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Lady of Steel and Straw

By: Erica Ivy Rodgers

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Star-crossed lovers grapple with forbidden attraction and a growing army of ghostly dead in this swashbuckling YA fantasy debut. After ten years of exile, following regicide in the House of Tristain, an alarming royal edict is delivered to the immortal scarecrow Guardians who once defended the crown: surrender themselves to the church of the Silent Gods, or stand accused of further treason. But with a puppet prince set to take the throne and vengeful wraiths appearing with alarming frequency, something foul and sinister is at work in the kingdom of Niveaux. Lady Charlotte Sand was born to calm the restless dead. A headstrong heroine, she refuses to relinquish her family’s lavender Guardian to the Cardinal’s Watch—a rash misstep that costs her brother his life and sets her on a path for revenge. For pious and handsome Captain Luc de Montaigne, it’s an excruciating predicament. His long-lost, childhood love has triggered a faction war that could tear the realm asunder. Now Charlotte and Luc must choose between killing one another and stepping closer to victory—or yielding to the electricity between them. Heartily inspired by The Three Musketeers, this multiple-perspective narrative features a unique system of bone and herbal magic, sultry banter, and a feisty cast of well-rounded supporting characters. This rousing first entry in the Waking Hearts fantasy duology is a gorgeous read and an excellent pick for fans of Rin Chupeco and Margaret Rogerson.

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Holiday House

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The Victorian Christmas Brides Collection

9 Women Dream of Perfect Christmases during the Victorian Era

By: C.J. Chase,Susanne Dietze,Rita Gerlach,Kathleen L. Maher,Gabrielle Meyer,Carrie Fancett Pagels,Vanessa Riley,Lorna Seilstad,Erica Vetsch

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The Victorian Christmas Brides Collection

9 Women Dream of Perfect Christmases during the Victorian Era

By: C.J. Chase,Susanne Dietze,Rita Gerlach,Kathleen L. Maher,Gabrielle Meyer,Carrie Fancett Pagels,Vanessa Riley,Lorna Seilstad,Erica Vetsch

Experience a Dickens of a Christmas Faced with the daily extremes of gluttony and want in the Victorian Era, nine women seek to create the perfect Christmas celebrations. But will expectations and pride cause them to overlook imperfect men who offer true love? One Golden Ring by C.J. Chase 1855 Devonshire, England Wounded soldier Tristram Nowell returns home to indulge his mother’s wish for a family Christmas—and encounters Marianna Granville. Can he forgive the former heiress who jilted him years before? Star of Wonder by Susanne Dietze 1875 County Durham, England This Yuletide, Bennet Hett, Lord Harwood, offers Lady Celeste Sidwell matrimony and the Star of Wonder diamond necklace, as their fathers arranged. When the diamond disappears, will they find a greater treasure? The Holly and the Ivy by Rita Gerlach 1900 near Washington, DC A glass ornament. Love letters tied in red Christmas ribbon. Lily Morningstar and British antiquities expert Andrew Stapleton are drawn into a family secret that binds their hearts together. Love Brick by Brick by Kathleen L. Maher 1857 Elmira, New York SarahAnn Winnifred overcomes orphanhood apprenticing with pioneering doctors. Rufus Sedgwick, relocating his English estate, seeks help for his ailing Mum. Christmas reveals the secret wish of both hearts—for love. A Christmas Vow by Gabrielle Meyer 1899 Cambrigeshire, England Lady Ashleigh Arrington is hosting a houseful of guests for Christmas when railroad executive Christopher Campbell unexpectedly arrives from America with a mysterious agreement signed by their fathers before their birth. The Sugarplum Ladies by Carrie Fancett Pagels 1867 Windsor, Ontario, Canada, and Detroit, Michigan When Canadian barrister Percy Gladstone finds his aristocratic British family unexpectedly descending upon him for Christmas, he turns to American social reformer Eugenie Mott and her fledgling catering crew for help. Paper Snowflake Christmas by Vanessa Riley 1837 Framlingham, England How can widow Ophelia Hanover give her son a perfect Christmas when his guardian, the Earl of Litton, arrives early to take permanent custody of the boy? Father Christmas by Lorna Seilstad 1880 Blackpool, England Widowed harpist Beatrix Kent believes love can only come once in a lifetime, but this Christmas, carpenter Hugh Sherman hopes to pull on the musician’s heartstrings and prove her wrong. The Perfect Christmas by Erica Vetsch 1887 London, England Melisande Verity might be in over her head trying to create the perfect Christmas window display, but if she succeeds, will she finally attract the attention of her boss, Gray Garamond?

