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The Warping of Government Work

By: John D. Donahue

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The Warping of Government Work

By: John D. Donahue

It’s a long-standing pattern: elite workers spurn public jobs, while less skilled workers cling to government work as a refuge from a harsh private economy. Donahue documents government’s isolation from the rest of the U.S. economy and arrays the stark choices we confront for narrowing, or accommodating, the divide between public and private work.

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Harvard University Press

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0674027884

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Right from the Start

A Practical Guide for Helping Young Children with Autism

By: Karin Donahue,Kate Crassons

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Right from the Start

A Practical Guide for Helping Young Children with Autism

By: Karin Donahue,Kate Crassons

In Right from the Start: A Practical Guide for Helping Young Children with Autism, Karin Donahue and Kate Crassonsassert that autistic children can be successful when parents and teachers understand key principles of autism and have the tools to help these children expand their social and emotional skills. Emphasizing the importance of self-regulation—the ability to moderate our feelings and reactions—the authors describe practical strategies to help children manage their emotions and behavior, learn social and play skills, and cope with challenging sensory experiences. Right from the Start is a needed and indispensable resource for parents, professionals, and educators. With these techniques, we can lay a positive foundation that enables autistic children to be confident and successful in any environment.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1475844417

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Contemporary Native Fiction

Toward a Narrative Poetics of Survivance

By: James Donahue

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Contemporary Native Fiction

Toward a Narrative Poetics of Survivance

By: James Donahue

Contemporary Native Fiction: Toward a Narrative Poetics of Survivance analyzes paradigmatic works of contemporary Native American/First Nations literary fiction using the tools of narrative theory. Each chapter is read through the lens of a narrative theory – structuralist narratology, feminist narratology, rhetorical narratology, and unnatural narratology – in order to demonstrate how the formal structure of these narratives engage the political issues raised in the text. Additionally, each chapter shows how the inclusion of Native American/First Nations-authored narratives productively advance the theoretical work project of those narrative theories. This book offers a broad survey of possible means by which narrative theory and critical race theories can productively work together and is key reading for students and researchers working in this area.

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Routledge

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0429589263

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9780429589263

Michael Dahl's Big Book of Jokes

By: Michael Dahl,Mark Ziegler,Mark Moore,Jill Lynn Donahue

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Michael Dahl's Big Book of Jokes

By: Michael Dahl,Mark Ziegler,Mark Moore,Jill Lynn Donahue

Michael Dahl Presents Super Funny Joke Books is a collection packed with jokes and riddles. This book covers everything from school jokes to knock-knock and animal jokes. Laughter is the best medicine, so get your dose today!

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1496585518

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Indigenous Comics and Graphic Novels

Studies in Genre

By: James J. Donahue

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Indigenous Comics and Graphic Novels

Studies in Genre

By: James J. Donahue

In recent years, studios like Marvel and DC have seen enormous success transforming comics into major motion pictures. At the same time, bookstores such as Barnes & Noble in the US and Indigo in Canada have made more room for comic books and graphic novels on their shelves. Yet despite the sustained popular appeal and the heightened availability of these media, Indigenous artists continue to find their work given little attention by mainstream publishers, booksellers, production houses, and academics. Nevertheless, Indigenous artists are increasingly turning to graphic narratives, with publishers like Native Realities LLC and Highwater Press carving out ever more space for Indigenous creators. In Indigenous Comics and Graphic Novels: Studies in Genre, James J. Donahue aims to interrogate and unravel the disparities of representation in the fields of comics studies and comics publishing. Donahue documents and analyzes the works of several Indigenous artists, including Theo Tso, Todd Houseman, and Arigon Starr. Through topically arranged chapters, the author explores a wide array of content produced by Indigenous creators, from superhero and science fiction comics to graphic novels and experimental narratives. While noting the importance of examining how Indigenous works are analyzed, Donahue emphasizes that the creation of artistic and critical spaces for Indigenous comics and graphic novels should be an essential concern for the comics studies field.

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Univ. Press of Mississippi

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1496850513

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The Rise of Washington State University Football

The Erickson & Price Years

By: Ben Donahue

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The Rise of Washington State University Football

The Erickson & Price Years

By: Ben Donahue

The rise of the crimson and gray. In 1987, Dennis Erickson arrived in Pullman, Washington to take over the struggling Washington State University football program. Under his leadership, the Cougars ended 1988 with a 9-3 record and a victory in the Aloha Bowl. In just two years, the team had transformed, and Erickson's lifelong friend, Mike Price, took over in 1989 to build on that legacy. By the end of Price's tenure, WSU had appeared in five bowl games including two Rose Bowls, eclipsing the four bowl games in the entire program's history. The coaches also produced a number of high-profile NFL quarterbacks, including Drew Bledsoe and Ryan Leaf. Join author Ben Donahue as he explores how the Washington State University Cougars went from doormats to perpetual contenders.

