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Which Side Are You On?

Seven Social Responsibility Debates in American Librarianship, 1990–2015

By: Elaine Harger

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Which Side Are You On?

Seven Social Responsibility Debates in American Librarianship, 1990–2015

By: Elaine Harger

Shattering any idea that librarianship is a politically neutral realm, this insider’s account of seven debates from the floor of the American Library Association Council illustrates the mechanisms the governing body used to maintain the status quo on issues like racism, government surveillance and climate change. At play in each debate are rules of parliamentary procedure, appeals to authority, denial, and chastisement of librarians who pushed the ALA to make real its commitments to human rights and social justice. Providing a fascinating look at the Council’s inner workings, the author parses debates concerning anti-apartheid boycotts; partnerships between ALA, McDonald’s and the Boy Scouts of America; spying by the National Security Agency; censorship in Israel and the Occupied Territories; fossil fuel industry divestment; and the recent revival by ALA’s Office of Intellectual Freedom of the infamous film The Speaker.

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McFarland

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1476624712

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The Messiah and the Jews

Three Thousand Years of Tradition, Belief, and Hope

By: Elaine Rose Glickman

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The Messiah and the Jews

Three Thousand Years of Tradition, Belief, and Hope

By: Elaine Rose Glickman

A comprehensive, inspiring and fascinating discovery of what Jews believe about the Messiah--and why you might believe in the Messiah, too. "The conviction that the Messiah is coming is a promise of meaning. It is a source of consolation. It is a wellspring of creativity. It is a reconciliation between what is and what should be. And it is perhaps our most powerful statement of faith--in God, in humanity and in ourselves." --from Chapter 1, "The Messiah Is Coming " The coming of the Messiah--the promise of redemption--is among Judaism's gifts to the world. But it is a gift about which the world knows so little. It has been overshadowed by Christian belief and teaching, and as a result its Jewish significance has been all but lost. To further complicate matters, Jewish messianic teaching is enthralling, compelling, challenging, exhilarating--yet, up until now, woefully inaccessible. This book will change that. Rabbi Elaine Rose Glickman brings together, and to life, this three-thousand-year-old tradition as never before. Rather than simply reviewing the vast body of Jewish messianic literature, she explores an astonishing range of primary and secondary sources, explaining in an informative yet inspirational way these teachings' significance for Jews of the past--and infuses them with new meaning for the modern reader, both Jewish and non-Jewish.

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Jewish Lights Publishing

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1580236901

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9781580236904

The Origin of Satan

How Christians Demonized Jews, Pagans, and Heretics

By: Elaine Pagels

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The Origin of Satan

How Christians Demonized Jews, Pagans, and Heretics

By: Elaine Pagels

From the National Book Award-winning and National Book Critics Circle Award-winning author of The Gnostic Gospels comes a dramatic interpretation of Satan and his role on the Christian tradition. "Arresting...brilliant...this book illuminates the angels with which we must wrestle to come to the truth of our bedeviling spritual problems." —The Boston Globe With magisterial learning and the elan of a born storyteller, Pagels turns Satan’s story into an audacious exploration of Christianity’s shadow side, in which the gospel of love gives way to irrational hatreds that continue to haunt Christians and non-Christians alike.

