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Public Service Motivation and Public Opinion

Examining Antecedents and Attitudes

By: Jaclyn S. Piatak,Stephen B. Holt

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Public Service Motivation and Public Opinion

Examining Antecedents and Attitudes

By: Jaclyn S. Piatak,Stephen B. Holt

Practitioners, policymakers, and scholars across fields and disciplines seek to understand factors that shape public opinion and public service values, especially in today's polarized context. Yet we know little about how the two relate. Research on public service motivation (PSM), a drive to help others grounded in public institutions, has grown to examine career decisions and behaviors within and outside the workplace, but does the influence of PSM extend to individual values? Using data from the Cooperative Congressional Election Study surrounding the 2016 US presidential election, we first examine the antecedents of PSM; how do individual characteristics as well as socioeconomic and sociocultural factors influence levels of PSM? Second, we describe the role PSM plays in shaping public opinion on policy preferences, budget priorities, and political behaviors. Findings have implications for both understanding who has PSM as well as how PSM shapes public preferences, attitudes, and behaviors.

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Cambridge University Press

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1108967639

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9781108967631

Skinny Cocktails

The Only Guide You'll Ever Need to Go Out, Have Fun, and Still Fit Into Your Skinny Jeans

By: Jaclyn Foley,Ray Foley

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Skinny Cocktails

The Only Guide You'll Ever Need to Go Out, Have Fun, and Still Fit Into Your Skinny Jeans

By: Jaclyn Foley,Ray Foley

More than 250 Tasty Low-Cal Cocktail Options There's nothing better than letting loose with friends and a few drinks, but whether you're planning on kicking back after a hectic day or glamming it up for a night out, the last thing you want to do is obsess about calories. Enjoy The Low-Cal Frangelini Melt My Heart Mojito Seven Skinny Sparkling Summer Spritzer Dandy Shandy With no-fear recipes, easy-access calorie counts, and minimaldamage mixers, Skinny Cocktails is the must-have companion to a stress-free skinny life.

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Sourcebooks, Inc.

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1402242832

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9781402242830

International Jewish Humanitarianism in the Age of the Great War

By: Jaclyn Granick

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International Jewish Humanitarianism in the Age of the Great War

By: Jaclyn Granick

In 1914, seven million Jews across Eastern Europe and the Eastern Mediterranean were caught in the crossfire of warring empires in a disaster of stupendous, unprecedented proportions. In response, American Jews developed a new model of humanitarian relief for their suffering brethren abroad, wandering into American foreign policy as they navigated a wartime political landscape. The effort continued into peacetime, touching every interwar Jewish community in these troubled regions through long-term refugee, child welfare, public health, and poverty alleviation projects. Against the backdrop of war, revolution, and reconstruction, this is the story of American Jews who went abroad in solidarity to rescue and rebuild Jewish lives in Jewish homelands. As they constructed a new form of humanitarianism and re-drew the map of modern philanthropy, they rebuilt the Jewish Diaspora itself in the image of the modern social welfare state.

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Cambridge University Press

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1108856977

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9781108856973

101 Ways to Score Higher on Your SAT Reasoning Test

What You Need to Know Explained Simply

By: Jaclyn Bissell,Martin Maguire

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101 Ways to Score Higher on Your SAT Reasoning Test

What You Need to Know Explained Simply

By: Jaclyn Bissell,Martin Maguire

SAT reasoning test is a trademark of the College Board, which was not involved in the production of, and does not endorse this product.

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Atlantic Publishing Company

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1601382227

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9781601382221

A New History of Immigration

By: Jaclyn Backhaus,Jennifer Sabin

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A New History of Immigration

By: Jaclyn Backhaus,Jennifer Sabin

“A powerful series that fills in the cracks and illuminates the shadows of the past.” –Sherri L. Smith, award-winning author of Flygirl Introducing a new nonfiction series that uncovers hidden histories of the United States. The true story of a nation of immigrants and its dreamers. The United States has long been touted as a place where anyone with a little grit and determination could come to pursue the American Dream. But as more walls are erected and borders are closed, is that dream still alive today? Complete with an 8-page color photo insert, A New History of Immigration introduces young readers to alternative histories of immigration beyond Ellis Island and amplifies the voices of marginalized immigrants and their stories of success.

