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Edith Wharton's Evolutionary Conception

Darwinian Allegory in the Major Novels

By: Paul J. Ohler

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Edith Wharton's Evolutionary Conception

Darwinian Allegory in the Major Novels

By: Paul J. Ohler

Edith Wharton's "Evolutionary Conception" investigates Edith Wharton's engagement with evolutionary theory in The House of Mirth, The Custom of the Country, and The Age of Innocence. The book also examines The Descent of Man, The Fruit of the Tree, Twilight Sleep, and The Children to show that Wharton's interest in biology and sociology was central to the thematic and formal elements of her fiction. Ohler argues that Wharton depicts the complex interrelations of New York's gentry and socioeconomic elite from a perspective informed by the main concerns of evolutionary thought. Concentrating on her use of ideas she encountered in works by Darwin, Herbert Spencer, and T.H. Huxley, his readings of Wharton's major novels demonstrate the literary configuration of scientific ideas she drew on and, in some cases, disputed. R.W.B. Lewis writes that Wharton 'was passionately addicted to scientific study': this book explores the ramifications of this fact for her fictional sociobiology. The book explores the ways in which Edith Wharton's scientific interests shaped her analysis of class, affected the formal properties of her fiction, and resulted in her negative valuation of social Darwinism.

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Routledge

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1135511470

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Personal Conflict Management

Theory and Practice

By: Amy Janan Johnson,Ioana A. Cionea,Suzanne McCorkle,Melanie J. Reese

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Personal Conflict Management

Theory and Practice

By: Amy Janan Johnson,Ioana A. Cionea,Suzanne McCorkle,Melanie J. Reese

This third edition bridges the theory behind why conflict occurs with specific skills and tools to transform difficult interpersonal encounters into beneficial, constructive exchanges. Providing an understanding of the common causes of conflict, this edition continues its discussions of causes of conflict, what affects how conflict occurs and unfolds, and strategies to manage conflict. Separate chapters are dedicated to examining conflict in common, everyday contexts such as families, friendships, the workplace, or on social media. This edition also features updated information and examples, further connections between conflict and communication, a revised chapter on conflict in close relationships, as well as a new chapter on intercultural conflict. The book is ideal for introductory conflict and communication courses at the undergraduate or graduate level. An instructor manual, significantly updated as well, is also available online, including summaries of the chapters, activities, a test bank, and sample syllabi and assignments. Please visit www.routledge.com/ 9781032412412

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Taylor & Francis

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1040048455

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Star Trek: Strange New Worlds VIII

By: Dean Wesley Smith,Paula M. Block,Elisa J. Kassin

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Star Trek: Strange New Worlds VIII

By: Dean Wesley Smith,Paula M. Block,Elisa J. Kassin

This newest volume of Strange New Worlds features original Star Trek®, Star Trek: The Next Generation ®, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine®, Star Trek: Voyager®, and Star Trek: Enterprise™ stories written by Star Trek fans, for Star Trek fans! Each of these stories features our favorite Trek characters in new and adventurous situations. In this anthology, we get to experience a new version of the Kobayashi Maru, feel what it's like to be inside the Borg collective, delight in tasting new foods, and encourage Starfleet's future. This year's Strange New Worlds winners encompass newcomers and veterans alike, including Alan James Garbers, Kevin Lauderdale, Kevin Andrew Hosey, Paul C. Tseng, Kevin G. Summers, Sarah A. Seaborne, John Takis, Dan C. Duval, Amy Vincent, David DeLee, Muri McCage, Susan S. McCrackin, M.C. Demarco, Annie Reed, Amy Sisson, J.B. Stevens, Robert Burke Richardson, Lorraine Anderson, A. Rhea King, Derrek Tyler Attico, Geoffrey Thorne, and Paul J. Kaplan.

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Simon and Schuster

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1416506888

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Dark Forest

By: Buck J. Wesley,J. . WESLEY BUCK

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Dark Forest

By: Buck J. Wesley,J. . WESLEY BUCK

As crews explore a new mystical planet, they also discover unknown secrets that the planet holds. Come into the world of unknown as mysteries unfold and are solved. Or are they?

