Jason Ku's Books

Love Him, Hate Him

By: Jason Whitlock

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This book contains columns dealing with personal stories, memorable events, key issues, and defining moments in KC sports filtered through Jason's eyes. There is celebration, criticism, predictions, challenges, and humor. Any serious discussion of the last ten years in Kansas City sports would have to include Jason Whitlock, and this book is the perfect place to begin that discussion.

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Kansas City Star Books

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0975480464

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Racial Dynamics in Early Twentieth-Century Austin, Texas

By: Jason McDonald

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Racial Dynamics in Early Twentieth-Century Austin, Texas

By: Jason McDonald

Focusing upon the experiences of ethnoracial minorities, particularly African Americans and Mexican immigrants, in Austin, Texas, during the first three decades of the twentieth century, this book sheds new light on the issues of migration, proletarianization, marginalization, adaptation, identity, and community. As well as providing a textured depiction of minority group responses to life in a racially-stratified society, it offers a ground-breaking exploration of the ambivalent relationship between blacks and Latinos in modern America.

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Lexington Books

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0739170996

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Ikpana Interrogatives

By: Jason Kandybowicz,Bertille Baron,Philip T. Duncan,Hironori Katsuda

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Ikpana Interrogatives

By: Jason Kandybowicz,Bertille Baron,Philip T. Duncan,Hironori Katsuda

This book documents the interrogative system of Ikpana, an endangered indigenous Ghana-Togo Mountain language of eastern Ghana also known as Logba. The system is notable in several respects. It exhibits features that buck certain typological trends, act as counterexamples to some claims about language universals, and exemplify fascinating patterns that are either rare or unfamiliar in interrogative systems cross-linguistically. Drawing on original fieldwork and a combination of formal/theoretical, experimental, and comparative methodologies, the book provides a theoretically-informed description and analysis of Ikpana interrogative grammar, encompassing both syntactic and phonological aspects of question formation in the language. The chapters explore a range of phenomena including polar question formation, wh- movement, wh- in-situ, interrogative intonation, and prosody, among others. The authors demonstrate that theoretically-guided language documentation does not only contribute to language description, but can also increase understanding of the human Language Faculty and expand the empirical base of language typologies: bringing formal and theoretical concerns to the fore facilitates richer descriptions of the grammar than purely descriptive approaches allow.

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Oxford University Press

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0192659596

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Comparative Variation Analysis

Grammatical Alternations in World Englishes

By: Benedikt Szmrecsanyi,Jason Grafmiller

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Comparative Variation Analysis

Grammatical Alternations in World Englishes

By: Benedikt Szmrecsanyi,Jason Grafmiller

Variation studies is an increasingly popular area in linguistics, becoming embedded in curriculum design, conferences, and research. However, the field is at risk of fragmenting into different research communities with different foci. This pioneering book addresses this by establishing a canon of state-of-the-art quantitative methods to analyze grammatical variation from a comparative perspective. It explains how to use these methods to investigate large datasets in a responsible fashion, providing a blueprint for applying techniques from corpus linguistic, variationist, and dialectometric traditions in novel ways. It specifically explores the scope and limits of syntactic variability in a global language such as English, and investigates three grammatical alternations in nine varieties of English, exploring what we can learn about the grammatical choices that people make based on both observational and experimental data. Comprehensive yet accessible, it will be of interest to academic researchers and students of sociolinguistic, corpus linguistics, and World Englishes.

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Cambridge University Press

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1108491561

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9781108491563

Transforming Traditions in Modern Chinese Painting

Huang Pin-hung's Late Work

By: Jason C. Kuo

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Transforming Traditions in Modern Chinese Painting

Huang Pin-hung's Late Work

By: Jason C. Kuo

Modern Chinese painting embodies the constant renewal and reinvigorations of Chinese civilization amidst rebellions, reforms, and revolutions, even if the process may appear confusing and bewildering. It also demonstrates the persistence of tradition and limits of continuities and changes in modern Chinese cluture. Most significantly, it compels us to ask several important questions in the study of modern Chinese culture: How extensively can cultural tradition be re-interpreted before it is subverted? At what point is creative re-invention an act of betrayal of tradition? How has selective borrowing from Chinese tradition and foreign cultrue enabled modern Chinese artists to sustain themselves in the modern world? By focusing on the art of Huang Pin-hung (1865-1955), particularly his late work, this book attempts to provide some answers to these questions.

