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The Superhero Book

The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Comic-Book Icons and Hollywood Heroes

By: Gina Misiroglu

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The Superhero Book

The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Comic-Book Icons and Hollywood Heroes

By: Gina Misiroglu

The ultimate compendium to everyone’s favorite participants in the eternal battle between good and evil! Profiles of more than 1,000 mythic superheroes, icons, and their place in popular culture. Superhuman strength. Virtual invulnerability. Motivated to defend the world from criminals and madmen. Possessing a secret identity. And they even have fashion sense—they look great in long underwear and catsuits. These are the traits that define the quintessential superhero. Their appeal and media presence has never been greater, but what makes them tick? their strengths? weaknesses? secret identities and arch-enemies? The Superhero Book: The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Comic-Book Icons and Hollywood Heroes is the comprehensive guide to all those characters whose impossible feats have graced the pages of comic books for the past one hundred years. From the Golden and Silver Ages to the Bronze and Modern Ages, the best-loved and most historically significant superheroes—mainstream and counterculture, famous and forgotten, best and worst—are all here: The Avengers Batman and Robin Captain America Superman Wonder Woman Captain Marvel Spider-Man The Incredibles The Green Lantern Iron Man Catwoman Wolverine Aquaman Hellboy Elektra Spawn The Punisher Teen Titans The Justice League The Fantastic Four and hundreds of others. Unique in bringing together characters from Marvel, DC, and Dark Horse, as well as smaller independent houses, The Superhero Book covers the best-loved and historically significant superheroes across all mediums and guises, from comic book, movie, television, and graphic novels. With many photos and illustrations this fun, fact-filled tome is richly illustrated. A bibliography and extensive index add to its usefulness. It is the ultimate A-to-Z compendium of everyone's favorite superheroes, anti-heroes and their sidekicks, villains, love interests, superpowers, and modus operandi.

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Visible Ink Press

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1578593972

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Textbook on Immigration and Asylum Law

By: Gina Clayton

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Textbook on Immigration and Asylum Law

By: Gina Clayton

This volume examines the law and system of control which govern immigration and asylum in the UK. It begins with the historical and legal context, explains who is subject to immigration control, and describes the legal and administrative structure of the system.

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Oxford University Press

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0198747551

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What Would Grace Do?

How to Live Life in Style Like the Princess of Hollywood

By: Gina McKinnon

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What Would Grace Do?

How to Live Life in Style Like the Princess of Hollywood

By: Gina McKinnon

Find your inner Grace: a modern-day guide to the classic beauty and timeless style of the Hollywood starlet and real-life princess Grace Kelly. Grace Kelly set a standard for elegance that continues to inspire women. Model, actress, socialite, and princess, Grace did it all and made it look utterly effortless. What Would Grace Do? is a treasure trove of biographical information as well as advice, including modern lifestyle tips and even how to plan a royalty-worthy cocktail party. Now any woman will be able to handle careers, cashmere, family, and ball gowns with the same irresistible charm, elegance, and grace.

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Avery

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1592408753

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Digging up the Dirt

The History and Mysteries of the Will County Poor Farm and Potter's Fields

By: Gina Wysocki

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Digging up the Dirt

The History and Mysteries of the Will County Poor Farm and Potter's Fields

By: Gina Wysocki

The Will County Poor Farm was a home for the less fortunate, terminally and mentally ill, elderly, and orphaned children. Hundreds resided there over the years and despite the closing in 1955, hundreds of them still remain, somewhere within the 180 acres.

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iUniverse

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1440104751

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Love Another Day

An Agent Ex Novel

By: Gina Robinson

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Love Another Day

An Agent Ex Novel

By: Gina Robinson

Secrets, suspense, seduction—they're all part of the spy game, and nobody does it better than Gina Robinson. Follow her to England for a foreign affair of the sexiest kind, in Love Another Day ... LOVE IS A DANGEROUS GAME CIA agent Tate Cox works alone. Everyone knows that. And when the object of his mission is to seduce a pretty RIOT agent for valuable technology, bringing his ex-wife Malene along seems like an especially disastrous idea. But no one bucks Agency orders, not even capable, confident Tate. Flirting with the enemy is in the job description—but falling for his sexy, sassy ex all over again is an unexpected complication... EVERYONE PLAYS TO WIN After working for years on cover stories and logistics, Mal has longed for the chance to try her skills at fieldwork. But posing as "Professor" Tate Cox's graduate student girlfriend at the Cheltenham Festival of Science? Hardly a dream assignment. Yet when gorgeous Tate turns on the charm, Mal can't help wondering if she let the real thing go much too soon ... The Agent Ex series is: "Laugh-out-loud funny."—Booklist "A clever concoction of lust and longing."—Publishers Weekly "A hilariously brilliant romp."—Reader to Reader Reviews