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Lulu.com

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055706015X

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The Methuen Drama Book of Trans Plays

Sagittarius Ponderosa; The Betterment Society; how to clean your room; She He Me; The Devils Between Us; Doctor Voynich and Her Children; Firebird Tattoo; Crooked Parts

By: Azure D. Osborne-Lee,Ty Defoe,MJ Kaufman,Raphaël Amahl Khouri,J. Chavez,Sharifa Yasmin,Mashuq Mushtaq Deen

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The Methuen Drama Book of Trans Plays

Sagittarius Ponderosa; The Betterment Society; how to clean your room; She He Me; The Devils Between Us; Doctor Voynich and Her Children; Firebird Tattoo; Crooked Parts

By: Azure D. Osborne-Lee,Ty Defoe,MJ Kaufman,Raphaël Amahl Khouri,J. Chavez,Sharifa Yasmin,Mashuq Mushtaq Deen

Finalist in the 2022 Lambda Literary Awards for the LGBTQ Anthology category The Methuen Drama Book of Trans Plays for the Stage is the first play anthology to offer eight new plays by trans playwrights featuring trans characters. This edited collection establishes a canon of contemporary American trans theatre which represents a variety of performance modes and genres. From groundbreaking new work from across America's stages to unpublished work by new voices, these plays address themes such as gender identity and expression to racial and religious attitudes toward love and sex. Edited by Lindsey Mantoan, Angela Farr Schiller and Leanna Keyes, the plays selected explicitly call for trans characters as central protagonists in order to promote opportunities for trans performers, making this an original and necessary publication for both practical use and academic study. Sagittarius Ponderosa by MJ Kaufman The Betterment Society by Mashuq Mushtaq Deen how to clean your room by j. chavez She He Me by Raphaël Amahl Khouri The Devils Between Us by Sharifa Yasmin Doctor Voynich and Her Children by Leanna Keyes Firebird Tattoo by Ty Defoe Crooked Parts by Azure Osborne-Lee

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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Edith Wharton

Matters of Mind and Spirit

By: Carol J. Singley

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Edith Wharton

Matters of Mind and Spirit

By: Carol J. Singley

A study of religion and philosophy in the novels and short stories of Edith Wharton, first published in 1995.

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Cambridge University Press

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052164612X

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Edith Wharton and the Visual Arts

By: Emily J. Orlando

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Edith Wharton and the Visual Arts

By: Emily J. Orlando

This work explores Edith Wharton's career-long concern with a 19th-century visual culture that limited female artistic agency and expression. Wharton repeatedly invoked the visual arts as a medium for revealing the ways that women's bodies have been represented (as passive, sexualized, infantalized, sickly, dead). Well-versed in the Italian masters, Wharton made special use of the art of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, particularly its penchant for producing not portraits of individual women but instead icons onto whose bodies male desire is superimposed.

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University of Alabama Press

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0817315373

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Return to Bull Run

The Campaign and Battle of Second Manassas

By: John J. Hennessy

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Return to Bull Run

The Campaign and Battle of Second Manassas

By: John J. Hennessy

“This comprehensively researched, well-written book represents the definitive account of Robert E. Lee’s triumph over Union leader John Pope in the summer of 1862. . . . Lee’s strategic skills, and the capabilities of his principal subordinates James Longstreet and Stonewall Jackson, brought the Confederates onto the field of Second Manassas at the right places and times against a Union army that knew how to fight, but not yet how to win.”—Publishers Weekly

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University of Oklahoma Press

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0806186720

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Physiology of Rubber Tree Latex

The Laticiferous Cell and Latex- A Model of Cytoplasm

By: J. d'Auzac

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Physiology of Rubber Tree Latex

The Laticiferous Cell and Latex- A Model of Cytoplasm

By: J. d'Auzac

The present work is based on the study of the laticiferous system in Hevea. It therefore covers anatomical, histological, and cytological research on laticifers and latex, together with biochemical and enzymological investigation of latex in vitro. Integration of all these studies led to the investigation of the physiology of the laticiferous function. The work described includes the most important results obtained over a period of nearly a century and the most recent work which has yet to be published.

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CRC Press

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1351084143

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Decoding Your Dog

The Ultimate Experts Explain Common Dog Behaviors and Reveal how to Prevent Or Change Unwanted Ones

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Decoding Your Dog

The Ultimate Experts Explain Common Dog Behaviors and Reveal how to Prevent Or Change Unwanted Ones

The top dog behaviorists in the country - the top researchers, scientists, and veterinarians - have teamed up with a renowned media personality to create the most cutting-edge, scientifically accurate, definitive book on why our dogs do what they do and how we can prevent or solve common canine behavior problems.

