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Adapting King Lear for the Stage

By: Dr Lynne Bradley

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Adapting King Lear for the Stage

By: Dr Lynne Bradley

Questioning whether the impulse to adapt Shakespeare has changed over time, Lynne Bradley argues for restoring a sense of historicity to the study of adaptation. Bradley compares Nahum Tate's History of King Lear (1681), adaptations by David Garrick in the mid-eighteenth century, and nineteenth-century Shakespeare burlesques to twentieth-century theatrical rewritings of King Lear, and suggests latter-day adaptations should be viewed as a unique genre that allows playwrights to express modern subject positions with regard to their literary heritage while also participating in broader debates about art and society. In identifying and relocating different adaptive gestures within this historical framework, Bradley explores the link between the critical and the creative in the history of Shakespearean adaptation. Focusing on works such as Gordon Bottomley's King Lear's Wife (1913), Edward Bond's Lear (1971), Howard Barker's Seven Lears (1989), and the Women's Theatre Group's Lear's Daughters (1987), Bradley theorizes that modern rewritings of Shakespeare constitute a new type of textual interaction based on a simultaneous double-gesture of collaboration and rejection. She suggests that this new interaction provides constituent groups, such as the feminist collective who wrote Lear's Daughters, a strategy to acknowledge their debt to Shakespeare while writing against the traditional and negative representations of femininity they see reflected in his plays.

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Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.

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1409476162

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Our Social World

Introduction to Sociology, 3e Media Edition

By: Dr Jeanne H Ballantine,Keith A. Roberts

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Our Social World

Introduction to Sociology, 3e Media Edition

By: Dr Jeanne H Ballantine,Keith A. Roberts

The Third Edition of Our Social World: Introduction to Sociology is truly a coherent textbook that inspires students to develop their sociological imaginations, to see the world and personal events from a new perspective, and to confront sociological issues on a day-to-day basis. Key Features: * Offers a strong global focus: A global perspective is integrated into each chapter to encourage students to think of global society as a logical extension of their own micro world. * Illustrates the practical side of sociology: Boxes highlight careers and volunteer opportunities for those with a background in sociology as well as policy issues that sociologists influence. * Encourages critical thinking: Provides various research strategies and illustrates concrete examples of the method being used to help students develop a more sophisticated epistemology. * Presents "The Social World Model" in each chapter: This visually-compelling organizing framework opens each chapter and helps students understand the interrelatedness of core concepts. New to the Third Edition: * Thirty new boxed features, including the innovative 'Engaging Sociology' and 'Applied Sociologists at Work' features * Three substantially reorganised chapters (2. Examining the Social World, 3. Society and Culture, and 13. Politics and Economics) * 315 entirely new references and 120 new photos.

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SAGE Publications

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1412992982

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9781412992985

The Dysfunctional Library

Challenges and Solutions to Workplace Relationships

By: Jo Henry,Joe Eshleman,Dr. Richard Moniz

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The Dysfunctional Library

Challenges and Solutions to Workplace Relationships

By: Jo Henry,Joe Eshleman,Dr. Richard Moniz

Frankly, it’s not something we like to talk about. There is an unfortunate stigma to acknowledging workplace dysfunction, let alone trying to grapple with the problem. But negative behaviors such as incivility, toxicity, deviant behavior, workplace politics, and team and leadership dysfunction not only make the library a stressful workplace, they also run counter to the core values of librarianship. An important tool for library leaders and managers as well as library staff, this book examines these negative relationship-based issues and suggests practical, research-based solutions by discussing the importance of understanding oneself as related to the library workplace;identifying attributes specific to libraries that foster personal success;showing how organizational dysfunction is rooted in problems such as poor communication, inadequate leadership, and lack of employee engagement;breaking down relatable scenarios to analyze what’s behind them and how to defuse them, ranging from a gossipy coworker who fails to contribute to the organization to workplace bullying and mobbing;exploring causes, results, and potential solutions in the areas of cyberloafing, fraud, theft, and sabotage;delving into the importance of conflict management, surveying a variety of approaches and applications;examining the use of teams in libraries and the impact of favoritism, nepotism, and sexism; andproviding techniques for successful collaboration, leadership, organizational communication, and other key management topics. By tackling the dysfunctional library head on, managers as well as library workers who find themselves in a toxic situation will be poised to better meet library goals and move the library forward.