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Arcadia Publishing

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1439678995

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9781439678992

Political Animals

Public Art in American Zoos and Aquariums

By: Jesse Donahue,Erik Trump

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Political Animals

Public Art in American Zoos and Aquariums

By: Jesse Donahue,Erik Trump

Political Animals offers a unique study and perspective on the relationship between politics and the art found in American zoos and aquariums. Jesse Donahue and Erik Trump examine the ways that zoos and aquariums have successfully served as sculptural gardens for the masses and have incorporated art and architecture that convey political messages about both the patrons and the animals. This book demonstrates how art has been used for a range of economic and political purposes including providing jobs, a medium to reach out to minority interest groups, a fundraising tool, and a surrogate for the animals themselves. Donahue and Trump skillfully analyze and compare zoos to other areas of public art to highlight the calculated strategies on the part of the zoos that have incorporated a range of artistic styles for different audiences. Incorporating photographs of zoo and aquarium art from around the country, Political Animals is an exciting and captivating text for the mind and eye.

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Lexington Books

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0739111205

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9780739111208

Baseball Is . . .

Defining the National Pastime

By: Peter Donahue

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Baseball Is . . .

Defining the National Pastime

By: Peter Donahue

From Yogi Berra's rib-tickling "Berraisms" to Walt Whitman's "Baseball is our game -- the American game," this gift book drives home the fact that baseball is a game of many interpretations. Hundreds of wisecracking, philosophical, nostalgic, and entertaining quips and observations by players and other enthusiasts cover every aspect of our national pastime.

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Courier Dover Publications

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048648209X

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9780486482095

Failed Frontiersmen

White Men and Myth in the Post-Sixties American Historical Romance

By: James J. Donahue

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Failed Frontiersmen

White Men and Myth in the Post-Sixties American Historical Romance

By: James J. Donahue

In Failed Frontiersmen, James Donahue writes that one of the founding and most persistent mythologies of the United States is that of the American frontier. Looking at a selection of twentieth-century American male fiction writers—E. L. Doctorow, John Barth, Thomas Pynchon, Ishmael Reed, Gerald Vizenor, and Cormac McCarthy—he shows how they reevaluated the historical romance of frontier mythology in response to the social and political movements of the 1960s (particularly regarding the Vietnam War, civil rights, and the treatment of Native Americans). Although these writers focus on different moments in American history and different geographic locations, the author reveals their commonly held belief that the frontier mythology failed to deliver on its promises of cultural stability and political advancement, especially in the face of the multicultural crucible of the 1960s. Cultural Frames, Framing Culture American Literatures Initiative

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University of Virginia Press

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0813936845

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9780813936840

Preparing Dinosaurs

The Work behind the Scenes

By: Caitlin Donahue Wylie

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Preparing Dinosaurs

The Work behind the Scenes

By: Caitlin Donahue Wylie

An investigation of the work and workers in fossil preparation labs reveals the often unacknowledged creativity and problem-solving on which scientists rely. Those awe-inspiring dinosaur skeletons on display in museums do not spring fully assembled from the earth. Technicians known as preparators have painstakingly removed the fossils from rock, repaired broken bones, and reconstructed missing pieces to create them. These specimens are foundational evidence for paleontologists, and yet the work and workers in fossil preparation labs go largely unacknowledged in publications and specimen records. In this book, Caitlin Wylie investigates the skilled labor of fossil preparators and argues for a new model of science that includes all research work and workers. Drawing on ethnographic observations and interviews, Wylie shows that the everyday work of fossil preparation requires creativity, problem-solving, and craft. She finds that preparators privilege their own skills over technology and that scientists prefer to rely on these trusted technicians rather than new technologies. Wylie examines how fossil preparators decide what fossils, and therefore dinosaurs, look like; how labor relations between interdependent yet hierarchically unequal collaborators influence scientific practice; how some museums display preparators at work behind glass, as if they were another exhibit; and how these workers learn their skills without formal training or scientific credentials. The work of preparing specimens is a crucial component of scientific research, although it leaves few written traces. Wylie argues that the paleontology research community's social structure demonstrates how other sciences might incorporate non-scientists into research work, empowering and educating both scientists and nonscientists.

