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Recovering from the Loss of a Parent

By: Katherine Fair Donnelly

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Recovering from the Loss of a Parent

By: Katherine Fair Donnelly

An extremely well-written, compassionate guide for the millions of people who come face to face with a death in their own families Losing a parent is a traumatic blow, and the grief can seem unbearable. But you are not alone, and you can get through this. In this first book dedicated to the experience of adults who have lost a parent, expert-on-grief Katherine Fair Donnelly shares intimate, telling interviews with surviving sons and daughters, and presents practical ways in which surviving family members can take steps toward recovering from their devastating loss.

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Open Road Media

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150401202X

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9781504012027

Imprisonment Worldwide

The Current Situation and an Alternative Future

By: Coyle, Andrew,Fair, Helen,Jessica Jacobson,Roy Walmsley

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Imprisonment Worldwide

The Current Situation and an Alternative Future

By: Coyle, Andrew,Fair, Helen,Jessica Jacobson,Roy Walmsley

How many people are imprisoned across the globe? What factors can help explain variations in the use of imprisonment in different countries? What ethical considerations should apply to the way imprisonment is used? Providing a comprehensive account of prison populations worldwide, this new work links prison statistics from the last 15 years with considerations of how prisons and prison populations are managed. With commentary from its well-known, respected authors on what is meant by an ethical approach to the use of imprisonment, and how this can be sustained in ever more challenging social, economic and political environments, this book is a major contribution to the knowledge of those currently debating prisons and the use of imprisonment, whether from academic, policy, practitioner, activist or lay perspectives. Its accessible, informative infographics also make it an engaging read and a valuable teaching resource for undergraduate and postgraduate courses in criminology, law, political science and public policy.

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Policy Press

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1447331753

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9781447331759

Improving Upper Canada

Agricultural Societies and State Formation, 1791–1852

By: Ross Fair

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Improving Upper Canada

Agricultural Societies and State Formation, 1791–1852

By: Ross Fair

Agricultural societies founded in the colony of Upper Canada were the institutional embodiment of the ideology of improvement, modelled on contemporary societies in Britain and the United States. In Improving Upper Canada, Ross Fair explores how the agricultural improvers who established and led these organizations were important agents of state formation. The book investigates the initial failed attempts to create a single agricultural society for Upper Canada. It examines the 1830 legislation that publicly funded the creation of agricultural societies across the colony to be semi-public agents of agricultural improvement, and analyses societies established in the Niagara, Home, and Midland Districts to understand how each attempted to introduce specific improvements to local farming practices. The book reveals how Upper Canada’s agricultural improvers formed a provincial association in the 1840s to ensure that the colonial government assumed a greater leadership role in agricultural improvement, resulting in the Bureau of Agriculture, forerunner of federal and provincial departments of agriculture in the post-Confederation era. In analysing an early example of state formation, Improving Upper Canada provides a comprehensive history of the foundations of Ontario’s agricultural societies today, which continue to promote agricultural improvement across the province.

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University of Toronto Press

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1487553552

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9781487553555

Pastimes and Politics

Culture, Community, and Identity in Post-Abolition Urban Zanzibar, 1890–1945

By: Laura Fair

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Pastimes and Politics

Culture, Community, and Identity in Post-Abolition Urban Zanzibar, 1890–1945

By: Laura Fair

The first decades of the twentieth century were years of dramatic change in Zanzibar, a time when the social, economic, and political lives of island residents were in incredible flux, framed by the abolition of slavery, the introduction of colonialism, and a tide of urban migration. Pastimes and Politics explores the era from the perspective of the urban poor, highlighting the numerous and varied ways that recently freed slaves and other immigrants to town struggled to improve their individual and collective lives and to create a sense of community within this new environment. In this study Laura Fair explores a range of cultural and social practices that gave expression to slaves’ ideas of emancipation, as well as how such ideas and practices were gendered. Pastimes and Politics examines the ways in which various cultural practices, including taarab music, dress, football, ethnicity, and sexuality, changed during the early twentieth century in relation to islanders’ changing social and political identities. Professor Fair argues that cultural changes were not merely reflections of social and political transformations. Rather, leisure and popular culture were critical practices through which the colonized and former slaves transformed themselves and the society in which they lived. Methodologically innovative and clearly written, Pastimes and Politics is accessible to specialists and general readers alike. It is a book that should find wide use in courses on African history, urbanization, popular culture, gender studies, or emancipation.