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St. Martin's Paperbacks

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1466826517

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Red States

Indigeneity, Settler Colonialism, and Southern Studies

By: Gina Caison

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Red States

Indigeneity, Settler Colonialism, and Southern Studies

By: Gina Caison

Red States uses a regional focus in order to examine the tenets of white southern nativism and Indigenous resistance to colonialism in the U.S. South. Gina Caison argues that popular misconceptions of Native American identity in the U.S. South can be understood by tracing how non-Native audiences in the region came to imagine indigeneity through the presentation of specious histories presented in regional literary texts, and she examines how Indigenous people work against these narratives to maintain sovereign land claims in their home spaces through their own literary and cultural productions. As Caison demonstrates, these conversations in the U.S. South have consequences for how present-day conservative political discourses resonate across the United States. Assembling a newly constituted archive that includes regional theatrical and musical performances, pre-Civil War literatures, and contemporary novels, Caison illuminates the U.S. South's continued investment in settler colonialism and the continued Indigenous resistance to this paradigm. Ultimately, she concludes that the region is indeed made up of red states, but perhaps not in the way readers initially imagine.

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University of Georgia Press

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0820353353

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9780820353357

Flying Between Heaven and Earth

By: Gina E. Jones

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Flying Between Heaven and Earth

By: Gina E. Jones

In this award-winning, lighthearted drama, Archangel Michael, the celestial defender of humanity, finds his job on the line. The High Council in Heaven is about to strip him of his wings because things on Earth are going to hell. Michael is about to lose his position to Semyaza, the evil Lord of Darkness and leader of the fallen angels. Nicole, an innocent, yet bumbling untrained angel volunteers to be a flight attendant to help Michael in his final campaign. She quickly learns what makes Michael's airline unique is a seat assignment system specifically designed to allow passengers the opportunity to balance their heavy karmic and emotional baggage with their assigned seatmate--not only from this lifetime, but from past and future lives as well. With the right person sitting on the right flight in the right seat, the traveling public is unaware that they are being served by angels and being given the opportunity to learn their soul's most important lessons before they reach their destination. Caught in the vicious clash of the Dark against the Light, Nicole loses her own battle when she succumbs to the worldly temptations offered by Semyaza. In this harrowing race against time, Michael is now forced to choose between saving humanity or saving Nicole, the young, vulnerable angel who he secretly desires. With Semyaza's plans running on time and on course, who does Michael chose? And who saves him from his own pending demise? Find out in Flying Between Heaven and Earth! Congratulations to Gina E. Jones, Finalist in the National "Best Books" 2007 Awards for Fiction & Literature in the New Age Fiction category! -- USA Book News “Totally enlightening and inspirational page turner! I highly recommend this book for all spiritual people. This book is a great fictional story, with a wonderful sense of truth, enlightenment, and an abundance of inspiration!” –- Reader Views “An apocalypse story with a celestial twist, and a riveting read from cover to cover!” –- Midwest Book Review “Archangel Michael starts an airline to save humanity! A recommended read!” –- Allbooks Reviews “A fun, entertainingly glorious romp through the trials and tribulations of being alive on planet Earth. It has everything from ETs to Ascended Masters, sex to shopping, angels to demons, romance to mystery, and is multi-leveled to boot! It takes us from the pits of addiction and despair to the heights of heaven, and it does this all with a j

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1462806732

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Emergency Medicine

The Inside Edge

By: Phillip M. Stephens,Gina Stephens,Jeff Klein

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Emergency Medicine

The Inside Edge

By: Phillip M. Stephens,Gina Stephens,Jeff Klein

Publisher's Note: Products purchased from 3rd Party sellers are not guaranteed by the Publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product. Concise, evidence based, and packed with quick-reference features, Emergency Medicine: The Inside Edge is your go-to source for fast, accurate decision making in emergency situations. It provides vital information on 81 frequently seen conditions –right in the pocket of your scrubs.

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Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

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1496386035

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License to Love

By: Gina Robinson

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License to Love

By: Gina Robinson

LICENSE TO LOVE: An Agent Ex Novel from Gina Robinson Rock Powers is one of the most successful magicians in Vegas for a reason—he creates illusions too spectacular to believe. But his former assistant, gorgeous Lani Silkwater, pulled off the greatest trick of all: disappearing into thin air the day after they were married. Two years later, Rock can't resist a clue to Lani's whereabouts—or the outlandish plan Lani and her mysterious boss propose, if it means a chance to win her back for good... Working as a magician's assistant was one of Lani's strangest undercover assignments, but she never imagined it would be so dangerous—to her heart. Leaving Rock was the right thing for both of them, but with a terrorist group closing in on Vegas, Rock's talent with sleight of hand is imperative. To save them both, Lani must reveal secrets she's kept for years, and one of them is how much she loves the sexy magician who stole her heart...

