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The Records of the Department of the Interior and Research Concerning Canada's Western Frontier of Settlement

By: Irene M. Spry,Bennett McCardle,University of Regina. Canadian Plains Research Center

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The Records of the Department of the Interior and Research Concerning Canada's Western Frontier of Settlement

By: Irene M. Spry,Bennett McCardle,University of Regina. Canadian Plains Research Center

The Dept. of the Interior was in existence from 1873 to 1936.

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University of Regina Press

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0889770611

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John O. Meusebach

German Colonizer in Texas

By: Irene Marschall King

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John O. Meusebach

German Colonizer in Texas

By: Irene Marschall King

Otfried Hans Freiherr von Meusebach chose a life of hardship and freedom in Texas rather than a life of comfort and influence in his native Germany, where he had lived his formative years within a framework of unconstitutional government. In 1845 the young liberal relinquished his hereditary German title, left behind his close family ties and his various intellectual and political associations, and arrived in Texas as John O. Meusebach, commissioner-general for the Society for the Protection of German Immigrants. His background enabled him to assume an enlightened leadership of fellow immigrants who were pouring in from Germany. Lacking adequate financial backing, he nevertheless led the settling of some five thousand people in a land that was largely occupied by Indians. Irene Marschall King presents the full sweep of Meusebach's vigorous life: Meusebach as the young liberal in Germany, as the colonizer in the 1840s, as a Texas senator and, later, an observer of the Civil War, and as a Texan who devoted his later years to bringing the Texas soil to fruition—all set against a background of the immigration movement and frontier life. "Freedom is not free; it is costly," Meusebach believed. In Texas he found for himself and others freedom worth the price he paid. Rich in historic detail, King's story recounts the founding of Fredericksburg, the crippling effect of the Mexican War upon the mass of immigrants huddled in illness on the coast, the signing of the Indian Treaty, which opened to settlement over three million acres of land, and the final collapse of the Society for the Protection of German Immigrants. Also depicted is the colonists' influence on the land—the gardens and orchards of south central Texas, the "Easter Fires" that blaze on the hills surrounding Fredericksburg, the mixture of German custom with American necessity that created a unique culture. Throughout the narrative Mrs. King presents a fascinating cast of characters: the noble Prince Solms, who tries to establish a German military outpost in Texas; Henry Fisher, who attempts by devious methods to control the colonists and their land and finally incites a mob which tries to hang Meusebach; Philip Cappes, a special commissioner and Meusebach's assistant, who plots through intriguing correspondence with Count Castell, the executive secretary in Germany, to overthrow Meusebach; and the colorful and courageous Indian fighter and Texas Ranger, Colonel Jack Hays. Primarily, however, this is the story of a man who found strength in his family's motto, "Perseverance in Purpose," and gave of his energies to build Texas.

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University of Texas Press

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0292780753

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9780292780750

Chemical Tradename Dictionary

By: Michael Ash,Irene Ash

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Chemical Tradename Dictionary

By: Michael Ash,Irene Ash

This key reference will serve as the most comprehensive source for identifying and locating products in the international chemical marketplace. It has been written for the chemists, materials sientists, end-product formulators, industrial application specialists and scientists working in associated fields.

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John Wiley & Sons

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0471188573

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9780471188575

The Unexpected Gift

By: Irene Hannon

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The Unexpected Gift

By: Irene Hannon

When city girl Morgan Williams arrived in Seaside, Maine, on Christmas Eve, to claim the cottage she'd inherited, she came face-to-face with the handsomest man she'd ever seen. But looks weren't the only thing that Grant Kincaid had to offer. And when he enlisted Morgan's help to raise money for Good Shepherd Camp for troubled kids, she realized there were more important things in life than expensive cars and fancy clothes. Soon Morgan was yearning for a different life...one that included faith and a strong, steadfast Grant by her side.

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Steeple Hill

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1459203577

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9781459203570

Under the Manhattan Bridge

An Anita Servi Mystery

By: Irene Marcuse

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Under the Manhattan Bridge

An Anita Servi Mystery

By: Irene Marcuse

Trying to solve the murder of a man found dead in her husband's woodworking shop, social worker Anita Servi follows clues through local orthodox religious communities, within an artist group, and into the realms of drug dealers and jewel thieves.

