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Shattered Lives

By: Gail Sorenson

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Shattered Lives follows the cat-and-mouse game of a seasoned detective and a serial killer. Jack Ireland is a man who worked his way up through the ranks and became chief investigator for Dakota County Criminal Investigative Division. As such, he is called in to lead an investigation of a serial killer who is striking terror in the small communities surrounding the Twin Cities. The psychopath leaves a calling card, a purple button on each of his victims bodies. As the investigation intensifies, the killer begins to taunt the detective personally, vindictively, and destructively. Soon women who are connected to Jack begin to disappear. What is the killers vendetta toward Detective Jack Ireland, and can he stop this maniac before he shatters his life completely?

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Xlibris Corporation

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1524526673

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9781524526672

Literate Lives in the Information Age

Narratives of Literacy From the United States

By: Cynthia L. Selfe,Gail E. Hawisher

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Literate Lives in the Information Age

Narratives of Literacy From the United States

By: Cynthia L. Selfe,Gail E. Hawisher

This book chronicles the development of electronic literacies through the stories of individuals with varying backgrounds and skills. Authors Cynthia L. Selfe and Gail E. Hawisher employ these stories to begin tracing technological literacy as it has emerged over the last few decades within the United States. They selected 20 case studies from the corpus of more than 350 people who participated in interviews or completed a technological literacy questionnaire during six years of their study. The book is organized into seven chapters that follow the 20 participants in their efforts to acquire varying degrees of technological literacy. Each chapter situates the participants' life-history accounts in the cultural ecology of the time, tracing major political, economic, social, and educational events, factors, and trends that may have influenced--and been influenced by--literacy practices and values. These literacy histories are richly sown with information that can help those in composition and writing studies situate the processes of acquiring the literacies of technology in specific cultural, material, educational, and familial contexts. These case studies provide initial clues about combinations of factors that affect--and are affected by--technological literacy acquisition and development. The first-hand accounts presented here offer, in abundant detail, everyday literacy experiences that can help educators, parents, policymakers, and writing teachers respond to today's students in more informed ways.

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Routledge

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1135631204

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9781135631208

One Room

Schools and Schoolteachers in the Pioneer West

By: Gail L. Jenner

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One Room

Schools and Schoolteachers in the Pioneer West

By: Gail L. Jenner

A fond recollection of the West’s one-room school houses, this book celebrates an American institution with stories of heroism and perseverance. Illustrated with archival images of classrooms and students, One Room reflects the earnest striving and innocent hopes of pioneers forging communities. Learn about the unsung and yet mythical frontiersmen and women who “civilized” the west, the children who attended one-room schools, and the teachers who faced hardships on the frontier, including blizzards, fires, and teaching the three “R’s.”

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1493036696

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9781493036691

Where Monsters Walked

California Locations of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films, 1925-1965

By: Gail Orwig,Raymond Orwig

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Where Monsters Walked

California Locations of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films, 1925-1965

By: Gail Orwig,Raymond Orwig

This richly illustrated guide to dozens of California filming locations covers five decades of science fiction, fantasy and horror movies, documenting such familiar places as the house used in Psycho and the Bronson Caves of Robot Monster, along with less well known sites from films like Lost Horizon and Them! Arranged alphabetically by movie title--from Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves to Zotz!--the entries provide many "then" and "now" photos, with directions to the locations.

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McFarland

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147666840X

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9781476668406

Old Lovegood Girls

By: Gail Godwin

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Old Lovegood Girls

By: Gail Godwin

As always, wry, beadyeyed, acute." -Margaret Atwood, via Twitter From the bestselling, award-winning author of Flora and Evensong comes the story of two remarkable women and the complex friendship between them that spans decades. When the dean of Lovegood Junior College for Girls decides to pair Feron Hood with Merry Jellicoe as roommates in 1958, she has no way of knowing the far-reaching consequences of the match. Feron, who has narrowly escaped from a dark past, instantly takes to Merry and her composed personality. Surrounded by the traditions and four-story Doric columns of Lovegood, the girls--and their friendship--begin to thrive. But underneath their fierce friendship is a stronger, stranger bond, one comprised of secrets, rivalry, and influence--with neither of them able to predict that Merry is about to lose everything she grew up taking for granted, and that their time together will be cut short. Ten years later, Feron and Merry haven't spoken since college. Life has led them into vastly different worlds. But, as Feron says, once someone is inside your “reference aura,” she stays there forever. And when each woman finds herself in need of the other's essence, that spark--that remarkable affinity, unbroken by time--between them is reignited, and their lives begin to shift as a result. Luminous and masterfully crafted, Old Lovegood Girls is the story of a powerful friendship between talented writers, two college friends who have formed a bond that takes them through decades of a fast-changing world, finding and losing and finding again the one friendship that defines them.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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1632868210