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Macmillan

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1466826509

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The Accidental

Poems

By: Gina Franco

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The Accidental

Poems

By: Gina Franco

Cascading through each of the poems in Gina Franco’s The Accidental is a question: What does it mean to be human in a world where the soul is exalted but the body brutalized? Franco explores the terrain of the borderlands—not just the physical space of the American southwest, but the spaces where lines are drawn between body and soul, God and self, violence and ecstasy. Unfolding along these borders in a torrent of deep contemplation, Franco’s poems bring the reader to the line between accident and choice, delving into the role each plays in creating the lives we are born into and in determining how those lives end. A body caught in a tree after a flood—an accident—calls to mind deliberate violences: crucifixion and lynching. Guided, even so, by a stark hopefulness, The Accidental makes a character of the soul and traces its pilgrimage from suffering toward transcendence. “The soul saw,” Franco writes, “that it saw through the wound.” This book tenders a creation myth steeped in existential philosophy and shimmering with the vernacular of the ecstatic.

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University of Arkansas Press

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1682261050

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Seven Brides for Seven Mail-Order Husbands Romance Collection

A Newspaper Ad for Husbands Brings a Wave of Men to a Small Kansas Town

By: Susan Page Davis,Susanne Dietze,Darlene Franklin,Patty Smith Hall,Cynthia Hickey,Carrie Fancett Pagels,Gina Welborn

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Seven Brides for Seven Mail-Order Husbands Romance Collection

A Newspaper Ad for Husbands Brings a Wave of Men to a Small Kansas Town

By: Susan Page Davis,Susanne Dietze,Darlene Franklin,Patty Smith Hall,Cynthia Hickey,Carrie Fancett Pagels,Gina Welborn

Seven women seek husbands to help them rebuild a Kansas town. Meet seven of Turtle Springs, Kansas’, finest women who are determined to revive their small town after the War Between the States took most of its men. . .and didn’t return them. The ladies decide to advertise for husbands and devise a plan for weeding out the riff raff. But how can they make the best practical choices when their hearts cry out to be loved? Abigail’s Proposal by Cynthia Hickey When her father never returned from the war, Abigail Melton stepped into his role as town mayor. The town needs men, and she needs a husband—and she has a big idea how to find both—but her first duty is to hire a sheriff. And drifter Josiah Ingram will do just fine. The Kidnapped Groom by Susan Page Davis Riding through the Flint Hills on his way to Dodge City, cowboy Sam Cayford finds himself the kidnapping victim of two children. When he meets their lovely mother, Maggie Piner—whom the kids insist he should marry—Sam starts to question God’s plans versus his own. A Clean Slate by Susanne Dietze Schoolmarm Roberta “Birdy” Green won’t marry any of the prospective grooms flocking to town. After losing her fiancé in the war, the only love her broken heart can bear is for her students. But then she takes on a new pupil—Drew Cooper, one of the gentlemen drawn to Kansas by the advertisement for grooms. Sunshine of My Heart by Darlene Franklin Debbie Barker longs to bring beauty to her new home on the prairie, where her family moved after the war, and seeks a husband to help her father run the ranch. Zack Gage returned home from the war to a life in ruins—family dead and business bankrupted. He answers the mail-order husband ad to seek a fresh start. But neither Debbie nor Zeke know what they are doing when it comes to ranching. . .or love. Come What May by Patty Smith Hall Chardy Stevens is at the end of her rope. Between running her late father’s store and tending to her four younger brothers, she barely has time to breathe, much less look for a husband to help her. The boys scare off most of her prospects and throw Chardy together with her childhood friend Luke, a disabled veteran who seeks her happiness above his own. Dime Novel Suitor by Carrie Fancett Pagels Widow Caroline Kane is the proprietor of a restaurant and inn—and responsible for her five teenaged siblings. But she has no plans of finding a mail-order groom. Britisher Barden Granville IV is on a “cowboy holiday” when he finds himself flat broke in Kansas. When he answers an old “help wanted” ad, Caroline misconstrues Barden is there as a potential husband. Will the beautiful and fiesty widow cause the new vicar to make Kansas his home? Louder than Words by Gina Welborn After years of writing abolitionist pamphlets and chronicling soldier life during the war, J.R. Lockhart is bored and jumps at the opportunity to investigate an advertisement for husbands for an article in Godey’s Lady’s Book. Jane Ransome would like to help the charming-but-oblivious-to-life-out-West man chronicle the courtships developing in town, but she has her own husband to find—one who will fit perfectly in her picket-fenced Kansas home.

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Barbour Publishing

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1683221346

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The Princess Nun

Bunchi, Buddhist Reform, and Gender in Early Edo Japan

By: Gina Cogan

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The Princess Nun

Bunchi, Buddhist Reform, and Gender in Early Edo Japan

By: Gina Cogan

The Princess Nun tells the story of Bunchi (1619–1697), daughter of Emperor Go-Mizunoo and founder of Enshōji. Bunchi advocated strict adherence to monastic precepts while devoting herself to the posthumous welfare of her family. As the first full-length biographical study of a premodern Japanese nun, this book incorporates issues of gender and social status into its discussion of Bunchi’s ascetic practice and religious reforms to rewrite the history of Buddhist reform and Tokugawa religion. Gina Cogan’s approach moves beyond the dichotomy of oppression and liberation that dogs the study of non-Western and premodern women to show how Bunchi’s aristocratic status enabled her to carry out reforms despite her gender, while simultaneously acknowledging how that same status contributed to their conservative nature. Cogan’s analysis of how Bunchi used her prestigious position to further her goals places the book in conversation with other works on powerful religious women, like Hildegard of Bingen and Teresa of Avila. Through its illumination of the relationship between the court and the shogunate and its analysis of the practice of courtly Buddhism from a female perspective, this study brings historical depth and fresh theoretical insight into the role of gender and class in early Edo Buddhism.