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Penguin

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0593386132

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9780593386132

Columbine, 20 Years Later and Beyond

Lessons from Tragedy

By: Jaclyn Schildkraut,Glenn W. Muschert

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Columbine, 20 Years Later and Beyond

Lessons from Tragedy

By: Jaclyn Schildkraut,Glenn W. Muschert

This powerful retrospective analysis of the 1999 Columbine High School shooting aftermath considers society's response to the attack, long-term implications of the shooting, and the ways in which research and related policy must continue to move forward. An indispensable resource for anyone interested in learning about the long-term impact of the 1999 Columbine High School shooting, Columbine, 20 Years Later and Beyond provides a comprehensive look at how the event unfolded, what has changed since the attack, and how this information can be used to prevent future mass shootings. Authors Jaclyn Schildkraut and Glenn Muschert, both experts on mass shootings, share their broad understanding of this tragedy and its aftermath. Columbine became the measuring stick against which all other mass shootings would be compared, and this book details with great sensitivity the ensuing changes to school security, law enforcement's response to active shooter situations, threat assessment practices, legislative efforts, and media coverage of unfolding situations. With delicacy and tact, Schildkraut and Muschert help to answer the painful question raised by a stone on the wall of the Columbine Memorial: "What have we learned?".

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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1440862532

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9781440862533

North Korea, Iran and the Challenge to International Order

A Comparative Perspective

By: Patrick McEachern,Jaclyn O’Brien McEachern

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North Korea, Iran and the Challenge to International Order

A Comparative Perspective

By: Patrick McEachern,Jaclyn O’Brien McEachern

This book examines and compares the political situations in North Korea and Iran, and the contemporary security challenges posed by their illicit nuclear aspirations. While government officials, including a series of American presidents, strategic policy documents and outside analysts have repeatedly noted that North Korea and Iran occupy a similar challenge, the commonality has largely been left unexplored. This book argues that North Korea and Iran are uniquely common in the world today in their illicit nuclear aspirations in violation of their legal commitments made under the Non-Proliferation Treaty. The work evaluates alternative arguments, some of which sustain that the two states should be grouped together based on other metrics, such as nuclear powers that sponsor terrorist organizations or nuclear states that violate human rights, and find alternative explanations do not hold up to empirical scrutiny. Drawing on newly declassified documents and Iranian and North Korean sources, the book provides a comprehensive and comparative assessment of the two states’ social, historical, economic, and domestic political structures and situation to make these determinations. Furthermore, it reviews the nuclear issue stemming from Iran and North Korea and the efforts to constrain these programs. The book concludes with specific policy recommendations that apply diplomatic lessons learned from dealing with Iran to North Korea and vice versa. This book will be of interest to students of nuclear proliferation, international security, foreign policy and International Relations.

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Routledge

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1351587137

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Moving Past Marriage

Why We Should Ditch Marital Privilege, End Relationship-Status Discrimination, and Embrace Non-marital History

By: Jaclyn Geller

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Moving Past Marriage

Why We Should Ditch Marital Privilege, End Relationship-Status Discrimination, and Embrace Non-marital History

By: Jaclyn Geller

A must-read for anyone who has felt they are at a disadvantage simply because they are single or unmarried. Married Americans enjoy over 1,000 benefits and entitlements that are withheld from our non-marital counterparts. Health insurance, immigration rights, tax privileges (such as the estate tax), and hiring policies favor the married. Marriage is subsidized and incentivized by the federal government. Social customs such as blockbuster weddings, subsidized honeymoons, and gifts reserved for wedded couples reify matrimony as a centering norm and further the idea that "marriage is best," a commonplace in popular psychology, where marriage-averse people are often tarred as "commitment-phobes." Despite this blatant and widespread prejudice, non-marital Americans—non-marital people—have not galvanized as a group to demand equality and inclusion. Why? Moving Past Marriage argues that it is because of our troubled relationship to history. As women's history once was, non-marital history has been buried, so that the disenfranchisement that non-marital people share in wedlock-dominated societies, as well as our remarkable, far-ranging achievements, have been hard to spot. In recovering our own history, non-marital people can become self-aware as a group and begin to challenge marriage-centric thinking and practice.