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9781632868213

Harlequin Romantic Suspense August 2013 Bundle

Copper Lake Encounter\Colton by Blood\Last Chance Reunion\A Kiss to Die for

By: Marilyn Pappano,Melissa Cutler,Linda Conrad,Gail Barrett

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Harlequin Romantic Suspense August 2013 Bundle

Copper Lake Encounter\Colton by Blood\Last Chance Reunion\A Kiss to Die for

By: Marilyn Pappano,Melissa Cutler,Linda Conrad,Gail Barrett

Harlequin Romantic Suspense brings you four new titles for one great price, available now for a limited time only from August 1 to August 31! Looking for heart-racing romance and high-stakes suspense? This Harlequin Romantic Suspense bundle includes Copper Lake Encounter by Marilyn Pappano, Colton by Blood by Melissa Cutler, Last Chance Reunion (2-in-1) by Linda Conrad and A Kiss to Die For by Gail Barrett. Look for 4 new compelling stories every month from Harlequin Romantic Suspense!

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Harlequin

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1459254651

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9781459254657

The Fellow Servants

By: Gail Ylitalo

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The Fellow Servants

By: Gail Ylitalo

When reporter Whitney Noland learns that she has cancer, she decides to do an in-depth investigation on researchers who are seeking the illusive cure to the deadly disease. She follows a trail of deception and wealth that leads her into a secret society composed of self-perceived "fellow servants"-a society that, if exposed, would change the world of medicine forever. As Whitney desperately struggles to escape her fate, a web of murder and intrigue draws her deeper and deeper into this underworld of power and greed.

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Lulu.com

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1411616863

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9781411616868

Journey to Freedom

By: Gail Shaffer Blankenau

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Journey to Freedom

By: Gail Shaffer Blankenau

With her fourth solo album, Michelle Williams takes listeners on a faith-filled journey. It also includes the single Say Yes, which features her fellow Destiny's Child members Kelly Rowland and Beyonce.

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U of Nebraska Press

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1496238605

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9781496238603

Running Past Fifty

Advice and Inspiration for Senior Runners

By: Gail Waesche Kislevitz

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Running Past Fifty

Advice and Inspiration for Senior Runners

By: Gail Waesche Kislevitz

Running brings joy and health benefits to all participants, especially those of the baby boomer generation. But when legs get sore, joints feel achy, and old age creeps up, sometimes senior runners need a little extra motivation to get out of the door and on the road. In Running Past Fifty, lifelong runner Gail Waesche Kislevitz provides helpful tips and motivation from thirty-six runners aged fifty or older. Presenting time-tested recommendations, Kislevitz interviews some of the nation’s greatest senior runners. Included here are exclusive interviews with greats such as Ed Whitlock, who, at the age of eighty-five, set an age-division world record of 3:56 in the marathon; Bill Rodgers, winner of four Boston Marathons and four New York City Marathons; George Hirsch, chairman of New York Road Runners; Olympian and author Jeff Galloway; world record holder Sid Howard; and runner and women’s pioneer runner and advocate Kathrine Switzer And legendary runners aren’t the only ones running well into seniority. Kislevitz also offers motivational stories from average runners who hit the pavement frequently and refuse to let their age stop them from competing regularly. Baby boomer runners may be slower than they once were, but they show no signs of slowing down. Inspiring and insightful, Running Past Fifty is the perfect read for every one of them.