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American Library Association

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0838916236

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9780838916230

The 10 Best Questions for Living with Fibromyalgia

The Script You Need to Take Control of Your Health

By: Dede Bonner,Dr. Patrick B. Wood

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The 10 Best Questions for Living with Fibromyalgia

The Script You Need to Take Control of Your Health

By: Dede Bonner,Dr. Patrick B. Wood

An indispensable resource that empowers fibromyalgia patients to take charge of a debilitating disease and get the health care they deserve. Fibromyalgia—a painful, exhausting, and often misdiagnosed disease—affects up to 12 million Americans (90 percent of them women). And because many health care professionals are still learning how to diagnosis and treat its confusing symptoms, patients living with the disorder must become proactive and informed consumers for their own health. The expert advice found within The 10 Best Questions™ for Living with Fibromyalgia gives readers the answers they need to get the best care possible and enjoy a more normal life. This essential book provides the Best Questions that patients should ask their doctors, partners, children, and friends, accompanied by the “best answers” drawn from cutting edge research and extensive interviews with the top experts in the field. There are chapters on what to ask about your diagnosis, test results, second opinions, for ongoing disease management, to lose weight, get more sleep, and to make other healthy lifestyle changes. This practical and holistic book also offers Best Questions and advice for fibromyalgia patients for their relationships with partners, children, friends to ensure emotional, financial, and spiritual health. Each chapter concludes with The Magic Question™, the one crucial question most people never think to ask until it’s too late.

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Simon and Schuster

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1416560882

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9781416560883

Life, Death, and Eternity

Death Is Not the End of the Journey but a Transformation from One Stage to Another in an Eternal Journey

By: Dr. Kawa Amin

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Life, Death, and Eternity

Death Is Not the End of the Journey but a Transformation from One Stage to Another in an Eternal Journey

By: Dr. Kawa Amin

Although uncertainty is an inherent part of life, it is universally agreed that death, as the end of an individual’s current known life, is inevitable. Yet extensive research and careful analysis of scientific literature seems to show that our existence may continue beyond what we currently understand. It is possible that we will transition through different stages, adapting to new environments and circumstances. Therefore, the future holds the potential for exciting discoveries and a deeper understanding of what it means to be alive. In an academic presentation, consultant geriatrician Dr. Kawa Amin delves into the fascinating realm of immortality and the attempts throughout history to overcome the inevitability of death. While intertwining scientific evidence with philosophy, faith, and theology, Dr. Amin delivers a comprehensive qualitative analysis while meticulously considering several dimensions in relation to immortality and clarifying complex concepts such as resurrection, life, and death. Life, Death, and Eternity combines scientific research with faith and philosophy to provide a deeper understanding of the concept of resurrection and the spiritual aspects of life and death.

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Balboa Press

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9798765245156

South Africa Reborn: Building A New Democracy

By: Dr Heather Deegan,Heather Deegan

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South Africa Reborn: Building A New Democracy

By: Dr Heather Deegan,Heather Deegan

A study of South African political reform within a broad framework of global patterns of democratization. The text includes interviews with members of the ANC, the Inkartha Freedom Party, the National Party and township representatives.

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Routledge

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1135361363

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Adieus to Achievers

By: Dr. Robert R. Morman

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Adieus to Achievers

By: Dr. Robert R. Morman

This book presents a series of mini biographies of famous achievers who contributed uniquely and per- suasively to American culture in films, politics, news broadcasting, sports, entertainment, law enforcement and education. Included are such luminaries as Paul Newman, Paul Harvey, Ed McMahon, Farrah Fawcett, Michael Jackson, Walter Cronkite, Edward M. Kennedy, Merlin Olsen, Fess Parker, Jaime Escalente, John Forsythe, Darl F. Gates, Lena Horne, Dennis Hopper, John R. Wooden, Robert C. Byrd and George M. Steinbrenner. Each stellar celebrity made unique contributions in their respective fields of endeavor that withstand the test of time.

