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Warriors & Weapons

By: Greta Kay

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Where is Mia? What is happening at Think Tank Axis #1? Who is the guy with the eye patch and what is he doing? A hidden hair clip disappears. Have Becca and Leigh been drawn into a sinister plan so deeply that their lives are in danger? Warriors and Weapons will carry you along in this journey of intrigue, and danger as six friends risk their own safety, knowing that Mia is in peril herself. Putting aside their own safety, they chance the unknown to find the answer. A discovered cell phone and its ominous message press the kids into action. The teens meet at the Think Tank near midnight. The fence, the secret door, and a talking bird are parts of their search, but most of all Leighs way of meeting problems expecting God to intervene by using weapons He suppl

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1512792179

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A Terrifying Bike Ride and a Clue to the Missing Girl

By: Greta Kay

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A Terrifying Bike Ride and a Clue to the Missing Girl

By: Greta Kay

A story of intrigue, an unsolved mystery, a warning ignored--draws the reader into the lives of Becca Nelson and Leigh Wilcox, who stumble into the center of a dark plot. Is Think Tank Axis #1 an undercover organization bent on controlling the minds of teens? Do the points in the survey questions start them down a path of doubting their family life? Becca Nelson surmises this as fact. She confides her suspicion to Logan who listens, but is not alarmed. Do your parents give you choices on everyday decisions? Is the culture of your parents old fashioned and irrelevant to teens of today? Do you believe your parents are fair to you? Would you like to plan your future without others opinions? Do you tell your parents everything? I have to keep myself out of trouble. I dont have a dad to defend me, one that will always take my side. And Mom wouldnt know what to do if she had to get me out of trouble. I cant waste my time on trying to be popular. I discarded that goal long ago. I saw what happens to those kids whose friends didnt know the definition of loyalty. Popularity is like a swinging door, in one day, out the next. Too many tears and heartbreaks for those once-upon-a-time popular kids. On their bike ride, the girls capture an injured magpie and nurse him back to health, eventually releasing him back to the wild, not realizing they would meet again.

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1512742236

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Warriors & Weapons

By: Greta Kay

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By: Greta Kay

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Peril at Penawawa Creek and the Legend of a Magpie Thief

By: Greta Kay

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Peril at Penawawa Creek and the Legend of a Magpie Thief

By: Greta Kay

Peril at Penawawa Creek and the Legend of a Magpie Thief tells the story of Leader, a magpie who makes a choice that changes his life forever. One day, Leader spies a robins nest. He notices the mother had left the eggs unattended. Moving quickly, he treats himself to his newly found prizes. The story ends for the innocent, unborn robins. But for Leader, the ends to which he goes remain to be revealed. Greta Kay welcomes readers to the world that lives along the banks of Penawawa Creek. She tells the story of Leader, the magpie turned thief who also bullies his younger brother. She invites readers to discover the power of dishonesty, the ways that bullying breaks relationships, and the blessing of making a fresh start. Peril at Penawawa Creek and the Legend of a Magpie Thief is the first of three books in the Penawawa Creek Series. This story follows the changes in one magpies life. It leaves you looking for ways to encourage each bully in your life to choose a different path. There they lay, four beautiful light blue robin eggs. His throat tightened. His bill clicked like a woodpecker. Gingerly putting one clawed foot on the edge of the nest, he watched the eggs roll toward him. As they rolled they hit together causing small cracks and splits. A half-developed baby robin fell from its shell and Leader quickly swallowed it. The urgency to get away before BB and Dandy came home gave him no time to enjoy his banquet. Three more cracked eggs spilled out their contents, and Leader quickly grabbed each bird by its skinny neck and fled the nest.

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1973611031

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Transitions

Selected Writings by the Creative Writing Group of American Association of University Women, Arizona's Northwest Valley Branch

By: Greta Manville

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Transitions

Selected Writings by the Creative Writing Group of American Association of University Women, Arizona's Northwest Valley Branch

By: Greta Manville

Words to a writer are as exotic as spices to a gourmet cook. Writers savor the feel of the perfect verb. Writers work and rework sentences and paragraphs until each word feels right as it rolls off the tongue or the pen (or the computer). Consider yourself invited to turn the page and meet the writers who are about to entertain you. You will know them as they lead you on their adventures. They will coax you to remember a crazy character, will perhaps make you cry. And, just maybe, as they draw your rapt at-tention with their short stories, essays, and poetry, you will realize, Hey, I think I can write stories . . . I think I should join the AAUW Creative Writers group. Well wait for your call. Special thanks go to writer and editor Greta Manville, the groups most published author, and to the members who joined me on the editing team: Vivian Wood, the groups most lettered colleague, and Bonnie Boyce-Wilson, who organized our efforts. Go on . . . step inside . . . you will not be disappointed. Greta Bryan, Chair AAUW Creative Writers Special Interest Group Northwest Valley Branch, Arizona AAUW Mission Statement AAUW advances equity for all women and girls through Advocacy, education, philanthropy, and research.