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BRILL

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1684175410

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The Basics of Investigating Forensic Science

A Laboratory Manual

By: Kathy Mirakovits,Gina Londino

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The Basics of Investigating Forensic Science

A Laboratory Manual

By: Kathy Mirakovits,Gina Londino

Once confined to four-year colleges and graduate schools, forensic science classes can now be found in local high schools as well as in two-year community colleges. The Basics of Investigating Forensic Science: A Laboratory Manual is designed for the beginning forensic science student and for instructors who wish to provide a solid foundation in ba

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CRC Press

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1498766692

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Discovering and Developing Talents in Spanish-Speaking Students

By: Joan Franklin Smutny,Kathryn P. Haydon,Olivia Bolaños,Gina Estrada Danley

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Discovering and Developing Talents in Spanish-Speaking Students

By: Joan Franklin Smutny,Kathryn P. Haydon,Olivia Bolaños,Gina Estrada Danley

¡Atención! Recognize the strengths of Spanish-speaking students! With the growing population of Hispanic students, it′s more important than ever to persevere beyond the language barrier and nurture their gifts and talents. This book provides teachers and leaders with the skills needed to uncover each child′s abilities and ultimately boost achievement for gifted Spanish-speaking students. Packed with strategies, suggestions, and materials teachers can use immediately to enhance instruction and assessment, this book shows how to: Recognize students′ unique strengths Identify and develop the gifts of bilingualism and different cultures Create challenging learning experiences for every student in the class Adapt tools and strategies to meet each learner′s unique needs Connect with parents and the greater Spanish-speaking community Included are testimonials from teachers and students; examples of communications with and from parents; selected poems from gifted students; and inspirational stories from adults who overcame language challenges to earn college degrees and achieve successful careers. Too often, Spanish-speaking students are overlooked, miscast into special education, or not recognized for their abilities. This book shows you how to uncover the creativity in each one of your students.

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Corwin Press

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1452283591

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Valle Girl

By: Gina Kelley

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Valle Girl

By: Gina Kelley

Valle Girl tells the story of Alice Kail, a young bookstore owner who lives in a boring Southern mountain town called Valle Crucis. Her entire life she has been trapped, conned by her Grandmother Hester's pleas, in this "one horse town" with every intention of escaping. After Hester's tragic death, Alice discovers a secret well kept - that she has a unique DNA that must never be spilled. Now, aside from her day job, she feels obligated to inherit the responsibility of carrying out tasks for The Greater Good and along the way finds out why the Valle is truly sacred and how she must make the ultimate sacrifice of staying put in order to protect it. So much for ignorance is bliss!Nowadays, Alice is being hunted by all things evil (particularly one ticked off vampire) in search of the divine bloodline, a band of Safekeepers (the guards of the Valle) keep track of her every move, a dangerously attractive demon spy works her nerves (and her heart), her first crush sort-of crushes her back, her BFF's Jack and Ginger become her sidekicks, and she must unwillingly put up with a smart-alecky, sardonic feline who turns out to be more than meets the eye, all while pretending to be normal - something she so desperately wanted not to be. www.vallegirlseries.webs.com

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Gina Kelley

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1452335230

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Becoming Hispanic-Serving Institutions

Opportunities for Colleges and Universities

By: Gina Ann Garcia

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Becoming Hispanic-Serving Institutions

Opportunities for Colleges and Universities

By: Gina Ann Garcia

How can striving Hispanic-Serving Institutions serve their students while countering the dominant preconceptions of colleges and universities? Winner of the AAHHE Book of the Year Award by the American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs)—not-for-profit, degree-granting colleges and universities that enroll at least 25% or more Latinx students—are among the fastest-growing higher education segments in the United States. As of fall 2016, they represented 15% of all postsecondary institutions in the United States and enrolled 65% of all Latinx college students. As they increase in number, these questions bear consideration: What does it mean to serve Latinx students? What special needs does this student demographic have? And what opportunities and challenges develop when a college or university becomes an HSI? In Becoming Hispanic-Serving Institutions, Gina Ann Garcia explores how institutions are serving Latinx students, both through traditional and innovative approaches. Drawing on empirical data collected over two years at three HSIs, Garcia adopts a counternarrative approach to highlight the ways that HSIs are reframing what it means to serve Latinx college students. She questions the extent to which they have been successful in doing this while exploring how those institutions grapple with the tensions that emerge from confronting traditional standards and measures of success for postsecondary institutions. Laying out what it means for these three extremely different HSIs, Garcia also highlights the differences in the way each approaches its role in serving Latinxs. Incorporating the voices of faculty, staff, and students, Becoming Hispanic-Serving Institutions asserts that HSIs are undervalued, yet reveals that they serve an important role in the larger landscape of postsecondary institutions.

