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Art Et Architecture Au Canada

By: Loren Ruth Lerner,Mary F. Williamson

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Art Et Architecture Au Canada

By: Loren Ruth Lerner,Mary F. Williamson

Identifies and summarizes thousands of books, article, exhibition catalogues, government publications, and theses published in many countries and in several languages from the early nineteenth century to 1981.

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University of Toronto Press

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0802058566

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Who Is Black?

One Nation's Definition

By: F. James Davis

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Who Is Black?

One Nation's Definition

By: F. James Davis

This volume is the Tenth Anniversary Edition of a book that was honored in 1992 as an "Outstanding Book" by the Gustavus Myers Center for the Study of Human Rights in the United States. Reprinted many times since its first publication in 1991, Who Is Black? has become a staple in college classrooms throughout the United States, helping students understand this nation's history of miscegenation and the role that the "one-drop rule" has played in it. In this special anniversary edition, the author brings the story up to date in an epilogue. There he highlights some revealing responses to Who Is Black? and examines recent challenges to the one-drop rule, including the multiracial identity movement and a significant change in the census classification of racial and ethnic groups.

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Penn State Press

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0271044632

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Changing Party Coalitions

The Mystery of the Red State-blue State Alignment

By: Jerry F. Hough

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Changing Party Coalitions

The Mystery of the Red State-blue State Alignment

By: Jerry F. Hough

Exploring the causes of the unnatural red-state/blue-state dichotomy in America, Hough, a professor of comparative politics, ponders the likely effects of the next economic crisis and what it will take to create new party coalitions.

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Algora Publishing

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0875864074

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Alcohol: No Ordinary Commodity

Research and public policy

By: Thomas F. Babor,Sally Casswell,Kathryn Graham,Taisia Huckle,Michael Livingston,Esa Österberg,Jürgen Rehm,Robin Room,Ingeborg Rossow,Bundit Sornpaisarn

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Alcohol: No Ordinary Commodity

Research and public policy

By: Thomas F. Babor,Sally Casswell,Kathryn Graham,Taisia Huckle,Michael Livingston,Esa Österberg,Jürgen Rehm,Robin Room,Ingeborg Rossow,Bundit Sornpaisarn

Alcohol: No Ordinary Commodity is a collaborative effort by an international group of addiction scientists to improve the linkages between addiction science and alcohol policy. It presents, in a comprehensive, practical, and readily accessible form, the accumulated scientific knowledge on alcohol research that has a direct relevance to the development of alcohol policy on local, national, and international levels. It provides an objective basis on which to build relevant policies globally and informs policy makers who have direct responsibility for public health and social welfare. By locating alcohol policy primarily within the realm of public health, this book draws attention to the growing tendency for governments, both national and local, to consider alcohol misuse as a major determinant of ill health, and to organize societal responses accordingly. The scope of the book is comprehensive and global. The authors describe the conceptual basis for a rational alcohol policy and present new epidemiological data on the global dimensions of alcohol misuse. The core of the book is a critical review of the cumulative scientific evidence in seven general areas of alcohol policy: pricing and taxation, regulating the physical availability of alcohol, modifying the environment in which drinking occurs, drinking-driving countermeasures, marketing restrictions, primary prevention programs in schools and other settings, and treatment and early intervention services. The final chapters discuss the current state of alcohol policy in different parts of the world and describe the need for a new approach to alcohol policy that is evidence-based, global, and coordinated. A valuable resource for those involved in addiction science and drug policy, as well as those in the wider fields of public health, health policy, epidemiology, and practising clinicians.

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Oxford University Press

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0192658786

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Fourth and Fifth Corrections and Additions to Pocahontas' Descendants

By: Stuart Ellett Brown,Lorraine F. Myers

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Fourth and Fifth Corrections and Additions to Pocahontas' Descendants

By: Stuart Ellett Brown,Lorraine F. Myers

A list of the descendants of Pocahontas compiled by The Pocahontas Foundation.