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Vintage

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0679731180

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CSR for HR

A Necessary Partnership for Advancing Responsible Business Practices

By: Elaine Cohen

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CSR for HR

A Necessary Partnership for Advancing Responsible Business Practices

By: Elaine Cohen

Arguably, the Human Resources (HR) function is the key partner in embedding Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Sustainability initiatives in any organisation, as this can be achieved only when a company educates, engages and empowers its entire workforce. This book goes even further and proposes that the HR function has a responsibility to be proactive in leading the way in establishing a company-wide CSR-enabled culture. And, yet, this is not happening. HR managers are preoccupied with their traditional roles of organizational development, recruitment, training and compensation, and are failing to see the opportunities that CSR brings for them as professionals and for their organizations. CSR for HR has been designed to change the game. It provides HR managers with a thorough understanding of the drivers and principles of CSR and a practical step-by-step guide to the way CSR interfaces with every HR function. Recruitment, compensation, training, employee communications, employee well-being, health & safety, employee rights, involvement in the community, and employee impacts on the environment are all discussed from the CSR–HR standpoint, with many clear examples showing how HR can leverage CSR strategies to deliver greater benefit for the business, for employees, for society, for the environment and, ultimately, for HR professionals themselves. The HR function plays a critical role in embedding a values-based, strategic CSR mindset and establishing an organizational culture that meets the needs of today's stakeholders. HR professionals who understand this and adapt accordingly will reap the benefits. The book explains why, how and what to do next, offering detailed advice, tools, a roadmap to get started and hundreds of tips from companies around the world, including original content from HR managers of large corporations. Written from the standpoint of an HR professional waking up to the strategic possibilities of incorporating CSR in her day-to-day role, the book has an easy and engaging style, ideal for the busy managerial reader. CSR for HR is both a wake-up call and a toolkit and will be essential reading for practitioners in both HR and CSR, as well as being a sought-after teaching resource for both executives and students.

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Routledge

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1351278584

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Islamic and Ethical Finance in the United Kingdom

By: Elaine Housby

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Islamic and Ethical Finance in the United Kingdom

By: Elaine Housby

This book examines a wide range of financial institutions in Britain which fall broadly within the ethical sector, considering the nature of their principles and practices, and how they relate to Islamic models and to Muslim communities.

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Edinburgh University Press

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0748678263

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9780748678266

The Pilgrim Traveller

True Stories and Legends

By: Mary Elaine Friend

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The Pilgrim Traveller

True Stories and Legends

By: Mary Elaine Friend

This book is a collection of inspirational travel stories that span 17 years of travel by the author, including human interest stories of people she met. In a special section called Traveling Back in Time it also includes stories of genealogy and legends. While tracing her mixed ancestry, Mary Elaine uncovered legends and stories associated with her family tree, and she realized that although unique, the values and ideals are universal. Every family on earth has a story to tell, and for some, these wait to be uncovered.

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AuthorHouse

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1491886161

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Toolbox for Teachers and Mentors

Moving Madrichim to Mentor Teachers and Beyond

By: Richard D. Solomon,Elaine C. Solomon

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Toolbox for Teachers and Mentors

Moving Madrichim to Mentor Teachers and Beyond

By: Richard D. Solomon,Elaine C. Solomon

What is in the Toolbox? What is a teacher? What should I be teaching? How do I plan lessons? What are teacher-directed models of teaching? What are student-engaged models of teaching? How do I reach all students? How do I manage student behavior What are the interpersonal, reflection, and observational skills required of a mentor teacher? What is the core knowledge base a mentor needs to have about how one learns to teach? About the Author Having collectively spent over seventy years in teaching students and training teachers in the public school arena, Dr. Richard and Elaine Solomon are now focused on improving Jewish education. They have created a seven-stage career development ladder from madrichim to mentor and expert teacher that can transform how Jewish educators are recruited, developed, and supported.

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Wheatmark, Inc.

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1604942681

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9781604942682

Towards a Feminist Critical Reading of the Gospel according to Matthew

By: Elaine M. Wainwright

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Towards a Feminist Critical Reading of the Gospel according to Matthew

By: Elaine M. Wainwright

Die Reihe Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft (BZNW) ist eine der ältesten und renommiertesten internationalen Buchreihen zur neutestamentlichen Wissenschaft. Seit 1923 publiziert sie wegweisende Forschungsarbeiten zum frühen Christentum und angrenzenden Themengebieten. Die Reihe ist historisch-kritisch verankert und steht neuen methodischen Ansätzen, die unser Verständnis des Neuen Testaments befördern, gleichfalls offen gegenüber.