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Ohio University Press

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0821440934

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9780821440933

Notes of a Racial Caste Baby

Color Blindness and the End of Affirmative Action

By: Bryan K. Fair

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Notes of a Racial Caste Baby

Color Blindness and the End of Affirmative Action

By: Bryan K. Fair

Affirmative action, the playing field is now level? Fair ambitiously surveys the most common arguments for and against affirmative action. He argues that we must distinguish between America in the pre-civil rights movement era - when the law of the land was explicitly anti-black - and today's affirmative action policies - which are decidedly not anti-white. He concludes that the only just and effective way both to account for America's racial past and to negotiate.

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NYU Press

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0814726526

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9780814726525

In Wild Trust

Larry Aumiller's Thirty Years Among the McNeil River Brown Bears

By: Jeff Fair

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In Wild Trust

Larry Aumiller's Thirty Years Among the McNeil River Brown Bears

By: Jeff Fair

For thirty years, Larry Aumiller lived in close company with the world’s largest grouping of brown bears, returning by seaplane every spring to the wilderness side of Cook Inlet, two hundred and fifty miles southwest of Anchorage to work as a manager, teacher, guide, and more. Eventually—without the benefit of formal training in wildlife management or ecology—he become one of the world’s leading experts on brown bears, the product of an unprecedented experiment in peaceful coexistence. This book celebrates Aumiller’s achievement, telling the story of his decades with the bears alongside his own remarkable photographs. As both professional wildlife managers and ordinary citizens alike continue to struggle to bridge the gap between humans and the wild creatures we’ve driven out, In Wild Trust is an inspiring account of what we can achieve.

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University of Alaska Press

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1602233233

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9781602233232

Setting the Scene

Perspectives on Twentieth-Century Theatre Architecture

By: Alistair Fair

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Setting the Scene

Perspectives on Twentieth-Century Theatre Architecture

By: Alistair Fair

During the twentieth century, an increasingly diverse range of buildings and spaces was used for theatre. Theatre architecture was re-formed by new approaches to staging and performance, while theatre was often thought to have a reforming role in society. Innovation was accompanied by the revival and reinterpretation of older ideas. The contributors to this volume explore these ideas in a variety of contexts, from detailed discussions of key architects’ work (including Denys Lasdun, Peter Moro, Cedric Price and Heinrich Tessenow) to broader surveys of theatre in West Germany and Japan. Other contributions examine the Malmö Stadsteater, ’ideal’ theatres in post-war North America, ’found space’ in 1960s New York, and Postmodernity in 1980s East Germany. Together these essays shed new light on this complex building type and also contribute to the wider architectural history of the twentieth century.

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Routledge

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1317056914

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9781317056911

Muscles in the Movies

Perfecting the Art of Illusion

By: John D. Fair,David L. Chapman

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Muscles in the Movies

Perfecting the Art of Illusion

By: John D. Fair,David L. Chapman

John Fair and David Chapman tell the story of how filmmakers use and manipulate the appearance and performances of muscular men and women to enhance the appeal of their productions. The authors show how this practice, deeply rooted in western epistemological traditions, evolved from the art of photography through magic lantern and stage shows into the motion picture industry, arguing that the sight of muscles in action induced a higher degree of viewer entertainment. From Eugen Sandow to Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, muscular actors appear capable of performing the miraculous, and with the aid of stuntmen and filming contrivances, they do. By such means, muscles are used to perfect the art of illusion, inherent in movie-making from its earliest days.

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University of Missouri Press

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0826274501

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9780826274502

Scientific Collaboration

Strategies for Successful Research Teams

By: Jeanne M. Fair

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Scientific Collaboration

Strategies for Successful Research Teams

By: Jeanne M. Fair

A narrative guide to help scientists improve their collaboration techniques and build trusting relationships with their research teams. The days of scientists conducting solitary inquiries in isolated labs are effectively over, with most researchers instead collaborating in cross-functional teams. In addition to mastering the technical skills necessary in their respective fields, scientists must now learn strategies for better communication and relationship building to succeed in reaching increasingly sophisticated and interdisciplinary research goals. In Scientific Collaboration, biosecurity researcher and animal disease ecologist Jeanne M. Fair shares exciting--and occasionally cringeworthy--stories of scientists working together as an approachable way to introduce and explain the principles crucial to effective scientific collaboration. From the global community of scientists measuring sea ice decline to cooperative private-public sector investigations of harrowing virus outbreaks, the real-life experiences provide examples of and insights into how scientists rise to meet challenges together. Fair highlights principles for fostering community, integrity, loyalty, communication, and compassion among teams. Scientists can adopt and apply these principles to research collaborations to improve communication and trust among their team members, all while working toward the common goal of discovery. Covering multidisciplinary research teams that have led to transformational breakthroughs as well as stories of hurdles and tough lessons learned, Scientific Collaboration provides a foundation for increasing research productivity while bringing more fun and joy into the collaborative process. This book will appeal to any scientists and team leaders who need to function in this new scientific world, wherein the most important breakthroughs happen through cooperation, combined effort, and mutual trust.