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JHU Press

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1421427389

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Klout Matters: How to Engage Customers, Boost Your Digital Influence--and Raise Your Klout Score for Success

By: Gina Carr,Terry Brock

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Klout Matters: How to Engage Customers, Boost Your Digital Influence--and Raise Your Klout Score for Success

By: Gina Carr,Terry Brock

Build Credibility, Get More Business, and Increase Profits with DIGITAL INFLUENCE Strong influence translates to more business--and nothing measures influence like Klout, which has scored more than 100 million people and companies. A high Klout score has become one of the most important business assets today. It can mean the difference between business success and failure. It can affect your job prospects, how your customer service complaints are handled, and whether you’re recognized as an expert in your industry. In Klout Matters, two of today's top social media gurus show you how to raise your Klout score and use it to your advantage. Klout Matters offers simple strategies you can begin using right away. It provides step-by-step guidance that will help you rise above the online noise to stand out, build trust, and grow your business. "Terry Brock and Gina Carr show you how to engage with customers in this fast-paced, ever-changing field. Use their proven principles to make your Klout score rise to the top." -- Harvey Mackay, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Swim with the Sharks without Being Eaten Alive "Everyone wants more impact, influence, and recognition. Buy this book and implement the ideas and strategies, so that you go from Klout to significance." -- Jeffrey Gitomer, New York Times bestselling author of The Little Red Book of Selling and 21.5 Unbreakable Laws of Selling

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McGraw Hill Professional

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0071827323

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9780071827324

Designing Outdoor Environments for Children

Landscaping School Yards, Gardens and Playgrounds

By: Lolly Tai,Mary Taylor Haque,Gina K. McLellan,Erin Jordan Knight

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Designing Outdoor Environments for Children

Landscaping School Yards, Gardens and Playgrounds

By: Lolly Tai,Mary Taylor Haque,Gina K. McLellan,Erin Jordan Knight

This unique resource expertly details the design, installation, and maintenance of sustainable children's landscapes and play yards. Numerous case studies cover projects including storybook courtyards, music and barnyard gardens, nature trails, wildlife habitats, memorial, and edible gardens.

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McGraw Hill Professional

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0071491090

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9780071491099

Grief by Day

By: Gina Peotter

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Grief by Day

By: Gina Peotter

This book is intended for anyone who has gone through a death of a friend or family member. This could have been a day ago or 30+ years ago. It is for anyone looking to move forward in their healing journey. “Grief By Day” walks you through 90 days of reflection for anyone new to grief, as well as anyone who has been in it a long time. By being open and honest it has the power to heal your way through your grief journey. Also, there are monthly exercises designed to educate and help you take action. This book is a compilation of things I’ve worked through in my own grief, and topics I see over and over with adults I work with that are grieving. For many of us who were taught to keep our emotions at bay, or feel “crazy” because our emotions are all over the place... this book is for you. Honesty will be your best friend throughout this book. If you can really be truthful to what it is that is going on, you have the power to heal through it. You got this, I believe in you! After losing my parent’s when I was in my 20’s, my life completely changed. I’ve also lost my grandparents, lots of aunts and uncles, friends and pets. I dealt with it all by holding everything inside for a long time. It wasn’t until I struggled with massive anxiety, major depression and suicidal thoughts that I started working through my grief. Those seasons in my life were like a rollercoaster, just like the journey of grief. My hope for you, is you work through your grief before it gets to a dark place like mine did.

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Balboa Press

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1982276975

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9781982276973

American Aliens

By: Gina Hagler

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American Aliens

By: Gina Hagler

Do UFOs and aliens exist? Many people claim they don't. Many others are convinced that not only do they exist, but that in order to avoid widespread panic, the U.S. government released several reports that intentionally covered up all existing proof. Exciting text, accompanied by spine-tingling full-color images and intriguing sidebars, discusses some of the sightings and abductions that have been reported from around the world since the late 1800s. Readers will discover just what people have claimed to witness and experience and what the experts have to say about these strange reports.