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Genealogical Publishing Com

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0806352426

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Intellectual Advancement Through Disciplinarity

Verticality and Horizontality in Curriculum Studies

By: William F. Pinar

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Intellectual Advancement Through Disciplinarity

Verticality and Horizontality in Curriculum Studies

By: William F. Pinar

Skepticism toward disciplinarity, William F. Pinar points out, is etched deeply in the U. S. field, drawn by progressive education’s efforts to reconfigure the school curriculum as child-centered and/or as focused on social reconstruction. Skepticism toward disciplinarity had also been affirmed by Bobbitt and Charters’ positioning of adult activity as the organizer of the school curriculum. Add to these historical dispositions the contemporary legitimation crisis of the academic disciplines and the rage for interdisciplinary, trans-disciplinary, post-disciplinary—anything but disciplinary—research and curriculum becomes intelligible. The intellectual labor of understanding constitutes the discipline of disciplinarity. Through the discipline of disciplinarity one contributes to the field’s intellectual advancement and to one’s own. Appreciating the centrality of disciplinarity to intellectual advancement requires us, Pinar argues, to replace Schwab’s syntactical and substantive structures of the disciplines. Focused on methodology and the concepts research methodology generates, Schwab’s schema was more appropriate to the natural and social-behavioral sciences than it is to the humanities and the arts. Pinar replaces these with two structures more appropriate to a discipline associated with the humanities and the arts and focused on the education of the public: horizontality and verticality. Explicating Spivak’s notion of “planetarity” to specify the structures of subjectivity these structures of disciplinarity invite, Pinar illustrates these concepts through introductions to the scholarship of Ted Aoki, Tom Barone, Mary Aswell Doll, Maxine Greene, James Henderson, Dwayne Huebner, Rita Irwin, David Jardine, Kathleen Kesson, James B. Macdonald, Janet Miller, Marla Morris, Alice Pitt, William Reynolds, John Weaver, among others. Of significance to all specializations in the broad and fragmented academic field of education, Intellectual Advancement through Disciplinarity provides the intellectual tools by means of which education scholars worldwide can participate in the complicated conversation that is internationalization in order to contribute to the intellectual sophistication of their nationally distinctive fields.

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BRILL

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9087902387

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Russell County, Virginia Marriages, 1923-1935

By: Randy F. McNew Crouse

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Russell County, Virginia Marriages, 1923-1935

By: Randy F. McNew Crouse

In Author Spotlight page (link above), look under "About" to find additional Discount Code. A transcription of all information in the Russell County, Virginia Marriage register for the period. A total of 2,746 marriages including some 19,000 individuals were transcribed beginning in 1923 and ending in 1935. Separate groom and bride indices, sorted by surname, are provided. The register contains the names of the parents, ages, birthplaces, marital condition, and residences of the parties and the groom's occupation. Marriage and Occupational statistics are compiled for each year and summarized in tables and graphs. All entries were checked and rechecked using primary sources. This book will be of interest to those tracing family history in Russell County, Virginia, sociologists, demographers and students of depression era Central Appalachia. Includes photos of some of the couples whose marriages are listed here.

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1312934077

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Hal Wallis

Producer to the Stars

By: Bernard F. Dick

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Hal Wallis

Producer to the Stars

By: Bernard F. Dick

Hal Wallis (1898-1986) might not be as well known as David O. Selznick or Samuel Goldwyn, but the films he produced—Casablanca, Jezebel, Now, Voyager, The Life of Emile Zola, Becket, True Grit, and many other classics (as well as scores of Elvis movies)—have certainly endured. As producer of numerous films, Wallis made an indelible mark on the course of America's film industry, but his contributions are often overlooked. Bernard Dick offers the first comprehensive assessment of the producer's incredible career. A former office boy and salesman, Wallis first engaged with the film business as the manager of a Los Angeles movie theater in 1922. He attracted the notice of the Warner brothers, who hired him as a publicity assistant. Within three months he was director of the department, and appointments to studio manager and production executive quickly followed. Wallis went on to oversee dozens of productions and formed his own production company in 1944. Dick draws on numerous sources such as Wallis's personal production files and exclusive interviews with many of his contemporaries to finally tell the full story of his illustrious career. Dick combines his knowledge of behind-the-scenes Hollywood with fascinating anecdotes to create a portrait of one of Hollywood's early power players.

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University Press of Kentucky

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0813159512

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A History of Affirmative Action, 1619-2000

By: Philip F. Rubio

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A History of Affirmative Action, 1619-2000

By: Philip F. Rubio

A readable history that puts the current debates in historical context

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Univ. Press of Mississippi

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1604730315

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Unveiling Fashion

Business, Culture, and Identity in the Most Glamorous Industry

By: F. Godart

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Unveiling Fashion

Business, Culture, and Identity in the Most Glamorous Industry

By: F. Godart

Proposing a comprehensive account of the global fashion industry this book aims to present fashion as a social and cultural fact. Drawing on six principles from the industry, Godart guides the reader through the economic, social and political arena of the world's most glamorous industry.

