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The Why of Things

A Novel

By: Elizabeth Hartley Winthrop

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Arriving in their summer home less than a year after the suicide of a teenage daughter, Joan and her family stumble on the death of a local young man and bond with his grieving mother before learning that the victim's death was not accidental.

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Simon and Schuster

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1451695837

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9781451695830

Cycles of Time and Meaning in the Mexican Books of Fate

By: Elizabeth Hill Boone

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Cycles of Time and Meaning in the Mexican Books of Fate

By: Elizabeth Hill Boone

In communities throughout precontact Mesoamerica, calendar priests and diviners relied on pictographic almanacs to predict the fate of newborns, to guide people in choosing marriage partners and auspicious wedding dates, to know when to plant and harvest crops, and to be successful in many of life's activities. As the Spanish colonized Mesoamerica in the sixteenth century, they made a determined effort to destroy these books, in which the Aztec and neighboring peoples recorded their understanding of the invisible world of the sacred calendar and the cosmic forces and supernaturals that adhered to time. Today, only a few of these divinatory codices survive. Visually complex, esoteric, and strikingly beautiful, painted books such as the famous Codex Borgia and Codex Borbonicus still serve as portals into the ancient Mexican calendrical systems and the cycles of time and meaning they encode. In this comprehensive study, Elizabeth Hill Boone analyzes the entire extant corpus of Mexican divinatory codices and offers a masterful explanation of the genre as a whole. She introduces the sacred, divinatory calendar and the calendar priests and diviners who owned and used the books. Boone then explains the graphic vocabulary of the calendar and its prophetic forces and describes the organizing principles that structure the codices. She shows how they form almanacs that either offer general purpose guidance or focus topically on specific aspects of life, such as birth, marriage, agriculture and rain, travel, and the forces of the planet Venus. Boone also tackles two major areas of controversy—the great narrative passage in the Codex Borgia, which she freshly interprets as a cosmic narrative of creation, and the disputed origins of the codices, which, she argues, grew out of a single religious and divinatory system.

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University of Texas Press

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0292756569

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9780292756564

Tyra

Through Blood, Sweat, and Tears

By: Elizabeth Ellen Ostring

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Tyra

Through Blood, Sweat, and Tears

By: Elizabeth Ellen Ostring

Through the traumatic years of Finland's emergence as an independent nation, Tyra struggled with her understanding of God. Friends and family died through frightening natural disaster, the horrors of repeated wars, and a devastating murder in the family. Just when she thought her life was beginning to make sense, and Finland was no longer at war, her husband was evicted from the land he was farming, and to cope financially they were forced to migrate first to Arctic Sweden, and then to subtropical Australia. But finally, as she looked back over her life, she could see that the senseless made sense, and through everything God had a purpose.

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Wipf and Stock Publishers

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1725287951

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9781725287952

Military Migration and State Formation

The British Military Community in Seventeenth-century Sweden

By: Mary Elizabeth Ailes

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Military Migration and State Formation

The British Military Community in Seventeenth-century Sweden

By: Mary Elizabeth Ailes

Historians have long believed that the European continent experienced a profound period of social, economic, and political crisis during the seventeenth century. This era saw the last stages of the great confessional wars; problems of a more general nature, such as economic depression and population decline, also plagued most European societies. Out of the ashes of the century's social, economic, and political dislocation arose a new political force, namely, the centralized state. To participate in long-term warfare, expand their economies, and create strong armies, monarchs throughout Europe modernized their state apparatuses and in the process developed professional military administrations. Like other northern and eastern European countries that lacked the requisite population or resource base, Sweden relied on immigrants to supply the necessary technical skills and manpower to modernize its state apparatus and economy. In Military Migration and State Formation, Mary Elizabeth Ailes focuses on British officers and their descendants in order to examine larger issues, including the role of the military in promoting elite migration, the opportunities that state building provided to elite foreigners, and the roles that immigrants played in promoting the expansion of the Swedish state. Additionally, Ailes's research demonstrates that international diplomacy did not rely solely on the negotiation of treaties and the conduct of official diplomatic visits. Foreign relations between states also developed on an informal level through the contacts that migrants maintained with their families and friends in their homelands and the social contacts they created in their new homes.

