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Change of Heart

Justice, Mercy, and Making Peace with My Sister’s Killer

By: Jeanne Bishop

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Change of Heart

Justice, Mercy, and Making Peace with My Sister’s Killer

By: Jeanne Bishop

This powerful, true story of faith and forgiveness shows that all of us are capable of experiencing the healing and renewal that comes with truly forgiving another. Change of Heart follows the transformative journey undertaken by Jeanne Bishop after the murders of her sister and brother-in-law, a journey that challenged Jeanne's belief in the message of Jesus on the cross and eventually moved her beyond simple forgiveness to the deeper waters of redemption and grace. Jeanne's authentic story will guide readers past the temptation of anger and revenge, and help them navigate the path of truly forgiving someone whose actions have hardened their heart. From once wishing that her sister's killer languished in a cell for the rest of his life, Jeanne now visits him regularly in prison and publicly advocates for his release. "It's not okay what you did, but I am not going to hate you. I am not going to wish evil on you," writes Bishop of the murderer. "I am going to wish the opposite. I am going to wish that you will be redeemed." “The criminal justice system in the United States, which deems some people unworthy of redemptionâ€"even children who commit serious crimesâ€"urgently needs to hear voices that speak for mercy and restoration. Jeanne Bishop's is such a voiceâ€ writes Sr. Helen Prejean, activist and author of Dead Man Walking. Change of Heart confronts these serious and pressing issues of restorative justice, juvenile life sentences, and incarceration in the criminal justice system. Ultimately, Jeanne is writing more than a memoir of finding faith through extraordinary obstacles. Her compelling story offers a better understanding of what it truly means to be a person of faith. It is a call to action that is a “must-read for pastors, social workers, caregivers, and all who seek to build community with people relegated to the marginsâ€ (Greg Ellison, Emory University).

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Westminster John Knox Press

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1611645565

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Grace from the Rubble

Two Fathers' Road to Reconciliation after the Oklahoma City Bombing

By: Jeanne Bishop

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Grace from the Rubble

Two Fathers' Road to Reconciliation after the Oklahoma City Bombing

By: Jeanne Bishop

How do you find the strength to forgive in the midst of unthinkable grief? With compassion for all who have been touched by tragedy, Grace from the Rubble tells the heart-stirring true story of found forgiveness, lasting hope, and the unlikely friendship of two fathers on opposite sides of tragedy. In what was to become the deadliest attack on American soil since Pearl Harbor, the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing left a community searching for healing and hope. Grace from the Rubble tells the intertwining stories of four individuals: Julie Welch, a young professional full of promise whose life was cut short by the bombing; Bud Welch, Julie's father; Tim McVeigh, the troubled mind behind the horrific attack; and Bill McVeigh, the father of the bomber. With searing details by firsthand witnesses, including the former governor of Oklahoma, masterful storyteller Jeanne Bishop describes the suspenseful scenes leading up to that fateful day and the dramatic events that unfolded afterward as one father buried his only daughter and the other saw his only son arrested, tried, and executed for mass murder. Grace from the Rubble will teach you about: The importance of sharing your story The unlikely connections that can stem from heartbreak The life-changing impact of forgiveness Vivid and haunting, this true story is rich with memories and beautiful descriptions of the nation's heartland, a place of grit and love for neighbors and families. Bishop shares the ways in which the bombing affected her own family and led her to meet Bud and, ultimately, how she learned to see humanity amid inhuman violence. Praise for Grace from the Rubble: "Readers should have tissues at hand before beginning Bishop's affecting story. This incredible and empathetic story is a testament to the powers of forgiveness, fellowship, and redemption." --Publishers Weekly, starred review "Some say that love is the most powerful force in the world. I would suggest it's forgiveness. And the astonishing and beautifully told story of two fathers drawn together by unimaginable tragedy shows how the process of forgiveness happens step by grace-filled step." --James Martin, author, Jesus: A Pilgrimage and My Life with the Saints

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Zondervan

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0310357683

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9780310357681

Missionary Stories and the Formation of the Syriac Churches

By: Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent

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Missionary Stories and the Formation of the Syriac Churches