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Cleis Press

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1627782478

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Lockdown Drills

Connecting Research and Best Practices for School Administrators, Teachers, and Parents

By: Jaclyn Schildkraut,Amanda B. Nickerson

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Lockdown Drills

Connecting Research and Best Practices for School Administrators, Teachers, and Parents

By: Jaclyn Schildkraut,Amanda B. Nickerson

A comprehensive resource on what lockdown drills are, why they are necessary, and how best to conduct them. The first book to offer a comprehensive examination of lockdown drills in K–12 schools, Lockdown Drills balances research findings with practical applications and implications. Schildkraut and Nickerson, school safety experts with complementary backgrounds in criminology and school psychology, review the historical precedents for lockdown drills, distinguish school lockdowns from other emergency procedures (such as active shooter drills), explain why they are conducted, present evidence-based research on their effectiveness, and describe how to conduct them according to best practices. Proponents of lockdown drills as a life-saving necessity, the authors help to bring much-needed standardization to how these drills are studied and conducted. The authors present common arguments for and against the inclusion of lockdown drills in emergency preparedness efforts, balancing their discussion of the perceptions and psychological impacts of lockdown drills with scholarly research on the extent to which lockdown drills improve how effectively individuals respond to a potential threat. Placing lockdown drills in the larger context of school safety and preparedness, they examine the broader implications for policymakers. Finally, they emphasize that drills, of which lockdowns are only one type, are just a part of the complex school safety puzzle. Ensuring that schools are safe places for students and educators begins long before a crisis occurs and continues through the days, weeks, and years of recovery following a crisis.

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MIT Press

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0262544164

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9780262544160

Museums and Millennials

Engaging the Coveted Patron Generation

By: Jaclyn Spainhour

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Museums and Millennials

Engaging the Coveted Patron Generation

By: Jaclyn Spainhour

Is your museum struggling to entice and engage a millennial audience? In Museums and Millennials author Jackie Spainhour offers a new and innovative approach to attracting and retaining the interest of millennial patrons through an easy-to-implement and practical self-assessment based on the success (and failures!) of other museum programs. This book will help you start the process of reinventing your approach to this engaging generation by: Reimagining the millennial generatio, beginning with debunking myths about their wants, needs, and spending power. Giving museum professionals a place to begin their quest- through the lens of the acronym “A.U.R.A.” Checking your museum’s “A.U.R.A.” (Affordability, Uniqueness, Relevance, and Accessibility) to ensure the programming you are currently offering this generation meets their standards and aligns with your mission. Using your findings to create new programs and campaigns geared towards getting millennials inside your doors and keeping them there long-term. Offering program examples from museums of various sizes and scopes throughout the nation geared towards a millennial audience, with explanations of why some programs were more successful than others. Providing tips and tricks for reaching millennials where they are and on a small budget. Helping museum professionals begin the process of giving millennials a voice in museum programs designed for them. Suggesting a path towards success that begins with the millennial generation taking on roles as patrons, members, volunteers, donors, board representatives, part-time workers, and in senior management. Millennials want to be your partners in preservation. They want their voices heard and prefer a hands-on approach to their programming. The highlighted program examples in this work will help you reimagine how your facility is viewed by millennials, what practical changes can be made to persuade them to patronize your facility, and discuss how to create bonds which will last past the individual programs they attend and into the foreseeable future. Museums and Millennials features strategies used by museums of various backgrounds and budgets, advice from respected and data-driven consultants in the field, and offers action-oriented solutions to audience engagement issues. Let this book inspire you to try, or try again, to engage this coveted generation.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1538118599

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9781538118597

Accelerating Organisation Culture Change

Innovation Through Digital Tools

By: Jaclyn Lee

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Accelerating Organisation Culture Change

Innovation Through Digital Tools

By: Jaclyn Lee

This book introduces an innovative new digital approach to speed up cultural change in organisations and reduce failure rates through use of the Culture Acceleration Tool and Methodology (CATM). Including real life case studies, the book demonstrates the possibility of a higher success rate with organisational culture change management.

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Emerald Group Publishing

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1789739675

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The Greatest Champion that Never was

The Life of W.L. "Young" Stribling

By: Jaclyn Weldon White

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The Greatest Champion that Never was

The Life of W.L. "Young" Stribling

By: Jaclyn Weldon White

William Lawrence Stribling, Jr. was born in a small southern Georgia town in 1904. He should have lived out his years in that rural setting, but he became a professional prizefighter by the age of sixteen. Though a fatal accident kept him from winning the championship title he sought, "Young" Stribling was true to himself and the values with which he had been raised. This book tells his story.