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1456727559

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Gold Stars and Purple Hearts

The True Story of a Wwi & a Wwii Veterans’ Family’S Struggle to Accept Their Fate

By: Dr. Lynne Payne Phillips

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Gold Stars and Purple Hearts

The True Story of a Wwi & a Wwii Veterans’ Family’S Struggle to Accept Their Fate

By: Dr. Lynne Payne Phillips

A coal miner, Don, drafted to fight with the elite Rainbow Division in WWI under General Douglas MacArthur; a pregnant wife with a toddler whose relationship with her mother-in-law is constantly strained; a mother whose love for her son had her leave her Appalachian Mountain home and travel to France on the Gold Star Mothers Pilgrimage in order to take the mountains to her son and bring her son back to the mountains; and Dons son who fights in WWII with the elite Devils Brigade, the first Special Forces Unit in the U.S. Army, are remarkable because these events really took place. This six-act play is the story of two men and two women whose lives were intertwined through blood and war. Sarah Williams Dyson (1874-1957) grew up in the North Carolina mountains with her country doctor father. Sarahs only son, Don, married Vennie Lee Shull in 1914 and moved to Dante, Virginia, to work in the coal mines. Dons draft into WWI in 1917 came at a time when married men were not subject to the draft. In 1923, Vennie remarried. After Vennies divorce, Sarah, 12 years after her sons death, was invited to view Dons tomb-rock in France with other mothers and widows. In 1942, Sarah and Vennie had to watch Dons son, Claude, volunteer to fight in WWII even though he was exempt from fighting since he was the only son of a casualty from WWI. Remembering his dads only written message to him: Dont never be a solder my boy, Claude returned home severely wounded. Don and Claude both received purple hearts and other medals for their bravery. This breed of historian forsakes the myths and yellow journalism and delves into the lives of the characters through primary sources of journals, military records, letters, family Bibles, and first-hand knowledge of neighbors, family, and friends of the characters in the play.

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1524627119

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The Uncommon Woman of Faith in the Marketplace

By: Dr. Brandy F. Gibson

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The Uncommon Woman of Faith in the Marketplace

By: Dr. Brandy F. Gibson

There are so many authors today writing about business start-ups and/or improvement of current business practices. This book is similar, yet profoundly different. As a female entrepreneur you need firm assurances of entrepreneurial effectiveness. Your “how to” shouldn’t outweigh your foundational applications. Corporate America has been utilizing the dominative business plan that has worked for centuries taken from Genesis 1:28. It’s time for you to use this plan and apply it to the God-given dream for your business. At this time your dream will become a reality without doubting its feasibility. This book is geared to provide GEMS (Guide, Educate, Motivate, and Stimulate) where by faith you encounter the process based on timeless principles that always work. Comments from influential and affluent women of history and businesswomen will encourage you with their quotes and experiences. This approach will make you - “The Uncommon Woman of Faith in the Marketplace!”

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1728337577

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Overcoming Matthew Arnold

Ethics in Culture and Criticism

By: Dr James Walter Caufield

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Overcoming Matthew Arnold

Ethics in Culture and Criticism

By: Dr James Walter Caufield

Opening the way for a reexamination of Matthew Arnold's unique contributions to ethical criticism, James Walter Caufield emphasizes the central role of philosophical pessimism in Arnold's master tropes of "culture" and "conduct." Caufield uses Arnold's ethics as a lens through which to view key literary and cultural movements of the past 150 years, demonstrating that Arnoldian conduct is grounded in a Victorian ethic of "renouncement," a form of altruism that wholly informs both Arnold's poetry and prose and sets him apart from the many nineteenth-century public moralists. Arnold's thought is situated within a cultural and philosophical context that shows the continuing relevance of "renouncement" to much contemporary ethical reflection, from the political kenosis of Giorgio Agamben and the pensiero debole of Gianni Vattimo, to the ethical criticism of Wayne C. Booth and Martha Nussbaum. In refocusing attention on Arnold's place within the broad history of critical and social thought, Caufield returns the poet and critic to his proper place as a founding father of modern cultural criticism.