By: Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent

Missionary Stories and the Formation of the Syriac Churches analyzes the hagiographic traditions of seven missionary saints in the Syriac heritage during late antiquity: Thomas, Addai, Mari, John of Ephesus, Simeon of Beth Arsham, Jacob Baradaeus, and Ahudemmeh. Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent studies a body of legends about the missionariesÕ voyages in the Syrian Orient to illustrate their shared symbols and motifs. Revealing how these texts encapsulated the concerns of the communities that produced them, she draws attention to the role of hagiography as a malleable genre that was well-suited for the idealized presentation of the beginnings of Christian communities. Hagiographers, through their reworking of missionary themes, asserted autonomy, orthodoxy, and apostolicity for their individual civic and monastic communities, positioning themselves in relationship to the rulers of their empires and to competing forms of Christianity. Saint-Laurent argues that missionary hagiography is an important and neglected source for understanding the development of the East and West Syriac ecclesiastical bodies: the Syrian Orthodox Church and the Church of the East. Given that many of these Syriac-speaking churches remain today in the Middle East and India, with diaspora communities in Europe and North America, this work opens the door for further study of the role of saints and stories as symbolic links between ancient and modern traditions.

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Univ of California Press

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0520284968

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Day of Vengeance

Dorothy Martin investigates murder in the cathedral

By: Jeanne M. Dams

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Day of Vengeance

Dorothy Martin investigates murder in the cathedral

By: Jeanne M. Dams

The new compelling mystery featuring Anglophile Dorothy Martin and her husband, retired policeman Alan Nesbitt . . . Dorothy Martin’s husband, Alan Nesbitt, is heavily involved in the complex and lengthy process of choosing a new bishop for Sherebury Cathedral. The very day that the short list is announced publicly, one of the candidates is found murdered in his own church. With a long list of possible suspects, including Alan himself, Dorothy and Alan start to delve into the history of the victim, hoping to find some clue to a motive for murder. Then a second candidate is found dead, and the case becomes very complicated indeed. Who is murdering England’s clergymen and why . . .?

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Severn House Publishers Ltd

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1780105444

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California Trails High Sierra Region

By: Peter Massey,Jeanne Wilson,Angela Titus

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California Trails High Sierra Region

By: Peter Massey,Jeanne Wilson,Angela Titus

This guidebook navigates and describes 50 trails located near the towns of Fresno (north), Oakhurst, Lone Pine, Bishop, Bridgeport, Coulterville, Mariposa, and Mammoth Lakes. NEW, full COLOR addition to our Trails series! These handy 6x9? books include scenic drives plus a whole lot more! Including some of America's best mountain biking, hiking, camping and fishing areas! Ghost towns galore? Step back into the past while wandering through abandoned mining areas, old buildings, and even entire towns. INCLUDES GPS coordinates throughout each book.

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Adler Publishing

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1930193211

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John Donne and Conformity in Crisis in the Late Jacobean Pulpit

By: Jeanne Shami

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John Donne and Conformity in Crisis in the Late Jacobean Pulpit

By: Jeanne Shami

The sermons of John Donne are seen to embody the tensions and pressure on public religious discourse 1621 - 25. This book considers the professional contribution of John Donne to an emerging homiletic public sphere in the last years of the Jacobean English Church (1621-25), arguing that his sermons embody the conflicts, tensions, and pressures on public religious discourse in this period; while they are in no way "typical" of any particular preaching agenda or style, they articulate these crises in their most complex forms and expose fault lines in the late JacobeanChurch. The study is framed by Donne's two most pointed contributions to the public sphere: his sermon defending James I's Directions to Preachers and his first sermon preached before Charles I in 1625. These two sermons emerge from the crises of controversy, censorship, and identity that converged in the late Jacobean period, and mark Donne's clearest professional interventions in the public debate about the nature and direction of the Church of England. In them, Donne interrogates the boundaries of the public sphere and of his conformity to the institutions, authorities, and traditions governing public debate in that sphere, modelling for his audience an actively engagedconformist identity. Professor JEANNE SHAMI teaches in the Department of English at the University of Regina.