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Barbour Publishing

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1683229185

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The Brothers Grim

The Films of Ethan and Joel Coen

By: Erica Rowell

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The Brothers Grim

The Films of Ethan and Joel Coen

By: Erica Rowell

The Brothers Grim examines the inner workings of the Coens' body of work, discussing a movie in terms of its primary themes, social and political contexts, narrative techniques, influences, relationship to their other films, and the Coens' referential modus operandi that retreads cinema, literature, history, philosophy, and art to amplify their films' themes.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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0810858509

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The Psychology of Media and Politics

By: George Comstock,Erica Scharrer

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The Psychology of Media and Politics

By: George Comstock,Erica Scharrer

Research indicates that people discount their own opinions and experiences in favor of those of "experts" as espoused in the media. The framing of news coverage thus has a profound impact on public opinion, and political decision making as a response to public outcry. However, the choice of how to frame the news is typically made to solicit viewership and high ratings rather than to convey accurate and meaningful information. The Psychology of Media and Politics discusses why people discount their own opinions, how the media shapes the news, when this drives political decision making, and what the effect is on the future of society. Issues addressed include: - How powerful are the media in shaping political beliefs/judgment? - How has this power changed in recent years? - How does media influence voting behavior? - To what extent do media opinions affect political decision making? - Demonstrates the ways in which the media both constrain and facilitate democratic participation - Provides insight into why individuals have varying levels of attention to and interest in politics - Discusses such issues as political advertising, polls, debates, and journalists' pursuit of scandal - Describes why only some Americans turn out to vote in prominent elections - Offers a model of personal- versus social-level influences that extends beyond politics into other important topic areas - Brings together research and theories from the fields of Communication, Psychology, and Political Science - Reviews hundreds of key sources, both historical and contemporary

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Elsevier

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0080454259

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Birds at Your Feeder

A Guide to Feeding Habits Behavior Distribution and Abundance

By: Erica H. Dunn,Diane L. Tessaglia-Hymes

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Birds at Your Feeder

A Guide to Feeding Habits Behavior Distribution and Abundance

By: Erica H. Dunn,Diane L. Tessaglia-Hymes

Summarizing data from Project FeederWatch, a continent-wide survey sponsored by Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, Bird Studies Canada, National Audubon Society, and the Canadian Nature Federation.

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W. W. Norton & Company

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The Other Side of Terror

Black Women and the Culture of US Empire

By: Erica R. Edwards

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The Other Side of Terror

Black Women and the Culture of US Empire

By: Erica R. Edwards

WINNER, 2022 John Hope Franklin Prize, given by the American Studies Association HONORABLE MENTION, 2022 Gloria E. Anzaldúa Book Prize, given by the National Women's Studies Association Reveals the troubling intimacy between Black women and the making of US global power The year 1968 marked both the height of the worldwide Black liberation struggle and a turning point for the global reach of American power, which was built on the counterinsurgency honed on Black and other oppressed populations at home. The next five decades saw the consolidation of the culture of the American empire through what Erica R. Edwards calls the “imperial grammars of blackness.” This is a story of state power at its most devious and most absurd, and, at the same time, a literary history of Black feminist radicalism at its most trenchant. Edwards reveals how the long war on terror, beginning with the late–Cold War campaign against organizations like the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense and the Black Liberation Army, has relied on the labor and the fantasies of Black women to justify the imperial spread of capitalism. Black feminist writers not only understood that this would demand a shift in racial gendered power, but crafted ways of surviving it. The Other Side of Terror offers an interdisciplinary Black feminist analysis of militarism, security, policing, diversity, representation, intersectionality, and resistance, while discussing a wide array of literary and cultural texts, from the unpublished work of Black radical feminist June Jordan to the memoirs of Condoleezza Rice to the television series Scandal. With clear, moving prose, Edwards chronicles Black feminist organizing and writing on “the other side of terror”, which tracked changes in racial power, transformed African American literature and Black studies, and predicted the crises of our current era with unsettling accuracy.