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Enslow Publishing, LLC

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1978513550

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The Unforgotten Women of the Islamic State

By: Gina Vale

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The Unforgotten Women of the Islamic State

By: Gina Vale

The Unforgotten Women of the Islamic State explores the governance of the Islamic State (IS) terrorist organization through the lives and words of local Iraqi, Syrian, and Kurdish women. While the roles and activities of foreign (predominantly Western), pro-IS women have garnered significant attention, the experiences and insights of local civilian populations have been largely overlooked. Drawing on the testimonies of 63 local Sunni Muslim and Yazidi women, Gina Vale exposes the group's intra-gender stratified system of governance. Eligibility for the group's protection, security, 'citizenship', and entrance into the (semi-)public sphere were not universal, but required convergence with the gender norms of IS, through permanent erasure or at least temporary disguise of certain markers of difference. In some cases, this was directed by a pre-meditated 'divide and conquer' strategy, while in others, it manifested as unregulated violences at the hands of individual group members, including women. The structure follows the trajectory of IS's increasing control over its 'citizens' and captive populations: its militarization of society; imposition of law and order; provision of goods and services; and intervention in civilians' private lives. Analysis of diverse first-hand accounts and the group's documentation reveals that the presence, exclusion, and victimization of local civilian women were necessary to the functioning and legitimation of IS's 'caliphate' project, and the supremacy of affiliated men - and women. As a fledgling proto-state, IS needed local Iraqi, Syrian, and Kurdish women. Though far from represented or protected, they were by no means forgotten.

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Oxford University Press

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Audience Experience and Contemporary Classical Music

Negotiating the Experimental and the Accessible in a High Art Subculture

By: Gina Emerson

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Audience Experience and Contemporary Classical Music

Negotiating the Experimental and the Accessible in a High Art Subculture

By: Gina Emerson

This book responds to recent debates on cultural participation and the relevance of music composed today with the first large-scale audience experience study on contemporary classical music. Through analysing how existing audience members experience live contemporary classical music, this book seeks to make data-informed contributions to future discussions on audience diversity and accessibility. The author takes a multidimensional view of audience experience, looking at how sociodemographic factors and the frames of social context and concert format shape aesthetic responses and experiences in the concert hall. The book presents quantitative and qualitative audience data collected at twelve concerts in ten different European countries, analysing general trends alongside case studies. It also offers the first large-scale comparisons between the concert experiences and tastes of contemporary classical and classical music audiences. Contemporary classical music is critically discussed as a ‘high art subculture’ rife with contradictions and conflicts around its cultural value. This book sheds light on how audiences negotiate the tensions between experimentalism and accessibility that currently define this genre. It provides insights relevant to academics from audience research in the performing arts and from musicology, as well as to institutions, practitioners and artists.

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The Parenthood Dilemma

Procreation in the Age of Uncertainty

By: Gina Rushton

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The Parenthood Dilemma

Procreation in the Age of Uncertainty

By: Gina Rushton

A bold feminist investigation into the mother of all questions; whether or not to become a parent in these turbulent times. Should we become parents? This timeless question forces us to reckon with who we are and what we love and fear most in ourselves, in our relationships, and in the world as it is now and as it will be. When Gina Rushton admitted she had little time left to make the decision for herself, the magnitude of the choice overwhelmed her. Her search for her own “yes” or “no” only uncovered more questions to be answered. How do we clearly consider creating a new life on a planet facing catastrophic climate change? How do we reassess the gender roles we have been assigned at birth and by society? How do we balance ascending careers with declining fertility? How do we know if we’ve found the right co-parent, or if we want to go it alone, or if we don’t want to do it at all? To seek clarity on these questions, Rushton spoke to doctors, sociologists, economists, and ethicists, as well as parents and childless people of all ages and from around the world. Here, she explores and presents policies, data, and case studies from people who have made this decision—one way or the other—and shows how the process can be revelatory in discovering who we are as individuals. Drawing on the depth of knowledge afforded by her body of work as an award-winning journalist on the abortion beat, Rushton wrote the book that she needed, and we all need, to stop a panicked internal monologue and start a genuine dialogue about what we want from our lives and why.

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I Want to Thank You

How a Year of Gratitude Can Bring Joy and Meaning in a Disconnected World

By: Gina Hamadey

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I Want to Thank You

How a Year of Gratitude Can Bring Joy and Meaning in a Disconnected World

By: Gina Hamadey

An inspiring guide to saying thank you, one heartfelt note at a time. We all know that gratitude is good for us--but the real magic comes when we express it. Writer Gina Hamadey learned this life-changing lesson firsthand when a case of burnout and too many hours on social media left her feeling depleted and disconnected. In this engaging book, she chronicles how twelve months spent writing 365 thank-you notes to strangers, neighbors, family members, and friends shifted her perspective. Her journey shows that developing a lasting active gratitude practice can make you a happier person, heal complicated relationships, and reconnect you with the people you love--all with just a little bit of bravery at the mailbox. How can we turn an often-dreaded task into a rewarding act of self-care that makes us feel more present, joyful, and connected? Whether we're writing to a long-lost friend, a helpful neighbor, or a child's teacher, this inspiring book helps us reflect on meaningful memories and shared experiences and express ourselves with authenticity, vulnerability, and heart. Informed by Hamadey's year of discovery as well as interviews with experts on relationships, gratitude, and more, this deceptively simple guide offers a powerful way to jump-start your joy. Hamadey found herself thanking not only family members and friends, but less expected people in her sphere, including local shopkeepers, physical therapists, long-ago career mentors, favorite authors, and more. Once you get going, you might find yourself cultivating an active gratitude practice, too--one heartfelt note of thanks at a time.