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Walter de Gruyter

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3110877104

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Workbook for Lectors, Gospel Readers, and Proclaimers of the Word® 2019

By: Elaine Park, ssl, std,Konrad Schaefer, osb, ssd,Douglas Leal

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Workbook for Lectors, Gospel Readers, and Proclaimers of the Word® 2019

By: Elaine Park, ssl, std,Konrad Schaefer, osb, ssd,Douglas Leal

Workbook for Lectors, Gospel Readers, and Proclaimers of the Word provides the ongoing instruction and advice that readers need. It assists them in preparing their assigned reading on specific occasions, and when they read the resource every week as a way of reflecting on and learning about the Scriptures, it strengthens their proclamation skills and deepens their spiritual lives. This resource contains the readings in large print for practice (with suggestions for emphasis in bold) commentaries that give background and explain the meaning of the reading, margin notes with pronunciation helps and tips for proclamation, and the Responsorial Psalms for meditation and context. Workbook's introduction offers an orientation to this ministry of the Word and an overview of proclamation skills.

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LiturgyTrainingPublications

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1616714034

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Reasons New Converts Backslide

By: Elaine Larkins

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Reasons New Converts Backslide

By: Elaine Larkins

Reasons New Converts Backslide investigates the patternmanifest too often in the life of the churchin which new converts to the Christian faith find the flames of their initial zeal for life in Christ fading to smoldering embers. When that happens, they fall away from the church and lapse back into the ways of life they led before their conversions. Known as backslidingthis pattern presents challenges both to the spiritual lives of individuals and the shared life of the Christian community. Grounded upon more than twenty-five years of personal experience and insights gleaned from the Scriptures and the life of the church, Elaine Larkins exploration of backsliding offers encouragement to neophyte Christians and insights to church leaders caring for people new to the faith. Larkins presents key passages from the Scriptures that offer guidance for new Christians, explores the theological questions that arise when Christians fall away from the church, and diagnoses the challenges that backsliding presents to the vitality of Gods church. Whether you are a new convert to Christianity, an established church member, or someone called to a position of leadership, Reasons New Converts Backslide offers a blend of insights, grounded both in the Scriptures and in the ups and downs of life in the church, that offers approaches for living out your faith and for treating new Christians with the loving care they need in order to thrive in the life of faith.

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WestBow Press

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1490899324

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Haman and the Jews

A Portrait from Rabbinic Literature

By: Elaine Rose Glickman

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Haman and the Jews

A Portrait from Rabbinic Literature

By: Elaine Rose Glickman

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Jason Aronson

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0765760967

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Hijacked!

By: Elaine Hatfield; Richard L. Rapson

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Hijacked!

By: Elaine Hatfield; Richard L. Rapson

Hijacked! is the story of Alix Kerensky, a Jewish Russian émigré, who sets sail on an SS Infinity’s “Voyage of Discovery”—along with 250 American college students. In this love story and psychological “thriller,” the unthinkable occurs when the Georgetown University teaching ship is hijacked by Abu Ghazi and the men of Jabal an-Nar, a group of Palestinian terrorists. Hijacked!—a complex tale of Middle East politics, romance, and adventure—chronicles a momentous period in American history. It is a eulogy for an era. We travel from Spring, 2000, a time of American optimism and innocence, to September 15, 2001, four days after Osama bin Laden’s attack on New York’s World Trade Center—a time when Americans came to realize that they were facing an enemy more elusive, a war more intractable, and a world far more dangerous, than any they had imagined.

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Xlibris Corporation

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146280585X

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9781462805853

Landscapes of the Song of Songs

Poetry and Place

By: Elaine T. James

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Landscapes of the Song of Songs

Poetry and Place

By: Elaine T. James

In this masterful new study of the ancient poetry of the Song of Songs, Elaine T. James explores the Song's underlying interest in the natural world. Engaging with the fields of geography, landscape architecture, and literature, James critiques the tendency of scholars to reify a perceived dichotomy between "nature" and "culture" and instead argues that the poetic attention to landscape indicates an awareness of a viewer. Nature is here a poetic device that informs James's close-readings of agrarianism, gardens, cities, social control, and feminism and the gaze in the Song. With this two-fold emphasis on landscape and lyric, Landscape of the Song of Songs shows how the Song persistently envisions a world in which human lovers are embedded in the natural world, complexly enfolded in relationships of fragility and care.