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Springer

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1137000740

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A Dam for Africa

Akosombo Stories from Ghana

By: Stephan F. Miescher

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A Dam for Africa

Akosombo Stories from Ghana

By: Stephan F. Miescher

Since its construction in the early 1960s, the hydroelectric Akosombo Dam across the Volta River has exemplified the possibilities and challenges of development in Ghana. Drawing upon a wealth of sources, A Dam for Africa investigates contrasting stories about how this dam has transformed a West African nation, while providing a model for other African countries. The massive Akosombo Dam is the keystone of the Volta River Project that includes a large manmade lake 250 miles long, the VALCO aluminum smelter, new cities and towns, a deep-sea harbor, and an electrical grid. On the local level, Akosombo has meant access to electricity for people in urban and industrial areas across southern Ghana. For others, Akosombo inflicted tremendous social and environmental costs. The dam altered the ecology of the Lower Volta, displaced 80,000 people in the Volta Basin, and affected the livelihoods of hundreds of thousands of Ghanaians. In A Dam for Africa, Stephan Miescher explores four intersecting narratives: Ghanaian debates and aspirations about modernization in the context of decolonization and Cold War; international efforts of the US aluminum industry to benefit from Akosombo through cheap electricity for their VALCO smelter; local stories of upheaval and devastation in resettlement towns; and a nation-wide quest toward electrification and energy justice during times of economic crises, droughts, and climate change.

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Indiana University Press

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0253059968

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Forensic Evidence

Science and the Criminal Law, Second Edition

By: Terrence F. Kiely

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Forensic Evidence

Science and the Criminal Law, Second Edition

By: Terrence F. Kiely

Focusing on issues raised at Interpol‘s 14th Forensic Science Symposium, this volume offers a complete overview and analysis of the scientific and legal aspects of each of the forensic disciplines. It updates cases and discusses recent applications of Frye/Daubert, the admissibility of eyewitness identification, the explosion of cases and statutes addressing post-conviction DNA, the rise in attention to cold cases, and other challenges. This is the book that those in the forensic sciences need to have on hand to successfully prepare for what may await them in the courtroom.

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CRC Press

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1420038060

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The Petticoat Affair

Manners, Mutiny, and Sex in Andrew Jackson's White House

By: John F. Marszalek

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The Petticoat Affair

Manners, Mutiny, and Sex in Andrew Jackson's White House

By: John F. Marszalek

In The Petticoat Affair, prize-winning historian John F. Marszalek offers the first in--depth investigation of the earliest -- and perhaps greatest -- political sex scandal in American history. During Andrew Jackson's first term in office, Margaret Eaton, the wife of Secretary of State John Henry Eaton, was branded a "loose woman" for her unconventional public life. The brash, outgoing, and beautiful daughter of a Washington innkeeper, Margaret had socialized with her father's guests and married Eaton very soon after the death of her first husband, shocking genteel society. Jackson saw attacks on Eaton as part of a conspiracy to topple his administration, and his strong defense of her character dominated the first two years of his term, and led to the resignation of his entire cabinet.

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LSU Press

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Resisting Jesus

A Narrative and Intertextual Analysis of Mark’s Portrayal of the Disciples of Jesus

By: Mateus F. De Campos

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Resisting Jesus

A Narrative and Intertextual Analysis of Mark’s Portrayal of the Disciples of Jesus

By: Mateus F. De Campos

In Resisting Jesus, Mateus de Campos evaluates Mark’s negative characterization of the disciples under the rubric of resistance. The study combines narrative and intertextual analyses, providing fresh insights into the evangelist’s Scripturally-informed admonition concerning the nature of discipleship.

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9004463453

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The Eye: A Very Short Introduction

By: Michael F. Land

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The Eye: A Very Short Introduction

By: Michael F. Land

The eye is one of the most remarkable achievements of evolution, and has evolved up to 40 times in different parts of the animal kingdom. In humans, vision is the most important sense, and much of the brain is given over to the processing of visual information. In this Very Short Introduction, Michael Land describes the evolution of vision and the variety of eyes found in both humans and animals. He explores the evolution of colour vision in primates and the workings of the human eye, to consider how that contributes to our visual ability. He explains how we see in three dimensions and the basic principles of visual perception, including our impressive capacity for pattern recognition and the ability of vision to guide action. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.

