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Surviving the Winters

Housing Washington's Army during the American Revolution

By: Steven Elliott

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Surviving the Winters

Housing Washington's Army during the American Revolution

By: Steven Elliott

George Washington and his Continental Army braving the frigid winter at Valley Forge form an iconic image in the popular history of the American Revolution. Such winter camps, Steven Elliott tells us in Surviving the Winters, were also a critical factor in the waging and winning of the War of Independence. Exploring the inner workings of the Continental Army through the prism of its encampments, this book is the first to show how camp construction and administration played a crucial role in Patriot strategy during the war. As Elliott reminds us, Washington’s troops spent only a few days a year in combat. The rest of the time, especially in the winter months, they were engaged in a different sort of battle—against the elements, unfriendly terrain, disease, and hunger. Victory in that more sustained struggle depended on a mastery of camp construction, logistics, and health and hygiene—the components that Elliott considers in his environmental, administrative, and operational investigation of the winter encampments at Middlebrook, Morristown, West Point, New Windsor, and Valley Forge. Beyond the encampments’ basic function of sheltering soldiers, his study reveals their importance as a key component of Washington’s Fabian strategy: stationed on secure, mountainous terrain close to New York, the camps allowed the Continental commander-in-chief to monitor the enemy but avoid direct engagement, thus neutralizing a numerically superior opponent while husbanding his own strength. Documenting the growth of Washington and his subordinates as military administrators, Surviving the Winters offers a telling new perspective on the commander’s generalship during the Revolutionary War. At the same time, the book demonstrates that these winter encampments stand alongside more famous battlefields as sites where American independence was won.

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University of Oklahoma Press

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0806169966

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9780806169965

The Third Indochina Conflict

By: David Elliott,Gareth Porter

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The Third Indochina Conflict

By: David Elliott,Gareth Porter

The Third Indochina Conflict (1975-) is seen by some as the escalation of a local quarrel between Vietnam and Kampuchea; others attribute it to the attempts of external powers to advance their own interests by encouraging conflict among the various Indochinese states; most agree that it is a logical--but not inevitable--consequence of the First (1946-54) and Second (1959-75) Indochinese conflicts. The contributors to this book analyze the origins and development of the Third Indochinese Conflict and the problems posed by the complex issues involved.

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319

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Routledge

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1000306313

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9781000306316

From Midlem Mill to Tippecanoe: An Elliott Family Tale

By: Carolyn Elliott Battles,James Bruce Battles

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From Midlem Mill to Tippecanoe: An Elliott Family Tale

By: Carolyn Elliott Battles,James Bruce Battles

From Midlem Mill to Tippecanoe: An Elliott Family Tale traces the history of the Elliott family that settled in Pennsylvania in 1737 to the current generation The family tales describes the origins and history of the Elliot Clan and traces the family history of the author Carolyn Elliott Battles

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Lulu.com

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1300016396

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9781300016397

The Play's the Thing

Fifty Years of Yale Repertory Theatre (1966-2016)

By: James Magruder,Marguerite Elliott

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The Play's the Thing

Fifty Years of Yale Repertory Theatre (1966-2016)

By: James Magruder,Marguerite Elliott

An insider’s spirited history of Yale Repertory Theatre In this serious and entertaining chronicle of the first fifty years of Yale Repertory Theatre, award-winning dramaturg James Magruder shows how dozens of theater artists have played their parts in the evolution of a sterling American institution. Each of its four chapters is dedicated to one of the Yale Rep’s artistic directors to date: Robert Brustein, Lloyd Richards, Stan Wojewodski Jr., and James Bundy. Numerous sidebars—dedicated to the spaces used by the theater, the playwrights produced most often, casting, the prop shop, the costume shop, artist housing, and other topics—enliven the lavishly illustrated four-color text. This fascinating insider account, full of indelible descriptions of crucial moments in the Rep’s history, is based in part on interviews with some of America’s most respected actors about their experiences at the Rep, including Paul Giamatti, James Earl Jones, Frances McDormand, Meryl Streep, Courtney B. Vance, Dianne Wiest, and Henry Winkler—among many others. More than just a valentine to an important American theater, The Play’s the Thing is a story about institution-building and the force of personality; about the tug-of-war between vision and realpolitik; and about the continuous negotiation between educational needs and artistic demands.

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Yale University Press

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0300280521

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9780300280524

The Song of Songs and Christology in the Early Church, 381 - 451

By: Mark W. Elliott

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The Song of Songs and Christology in the Early Church, 381 - 451

By: Mark W. Elliott

How was the scriptural imagery used in the Song of Songs to speak of the Bridegroom and the Bride? Mark W. Elliott presents a range of interpretations paying attention to the context of the commentators in the Early Church.