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iUniverse

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1462026176

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9781462026173

Criminals as Animals from Shakespeare to Lombroso

By: Greta Olson

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Criminals as Animals from Shakespeare to Lombroso

By: Greta Olson

Criminals as Animals from Shakespeare to Lombroso demonstrates how animal metaphors have been used to denigrate persons identified as criminal in literature, law, and science. Its three-part history traces the popularization of the 'criminal beast' metaphor in late sixteenth-century England, the troubling of the trope during the long eighteenth century, and the late nineteenth-century discovery of criminal atavism. With chapters on rogue pamphlets, Shakespeare, Webster, Jonson, Defoe and Swift, Godwin, Dickens, and Lombroso, the book illustrates how ideologically inscribed metaphors foster transfers between law, penal practices, and literature. Criminals as Animals concludes that criminal-animal metaphors continue to negatively influence the treatment of prisoners, suspected terrorists, and the poor even today.

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Walter de Gruyter

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3110339846

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Concepts and Categories

Foundations for Sociological and Cultural Analysis

By: Michael T. Hannan,Gaël Le Mens,Greta Hsu,Balázs Kovács,Giacomo Negro,László Pólos,Elizabeth Pontikes,Amanda J. Sharkey

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Concepts and Categories

Foundations for Sociological and Cultural Analysis

By: Michael T. Hannan,Gaël Le Mens,Greta Hsu,Balázs Kovács,Giacomo Negro,László Pólos,Elizabeth Pontikes,Amanda J. Sharkey

Why do people like books, music, or movies that adhere consistently to genre conventions? Why is it hard for politicians to take positions that cross ideological boundaries? Why do we have dramatically different expectations of companies that are categorized as social media platforms as opposed to news media sites? The answers to these questions require an understanding of how people use basic concepts in their everyday lives to give meaning to objects, other people, and social situations and actions. In this book, a team of sociologists presents a groundbreaking model of concepts and categorization that can guide sociological and cultural analysis of a wide variety of social situations. Drawing on research in various fields, including cognitive science, computational linguistics, and psychology, the book develops an innovative view of concepts. It argues that concepts have meanings that are probabilistic rather than sharp, occupying fuzzy, overlapping positions in a “conceptual space.” Measurements of distances in this space reveal our mental representations of categories. Using this model, important yet commonplace phenomena such as our routine buying decisions can be quantified in terms of the cognitive distance between concepts. Concepts and Categories provides an essential set of formal theoretical tools and illustrates their application using an eclectic set of methodologies, from micro-level controlled experiments to macro-level language processing. It illuminates how explicit attention to concepts and categories can give us a new understanding of everyday situations and interactions.

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Columbia University Press

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0231549938

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9780231549936

Something Spectacular

The True Story of One Rockette's Battle with Bulimia

By: Greta Gleissner

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Something Spectacular

The True Story of One Rockette's Battle with Bulimia

By: Greta Gleissner

Recounts the former Rockette's experience battling bulimia, discussing the toll it took on her personal and professional life and the means by which she chose to hide the disease--including cheating, lying, and stealing.

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Seal Press

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1580054153

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9781580054157

Body Massage, third edition

By: Mo Rosser,Greta Couldridge,Sue Rosser

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Body Massage, third edition

By: Mo Rosser,Greta Couldridge,Sue Rosser

Mo Rosser's well-loved text has now been fully updated to reflect the new standards in Beauty Therapy. The book places massage in the context of the workplace and provides a comprehensive introduction for students on Diplomas in Complementary Therapies, NVQ/SVQ Diploma in Beauty Therapy at Level 3 and short courses at Level 3 from City and Guilds, VTCT and ITEC. It is also an invaluable reference for practising beauty therapists. Additional information on advanced massage techniques is included for those who want to progress further.