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Peter Lang

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082044460X

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9780820444604

Star Trek and Philosophy

The Wrath of Kant

By: Kevin Decker,Jason Eberl

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Star Trek and Philosophy

The Wrath of Kant

By: Kevin Decker,Jason Eberl

Philosophy and space travel are characterized by the same fundamental purpose: exploration. An essential guide for both philosophers and Trekkers, Star Trek and Philosophy combines a philosophical spirit of inquiry with the beloved television and film series to consider questions not only about the scientific prospects of interstellar travel but also the inward journey to examine the human condition. The expansive topics range from the possibilities for communication among different cultural backgrounds to questions about the stoic temperament exhibited by Vulcans to Ferengi business practices. Specifically chosen to break new ground in exploring the philosophical dimensions of Star Trek, these articles boldly go where no philosopher has gone before.

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Open Court

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0812697049

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Swamp Kings

The Murdaugh Family of South Carolina and a Century of Backwoods Power

By: Jason Ryan

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Swamp Kings

The Murdaugh Family of South Carolina and a Century of Backwoods Power

By: Jason Ryan

The stranger-than-fiction story of the now-notorious Lowcountry clan, in all its Southern Gothic intensity—by an author with unparalleled access to and knowledge of the players, the history, and the place. The most famous man in South Carolina lives in prison. He stands convicted of a staggering amount of wrongdoing—more than 100 crimes and counting. Once a high-flying, smooth-talking, pedigreed Southern lawyer, Alex Murdaugh is now disbarred and disgraced. For more than a decade, prosecutors asserted that Alex was secretly a fraud, a thief, a drug trafficker, and an all-around phony. On the night of June 7, 2021, they claimed, he also became a killer, shooting dead his wife and son in a desperate bid to escape accountability. The many crimes of Alex Murdaugh, exposed piecemeal over the last two years, have appalled the general public. Yet his implosion—the spectacular manner in which he has turned his vaunted family name to mud—has also proved mesmerizing. With every revelation, Alex Murdaugh has been shown to be a man without bottom, though he insists he never harmed his family. Remarkably, all of his misdeeds have precedent. In Swamp Kings, Jason Ryan reveals Alex’s evil actions are only the tip of the iceberg. When it comes to the Murdaugh family of Hampton County, history has a way of repeating itself. For every alleged, headline-grabbing crime associated with Alex Murdaugh, mirror-image incidents have played out within his family’s past, including parallel instances of fraud, theft, illicit trafficking of babies and booze, calamitous boat crashes, and even alleged murder. There were some crimes committed by Alex’s kin that even he would not dare mimic. Covering a century of depravity in an impoverished and isolated stretch of the Deep South, Swamp Kings weaves together the jaw-dropping narratives of generations of Murdaughs before culminating in the telling of a murder trial for the ages. Page after page the family’s legacy is laid bare as a spotlight is finally trained on the Murdaugh men who have long lorded over the South Carolina Lowcountry.

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Simon and Schuster

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1639365680

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Computational Intelligence and Pattern Analysis in Biology Informatics

By: Ujjwal Maulik,Sanghamitra Bandyopadhyay,Jason T. Wang

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Computational Intelligence and Pattern Analysis in Biology Informatics

By: Ujjwal Maulik,Sanghamitra Bandyopadhyay,Jason T. Wang

An invaluable tool in Bioinformatics, this unique volume provides both theoretical and experimental results, and describes basic principles of computational intelligence and pattern analysis while deepening the reader's understanding of the ways in which these principles can be used for analyzing biological data in an efficient manner. This book synthesizes current research in the integration of computational intelligence and pattern analysis techniques, either individually or in a hybridized manner. The purpose is to analyze biological data and enable extraction of more meaningful information and insight from it. Biological data for analysis include sequence data, secondary and tertiary structure data, and microarray data. These data types are complex and advanced methods are required, including the use of domain-specific knowledge for reducing search space, dealing with uncertainty, partial truth and imprecision, efficient linear and/or sub-linear scalability, incremental approaches to knowledge discovery, and increased level and intelligence of interactivity with human experts and decision makers Chapters authored by leading researchers in CI in biology informatics. Covers highly relevant topics: rational drug design; analysis of microRNAs and their involvement in human diseases. Supplementary material included: program code and relevant data sets correspond to chapters.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1118097807