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MIT Press

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0262365960

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9780262365963

Theater Careers

A Realistic Guide

By: Tim Donahue,Jim Patterson

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Theater Careers

A Realistic Guide

By: Tim Donahue,Jim Patterson

Theater Careers is designed to empower aspiring theater professionals to make savvy, informed decisions through a concise overview of how to prepare for and find work in the theater business. Tim Donahue and Jim Patterson offer well-researched information on various professions, salary ranges, educational and experience requirements, and other facets certain to enlighten students contemplating a theater career, as well as inform counselors, teachers, and parents of available opportunities and the demands of each path. Theater Careers offers valuable details not readily available elsewhere, including • Dozens of informative job descriptions surveying the impressive variety of theater careers, both on and off the stage • Statistics on the working and earning prospects of various careers as drawn from the best sources in the business • Thoughtful assessments of the value of education and training choices, including the most meaningful way to look at the costs of college—estimating net costs, which is seldom described elsewhere—and how to choose a school Straightforward and objective, Theater Careers is an ideal reference for those seeking careers in the theater. Armed with this information, readers will be better equipped to pursue choices that best lead to satisfying and secure employment in the rewarding field of the dramatic arts.

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Univ of South Carolina Press

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1611171970

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9781611171976

Stage Money

The Business of the Professional Theater

By: Tim Donahue,Jim Patterson

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Stage Money

The Business of the Professional Theater

By: Tim Donahue,Jim Patterson

Stage Money is a groundbreaking guide to understanding professional theater finances today through the use of the tools and metaphors of the business world at large. This approach results in a comprehensive picture of the economic realities of theater production that is radically different from the assessments typically espoused elsewhere. Tim Donahue and Jim Patterson combine their experiences in the financial and creative aspects of theater production to present in straightforward prose their keen insights into the micro- and macro-economic aspects of the commercial stage. Tangible data, charts, and graphs are counterbalanced with illuminating "intermissions" between chapters and interspersed sidebars throughout to provide specific examples of key concepts, collectively presenting an expansive overview of the contemporary theater business. Stage Money is an unparalleled tool for theater professionals and enthusiasts interested in garnering a better understanding of the business's inner workings at present and its challenges for the future. Among the topics addressed in Stage Money are the risks and returns on Broadway in the early twenty-first century, the financial organization of theater performances today, and comparisons between the business models of commercial theater and not-for-profit theater. In concise language and clear examples, the authors explain where the money comes from and where it goes.

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Univ of South Carolina Press

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1611172233

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9781611172232

Unfreedom for All

How the World's Injustices Harm You

By: Thomas J. Donahue-Ochoa

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Unfreedom for All

How the World's Injustices Harm You

By: Thomas J. Donahue-Ochoa

It is often said that we live under systems of injustice. But if so, who ought to combat them, and why? Many in the world's liberal elite hold that only the perpetrators or the victims have such duties, because of their special connections to the injustice. Others hold that all of the privileged have them, because they have duties to relieve suffering or to redress their complicity in the injustice. This book challenges those answers. It argues that everyone living under such injustices ought to combat them: victim, perpetrator, and bystander alike. Moreover, they all have the same reason for doing so: such injustices suppress everyone's resistance to their workings. But there is a name for such suppression: "authoritarianism." Hence such injustices make everyone unfree, because they subject everyone to authoritarian tactics. The book thus reinterprets and defends a core doctrine of the global left, "No one is free while others are oppressed!" For it shows how oppression subjects everyone--including you--to arbitrary power. The book argues that systematic injustice occurs when one group finds that its political voice is unjustly marginalized, its members exploited and subject to systematic violence, and that society's dominant norms unjustly favor a privileged group. It diagnoses three global injustices of this kind: gender, race, and poverty. It then shows how such injustices always suppress everyone's resistance to them, making everyone unfree. But if so, it argues, then this shared unfreedom should be the ground on which victims, bystanders, and perpetrators unite in solidarity against injustice.

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Oxford University Press

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0190051698

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9780190051693

A Guide to Musical Temperament

By: Thomas Donahue

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A Guide to Musical Temperament

By: Thomas Donahue

Author Thomas Donahue assembles new information and material from previous sources, providing a comprehensive outline of theories and a historical overview that fills a neglected niche in music and keyboard reference."--Jacket.

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Scarecrow Press

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0810854384

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Gastrointestinal and Liver Pathology E-Book

A Volume in the Series: Foundations in Diagnostic Pathology

By: Christine A. Iacobuzio-Donahue

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Gastrointestinal and Liver Pathology E-Book

A Volume in the Series: Foundations in Diagnostic Pathology

By: Christine A. Iacobuzio-Donahue

Gastrointestinal and Liver Pathology, a title in the Foundations in Diagnostic Pathology series, provides all the most essential information on the pathological entities encountered in practice in an easy-to-use format. Drs. Christine A. Iacobuzio-Donahue and Elizabeth Montgomery examine the full scope of neoplastic and non-neoplastic disorders of the gastrointestinal tract--, including disorders of the tubular gastrointestinal tract, pancreatobiliary tree, and liver—from clinical features and ancillary studies to differential diagnoses and prognostic and therapeutic considerations. The consistent, practical format with a wealth of illustrations, boxes, and tables make this title ideal for quick reference for both novices and experienced pathologists. Get the full range of coverage on neoplastic and non-neoplastic gastrointestinal/liver conditions in a consistent, user-friendly format. Catch all the nuances of how pathological entities present through over 850 full-color illustrations. Reference key information quickly and easily thanks to at-a-glance boxes and tables throughout the text. Stay current with the latest in molecular diagnostic techniques through a new chapter on this increasingly important topic. Find information on lymphoid neoplasms of the GI tract more easily with coverage consolidated into a new, focused chapter. Easily identify newly described entities highlighted in updated images and references. Enhance your visual understanding from 100 new clinical and photomicroscopic images. Gain increased at-a-glance reference thanks to more fact sheets and pathologic features boxes.