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JHU Press

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1421447444

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9781421447445

The Maryland State Fair: Celebrating 125 Years

By: Paige Horine,Maryland State Fair

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The Maryland State Fair: Celebrating 125 Years

By: Paige Horine,Maryland State Fair

According to Gov. Robert L. Ehrich Jr., "[The Maryland State Fair] is an annual opportunity as Marylanders to come together to celebrate the history, tradition, and charm of our State during the best days of summer." The Maryland State Fair has continued the tradition of delighting Marylanders near and far since the late 1800s. Hosting governors to 4-H'ers, farm animals to farm hands, home arts to computer arts, the fair has always promised something for everyone. Fair favorites such as the sweet, intoxicating scent of warm cotton candy and the heartthundering excitement and majesty of Thoroughbred racing were as much a part of the Maryland State Fair 125 years ago as they are today. Readers can find it all in The Maryland State Fair: Celebrating 125 Years.

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Arcadia Publishing

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1439633460

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9781439633465

The Tifts of Georgia

Connecticut Yankees in King Cotton's Court

By: John D. Fair

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The Tifts of Georgia

Connecticut Yankees in King Cotton's Court

By: John D. Fair

This unique book addresses the under-analyzed subject of internal migration in American historiography by showing the impact of eight generations of a family from New England on the development of Southern Georgia from the eighteenth to the end of the twentieth centuries. Focusing on cross-regional influences, The Tifts of Georgia sheds new light on such traditional topics as paternalism, cultural assimilation, and race relations. Originally from Mystic, Connecticut, the Tifts migrated to Key West, Florida, where they profited from the wrecking trade, set up business operations at various points along the eastern coast of the United States, and eventually made a significant impact on some of the less-developed areas of Georgia. The most important member of the family was Nelson Tift, a pioneer businessman who founded the city of Albany, Georgia, in the 1830s and played a major role on behalf of his adopted state during the Civil War and Reconstruction. His enterprises were often coordinated with his brother Asa in Key West. Their nephew, Henry Harding Tift, founded Tifton and Tift County, and Tift College in Forsyth was named for Henry's wife, Bessie, a major benefactor. Later Tifts were not only involved in the continued development of Albany and Tifton but made significant contributions to the economy and civic life of Macon, Atlanta, and other communities. The most important theme embodied in this monograph is how the Tifts brought Connecticut Yankee values to the South but were in turn transformed into Southerners. The Tifts of Georgia is richly illustrated with charts, maps, and original photographs. This history of an important Georgia family should be of special interest to professional and amateur historians, sociologists, cultural anthropologists, and genealogists.

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Mercer University Press

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0881462187

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9780881462180

Joe Quigley, Alaska Pioneer

Beyond the Gold Rush

By: Cheryl Fair

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Joe Quigley, Alaska Pioneer

Beyond the Gold Rush

By: Cheryl Fair

In May 1891, Joe Quigley embarked on a journey north to try his luck prospecting for gold in Alaska. Although he had been wandering across America since leaving home at 15, this would be the biggest adventure, and the biggest risk, Quigley had ever taken. A project that began as genealogical research into a family's history, this biography traces the life of a fascinating character before, during and after the great Klondike gold rush. Deeply researched, including quotes from Quigley and numerous photographs, this book is more than another tale of the Klondike Gold Rush. It is an intimate look at the inspiring life of a pioneer prospector, who witnessed the exploration and development of one of America's most harsh, beautiful and captivating landscapes.

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McFarland

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1476638748

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9781476638744

Reel Pleasures

Cinema Audiences and Entrepreneurs in Twentieth-Century Urban Tanzania

By: Laura Fair

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Reel Pleasures

Cinema Audiences and Entrepreneurs in Twentieth-Century Urban Tanzania

By: Laura Fair

Reel Pleasures brings the world of African moviehouses and the publics they engendered to life, revealing how local fans creatively reworked global media—from Indian melodrama to Italian westerns, kung fu, and blaxploitation films—to speak to local dreams and desires. In it, Laura Fair zeroes in on Tanzanians’ extraordinarily dynamic media cultures to demonstrate how the public and private worlds of film reception brought communities together and contributed to the construction of genders, generations, and urban citizenship over time. Radically reframing the literatures on media exhibition, distribution, and reception, Reel Pleasures demonstrates how local entrepreneurs and fans worked together to forge the most successful cinema industry in colonial sub-Saharan Africa. The result is a major contribution to the literature on transnational commodity cultures.