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Hodder Education

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1444189441

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9781444189445

Ecological Politics

By: Greta Gaard

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Ecological Politics

By: Greta Gaard

An illuminating account of two interconnected social movements from their grassroots origins in the 1970s to the 1996 Green presidential campaign.

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Temple University Press

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1439903980

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9781439903988

Assembling Flowers and Cultivating Homes

Labor and Gender in Colombia

By: Greta Friedemann-Sánchez

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Assembling Flowers and Cultivating Homes

Labor and Gender in Colombia

By: Greta Friedemann-Sánchez

Colombia is a major exporter of fresh-cut flowers. As in other global assembly line industries, women constitute a majority of Colombia's floriculture workforce. This ethnographic study explores the links between agro-industrial employment in the context of economic adjustment programs and the individual experience of employment and economic change at the household level. Author Greta Friedemann-Sánchez's challenges the current academic consensus that transnational assembly line industries reinforce patriarchal ideologies of reproduction and the exploitation of women. What from a global perspective may be perceived as exploitation can be seen from the local perspective as an opportunity within the community. Specifically, the study focuses on how the interrelated factors of formal employment, wage income, property ownership, social capital, and self-esteem articulate with women's resistance to male dominated households and domestic violence. Expertly combining qualitative and quantitative methodologies, Assembling Flowers and Cultivating Homes contributes greatly to the study of gender and power, household economics and structure, and Latin American society.

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Lexington Books

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0739132970

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9780739132975

Employment Law and Occupational Health

A Practical Handbook

By: Joan Lewis,Greta Thornbory

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Employment Law and Occupational Health

A Practical Handbook

By: Joan Lewis,Greta Thornbory

Employment law and occupational health: a practical handbook provides an essential guide to best practice for all occupational health practitioners. This readable guide to the law will help to ensure both business success and respect for individual employment rights. The cost of sickness absence can present major costs and business management problems to employers and safeguarding health is therefore vital to every individual and to all employers.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1405172231

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9781405172233

Wounded Trapped and Voiceless...

By: Phyllis K. Klenk,Greta Emling

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Wounded Trapped and Voiceless...

By: Phyllis K. Klenk,Greta Emling

Wounded ... trapped ... voiceless! Imagine being trapped in your own body! A true story of one woman's battle to prove she is alive! Unable to move or communicate, "Wounded Trapped and Voiceless" draws you into her incredible journey from walking with God to a triumphant emergence from coma to life! Reviews "...this story is absolutely life changing from the title to the very last page. To discover that coma patients can experience all that Physsy shared with us, to the kindness and selfless love demonstrated by Greta in her dedication to helping another human being, we all can learn from this story. A MUST read!" Jewell Hall, CEO JMS, Michigan "Everyone should read this incredible story! Medical science needs to learn more about this phenomenon and we all need to learn more about faith.".....Carolyn Watson, Cancer survivor, Michigan "...thrilling, gripping and exquisitely written".....Publisher review "... so proud of the work you have done on this book! By telling Physsy's amazing life story you give to others your love of life, friendship, hope and Jesus!" Kay Cleary, Interior Design, Nevada "With God, all things really are possible as this book makes clear. It is a remarkable story and I pray that the book is successful so that 'the lady in the wheelchair' can obtain the rehab that she so desperately needs to be able to stand on her own two feet again. I firmly believe in the message of this book." David H. McClelland, Esq., Michigan

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Xulon Press

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1615797076

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9781615797073

A Different Day

African American Struggles for Justice in Rural Louisiana, 1900-1970

By: Greta de Jong

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A Different Day

African American Struggles for Justice in Rural Louisiana, 1900-1970

By: Greta de Jong

Examining African Americans' struggles for freedom and justice in rural Louisiana during the Jim Crow and civil rights eras, Greta de Jong illuminates the connections between the informal strategies of resistance that black people pursued in the early twentieth century and the mass protests that emerged in the 1950s and 1960s. Using evidence drawn from oral histories and a wide range of other sources, she demonstrates that rural African Americans were politically aware and active long before civil rights organizers arrived in the region in the 1960s to encourage voter registration and demonstrations against segregation. De Jong explores the numerous, often-subtle methods African Americans used to resist oppression within the confines of the Jim Crow system. Such everyday forms of resistance included developing strategies for educating black children, creating strong community institutions, and fighting back against white violence. In the wake of the economic changes that swept the South during and after World War II, these activities became more open and organized, culminating in voter registration drives and other protests conducted in cooperation with civil rights workers. Deeply researched and accessibly written, A Different Day spotlights the ordinary heroes of the freedom struggle and offers a new perspective on black activism throughout the twentieth century.