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Macmillan

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0765308045

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9780765308047

Across Five Aprils

By: Irene Hunt

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Across Five Aprils

By: Irene Hunt

The Newbery Award-winning author of Up a Road Slowly presents the unforgettable story of Jethro Creighton—a brave boy who comes of age during the turbulent years of the Civil War. In 1861, America is on the cusp of war, and young Jethro Creighton is just nine-years-old. His brother, Tom, and his cousin, Eb, are both of fighting age. As Jethro's family is pulled into the conflict between the North and the South, loyalties are divided, dreams are threatened, and their bonds are put to the test in this heart-wrenching, coming of age story. “Drawing from family records and from stories told by her grandfather, the author has, in an uncommonly fine narrative, created living characters and vividly reconstructed a crucial period of history.”—Booklist

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Penguin

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1101127945

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Becoming a Citizen

Incorporating Immigrants and Refugees in the United States and Canada

By: Irene Bloemraad

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Becoming a Citizen

Incorporating Immigrants and Refugees in the United States and Canada

By: Irene Bloemraad

How can societies that welcome immigrants from around the world create civic cohesion and political community out of ethnic and racial diversity? This thought-provoking book is the first to provide a comparative perspective on how the United States and Canada encourage foreigners to become citizens. Based on vivid in-depth interviews with Portuguese immigrants and Vietnamese refugees in Boston and Toronto and on statistical analysis and documentary data, Becoming a Citizen shows that greater state support for settlement and an official government policy of multiculturalism in Canada increase citizenship acquisition and political participation among the foreign born. The United States, long a successful example of immigrant integration, today has greater problems incorporating newcomers into the polity. While many previous accounts suggest that differences in naturalization and political involvement stem from differences in immigrants’ political skills and interests, Irene Bloemraad argues that foreigners' political incorporation is not just a question of the type of people countries receive, but also fundamentally of the reception given to them. She discusses the implications of her findings for other countries, including Australia and immigrant nations in Europe.

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Univ of California Press

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0520940024

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9780520940024

Public Budgeting

Policy, Process and Politics

By: Irene S. Rubin

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Public Budgeting

Policy, Process and Politics

By: Irene S. Rubin

Some of the best writings on public budgeting and finance can be found in the journals that ASPA publishes or sponsors. For this volume editor Irene Rubin has brought together the best of these articles - emerging classics that address the most important theoretical and practical problems underlying public budgeting.The anthology is organized topically rather than historically, with an effort to delineate the issues needed to understand some of the more recent controversies in the field. Rubin's introductory essay and section openers frame the key issues and provide historical context for each article. The collection begins with descriptions of what public budgeting is, where it comes from, and what it is for. It moves on to the relationship between budget processes and outcomes, constraints on budgeting, the legal context in which it operates, and adaptations to those constraints such as contracting out.The book concludes with a discussion of the ethics and norms that underlie budgeting in a democracy. Throughout the anthology, the emphasis is on areas of disagreement and debate, so students can get involved and explore different viewpoints.

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Routledge

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1317461835

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9781317461838

IFRS Primer International GAAP Basics

By: Irene M. Wiecek,Nicola M. Young

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IFRS Primer International GAAP Basics

By: Irene M. Wiecek,Nicola M. Young

The IFRS Primer: International GAAP Basics serves as a roadmap to provide guidance and a path through the period of transition to convergence of GAAP and international reporting standards for both students and instructors. As in introduction to International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), the IFRS Primer is a stand alone and logical supplement for use with existing U.S. introductory, intermediate, and advanced financial accounting textbooks.

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John Wiley & Sons

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0470483172

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9780470483176

Semiotics of Peasants in Transition

Slovene Villagers and Their Ethnic Relatives in America

By: Irene Portis-Winner

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Semiotics of Peasants in Transition

Slovene Villagers and Their Ethnic Relatives in America

By: Irene Portis-Winner

In Semiotics of Peasants in Transition Irene Portis-Winner examines the complexities of ethnic identity in a traditional Slovene village with unique ties to an American city. At once an investigation into a particular anthropological situation and a theoretical exploration of the semiotics of ethnic culture—in this case a culture permeated by transnational influences—Semiotics of Peasants in Transition describes the complex relationships that have existed between and among the villagers remaining in Slovenia and those who, throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, emigrated to Cleveland, Ohio. Describing a process of continuous and enduring interaction between these geographically separate communities, Portis-Winner explains how, for instance, financial assistance from the emigrants enabled their Slovenian hometown to survive the economic depressions of the 1890s and 1930s. She also analyzes the extent to which memories, rituals, myths, and traditional activities from Slovenia have sustained their Cleveland relatives. The result is a unique anthropological investigation into the signifying practices of a strongly cohesive—yet geographically split—ethnic group, as well as an illuminating application of semiotic analyses to communities and the complex problems they face.