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Oxford University Press

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0190619023

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9780190619022

Pathway to Paradise

Finding Your Way to True Salvation by the Holy Scriptures

By: Elaine Threats

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Pathway to Paradise

Finding Your Way to True Salvation by the Holy Scriptures

By: Elaine Threats

Looking for God in all the wrong places? Then read this book. Its an in depth journey through the Holy Scriptures of the bible to guide you through Gods pathway of salvation which he has provided for human life on this earth. In the world of today, there are some many avenues and paths to choose in life. God has given man the freedom to choose his own destiny, but in that freedom he has asked that we choose wisely making right choices. What is the right choice in life? This book is here to help answer that question. The bible says the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; therefore, having godly fear is the first wise path that anyone can choose. Why is it wise to fear God? It is wise because once we begin to give God his due respect as the creator of life, is where we begin our journey toward discovering every other right and wise pathway life has to offer, which leads to true salvation and in the end eternal life. This book is a journey through the Holy Scriptures of the bible in finding that right path to help clear up the fog in the minds of so many looking to know and understand what is true and what is right. God has already laid the foundation by the scriptures that we may have the tools and the ability to build a life of success according to the Master who created this great world in which we live; and who knows best. If you have a true desire to understand the scriptures and want to know what God can do in your life; if you are confused about the bible and religion but hope to find the pathway leading to true salvation; then read this book. Is is here to give good education on biblical truths. And as you read, keep the bible handy: because this book is designed so that as you read it, you will need the bible for reference; in hopes that you might find the true pathway to paradise.

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1477174621

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Disciple Fast Track Remember Who You Are Leader Guide

By: Susan Wilke Fuquay,Elaine Friedrich,Julia Kitchens Wilke Trust,Richard B. Wilke

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Disciple Fast Track Remember Who You Are Leader Guide

By: Susan Wilke Fuquay,Elaine Friedrich,Julia Kitchens Wilke Trust,Richard B. Wilke

Minimal additional preparation is needed for the Leader—just prepare handouts and follow the Leader Guide. What could be easier? This Disciple Fast Track is an adaptation of the original, bestselling Disciple Bible Study: Remember Who You Are. The study is ideal for busy people who want to fit an in-depth Bible study into their schedule. The study retains the familiar Disciple format with its theme word, theme verse, statement of the human condition, daily and weekly assignments, and prayer. This study examines the connection between memory and identity as the people of God. Participants will find common themes, including calls to remember, calls to repent, calls for renewal, and calls for community. In this study, there are 12 sessions each on the Old Testament Major and Minor Prophets (except Daniel) and on the 13 New Testament letters traditionally attributed to Paul. The prophets and Paul are continually calling hearers and readers back to their God and to a sense of who they are as a people "set apart." Daily reading assignments are designed to establish the historical context of the Prophets and of Paul. Readers will encounter "The Word of the Lord," with comments on Scripture and amplification of meaning, as well as "Marks of Obedient Community," which identifies beliefs, attitudes, and actions of the obeying community. "Marks" is the faith response to "Our Human Condition." "Marks" is the faith response to "Our Human Condition." Classes meet for a total of 24 weeks, studying the Prophets and letters traditionally attributed to Paul for 12 sessions each. Preparation is manageable, with 3–5 chapters of the Bible to read each day. Weekly sessions last 75 minutes. Hosts will provide 3-5 minute video insights related to the week's session. Flexible for use with small groups of 8–14, or for large groups of 15–100.

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Abingdon Press

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1501859560

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Workbook for Lectors, Gospel Readers, and Proclaimers of the Word 2020

By: Elizabeth Nagel, SSL, SSD,Elaine Park, SSL, STD,Mary Pat Haley

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Workbook for Lectors, Gospel Readers, and Proclaimers of the Word 2020

By: Elizabeth Nagel, SSL, SSD,Elaine Park, SSL, STD,Mary Pat Haley

Workbook for Lectors, Gospel Readers, and Proclaimers of the Word provides the ongoing instruction and advice that readers need. It assists them in preparing their assigned reading on specific occasions, and when they read the resource every week as a way of reflecting on and learning about the Scriptures, it strengthens their proclamation skills and deepens their spiritual lives. This resource contains the readings in large print for practice (with suggestions for emphasis in bold), commentaries that give background and explain the meaning of the reading, margin notes with pronunciation helps and tips for proclamation, and the Responsorial Psalms for meditation and context. Workbook's introduction offers an orientation to this ministry of the Word and an overview of proclamation skills.