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1409479153

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The Emotion Code

How to Release Your Trapped Emotions for Abundant Health, Love, and Happiness (Updated and Expanded Edition)

By: Dr. Bradley Nelson

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The Emotion Code

How to Release Your Trapped Emotions for Abundant Health, Love, and Happiness (Updated and Expanded Edition)

By: Dr. Bradley Nelson

I believe that the discoveries in this book can change our understanding of how we store emotional experiences and in so doing, change our lives. The Emotion Code has already changed many lives around the world, and it is my hope that millions more will be led to use this simple tool to heal themselves and their loved ones."—Tony Robbins In this newly revised and expanded edition of The Emotion Code, renowned holistic physician and lecturer Dr. Bradley Nelson skillfully lays bare the inner workings of the subconscious mind. He reveals how emotionally-charged events from your past can still be haunting you in the form of "trapped emotions"—emotional energies that literally inhabit your body. These trapped emotions can fester in your life and body, creating pain, malfunction, and eventual disease. They can also extract a heavy mental and emotional toll on you, impacting how you think, the choices that you make, and the level of success and abundance you are able to achieve. Perhaps most damaging of all, trapped emotional energies can gather around your heart, cutting off your ability to give and receive love. The Emotion Code is a powerful and simple way to rid yourself of this unseen baggage. Dr. Nelson’s method gives you the tools to identify and release the trapped emotions in your life, eliminating your “emotional baggage,” and opening your heart and body to the positive energies of the world. Filled with real-world examples from many years of clinical practice, The Emotion Code is a distinct and authoritative work that has become a classic on self-healing.

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St. Martin's Essentials

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1250214521

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9781250214522

The Motivational Approach to Natural Weight Loss

Forgetting Diets Forever

By: Dr. Shana Schenker

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The Motivational Approach to Natural Weight Loss

Forgetting Diets Forever

By: Dr. Shana Schenker

Throw out your diet books. Forget deprivation, starvation, failure, and aggravation. Instead, settle in with this compact guide, which clearly explains how to combine the powers of your mind, body, and spirit for natural weight loss. The result will be a remarkably healthier you. The knowledge and insight in these pages will motivate you to transform your life and help you lose weight permanently. Beginning with your mind, Dr. Schenker describes how you have the power to improve all aspects of your health. Moving on to your body, she shares tips for relaxation, exercise, and three different diet and lifestyle programs. Concluding with your spirit, she asserts there are no limitations, except those you acknowledge. Achieving a mindset of unlimited potential is based on faith, no matter what your religious practices may be. Dr. Schenker shares hundreds of tips in this extremely inspiring and motivating book. Your self-confidence will soar as you shed both the weight of doubt and the weight of extra pounds. Combining the powers of your mind, your body, and your spirit will usher a new level of wellness into your life, one that's been insulated by your excess weight.

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iUniverse

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0595906354

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9780595906352

Philosophy: a Crash Course

By: ZARA. FERNER BAIN (DR. ADAM. MEHDI, NADIA.),Adam Ferner,Nadia Mehdi

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Philosophy: a Crash Course

By: ZARA. FERNER BAIN (DR. ADAM. MEHDI, NADIA.),Adam Ferner,Nadia Mehdi

Why do philosophers ask "why"? Because they want to know. Because they love knowledge. Taken literally, philosophy is nothing more (nor less) than the love (philo) of wisdom (sophia)--and who doesn't love wisdom? All human societies have developed systems of knowledge to help them understand our place in the universe and to satisfy our distinctively human curiosity. However, while standard histories of philosophy tend to focus on canonical figures and their "big ideas," ideas don't spontaneously come into existence in isolation from a context. They occur in relation to other ideas, had by other people. This book emphasizes the collaborative nature of philosophy, showcasing the way that thinkers' thoughts become intertwined, and focuses on how philosophy--even in its most abstract form--intersects with everyday concerns, integrating older philosophical discussions with newer debates.