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Wipf and Stock Publishers

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161097154X

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9781610971546

Beware the Evil Eye Volume 4

The Evil Eye in the Bible and the Ancient World—Postbiblical Israel and Early Christianity through Late Antiquity

By: John H. Elliott

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Beware the Evil Eye Volume 4

The Evil Eye in the Bible and the Ancient World—Postbiblical Israel and Early Christianity through Late Antiquity

By: John H. Elliott

This first full-scale study of the Evil Eye in the Bible and the biblical communities has traced in four volumes evidence of Evil Eye belief and practice in the ancient world from Mesopotamia (c. 3000 BCE) to Late Roman Antiquity (c. 600 CE). The fourth and final volume considers the literary and material evidence of the unabated thriving of Evil Eye belief and practice in Israel following the destruction of the Jerusalem temple in 70 CE (chapter 1) and in early Christianity (chapter 2) through Late Antiquity (500-600 CE), with a brief reference to Evil Eye lore in early Islam. Numerous cross-references relate the subject matter of this volume to that of the previous three. A concluding Epilogue (chapter 3) offers some final thoughts on this survey of Evil Eye belief and practice in antiquity and their role in conceptualizing and combatting the pernicious forces of evil in daily life. Beside presenting the first full-scale monograph on the Evil Eye in the Bible and the biblical communities (volumes 3 and 4), the volumes summarize a century of research since the milestone two-volume study of Siegfried Seligmann, Der bose Blick und Verwandtes (1910), and they describe the ecological, historical, social, and cultural contexts within which the biblical texts are best understood. Throughout the study, the Evil Eye in antiquity is treated not as an instance of vulgar superstition or deluded magic, but as a physiological, psychological, and moral phenomenon whose operation was deemed explicable on rational grounds.

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1498230733

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9781498230735

The Economics of the UK Health and Social Care Labour Market

By: Robert Elliott

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The Economics of the UK Health and Social Care Labour Market

By: Robert Elliott

Three million workers delivered health and social care in the UK in 2019, accounting for a tenth of the workforce. These frontline workers were the nurses, doctors, adult care workers, and Allied Health Professions that worked in our hospitals, GP practices, and care homes. Spending on this workforce is the largest single item of cost on health and social care, with fifty percent of the current spend of a typical UK hospital going on its frontline workforce. The Economics of the UK Health and Social Care Labour Market details the size, occupational composition, geographical coverage, and growth of this workforce. Here, Robert Elliott explains why people work in frontline care and what drives the demand for these workers, details the heavy dependence of UK health and social care on foreign trained workers and explores its consequences, and considers how the labour market for frontline workers operates, how these workers' pay is set, and what has happened to it in recent years. Elliott explores the reasons for the acute shortage of some key frontline occupations and explains why economic theory is essential to understanding the way this labour market works and to constructing coherent and effective policy. Finally, the book proposes policies to improve the efficiency of this market and to resolve the problems that currently plague it.

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Oxford University Press

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0198883161

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9780198883166

Beware the Evil Eye Volume 2

The Evil Eye in the Bible and the Ancient World--Greece and Rome

By: John H. Elliott

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Beware the Evil Eye Volume 2

The Evil Eye in the Bible and the Ancient World--Greece and Rome

By: John H. Elliott

In the present volume, Elliott addresses the most extensive sources of Evil Eye belief in antiquity--the cultures of Greece and Rome. In this period, features of the belief found in Mesopotamian and Egyptian sources are expanded to the point where an "Evil Eye belief complex" becomes apparent. This complex of features associated with the Evil Eye--human eye as key organ of information, eye as active not passive, eye as channel of emotion and dispositions, especially envy, arising in the heart, possessors, victims, defensive strategies, and amulets--is essential to an understanding of the literary references to the Evil Eye. This volume, along with chapter 2 of volume 1, sets and illuminates the context for examining Evil Eye belief and practice in the Bible and the biblical communities (the focus of volume 3).

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Wipf and Stock Publishers

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1498204996

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9781498204996

Ennius and the Architecture of the Annales

By: Jackie Elliott

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Ennius and the Architecture of the Annales

By: Jackie Elliott

This book combines a critical survey of the ancient sources for Ennius' Annales with fresh interpretation of the surviving record.