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Simon and Schuster

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1510736301

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9781510736306

Women and China's Revolutions

By: Gail Hershatter

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Women and China's Revolutions

By: Gail Hershatter

If we place women at the center of our account of China’s last two centuries, how does this change our understanding of what happened? This deeply knowledgeable book illuminates the places where the Big History of recognizable events intersects with the daily lives of ordinary people, using gender as its analytic lens. Leading scholar Gail Hershatter asks how these events affected women in particular, and how women affected the course of these events. For instance, did women have a 1911 revolution? A socialist revolution? If so, what did those revolutions look like? Which women had them? Hershatter uses two key themes to frame her analysis. The first is the importance of women’s visible and invisible labor. The labor of women in domestic and public spaces shaped China’s move from empire to republic to socialist nation to rising capitalist power. The second is the symbolic work performed by gender itself. What women should do and be was a constant topic of debate during China’s transformation from empire to weak state to partially occupied territory to nascent socialist republic to reform-era powerhouse. What sorts of concerns did people express through the language of gender? How did that language work, and why was it so powerful? Drawing on decades of Hershatter’s groundbreaking scholarship and mastery of a range of literatures, this beautifully written book will be essential reading for all students of China’s modern history.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1442215704

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9781442215702

Fools Rush In

A sweet love at first sight novella set in a Las Vegas wedding chapel

By: Gail R. Delaney

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Fools Rush In

A sweet love at first sight novella set in a Las Vegas wedding chapel

By: Gail R. Delaney

Because it's hard to talk when your heart is pounding and your palms are sweating and you are almost positive you just walked into your future." Despite all personal evidence to the contrary, Daniel Marsden believed not only in the forever kind of love, but in the possibility of love at first sight. All you have to be is open to the possibility when it walks through your door. What's a hopeless romantic born and raised in Vegas to do but own the First, Last, Everything Wedding Chapel. He facilitated love every day, but had yet to find that forever feeling for himself. Despite the evidence in her own family that the exciting, forever kind of love not only existed but could happen at a glance, Tessa Spalaris has given up on feeling that instant, unmistakable, undeniable truth. She wants a certain kind of future, and she thought she was willing to compromise and accept one form of love offered when another was all she wanted. Two people who would never have met under any remotely normal circumstances have to decide, each for themselves, to stay safe or take the leap. The song said fools rush in, but what if the fool is the one who walks away?

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Irish Eyes Books

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1949705099

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9781949705096

Imports and Immigrants

Near Eastern Contacts with Iron Age Crete

By: Gail L. Hoffman

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Imports and Immigrants

Near Eastern Contacts with Iron Age Crete

By: Gail L. Hoffman

A reassessment of artistic relationships between ancient Greece and other regions of the Aegean basin

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University of Michigan Press

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0472107704

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9780472107704

Indian Country

Essays on Contemporary Native Culture

By: Gail Guthrie Valaskakis

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Indian Country

Essays on Contemporary Native Culture

By: Gail Guthrie Valaskakis

Since first contact, Natives and newcomers have been involved in an increasingly complex struggle over power and identity. Modern “Indian wars” are fought over land and treaty rights, artistic appropriation, and academic analysis, while Native communities struggle among themselves over membership, money, and cultural meaning. In cultural and political arenas across North America, Natives enact and newcomers protest issues of traditionalism, sovereignty, and self-determination. In these struggles over domination and resistance, over different ideologies and Indian identities, neither Natives nor other North Americans recognize the significance of being rooted together in history and culture, or how representations of “Indianness” set them in opposition to each other. In Indian Country: Essays on Contemporary Native Culture, Gail Guthrie Valaskakis uses a cultural studies approach to offer a unique perspective on Native political struggle and cultural conflict in both Canada and the United States. She reflects on treaty rights and traditionalism, media warriors, Indian princesses, powwow, museums, art, and nationhood. According to Valaskakis, Native and non-Native people construct both who they are and their relations with each other in narratives that circulate through art, anthropological method, cultural appropriation, and Native reappropriation. For Native peoples and Others, untangling the past—personal, political, and cultural—can help to make sense of current struggles over power and identity that define the Native experience today. Grounded in theory and threaded with Native voices and evocative descriptions of “Indian” experience (including the author’s), the essays interweave historical and political process, personal narrative, and cultural critique. This book is an important contribution to Native studies that will appeal to anyone interested in First Nations’ experience and popular culture.

