. Opal is naïve, courageous, and sometimes tragic. Follow her journey in Warren County Days. With a distinct voice that easily portrays both small town simplicity and heartbreakingly complex nuances, Diane Thomas-Plunk has once again transported me to the South I know and love in her new short story collection. The beloved Opal Pratt is back, along with a cast of characters both new and old, but all remarkable for the feelings they evoke. One standout story is None So Blind, which brought the combination of liquor and opera together in a manner that left me truly moved. I find it amazing that an author can take the folks that others would glance over and their life stories, and turn them into something exceptional. I was left wanting more, which is the definition of a powerful book in my opinion. ~ Christina Huber, Candid Christine Book Review Blog Readers who fell in love with spinster Opal Pratt in Diane Thomas-Plunk’s first book will be glad to meet more of this distinctly Southern writer’s small-town characters. Through interactions with old suitors, new neighbors, and roadside saviors, Opal continues to evolve with the changing times. ~ Erin Z. Bass, Editor & Publisher, Deep South Magazine Warren County Days is a believable trip back into the fifties. You’re going to see characters who leap off the page, full blown, and remind you of people you’ve known. And a few that you haven’t. Diane Thomas-Plunk, a born and bred Memphian, weaves stories about ordinary people who turn every day life into something special. ~ Randolph Haspel, Columnist, The Memphis Flyer

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Dog Ear Publishing

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1457570270

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Power of Prayer

'When God's Perfect Will, Breaks Your Heart'

By: Diane B. Townsend

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Power of Prayer

'When God's Perfect Will, Breaks Your Heart'

By: Diane B. Townsend

If you feel empty or in one of life's storms that seem to get more turbulent with each passing day, then a rededication to prayer maybe what is missing in your life. Prayer is the most powerful tool we have to connect with God. It is one of the first methods of communication we are taught, as a child, to talk with God. Most of us were taught to ask God to "take our soul" if we were to die before we woke. While many of us devote time to prayer, sadly, most of us never experience more than the surface of its power. Many never break through the heavenly realm where God reigns and the impossible happens. This devotional encourages you to develop an intentional prayer life"" the kind that will cause God to perform mountain-moving miracles, increase your faith in prayer, fill your emptiness, and even help you see where God is taking you while in that storm. It is my prayer that you will be inspired to step out on a newfound faith in prayer and join the many believers who are experiencing the ultimate joy of the power of prayer, even when God's perfect will breaks our heart.

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1645151573

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Literature, Gender and Politics During the English Civil War

By: Diane Purkiss

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Literature, Gender and Politics During the English Civil War

By: Diane Purkiss

In this innovative study, Diane Purkiss illuminates the role of gender in the English Civil War by focusing on ideas of masculinity, rather than on the role of women, which has hitherto received more attention. Historians have tended to emphasise a model of human action in the Civil War based on the idea of the human self as rational animal. Purkiss reveals the irrational ideological forces governing the way seventeenth-century writers understood the state, the monarchy, the battlefield and the epic hero in relation to contested contemporary ideas of masculinity. She analyses the writings of Marvell, Waller, Herrick and the Caroline elegists, as well as in newsbooks and pamphlets, and pays particular attention to Milton's complex responses to the dilemmas of male identity. This study will appeal to scholars of seventeenth-century literature as well as those working in intellectual history and the history of gender.

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Cambridge University Press

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1139445995

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Let the Women Keep Silent in the Churches

By: Diane Brooks Bundy

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Let the Women Keep Silent in the Churches

By: Diane Brooks Bundy

For centuries, the question of who and what women should or should not be doing in God's churches has been labeled down through the centuries as one of the great controversies, and it remains today to be a big conflict in 2019. The passages in 1 Corinthians 14:34-35 and 1 Timothy 2:11-12 found in the New Testament have been used and abused wrongfully to satisfy and appease the opinions and theories of the male mind-set, to satisfy the perspectives of the overview of what some pastors and some men believe. God has set positive proof before us in the Old Testament and Jesus and the Apostle Paul in the New Testament about a woman's place in the church, in ministry, and in leadership. This is an argument that should have been put to rest centuries past. To persist in asking this question is to doubt God and to deny His Word, for God and His Word are one. The Bible says in 2 Timothy 3:16, "All scripture is given by inspiration of God." The Greek word for inspiration is theospneustos, which literally means "God-breathed." Every word of the Bible is God-breathed, directly from God's own mouth; therefore, it is infallible. According to some pastors and men of today, this is absolutely unheard of, and the actions displayed by men is that even though God is God, God had no right to put women in these positions with power or authority. What about the women that labored with Paul? How do we account for all those women? How do we explain the women who fought for God on the front line and were fellow laborers with God in the Old Testament and Jesus in the New Testament as well as Paul? Nowhere in the entire Bible is there a hint of evidence that God, Jesus, or the Apostle Paul ever indicated that women were not to be in leadership roles or in ministry. Read the book, search the scriptures, and find out for yourselves.

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1645442179

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The Nez Perces in the Indian Territory

Nimiipuu Survival

By: J. Diane Pearson

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The Nez Perces in the Indian Territory

Nimiipuu Survival

By: J. Diane Pearson

Policy, politics, and administration : prologue to captivity -- Lapwai to the Bear's Paw : the road to surrender -- Fifty days : the Bear's Paw to Fort Leavenworth -- Survival and military jurisdiction at Fort Leavenworth -- Life in the Eeikish Pah, the hot place -- Peace chiefs and diplomats -- Removal to the Oakland subagency : new lives, demographics, and changing intertribal relationships -- Life at the Oakland subagency : challenges and change -- Federal Indian schools and Nimiipuu, Palus, and Cayuse students -- Communities of faith in the Indian territory -- Interactions and life in the Indian territory -- Leaving the Indian territory

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0806139013

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Diary of an Eco-Outlaw

An Unreasonable Woman Breaks the Law for Mother Earth

By: Diane Wilson

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Diary of an Eco-Outlaw

An Unreasonable Woman Breaks the Law for Mother Earth

By: Diane Wilson

Diane Wilson is an activist, shrimper, and all around hell-raiser whose first book, An Unreasonable Woman, told of her battle to save her bay in Seadrift, Texas. Back then, she was an accidental activist who worked with whistleblowers, organized protests, and eventually sunk her own boat to stop the plastic-manufacturing giant Formosa from releasing dangerous chemicals into water she shrimped in, grew up on, and loved. But, it turns out, the fight against Formosa was just the beginning. In Diary of an Eco-Outlaw, Diane writes about what happened as she began to fight injustice not just in Seadrift, but around the world-taking on Union Carbide for its failure to compensate those injured in the Bhopal disaster, cofounding the women's antiwar group Code Pink to protest the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, attempting a citizens arrest of Dick Cheney, famously covering herself with fake oil and demanding the arrest of then BP CEO Tony Hayward as he testified before Congress, and otherwise becoming a world-class activist against corporate injustice, war, and environmental crimes. As George Bernard Shaw once said, "all progress depends on unreasonable women." And in the Diary of an Eco-Outlaw, the eminently unreasonable Wilson delivers a no-holds-barred account of how she-a fourth-generation shrimper, former boat captain, and mother of five-took a turn at midlife, unable to stand by quietly as she witnessed abuses of people and the environment. Since then, she has launched legislative campaigns, demonstrations, and hunger strikes-and generally gotten herself in all manner of trouble. All worth it, says Wilson. Jailed more than 50 times for civil disobedience, Wilson has stood up for environmental justice, and peace, around the world-a fact that has earned her many kudos from environmentalists and peace activists alike, and that has forced progress where progress was hard to come by.

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