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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1455711934

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The Dragon, the Eagle, and the Private Sector

Public-Private Collaboration in China and the United States

By: Karen Eggleston,John D. Donahue,Richard J. Zeckhauser

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The Dragon, the Eagle, and the Private Sector

Public-Private Collaboration in China and the United States

By: Karen Eggleston,John D. Donahue,Richard J. Zeckhauser

The governments of China and the United States - despite profound differences in history, culture, economic structure, and political ideology - both engage the private sector in the pursuit of public value. This book employs the term collaborative governance to describe relationships where neither the public nor private party is fully in control, arguing that such shared discretion is needed to deliver value to citizens. This concept is exemplified across a wide range of policy arenas, such as constructing high speed rail, hosting the Olympics, building human capital, and managing the healthcare system. This book will help decision-makers apply the principles of collaborative governance to effectively serve the public, and will enable China and the United States to learn from each other's experiences. It will empower public decision-makers to more wisely engage the private sector. The book's overarching conclusion is that transparency is the key to the legitimate growth of collaborative governance.

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Cambridge University Press

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1108944809

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9781108944809

The Spirit Chaser

By: Richard Donahue

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The Spirit Chaser

By: Richard Donahue

Join Soyala in her journeys through the Turquoise Realm and deep into the Kingdom of the Sun King as she forges bonds of friendship and kinship. Witness the Sixth Coming of the Sun King and his battle with Soyala - The Shield Maiden. Join in the chase for the elusive Spirit Chaser - crafted from the bones of a long dead beast. Travel through the worlds of Paradise - Paradise Lost - Paradise Regained in the first two books of this stunning trilogy.

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1468553593

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9781468553598

Coaching Life-Changing Small Group Leaders

A Comprehensive Guide for Developing Leaders of Groups and Teams

By: Bill Donahue

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Coaching Life-Changing Small Group Leaders

A Comprehensive Guide for Developing Leaders of Groups and Teams

By: Bill Donahue

Like nothing else, small groups have the power to change lives. They are the ideal route to discipleship—a place where the rubber of biblical truth meets the road of human relationships. However, church leaders often feel at a loss when it comes to assessing the strengths and weaknesses of group life in a church, and they struggle with understanding and solving the root causes of problems. Group Life resources provide in this ebook the practical tools and training resources needed to develop life-changing small group leaders, coaches to shepherd group leaders, and ultimately, a thriving church-wide small group ministry. These resources include the updated and revised versions of the best-selling Leading Life-Changing Small Groups and Coaching Life-Changing Small Group Leaders, the new Building a Life-Changing Small Group Ministry and the supplemental Group Life Training DVD. Appropriate for individual or group study, the books function as manuals and workbooks that teach and allow readers to process and record information as they learn. Downloadable web-based vision clips and supplemental videos in the DVD help readers explore and discuss topics further. Group Life Resources conveniently integrate with the ReGroupTM curriculum, giving trainers the option to use them together. Church leaders can use the revised edition of Bill Donahue and Greg Bowman’s Coaching Life-Changing Small Group Leaders participant’s guide and the supplemental DVD and vision clips to prepare small group coaches to nurture and develop small group leaders. The guide functions as a manual and workbook that allows trainees to process and record information as they learn. Trainers can use the materials during group or individual sessions.

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Zondervan

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0310423392

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9780310423393

Murder on the Isle of Capri

By: Thomas Donahue,Karen Donahue

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Murder on the Isle of Capri

By: Thomas Donahue,Karen Donahue

Murder on the Isle of Capri THIS BOOK will keep you on the edge of your cozy reading chair: An Italian friend and colleague of Criminology Professor Marin Ryan dies in an accidental fall. The community in Genoa is devastated by the tragic end of a beloved father, grandfather, and loving husband. Marin and John Hunter are equally in sorrow as they walk down the street in the classic Italian burial procession. The wife wants Marin to finish a project her husband had been working on for their grandson—a historical book on sixteenth-century pirates. Honored, she agrees. Marin review her friend’s notes to discover his disturbing connection between those historical pirates and three present-day wealthy families. It’s a secret the patriarchs kill to keep. Was her friend’s death an accident? John and Marin journey across the Atlantic and the Pacific in an attempt to know the truth. The more they find, the more they are at risk. At each stop, from Italy to New York to Hawaii and back, they are in the sights of the modern pirates. Over 1000 reviews across all book sites: 79% 5 star. Reader Review: “This was a vacation in a book.” Reader Review: “This should be a movie.” Reader Review: “I think I felt every kick, punch, and sword cut! LOVED IT!!!!”.