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Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press

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1554588103

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9781554588107

Academy Awards

The Complete Unofficial History

By: Gail Kinn,Jim Piazza

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Academy Awards

The Complete Unofficial History

By: Gail Kinn,Jim Piazza

THE definitive guide to the Academy Awards, from the very first ceremony to this year's 80th anniversary spectacular, includes EVERY nominee and winner in EVERY category?and has been fully updated to include the most recent winners and losers, unforgettable photographs, and highlights. Written by film experts who are sought out every year for their insider knowledge of movies and Hollywood, this book is both a comprehensive reference and a detailed history of the Academy Awards, complete with each year's facts, highlights, and controversies?all told with authority and attitude. Packed with more than 500 photographs from the Oscar ceremonies and red carpet as well as the movies themselves, it outdoes any other book on the market in both information and illustrations. And compared to boring "official" books with less reportage and much less color, this "unauthorized" book delivers what fans want most: ALL the facts, enhanced by juicy commentary and pictures galore. Now in its fourth edition, it?s the most popular, comprehensive, lavishly illustrated, and enjoyable Oscar book out there.

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Black Dog & Leventhal

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1579123961

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9781579123963

Roy Lichtenstein

American Indian Encounters

By: Gail Stavitsky,Twig Johnson,Montclair Art Museum

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Roy Lichtenstein

American Indian Encounters

By: Gail Stavitsky,Twig Johnson,Montclair Art Museum

One of America's leading Pop artists, Roy Lichtenstein was a master of stereotype. He had a little-known but deep appreciation for the objects and images of American Indian culture. This book explores in detail and illustrates a collection of his paintings and works on paper that were influenced by his encounters with Native American subjects.

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Rutgers University Press

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081353738X

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Type Speaks

A Lexicon of Expressive, Emotional, and Symbolic Typefaces

By: Steven Heller,Gail Anderson

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Type Speaks

A Lexicon of Expressive, Emotional, and Symbolic Typefaces

By: Steven Heller,Gail Anderson

An essential resource to using contemporary typefaces for effective communication Type is the handwriting of the 21st century, lending its expressive voice to the language of all written communication. Type Speaks is the first book to explore type as a medium that conveys emotions, concepts, and ideas, filled with hundreds of new fonts available through digital foundries. Some exude joy, radiate serenity, or jangle the nerves; some sell or persuade or command or seduce. More than ever before, a great range of type choices, both conventional and unconventional, is available to graphic design professionals and nonprofessionals alike. In this new world, Type Speaks will be an essential reference for anyone crafting messages in words.

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Abrams

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1647001692

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9781647001698

The Professional Doctorate

A Practical Guide

By: John Fulton,Judith Kuit,Gail Sanders

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The Professional Doctorate

A Practical Guide

By: John Fulton,Judith Kuit,Gail Sanders

This resource contains concrete, practical guidance for anyone wishing to study for a professional doctorate. It explores the nuts and bolts of the professional doctorate, from framing a research question to putting together a portfolio, and supports readers in the development of deeper critical and reflective skills. This book also provides readers with valuable advice on working with their supervisor, disseminating their findings and influencing their community of practice. Chapters are complemented by hands-on activities and a wealth of case studies which draw on the experiences of real students. This book will be essential reading for both prospective and current professional doctorate students in any subject area.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1137024208

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9781137024206

Sisters of Prophecy

By: Jude Pittman,Gail Roughton

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Sisters of Prophecy

By: Jude Pittman,Gail Roughton

The Shipton history is—well—complicated. Some families have a guardian angel. The Shiptons have a guardian ancestor, one who jumps right in, boots first, whenever one of her girls has a problem. Of course, Mother Shipton’s girls aren’t always limited by blood ties. They’re connected by power, shared and used wisely. That power needs to get busy, too, or Katherine’s oilman fiancé is going to disappear for good in the Gulf of Mexico, Katherine’s best friend Sylvia is never going to reconnect with her childhood soul mate, and Irene’s world champion saddle bronc rider fiancé Matt Dillon (yep, that’s his real name) might end up under the hooves of one of those bucking broncos. It’s a good thing Mother has back-up in the form of Lillian Shipton, this era’s family troubleshooter. The spider-web of trouble stretching between these three modern Sisters of Prophecy might be too much for even a time-traveling guardian like Mother Shipton to handle on her own!

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BWL Publishing Inc.