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9781118097809

Morphology at the Interfaces

Reduplication and Noun Incorporation in Uto-Aztecan

By: Jason D. Haugen

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Morphology at the Interfaces

Reduplication and Noun Incorporation in Uto-Aztecan

By: Jason D. Haugen

This monograph addresses morphology and its interfaces with phonology and syntax by examining comparative data from the Uto-Aztecan language family, and analyses involving reduplication as well as noun incorporation and related derivational morphology are provided within the framework of Distributed Morphology. Reduplication is treated by analyzing reduplicative morphemes (reduplicants) as morphological pieces (Vocabulary Items) inserted into syntactic slots at Morphological Structure. Noun incorporation constructions are analyzed as involving either incorporation (head movement in syntax, a la Baker 1988), or conflation, involving direct merger of a nominal root into verbal position (a la Hale and Keyser 2002). It is argued that denominal verb constructions should be treated as a sub-case of NI, as in Hale and Keyser (1993). Finally, the historical development of the polysynthesis parameter in Nahuatl is discussed, and a reconstruction of the likely stages of development, each of which is attested elsewhere in the family, is presented.

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John Benjamins Publishing

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902729156X

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Cybercrime

An Encyclopedia of Digital Crime

By: Nancy E. Marion,Jason Twede

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Cybercrime

An Encyclopedia of Digital Crime

By: Nancy E. Marion,Jason Twede

This important reference work is an extensive, up-to-date resource for students who want to investigate the world of cybercrime or for those seeking further knowledge of specific attacks both domestically and internationally. Cybercrime is characterized by criminal acts that take place in the borderless digital realm. It takes on many forms, and its perpetrators and victims are varied. From financial theft, destruction of systems, fraud, corporate espionage, and ransoming of information to the more personal, such as stalking and web-cam spying as well as cyberterrorism, this work covers the full spectrum of crimes committed via cyberspace. This comprehensive encyclopedia covers the most noteworthy attacks while also focusing on the myriad issues that surround cybercrime. It includes entries on such topics as the different types of cyberattacks, cybercrime techniques, specific cybercriminals and cybercrime groups, and cybercrime investigations. While objective in its approach, this book does not shy away from covering such relevant, controversial topics as Julian Assange and Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. It also provides detailed information on all of the latest developments in this constantly evolving field.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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1440857350

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Valuation Techniques

Discounted Cash Flow, Earnings Quality, Measures of Value Added, and Real Options

By: David T. Larrabee,Jason A. Voss

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Valuation Techniques

Discounted Cash Flow, Earnings Quality, Measures of Value Added, and Real Options

By: David T. Larrabee,Jason A. Voss

Analysis and insights from top thought leaders on a pivotal topic in investing and asset management Valuation is the cornerstone for investment analysis, and a thorough understanding and correct application of valuation methodologies are critical for long-term investing success. Edited by two leading valuation experts from CFA Institute, this book brings together the insights and expertise of some of the most astute and successful investment minds of the past 50 years. From Benjamin Graham, the “father of value investing,” to Aswath Damodaran, you’ll learn what these investment luminaries have to say about investment valuation techniques, including earnings and cash flow analysis. Features the best thinking on valuation from the industry’s masters on the topic, supplemented with dozens of fascinating and instructive real-world examples Comprehensively discusses special valuation situations, such as real options, employee stock options, highly leveraged firms, corporate takeovers, and more Supplies you with the tools you need to successfully navigate and thrive in the ever-changing financial markets Is being produced with the full support and input of CFA Institute, the world’s leading association of investment professionals