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PerfectWave Publishing

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0983554129

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9780983554127

Reclaiming Pedagogy

The Rhetoric of the Classroom

By: Patricia Donahue

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Reclaiming Pedagogy

The Rhetoric of the Classroom

By: Patricia Donahue

Besides the editors, the essayists are Lori Chamberlain, Michael Clark, Dennis A. Foster, Jon Klancher, Randall Knoper, Elaine O. Lees, Mariolina Salvatori, and Nina Schwartz. Donahue and Quandahl present accessible and exciting efforts to explore composition teaching in a new mode-- perhaps, a pristine paradigm of cultural criticism. Approximately half of the essays investigate the pedagogical agenda implied in the theories of a particular writer-- Barthes, Lacan, or Burke, for example--and place such theories in the classroom. The remaining essays examine pedagogy as a critical practice. The book does not advocate a single method of instruction but instead reminds us that theory is itself continually modified by the classroom.

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SIU Press

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0809315343

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9780809315345

Learning to Change the World

The Social Impact of One Laptop Per Child

By: Charles Kane,Walter Bender,Jody Cornish,Neal Donahue

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Learning to Change the World

The Social Impact of One Laptop Per Child

By: Charles Kane,Walter Bender,Jody Cornish,Neal Donahue

UNESCO estimates that eleven percent of primary school–age children—seventy-two million worldwide—are not enrolled in or attending school. Children who do attend may find themselves in schools that lack adequate space, facilities, or resources—impossible situations for learning. It is against this backdrop of profound need that One Laptop per Child (OLPC) emerged in 2005. The mission of the organization is to "empower the children of developing countries to learn." They created the first affordable netbook specifically built to withstand harsh climates and the handling of young children—the bright green and white XO. At the 2005 World Economic Forum, Nicholas Negroponte, the MIT researcher who co-founded the Media Lab and OLPC, introduced the XO laptop to the world and described a new approach to changing education in developing countries. First, children must have access to information (through low-cost data communications) and the tools to educate themselves (affordable computers and learning software). Secondly, the fundamental approach to education must shift from passive knowledge acquisition to active construction of knowledge (learning how to learn). Thirdly, OLPC planned to build an organization with the capability to deliver these computers and support these shifts globally. It was an audacious vision of how to bring about a massive educational change. Learning to Change the World is the story of One Laptop per Child—a story that will resonate with entrepreneurs and social innovators in any field. OLPC is an example of a non-profit organization with aspirations for systemic change on a global scale, yet wrestling with tough questions that will be familiar to any social entrepreneur: how to ensure market forces support the scale up of a social program; how to balance the need to repeat past successes but still leave room for innovation; how to leverage a network to expand impact beyond your original capabilities; and how to help people without creating dependence. The authors set out to tell the real story of their journey—both successes and failures. For both ardent supporters and critics alike, this book presents both an invitation and a challenge: to set aside preconceived notions about OLPC and read the inside story of the origins and evolution of the organization.

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St. Martin's Press

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1137000481

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9781137000484

Car Shopping

By: Felicia Law

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Car Shopping

By: Felicia Law

Rumble hires a Rabbit to turn part of the jungle surrounding his Cave Hote into a garden so that he can pick flowers for Panther, but soon Rumble and the Spider are wondering if the Rabbit planted anything other than carrots.

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Capstone

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1404824065

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Extreme Forgiver

By: Bill Donahue,Keri Wyatt Kent

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Extreme Forgiver

By: Bill Donahue,Keri Wyatt Kent

Jesus is the one who can make you right with God. He is the gentle pastor who hears your confession and then invites your repentance. On the cross, he took your punishment. By his blood you are redeemed. In this study guide, Bill Donahue and Keri Wyatt Kent invite you to come and meet Jesus the forgiver. The Jesus 101 Series engages both mind and heart. The sessions bring a fresh perspective on who Jesus is, how he interacted with people in Scripture and how he relates to us. The discussion questions are designed particularly to help a group to learn from each other but also provide an interesting context for individual reflection. As you discover the ways Jesus fulfills our lives, you may fall in love with him again--or for the first time.