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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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0547738919

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The Devil’s Music

How Christians Inspired, Condemned, and Embraced Rock ’n’ Roll

By: Randall J. Stephens

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The Devil’s Music

How Christians Inspired, Condemned, and Embraced Rock ’n’ Roll

By: Randall J. Stephens

When rock ’n’ roll emerged in the 1950s, ministers denounced it from their pulpits and Sunday school teachers warned of the music’s demonic origins. The big beat, said Billy Graham, was “ever working in the world for evil.” Yet by the early 2000s Christian rock had become a billion-dollar industry. The Devil’s Music tells the story of this transformation. Rock’s origins lie in part with the energetic Southern Pentecostal churches where Elvis, Little Richard, James Brown, and other pioneers of the genre worshipped as children. Randall J. Stephens shows that the music, styles, and ideas of tongue-speaking churches powerfully influenced these early performers. As rock ’n’ roll’s popularity grew, white preachers tried to distance their flock from this “blasphemous jungle music,” with little success. By the 1960s, Christian leaders feared the Beatles really were more popular than Jesus, as John Lennon claimed. Stephens argues that in the early days of rock ’n’ roll, faith served as a vehicle for whites’ racial fears. A decade later, evangelical Christians were at odds with the counterculture and the antiwar movement. By associating the music of blacks and hippies with godlessness, believers used their faith to justify racism and conservative politics. But in a reversal of strategy in the early 1970s, the same evangelicals embraced Christian rock as a way to express Jesus’s message within their own religious community and project it into a secular world. In Stephens’s compelling narrative, the result was a powerful fusion of conservatism and popular culture whose effects are still felt today.

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Harvard University Press

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0674919726

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Three Views on the Rapture

Pretribulation, Prewrath, Or Posttribulation

By: Alan Hultberg,Craig A. Blaising,Douglas J. Moo

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Three Views on the Rapture

Pretribulation, Prewrath, Or Posttribulation

By: Alan Hultberg,Craig A. Blaising,Douglas J. Moo

Thoroughly examining the doctrine of the rapture and its effects on the church, this volume offers a historical overview of the background and evidence pertaining to three main evangelical viewpoints--Blaising on pretribulation, Hultberg on pre-wrath, and Moo on post-tribulation. After each contributor explains his position, the other two critique its strengths and weaknesses. 288 pages, softcover from Zondervan"--Publisher description.

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Zondervan

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0310277205

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Throne of Glass eBook Bundle

An 8 Book Bundle

By: Sarah J. Maas

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Throne of Glass eBook Bundle

An 8 Book Bundle

By: Sarah J. Maas

One of the best fantasy book series of the past decade - Time Magazine When magic has gone from the world and a vicious king rules from his throne of glass, an assassin comes to the castle. She is a prisoner, but if she can defeat twenty-three killers, thieves, and warriors in a competition to find the greatest assassin in the land, she will become the king's champion and earn her freedom. But the evil she encounters in the castle goes deep, and as dark forces gather on the horizon – forces which threaten to destroy her entire world – the assassin must take her place in a fight greater than she could ever have imagined. This is the epic, heart-stopping fantasy series that has turned #1 New York Times bestselling author Sarah J. Maas into a worldwide phenomenon. Fans new and old will dive into this ebook bundle containing the whole series: Throne of Glass, Crown of Midnight, Heir of Fire, Queen of Shadows, Empire of Storms, Tower of Dawn, the thrilling finale Kingdom of Ash, and the companion anthology The Assassin's Blade.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1526635240

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Crown of Midnight

From the # 1 Sunday Times best-selling author of A Court of Thorns and Roses

By: Sarah J. Maas

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Crown of Midnight

From the # 1 Sunday Times best-selling author of A Court of Thorns and Roses

By: Sarah J. Maas

One of the best fantasy book series of the past decade' TIME Never trust an assassin. Celaena's story continues in this second book in the #1 bestselling Throne of Glass series by Sarah J. Maas. Celaena Sardothien won a brutal contest to become the King's Champion. But she is far from loyal to the crown. Though she goes to great lengths to hide her secret, her deadly charade becomes more difficult when she realises she is not the only one seeking justice. Her search for answers ensnares those closest to her, and no one is safe from suspicion - not the Crown Prince Dorian; not Chaol, the Captain of the Guard; not even her best friend, Nehemia, a princess with a rebel heart. Then, one terrible night, the secrets they have all been keeping lead to an unspeakable tragedy. As Celaena's world shatters, she will be forced to decide once and for all where her true loyalties lie ... and what she is willing to fight for. The second book in the #1 New York Times bestselling Throne of Glass series returns readers to a land destroyed by liars, where one woman's truth is the only thing that can save them all.