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John Wiley & Sons

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1118417607

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CHES® Exam Review

Certification Guide for Health Education Specialists

By: Elizabeth M. Felter, DrPH, MCHES,Jason Flatt, PhD, MPH, MCHES

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CHES® Exam Review

Certification Guide for Health Education Specialists

By: Elizabeth M. Felter, DrPH, MCHES,Jason Flatt, PhD, MPH, MCHES

This book provides all the information and strategies students need to pass the exam and to gain professional insights into the history and the future of health education...In addition, anyone interested in being a health educator can benefit from the last chapter, which describes career opportunities in the field. For students of health education and related majors, the CHES exam is a credential that sets them apart when looking for a job. This is an exceptional certification guide for anyone who is planning to take the exam." Score: 98, 5 Stars, Doody’s Medical Reviews This exam review is a trusted resource for anyone preparing for the Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES®) exam offered by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. (NCHEC). With completely updated chapters to reflect the Eight Areas of Responsibility and Competencies this new edition provides the blueprint and structure of the revised CHES® exam implemented in 2022. Written by experienced health educators credentialed by the NCHEC, and featuring 325 questions, answers, and rationales in an easily digestible format, this guide offers essential test-taking prep, including a full practice exam, and key strategies for passing the exam. For further professional insight, this review also contains a chapter on continuing professional development, including the requirements and sources for continuing education to maintain CHES® certification and information about the advanced credential NCHEC offers, the Master Certified Health Education Specialist (MCHES®). This 2nd edition continues to be a leading resource for anyone preparing for the CHES® exam. Key Features: 325 practice questions with answers and detailed rationales Completely updated and reorganized content reflecting the Eight Areas of Responsibility and associated Competencies Relevant content and background information written by MCHES® certified authors, including a Test Day Q&A Sample exam with the expected mix of questions from each of the Eight Areas of Responsibility and an answer section with explanations of the correct answer Advice on career development and continuing education as a Certified Health Education Specialist Information about the advanced credential offered by the NCHEC, the Master Certified Health Education Specialist (MCHES®)

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Springer Publishing Company

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0826136281

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The Conspiracy of Life

Meditations on Schelling and His Time

By: Jason M. Wirth

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The Conspiracy of Life

Meditations on Schelling and His Time

By: Jason M. Wirth

The Conspiracy of Life offers a series of meditations on the philosophy of F. W. J. Schelling (1775–1854), a great—and greatly neglected—philosopher of life. Rather than construing him as a loopy mystic, or as an antiquated theologian, Jason M. Wirth attempts to locate Schelling as the belated contemporary of thinkers like Heidegger, Derrida, Bataille, Irigaray, Foucault, Deleuze, Levinas, and many others. As such, Schelling is already at the central nerve of current discussions concerning the crisis of truth; the primacy of the Good; the ecstatic nature of time; the nature of art; deep ecology; the world as an aesthetic phenomenon; comparative philosophy; the possibility of non-dialectical philosophy; radical evil; the haunting of philosophy; and the possibility of a philosophical religion.

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State University of New York Press

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0791486605

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9780791486603

Hollywood Hypocrites

By: Jason Mattera

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Hollywood Hypocrites

By: Jason Mattera

Draws on the author's experiences as an "ambush interview" radio host to confront inconsistencies in the liberal views of leading Hollywood celebrities who support President Obama, from Michael Moore to Angelina Jolie.

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Simon and Schuster

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1451625626

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The Movie Business Book

By: Squire, Jason E.

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The Movie Business Book

By: Squire, Jason E.

Drawing on the knowledge of a full spectrum of industry experts including producers, independent filmmakers, managers and financiers, the third international edition ofThe Movie Business Bookoffers a comprehensive, authoritative overview of the film industry. It features a preface written especially for the international edition, which contextualizes this definitive, state-of-the-art sourcebook for readers in the expanding global entertainment business. A must-read for anyone working in the film and entertainment industry, it covers the nuts-and-bolts of financing, revenue streams, marketing, DVDs, globalization, the Internet and new technologies. Using actual examples and advice from practitioners, this edition includes contributions from key industry players such as David Puttnam; Tom Rothman, chairman of Fox Filmed Entertainment; Benjamin S. Feingold, President, Business & Operations, Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group (a division of Sony Pictures Entertainment); Sydney Pollack; and Mel Brooks. The Movie Business Book: International Third Editionis an essential guide for anyone wanting to launch or advance a career in the growing media marketplace.