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NYU Press

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1479808407

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San Francisco

A Food Biography

By: Erica J. Peters

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San Francisco

A Food Biography

By: Erica J. Peters

San Francisco is a relatively young city with a well-deserved reputation as a food destination, situated near lush farmland and a busy port. San Francisco's famous restaurant scene has been the subject of books but the full complexity of the city's culinary history is revealed here for the first time. This food biography presents the story of how food traveled from farms to markets, from markets to kitchens, and from kitchens to tables, focusing on how people experienced the bounty of the City by the Bay.

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0759121532

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The Practical Progressive

How to Build a Twenty-first Century Political Movement

By: Erica Payne

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The Practical Progressive

How to Build a Twenty-first Century Political Movement

By: Erica Payne

Underneath today's elections is a fierce battle for power driven not by the country's elected officials, but by organizations and people you have never heard of. Since the 1964 Goldwater defeat, conservative philanthropists have built a set of ideologically-aligned institutions -- think tanks, legal advocacy organizations, watchdog groups, and media vehicles -- to change the country's intellectual and political climate and to assure conservative political dominance. Progressives finally woke up to this structural disparity and have embarked on one of the most invigorating periods of renewal and growth in political history. This book tells the story of the brightest and best institutions leading this revival.

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Development and the State in the 21st Century

Tackling the Challenges facing the Developing World

By: Erica Frantz,Natasha M. Ezrow,Andrea Kendall-Taylor

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Development and the State in the 21st Century

Tackling the Challenges facing the Developing World

By: Erica Frantz,Natasha M. Ezrow,Andrea Kendall-Taylor

Development and the State in the 21st Century provides a comprehensive analysis of the state's role in contemporary development. The book examines the challenges that states face in the developing world – from lasting poverty and political instability to disease and natural disasters – and explores the ways in which states can build capacity to surmount these challenges. It takes seriously the role that state institutions can play in development while also looking at what institutional reform entails and why this reform is critical for policy recommendations to work. This analysis is set in the context of the evolution of both development practice and development theory. Chapters are organized around the key issues in the field and deploy a wide range of examples from different countries. A range of case studies throughout the text demonstrate the variety of problems development practitioners face and the key theoretical debates surrounding the subject. This text will be particularly useful to students of development and politics who wish to understand how governance and state-building can improve countries' economic performance and end cycles of poverty.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1350311634

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Early Literacy Instruction and Intervention

By: Donna M. Scanlon,Kimberly L. Anderson,Erica M. Barnes,Joan M. Sweeney

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Early Literacy Instruction and Intervention

By: Donna M. Scanlon,Kimberly L. Anderson,Erica M. Barnes,Joan M. Sweeney

This established text and teacher resource is now in a revised and updated third edition, with a broader focus on whole-class instruction as well as small-group and individualized intervention. The evidence-based Interactive Strategies Approach (ISA) provides a clear framework for supporting literacy development in grades K-3, particularly for students who experience reading difficulties. The book gives teachers the knowledge needed to more effectively use existing curricular materials to meet core instructional goals in the areas of phonemic awareness, phonics, word solving/word learning, vocabulary and language skills, and comprehension. Twenty-six reproducible forms can be copied from the book or downloaded and printed from the companion website. Of special value, the website also features approximately 200 pages of additional printable assessment tools and instructional resources. Prior edition title: Early Intervention for Reading Difficulties. Key Words/Subject Area: reading, teaching materials, beginning readers, elementary methods, resources for teachers, textbooks, struggling, difficulties, problems, primary grades, English language learners, emergent bilinguals, phonics, decoding, lessons, word learning Audience: Teachers of children ages 5-8 (grades K-3); literacy coaches; school administrators; teacher educators and graduate students"--

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Guilford Publications

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1462553664

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To Live an Antislavery Life

Personal Politics and the Antebellum Black Middle Class

By: Erica L. Ball

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To Live an Antislavery Life

Personal Politics and the Antebellum Black Middle Class

By: Erica L. Ball

In this study of antebellum African American print culture in transnational perspective, Erica L. Ball explores the relationship between antislavery discourse and the emergence of the northern black middle class. Through innovative readings of slave narratives, sermons, fiction, convention proceedings, and the advice literature printed in forums like Freedom’s Journal, the North Star, and the Anglo-African Magazine, Ball demonstrates that black figures such as Susan Paul, Frederick Douglass, and Martin Delany consistently urged readers to internalize their political principles and to interpret all their personal ambitions, private familial roles, and domestic responsibilities in light of the freedom struggle. Ultimately, they were admonished to embody the abolitionist agenda by living what the fugitive Samuel Ringgold Ward called an “antislavery life.” Far more than calls for northern free blacks to engage in what scholars call “the politics of respectability,” African American writers characterized true antislavery living as an oppositional stance rife with radical possibilities, a deeply personal politics that required free blacks to transform themselves into model husbands and wives, mothers and fathers, self-made men, and transnational freedom fighters in the mold of revolutionary figures from Haiti to Hungary. In the process, Ball argues, antebellum black writers crafted a set of ideals—simultaneously respectable and subversive—for their elite and aspiring African American readers to embrace in the decades before the Civil War. Published in association with the Library Company of Philadelphia’s Program in African American History. A Sarah Mills Hodge Fund Publication.