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InterVarsity Press

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0830861718

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Freedom of the Seas and US Foreign Policy

An Intellectual History

By: Connor Donahue

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Freedom of the Seas and US Foreign Policy

An Intellectual History

By: Connor Donahue

This book critically analyzes US political-military strategy by arguing that freedom of the seas discourse is fundamentally unfit for an era of maritime great power competition. The work conducts a genealogical intellectual history of freedom of the seas discourse in US foreign policy to show how the concept has evolved over time to facilitate American control over the global ocean space. It concludes that the contemporary discourse works to establish the high seas as an arena free from claims of sovereignty so that the United States, as the presumed unrivaled naval power, can intervene globally on behalf of its national interests. However, since sea control strategies depend on a preponderance of material force, as the United States wanes in relative material capability it becomes less able to support political-military strategies predicated on the assumption of global naval dominance. The book provides a timely commentary on the current geopolitical competition between the United States and China, and critiques the US approach toward China in the maritime domain in order to highlight potential avenues of foreign policy action that may enable the two countries to mitigate the risk of conflict. This book will be of much interest to students of naval history, maritime security, US foreign policy, and international relations.

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Taylor & Francis

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1040008704

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9781040008706

The Gospel of Mark

By: John R. Donahue,Daniel J. Harrington

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The Gospel of Mark

By: John R. Donahue,Daniel J. Harrington

In The Gospel of Mark Fathers Donahue and Harrington use an approach that can be expressed by two terms currently used in literary criticism: intratextuality and intertextuality. This intratextual and intertextual reading of Mark's Gospel helps us to appreciate the literary character, its setting in life, and its distinctive approaches to the Old Testament, Jesus, and early Christian theology. "Intratextuality" means we read Mark as Mark and by Mark. Such a reading expresses interest in the final form of the Gospel (not its source or literary history) and in its words and images, literary devices, literary forms, structures, characterization, and plot. Reading Mark by Mark gives particular attention to the distinctive vocabulary and themes that run throughout the Gospel and serve to hold it together as a unified literary production. "Intertextuality" comprises the relation between texts and a textual tradition, and also referring to contextual materials not usually classified as texts (e.g., archaeological data). "Intertextuality" is used to note the links of the text of Mark's Gospel to other texts (especially the Old Testament) and to the life of the Markan community and of the Christian community today.

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Liturgical Press

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0814659659

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Snakes in American Culture

A Hisstory

By: Jesse C. Donahue,Conor Shaw-Draves

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Snakes in American Culture

A Hisstory

By: Jesse C. Donahue,Conor Shaw-Draves

The literature on snakes is manifold but overwhelmingly centered on the natural sciences. Little has been published about them in the fields of popular culture or the history of medicine. Focusing primarily on American culture and history from the 1800s, this study draws on a wide range of sources--including newspaper archives, medical journals, and archives from the Smithsonian Institute--to examine the complex relationship between snakes and humans.

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McFarland

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1476662657

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9781476662657

Participation, Community, and Public Policy in a Virginia Suburb

Of Our Own Making

By: Patricia Farrell Donahue

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Participation, Community, and Public Policy in a Virginia Suburb

Of Our Own Making

By: Patricia Farrell Donahue

Participation, Community, and Public Policy in a Virginia Suburb: Of Our Own Making challenges the conventional wisdom about participation in modern American communities through the story of Pimmit Hills, Virginia—one of the first federally-financed subdivisions built for World War II veterans. Its story will be familiar to the millions of baby boomers who grew up in middle-class suburbs. This book argues that every community is the sum of all of the different types of participation—positive, negative, formal, informal, direct, and indirect—and not just the few participation activities that social surveys have tracked over the past few decades, such as voting or attending religious services. At the same time, Pimmit Hills’s story is unique. Its proximity to Washington, D.C., meant its residents had front-row seats to—and sometimes supporting roles in—the creation of policies that continue to shape the America we live in today, such as childhood vaccinations, discrimination, and information technology.

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Lexington Books

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1498529771

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9781498529778

Invisible Cathedrals

The Expressionist Art History of Wilhelm Worringer

By: Neil H. Donahue

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Invisible Cathedrals

The Expressionist Art History of Wilhelm Worringer

By: Neil H. Donahue

Invisible Cathedrals places Wilhelm Worringer in the foreground of discussions of Expressionism and German Modernism for the first time. These essays not only reveal the complexities of his individual works, such as Abstraction and Empathy (1908) and Form Problems of the Gothic (1911), they also examine his lesser-known books and essays of the post-World War I years, the 1920s, and beyond. Invisible Cathedrals offers both a basic introduction to Worringer's writings and their broad influence, and a profound and detailed revisionist analysis of his significance in German and European Modernism. It also provides the most comprehensive bibliography to date of his own work and of the scattered criticism devoted to Worringer in different disciplines. Worringer's works were provocative, widely read, and often reprinted and were highly influential among artists and writers in Germany. As a result, they both raised suspicion in his own academic discipline of art history and excited discussion in other diverse fields, such as literary and social theory, psychology, and film theory. Worringer emerges here not solely as a scholarly commentator on the history of art, but also as an activist scholar who engaged his historical criticism of other periods directly in the production of culture in his own time. Contributors are Magdalena Bushart, Neil H. Donahue, Charles W. Haxthausen, Michael W. Jennings, Joseph Masheck, Geoffrey Waite, and Joanna E. Ziegler.