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McGraw-Hill Education (UK)

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0335220029

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9780335220021

The Invention of Religion in Japan

By: Jason Ānanda Josephson,Jason Ananda Josephson Storm

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The Invention of Religion in Japan

By: Jason Ānanda Josephson,Jason Ananda Josephson Storm

Throughout its long history, Japan had no concept of what we call “religion.” There was no corresponding Japanese word, nor anything close to its meaning. But when American warships appeared off the coast of Japan in 1853 and forced the Japanese government to sign treaties demanding, among other things, freedom of religion, the country had to contend with this Western idea. In this book, Jason Ananda Josephson reveals how Japanese officials invented religion in Japan and traces the sweeping intellectual, legal, and cultural changes that followed. More than a tale of oppression or hegemony, Josephson’s account demonstrates that the process of articulating religion offered the Japanese state a valuable opportunity. In addition to carving out space for belief in Christianity and certain forms of Buddhism, Japanese officials excluded Shinto from the category. Instead, they enshrined it as a national ideology while relegating the popular practices of indigenous shamans and female mediums to the category of “superstitions”—and thus beyond the sphere of tolerance. Josephson argues that the invention of religion in Japan was a politically charged, boundary-drawing exercise that not only extensively reclassified the inherited materials of Buddhism, Confucianism, and Shinto to lasting effect, but also reshaped, in subtle but significant ways, our own formulation of the concept of religion today. This ambitious and wide-ranging book contributes an important perspective to broader debates on the nature of religion, the secular, science, and superstition.

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University of Chicago Press

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0226412342

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9780226412344

Understanding Female Offenders

Psychopathy, Criminal Behavior, Assessment, and Treatment

By: Jason M. Smith,Carl B. Gacono,Ted B. Cunliffe

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Understanding Female Offenders

Psychopathy, Criminal Behavior, Assessment, and Treatment

By: Jason M. Smith,Carl B. Gacono,Ted B. Cunliffe

According to the Sentencing Project, between 1980 and 2017, the number of incarcerated women increased by more than 750%, rising from a total of 26,378 in 1980 to 225,060 in 2017 and the number continues to rise. Dealing with incarcerated women and specifically psychopathic women can be challenging. Understanding Female Offenders: Psychopathy, Criminal Behavior, Assessment, and Treatment provides readers with a better conceptualization of the psychopathic/non-psychopathic female. This includes better ways of interviewing, assessing, and treating these women, and clinical caveats with case examples to assist with clinical applications. This is the only comprehensive resource that provides specific knowledge about female offenders, particularly on female psychopathy and assessment. - Describes the differences between ASPD and psychopathic women and men - Presents PCL-R, Rorschach, and PAI data on female offenders, female psychopaths, and female sex offenders - Reviews the current literature on female psychopathy studies - Provides in-depth female offender case studies - Discusses common biases in diagnosing, treating, and assessing in forensic settings with female offenders

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Academic Press

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0128225858

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9780128225851

Nga Mahi

The Things We Need to Do

By: Jason Hartley

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Nga Mahi

The Things We Need to Do

By: Jason Hartley

Ng Mahi - The things we need to do is the extraordinary true story of a criminologist who received a unique guidance on how to reduce teh flow of Maori inmates into New Zealand Prisons. Despite spending billions of dollars on a struggling criminal justice system and the construction of an unprecedented number of new prisons, there does not seem any other solution at hand that is curbing this disturbing trend. Jason leads us through his amazing journey, with an insight into an unseen world that confirms his belief that we are not alone; and the most concerned about the ever increasing Mori prison population are their own loving ancestors. Discover how Jason was led to translate a beautiful message from the past. A message that can surely make a difference to our struggling world. A message that will reside in your spirit and awaken your soul.

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Xlibris Corporation

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1483690342

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American Stories

Living American History: v. 2: From 1865

By: Jason Ripper

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American Stories

Living American History: v. 2: From 1865

By: Jason Ripper

This book is ideal for any introductory American history instructor who wants to make the subject more appealing. It's designed to supplement a main text, and focuses on "personalized history" presented through engaging biographies of famous and less-well-known figures from 1865 to the present. Historical patterns and trends appear as they are seen through individual lives, and the selection of profiled individuals reflects a cultural awareness and a multicultural perspective.