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0228604141

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9780228604143

Blood and Germs

The Civil War Battle Against Wounds and Disease

By: Gail Jarrow

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Blood and Germs

The Civil War Battle Against Wounds and Disease

By: Gail Jarrow

Acclaimed author Gail Jarrow, recipient of a 2019 Robert F. Sibert Honor Award, explores the science and grisly history of U.S. Civil War medicine, using actual medical cases and first-person accounts by soldiers, doctors, and nurses. The Civil War took the lives of hundreds of thousands of Americans and left countless others with disabling wounds and chronic illnesses. Bullets and artillery shells shattered soldiers' bodies, while microbes and parasites killed twice as many men as did the battles. Yet from this tragic four-year conflict came innovations that enhanced medical care in the United States. With striking detail, this nonfiction book reveals battlefield rescues, surgical techniques, medicines, and patient care, celebrating the men and women of both the North and South who volunteered to save lives.

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Astra Publishing House

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1635923344

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9781635923346

The Events of October"

Murder-Suicide on a Small Campus

By: Gail Griffin

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The Events of October"

Murder-Suicide on a Small Campus

By: Gail Griffin

The true story of a murder-suicide at Kalamazoo College and its rippling effects on the campus community. On a Sunday night during Homecoming weekend in 1999, Neenef Odah lured his ex-girlfriend, Maggie Wardle, to his dorm room at Kalamazoo College and killed her at close range with a shotgun before killing himself. In the wake of this tragedy, the community of the small, idyllic liberal arts college struggled to characterize the incident, which was even called "the events of October" in a campus memo. In this engaging and intimate examination of Maggie and Neenef’s deaths, author and Kalamazoo College professor Gail Griffin attempts to answer the lingering question of "how could this happen?" to two seemingly normal students on such a close-knit campus. Griffin introduces readers to Maggie and Neenef—a bright and athletic local girl and the quiet Iraqi-American computer student—and retraces their relationship from multiple perspectives, including those of their friends, teachers, and classmates. She examines the tension that built between Maggie and Neenef as his demands for more of her time and emotional support grew, eventually leading to their breakup. After the deaths take place, Griffin presents multiple reactions, including those of Maggie’s friends who were waiting for her to return from Neenef’s room, the students who heard the shotgun blasts in the hallway of Neenef’s dorm, the president who struggled to guide a grieving campus, and the facilities manager in charge of cleaning up the crime scene. Griffin also uses Maggie and Neenef’s story to explore larger issues of intimate partner violence, gun accessibility, and depression and suicide on campus as she attempts to understand the lasting importance of their tragic deaths. Griffin’s use of source material, including college documents, official police reports, Neenef’s suicide note, and an instant message record between perpetrator and victim, puts a very real face on issues of violence against women. Readers interested in true crime, gender studies, and the culture of colleges and universities will appreciate "The Events of October.

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Wayne State University Press

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0814336922

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9780814336922

Michigan Memorial Park

By: Gail D. Hershenzon

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Michigan Memorial Park

By: Gail D. Hershenzon

In 1926, a former two-time University of Michigan All-American football hero decided that a pastoral area of Huron Township could be transformed into a cemetery. Two years later, Michigan Memorial Park opened its gates to begin serving the needs of this growing community tucked away in a corner of the township located southwest of Detroit. Bordering on the peaceful Huron River, this former home to the Wyandott tribe and later French settlers has become a sprawling 300-acre parcel of land still surrounded by woods and farmland. It is Michigan's largest nondenominational cemetery whose ownership has remained in the same family for four generations. Thousands of trees, a plethora of sculptures and fountains, and swan-filled ponds adorn the gardenlike grounds adding to the tranquility experienced by all those who visit. Michigan Memorial Park has remained one of the pillars of the community, not only providing a resting place for many thousands who have passed away but also giving back to the community through its involvement in civic activities.

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Arcadia Publishing

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0738551597

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9780738551593

African-American Artists, 1929-1945

Prints, Drawings, and Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art

By: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.),Lisa Gail Collins,Lisa Mintz Messinger,Rachel Mustalish

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African-American Artists, 1929-1945

Prints, Drawings, and Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art

By: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.),Lisa Gail Collins,Lisa Mintz Messinger,Rachel Mustalish

This handsome book focuses on the work of African-American artists during the Depression and the war years, when government-sponsored programs led to a resurgence in artistic production throughout the United States.