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Mercer University Press

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0881462527

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9780881462524

Gilded Age Norfolk, Virginia

Tidewater Wealth, Industry and Propriety

By: Jaclyn Spainhour

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Gilded Age Norfolk, Virginia

Tidewater Wealth, Industry and Propriety

By: Jaclyn Spainhour

Norfolk's rise as a premier seaport brought with it an increase in power, wealth and industry in the nineteenth century. Local prominent families lived in exquisitely crafted homes and owned flourishing local businesses. Cobblestone lined the Freemason District and downtown streets. The area's elite participated in numerous social clubs, religious groups and philanthropic organizations. One family, the Hunters, lived so luxuriously that they became one of the most fashionable families in the city. Join author Jaclyn Spainhour as she explores Norfolk's social customs, cosmopolitan soirées and more that truly embodied the Gilded Age.

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Arcadia Publishing

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1625855575

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9781625855572

Legendary Rivals: Collegiality and Ambition in the Tales of Early Rome

By: Jaclyn Neel

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Legendary Rivals: Collegiality and Ambition in the Tales of Early Rome

By: Jaclyn Neel

In Legendary Rivals Jaclyn Neel argues for a new interpretation of the foundation myths of Rome. Instead of a negative portrayal of the city’s early history, these tales offer a didactic paradigm of the correct way to engage in competition. Accounts from the triumviral period stress the dysfunctional nature of the city’s foundation to capture the memory of Rome’s civil wars. Republican evidence suggests a different emphasis. Through diachronic analyses of the tales of Romulus and Remus, Amulius and Numitor, Brutus and Collatinus, and Camillus and Manlius Capitolinus, Neel shows that Romans of the Republic and early Principate would have seen these stories as examples of competition that pushed the bounds of propriety.

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BRILL

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9004281851

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9789004281851

Time Slips

Queer Temporalities, Contemporary Performance, and the Hole of History

By: Jaclyn Pryor

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Time Slips

Queer Temporalities, Contemporary Performance, and the Hole of History

By: Jaclyn Pryor

This bold book investigates how performance can transform the way people perceive trauma and memory, time and history. Jaclyn I. Pryor introduces the concept of "time slips," moments in which past, present, and future coincide, moments that challenge American narratives of racial and sexual citizenship. Framing performance as a site of resistance, Pryor analyzes their own work and that of four other queer artists—Ann Carlson, Mary Ellen Strom, Peggy Shaw, and Lisa Kron—between 2001 and 2016. Pryor illuminates how each artist deploys performance as a tool to render history visible, trauma recognizable, and transformation possible by laying bare the histories and ongoing systems of violence woven deep into our society. Pryor also includes a case study that examines the challenges of teaching queer time and queer performance within the academy in what Pryor calls a post-9/11 “homeland” security state. Masterfully synthesizing a wealth of research and experiences, Time Slips will interest scholars and readers in the fields of theater and performance studies, queer studies, and American studies.

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Northwestern University Press

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0810135329

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9780810135321

Mass Shootings

Media, Myths, and Realities

By: Jaclyn Schildkraut,H. Jaymi Elsass

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Mass Shootings

Media, Myths, and Realities

By: Jaclyn Schildkraut,H. Jaymi Elsass

This book provides readers and researchers with a critical examination of mass shootings as told by the media, offering research-based, factual answers to oft-asked questions and investigating common myths about these tragic events. When a mass shooting happens, the news media is flooded with headlines and breaking information about the shooters, victims, and acts themselves. What is notably absent in the news reporting are any concrete details that serve to inform news consumers how prevalent these mass shootings really are (or are not, when considering crime statistics as a whole), what legitimate causes for concern are, and how likely an individual is to be involved in such an incident. Instead, these events often are used as catalysts for conversations about larger issues such as gun control and mental health care reform. What critical points are we missing when the media focuses on only what "people want to hear"? This book explores the media attention to mass shootings and helps readers understand the problem of mass shootings and public gun violence from its inception to its existence in contemporary society. It discusses how the issue is defined, its history, and its prevalence in both the United States and other countries, and provides an exploration of the responses to these events and strategies for the prevention of future violence. The book focuses on the myths purported about these unfortunate events, their victims, and their perpetrators through typical U.S. media coverage as well as evidence-based facts to contradict such narratives. The book's authors pay primary attention to contemporary shootings in the United States but also discuss early events dating back to the 1700s and those occurring internationally. The accessible writing enables readers of varying grade levels, including laypersons, to gain a more in-depth—and accurate—understanding of the context of mass shootings in the United States. As a result, readers will be better able to contribute to meaningful discussions related to mass shooting events and the resulting responses and policies.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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1440836531

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9781440836534

Dressing on the Side (and Other Diet Myths Debunked)

11 Science-Based Ways to Eat More, Stress Less, and Feel Great about Your Body

By: Jaclyn London

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Dressing on the Side (and Other Diet Myths Debunked)