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Cambridge University Press

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1107027489

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Proving Woman

Female Spirituality and Inquisitional Culture in the Later Middle Ages

By: Dyan Elliott

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Proving Woman

Female Spirituality and Inquisitional Culture in the Later Middle Ages

By: Dyan Elliott

Around the year 1215, female mystics and their sacramental devotion were among orthodoxy's most sophisticated weapons in the fight against heresy. Holy women's claims to be in direct communication with God placed them in positions of unprecedented influence. Yet by the end of the Middle Ages female mystics were frequently mistrusted, derided, and in danger of their lives. The witch hunts were just around the corner. While studies of sanctity and heresy tend to be undertaken separately, Proving Woman brings these two avenues of inquiry together by associating the downward trajectory of holy women with medieval society's progressive reliance on the inquisitional procedure. Inquisition was soon used for resolving most questions of proof. It was employed for distinguishing saints and heretics; it underwrote the new emphasis on confession in both sacramental and judicial spheres; and it heralded the reintroduction of torture as a mechanism for extracting proof through confession. As women were progressively subjected to this screening, they became ensnared in the interlocking web of proofs. No aspect of female spirituality remained untouched. Since inquisition determined the need for tangible proofs, it even may have fostered the kind of excruciating illnesses and extraordinary bodily changes associated with female spirituality. In turn, the physical suffering of holy women became tacit support for all kinds of earthly suffering, even validating temporal mechanisms of justice in their most aggressive forms. The widespread adoption of inquisitional mechanisms for assessing female spirituality eventuated in a growing confusion between the saintly and heretical and the ultimate criminalization of female religious expression.

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Princeton University Press

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1400826020

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9781400826025

Beware the Evil Eye, 4-Volume Set

The Evil Eye in the Bible and the Ancient World

By: John H. Elliott

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The Evil Eye in the Bible and the Ancient World

By: John H. Elliott

In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus of Nazareth makes reference to one of the oldest beliefs in the ancient world—the malignity of an Evil Eye. The Holy Scriptures in their original languages contain no less than twenty-four references to the Evil Eye, although this is obscured by most modern Bible translations. John H. Elliott’s Beware the Evil Eye describes this belief and associated practices, its history, its voluminous appearances in ancient cultures, and the extensive research devoted to it over the centuries in order to unravel this enigma for readers who have never heard of the Evil Eye and its presence in the Bible. The four volumes cover the ancient world from Sumer to the Middle Ages.

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1532638515

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9781532638510

Armageddon of a Different Order

Wake Up, America

By: Dennis Dawson Elliott

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Armageddon of a Different Order

Wake Up, America

By: Dennis Dawson Elliott

How did Donald Trump become president? What were his qualifications? What has he accomplished since winning the election? The author suggests answers for those questions and many more in this analysis of one of the world’s most controversial political leaders. With great frequency, Trump has criticized his presidential election opponent and the previous administration even after taking office. Just as concerning, he continues to have little understanding of the power of words and how his declarations have potential negative implications and outcomes with multiple audiences. His repetitive banter has little substance, he relies on Twitter as a means of speaking loudly, and he offers little or no substantiation for his claims. While responsible reporters and media outlets have worked diligently to fact-check his statements, Trump simply dismisses the reporting as “fake news.” This book is a challenge to all Americans to stand up and support their country in reasonable, responsible, and ethical ways regardless of personal ideological leanings. It’s also a thoughtful analysis and warning about Armageddon of a different order.

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iUniverse

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1532062001

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9781532062001

Ceremonies Explained for Servers

A Manual for Altar Servers, Acolytes, Sacristans, and Masters of Ceremonies

By: Peter J. Elliott

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Ceremonies Explained for Servers

A Manual for Altar Servers, Acolytes, Sacristans, and Masters of Ceremonies

By: Peter J. Elliott

Ceremonies Explained for Servers may well be called the "mother of all servers' manuals". This is the most detailed guide available for servers and those who train and supervise them at the altar. In accessible language, Ceremonies covers the roles of servers in a wide range of Catholic liturgical celebrations. These are described in full, such as: the Mass in both the Ordinary and Extraordinary forms, the seven sacraments, the ceremonies of Holy Week, the Liturgy of the Hours, funeral rites, the liturgies that are celebrated by a bishop and major blessings. Ceremonies also provides accurate explanations for each of these rites, with Catholic teaching on the liturgy and sacraments and a history of the ministry of servers. The skills, techniques and discipline involved in serving are explained, such as: how a procession should move, how to assist with incense, team-work and responding in emergencies and unforeseen situations. A spirituality of this ministry runs through the manual, with an underlying theme of service and vocation. In an encouraging personal way, Ceremonies sets out high spiritual ideals that can inspire and guide those who enhance Catholic worship through their ministry.