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Routledge

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1317477057

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Defending White Democracy

The Making of a Segregationist Movement and the Remaking of Racial Politics, 1936-1965

By: Jason Morgan Ward

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Defending White Democracy

The Making of a Segregationist Movement and the Remaking of Racial Politics, 1936-1965

By: Jason Morgan Ward

After the Supreme Court ruled school segregation unconstitutional in 1954, southern white backlash seemed to explode overnight. Journalists profiled the rise of a segregationist movement committed to preserving the "southern way of life" through a campaign of massive resistance. In Defending White Democracy, Jason Morgan Ward reconsiders the origins of this white resistance, arguing that southern conservatives began mobilizing against civil rights some years earlier, in the era before World War II, when the New Deal politics of the mid-1930s threatened the monopoly on power that whites held in the South. As Ward shows, years before "segregationist" became a badge of honor for civil rights opponents, many white southerners resisted racial change at every turn--launching a preemptive campaign aimed at preserving a social order that they saw as under siege. By the time of the Brown decision, segregationists had amassed an arsenal of tested tactics and arguments to deploy against the civil rights movement in the coming battles. Connecting the racial controversies of the New Deal era to the more familiar confrontations of the 1950s and 1960s, Ward uncovers a parallel history of segregationist opposition that mirrors the new focus on the long civil rights movement and raises troubling questions about the enduring influence of segregation's defenders.

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Univ of North Carolina Press

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0807869228

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The God of the Way

A Journey into the Stories, People, and Faith That Changed the World Forever

By: Kathie Lee Gifford,Rabbi Jason Sobel

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The God of the Way

A Journey into the Stories, People, and Faith That Changed the World Forever

By: Kathie Lee Gifford,Rabbi Jason Sobel

New York Times Bestseller! Kathie Lee Gifford and Rabbi Jason Sobel the authors of the New York Times best seller The Rock, the Road, and the Rabbi bring you an exciting new life-changing message that will help you read the Bible with new eyes and take you into the heart of God's people in Scripture – from Abraham to Ruth to Jesus and His early followers. In The God of the Way, Rabbi Jason shares wisdom from his Jewish heritage and helps us read Scripture in the cultural context of biblical times. Kathie Lee adds personal stories and reflections from her spiritual journey and studies, serving as a companion as you go deeper in your own relationship with God. You will experience: The God of the How and When: When you don't know the details…God does. The God of His Word: When you can't see God…trust His heart and the promises in His Word. The God Who Sees: When you feel abandoned and forgotten…God knows and cares about you. The God of the Other Side: When you feel overwhelmed and unworthy…God never passes by but crosses over and brings freedom. Journey into God's word, from the creation of the world through the desert and empty places, the Hebrew nation, and meet Jesus, the disciples, and his followers. As you do, you will see how you are part of God's epic story of redemption – a radiant testimony to the truth that belief in God's promises is never wasted.

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Thomas Nelson

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0785290699

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American Ethnic History

Themes and Perspectives

By: Jason J. McDonald

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American Ethnic History

Themes and Perspectives

By: Jason J. McDonald

This book provides a new framework for examining and comprehending the varied historical experiences of ethnic groups in the United States. Thematically organized and comparative in outlook, it explores how historians have grappled with questions that bear upon a key aspect of the American experience: ethnicity. How did the United States come to have such an ethnically diverse population? What contribution, if any, has this ethnic diversity made to the shaping of American culture and institutions? How easily and at what levels have ethnic and racial minorities been incorporated, if at all, into the social and economic structures of the United States? Has incorporation been a uniform process or has it varied from group to group? As well as providing readers with an accessible yet authoritative introduction to the field of American ethnic history, the book serves as a valuable reference tool for more experienced researchers.Key Features:*Adopts a comparative and thematic approach that helps to demystify this complex and controversial subject.*Provides an orderly and readable introduction to the main issues and debates surrounding the topic.*Detailed and broad-ranging discussion of historiography enables readers to find more specialized works on topics in which they are interested.

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Edinburgh University Press

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0748628630

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North Borneo Sourcebook

Vocabularies and Functors

By: Jason William Lobel

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North Borneo Sourcebook

Vocabularies and Functors

By: Jason William Lobel

North Borneo Sourcebook seeks to address the lack of available data for the languages of northern Borneo, where forty to fifty distinct languages are spoken in the Malaysian state of Sabah alone. While members of the Summer Institute of Linguistics (SIL) have worked in Sabah for several decades and have published articles on individual languages, until now no comprehensive survey of the languages of Sabah had yet been done. In addition to the languages native to Sabah, also included in this monograph are closely related Southwest Sabah languages spoken in neighboring parts of the Malaysian state of Sarawak, the Indonesian province of Kalimantan Utara, and Brunei Darussalam. The author has included 594 entries with equivalents in each of the forty-six languages that represent the linguistic variation in north Borneo, along with introductory sections listing the personal pronouns, demonstrative pronouns, and case markers for each language. This sourcebook thus fills a critical need in surveying the languages of a single large area in an island of Southeast Asia. Many language communities in this region are endangered and likely to disappear as functioning entities within the next generation or two; this book may be the only record we will ever have of their existence. Linguists and those with an interest in Austronesian languages will appreciate the breadth and detail that illuminate the linguistic scene in an area where before there had been only pinpoints of light.