11 Science-Based Ways to Eat More, Stress Less, and Feel Great about Your Body

By: Jaclyn London

From the Head of Nutrition and Wellness at WW and former Good Housekeeping Nutrition Director comes a scientifically-based, simple and straightforward guide to healthful habits for weight loss. Whether it's a new fad, "detox" diet, news report or a celebrity-endorsed supplement, the constant flow of diet information is cluttered, conflicting, and often devoid of scientific research -- leaving millions of us confused, overwhelmed, and feeling totally helpless in taking ownership our health and making better food choices. In Dressing on the Side, Jaclyn London -- head of Nutrition and Wellness at WW and former Nutrition Director of Good Housekeeping -- debunks the diet myths and mental blocks that keep you from reaching your health and weight-loss goals. Filled with accessible information, simple strategies, and practical application of scientific research, London breaks what's at the heart of the issue and offers tools, short-cuts, and solutions that work within any scenario, including: Using your schedule to inform your food choices Identifying "fake" nutrition news Eating to feel satisfied, not just "full" Making the choice to eat dessert -- daily London empowers us to form life-long habits that result in real, long-lasting change -- while meeting the demands of our busier-than-ever lifestyles. Dressing on the Side is the anti-diet book that will completely transform the way you think (and speak!) about food and health -- and help you lose weight for good.

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Grand Central Publishing

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1538747472

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9781538747476

Lights, Camera, Execution!

Cinematic Portrayals of Capital Punishment

By: Helen J. Knowles-Gardner,Bruce E. Altschuler,Jaclyn Schildkraut

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Lights, Camera, Execution!

Cinematic Portrayals of Capital Punishment

By: Helen J. Knowles-Gardner,Bruce E. Altschuler,Jaclyn Schildkraut

Lights, Camera, Execution!: Cinematic Portrayals of Capital Punishment fills a prominent void in the existing film studies and death penalty literature. Each chapter focuses on a particular cinematic portrayal of the death penalty in the United States. Some of the analyzed films are well-known Hollywood blockbusters, such as Dead Man Walking (1995); others are more obscure, such as the made-for-television movie Murder in Coweta County (1983). By contrasting different portrayals where appropriate and identifying themes common to many of the studied films – such as the concept of dignity and the role of race (and racial discrimination) – the volume strengthens the reader’s ability to engage in comparative analysis of topics, stories, and cinematic techniques.Written by three professors with extensive experience teaching, and writing about the death penalty, film studies, and criminal justice, Lights, Camera, Execution! is deliberately designed for both classroom use and general readership.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1498579671

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9781498579674

Bestest

The Life of Peyton Tooke Anderson, Jr

By: Jaclyn Weldon White

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The Life of Peyton Tooke Anderson, Jr

By: Jaclyn Weldon White

Anderson himself became influential in the American Newspaper Publishers Association and served for many years on the Board of Visitors of the United States Naval Academy. He was entertained at the White House by three different presidents and was a confidante of some of the most powerful politicians of his time. But through it all, he remained an approachable man whose first concern was his own community."--Jacket.

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Mercer University Press

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0865549354

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9780865549357

Whisper to the Black Candle

Voodoo, Murder, And the Case of Anjette Lyles

By: Jaclyn Weldon White

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Whisper to the Black Candle

Voodoo, Murder, And the Case of Anjette Lyles

By: Jaclyn Weldon White

The adult accomplishments of this Founding Father, architect of the Constitution and first Secretary of the Treasury are legendary, and in this latest offering, children meet the young "Alec" growing up in the Caribbean as he dreams of visiting the land called America. Accompanied by his parrot, Hurry-Up, and his companion, Poleon, Alec's tranquil days are filled with the books he loves and visits to the waterfront to greet the large ships arriving from Europe—until his uncle insists that Alec fit riding lessons into his schedule. Children will identify with Alec's struggle to overcome his fear of horses and cheer at his courage as he narrowly escapes a violent hurricane while on horseback, all while keeping his eye on the prize—school in America. Featured sections and fun facts explain what happened next and when Alexander Hamilton lived, providing young readers with a snapshot of the leader's entire life.