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University of Georgia Press

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0820344672

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Wild Wool & Colorful Cotton Quilts

Patchwork & Appliqué Houses, Flowers, Vines & More

By: Erica Kaprow

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Wild Wool & Colorful Cotton Quilts

Patchwork & Appliqué Houses, Flowers, Vines & More

By: Erica Kaprow

Make lively medallion quilts with a mix of cotton and wool fabrics. Cotton and wool . . . together at last! Sew gorgeous wallhangings with a home at the heart. Bestselling author Erica Kaprow shares three new medallion quilts with playful pieced backgrounds and perky appliqué. Using a mix of cotton and wool fabrics, you’ll hand stitch houses, flowers, vines, and more. Basic appliqué instructions and links to printable full-size patterns are included. With each border, you’ll fall more in love with these textural quilts infused with color!

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1617458473

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The Good Gut

Taking Control of Your Weight, Your Mood, and Your Long-term Health

By: Justin Sonnenburg,Erica Sonnenburg

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The Good Gut

Taking Control of Your Weight, Your Mood, and Your Long-term Health

By: Justin Sonnenburg,Erica Sonnenburg

This book offers a new plan for health that focuses on how to nourish your microbiota, including recipes and a menu plan. The authors show how we can strengthen the community that inhabits our gut and thereby improve our own health. They look at safe alternatives to antibiotics; dietary and lifestyle choices to encourage microbial health; the management of the aging microb? and the nourishment of your own individual microbiome.

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0143108085

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Failed States and Institutional Decay

Understanding Instability and Poverty in the Developing World

By: Natasha M. Ezrow,Erica Frantz

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Failed States and Institutional Decay

Understanding Instability and Poverty in the Developing World

By: Natasha M. Ezrow,Erica Frantz

What do we mean by failed states and why is this concept important to study? The “failed states” literature is important because it aims to understand how state institutions (or lack thereof) impact conflict, crime, coups, terrorism and economic performance. In spite of this objective, the “failed state” literature has not focused enough on how institutions operate in the developing world. This book unpacks the state, by examining the administrative, security, judicial and political institutions separately. By doing so, the book offers a more comprehensive and clear picture of how the state functions or does not function in the developing world, merging the failed state and institutionalist literatures. Rather than merely describing states in crisis, this book explains how and why different types of institutions deteriorate. Moreover, the book illustrates the impact that institutional decay has on political instability and poverty using examples not only from Africa but from all around the world.

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1441178295

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9781441178299

Promoting Children's Rights in European Schools

Intercultural Dialogue and Facilitative Pedagogy

By: Claudio Baraldi,Erica Joslyn,Federico Farini,Chiara Ballestri,Luisa Conti,Vittorio Iervese,Angela Scollan

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Promoting Children's Rights in European Schools

Intercultural Dialogue and Facilitative Pedagogy

By: Claudio Baraldi,Erica Joslyn,Federico Farini,Chiara Ballestri,Luisa Conti,Vittorio Iervese,Angela Scollan

Promoting Children's Rights in European Schools explores how facilitators, teachers and educators can adopt and use a dialogic methodology to solicit children's active participation in classroom communication. The book draws on a research project, funded by the European Commission (Erasmus +, Key-action 3, innovative education), coordinated by the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy, with the partnership of the University of Suffolk, UK, and the University of Jena, Germany. The author team bring together the analysis of activities in 48 classes involving at least 1000 children across England, Germany and Italy. These activities have been analysed in relation to the sociocultural context of the involved schools and children, a facilitative methodology and the use of visual materials in the classroom, and engaging children in active participation and the production of their own narratives. Each chapter looks at reflection on practice, outcomes, and reaction to facilitation of both teachers and children, drawing out the complex comparative lessons within and between classrooms across the three countries.