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DS Brewer

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0859917894

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9780859917896

As I Remember Them

Childhood in Quebec and why We Came West

By: Jeanne-Elise Olsen,Ian Adam,Grace Lorraine Ouellette

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As I Remember Them

Childhood in Quebec and why We Came West

By: Jeanne-Elise Olsen,Ian Adam,Grace Lorraine Ouellette

Originally written in the early 1970s, As I Remember Them is based on Jeanne-Elise Olsens extraordinary recall of her childhood and youth spent in an isolated part of the Laurentians in the Lièvre River Valley in the early twentieth century. She recounts how the Church lifted the ban, but only on specific conditions, one of which was for the family to leave Quebec.

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University of Calgary Press

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1552380688

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9781552380680

Red Letter Days

The Christian Year in Story for Primary Assembly

By: Jeanne L. Jackson

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Red Letter Days

The Christian Year in Story for Primary Assembly

By: Jeanne L. Jackson

Covering the main festivals and saints' days, these 81 stories for primary-school assemblies, or for use with smaller groups of children, reflect the rhythm and punctuation of the Christian year. The stories are organized chronologically from Advent, through the full year, to St Catherine's Day, and each one is preceded by an explanatory note or short biography. Appendices include the dates of Easter and the other main Christian festivals for the next 30 years, a chronology of saints, and two indexes - alphabetical and by theme.

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Nelson Thornes

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0748719342

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9780748719341

Historic Streets of Salem, Massachusetts

By: Jeanne Stella

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Historic Streets of Salem, Massachusetts

By: Jeanne Stella

Witchcraft, Nathaniel Hawthorne and Samuel McIntire made this seaside town famous. But echoes of lesser-known tales linger along its lanes and avenues, from mysterious Chestnut Street to the founding Quakers of Buffum Street. Essex Street is one of the oldest in town, and the crooked street has carried several different names over the years, confusing tourists to this day. The Gedney House on High Street dates back to 1665 and was built by a shipwright, while the neighboring Pease and Price Bakery was a family-owned store that served the community for more than eighty years. Local historian and Salem News columnist Jeanne Stella recounts these and more stories of well-worn paths.

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Arcadia Publishing

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1467143332

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Juana Briones of Nineteenth-Century California

By: Jeanne Farr McDonnell

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Juana Briones of Nineteenth-Century California

By: Jeanne Farr McDonnell

Juana Briones de Miranda lived an unusual life, which is wonderfully recounted in this highly accessible biography. She was one of the first residents of what is now San Francisco, then named Yerba Buena (Good Herb), reportedly after a medicinal tea she concocted. She was among the few women in California of her time to own property in her own name, and she proved to be a skilled farmer, rancher, and businesswoman. In retelling her life story, Jeanne Farr McDonnell also retells the history of nineteenth-century California from the unique perspective of this surprising woman. Juana Briones was born in 1802 and spent her early youth in Santa Cruz, a community of retired soldiers who had helped found Spanish California, Native Americans, and settlers from Mexico. In 1820, she married a cavalryman at the San Francisco Presidio, Apolinario Miranda. She raised her seven surviving sons and daughters and adopted an orphaned Native American girl. Drawing on knowledge she gained about herbal medicine and other cures from her family and Native Americans, she became a highly respected curandera, or healer. Juana set up a second home and dairy at the base of then Loma Alta, now Telegraph Hill, the first house in that area. After gaining a church-sanctioned separation from her abusive husband, she expanded her farming and cattle business in 1844 by purchasing a 4,400-acre ranch, where she built her house, located in the present city of Palo Alto. She successfully managed her extensive business interests until her death in 1889. Juana Briones witnessed extraordinary changes during her lifetime. In this fascinating book, readers will see California’s history in a new and revelatory light.

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University of Arizona Press

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0816546169

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Leading Lessons

Insights on Leadership

By: Jeanne Porter

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Leading Lessons

Insights on Leadership

By: Jeanne Porter

A sequel to Porter's first book, Leading Ladies, which explored how the Bible supports women in leadership, this volume delves deeper, providing insights into growing into leadership, leading through adversity, challenging the status quo, and seeing leadership potential in unexpected people. Nine scripturally based studies examine lessons of leadership from specific women of the Bible. From Eve, we discover how to unlock our leadership potential; from Esther, we learn about leadership formation from within. Each chapter includes a summary page of empowerment principles, as well as a series of questions for personal reflection or groups.