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Liturgy Training Publications

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1616714735

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Disciple Fast Track Remember Who You Are The Prophets Study Manual

By: Susan Wilke Fuquay,Elaine Friedrich,Julia Kitchens Wilke Trust,Richard B. Wilke

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Disciple Fast Track Remember Who You Are The Prophets Study Manual

By: Susan Wilke Fuquay,Elaine Friedrich,Julia Kitchens Wilke Trust,Richard B. Wilke

This 12-week study immerses readers in the Old Testament Prophets. This Disciple Fast Track is an adaptation of the original, bestselling Disciple Bible Study: Remember Who You Are. The study is ideal for busy people who want to fit an in-depth Bible study into their schedule. The study retains the familiar Disciple format with its theme word, theme verse, statement of the human condition, daily and weekly assignments, and prayer. This study examines the connection between memory and identity as the people of God. Participants will find common themes, including calls to remember, calls to repent, calls for renewal, and calls for community. In this Study Manual, there are 12 sessions on the Old Testament Major and Minor Prophets (except Daniel). The prophets are continually calling hearers and readers back to their God and to a sense of who they are as a people "set apart." Designed to establish the historical context in which the prophets spoke for God, daily reading assignments draw also on the books of Deuteronomy through Chronicles. Readers will encounter "The Word of the Lord," with comments on Scripture and amplification of meaning, as well as "Marks of Obedient Community," which identifies beliefs, attitudes, and actions of the obeying community. "Marks" is the faith response to "Our Human Condition." Classes meet for a total of 24 weeks, studying the Prophets and the letters traditionally attributed to Paul for 12 sessions each. Preparation is manageable, with 3–5 chapters of the Bible to read each day. Minimal additional preparation is needed for the leader—just prepare handouts and follow the Leader Guide. Weekly sessions last 75 minutes. Hosts will provide 3-5 minute video insights related to the week's session. Flexible for use with small groups of 8–14, or for large groups of 15–100.

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Abingdon Press

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1501859528

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The Second Tree

Of Clones, Chimeras and Quests for Immortality

By: Elaine Dewar

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The Second Tree

Of Clones, Chimeras and Quests for Immortality

By: Elaine Dewar

The Second Tree documents a biological revolution that will change the way you think about the material world, your own life and even the inevitability of your own death Genetic scientists are busily pushing back the boundaries of the humanly possible, climbing the branches of a tree of life that has been grafted by man, not God. Elaine Dewar chronicles the lives, the discoveries, and the feuds among modern biologists, exploring how they have crafted the tools to alter human evolution. She travels the globe on the trail of Charles Darwin and his intellectual descendants, telling the story of James D. Watson and his partner Francis Crick, who first described DNA; of Frederick Sanger, who invented how to sequence genes and won two Nobel prizes; of the computer scientists who put the human genome on the World Wide Web. She visits companies that are trying to turn cloned sheep into pharmacies on the hoof, to resurrect prize cows from the grave, to transplant human genes into mice — ultimately attempting to give us immortality in pieces while trying to keep investors happy. As these tales spill out, we find out how biologists learn by doing: tearing mice and worms and flies and human eggs apart, twinning disparate animal cells and genes together — creating clones and chimeras as outlandish as any sphinx. In public, research biologists often express their good intentions about curing the big diseases. In private, many of them are compelled by furious struggles to be rich, famous and first. Dewar lays bare the motives, conflicts and fears of the men and women whose job it is to trespass the boundaries of what laypeople consider ethical and sacred.