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Ohio University Press

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0821446118

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9780821446119

Is Your Child Psychic?

A Guide to Developing Your Child's Innate Abilities

By: Alex Tanous,Katherine Fair Donnelly

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Is Your Child Psychic?

A Guide to Developing Your Child's Innate Abilities

By: Alex Tanous,Katherine Fair Donnelly

A straightforward and inspiring resource for parents searching for insight into their child's psychic experiences. In Is Your Child Psychic?, paranormal researchers Dr. Alex Tanous and Katherine Fair Donnelly suggest that people of all ages, including children, have psychic abilities. A comprehensive guide to understanding and developing a child's natural psychic perception, this book also shows parents how they can use these skills to bolster their child's creativity, problem-solving skills, and self-confidence. Helpful and thought-provoking, Is Your Child Psychic? addresses such topics as: imaginary playmates "out-of-body" experiences psychic dreams left and right brain skills and how they impact psychic awareness understanding the differences between coincidence and real psychic occurrence how meditation can strengthen psychic ability the dangers of suppressing a child's psychic talents With more than fifty pages of fun game-like tests that will help parents to detect and develop their child's psychic abilities, Is Your Child Psychic? is an invaluable resource for parents.

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Penguin

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1101148543

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9781101148549

Morning through the Shadows

By: Marla Fair

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Morning through the Shadows

By: Marla Fair

In 1848 Nancy Cain Boyd fled Ireland and her abusive husband, William, taking their only child Margaret with her. On the ship to America she met a sad and gentle man, Robert McCurdy, and fell in love with him. Nancy and Robert were married that same year. Unfortunately, she was still married to Mr. Boyd.... Morning through the Shadows is based on the true story of Nancy Cain Boyd and Robert McCurdy, the author's ancestors.

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Lulu.com

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1304784908

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9781304784902

Geometry and Atmosphere

Theatre Buildings from Vision to Reality

By: C. Alan Short,Peter Barrett,Alistair Fair,Monty Sutrisna

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Geometry and Atmosphere

Theatre Buildings from Vision to Reality

By: C. Alan Short,Peter Barrett,Alistair Fair,Monty Sutrisna

Drawing on detailed design, construction and financial histories of six prominent Performing Arts buildings with budgets ranging from £3.4 million to over £100 million, Geometry and Atmosphere presents unique and valuable insights into the complex process of building for the arts. Each theatre project, from tailor-made spaces for avant-garde companies to iconic and innovative receiving houses, yields surprising and counter-intuitive findings. For each of the six projects, the authors have interviewed all those involved. Combining these interviews with exhaustive archival research, the authors then provide cross-case analysis which is distilled into guidance for all stakeholders as they transform their initial vision into built reality. In particular, the book challenges the technical focus of existing design guides for the Performing Arts by suggesting that current practice in briefing and design does not serve the Arts community especially well. It shows that there is a need for an approach in which the focus is firmly rooted in the delivery of the driving artistic vision. As well as being of interest to architects, urban designers and those involved in theatre studies, this book will be useful to other sectors where public money is spent on major building projects.

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Routledge

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1351934090

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Recovering from the Loss of a Parent

Recovering from the Loss of a Parent

Imprisonment Worldwide

Imprisonment Worldwide

Improving Upper Canada

Improving Upper Canada

Pastimes and Politics

Pastimes and Politics

Notes of a Racial Caste Baby

Notes of a Racial Caste Baby

In Wild Trust

In Wild Trust

Setting the Scene

Setting the Scene

Muscles in the Movies

Muscles in the Movies

Scientific Collaboration

Scientific Collaboration

The Maryland State Fair: Celebrating 125 Years

The Maryland State Fair: Celebrating 125 Years

The Tifts of Georgia

The Tifts of Georgia

Joe Quigley, Alaska Pioneer

Joe Quigley, Alaska Pioneer

Reel Pleasures

Reel Pleasures

Is Your Child Psychic?

Is Your Child Psychic?

Morning through the Shadows

Morning through the Shadows

Geometry and Atmosphere

Geometry and Atmosphere

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