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Mercer University Press

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088146046X

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9780881460469

A Child’S Fantasy Ii

Transformation from a Five Year Old Vivid Imagination

By: Jaclyn Ashley Chan

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A Child’S Fantasy Ii

Transformation from a Five Year Old Vivid Imagination

By: Jaclyn Ashley Chan

Jaclyn is five years old and attending kindergarten. Her interest in drawing continues. If anything, her love for drawing has intensified. Before 5, we managed to collect her drawings while she was between the ages 2 to 4. Her father and I put together a book {A Childs Fantasy, Transformation from a Four Years Old Vivid Imagination} with about 300 drawings as a memento of her fifth birthday in January 2010. To date, to the best of our knowledge, everyone who has seen this book is amazed at Jaclyns active mind and her ability to put her vivid imagination to pictures. Jaclyn is happiest when she has a pen in her hand, drawing. Whenever there is a free moment, she will draw. It is only 10 months past her fifth birthday, and already there are over 600 drawings. With so much of her heart, though no tears or blood, poured into her drawings, we have decided to publish another book for her to remember by

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Xlibris Corporation

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1456820699

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9781456820695

The Immune System and the Developing Brain

By: Jaclyn M. Schwarz,Staci D. Bilbo

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The Immune System and the Developing Brain

By: Jaclyn M. Schwarz,Staci D. Bilbo

The developing brain is exquisitely sensitive to both endogenous and exogenous signals which direct or significantly alter the developmental trajectory of cells, neural circuits, and associated behavioral outcomes for the life of the individual. Contrary to initial dogma that the brain is one of the few organs within the body that is immune-privileged, evidence indicates that the immune system has a critical role in brain function during development as well as during sickness and health in adulthood. Microglia are the primary immune cells within the brain, and they are in constant communication with the peripheral immune system and surrounding cell types within the brain. We describe the important role of the immune system, including microglia, during brain development, and discuss some of the many ways in which immune activation during early brain development can affect the later-life outcomes of neural function, immune function, and cognition. Growing evidence indicates that there is a strong link between many neuropsychiatric disorders and immune dysfunction, with a distinct etiology in neurodevelopment. Thus, understanding the role of the immune system and immune activation during the critical period of brain development is a necessary step toward understanding the potential origins of these devastating disorders. Table of Contents: Introduction / The Immune Response / Brain-Immune Communication / Microglia Are Immune Cells of the Brain / The Functional Role of Microglia and Immune Molecules in Neurodevelopment / Early-Life Programming of Brain and Behavior: A Critical Role for the Immune System / Commonly Used Models of Early Life Immune Activation in the Rodent / Early Life Immune Activation and Cognitive Impairment in Adulthood / Mechanisms Underlying the Enduring Changes in Neuroimmune Function Caused by Early Life Infection / Toll-Like Receptors and Immune Activation During Early Brain Development / Environmental Triggers of TLR Activation: Long-Term Programming of Brain and Behavior / Future Directions to Understanding Immune Function and Brain Development / References

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Morgan & Claypool Publishers

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1615043519

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9781615043514

Enhancing Fertility through Functional Medicine

Using Nutrigenomics to Solve 'Unexplained' Infertility

By: Jaclyn Downs

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Enhancing Fertility through Functional Medicine

Using Nutrigenomics to Solve 'Unexplained' Infertility

By: Jaclyn Downs

Enhancing Fertility through Functional Medicine: Using Nutrigenomics to Solve 'Unexplained' Infertility provides cutting-edge information and solutions to help support the worldwide rise of fertility challenges. It addresses common, yet not commonly known, root causes of oxidative stress that are at the heart of reproductive issues (and all chronic health issues). These solutions can help enhance the outcomes of assisted reproductive technologies (ART) or support women to avoid them altogether. Enhancing Fertility through Functional Medicine: Using Nutrigenomics to Solve 'Unexplained' Infertility will show you how to improve cell health (including egg and sperm), lower inflammation, balance nervous system functioning, and optimize genetic expression, allowing the body to return to its naturally fertile state. It details information on numerous root causes of health-derailing inflammation and oxidative stress, while the appendices discuss the genetic and biochemical pathways related to these topics. Each chapter also provides easy “Action Steps” that can be implemented immediately. Chapter topics include iron dysregulation; oxalates; mold/mycotoxins; phase 2 liver detoxification pathways; fat utilization; introductory information on genetics, epigenetics, and nutrigenomics; everything one needs to know about histamine intolerance; and how these factors adversely affect metabolic and reproductive functions. Enhancing Fertility through Functional Medicine: Using Nutrigenomics to Solve 'Unexplained' Infertility is the handbook for people wanting to achieve and sustain a healthy pregnancy. It highlights lesser-known causes of fertility challenges the reader can learn how to investigate. This book also serves as a reference guide for practitioners, providing them with additional tools to add to their repertoires when other protocols have not been effective. It may also provide clarity as to why other protocols did not work and will enable the practitioner to custom-tailor protocols for each patient.