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Stochastic Processes, Estimation, and Control

By: Jason L. Speyer,Walter H. Chung

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Stochastic Processes, Estimation, and Control

By: Jason L. Speyer,Walter H. Chung

Uncertainty and risk are integral to engineering because real systems have inherent ambiguities that arise naturally or due to our inability to model complex physics. The authors discuss probability theory, stochastic processes, estimation, and stochastic control strategies and show how probability can be used to model uncertainty in control and estimation problems. The material is practical and rich in research opportunities.

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SIAM

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0898718597

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Gender, Race, and American Science Fiction

Reflections on Fantastic Identities

By: Jason Haslam

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Gender, Race, and American Science Fiction

Reflections on Fantastic Identities

By: Jason Haslam

This book focuses on the interplay of gender, race, and their representation in American science fiction, from the nineteenth-century through to the twenty-first, and across a number of forms including literature and film. Haslam explores the reasons why SF provides such a rich medium for both the preservation of and challenges to dominant mythologies of gender and race. Defining SF linguistically and culturally, the study argues that this mode is not only able to illuminate the cultural and social histories of gender and race, but so too can it intervene in those histories, and highlight the ruptures present within them. The volume moves between material history and the linguistic nature of SF fantasies, from the specifics of race and gender at different points in American history to larger analyses of the socio-cultural functions of such identity categories. SF has already become central to discussions of humanity in the global capitalist age, and is increasingly the focus of feminist and critical race studies; in combining these earlier approaches, this book goes further, to demonstrate why SF must become central to our discussions of identity writ large, of the possibilities and failings of the human —past, present, and future. Focusing on the interplay of whiteness and its various 'others' in relation to competing gender constructs, chapters analyze works by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Mary E. Bradley Lane, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Philip Francis Nowlan, George S. Schuyler and the Wachowskis, Frank Herbert, William Gibson, and Octavia Butler. Academics and students interested in the study of Science Fiction, American literature and culture, and Whiteness Studies, as well as those engaged in critical gender and race studies, will find this volume invaluable.

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Routledge

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1317574249

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Schelling's Practice of the Wild

Time, Art, Imagination

By: Jason M. Wirth

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Schelling's Practice of the Wild

Time, Art, Imagination

By: Jason M. Wirth

Reconsiders the contemporary relevance of Schellings radical philosophical and religious ecology. The last two decades have seen a renaissance and reappraisal of Schellings remarkable body of philosophical work, moving beyond explications and historical study to begin thinking with and through Schelling, exploring and developing the fundamental issues at stake in his thought and their contemporary relevance. In this book, Jason M. Wirth seeks to engage Schellings work concerning the philosophical problem of the relationship of time and the imagination, calling this relationship Schellings practice of the wild. Focusing on the questions of nature, art, philosophical religion (mythology and revelation), and history, Wirth argues that at the heart of Schellings work is a radical philosophical and religious ecology. He develops this theme not only through close readings of Schellings texts, but also by bringing them into dialogue with thinkers as diverse as Deleuze, Nietzsche, Melville, Musil, and many others. The book also features the first appearance in English translation of Schellings famous letter to Eschenmayer regarding the Freedom essay.

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SUNY Press

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1438456794

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Translational Research and Discovery in Gastroenterology

Organogenesis to Disease

By: Deborah L. Gumucio,Linda C. Samuelson,Jason R. Spence

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Translational Research and Discovery in Gastroenterology