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1350217794

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Taking Your iPad to the Max, iOS 5 Edition

Maximize iCloud, Newsstand, Reminders, FaceTime, and iMessage

By: Erica Sadun,Michael Grothaus

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Taking Your iPad to the Max, iOS 5 Edition

Maximize iCloud, Newsstand, Reminders, FaceTime, and iMessage

By: Erica Sadun,Michael Grothaus

Taking Your iPad to the Max, iOS 5 Edition is written so that anyone can quickly get up to speed on Apple’s latest hit. As bloggers at The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW.com), the authors have the happy privilege of working with Apple products every day, and they'll guide you through all of the perks of being an iPad owner with access to all the new and amazing features in iOS 5. This book takes you from selecting and buying an iPad, to connecting it to the Internet, to using the incredible power of the iPad and all its apps to enhance your life. Whether you’re using your iPad to surf the Internet, admire or edit family photos, listen to music, watch movies, create or edit movies, or read a book, this book will help guide you. Discover how your iPad can be a virtual shopping mall, opening the door to purchases of music, books, videos, and movies. This book will help you organize your daily life through the use of Calendar, Notes, and Contacts, communicate with friends and colleagues with Mail, and find your way with Maps. You'll also learn how get the most out of your iPad's two cameras, and you'll learn how iCloud keeps all of your documents and photos in sync across all your Apple devices. You'll also learn about great new iOS 5 features like Reminders, Notification Center, iMessage, Newsstand, and PC-Free updates. Taking Your iPad to the Max, iOS 5 Edition introduces the essentials of using your iPad for recreation, travel, and work—and includes the basics of Apple's iWork suite for iPad. Learn to create business or personal documents with Pages, make professional presentations with Keynote, and keep data and finances under control with Numbers. You'll also learn how to use iLife's suite of apps, including iPhoto, iMovie, and GarageBand on the iPad. No matter how you use your iPad, Taking Your iPad to the Max, iOS 5 Edition will show you how to make the most of it.

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1430240695

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What Women Represent

The Impact of Women in Parliament

By: Erica Rayment

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What Women Represent

The Impact of Women in Parliament

By: Erica Rayment

Political equity advocates and academics often argue that we must elect more women, but what difference does it make if we do? What Women Represent shows that women can and do influence the issues raised and the decisions made in parliamentary debate and decision-making. Using a new framework for thinking about what it means for legislators to represent women and drawing on a database that encompasses five decades of debate in the House of Commons, Erica Rayment investigates which members of Parliament represent women and what issues they address. She then examines the role women parliamentarians played in two instances where governments threatened to curtail previous gender equality gains: the Mulroney government’s attempted recriminalization of abortion and the Harper government’s plans to cut funding and weaken the mandate of Status of Women Canada. Rayment’s analysis decisively shows that parliamentary presence matters for the representation of women’s interests; women MPs, regardless of party, are more likely to act for women and play a critical role when the rights of women are at stake. What Women Represent is the first large-scale analysis of the substantive representation of women in Canadian politics, adding depth and nuance to our understanding of issues of gender in parliamentary institutions.

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0228020972

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Psychology Express: Health Psychology (Undergraduate Revision Guide)

By: Angel Chater,Erica Cook

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Psychology Express: Health Psychology (Undergraduate Revision Guide)

By: Angel Chater,Erica Cook

The Psychology Express undergraduate revision guide series will help you to understand key concepts quickly, revise effectively and make sure your answers stand out. Each text is tailored to engage the reader and help you: Prepare for exams and coursework using sample questions and assessment advice Maximise your marks and approach exams with confidence Quickly grasp key research, critical issues and practical applications This new addition to the Psychology Express revision guide series will provide concise coverage of the key areas of health psychology.

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1447930983

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Dynamics of decision making: from evidence to preference and belief

By: Erica Yu,David A. Lagnado

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Dynamics of decision making: from evidence to preference and belief