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Metropolitan Museum of Art

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0300098774

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9780300098778

The Goddard Guide to Arthropods of Medical Importance

By: Gail Miriam Moraru,Jerome Goddard II

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The Goddard Guide to Arthropods of Medical Importance

By: Gail Miriam Moraru,Jerome Goddard II

Covering all major arthropods of medical importance worldwide, this award-winning resource has established itself as a standard reference for almost 25 years. With the globilization of commerce and the world becoming more intimately connected through the everyday ease of travel, unknown arthropod species are being increasingly encountered. This means access to up-to-date, authoritative information in medical entomology has never been more important. Now in its seventh edition, this book maintains its well-acclaimed status as the ultimate easy-to-use guide to identify disease-carrying arthropods, the common signs and symptoms of vector-borne diseases, and the current recommended procedures for treatment. Includes an in-depth chapter with diagnostic aids to help physicians to recognize and accurately diagnose arthropod-related diseases and conditions more easily Updates all chapters with the latest medical and scientific findings, including Zika virus, red meat allergy, new viruses found in ticks, and vaccine development for malaria and dengue fever Presents a greater medical parasitology emphasis throughout Offers electronic downloads containing additional photographs of arthropod-caused diseases and lesions, as well as instructional videos with pest identification aids, basic entomology, and insect and pest ecology. Illustrated throughout with detailed color images to aid identification, The Goddard Guide to Arthropods of Medical Importance, Seventh Edition will remain an essential guide for physicians, public health officials, and pest control professionals.

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CRC Press

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1351630148

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9781351630146

Biological Influences on Criminal Behavior

By: Gail Anderson

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Biological Influences on Criminal Behavior

By: Gail Anderson

Biological Influences on Criminal Behavior, Second Edition is fully updated to include recent research, studies, and publications examining the integration of the biological view with mainstream social, psychological, and environmental views in influences in criminality and criminal behavior. The first edition of the book was written with the belief, grounded in research, that something vital can be discovered when we assess all the factors related to the causes of crime, including biology. Since the first edition published, it has become broadly accepted that biology is certainly a factor in criminal behavior, albeit a singular piece to the puzzle. Increased collaborations between scientists and criminologists has led to a much stronger understanding of the intricacies of biology’s role in behavior. As well, more criminologists have biological backgrounds. As the science involved became more complex, so too did this text. This second edition considers the more recent and integrated research that is being conducted today to show the interaction between the environment and a person’s biology that lead to our behavior. It has even been shown that the environment acts on, and actually changes the functions, of some genes. The book begins with basic scientific principles and advances to introduce the reader to the more in-depth discussions of various biological influencers. Biological Influences on Criminal Behavior, Second Edition is written primarily for social science and law students who wish to understand this exciting area. The book offers a greater understanding of this rapidly growing field so that its lessons can help to inform policy, treatments, rehabilitation and the law.

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CRC Press

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1000712117

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9781000712117

Fantastic Serial Sites of California

Science Fiction, Horror and Fantasy Locations, 1919-1955

By: Gail Orwig,Raymond Orwig

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Fantastic Serial Sites of California

Science Fiction, Horror and Fantasy Locations, 1919-1955

By: Gail Orwig,Raymond Orwig

The first of its kind, this guide to California filming sites covers five decades of science fiction, fantasy, and horror in chapter plays. Covering more than 60 serials, many familiar locations are documented, including the rugged terrain of Red Rock Canyon, which served as a stand-in for Saturn in Buck Rogers; the Bronson Caves and Griffith Observatory, which appeared in Flash Gordon; and the famous Iverson Ranch, which appeared in Batman, Superman and many other serials. The reader will also find serials starring Bela Lugosi, Boris Karloff and Lon Chaney, Jr. Also covered are the skyscrapers that appeared alongside Captain Marvel in The Adventures of Captain Marvel, the location of the Green Hornet's apartment and filming locations for five silent serials. The in-depth storytelling is enhanced by photos of serial memorabilia, postcards, serial descriptions, accurate instructions to locations, notes and more.

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McFarland

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1476645892

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Hopper's Places, Second Edition

By: Gail Levin

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Hopper's Places, Second Edition

By: Gail Levin

The author pairs her own photographs of the sites with the paintings of Edward Hopper.