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Ignatius Press

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1642291021

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9781642291025

Edexcel A level German (includes AS)

By: Paul Elliott,Marcus Waltl,Mariela Affum,Paul Stocker,Amy Bates,Louise Fenner,Helen Kent,Hodder Education

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Edexcel A level German (includes AS)

By: Paul Elliott,Marcus Waltl,Mariela Affum,Paul Stocker,Amy Bates,Louise Fenner,Helen Kent,Hodder Education

Exam Board: Edexcel Level: AS/A-level Subject: German First Teaching: September 2016 First Exam: June 2017 Endorsed for the Edexcel A-level specification from 2016. Develop all four language skills with a single textbook that has clear progression from GCSE and throughout the new A level. - Clear progression through four stages of learning: transition, AS, A-level and extension - Develops language skills through reading, listening, speaking and writing tasks, plus translation and research practice - Exposes students to authentic topical stimulus and film and literature tasters for every work - Equips students with the tools they need to succeed with learning strategies throughout - Prepares students for the assessment with advice on the new individual research project and essay-writing - Builds grammar skills with exercises throughout and a detailed grammar reference section Audio resources to accompany the Student Book must be purchased separately. They can be purchased in several ways: 1) as part of the Boost digital teacher resources; 2) as a separate audio download; 3) as part of the Boost eBook. The audio resources are not part of the Edexcel endorsement process.

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Hodder Education

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1471858243

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9781471858246

Spiritual Marriage

Sexual Abstinence in Medieval Wedlock

By: Dyan Elliott

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Spiritual Marriage

Sexual Abstinence in Medieval Wedlock

By: Dyan Elliott

The early Christian and medieval practice of spiritual marriage, in which husband and wife mutually and voluntarily relinquish sexual activity for reasons of piety, plays an important role in the development of the institution of marriage and in the understanding of female religiosity. Drawing on hagiography, chronicles, theology, canon law, and pastoral sources, Dyan Elliott traces the history of spiritual marriage in the West from apostolic times to the beginning of the sixteenth century.

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Princeton University Press

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1400844347

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9781400844340

Fallen Bodies

Pollution, Sexuality, and Demonology in the Middle Ages

By: Dyan Elliott

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Fallen Bodies

Pollution, Sexuality, and Demonology in the Middle Ages

By: Dyan Elliott

Medieval clerics believed that original sin had rendered their "fallen bodies" vulnerable to corrupting impulses—particularly those of a sexual nature. They feared that their corporeal frailty left them susceptible to demonic forces bent on penetrating and polluting their bodies and souls. Drawing on a variety of canonical and other sources, Fallen Bodies examines a wide-ranging set of issues generated by fears of pollution, sexuality, and demonology. To maintain their purity, celibate clerics combated the stain of nocturnal emissions; married clerics expelled their wives onto the streets and out of the historical record; an exemplum depicting a married couple having sex in church was told and retold; and the specter of the demonic lover further stigmatized women's sexuality. Over time, the clergy's conceptions of womanhood became radically polarized: the Virgin Mary was accorded ever greater honor, while real, corporeal women were progressively denigrated. When church doctrine definitively denied the physicality of demons, the female body remained as the prime material presence of sin. Dyan Elliott contends that the Western clergy's efforts to contain sexual instincts—and often the very thought and image of woman—precipitated uncanny returns of the repressed. She shows how this dynamic ultimately resulted in the progressive conflation of the female and the demonic, setting the stage for the future persecution of witches.

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University of Pennsylvania Press

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081220073X

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9780812200737

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Surviving the Winters

Surviving the Winters

The Third Indochina Conflict

The Third Indochina Conflict

From Midlem Mill to Tippecanoe: An Elliott Family Tale

From Midlem Mill to Tippecanoe: An Elliott Family Tale

The Play's the Thing

The Play's the Thing

The Song of Songs and Christology in the Early Church, 381 - 451

The Song of Songs and Christology in the Early Church, 381 - 451

Beware the Evil Eye Volume 4

Beware the Evil Eye Volume 4

The Economics of the UK Health and Social Care Labour Market

The Economics of the UK Health and Social Care Labour Market

Beware the Evil Eye Volume 2

Beware the Evil Eye Volume 2

Ennius and the Architecture of the Annales

Ennius and the Architecture of the Annales

Proving Woman

Proving Woman

Beware the Evil Eye, 4-Volume Set

Beware the Evil Eye, 4-Volume Set

Armageddon of a Different Order

Armageddon of a Different Order

Ceremonies Explained for Servers

Ceremonies Explained for Servers

Edexcel A level German (includes AS)

Edexcel A level German (includes AS)

Spiritual Marriage

Spiritual Marriage

Fallen Bodies

Fallen Bodies

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