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Unusual Stories, Unusually Told: 7 Contemporary American Plays from Clubbed Thumb

U.S. Drag; Slavey; Dot; Baby Screams Miracle; Men on Boats; Of Government; Plano

By: Sigrid Gilmer,Gina Gionfriddo,Clare Barron,Jaclyn Backhaus,Agnes Borinsky,Will Arbery,Kate E. Ryan

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Unusual Stories, Unusually Told: 7 Contemporary American Plays from Clubbed Thumb

U.S. Drag; Slavey; Dot; Baby Screams Miracle; Men on Boats; Of Government; Plano

By: Sigrid Gilmer,Gina Gionfriddo,Clare Barron,Jaclyn Backhaus,Agnes Borinsky,Will Arbery,Kate E. Ryan

Unusual Stories, Unusually Told celebrates some of the boldest contemporary American voices with seven plays from Clubbed Thumb's Summerworks. Spanning 2001 to 2019 and accompanied by artist interviews and reflections on the work, this anthology presents a vital survey of formally inventive 21st century playwriting, and is a perfect collection for study and performance. U.S. Drag by Gina Gionfriddo A serial killer named Ed stalks the city, luring his victims by asking for help. To protect themselves, a group of New Yorkers form SAFE, “Stay Away From Ed.” The first rule: don't help anyone. It's a matter of urban survival. Slavey by Sigrid Gilmer In which Robert and Nora, a couple on the rise, get a big promotion, a bigger house, and a brand new slave. Dot by Kate E. Ryan In which old Dot and the weird kid from the neighborhood become friends. Set in that kind of Florida town that makes you wonder: is this TV, a book, or maybe even a cabaret? Baby Screams Miracle by Clare Barron In which a freak storm knocks down all the trees in town and a prodigal daughter is taught a new way to pray. But the weird weather's not over yet. Men on Boats by Jaclyn Backhaus Ten explorers. Four boats. One Grand Canyon. Men On Boats is the true(ish) history of an 1869 expedition, when a one-armed captain and a crew of insane yet loyal volunteers set out to chart the course of the Colorado River. Of Government by Agnes Borinsky The adventures of Barb the Teacher, Deb the Seeker, Heidi the Helper, Tawny the Addict and a host of others. With songs! Presented by Miss Marjorie Blain, her students, and members of the community. Light refreshments will be provided. Plano by Will Arbery Tonight, and later, and earlier, three sisters (no, not those ones) are stricken with a series of strange plagues. Let's talk about family nightmares. I mean, uh, memories.

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Equal Partners?

How Dual-Professional Couples Make Career, Relationship, and Family Decisions

By: Jaclyn S Wong

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Equal Partners?

How Dual-Professional Couples Make Career, Relationship, and Family Decisions

By: Jaclyn S Wong

Many young professionals seek egalitarian partnerships in which both partners work for pay and share unpaid housework and childcare. Yet working couples' realities often deviate from this ideal, with women trading off employment for family care. Will contemporary young adults repeat this pattern, or will they come closer to achieving equality in work and family? Equal Partners? seeks to explore this question. Drawing on six years of interviews with the partners in twenty-one different-gender couples, Jaclyn S. Wong documents how supportive workplaces, partners' steadfast gender-egalitarian attitudes, and partners' jointly coordinated actions all need to come together for couples to experience gender equality in work and family. This book offers a compelling study of the dynamics of couples in ambitious partnerships who aspire to equality as they navigate the external pressures that come with life planning.