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Univ of California Press

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0520216768

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Evidence-Based Nursing Care Guidelines - E-Book

By: Betty J. Ackley,Gail B. Ladwig,Beth Ann Swan,Sharon J. Tucker

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Evidence-Based Nursing Care Guidelines - E-Book

By: Betty J. Ackley,Gail B. Ladwig,Beth Ann Swan,Sharon J. Tucker

This groundbreaking reference — created by an internationally respected team of clinical and research experts — provides quick access to concise summaries of the body of nursing research for 192 common medical-surgical interventions. Each nursing care guideline classifies specific nursing activities as Effective, Possibly Effective, or Possibly Harmful, providing a bridge between research and clinical practice. Ideal for both nursing students and practicing nurses, this evidence-based reference is your key to confidently evaluating the latest research findings and effectively applying best practices in the clinical setting. Synthesizing the current state of research evidence, each nursing care guideline classifies specific activities as Effective, Possibly Effective, Not Effective, or Possibly Harmful. Easy-to-recognize icons for each cited study help you differentiate between findings that are based on nursing research (NR), multidisciplinary research (MR), or expert opinion (EO), or those activities that represent established standards of practice (SP). Each nursing activity is rated by level of evidence, allowing you to gauge the validity of the research and weigh additional evidence you may encounter. Guidelines are identified by NIC intervention labels wherever appropriate, and NOC outcome measurements are incorporated throughout. An Evolve website provides additional evidence-based nursing resources.

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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0323059333

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9780323059336

Becoming Judy Chicago

A Biography of the Artist

By: Gail Levin

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Becoming Judy Chicago

A Biography of the Artist

By: Gail Levin

Born to Jewish radical parents in Chicago in 1939, Judy Cohen grew up to be Judy Chicago—one of the most daring and controversial artists of her generation. Her works, once disparaged and misunderstood by the critics, have become icons of the feminist movement, earning her a place among the most influential artists of her time. In Becoming Judy Chicago, Gail Levin gives us a biography of uncommon intimacy and depth, revealing the artist as a person and a woman of extraordinary energy and purpose. Drawing upon Chicago’s personal letters and diaries, her published and unpublished writings, and more than 250 interviews with her friends, family, admirers, and critics, Levin presents a richly detailed and moving chronicle of the artist’s unique journey from obscurity to fame, including the story of how she found her audience outside of the art establishment. Chicago revolutionized the way we view art made by and for women and fundamentally changed our understanding of women’s contributions to art and to society. Influential and bold, The Dinner Party has become a cultural monument. Becoming Judy Chicago tells the story of a great artist, a leader of the women’s movement, a tireless crusader for equal rights, and a complicated, vital woman who dared to express her own sexuality in her art and demand recognition from a male-dominated culture.

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University of California Press

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0520300068

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9780520300064

Picturing Canada

A History of Canadian Children's Illustrated Books and Publishing

By: Gail Edwards,Judith Saltman

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Picturing Canada

A History of Canadian Children's Illustrated Books and Publishing

By: Gail Edwards,Judith Saltman

The study of children's illustrated books is located within the broad histories of print culture, publishing, the book trade, and concepts of childhood. An interdisciplinary history, Picturing Canada provides a critical understanding of the changing geographical, historical, and cultural aspects of Canadian identity, as seen through the lens of children's publishing over two centuries. Gail Edwards and Judith Saltman illuminate the connection between children's publishing and Canadian nationalism, analyse the gendered history of children's librarianship, identify changes and continuities in narrative themes and artistic styles, and explore recent changes in the creation and consumption of children's illustrated books. Over 130 interviews with Canadian authors, illustrators, editors, librarians, booksellers, critics, and other contributors to Canadian children's book publishing, document the experiences of those who worked in the industry. An important and wholly original work, Picturing Canada is fundamental to our understanding of publishing history and the history of childhood itself in Canada.

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University of Toronto Press

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1442622822

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9781442622821

Fire-Gazing

When Venus Transits the Sun 2004 and 2012

By: Gail R. Dimitroff (Phd),Gail R. Dimitroff

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Fire-Gazing

When Venus Transits the Sun 2004 and 2012

By: Gail R. Dimitroff (Phd),Gail R. Dimitroff

Scientific understanding, soul insight and soul wisdom are the guiding lights comprehensively informing Gail Dimitroff's most recent book, 'Firegazing, the Transits of Venus 20042012'. Gail has synthesized into a meaningful whole the Venus transits from the time of Galileo to the present global context through the lenses of esoteric astrology, science, mythology, history, and not least, spiritually. Gail draws out the more relevant aspects of Venus transits for our learning and application. This book is also a guide through a portal into the future as she "sees into" what are probable opportunities arising from the most recent Venus transit period (2004 and 2008) that Humanity faces for long term choices that are in line with the underlying Plan of God ..."--Forward.