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U of Nebraska Press

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0803210604

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9780803210608

Serial and Mass Murder

Understanding Multicide through Offending Patterns, Explanations, and Outcomes

By: Elizabeth A. Gurian

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Serial and Mass Murder

Understanding Multicide through Offending Patterns, Explanations, and Outcomes

By: Elizabeth A. Gurian

This book reframes the study of multicide (that is, serial and mass murder) to use objective measures, and aims to expand our understanding of multicide offending through descriptive and inferential statistical analyses of different homicide patterns of the offenders. Criminal homicide and multiple murders are rare occurrences that typically account for a very small percentage of all violent crimes in most countries. Despite this low occurrence, homicide continues to be an area of intense study, with a focus on subjective measures and classifications. The research and analysis based on a database of over 1,300 cases contributes to the criminological study of violence and draws distinctions between the types of offenders (partnered and solo, serial and mass, male and female, etc.) from a range of different countries and across decades. Traditionally, studies of homicide focus on male offenders and theories of offending are then applied to females and co-offenders. The research presented in this book reveals that women and partnered offenders have very different homicide patterns from men. Looking at the history of multicide offending, this book uses descriptive and inferential statistical analyses to directly compare differences in offending and outcome patterns across multicide offender types. This exploration of the multidimensionality of homicide at an international level is useful for scholars and students interested in criminal justice, criminology, psychology, sociology, or law.

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Routledge

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1351656406

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9781351656405

Netherfield Prep: A Modern Reimagining of Jane Austen's 'Pride & Prejudice'

By: Elizabeth Stevens

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Netherfield Prep: A Modern Reimagining of Jane Austen's 'Pride & Prejudice'

By: Elizabeth Stevens

It is a truth universally assumed that a stupidly rich boy must be in want of a girlfriend. It is a truth universally acknowledged that a girl who has just travelled half a world must be in want of a bed. From her first day at pompous boarding school Netherfield, fiery Australian Lily Brewer comes up against the arrogance of Austin Cooper. Austin and his twin Jax are the hottest guys in school. And the richest. It's quick wits and sass versus suave intelligence and abs, and they refuse to fall for each other. The rest of the school ignores Austin's behaviour for his pretty face and fat wallet. But, Lily can't get past his cold character even while her insults are enough to bring a smile to Austin's usually dour face. As Lily's roommate Anne is getting closer to Jax, Austin and Lily are always at each other's throats despite the sizzling chemistry that both of them deny simmering below the surface. Between an ardent proposal from her step-mother's simpering nephew, a dashing young fellow-Aussie from the Military College, the twins' scheming bitch of a cousin, Lily's embarrassing family, Austin's intended fiancée, the antics of the twins' best friend, the overbearing Lady Celia, and a whole lot of stubbornness, love seems off the dance card for everyone. Will pride and prejudice ruin them all? Or will love win the day? Get ready to spot all your favourite characters in this Young Adult modern reimagining of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, told in dual POV. Please be aware that this story uses Australian English spelling and syntax.

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Sleeping Dragon Books

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0648012239

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9780648012238

Moon Shot

Murder and Mayhem on the Edge of Space

By: Suzanne Berube Rorhus,Elizabeth Hosang,Jack Bates,Laird Long,Jeremy K. Tyler,E. Lynn Hooghiemstra,Toby Speed,Wenda Morrone,Suzanne Derham Cifarelli,Andrew MacRae,Jeff Howe,Percy Spurlark Parker,Mary McCarroll White,Lance Zarimba

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Moon Shot

Murder and Mayhem on the Edge of Space

Mystery and science fiction come together in a brand-new volume of short stories featuring original works from 14 of today's best writers. Whether it's a murder on the International Space Station or a theft of a valuable piece of equipment from NASA, Moon Shot presents a stellar (and, in some cases, interstellar) lineup of stories that cross genres and are sure to entertain readers who appreciate a blend of suspense, thriller, mystery and scifi. The stories onboard the space shuttle Moon Shot are written by Suzanne Berube Rorhus, Elizabeth Hosang, Jack Bates, Laird Long, Jeremy K. Tyler, E. Lynn Hooghiemstra, Toby Speed, Wenda Morrone, Suzanne Derham Cifarelli, Andrew MacRae, Jeff Howe, Percy Spurlark Parker, Mary McCarroll White and Lance Zarimba.