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0191669806

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A Guide to Biblical Commentaries and Reference Works

10th Edition

By: John F. Evans

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A Guide to Biblical Commentaries and Reference Works

10th Edition

By: John F. Evans

A Guide to Biblical Commentaries and Reference Works, by John F. Evans, summarizes and briefly analyzes all recent and many older commentaries on each book of the Bible, giving insightful comments on the approach of each commentary and its interpretive usefulness especially for evangelical interpreters of the Bible. A Guide to Biblical Commentaries and Reference Works is essentially an annotated bibliography of hundreds of commentators. More scholarly books receive a longer, more detailed treatment than do lay commentaries, and highly recommended commentaries have their author’s names in bold. The author keeps up on the publication of commentaries and intends to update this book every three to four years.

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Zondervan Academic

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0310520975

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Implosion

By: Morris F. Britt

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Implosion

By: Morris F. Britt

This Book was over a dozen years in the making and represents the most comprehensive and documented history of the Lumbee/Tuscarora of the Greater Lumbee Settlement. It compares and contrasts the mixed tribe Lumbees with other tribes in the State of North Carolina and those in South Carolina and Virginia.

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1387132253

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The History of Medicine: A Very Short Introduction

By: William F. Bynum

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The History of Medicine: A Very Short Introduction

By: William F. Bynum

Against the backdrop of unprecedented concern for the future of health care, this i Very Short Introduction/i surveys the history of medicine from classical times to the present. Focussing on the key turning points in the history of Western medicine - such as the advent of hospitals and the rise of experimental medicine - but also offering reflections on alternative traditions such as Chinese medicine, Bill Bynum offers insights into medicine's past, while at the same time engaging with contemporary issues, discoveries, and controversies.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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019921543X

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Setting Limits

Gambling, Science and Public Policy

By: Pekka Sulkunen,Thomas F. Babor,Jenny Cisneros Örnberg

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Setting Limits

Gambling, Science and Public Policy

By: Pekka Sulkunen,Thomas F. Babor,Jenny Cisneros Örnberg

Using a public interest framework, epidemiological evidence, and an international approach, Setting Limits discusses gambling policies that will best serve the public good and minimise harm. Essential reading for policymakers and all those working in gambling research.

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0198817320

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The Films of Carol Reed

By: Robert F. Moss

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The Films of Carol Reed

By: Robert F. Moss

Once enthroned as a major international filmmaker, Carol Reed has long since been banished to a musty corner of movie history. To dust off his work, however, is to discover a dazzling body of films, a canon as remarkable for its diversity as its quality. Building his case, film by film, Robert Moss argues persuasively for a reassessment of this gifted artist, claiming a place for him in the ranks of the world's greatest directors.

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Columbia University Press

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0231059841

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Mycorrhizal Dynamics in Ecological Systems

By: Michael F. Allen

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Mycorrhizal Dynamics in Ecological Systems

By: Michael F. Allen

Interdisciplinary volume on dynamic interactions between plants and fungi and how they scale up to land management and global change.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521831490

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Blasphemies of Thomas Aikenhead

By: Michael F Graham

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Blasphemies of Thomas Aikenhead

By: Michael F Graham

This is the first modern book-length study of the case of Thomas Aikenhead, the sometime University of Edinburgh student who in 1697 earned the unfortunate distinction of being the last person executed for blasphemy in Britain.

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Edinburgh University Press

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0748685189

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Changing Canada

Political Economy as Transformation

By: Wallace Clement,Leah F. Vosko

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Changing Canada

Political Economy as Transformation

By: Wallace Clement,Leah F. Vosko

Changing Canada examines political transformations, welfare state restructuring, international boundaries and contexts, the new urban experience, and creative resistance.

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McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

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0773570993

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Letters That Paul Did Not Write

The Epistle to the Hebrews and the Pauline Pseudepigrapha

By: Raymond F. Collins

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Letters That Paul Did Not Write

The Epistle to the Hebrews and the Pauline Pseudepigrapha

By: Raymond F. Collins

Despite its title, the subject of this book is really not the denial of the Pauline authorship of seven books in the New Testament. The subject of this book is the significance of these books in themselves. The second chapter briefly reviews the religious and cultural conditions within which these books were written, thereby elucidating their origins somewhat. The non-Pauline origin of these seven books raises a host of issues for believers, the churches, and exegetes themselves. The final chapter of this book addresses itself to some of these issues. . . . My real hope is that these reflections help the reader to better understand the sacred page. To the extent that my hope is realized, the true significance of Paul the apostle for the life of the church will be appreciated all the more. --from the Foreword

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Wipf and Stock Publishers

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1597524875

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Federal Royal Commissions in Canada 1867-1966