By: Erica Yu,David A. Lagnado

At the core of the many debates throughout cognitive science concerning how decisions are made are the processes governing the time course of preference formation and decision. From perceptual choices, such as whether the signal on a radar screen indicates an enemy missile or a spot on a CT scan indicates a tumor, to cognitive value-based decisions, such as selecting an agreeable flatmate or deciding the guilt of a defendant, significant and everyday decisions are dynamic over time. Phenomena such as decoy effects, preference reversals and order effects are still puzzling researchers. For example, in a legal context, jurors receive discrete pieces of evidence in sequence, and must integrate these pieces together to reach a singular verdict. From a standard Bayesian viewpoint the order in which people receive the evidence should not influence their final decision, and yet order effects seem a robust empirical phenomena in many decision contexts. Current research on how decisions unfold, especially in a dynamic environment, is advancing our theoretical understanding of decision making. This Research Topic aims to review and further explore the time course of a decision - from how prior beliefs are formed to how those beliefs are used and updated over time, towards the formation of preferences and choices and post-decision processes and effects. Research literatures encompassing varied approaches to the time-scale of decisions will be brought into scope: a) Speeded decisions (and post-decision processes) that require the accumulation of noisy and possibly non-stationary perceptual evidence (e.g., randomly moving dots stimuli), within a few seconds, with or without temporal uncertainty. b) Temporally-extended, value-based decisions that integrate feedback values (e.g., gambling machines) and internally-generated decision criteria (e.g., when one switches attention, selectively, between the various aspects of several choice alternatives). c) Temporally extended, belief-based decisions that build on the integration of evidence, which interacts with the decision maker's belief system, towards the updating of the beliefs and the formation of judgments and preferences (as in the legal context). Research that emphasizes theoretical concerns (including optimality analysis) and mechanisms underlying the decision process, both neural and cognitive, is presented, as well as research that combines experimental and computational levels of analysis.

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2889192709

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Spinal Cord Injuries - E-Book

Management and Rehabilitation

By: Sue Ann Sisto,Erica Druin,Martha Macht Sliwinski

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Spinal Cord Injuries - E-Book

Management and Rehabilitation

By: Sue Ann Sisto,Erica Druin,Martha Macht Sliwinski

From a hospital admittance to discharge to outpatient rehabilitation, Spinal Cord Injuries addresses the wide spectrum of rehabilitation interventions and administrative and clinical issues specific to patients with spinal cord injuries. Comprehensive coverage includes costs, life expectancies, acute care, respiratory care, documentation, goal setting, clinical treatment, complications, and activities of daily living associated with spinal cord patients. In addition to physical therapy interventions and family education components, this resource includes content on incidence, etiology, diagnosis, and clinical features of spinal cord injury. - Case Studies with clinical application thinking exercises help you apply knowledge from the book to real life situations. - Thoroughly referenced, evidence-based content provides the best evidence for treatment based on the most current research. - Tables and boxes throughout each chapter organize and summarize important information for quick reference. - Clinical Note boxes provide at-a-glance access to helpful tips. - Over 500 clinical photos, line drawings, radiographs, and more bring important concepts to life. - Highly respected experts in spinal cord injury rehabilitation, editors Sue Ann Sisto, Erica Druin, and Martha Sliwinski, provide authoritative guidance on the foundations and principles of practice for spinal cord injury. - Companion DVD includes video clips of the techniques described throughout the book that demonstrate how to apply key concepts to practice.

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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0323063020

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Conversations with Erica Jong

By: Erica Jong

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Conversations with Erica Jong

By: Erica Jong

In Conversations with Erica Jong one of the most popular and controversial of contemporary writers has her say. She was already an established poet when she published Fear of Flying (1973), but the novel's sensational reception came to overshadow all her work. In interviews from 1973 to 2001, Jong relates the extra-ordinary experience she gained as a pioneer of sexual writing from a female point of view. With equal attention to the art of fiction and poetry, she yields her views on the literary scene and on the place of poetry in American society. Among the highlights of the book is Jong's account of the publication of Fear of Flying and its remarkable, best-seller rise. Cast into the role of spokesperson for feminism in the seventies, she has continued to represent her generation of women. In several conversations, she talks about the tensions within feminism over the decades. Jong's fame has been deeply branded by the notoriety associated with sex. She speaks for all women writers who have addressed sexual topics and who have suffered retaliation. She tells the story of the struggle to keep writing honestly when the public's perception of one's work has made one a target. She describes the difficulty of escaping categories created by the media and the critical community and the frustration of living in the shadow of one notorious best-seller. In Jong's writing, humor is a constant, and one of the pleasures of reading these conversations is her abundant wit. Conversations with Erica Jong reveals the writer to be funny, articulate, and passionately committed to her art. Charlotte Templin is the author of Feminism and the Politics of Literary Reputation: The Example of Erica Jong. Her work has appeared in American Studies, The Missouri Review, and Centennial Review.