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Vintage Canada

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0307368912

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Multicultural Perspectives in Working with Families

Second Edition

By: Elaine Piller Congress

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Multicultural Perspectives in Working with Families

Second Edition

By: Elaine Piller Congress

This book addresses cutting edge issues in the assessment and treatment of families from diverse cultural backgrounds. It covers a wide array of related family issues and skills which are important for human service practitioners in the helping disciplines.

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500

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Springer Publishing Company

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082613145X

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Chaya's Angels

A Spiritual Journey with Down Syndrome

By: Chaya Ben Baruch,Elaine Feuer

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Chaya's Angels

A Spiritual Journey with Down Syndrome

By: Chaya Ben Baruch,Elaine Feuer

When Chaya Ben Baruch gave birth to her sixth child, a son with Down syndrome, she led her family on a spiritual journey, moving from Alaska to Israel, and adopting more children with special needs, on the way. Whether she’s watching her son with Downs marry her adopted daughter with Downs, or fighting for the rights of all special needs children, life is never dull. Chaya even managed to find time to donate a kidney, leaving everyone to wonder, “What’s next?” There are few people who have Chaya’s combination of character traits: brilliance; bravery; altruism; honesty; and her ability to love, whether it's her own family or other people’s children. It is our aspiration for the reader to appreciate the uniqueness and joy that Chaya and her husband, Yisroel, have experienced as parents of children with Downs, and to open the hearts of people, across the globe. Ghandi wrote: “A nation’s greatness is measured by how it treats its weakest.” Join Chaya and her family on their enchanting odyssey. The world needs this heart-rending story, more than ever! Ariella Bracha Waldinger’s Review: “Every pregnant woman fears the possibility of birthing a child with special needs, but Chaya Ben Baruch, in her spiritually uplifting book, Chaya’s Angels teaches the reader the true beauty of raising these special souls. Chaya’s book allows the stereotypical belief of Downs babies to crumble: she removes all the negative labels attached to them; depicting their true beauty and inner light. Chaya takes the reader on an epic journey into the personal lives of she and her husband, as they dive into the unchartered waters of raising multiple Down syndrome babies. Gifted with an overflowing love and a passion to meets the needs of these babies, Chaya and her husband love these children unconditionally. They band together, through love and devotion, to give these children exactly what they need to thrive. As a result of reading Chaya’s book, I learned key information and extensive details about the demands of parenting special needs children. I also learned the rich rewards bestowed upon the brave of heart, who dare to embrace this difficult task. Anyone who has an interest in reading an amazing story of inspiration, or is curious about what it takes to raise babies and children with Down syndrome, will benefit from reading Chaya’s Angels. This book is a powerful contribution to children and adults with special needs, giving the reader a deeper understanding of the joys and rewards of life with these remarkable individuals.” Shira Yehudit’s Review: “Chaya’s Angels is an honest, no-holds-barred account of the life of an incredible woman, who has devoted her life to rescuing and caring for special needs children – not in some cold, clinical, institution, but in her home, and in her heart. Chaya makes no bones about sharing the trials and tribulations, the hardships and heartache of caring for and bringing up these special children – and sometimes losing them. But most of all, “Chaya’s Angels” shows us, in a vivid, personal language that speaks from the heart, the joy of having a special needs child in our lives, as part of our family. Chaya lets us feel the pure love that these children radiate to those around them, and helps us to understand that these children really are just that - special. And if this book does nothing more than persuade just one family to think twice about giving away their newborn special needs baby - for that, it was worth writing. But “Chaya’s Angels” is a very powerful, moving book, and I believe it will do much, much more than that…”

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Blue Danube Publishing

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0963479164

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It Goes with the Territory

By: Elaine Feinstein

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It Goes with the Territory

By: Elaine Feinstein

A prolific author of novels, poetry collections, plays, biographies and translations, Elaine Feinstein is one of the towering literary figures of the last few decades. In this, her first memoir, she tells the story of her journey from a Jewish childhood in Leicester to the undergraduate world of post-war Cambridge, the excitement of friendships in the literary world and the tensions of a poet's writing life inside a long and sometimes painful marriage.This book, however, is not only the intimate memoir of one of Britain's finest poets and novelists: it is also the story of a rapidly changing country and of an entire generation of authors. Told with the precision of a biographer and the finesse of a poet, and peppered with witty literary anecdotes, It Goes with the Territory is an absorbing read from beginning to end.