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Duke University Press

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0822383667

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9780822383666

Arithmetic, Geometry, Cryptography and Coding Theory

By: Stéphane Ballet,Gaetan Bisson,Irene Bouw

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Arithmetic, Geometry, Cryptography and Coding Theory

By: Stéphane Ballet,Gaetan Bisson,Irene Bouw

This volume contains the proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Arithmetic, Geometry, Cryptography and Coding Theory (AGC2T-17), held from June 10–14, 2019, at the Centre International de Rencontres Mathématiques in Marseille, France. The conference was dedicated to the memory of Gilles Lachaud, one of the founding fathers of the AGC2T series. Since the first meeting in 1987 the biennial AGC2T meetings have brought together the leading experts on arithmetic and algebraic geometry, and the connections to coding theory, cryptography, and algorithmic complexity. This volume highlights important new developments in the field.

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American Mathematical Soc.

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1470454262

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9781470454265

Lost Legacy

The Mormon Office of Presiding Patriarch

By: Irene M. Bates,E. Gary Smith

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Lost Legacy

The Mormon Office of Presiding Patriarch

By: Irene M. Bates,E. Gary Smith

Joseph Smith's father, Joseph Smith Sr., first occupied the hereditary office of Presiding Patriarch of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Thereafter, it became a focal point for struggle between those appointed and those born to leadership positions. This new edition of Lost Legacy updates the award-winning history of the office. Irene M. Bates and E. Gary Smith chronicle the ongoing tensions around the existence of a Presiding Patriarch as a source of conflict between the Smith family and the rest of the leadership. Their narrative continues through the dawning realization that familial authority was incompatible with the LDS's structured leadership and the decision to abolish the office of Patriarch in 1979. This second edition, revised and supplemented by author E. Gary Smith, includes a new chapter on Eldred G. Smith, the General Authority Emeritus who was the final Presiding Patriarch. It also corrects the text and provides a new preface by E. Gary Smith.

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University of Illinois Press

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0252050134

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9780252050138

Pioneer Mother

The Memoirs of Lillie Belle Grisham Parmenter Horn

By: Irene Epler Vickers,Paul Gene Epler,Stephen Edward Epler

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Pioneer Mother

The Memoirs of Lillie Belle Grisham Parmenter Horn

By: Irene Epler Vickers,Paul Gene Epler,Stephen Edward Epler

At the request of her children and grandchildren, Lillie Belle Parmenter Horn has written the following history and memoirs of her life. She had what few years of schooling were attainable in the 1800s. There was no punctuation whatsoever in the original manuscript which she wrote in long hand. She read voraciously. When her grandsons lived with her while they attended college, she read their textbooks.

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Xlibris Corporation

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1462822711

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9781462822713

Intermediate Accounting, Volume 2

By: Donald E. Kieso,Jerry J. Weygandt,Terry D. Warfield,Irene M. Wiecek,Bruce J. McConomy

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Intermediate Accounting, Volume 2

By: Donald E. Kieso,Jerry J. Weygandt,Terry D. Warfield,Irene M. Wiecek,Bruce J. McConomy

Intermediate Accounting, 12th Edition, Volume 2, continues to be the number one intermediate accounting resource in the Canadian market. Viewed as the most reliable resource by accounting students, faculty, and professionals, this course helps students understand, prepare, and use financial information by linking education with the real-world accounting environment. This new edition now incorporates new data analytics content and up-to-date coverage of leases and revenue recognition.