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1782408657

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9781782408659

Musical Theatre, Realism and Entertainment

By: Dr Millie Taylor

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Musical Theatre, Realism and Entertainment

By: Dr Millie Taylor

What is it about musical theatre that audiences find entertaining? What are the features that lead to its ability to stimulate emotional attachment, to move and to give pleasure? Beginning from the passion musical theatre performances arouse and their ubiquity in London's West End and on Broadway this book explores the ways in which musical theatre reaches out to and involves its audiences. It investigates how pleasure is stimulated by vocal, musical and spectacular performances. Early discussions centre on the construction of the composed text, but then attention is given to performance and audience response. Musical theatre contains disruptions and dissonances in its multiple texts, it allows gaps for audiences to read playfully. This combines with the voluptuous sensations of embodied emotion, contagiously and viscerally shared between audience and stage, and augmented through the presence of voice and music. A number of features are discovered in the construction of musical theatre performance texts that allow them to engage the intense emotional attachment of their audiences and so achieve enormous popularity. In doing this, the book challenges the conception of musical theatre as 'only entertainment'. Entertainment instead becomes a desirable, ephemeral and playful concept.

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Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.

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1409495108

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The European Union and Humanitarian Crises

Patterns of Intervention

By: Dr Francesca Pusterla

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The European Union and Humanitarian Crises

Patterns of Intervention

By: Dr Francesca Pusterla

The European Union and Humanitarian Crises: Patterns of Intervention addresses the allocation of foreign aid within the framework of the European Union’s Humanitarian Aid policy and analyses different Member States’ intervention strategies designed to cope with these emergencies. Joining the debate about bilateral and multilateral allocation of foreign aid in crisis situations and exploring the cooperative actions undertaken by the European Union and its Member States to cope with them the book questions how the context of the crises themselves impacts on strategies of intervention and investigates how strategies change depending on the characteristics of the crisis.

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1472451783

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Radical Small Groups

Reshaping Community to Accelerate Authentic Life Change

By: Dr. David Slamp

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Radical Small Groups

Reshaping Community to Accelerate Authentic Life Change

By: Dr. David Slamp

A book that takes you beyond programs and spells out exactly how to put spiritual growth on steroids in your church.Here is an exciting way to think synergistically and dramatically accelerate authentic life change. There has never been a book more urgent to read than this one in our impersonal society and spiritually impoverished world.The foundational concept here is that small groups should be an intrigal part of a dynamic approach to ministry, not an isolated program. The result? A powerful synergism between Sunday school, worship, Bible studies, and small groups all producing true life change! Bring true vitality to your group or church with the biblical principles taught here. No other book will give you such a comprehensive and practical vision of the Great Commission to, “make disciples”. If you read only one book this year to add purpose to your life, and life in your church, this is the one!

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1613396627

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Adapting King Lear for the Stage

Adapting King Lear for the Stage

Our Social World

Our Social World

The Dysfunctional Library

The Dysfunctional Library

The 10 Best Questions for Living with Fibromyalgia

The 10 Best Questions for Living with Fibromyalgia

Life, Death, and Eternity

Life, Death, and Eternity

South Africa Reborn: Building A New Democracy

South Africa Reborn: Building A New Democracy

Adieus to Achievers

Adieus to Achievers

Gold Stars and Purple Hearts

Gold Stars and Purple Hearts

The Uncommon Woman of Faith in the Marketplace

The Uncommon Woman of Faith in the Marketplace

Overcoming Matthew Arnold

Overcoming Matthew Arnold

The Emotion Code

The Emotion Code

The Motivational Approach to Natural Weight Loss

The Motivational Approach to Natural Weight Loss

Philosophy: a Crash Course

Philosophy: a Crash Course

Musical Theatre, Realism and Entertainment

Musical Theatre, Realism and Entertainment

The European Union and Humanitarian Crises

The European Union and Humanitarian Crises

Radical Small Groups

Radical Small Groups

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