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Univ of North Carolina Press

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0807860107

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9780807860106

Dishing it Out

Power and Resistance Among Waitresses in a New Jersey Restaurant

By: Greta Foff Paules

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Dishing it Out

Power and Resistance Among Waitresses in a New Jersey Restaurant

By: Greta Foff Paules

This study challenges the uncritical equation of advancement with success. As a participant observer at a family-style restaurant in New Jersey, the autho reveals the strategies that experienced waitresses employ to improve their own positions rather than aspiring toward management. Through the voices of some aggressive, determined, tough, and resilient women, the author confronts stereotypical characterizations of waitresses. The author finds that certain unique features of the restaurant industry the tipping system, chaotic work environment, chronic shortages of labor and supplies, and the manager's role as a fill-in man allow waitresses to manipulate their work environment to protect their own interests. The downgrading of the managerial role in this restaurant has rendered advancement meaningless. Knowing that the 'help wanted' sign is permanently posted, the waitresses refuse to submit to management's dictates, to 'take junk' from rude or hostile customers, or to internalize the negative self-image usually associated with waitressing. The colorful and often amusing comments by the women the author interviewed indicate that they have developed an arsenal of subtle but undeniably effective tactics to combat the exploitive elements of the job, to maximize tips, and to secure the boss' attention to their needs.

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Temple University Press

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0877228884

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9780877228882

Getting Kids to Write! (ENHANCED eBook)

A Natural Approach to Creative Writing

By: Greta Barclay Lipson

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Getting Kids to Write! (ENHANCED eBook)

A Natural Approach to Creative Writing

By: Greta Barclay Lipson

Make it easy and fun for your students to write with these imaginative activities. Includes examples of writing for suggested topics, ideas for discussion, ways to encourage ongoing student-generated ideas, a wide range of writing opportunities in all genres from fiction to nonfiction and more.

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Lorenz Educational Press

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1429114479

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Multispecies Futures

New Approaches to Teaching Human-Animal Studies

By: Roman Bartosch,Liza B. Bauer,Alexandra Böhm,Micha Gerrit Philipp Edlich,Greta Gaard,Björn Hayer,Andreas Hübner,Michaela Keck,Maria Moss,Jobst Paul,Mieke Roscher,Pamela Steen,Nils Steffensen

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Multispecies Futures

New Approaches to Teaching Human-Animal Studies

By: Roman Bartosch,Liza B. Bauer,Alexandra Böhm,Micha Gerrit Philipp Edlich,Greta Gaard,Björn Hayer,Andreas Hübner,Michaela Keck,Maria Moss,Jobst Paul,Mieke Roscher,Pamela Steen,Nils Steffensen

In light of the dramatic growth and rapid institutionalization of human-animal studies in recent years, it is somewhat surprising that only a small number of publications have proposed practical and theoretical approaches to teaching in this inter- and transdisciplinary field. Featuring eleven original pedagogical interventions from the social sciences and the humanities as well as an epilogue from ecofeminist critic Greta Gaard, the present volume addresses this gap and responds to the demand by both educators and students for pedagogies appropriate for dealing with environmental crises. The theoretical and practical contributions collected here describe new ways of teaching human-animal studies in different educational settings and institutional contexts, suggesting how learners – equipped with key concepts such as agency or relationality – can develop empathy and ethical regard for the more-than-human world and especially nonhuman animals. As the contributors to this volume show, these cognitive and affective goals can be achieved in many curricula in secondary and tertiary education. By providing learners with the tools to challenge human exceptionalism in its various guises and related patterns of domination and exploitation in and outside the classroom, these interventions also contribute to a much-needed transformation not only of today's educational systems but of society as a whole. This volume is an invitation to beginners and experienced instructors alike, an invitation to (re)consider how we teach human-animal studies and how we could and should prepare learners for an uncertain future in, ideally, a more egalitarian and just multispecies world. With contributions by Roman Bartosch, Liza B. Bauer, Alexandra Böhm, Micha Gerrit Philipp Edlich, Greta Gaard, Björn Hayer, Andreas Hübner, Michaela Keck, Maria Moss, Jobst Paul, Mieke Roscher, Pamela Steen, and Nils Steffensen.

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