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Secrets and Surprises

3 Stories in 1

By: Erica Rodgers,Janice Thompson,Linda Carlblom

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3 Stories in 1

By: Erica Rodgers,Janice Thompson,Linda Carlblom

Join the Camp Club Girls on a series of clue-filled adventures and cheer them on as they crack the case in this entertaining 3-in-1 story collection. Whether the Camp Club Girls are attempting to save a nature park from extinction, working to clear a star baseball player’s good name, or deciphering messages beneath shaggy sheep coats, you’ll encounter six charming characters who combine their mystery-solving skills to save the day. More Mysteries from the Camp Club Girls: Get a Clue! - Now Available Mixed-Up Mysteries - Available December 2013

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Barbour Publishing

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1624164056

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Erica White’s Beat Candida Cookbook: Over 340 recipes with a 4-point plan for attacking candidiasis

By: Erica White

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Erica White’s Beat Candida Cookbook: Over 340 recipes with a 4-point plan for attacking candidiasis

By: Erica White

The bestseller that has transformed the lives of thousands – this new edition is thoroughly updated with full factual revisions according to the latest research. From Erica White, nutritionist and one-time candida sufferer, this is the definitive guide to the anti-candida diet, with easy-to-make recipes that will cure you for good.

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0007396538

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Alexis and the Lake Tahoe Tumult

By: Erica Rodgers

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Alexis and the Lake Tahoe Tumult

By: Erica Rodgers

Whether it s finding missing millionaires or rescuing sea lions, you ll love the adventure, as the Camp Club Girls pitch in their personal skills to solve mysteries and save the day!

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1602604061

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Camp Club Girls: Alexis

By: Erica Rodgers

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Camp Club Girls: Alexis

By: Erica Rodgers

GET A CLUE WITH THE CAMP CLUB GIRLS! Join Alexis and the Camp Club Girls as they embark on a series of clue-filled adventures and crack the case in this entertaining and action-packed 4-in-1 mystery collection. What's behind the Jurassic mystery in Sacramento? Alexis and Kate are determined to help save a nature park from extinction. Will the Camp Club Girls discover who--or what's--to blame for the strange events endangering the future of the park so Aspen Heights can stay in business? Is London Bridgefalling down? Alexis and Elizabeth soak up more than British history during the London Bridge festival in Lake Havasu, Arizona. Will the Camp Club Girls manage to construct the clues and bring this mystery to a conclusion before the London Bridge collapses? Does someone have a selfish scheme in the works? When Bailey joins Alexis and her family on a Lake Tahoe ski resort vacation, odd and sometimes dangerous incidents begin to occur at a nearby animal refuge. Are these events the work of a wildlife animal hating group or something even more menacing? The Camp Club Girls are on the case! Who's behind the BIG distractions in Mount St. Helens? When Alexis and McKenzie connect in Washington to shoot a documentary for a kids’ cable show, a local renewed interest in Bigfoot becomes a major distraction. Can the Camp Club Girls come together to find out what's feeding the Big Foot Phenomenon? Whether the Camp Club Girls are trying to save a Sacramento nature park, soaking up British history during the London Bridge festival in Lake Havasu, Arizona, witnessing odd incidents at a Lake Tahoe animal refuge, or filming a documentary for kids in Washington State, you'll encounter six charming, relatable characters who combine their mystery-solving skills to save the day. This is one story collection that’s sure become a favorite of girls everywhere!

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164352125X

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Mixed-Up Mysteries

3 Stories in 1

By: Renae Brumbaugh Green,Jean Fischer,Erica Rodgers

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Mixed-Up Mysteries

3 Stories in 1

By: Renae Brumbaugh Green,Jean Fischer,Erica Rodgers

Join the Camp Club Girls on a series of clue-filled adventures and cheer them on as they crack the case in this entertaining 3-in-1 story collection. Whether the Camp Club Girls are searching for a missing bag of marbles, investigating peculiar tracks in the sand, or attempting to keep the London Bridge from collapsing, you’ll encounter six charming characters who combine their mystery-solving skills to save the day. More Mysteries from the Camp Club Girls: Get a Clue! Secrets and Surprises

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Alexis and the Arizona Escapade

By: Erica Rodgers

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Alexis and the Arizona Escapade

By: Erica Rodgers

What happens when six girls end up in the not only in the same cabin at summer camp, but are quickly embroiled in intrigue? They form a super sleuth ring and call themselves the Camp Club Girls. Each girl uses her special skills—analyzing, spiritual insight, gadgetry, physical skills, research—to help the whole team stump adversaries and master the mysteries they encounter. Join the Camp Club Girls as they find hidden jewels, destroy terrorist plots, uncover intrigue, rescue their friends, and so much more. It’s adventure with a capital A! Your favorite girl will love this exciting new series!