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1119497043

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Intermediate Accounting, Volume 2

By: Jerry J. Weygandt,Donald E. Kieso,Irene M. Wiecek,Terry D. Warfield,Bruce J. McConomy

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Intermediate Accounting, Volume 2

By: Jerry J. Weygandt,Donald E. Kieso,Irene M. Wiecek,Terry D. Warfield,Bruce J. McConomy

Intermediate Accounting, 13th Canadian Edition has always been, and continues to be, the gold standard that helps connect students to the what, the why, and the how of accounting information. Through new edition updates, you will be able to spark efficient and effective learning and inspire and prepare students to be the accounting professionals of tomorrow. To help develop a deeper understanding of course concepts and move beyond basic understanding, students work through a high-quality assessment at varying levels, helping them learn more efficiently and create connections between topics and real-world application. This course also presents an emphasis on decision-making through Integrated Cases and Research and Analysis questions that allow students to analyze business transactions, apply both IFRS and ASPE, and explore how different accounting standards impact real companies. Throughout the course, students also work through a variety of hands-on activities including Data Analytics Problems, Analytics in Action features, Excel templates, and a new emphasis on sustainability, all within the chapter context. These applications help students develop an accounting decision-making mindset and improve the professional judgement and communication skills needed to be successful in the evolving accounting world.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1119740444

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9781119740445

Balancing the Federal Budget

Trimming the Herds or Eating the Seed Corn?

By: Irene S. Rubin

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Balancing the Federal Budget

Trimming the Herds or Eating the Seed Corn?

By: Irene S. Rubin

In this timely book Irene Rubin focuses on how government tried and eventually succeeded in balancing the U.S. federal budget in 1998. With characteristic insight and a lively narrative, Rubin describes the successive efforts of Congress and the administration over seventeen years to shape a process that would encourage balance, as well as the reactions of federal agencies to the pressure.

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CQ Press

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1483301699

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9781483301693

Bereavement Camps for Children and Adolescents

Planning, Curriculum, and Evaluation

By: Irene Searles McClatchey,Jane S. Wimmer

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Bereavement Camps for Children and Adolescents

Planning, Curriculum, and Evaluation

By: Irene Searles McClatchey,Jane S. Wimmer

Bereavement Camps for Children and Adolescents is the first book to describe in detail how to create bereavement camps for children and adolescents. It is a comprehensive how-to guide, offering practical advice on planning, curriculum building, and evaluation. Readers will find a step-by-step plan for building a non-profit organization, including board development and fundraising, such as grant writing, soliciting businesses, and holding special events, as well as valuable information on nonprofit management and volunteer recruitment. The appendices include a variety of sample forms, letters, and more.

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Routledge

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1351819712

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Building a Better Chicago

Race and Community Resistance to Urban Redevelopment

By: Teresa Irene Gonzales

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Building a Better Chicago

Race and Community Resistance to Urban Redevelopment

By: Teresa Irene Gonzales

How local Black and Brown communities can resist gentrification and fight for their interests Despite promises from politicians, nonprofits, and government agencies, Chicago’s most disadvantaged neighborhoods remain plagued by poverty, failing schools, and gang activity. In Building a Better Chicago, Teresa Irene Gonzales shows us how, and why, these promises have gone unfulfilled, revealing tensions between neighborhood residents and the institutions that claim to represent them. Focusing on Little Village, the largest Mexican immigrant community in the Midwest, and Greater Englewood, a predominantly Black neighborhood, Gonzales gives us an on-the-ground look at Chicago’s inner city. She shows us how philanthropists, nonprofits, and government agencies struggle for power and control—often against the interests of residents themselves—with the result of further marginalizing the communities of color they seek to help. But Gonzales also shows how these communities have advocated for themselves and demanded accountability from the politicians and agencies in their midst. Building a Better Chicago explores the many high-stakes battles taking place on the streets of Chicago, illuminating a more promising pathway to empowering communities of color in the twenty-first century.

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NYU Press

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1479813567

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Selenium

Geobotany, Biochemistry, Toxicity, and Nutrition

By: Irene Rosenfeld,Orville A. Beath

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Selenium

Geobotany, Biochemistry, Toxicity, and Nutrition

By: Irene Rosenfeld,Orville A. Beath

Selenium: Geobotany, Biochemistry, Toxicity, and Nutrition focuses on the properties, characteristics, reactions, applications, chemistry, and transformations of selenium. The book first offers information on the geological distribution of selenium, including the formation of seleniferous soils, chemical forms of selenium in soils, selenium in water, selenium on the sea floor and in sea water, and geobotany. The text then takes a look at selenium indicator in plants and accumulation of selenium by plants. Discussions focus on selenium accumulations in indicator plants; selenium accumulation in farm crops and native grasses; factors that influence selenium accumulation in plants; and identification of indicators by germination tests. The manuscript elaborates on selenium poisoning in animals and prevention and control of selenium poisoning. Acute selenium poisoning, chronic selenium poisoning by inorganic selenium, and recognition of poisonous range plants are also discussed. The text also examines selenium in nutrition and the chemistry of selenium. The publication is a valuable source of data for readers interested in the study of selenium.