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1408834952

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Do-It-Yourself Projects for Bowhunters

By: Peter J. Fiduccia,Peter Fiduccia,Leo Somma

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Do-It-Yourself Projects for Bowhunters

By: Peter J. Fiduccia,Peter Fiduccia,Leo Somma

A detailed reference book for bowhunting deer including dozens of useful woodworking, antler, bone, and hide projects that are practical for camp and home.

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Skyhorse Publishing Inc.

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1616088168

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The Structures of Virtue and Vice

By: Daniel J. Daly

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The Structures of Virtue and Vice

By: Daniel J. Daly

Daly uses the lens of virtue and vice to reimagine a Catholic ethics that can better scrutinize the social forces that both affect our moral character and contribute to human well-being or human suffering, creating a framework to respond virtuously to problems caused by global social systems, from poverty to climate change.

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Georgetown University Press

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1647120403

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Star Trek 101: A Practical Guide to Who, What, Where, and Why

By: Terry J. Erdmann

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Star Trek 101: A Practical Guide to Who, What, Where, and Why

By: Terry J. Erdmann

In the future, a heroic captain and his crew explore the Galaxy in a really fast spacecraft. The crew's standing orders are: "...to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no man has gone before."™ Simple, straightforward -- that's Star Trek.® So what's all the fuss? Why do news crews always seem to find someone, somewhere dressed up in a Star Trek costume? What could be so interesting to so many people? Star Trek 101 is the answer. You'll learn just a little about the heroes (Captain Kirk believes that man wasn't meant to live in paradise), the villains (Klingons have a thirst for conquest), and the important aliens (Vulcans live their lives by logic). In the handy recaps for all things Star Trek, you'll discover that the television shows and movies run the gamut from action-adventure to comedy. Just want to sample? The ten essential episodes are offered for your consideration. Star Trek 101 is a quick primer of the television shows and movies that carry the Star Trek name.

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Simon and Schuster

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143911787X

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Intermediate Accounting

Principles and Analysis

By: Terry D. Warfield,Jerry J. Weygandt,Donald E. Kieso

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Intermediate Accounting

Principles and Analysis

By: Terry D. Warfield,Jerry J. Weygandt,Donald E. Kieso

Now readers can get all the accuracy and authority of the best-selling intermediate accounting book in the new second edition of this brief, streamlined version! Fundamentals of Intermediate Accounting presents a balanced discussion of concepts and applications, explaining the rationale behind business transactions before addressing the accounting and reporting for those activities. Readers will gain a solid foundation in such areas as the standard-setting process, the three major financial statements, revenue recognition, income taxes, reporting disclosure issues, and much more.

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John Wiley & Sons

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0471737933

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9780471737933

Tuskegee in Philadelphia: Rising to the Challenge

By: Robert J. Kodosky

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Tuskegee in Philadelphia: Rising to the Challenge

By: Robert J. Kodosky

At the outbreak of World War II, Philadelphians heeded the call, including the valiant airmen and women of Tuskegee. Although trained in Alabama, the prestigious unit comprised dozens of Philadelphia-area natives, second only to Chicago in the country. They served as fighter pilots, bombers, nurses and mechanics, as well as in many other support roles. The African American service members had to overcome racism and sexism on the homefront in order to serve with great distinction. Their battle for equality didn't end at the war's conclusion. Tuskegee alumni continued to serve their nation by working to secure civil rights and serve their community back home in Philadelphia. Author Robert Kodosky presents the trials and triumphs of Philadelphia's Tuskegee airmen and women.

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Arcadia Publishing

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1467144673

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The Net of Nemesis

Studies in Tragic Bond/age

By: August J. Nigro

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The Net of Nemesis

Studies in Tragic Bond/age

By: August J. Nigro

The Net of Nemesis examines the trope of tragic bond/age, in which humanity is the beneficiary of bonds that nurture and unite and the victim of bondage that confines and restrains. Manifestations of the trope in Greek and Shakespearean tragedy, Miltonic epic, and nineteenth- and twentieth-century fiction repeat and vary the trope's central symbol of the net and other, related leitmotifs and demonstrate that such orchestration resolves the conflict between bonds and bond/age and informs the catharsis and transcendence essential to tragedy.