Organogenesis to Disease

By: Deborah L. Gumucio,Linda C. Samuelson,Jason R. Spence

Translational Gastroenterology: Organogenesis to Disease bridges the gap between basic and clinical research by providing information on GI (gastrointestinal) organ development discovered through scientific inquiry, alongside clinical observations of acquired and congenital abnormalities. Paired chapters, written from basic science and clinical viewpoints, review the major biological pathways and molecules at work in organ ontogeny and disease. In addition to a comprehensive survey of GI organ development and pathologies, the book also highlights model organisms and new areas of research, with chapters devoted to recent advances in the field of GI stem cell biology, and the potential for tissue engineering of GI organs. The topics covered provide a unique window onto current activity in the field of gastroenterology, fostering enhanced knowledge for developmental biologists as well as for clinical practitioners. Notable features include the following: • Basic science chapters review the molecular and cellular pathways of GI organ development alongside clinical chapters examining organ-based diseases, closing the gap between the bench and the clinic. • Derivative organs – esophagus, stomach, pylorus, small intestine, colon, liver, and pancreas –as well as tissues such as serosa and enteric nervous system that are common to multiple GI organs. • Chapters detailing the use of model organisms – Drosophila, sea urchin, zebrafish, C. elegans, Xenopus – for basic discovery studies are included. • Chapters on GI stem cells and the potential for tissue engineering of the GI organs provide a view to the future of research and therapy in these organs.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1118492854

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Hanging Bridge

Racial Violence and America's Civil Rights Century

By: Jason Morgan Ward

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Hanging Bridge

Racial Violence and America's Civil Rights Century

By: Jason Morgan Ward

Spanning three generations, Hanging Bridge reveals what happened in Clarke County, Mississippi in 1919 and 1942, when two horrific lynchings took place. The first the first of four young people, including a pregnant woman and the second, of two teenaged boys accused of harassing a white girl.

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Oxford University Press

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0199376565

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Heroes of Old

By: Jason Bad

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Heroes of Old

By: Jason Bad

The first chapter of this book tells of prophetic events that are about to occur in New York City. The world as we know it will plunder into its darkest hour, and with no one to save Mother Earth, a hero will be renewed. From his nightmares, he will rise, unsure how he got to Saint Moses Hospital's care in the first place. Strange but odd events start to reveal itself through Saint Moses Hospital, the nightmares becoming stronger. Dave watches helplessly and afraid of the dark images that made its presence known. He begins to believe. Not sure if he was dreaming or awake, he begins to wonder about the images in the night. That which was hidden in darkness has entered the world in its purest form. Unearthed from the grave they were bound to by the will of God. The task appointed to the one entrusted with the scythe of life and death is now taken by the task.

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Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.

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1645158535

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George Dixon

The Short Life of Boxing's First Black World Champion, 1870–1908

By: Jason Winders

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George Dixon

The Short Life of Boxing's First Black World Champion, 1870–1908

By: Jason Winders

Biography of Canadian-born, Boston-raised boxer George Dixon (1870-1908), the first Black world champion of any sport and the first Black world boxing champion in any division"--

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University of Arkansas Press

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1682261778

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TExES Core Subjects EC-6 (391) Book + Online

By: Luis A. Rosado

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TExES Core Subjects EC-6 (391) Book + Online

By: Luis A. Rosado

REA's TExES Core Subjects EC-6 (391) Book + Online Gets You Certified and in the Classroom! This revised 4th edition reflects the Texas's TExES Core Subjects (391) exam, which launched in January 2021. Texas teacher candidates seeking a generalist certificate for early childhood and elementary school are required to take the TExES Core Subjects EC-6 (391) test. REA's revised and updated test prep offers extensive coverage of the five subject areas assessed on the new exam: * English Language Arts and Reading (901) * Mathematics (902) * Social Studies (903) * Science (904) * Fine Arts, Health and Physical Education (905) Whether you are a traditional college student or a career-changing professional, REA's TExES Core Subjects EC-6 (391) with Online Practice Tests is designed to help you pass the test so you can get certified and start your teaching career. Written by a team of noted Texas-based teaching experts, this test prep is relevant, up-to-date, and practical. This is focused prep custom-built for the TExES Core Subjects exam EC-6, with the right blend of review and practice content. The book contains five targeted subject reviews that align with each Core Subjects subtest. To help set your study path and boost your confidence, we provide an online diagnostic test plus two full-length practice exam batteries (one in the book and one online at the REA Study Center). Spanning hundreds of questions, the tests cover every domain and competency. In addition, computerized testing at the REA Study Center comes with automatic timing and scoring, as well as diagnostic feedback on every question to help you zero in on the topics that give you trouble now, so you can succeed on test day. REA's TExES Subjects EC-6 (391) is a must-have for anyone who wants to teach early childhood and elementary school in the Lone Star State.

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