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Alma Books

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0714545422

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9780714545424

Directions in Biblical Hebrew Poetry

By: Elaine R. Follis

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Directions in Biblical Hebrew Poetry

By: Elaine R. Follis

This collection of original papers reflects the intensity of current interest in the poetry of the OT, and amply demonstrates the diversity of rewarding approaches now available. Some of these studies are landmarks, and all are stimulating for further research.

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A&C Black

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0567504972

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9780567504975

Women Healing/Healing Women

The Genderisation of Healing in Early Christianity

By: Elaine Wainwright

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The Genderisation of Healing in Early Christianity

By: Elaine Wainwright

Women Healing/ Healing Women' begins with a search for women who were healers in the Graeco-Roman world of the late Hellenistic and early Roman period. Women healers were honoured in inscriptions and named by medical writers, and were familiar enough to be stereotyped in plays and other writings. What emerges by the first century of the Common Era is a world in which women functioned as healers but where healing becomes a contested site for gender relations. By the time the gospels are written the place of women as healers is effectively erased. The book uses the historical and cultural evidence to re-read the gospel texts and discover healers in a woman pouring out ointment, healed women bearing on their bodies the language describing Jesus, and even in women possessed by demons.

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Revelations

Visions, Prophecy, and Politics in the Book of Revelation

By: Elaine Pagels

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Visions, Prophecy, and Politics in the Book of Revelation

By: Elaine Pagels

A profound exploration of the Bible's most controversial book—from the author of Beyond Belief and The Gnostic Gospels The strangest book of the New Testament, filled with visions of the Rapture, the whore of Babylon, and apocalyptic writing of the end of times, the Book of Revelation has fascinated readers for more than two thousand years, but where did it come from? And what are the meanings of its surreal images of dragons, monsters, angels, and cosmic war? Elaine Pagels, New York Times bestselling author and "the preeminent voice of biblical scholarship to the American public" (The Philadelphia Inquirer), elucidates the true history of this controversial book, uncovering its origins and the roots of dissent, violence, and division in the world's religions. Brilliantly weaving scholarship with a deep understanding of the human needs to which religion speaks, Pagels has written what may be the masterwork of her unique career.

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Matthew: An Introduction and Study Guide

The Basileia of the Heavens is Near at Hand

By: Elaine M. Wainwright

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Matthew: An Introduction and Study Guide

The Basileia of the Heavens is Near at Hand

By: Elaine M. Wainwright

Recent decades have seen significant shifts in biblical scholarship opening up a range of ways of engaging the biblical narrative - both methodologically (the tools and techniques for engaging the text) and hermeneutically (the perspectives that inform an interpreter's approach to the text and to the interpretative task). It is these shifts that give shape to this introduction and study guide, so that students encounter not only the text of Matthew itself but also its rich lode of recent interpretation. Among aspects of 1st-century life brought to the fore by current social-scientific methodology are kinship, the honor and shame culture, and masculinity. Gender is another interpretative lens that has characterized the study of the Gospel of Matthew in recent decades and the Guide provides pathways through this rich literature. The guide to Matthew concludes with the most recent turn of the hermeneutical lens, namely an ecological perspective on what is perhaps the best-known text in Matthew, the Beatitudes. This final chapter is an example of how we can enter an old and familiar text like the Gospel of Matthew from yet another new critical direction.