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Academic Press

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1483275906

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9781483275901

Irene Rice Pereira

Her Paintings and Philosophy

By: Karen Anne Bearor,Irene Rice Pereira

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Irene Rice Pereira

Her Paintings and Philosophy

By: Karen Anne Bearor,Irene Rice Pereira

In this major revisionist work, Margaret C. Jones calls for reexamination of the relevance of The Masses' feminism to that of the 1990s. She explores women contributors' perspectives on crucial issues: patriarchy, birth control, the labor movement, woman suffrage, pacifism, and ethnicity.

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University of Texas Press

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0292738587

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9780292738584

Academic Language/Literacy Strategies for Adolescents

A "How-To" Manual for Educators

By: Debra L. Cook Hirai,Irene Borrego,Emilio Garza,Carl T. Kloock

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Academic Language/Literacy Strategies for Adolescents

A "How-To" Manual for Educators

By: Debra L. Cook Hirai,Irene Borrego,Emilio Garza,Carl T. Kloock

Fast-paced, practical, and innovative, this text for pre-service and in-service teachers features clear, easily accessible lessons and professional development activities to improve the delivery of academic language/literacy education across the content areas in junior/middle school and high school classrooms. Numerous hands-on tools and techniques demonstrate the effectiveness of content-area instruction for students in a wide variety of school settings, particularly English language learners, struggling readers, and other special populations of students. Based on a strong professional development model the authors have been instrumental in designing, Academic Language/Literacy Strategies for Adolescents addresses: motivation attributes of academic language vocabulary: theory and practice reading skills development grammar and writing. A wealth of charts, graphs, and lesson plans give clear examples of academic language/literacy strategies in action. The appendices – a key component of the practical applications developed in the text – include a glossary, exemplary lessons that address key content areas, and a Grammar Handbook. In this era of increased accountability, coupled with rapid demographic change and challenges to traditional curricula and pedagogical methods, educators will find this book to be a great resource.

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Routledge

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113516410X

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9781135164102

Henry Koster

A Directors Guild of America Oral History

By: Henry Koster,Irene Kahn Atkins

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Henry Koster

A Directors Guild of America Oral History

By: Henry Koster,Irene Kahn Atkins

Of the many film artists displaced by Hitler, Henry Koster was among the few who successfully adapted to the American studio system. Koster directed 45 successful motion pictures in a wide variety of genres all of which share the interplay of warm human feelings- a trademark of his films.

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Scarecrow Press

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081081983X

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Jane Austen and the Clergy

By: Irene Collins

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Jane Austen and the Clergy

By: Irene Collins

Jane Austen was the daughter of a clergyman, the sister of two others and the cousin of four more. Her principal acquaintances were clergymen and their families, whose social, intellectual and religious attitudes she shared. Yet while clergymen feature in all her novels, often in major roles, there has been little recognition of their significance. To many readers their status and profession is a mystery, as they appear simply to be a sub-species of gentlemen and never seem to perform any duties. Mr Collins in Pride and prejudice is often regarded as little more than a figure of fun. Astonishingly, Jane Austen and the Clergy is the first book to demonstrate the importance of Jane Austen's clerical background and to explain the clergy in her novels, whether Mr Tilney in Northanger Abbey, Mr Elton in Emma, or a less prominent character such as Dr Grant in Mansfield Park. In this exceptionally well-written and enjoyable book, Irene Collins draws on a wide knowledge of the literature and history of the period to describe who the clergy were, both in the novels and in life: how they were educated and appointed the houses they lived in and the gardens they designed and cultivated; the women they married; their professional and social context; their income, their duties, their moral outlook and their beliefs. Jane Austen and the Clergy uses the facts of Jane Austen's life and the evidence contained in her letters and novels to give a vivid and convincing portrait of the contemporary clergy.