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Susquehanna University Press

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1575910365

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Clinical Assessment of Child and Adolescent Personality and Behavior

By: Paul J. Frick,Christopher T. Barry,Randy W. Kamphaus

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Clinical Assessment of Child and Adolescent Personality and Behavior

By: Paul J. Frick,Christopher T. Barry,Randy W. Kamphaus

Psychologists offer an increasing variety of services to the public. Among these services, psychological assessment of personality and behavior continues to be a central activity. One main reason is that other mental health professionals often do not possess a high level of competence in this area. And when dealing with children and adolescents, psychological assessment seems to take on an even greater role. Therefore, it follows that comprehensive graduate-level instruction in assessment should be a high priority for educators of psychologists who will work with these youth. This textbook is organized into three sections, consistent with the authors’ approach to teaching. Part I provides students with the psychological knowledge base necessary for modern assessment practice, including historical perspectives, measurement science, child psychopathology, ethical, legal, and cultural issues, and the basics of beginning the assessment process. Part II gives students a broad review of the specific assessment methods used by psychologists, accompanied by specific advice regarding the usage and strengths and weaknesses of each method. In Part III, we help students perform some of the most sophisticated of assessment practices: integrating and communicating assessment results and infusing assessment practice with knowledge of child development and psychopathology to assess some of the most common types of behavioral and emotional disorders in youth. A text focusing on assessment practices must be updated every four to six years to keep pace with advances in test development. For example, several of the major tests reviewed in the text, such as the Behavioral Assessment System for Children and the Child Behavior Checklist, have undergone major revisions since the publication of the last edition making the current content outdated. Further, another major test, the Conners’ Rating Scales, is undergoing substantial revisions that should be completed before publication of the next edition. Finally, the evidence for the validity of the tests and the recommendations for their appropriate use evolve as research accumulates and requires frequent updating to remain current. For example, there was a special issue of the Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology published focusing on evidenced-based assessment of the major forms of childhood psychopathology that will need to be integrated into the chapters in Part 3. This latter point reflects an important trend in the field that should influence the marketing of the book. That is, there are several initiatives being started in all of the major areas of applied psychology (e.g., school, clinical, and counseling) to promote evidenced-based assessment practices. These initiatives have all emphasized the need to enhance the training of graduate students in this approach to assessment. This has been the orientation of this textbook from its first edition: that is, Clinical Assessment of Child and Adolescent Personality and Behavior has focused on using research to guide all recommendations for practice. The ability of the textbook to meet this training need should be an important focus of marketing the book to training programs across all areas of applied psychology.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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144190641X

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The Star Trek Book New Edition

By: Paul J. Ruditis

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The Star Trek Book New Edition

By: Paul J. Ruditis

To boldly expand your Star Trek horizons. Re-engage! The new edition of The Star Trek Book takes readers even further into one of the greatest science fiction universes ever created. This unique, insightful, and comprehensive examination of an enduring, much loved franchise features every era of Star Trek in one volume, from the pioneering 1960s TV series to the latest movies and streaming shows, including Star Trek: Beyond, Star Trek: Discovery, Star Trek: Picard, and Star Trek: Short Trek. Written by Star Trek experts, this book is packed with stunning film and TV stills, illuminating infographics, and incisive, specially curated essays that unlock the mysteries of the ever-expanding Star Trek Universe. From new and legendary heroes such as James T. Kirk, Jean-Luc Picard, and Michael Burnham to iconic villains like Khan, Q, and the Borg, to fascinating alien species like the Vulcans, Klingons, and Ferengi, this book explores the central characters, technology, civilizations, and events that have shaped the complex, epic story of Star Trek. Resistance is futile. This is the (star) trek of a lifetime you don't want to miss! TM & © 2020 CBS Studios Inc. © 2020 Paramount Pictures Corp. STAR TREK and related marks and logos are trademarks of CBS Studios Inc. All Rights Reserved.