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Marrano as Metaphor

The Jewish Presence in French Writing

By: Elaine Marks

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Marrano as Metaphor

The Jewish Presence in French Writing

By: Elaine Marks

When Europeans in the Middle Ages spoke of "marranos," they were making a derogatory reference to "crypto-Jews"--those who publicly converted to and performed as Christians, but who remained secretly faithful to Judaic law. Today, asserts Elaine Marks in Marrano as Metaphor, the concept can be used to describe all Jews living in a dominant Christian or Muslim culture, whatever may be their conscious relationship to Judaism. A sweeping examination of the Jewish presence in French literature from the sixteenth century to the present, Marrano as Metaphor explores the many shapes and forms in which jews are perceived, spoken, and written about. Employing a wide spectrum of analytical methods from history, literary theory and psychoanalysis, renowned French scholar Elaine Marks opens new doors in the study of literature. Marrano as Metaphor investigates questions of difference and assimilation, of respect and derogation, in a wide range of French literature--from Alain Robbe-Grillet's discussion in his memoirs of his parents' antisemitism to the story of Esther through Jean Racine and Marcel Proust; from efforts to address Jewish issues in the writings of Marguerite Duras and Jean-Paul Sartre to the secular, "assimilated" Jewish tradition of Jacques Derrida and Helene Cixous. Marks looks closely at strains of antisemitism running through French literature, analyzing such antecedents as the nihilism of the 1880s and its meditation on death and absence.

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Trauma-Informed Evangelism

Cultivating Communities of Wounded Healers

By: Charles Kiser,Elaine Heath

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Trauma-Informed Evangelism

Cultivating Communities of Wounded Healers

By: Charles Kiser,Elaine Heath

“We are at the forefront of a new reformation.” So declares Elaine Heath in Trauma-Informed Evangelism, aiming to recover the God of love from the structures of hate that pervade Christian communities in America today. In their new guide, she and Charles Kiser work toward bringing this reformation to fruition through ministering specifically to the spiritually traumatized. Over the course of their study, Kiser and Heath amplify the voices of those who suffered misogynistic, racist, or homophobic abuse at the hands of the church. While carefully listening to these stories, Kiser and Heath bring them into conversation with the passion and resurrection of Jesus. Engaging with womanist and liberation theology, they see in the crucifixion a God who does not valorize suffering but shares the experience of the traumatized. Ultimately, this theodicy leads them to propose a new evangelism—one based not on fear and coercion but on witnessing the unconditional love of God. Timely, theologically informed, and eminently practical, Trauma-Informed Evangelism will serve as a formative guide for church leaders and students seeking to aid trauma survivors in their communities. Discussion questions conclude each chapter.

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Universal Design Handbook

By: Wolfgang F. E. Preiser,Elaine Ostroff

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Universal Design Handbook

By: Wolfgang F. E. Preiser,Elaine Ostroff

As a reference guide to designing for ADA and other international and American standards, this guide covers accessibilty for the disabled, elderly and children and encompasses vision, touch, hearing and motor impairment.

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0071376054

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The World Almanac for Kids, 2002

By: Elaine Israel,World Almanac

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The World Almanac for Kids, 2002

By: Elaine Israel,World Almanac

Offers facts on a range of topics, from animals to weather and from computers to sports.

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0886878691

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The World Almanac for Kids 2001

By: Elaine Israel

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The World Almanac for Kids 2001

By: Elaine Israel

Jam-packed with fun facts and full-color illustrations, the completely revised 2001 edition of this annual almanac designed exclusively for kids includes a special 16-page, photo-filled look at the year's faces and places in the news. Also highlighted are 30 completely new interactive puzzles, games, brain teasers, and other activities.

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Toward a Spirituality for Global Justice

A Call to Kinship

By: Elaine M. Prevallet,Sowers Books & Videos

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Toward a Spirituality for Global Justice

A Call to Kinship

By: Elaine M. Prevallet,Sowers Books & Videos

In Toward a Spirituality for Global Justice: a Call to Kinship, Elaine Prevallet lays a solid foundation for broadening our sense of justice to include kinship with all members of the community of life on planet Earth, and for living a life of commitment and compassion. Viewing life's possiblities through a threefold lens--science, the solidarity of humanity, and a vision of communion--Elaine explores the riches of the Hebrew Scriptures and the treasures of the Christian Gospel, opening new insights for her readers, and relating them to present times. She emphasizes the value of a group process that probes the inner as well as the outer work required in social activism, highlighting instances of strength and heroism. Written in clear enjoyable prose, this book will lead readers to a new understanding of the demands of social justice in a global economy on an endangered planet."--Back cover

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