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Penn State Press

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0271013060

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9780271013060

Scripture and Social Justice

Catholic and Ecumenical Essays

By: Anathea E. Portier-Young,Gregory E. Sterling,Stephen P. Ahearne-Kroll,Harold W. Attridge,Corrine Carvalho,Adela Yarbro Collins,John J. Collins,John R. Donahue,John Endres,Gina Hens-Piazza,Julia D. E. Prinz

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Scripture and Social Justice

Catholic and Ecumenical Essays

The essays gathered here provide a panoramic view of current thinking on biblical texts that play important roles in contemporary struggles for social justice – either as inspiration or impediment. Here, from the hands of an ecumenical array of leading biblical scholars, are fresh and compelling resources for thinking biblically about what justice is and what it demands. Individual essays treat key debates, themes, and texts, locating each within its historical and cultural settings while also linking them to the most pressing justice concerns of the twenty-first century. The volume aims to challenge academic and ecclesiastical complacency and highlight key avenues for future scholarship and action.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1978702892

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9781978702899

Dorm Room Feng Shui

Find Your Gua, Free Your Chi

By: Margaret M. Donahue,Elizabeth MacCrellish,Katherine Olaksen

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Dorm Room Feng Shui

Find Your Gua, Free Your Chi

By: Margaret M. Donahue,Elizabeth MacCrellish,Katherine Olaksen

Cramped quarters, homesick roommates, and endless hours of schoolwork are just some of the challenges that can make living in a college dorm a stressful experience. Transform your small, concrete block of a room into a comfortable and productive living space using the ancient Chinese art of feng shui. Offering a variety of quick and inexpensive solutions, this guide will help you prioritize your most pressing problems, enhance your dorm room’s chi, and create a living arrangement that encourages positivity.

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Storey Publishing, LLC

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1612122019

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9781612122014

Jerónimo Antonio Gil and the Idea of the Spanish Enlightenment

By: Kelly Donahue-Wallace

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Jerónimo Antonio Gil and the Idea of the Spanish Enlightenment

By: Kelly Donahue-Wallace

Examining the career of a largely unstudied eighteenth-century engraver, this book establishes Jerónimo Antonio Gil, a man immersed within the complicated culture and politics of the Spanish empire, as a major figure in the history of both Spanish and Mexican art. Donahue-Wallace examines Gil as an artist, tracing his education, entry into professional life, appointment to the Mexico City mint, and foundation of the Royal Academy of the Three Noble Arts of San Carlos. She analyzes the archival and visual materials he left behind and, most importantly, she considers the ideas, philosophies, and principles of his era, those who espoused them, and how Gil responded to them. Although frustrated by resistance from the faculty and colleagues he brought to his academy, Gil would leave a lasting influence on the Mexican art scene as local artists continued to benefit from his legacy at the Mexican academy.

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University of New Mexico Press

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0826357350

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9780826357359

Friends for Life

Strangers Brought Together by the War in Iraq

By: Jennifer MackInday,Patti Donahue

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Friends for Life

Strangers Brought Together by the War in Iraq

By: Jennifer MackInday,Patti Donahue

Friends for Life is a story of two women who were strangers brought together through the yearlong deployment of the infamous Deuce Four Stryker Brigade to Mosul, Iraq. Patti, the mother of Army medic Jon, and Jennifer, sister of infantry soldier James, forged a dear friendship as their soldiers fought to stay alive in one of the most dangerous cities in Iraq. After meeting online, Patti and Jennifer joined forces at home to support their soldiers and comfort each other while their boys battled in the fierce fight to secure Mosul. Over a year later, Patti and Jennifer finally met in person and truly became friends for life. This book is full of emotional stories from the battlefront and the home front and also includes many resources for military families.

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Sandy Island Press

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0982448309

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9780982448304

Walking the Small Group Tightrope

Meeting the Challenges Every Group Faces

By: Bill Donahue,Russ Robinson

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Walking the Small Group Tightrope

Meeting the Challenges Every Group Faces

By: Bill Donahue,Russ Robinson

According to Donahue and Robinson, small groups cannot thrive by focusing on either end of the continuum--they must walk the center, holding both ends in healthy tension and charting a course that develops authentic community and facilitates life change.