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1607423014

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The Action Research Dissertation

Learning from Leading Change

By: Karen E. Watkins,Erica Gilbertson,Aliki Nicolaides

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The Action Research Dissertation

Learning from Leading Change

By: Karen E. Watkins,Erica Gilbertson,Aliki Nicolaides

2024 SPE Outstanding Book Award Honorable Mention The idea of the doctorate is undergoing a transformation as experts explore the nature of “doctorateness” and its relevance for current organizational and societal challenges. The professional practice doctorate has emerged as a highly useful framework to address these challenges and it necessarily requires a distinctive approach to the doctoral dissertation. The Action Research Dissertation: Learning from Leading Change shares a framework for the action research dissertation, outlining the specific ways in which action research fosters the development of scholar-leaders. It offers both doctoral students who are practitioners in applied fields, and the faculty who guide them in their doctoral research, a comprehensive and applied approach to action research that focuses on facilitating and leading change in organizations, as well as ways to address how to translate the findings of this work into a rigorous, dissertation research study. Throughout the book, the authors explicitly address the connection between the parallel and mutually-reinforcing processes of taking action and conducting research, offering rich insights, tools, and case examples that outline specifically how to use action research to both guide a change effort and generate useful insights to contribute to theory-building. This is an essential book for a variety of readers, including professional practice doctoral students, faculty directing the studies of those students, program administrators, professional development coordinators, and many others. Perfect for courses such as: Introduction to Action Research, Action Research, Applied Research, Qualitative Research, Mixed Methods Research, and Case Study Research

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1975505050

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Great Negroes, Past and Present

Volume two

By: Jawanza Kunjufu,Erica Myles,Nichelle Wilson

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Great Negroes, Past and Present

Volume two

By: Jawanza Kunjufu,Erica Myles,Nichelle Wilson

Brief one- or two-page biographies of important Negroes from ancient to modern times and from many professions including science, education, art, music, and religion.

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0913543594

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Cape Cod and the Islands

By: Erica Bollerud

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Cape Cod and the Islands

By: Erica Bollerud

Each edition of the "Insiders' Guides" series details hotels, restaurants, annual events, attractions, nightlife, parks and recreations, real estate, and much more. Maps, photos & index.

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Falcon Guides

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0762729996

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The Retention Revolution: 7 Surprising (and Very Human!) Ways to Keep Employees Connected to Your Company

By: Erica Keswin

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The Retention Revolution: 7 Surprising (and Very Human!) Ways to Keep Employees Connected to Your Company

By: Erica Keswin

Wall Street Journal Bestseller and Publishers Weekly Bestseller Build a business with relationships at the center, and you will seize the competitive edge in today’s volatile job/or talent market People are quitting their jobs in droves, then coming back. Employees are demanding flexibility, while some leaders insist they return to the physical office. Remote work is incredibly convenient but complicated. The job market is always in flux, but one thing is for sure: the last few years have presented the greatest challenges the business world has ever faced. Don’t freak out. If you accept the new reality and harness the incredible power of healthy, authentic relationships, you can seize the competitive edge in this new world of work. In The Retention Revolution, Keswin makes the case for completely rethinking the nature of work, workers, and workplaces. Rather than view a workforce as a talent pool filled with loyal company employees, you should look at it as a constantly flowing river of dynamic, robust human beings, where people come and go—and often come back. Keswin walks you through this reframing process and replaces seven old ideas that don’t serve anyone anymore with powerful new concepts that drive organizational success, including: Old: Stability leads to growth New: Dynamic change is what powers people and organizations Old: People are only working when you can see them New: Autonomy and flexibility make work work Old: The more technology, the better New: Developing your tech intelligence is paramount Old: Professional development should be job-related New: Companies benefit from well-adjusted employees; personal development is professional development This game-changing playbook is filled with accessible and actionable case studies and research that will prove how transforming these old ideas into new beginnings is good for people, great for business, and just might change the world. With The Retention Revolution, you have everything you need to form deep connections with employees (and even potential employees), starting with the organization’s very first contact with the person and extending to throughout the person’s entire career.

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