A Checklist

By: George F. Henderson

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Federal Royal Commissions in Canada 1867-1966

A Checklist

By: George F. Henderson

The subjects inquired into by Canadian federal royal commissions have ranged over such a wide field that the reports and special studies prepared by the 400 commissions since Confederation have become an essential part of any research in Canadian studies. In many cases the special studies which are always prepared by the best experts available stand as the most important works ever to appear on a given subject. For example, the studies used by the Royal Commission on Dominion-Provincial Relations (1937-1940) are still used as required reading in both graduate and undergraduate university courses almost thirty years later. In the author's work as Government Documents Librarian, he witnesses the daily use of royal commission material. The importance attached to royal commission documents and the considerable difficulty in locating many of the earlier reports let Henderson to undertake the compilation of this checklist four years ago.

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University of Toronto Press

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1487590008

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Parrots of the Wild

A Natural History of the World's Most Captivating Birds

By: Catherine A. Toft,Timothy F. Wright

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Parrots of the Wild

A Natural History of the World's Most Captivating Birds

By: Catherine A. Toft,Timothy F. Wright

Parrots of the Wild is an exhaustive compendium of information about parrots, from their evolutionary history to their behavior to present-day conservation issues. A must-have for anyone interested in these amazing creatures." —Irene M. Pepperberg, Professor at Harvard University and author of Alex & Me: How a Scientist and a Parrot Discovered a Hidden World of Animal Intelligence—and Formed a Deep Bond in the Process "If you like parrots then you'll love this book. From their evolutionary past to their modern-day love lives, Parrots of the Wild presents a suitably captivating read. I thought I knew a lot about parrots--until I delved into these pages." —Tony Juniper, author of What Has Nature Ever Done for Us? and Spix’s Macaw: The Race to Save the World’s Rarest Bird Parrots of the Wild explores recent scientific discoveries and what they reveal about the lives of wild parrots, which are among the most intelligent and rarest of birds. Catherine A. Toft and Tim Wright discuss the evolutionary history of parrots and how this history affects perceptual and cognitive abilities, diet and foraging patterns, and mating and social behavior. The authors also discuss conservation status and the various ways different populations are adapting to a world that is rapidly changing. The book focuses on general patterns across the 350-odd species of parrots, as well as what can be learned from interesting exceptions to these generalities. A synthetic account of the diversity and ecology of wild parrots, this book distills knowledge from the authors’ own research and from their review of more than 2,400 published scientific studies. The book is enhanced by an array of illustrations, including nearly ninety color photos of wild parrots represented in their natural habitats. Parrots of the Wild melds scientific exploration with features directed at the parrot enthusiast to inform and delight a broad audience.

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Univ of California Press

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0520962648

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The Decision to Trust

How Leaders Create High-Trust Organizations

By: Robert F. Hurley

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The Decision to Trust

How Leaders Create High-Trust Organizations

By: Robert F. Hurley

A proven model to create high-performing, high-trust organizations Globally, there has been a decline in trust over the past few decades, and only a third of Americans believe they can trust the government, big business, and large institutions. In The Decision to Trust, Robert Hurley explains how this new culture of cynicism and distrust creates many problems, and why it is almost impossible to manage an organization well if its people do not trust one another. High-performing, world-class companies are almost always high-trust environments. Without this elusive, important ingredient, companies cannot attract or retain top talent. In this book, Hurley reveals a new model to measure and repair trust with colleagues managers and employees. Outlines a proven Decision to Trust Model (DTM) of ten factors that establish whether or not one party will trust the other Filled with original examples from Daimler, PriceWaterhouse Coopers, Goldman Sachs, Microsoft, QuikTrip, General Electric, Procter and Gamble, AzKoNobel, Johnson and Johnson, Whole Foods, and Zappos Reveals how leaders in Asia, Europe, and North America have used the DTM to build high-trust organizations Covering trust building in teams, across functions, within organizations and across national cultures, The Decision to Trust shows how any organization can improve trust and the bottom line.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1118072642

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Bhakti Yoga

Tales and Teachings from the Bhagavata Purana

By: Edwin F. Bryant

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Bhakti Yoga

Tales and Teachings from the Bhagavata Purana

By: Edwin F. Bryant

Bhakti, or devotion, is the central concept of Hinduism. This book explores bhakti through examining one particular tradition with Hinduism and the key practices, beliefs, and texts associated with it, which are all nearly in the form of parable-like stories"--

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North Point Press

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0865477752

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