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Augsburg Books

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1451410816

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9781451410815

Sacred Power, Sacred Space

An Introduction to Christian Architecture and Worship

By: Jeanne Halgren Kilde

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Sacred Power, Sacred Space

An Introduction to Christian Architecture and Worship

By: Jeanne Halgren Kilde

Jeanne Halgren Kilde's survey of church architecture is unlike any other. Her main concern is not the buildings themselves, but rather the dynamic character of Christianity and how church buildings shape and influence the religion. Kilde argues that a primary function of church buildings is to represent and reify three different types of power: divine power, or ideas about God; personal empowerment as manifested in the individual's perceived relationship to the divine; and social power, meaning the relationships between groups such as clergy and laity. Each type intersects with notions of Christian creed, cult, and code, and is represented spatially and materially in church buildings. Kilde explores these categories chronologically, from the early church to the twentieth century. She considers the form, organization, and use of worship rooms; the location of churches; and the interaction between churches and the wider culture. Church buildings have been integral to Christianity, and Kilde's important study sheds new light on the way they impact all aspects of the religion. Neither mere witnesses to transformations of religious thought or nor simple backgrounds for religious practice, church buildings are, in Kilde's view, dynamic participants in religious change and goldmines of information on Christianity itself.

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Oxford University Press

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0199718105

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Jeanne Guyon

An Autobiography

By: Madame Jeanne Guyon

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Jeanne Guyon

An Autobiography

By: Madame Jeanne Guyon

Joy in the Lord Persecuted for her unwavering faith, imprisoned because of her love for God, Jeanne Guyon lived out the life Jesus Christ called her to live. Her true story has been an inspiration to thousands. She discusses: Dealing with times of adversity Understanding true conversion Overcoming suffering Developing strong faith Hearing God’s voice Guyon’s life demonstrates how the love of God can overcome all the trials believers face. This book is a living testimony of the undying faith she found as she experienced the joy of the Lord in the midst of suffering. Discover how you, too, can live joyously, regardless of your circumstances.

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Whitaker House

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1603746005

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To Do and to Endure

The Life of Catherine Donnelly, Sister of Service

By: Jeanne Ruth Merifield Beck

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To Do and to Endure

The Life of Catherine Donnelly, Sister of Service

By: Jeanne Ruth Merifield Beck

This biography reconstructs the life of Sister Catherine Donnelly, founder of the Sisters of Service in 1922.

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Dundurn

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155002289X

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Butinage

The Art of Religious Mobility

By: Yonatan N. Gez,Yvan Droz,Jeanne Rey,Edio Soares

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Butinage

The Art of Religious Mobility

By: Yonatan N. Gez,Yvan Droz,Jeanne Rey,Edio Soares

Based on comparative ethnographic research in four countries and three continents, Butinage: The Art of Religious Mobility explores the notion of "religious butinage" as a conceptual framework intended to shed light on the dynamics of everyday religious practice. Derived from the French word butiner, which refers to the foraging activity of bees and other pollinating insects, this term is employed by the authors metaphorically to refer to the "to-ing and fro-ing" of believers between religious institutions. Focused on urban, predominantly Christian settings in Brazil, Kenya, Ghana, and Switzerland, Butinage examines commonalities and differences across the four case studies and identifies religious mobility as existing at the meeting points of religious-institutional rules and narratives, social norms, and individual agency and practice. Drawing on anglophone, francophone, and lusophone academic traditions, Butinage is dedicated to a dialogue between ethnographic findings and theoretical ideas, and explores how we may rethink common conceptions of religious normativity.