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Zondervan

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0310252296

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9780310252290

Collaborative Governance

Private Roles for Public Goals in Turbulent Times

By: John D. Donahue,Richard J. Zeckhauser

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Collaborative Governance

Private Roles for Public Goals in Turbulent Times

By: John D. Donahue,Richard J. Zeckhauser

How government can forge dynamic public-private partnerships All too often government lacks the skill, the will, and the wallet to meet its missions. Schools fall short of the mark while roads and bridges fall into disrepair. Health care costs too much and delivers too little. Budgets bleed red ink as the cost of services citizens want outstrips the taxes they are willing to pay. Collaborative Governance is the first book to offer solutions by demonstrating how government at every level can engage the private sector to overcome seemingly insurmountable problems and achieve public goals more effectively. John Donahue and Richard Zeckhauser show how the public sector can harness private expertise to bolster productivity, capture information, and augment resources. The authors explain how private engagement in public missions—rightly structured and skillfully managed—is not so much an alternative to government as the way smart government ought to operate. The key is to carefully and strategically grant discretion to private entities, whether for-profit or nonprofit, in ways that simultaneously motivate and empower them to create public value. Drawing on a host of real-world examples-including charter schools, job training, and the resurrection of New York's Central Park—they show how, when, and why collaboration works, and also under what circumstances it doesn't. Collaborative Governance reveals how the collaborative approach can be used to tap the resourcefulness and entrepreneurship of the private sector, and improvise fresh, flexible solutions to today's most pressing public challenges.

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Princeton University Press

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140083810X

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9781400838103

Leading Life-Changing Small Groups

By: Bill Donahue

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Leading Life-Changing Small Groups

By: Bill Donahue

Like nothing else, small groups have the power to change lives. They are the ideal route to discipleship—a place where the rubber of biblical truth meets the road of human relationships. However, church leaders often feel at a loss when it comes to assessing the strengths and weaknesses of group life in a church, and they struggle with understanding and solving the root causes of problems. Group Life resources provide in ebook format the practical tools and training resources needed to develop life-changing small group leaders, coaches to shepherd group leaders, and ultimately, a thriving church-wide small group ministry. These resources include the updated and revised versions of the best-selling Leading Life-Changing Small Groups and Coaching Life-Changing Small Group Leaders, the new Building a Life-Changing Small Group Ministry and the supplemental Group Life Training DVD. Appropriate for individual or group study, the books function as manuals and workbooks that teach and allow readers to process and record information as they learn. Downloadable web-based vision clips and supplemental videos in the DVD help readers explore and discuss topics further. Group Life Resources conveniently integrate with the ReGroupTM curriculum, giving trainers the option to use them together. The updated and revised third edition of Bill Donahue’s best-selling Leading Life-Changing Small Groups will help church leaders prepare small group leaders who can successfully facilitate gatherings and shepherd group participants.

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Zondervan

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0310423422

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9780310423423

Occupational Health and Safety Guidance for Fire and Explosion Investigators

A 12-Step Program for Transforming the Health and Safety of Fire and Explosion Investigators

By: Michael Donahue

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Occupational Health and Safety Guidance for Fire and Explosion Investigators

A 12-Step Program for Transforming the Health and Safety of Fire and Explosion Investigators

By: Michael Donahue

Fire and explosion investigators across federal, state, local, and private sectors, as well as self-employed professionals, routinely encounter hundreds of incidents daily. These scenes pose numerous health and safety risks, potentially leading to injuries, illnesses, and fatalities if not responsibly managed. Ensuring the health, safety, and well-being of all responders, including firefighting personnel and investigators, is paramount. Investigators have the unique task of determining the origin, cause, and responsibility of these events, often confronting complex and dangerous health and safety-related challenges. Historically, many organizations and investigators have underestimated the risks associated with fire and explosion scene investigations, resulting in insufficient attention and funding for health and safety-related equipment, programs, and training. However, the acute and chronic adverse health effects on firefighters have driven decades of research and studies, leading to increased awareness and funding for essential equipment, programs, and training. The focus on firefighters' health and safety should also extend to fire and explosion investigators, addressing their immediate and long-term needs and well-being. Fire and explosion sites present a range of risks, including physical, chemical, toxicological, and biological hazards. Investigators must contend with respiratory threats from burning materials and plastic furnishings, which release a cocktail of toxic and carcinogenic compounds. They also face dangers from concealed electrical hazards in standing water, hidden floor openings, slippery surfaces, unstable structures, and leaking gas lines. Many other unseen dangers can harm those who fail to recognize and mitigate them effectively. The health and safety of investigators depend on their sensory perception and situational awareness abilities, which are essential for conducting thorough hazard and risk assessments and the documentation of proper safety measures. Vigilance, ongoing training, and strict adherence to safety protocols are vital for investigators working in these hazardous environments. The 12-Step Program for Transforming the Health and Safety of Fire and Explosion Investigators, detailed in this book, provides a comprehensive blueprint for developing and implementing robust occupational health and safety policies, programs, practices, and training essential for protecting investigators throughout their careers and into retirement.

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1662951906

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9781662951909

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