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Trafford Publishing

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146691677X

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9781466916777

Dialectical Passions

Negation in Postwar Art Theory

By: Gail Day

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Dialectical Passions

Negation in Postwar Art Theory

By: Gail Day

Representing a new generation of theorists reaffirming the radical dimensions of art, Gail Day launches a bold critique of late twentieth-century art theory and its often reductive analysis of cultural objects. Exploring core debates in discourses on art, from the New Left to theories of "critical postmodernism" and beyond, Day counters the belief that recent tendencies in art fail to be adequately critical. She also challenges the political inertia that results from these conclusions. Day organizes her defense around critics who have engaged substantively with emancipatory thought and social process: T. J. Clark, Manfredo Tafuri, Fredric Jameson, Benjamin H. D. Buchloh, and Hal Foster, among others. She maps the tension between radical dialectics and left nihilism and assesses the interpretation and internalization of negation in art theory. Chapters confront the claim that exchange and equivalence have subsumed the use value of cultural objects and with it critical distance and interrogate the proposition of completed nihilism and the metropolis put forward in the politics of Italian operaismo. Day covers the debates on symbol and allegory waged within the context of 1980s art and their relation to the writings of Walter Benjamin and Paul de Man. She also examines common conceptions of mediation, totality, negation, and the politics of anticipation. A necessary unsettling of received wisdoms, Dialectical Passions recasts emancipatory reflection in aesthetics, art, and architecture.

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Columbia University Press

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023152062X

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9780231520621

Rebuilding Life after Brain Injury

Dreamtalk

By: Sheena McDonald,Allan Little,Gail Robinson

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Rebuilding Life after Brain Injury

Dreamtalk

By: Sheena McDonald,Allan Little,Gail Robinson

Rebuilding Life after Brain Injury: Dreamtalk tells the survival story of Sheena McDonald, who in 1999 was hit by a police van and suffered a very severe brain injury. Sheena’s story is told from her own, personal standpoint and also from two further unique and invaluable perspectives. Allan Little, a BBC journalist and now Sheena’s husband, describes both the physical and mental impact of the injury on himself and on Sheena. Gail Robinson, Sheena’s neuropsychological rehabilitation specialist, provides professional commentaries on Sheena’s condition, assessment and recovery process. The word Dreamtalk, created by Allan to describe Sheena’s once "hallucinogenic state", sets the tone for this book. It humanises and contextualises the impact of brain injury, providing support and encouragement for patients, professionals and families. It presents exclusive insights into each stage of recovery, spanning coma, altered consciousness, post-traumatic amnesia and rehabilitation; all showing how she has defied conventional clinical expectations and made an exceptional recovery. This book is valuable reading to those who have suffered a brain injury and also to professionals such as neurologists, neuropsychologists, physiotherapists, occupational therapists and speech therapists working in the field.

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Routledge

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0429894716

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Minding the Dream

The Process and Practice of the American Community College

By: Gail O. Mellow,Cynthia M. Heelan

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Minding the Dream

The Process and Practice of the American Community College

By: Gail O. Mellow,Cynthia M. Heelan

Minding the Dream provides challenging, reflective, and practitioner-based information about community colleges that is data-based, clear and accessible for the general reader as well as the scholar. New employees, current leaders, graduate students, legislators, and boards of trustees need a grounded sense of the magnitude of the community college sector. Minding the Dream evokes the laudatory goals of the early pioneers of the community college movement, while accurately framing key programs and political conundrums challenging community colleges. Minding the Dream celebrates community colleges’ successes and is scrupulously honest about their failings. Community college leaders need honest information about what’s working and need to be challenged about the things that are not. State Legislatures and Congress need updated facts to assist them in making wise funding decisions regarding community colleges. Community college advocates need updated information to assist them in their advocacy work, and Higher Education programs need an updated book about community colleges to use as a basic text. These are the people who can benefit from reading Minding the Dream.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1475811047

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