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0593189620

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To the Stars!

By: Gina Bellisario

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To the Stars!

By: Gina Bellisario

Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting for an engaging read aloud experience! How do stars shine so bright? Stella's imagination takes her on an adventure to explore the stars. Join her on a mission to visit constellations, learn about the closest star to Earth, and maybe even race a shooting star! Find out more about the fascinating stars in the night sky.

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1512484741

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Night Rooms

By: Gina Nutt

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Night Rooms

By: Gina Nutt

* 2021 Foreword INDIES, Finalist * 2022 IPPY MEDALISTS for Essay, bronze "A Best Book of 2021" —NPR "A Most Anticipated Book of 2021” —Refinery29, Thrillist, Book Riot, Lit Hub “In a horror movie, an infected character may hide a bite or rash, an urge, an unwellness. She might withdraw or act out, or behave as if nothing is the matter, nothing has happened. Any course of action opposite saying how she feels suggests suffering privately is preferable to the anticipated betrayal of being cast out.” Night Rooms is a poetic, intimate collection of personal essays that weaves together fragmented images from horror films and cultural tropes to meditate on anxiety and depression, suicide, body image, identity, grief, and survival. Whether competing in shopping mall beauty pageants, reflecting on childhood monsters and ballet lessons, or recounting dark cultural ephemera while facing grief and authenticity in the digital age, Gina Nutt’s shifting style echoes the sub-genres that Night Rooms highlights—spirit-haunted slow burns, possession tales, slashers, and revenge films with a feminist bent. Refracting life through the lens of horror films, Night Rooms masterfully leaps between reality and movies, past and present—because the “final girl’s” story is ultimately a survival story told another way. The audiobook of Night Rooms is available now, and narrated by the author.

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Two Dollar Radio

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1953387012

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Conferring in the Math Classroom

A Practical Guidebook to Using 5-Minute Conferences to Grow Confident Mathematicians

By: Gina Picha

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Conferring in the Math Classroom

A Practical Guidebook to Using 5-Minute Conferences to Grow Confident Mathematicians

By: Gina Picha

All students enter our math classrooms with ideas worthy of discussion. Some of the most effective breakthroughs come from short, intentional conversations between students and teacher, yet planning for these moments can seem daunting. In her innovative book, Conferring in the Math Classroom: A Practical Guidebook to Using 5-Minute Conferences to Grow Confident Mathematicians, Gina Picha focuses on simple and transformative ways teachers can use math conferences, short conversations between teachers and small groups of students at work, to guide instruction, assess understanding, and build strong math thinkers. Inside you will learn to: Facilitate math conferences to listen to students, identify and build on their strengths, and encourage them to share their math thinking Build a positive math identity that will help nurture student-centered math classrooms Ask exploratory questions to gain data-driven insight into their math reasoning and plan the next steps for instruction Provide differentiated math instruction based on the individual or small group needs Drive fun and interactive math talk in the classroom Picha includes teacher questioning guides, If-Then charts organized by grade level and math topic, and note-taking templates to help you get started with math conferring right away. This practical and highly accessible approach can help students deepen their math understanding, build confidence in their math abilities, and connect learnings between math subjects.

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Taylor & Francis

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1003841880

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The Supervillain Book

The Evil Side of Comics and Hollywood

By: Gina Misiroglu

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The Supervillain Book

The Evil Side of Comics and Hollywood

By: Gina Misiroglu

Everything you ever wanted to know about the bad guys in comics, film, and television! A must-read for anyone who was ever enthralled with mythic wickedness, The Supervillain Book: The Evil Side of Comics and Hollywood exhaustively explores the extraordinary lives and careers of hundreds of overachieving evildoers. Drawing from sources in comic books, film, live-action and animated television, newspaper strips, toys, and manga and anime, it is the definitive guide to nefarious masterminds, mad scientists, and destructive dominators who have battled super- and other fictional heroes. The Supervillain Book investigates each character’s origin, modus operandi, costumes, weapons and gadgetry, secret hideouts, chief henchmen, and minions, while serving up a supersized trove of fascinating trivia. It also takes you behind the scenes, describing the creation and development of these marvelously malicious, menacing, and malevolent characters. With 350 entries on pop culture’s most malicious evildoers, this comprehensive resource also includes 125 illustrations, a helpful resource section, and an extensive index, adding to its usefulness. What would a good guy be without the bad guy? Boring. You won’t be bored with this indispensable guide to the wicked world of supervillains!

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1578597943

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Shaman or Sherlock?

The Native American Detective

By: Gina Macdonald,Andrew F. Macdonald

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Shaman or Sherlock?