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0520384598

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Indigenous Autocracy

Power, Race, and Resources in Porfirian Tlaxcala, Mexico

By: Jaclyn Sumner

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Indigenous Autocracy

Power, Race, and Resources in Porfirian Tlaxcala, Mexico

By: Jaclyn Sumner

When General Porfirio Díaz assumed power in 1876, he ushered in Mexico's first prolonged period of political stability and national economic growth—though "progress" came at the cost of democracy. Indigenous Autocracy presents a new story about how regional actors negotiated between national authoritarian rule and local circumstances by explaining how an Indigenous person held state-level power in Mexico during the thirty-five-year dictatorship that preceded the Mexican Revolution (the Porfiriato), and the apogee of scientific racism across Latin America. Although he was one of few recognizably Indigenous persons in office, Próspero Cahuantzi of Tlaxcala kept his position (1885–1911) longer than any other gubernatorial appointee under Porfirio Díaz's transformative but highly oppressive dictatorship (1876–1911). Cahuantzi leveraged his identity and his region's Indigenous heritage to ingratiate himself to Díaz and other nation-building elites. Locally, Cahuantzi navigated between national directives aimed at modernizing Mexico, often at the expense of the impoverished rural majority, and strategic management of Tlaxcala's natural resources—in particular, balancing growing industrial demand for water with the needs of the local population. Jaclyn Ann Sumner shows how this intermediary actor brokered national expectations and local conditions to maintain state power, challenging the idea that governors during the Porfirian dictatorship were little more than provincial stewards who repressed dissent. Drawing upon documentation from more than a dozen Mexican archives, the book brings Porfirian-era Mexico into critical conversations about race and environmental politics in Latin America.

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Stanford University Press

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1503637409

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Girls’ Night

Over 1,000 Drinks for Going Out, Staying in and Having Fun!

By: Jaclyn Foley

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Girls’ Night

Over 1,000 Drinks for Going Out, Staying in and Having Fun!

By: Jaclyn Foley

Girls' Night is chock-full of cocktail recipes distinctly designed with women in mind. Featuring over 1,000 cocktails and a wealth of bartending tips, this book is sure to please ladies who love libations. Featuring recipes from America's best bartenders, the readers of Bartender magazine and www.bartender.com, this book contains the best women's drinks served in professional bars. Recipes include: --La Bomba --Spring Fling --Pink Cadillac with Hawaiian Plates --Apple Puckerita --Southern Lady

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Sourcebooks, Inc.

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1402252870

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Somerset County

Pride Beyond the Mountains

By: Jaclyn LaPlaca

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Somerset County

Pride Beyond the Mountains

By: Jaclyn LaPlaca

Somerset County, in the heart of Pennsylvania's Laurel Highlands, drew its first settlers from the earliest waves of western migrants. Coal miners later fueled the fires of Johnstown's, Pittsburgh's, and the nation's industry, while artists from around the world were drawn to the region's mountainous beauty. At mining's height, entire Sicilian communities moved here, along with hopeful settlers from Poland and Slovakia who also brought their heritage and pride.

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0738524522

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Gravity Is the Thing

A Novel

By: Jaclyn Moriarty

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Gravity Is the Thing

A Novel

By: Jaclyn Moriarty

One of Real Simple’s Best Books of the Year “I loved this book. . . . Funny, heartbreaking and clever with a mystery at its heart.” —Jojo Moyes “With an eye as keen for human idiosyncrasies as Miranda July’s, and a sense of humor as bright and surprising as Maria Semple’s, this is a novel of pure velocity.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review) Twenty years ago, Abigail Sorenson’s brother Robert went missing one day before her sixteenth birthday, never to be seen again. That same year, she began receiving scattered chapters in the mail of a self-help manual, the Guidebook, whose anonymous author promised to make her life soar to heights beyond her wildest dreams. The Guidebook’s missives have remained a constant in Abi’s life—a befuddling yet oddly comforting voice through her family’s grief over her brother’s disappearance, a move across continents, the devastating dissolution of her marriage, and the new beginning as a single mother and café owner in Sydney. Now, two decades after receiving those first pages, Abi is invited to an all-expenses paid weekend retreat to learn “the truth” about the Guidebook. It’s an opportunity too intriguing to refuse. If Everything is Connected, then surely the twin mysteries of the Guidebook and a missing brother must be linked? What follows is completely the opposite of what Abi expected––but it will lead her on a journey of discovery that will change her life––and enchant readers. Gravity Is the Thing is a smart, unusual, wickedly funny novel about the search for happiness that will break your heart into a million pieces and put it back together, bigger and better than before.

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0062883747

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PenRose Poems Volume I

By: Hadassah Lairmore,Savannah Archer,Erin Becker,Celeste Erwin,Bailey John,Jaclyn Lewis,Heather Tull

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PenRose Poems Volume I

By: Hadassah Lairmore,Savannah Archer,Erin Becker,Celeste Erwin,Bailey John,Jaclyn Lewis,Heather Tull

The PenRose Poems: Volume I is the first volume in a series of poetry books. These books are a collection of poems by various authors

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Lulu.com

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1329120647

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The Pretender

By: Jaclyn Reding

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The Pretender

By: Jaclyn Reding

The duke of Sudeleigh is determined to marry off his troublesome daughter elizabeth. and the headstrong beauty is just as determind to escape the neptials.

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