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University of Toronto Press

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1487538995

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Croatia Traveller's Zagreb and Beyond

A practical guide to visiting Zagreb, Croatia

By: Jeanne Oliver

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Croatia Traveller's Zagreb and Beyond

A practical guide to visiting Zagreb, Croatia

By: Jeanne Oliver

Croatia Traveller's Zagreb and Beyond is a comprehensive guide to Croatia's capital city and its surroundings. Find out how to organize a day trip to stunning Plitvice Lakes National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, or take a tour of the region's fairy tale castles. Stroll the streets and alleys of Zagreb's Upper Town and be transported to another time. Explore Zagreb's quirky museums such as the Museum of Broken Relationships. Find out where to taste authentic local dishes and party the night away in one of Zagreb's sizzling nightclubs. Whether Zagreb is a stopover or the focus of your trip, Zagreb and Beyond tells you everything you need to know to make the most of your stay.

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Croatia Traveller

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131166016X

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Big D Dead

By: Jeanne Ann Macejko

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Big D Dead

By: Jeanne Ann Macejko

The secret dread of runners isn’t blisters or shin splints. It’s finding a dead body. Joggers seem destined to discover the missing, the murdered and abandoned. Until Brynn Reeves stumbled across a severed human head. In Big D Dead, a feisty heroine who is afflicted with cerebral palsy joins a cloistered monk and a homicide detective on the trail of a hired killer. In the sizzling Texas heat, the body count climbs.

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Shane Murphy Press

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0988464578

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Crisis at the Cathedral

By: Jeanne M Dams

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Crisis at the Cathedral

By: Jeanne M Dams

When a wealthy Iraqi couple disappear following a concert at Sherebury Cathedral, American Anglophile Dorothy Martin investigates. When Dorothy Martin and her husband Alan meet the wealthy Ahmad family, they are charmed by their courtesy, their perfect English, their delightful children and their commitment to peace. Following a concert at Sherebury Cathedral, the Ahmads offer to host a party afterwards at the Rose and Crown pub. But Mr and Mrs Ahmad don’t show up. Their children are asleep upstairs at the inn, but the parents are nowhere to be found . . . With suspicions of kidnap and even murder being raised, Dorothy and Alan feel compelled to assist the police and MI5 in their efforts to find their new friends, a search that will take them to London and the murky world of big business, politics and even terrorism . . .

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Severn House Publishers Ltd

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1780109547

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9781780109541

Our Social World

Introduction to Sociology

By: Jeanne H. Ballantine,Keith A. Roberts,Kathleen Odell Korgen

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Our Social World

Introduction to Sociology

By: Jeanne H. Ballantine,Keith A. Roberts,Kathleen Odell Korgen

Inspire your students to develop their sociological imaginations in Our Social World. Focused on deep learning rather than memorization, this book encourages readers to analyze, evaluate, and apply information about the social world; to see the connection between the world and personal events from a new perspective; and to confront sociological issues on a day-to-day basis. Organized around the "Social World Model”, a conceptual framework used across chapters to see the complex links between various micro- to macro-levels of the social system, students will develop the practice of using three levels of analysis, and to view sociology as an integrated whole, rather than a set of discrete subjects.

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SAGE Publications

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1506362052

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The Complete Illustrated Birthing Companion

A Step-by-Step Guide to Creating the Best Birthing Plan for a Safe, Less Painful, and Successful Del

By: Amanda French,Susan Thomforde,Jeanne Faulkner,Dana Rousmaniere

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The Complete Illustrated Birthing Companion

A Step-by-Step Guide to Creating the Best Birthing Plan for a Safe, Less Painful, and Successful Del

By: Amanda French,Susan Thomforde,Jeanne Faulkner,Dana Rousmaniere

How to give birth is the most important decision of a woman’s pregnancy, but navigating the maze of options is overwhelming. The Complete Illustrated Birthing Companion clearly lays out the process for eight successful birthing plans from home births and hospital births to a natural unmedicated delivery and C-sections. Each path outlines the latest research on every technique and procedure from water birthing to medications and includes “Real Deal” and “Inside Information” sections that detail the huge variations parents-to-be sometimes encounter. Written by an OB/GYN, nurse/midwife, and neonatal nurse, this photo-filled essential guide presents the most balanced and comprehensive perspective on all aspects of delivery today including red flags that indicate when another birthing plan may be more appropriate as well as helpful strategies and trimester-by-trimester schedules for the smoothest birth experience possible.