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Penguin

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074405415X

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The Neuroethology of Predation and Escape

By: Keith T. Sillar,Laurence D. Picton,William J. Heitler

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The Neuroethology of Predation and Escape

By: Keith T. Sillar,Laurence D. Picton,William J. Heitler

The forces of natural selection have been a primary driver in the evolution of adaptive animal behaviours. On the one hand animals must evade predation in order to survive and pass on their genes; on other hand, and for the same underlying reasons, animals must also be capable of successfully capturing prey. This situation has led to an evolutionary arms race in which predator and prey are locked in the battle to survive. A common strategy in each situation is to enhance the speed of response, resulting in the evolution of neural, muscular and biomechanical designs that produce supremely fast and eye-catching behavioral responses. The aim of this book is to illuminate the design principles of escape and predatory behaviours using a series of case histories from different animal groups and to emphasize the convergent evolution of neural circuitry that optimizes the chances of survival. Using these case histories the authors describe sensory mechanisms that aid prey and predator detection, central neural circuit designs that increase speed of response and neuromuscular and biomechanical properties that aid the performance of escape and predatory movements.

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John Wiley & Sons

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111852716X

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Laurel and Thorn

The Athlete in American Literature

By: Robert J. Higgs

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Laurel and Thorn

The Athlete in American Literature

By: Robert J. Higgs

To examine the social and cultural significance of the athlete hero in American literature, Robert J. Higgs turns to the works of Ring Lardner, Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Thomas Wolfe, William Faulkner, Robert Penn Warren, Arthur Miller, and Tennessee Williams. Higgs views the athlete in literature not as an artistic creation but as one who reflects the tastes, attainments, beliefs, and ideals of his society. The athletes he describes as Apollonian are the know-it-alls, of whom Lardner's Busher Keefe is an example; the Dyonisian, as exemplified by Irwin Shaw's Christian Darling, worships his body as an end in itself. The Adonic seeks knowledge for the sake of self-realization and lives in a world of tension, pain, struggle, and hope. Such a figure is Wolfe's Nebraska Crane. Higgs finds in contemporary American literature a clear rejection of the Apollonian and Dyonisian models and an acceptance of the Adonic.

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University Press of Kentucky

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0813162998

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Accounting Theory

Conceptual Issues in a Political and Economic Environment

By: Harry I. Wolk,James L. Dodd,John J. Rozycki

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Accounting Theory

Conceptual Issues in a Political and Economic Environment

By: Harry I. Wolk,James L. Dodd,John J. Rozycki

This updated Ninth Edition of Accounting Theory: Conceptual Issues in a Political and Economic Environment continues to be one of the most relevant and comprehensive texts on accounting theory. Authors Harry I. Wolk, James L. Dodd, John J. Rozycki provide a critical overview of accounting as a whole as well as touch on the financial issues in economic and political contexts, providing readers with an understanding of how current United States accounting standards were derived and where we might be headed in the future. Readers will find learning tools such as questions, cases, problems and writing assignments to solidify their understanding of accounting theory and gain new insights into this evolving field.

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SAGE Publications

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1483375048

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Brewing

By: Michael J. Lewis,Tom W. Young

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Brewing

By: Michael J. Lewis,Tom W. Young

Designed for those involved in the malting, brewing, and allied industries who have little or no formal training in brewing science. Presents the essentials of brewing science and its relationship to brewing technology. Forcuses on the principles and practices most central to an understanding of the brewing process, including preparation of malt, hops and yeast, the fermentation process; microbiology and contaminants, finishing, packaging, and flavor."--

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Springer Science & Business Media

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0306472740

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9780306472749

Detective Fiction

By: Charles J. Rzepka

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Detective Fiction

By: Charles J. Rzepka

Detective Fiction' is a clear and compelling look at some of the best known, yet least-understood characters and texts of the modern day. Undergraduate students of Detective and Crime Fiction and of genre fiction in general, will find this book essential reading.

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298

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Polity

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0745629423

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9780745629421

Oil, Taxes, and Cats

A History of the Devitt Family and the Mallet Ranch

By: David J. Murrah

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Oil, Taxes, and Cats

A History of the Devitt Family and the Mallet Ranch

By: David J. Murrah

Many of the great Texas ranches established during the cattle boom of the 1880s became immediate business successes, but as time passed, many of them failed. The historic ranches that have survived to the present are few. Oil, Taxes, and Cats is the story of one of the survivors and of the family that kept it alive.

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Texas Tech University Press

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0896724603

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9780896724600

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