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Untreed Reads

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1611876214

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9781611876215

Descendants of Aztec Pictography

The Cultural Encyclopedias of Sixteenth-Century Mexico

By: Elizabeth Hill Boone

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Descendants of Aztec Pictography

The Cultural Encyclopedias of Sixteenth-Century Mexico

By: Elizabeth Hill Boone

In the aftermath of the sixteenth-century Spanish conquest of Mexico, Spanish friars and authorities partnered with indigenous rulers and savants to gather detailed information on Aztec history, religious beliefs, and culture. The pictorial books they created served the Spanish as aids to evangelization and governance, but their content came from the native intellectuals, painters, and writers who helped to create them. Examining the nine major surviving texts, preeminent Latin American art historian Elizabeth Hill Boone explores how indigenous artists and writers documented their ancestral culture. Analyzing the texts as one distinct corpus, Boone shows how they combined European and indigenous traditions of documentation and considers questions of motive, authorship, and audience. For Spanish authorities, she shows, the books revealed Aztec ideology and practice, while for the indigenous community, they preserved venerated ways of pictorial expression as well as rhetorical and linguistic features of ancient discourses. The first comparative analysis of these encyclopedias, Descendants of Aztec Pictography analyzes how the painted compilations embraced artistic traditions from both sides of the Atlantic.

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University of Texas Press

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1477329358

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9781477329351

The Cultural Dimension of Global Business

By: Gary P. Ferraro,Elizabeth K. Briody

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The Cultural Dimension of Global Business

By: Gary P. Ferraro,Elizabeth K. Briody

Now in its eighth edition, The Cultural Dimension of Global Business continues to provide an essential foundation for understanding the impact of culture on global business and global business on culture. The highly experienced authors demonstrate how the theory and insights of cultural anthropology can positively influence the conduct of global business, examining a range of issues that individuals and organizations face as they work globally and across cultures. The cross-cultural scenarios presented in each chapter allow students of business, management, and anthropology alike to explore cultural difference while gaining valuable practice in thinking through a variety of complex and thorny cultural issues. The fully updated eighth edition offers: • an expanded focus on organizational activities, with two new chapters that provide greater insight into organizational culture and change, and customer engagement; • fresh case study material with a range of examples drawn from around the world; • further resources via a companion website, including a fully updated Instructor’s Manual and new interactive quiz questions for students.

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Taylor & Francis

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1315411008

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9781315411002

Encyclopedia of the Second World War

By: Elizabeth-Anne Wheal

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Encyclopedia of the Second World War

By: Elizabeth-Anne Wheal

Comprehensive record of all the major events, weapons, battles, and personalities of World War II containing sixteen hundred entries.

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1555218229

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Heartbreak Tennis

By: Amelia Elizabeth Walden

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Heartbreak Tennis

By: Amelia Elizabeth Walden

Determined to become a professional tennis player, a young girl finds the pursuit of her goal complicated by romance.

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Book's by Elizabeth Anders

The Why of Things

The Why of Things

Cycles of Time and Meaning in the Mexican Books of Fate

Cycles of Time and Meaning in the Mexican Books of Fate

Tyra

Tyra

Military Migration and State Formation

Military Migration and State Formation

Serial and Mass Murder

Serial and Mass Murder

Netherfield Prep: A Modern Reimagining of Jane Austen's 'Pride & Prejudice'

Netherfield Prep: A Modern Reimagining of Jane Austen's 'Pride & Prejudice'

Moon Shot

Moon Shot

Descendants of Aztec Pictography

Descendants of Aztec Pictography

The Cultural Dimension of Global Business

The Cultural Dimension of Global Business

Encyclopedia of the Second World War

Encyclopedia of the Second World War

Heartbreak Tennis

Heartbreak Tennis

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