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Fair Winds Press

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1610586247

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The Less Noble Sex

Scientific, Religious, and Philosophical Conceptions of Woman's Nature

By: M. Jeanne Peterson

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The Less Noble Sex

Scientific, Religious, and Philosophical Conceptions of Woman's Nature

By: M. Jeanne Peterson

Physically frail, badly educated girls, brought up to lead useless lives as idle gentlewomen, married to dominant husbands, and relegated to "separate spheres" of life—these phrases have often been used to describe Victorian upper-middle-class women. M. Jeanne Peterson rejects such formulations and the received wisdom they embody in favor of a careful examination of Victorian ladies and their lives. Focusing on a network of urban professional families over three generations, this book examines the scope and quality of gentlewomen's education, their physical lives, their relationship to money, their experience of family illness and death, and their relationships to men (brothers and friends as well as fathers and husbands). Peterson also examines the prominent place of work in the lives of these "leisured" Victorian ladies, both single and married. Far from idle, the mothers, wives, and daughters of Victorian clergymen, doctors, lawyers, university dons, and others were accomplished and productive members of society who made substantial public and private contributions to virtually every sphere of Victorian life.

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Indiana University Press

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0253205093

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Omissions are Not Accidents

Gender in the Art of Marianne Moore

By: Jeanne Heuving

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Omissions are Not Accidents

Gender in the Art of Marianne Moore

By: Jeanne Heuving

Argues that even though gender is not the central theme in the work of American writer Moore (1887-1972), a consideration of how gender structures her poetry allows a better appreciation of its aesthetic achievement. Draws from her entire poetic career and from unpublished letters, notebooks, and prose. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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Wayne State University Press

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0814323359

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Fading Foundations

Probability and the Regress Problem

By: David Atkinson,Jeanne Peijnenburg

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Fading Foundations

Probability and the Regress Problem

By: David Atkinson,Jeanne Peijnenburg

This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license.This book addresses the age-old problem of infinite regresses in epistemology. How can we ever come to know something if knowing requires having good reasons, and reasons can only be good if they are backed by good reasons in turn? The problem has puzzled philosophers ever since antiquity, giving rise to what is often called Agrippa's Trilemma. The current volume approaches the old problem in a provocative and thoroughly contemporary way. Taking seriously the idea that good reasons are typically probabilistic in character, it develops and defends a new solution that challenges venerable philosophical intuitions and explains why they were mistakenly held. Key to the new solution is the phenomenon of fading foundations, according to which distant reasons are less important than those that are nearby. The phenomenon takes the sting out of Agrippa's Trilemma; moreover, since the theory that describes it is general and abstract, it is readily applicable outside epistemology, notably to debates on infinite regresses in metaphysics. The book is a potential game-changer and a must for any advanced student or researcher in the field.

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Springer

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331958295X

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The Children's Troupes and the Transformation of English Theater 1509-1608

Pedagogue, Playwrights, Playbooks, and Play-boys

By: Jeanne McCarthy

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The Children's Troupes and the Transformation of English Theater 1509-1608

Pedagogue, Playwrights, Playbooks, and Play-boys

By: Jeanne McCarthy

The Children’s Troupes and the Transformation of English Theater 1509–1608 uncovers the role of the children’s companies in transforming perceptions of authorship and publishing, performance, playing spaces, patronage, actor training, and gender politics in the sixteenth century. Jeanne McCarthy challenges entrenched narratives about popular playing in an era of revolutionary changes, revealing the importance of the children’s company tradition’s connection with many early plays, as well as to the spread of literacy, classicism, and literate ideals of drama, plot, textual fidelity, characterization, and acting in a still largely oral popular culture. By addressing developments from the hyper-literate school tradition, and integrating discussion of the children’s troupes into the critical conversation around popular playing practices, McCarthy offers a nuanced account of the play-centered, literary performance tradition that came to define professional theater in this period. Highlighting the significant role of the children’s company tradition in sixteenth-century performance culture, this volume offers a bold new narrative of the emergence of the London theater.

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Taylor & Francis

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1315390817

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