The Native American Detective

By: Gina Macdonald,Andrew F. Macdonald

Fictional depictions of Native American concepts of justice, crime, and the investigation of crime are explored in this original work. Shaman or Sherlock explores depictions created by Native American authors themselves, as well as those created by outsiders with mainstream agendas. The most successful of these writers fuse authentic Native American culture with standard genre conventions, thus providing an appealing, empathetic view of little-understood or underappreciated groups, as well as insight into issues of cross-cultural communication. Dealing with such significant concepts as acculturation, regional diversity, and assimilation, this unique study evaluates over 200 detective stories. Though the crime novel began in Europe as a manifestation of Enlightenment rationality and scientific methodology, the Native American detective story moves into the realm of the spiritual and intuitive, often incorporating depictions of non-material phenomena. Shaman or Sherlock? explores how geographical and tribal differences, degrees of assimilation, and the evolution of age-old cultural patterns shape the Native American detective story.

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0313075069

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An Integrated Approach to Family Work for Psychosis

A Manual for Family Workers

By: Gina Smith,Annie Higgs,Karl Gregory

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An Integrated Approach to Family Work for Psychosis

A Manual for Family Workers

By: Gina Smith,Annie Higgs,Karl Gregory

An Integrated Approach to Family Work for Psychosis is a manual for using cognitive behavioural approach to working with families of people with severe mental illness. The authors, all experienced clinicians, discuss the various core components of family work, including what constitutes family work, when it might be offered, and how and where it might be applied. As well as these core concerns, the authors also look at reframing challenges and overcoming common personal and external barriers to effective family work. Each chapter can be read individually or as part of the integrated manual. The central argument of the book is that family work must be individualised and it offers a clear approach to engaging and working with families to ensure that this happens, including guidance on how to link components of a service user's plan with their family's strengths and strategies for reducing stress. The book addressed both theory and practice, and concentrates on the experience of mental illness for the service user and their family, providing a focus for intervention. Exploring family work as an integrated psychosocial and educational support strategy, this manual will increase the confidence and competence of new family workers - mental health workers, social workers, psychiatrists, psychologists - and broaden the knowledge of those already working in the area.

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Jessica Kingsley Publishers

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1846426049

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Land Tenure Reform in Sub-Saharan Africa

Interventions in Benin, Ethiopia, Rwanda, and Zimbabwe

By: Steven Lawry,Rebecca McLain,Margaret Rugadya,Gina Alvarado,Tasha Heidenrich

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Land Tenure Reform in Sub-Saharan Africa

Interventions in Benin, Ethiopia, Rwanda, and Zimbabwe

By: Steven Lawry,Rebecca McLain,Margaret Rugadya,Gina Alvarado,Tasha Heidenrich

This book examines the impacts of land tenure reform interventions implemented in Benin, Ethiopia, Rwanda, and Zimbabwe. Since 2000, many African countries have introduced programs aimed at providing smallholder farmers with low-cost certificates for land held under customary tenure. Yet there are many contending views and debates on the impact of these land policies and this book reveals how tenure security, agricultural productivity, and social inclusion were affected by the interventions. It analyses the results of carefully selected, authoritative studies on interventions in Benin, Ethiopia, Rwanda, and Zimbabwe and applies a realist synthesis methodology to explore the socio-political and economic contexts. Drawing on these results, the book argues that inadequate attention paid to the core characteristics of rural social systems obscures the benefits of customary tenure while overlooking the scope for reforms to reduce the gaps in social status among members of customary communities. This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of land management and use, land and property law, tenure security, agrarian studies, political economy, and sustainable development. It will also appeal to development professionals and policymakers involved in land governance and land policy in Africa. The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.

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Taylor & Francis

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1000907783

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9781000907780

The Leadership Coaching Sourcebook: A Guide to the Executive Coaching Literature

By: Jonathan Nelson,Lisa Boyce,Gina Hernaz-Broome,Katherine Ely,Gia A. DiRosa

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The Leadership Coaching Sourcebook: A Guide to the Executive Coaching Literature

By: Jonathan Nelson,Lisa Boyce,Gina Hernaz-Broome,Katherine Ely,Gia A. DiRosa

Executive coaching is an increasingly popular means for developing organizational leaders. This sourcebook provides a resource for both practioners and researchers interested in gaining or updating their understanding of the current state of the executive coaching field and to enable them to do so in a systematic manner. By focusing on key research and practice in the executive coaching literature, this sourcebook provides not only a mechanism for consolidating our thinking about leadership coaching issues but also a succinct reference for building future research efforts.

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Center for Creative Leadership

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160491744X

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Sanctuary People

Faith-Based Organizing in Latina/o Communities

By: Gina M. Pérez

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Sanctuary People

Faith-Based Organizing in Latina/o Communities

By: Gina M. Pérez

This book explores the ways faith-based organizing among Latina/o communities in Ohio helped to create places of sanctuary, safety, and refuge from 2016-2020. It argues for a conceptualization of sanctuary that is capacious and captures the experiences of immigrants facing family separation and deportation as well as Puerto Rican migrants displaced from natural disasters, like Hurricane Marâia"--

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