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A&C Black

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1852853271

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Buried Secrets (Men of Valor Book #1)

A Novel

By: Irene Hannon

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Buried Secrets (Men of Valor Book #1)

A Novel

By: Irene Hannon

After seven years as a Chicago homicide detective, Lisa Grant has hit a wall. Ready for a kinder, gentler life, she takes a job as a small-town police chief. But the discovery of a human skeleton by a construction crew at the edge of town taxes the resources of her department. A call for assistance brings detective Mac McGregor, an ex-Navy SEAL, to her doorstep. As they work to solve the mystery behind the unmarked grave, danger begins to shadow them. Someone doesn't want this dead person telling any tales--and will stop at nothing to make certain a life-shattering secret stays buried. Master storyteller Irene Hannon is back with an exciting new series featuring former special forces operatives now in the thick of the action in civilian life. Hannon is at the top of her game in this can't-put-it-down thriller that will have readers up until the wee hours devouring every page.

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Revell

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1441223045

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The Laird of Fort William

William McGillvray and the North West Company

By: Irene Ternier Gordon

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The Laird of Fort William

William McGillvray and the North West Company

By: Irene Ternier Gordon

High finance, wilderness adventures, violence, and questionable legal tactics all played important roles in the history of the North West Company. William McGillivray, head of the company from 1804 until 1821, was arguably the most powerful businessman in Canada in the early nineteenth century. William McGillivray emigrated from the Scottish Highlands to work for his uncle Simon McTavish when he was twenty years old and became head of the NWC in 1804 upon McTavish's death. The period from 1805 to 1814 was a time of quick expansion and great prosperity for the company; however, its decline was even more rapid. It could be argued that the NWC did not merge with the Hudson's Bay Company in 1821 but rather was swallowed up by it. By the time William died in 1825, the McGillivray family had been forced into bankruptcy. Set against the background of the history and legacy of the NWC, this engaging biography tells McGillivray's complete story, from his early years in Scotland, immigration to Canada, and fur-trading successes to his eventual downfall.

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Heritage House Publishing Co

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192705172X

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We, the Students and Teachers

Teaching Democratically in the History and Social Studies Classroom

By: Robert W. Maloy,Irene S. LaRoche

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We, the Students and Teachers

Teaching Democratically in the History and Social Studies Classroom

By: Robert W. Maloy,Irene S. LaRoche

We, the Students and Teachers shows history and social studies educators how to make school classrooms into democratic spaces for teaching and learning. The book offers practical strategies and lesson ideas for transforming democratic theory into instructional practice. It stresses the importance of students and teachers working together to create community and change. The book serves as an essential text for history and social studies teaching methods courses as well as professional development and inservice programs for history and social studies teachers at all grade levels.

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State University of New York Press

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1438455607

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9781438455600

An Eye for an Eye (Heroes of Quantico Book #2)

A Novel

By: Irene Hannon

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An Eye for an Eye (Heroes of Quantico Book #2)

A Novel

By: Irene Hannon

After he accidentally shoots a teenager at a tense standoff, FBI Hostage Rescue Team member Mark Sanders is sent to St. Louis to work as a field agent and get his bearings while the bad press starts to settle. Just weeks away from returning to Quantico to resume his work on the HRT, Mark has a chance encounter with an old flame, Emily Lawson. But their reunion is cut short by a sniper. Now Mark must find the shooter before he tries to strike again. But what is his motive--and who was his intended target? Can Mark put the pieces together, keep Emily safe, and rekindle a long-dead relationship at the same time? A fast-paced tale of romance, suspense, and intrigue, An Eye for an Eye is the exciting second installment in the Heroes of Quantico series.

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The Japanese Effect in Contemporary Irish Poetry

By: Irene De Angelis

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The Japanese Effect in Contemporary Irish Poetry

By: Irene De Angelis

The Japanese Effect in Contemporary Irish Poetry provides a stimulating, original and lively analysis of the Irish-Japanese literary connection from the early 1960s to 2007. While for some this may partly remain Oscar Wilde's 'mode of style', this book will show that there is more of Japan in the work of contemporary Irish poets than 'a tinkling of china/ and tea into china.' Drawing on unpublished new sources, Irene De Angelis includes poets from a broad range of cultural backgrounds with richly varied styles: Seamus Heaney, Derek Mahon, Ciaran Carson and Paul Muldoon, together with younger poets such as Sinéad Morrissey and Joseph Woods. Including close readings of selected poems, this is an indispensable companion for all those interested in the broader historical and cultural research on the effect of oriental literature in modernist and postmodernist Irish poetry.

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