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Growing Up Patton

Reflections on Heroes, History, and Family Wisdom

By: Benjamin Patton,Jennifer Scruby

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Growing Up Patton

Reflections on Heroes, History, and Family Wisdom

By: Benjamin Patton,Jennifer Scruby

The grandson of the legendary World War II general George S. Patton Jr., documentary filmmaker Benjamin Patton, explores his family legacy and shares the inspirational wit and wisdom that his grandfather bestowed upon his only son and namesake. In revealing personal correspondence written between 1939 and 1945, General Patton Jr. espoused his ideals to Benjamin’s father, then a cadet at West Point. Dispensing advice on duty, heroism and honor with the same candor he used ordering the Third Army across Europe, Patton shows himself to be as dynamic a parent as a military commander. Following in those famous footsteps, Benjamin’s father became a respected and decorated hero of both the Korean and Vietnam wars. Ironically, as he rose to major general, he also proved himself just as brave, flamboyant, flawed and inspiring as his father had been. A study of a great American original, Growing Up Patton features some of the pivotal figures in Benjamin’s father’s life, including Creighton Abrams, the WWII hero who became his greatest mentor; Charley Watkins, a daredevil helicopter pilot in Vietnam; Manfred Rommel, the son of German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel; Joanne Patton, the author’s mother and a resourceful fighter in her own right; and Benjamin’s mentally challenged brother, George. Growing Up Patton explores how the Patton cultural legacy lives on, and in the end, reveals how knowing the history of our heritage—famous or not—can lead to a deeper understanding of ourselves. INCLUDES NEVER-BEFORE-PUBLISHED LETTERS BETWEEN GENERAL GEORGE S. PATTON AND HIS SON DURING WORLD WAR II INCLUDES NEVER-BEFORE-PUBLISHED FAMILY PHOTOGRAPHS

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Penguin

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0425255948

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9780425255940

It's Not Free Speech

Race, Democracy, and the Future of Academic Freedom

By: Michael Bérubé,Jennifer Ruth

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It's Not Free Speech

Race, Democracy, and the Future of Academic Freedom

By: Michael Bérubé,Jennifer Ruth

This books takes up the hot-button issues at the intersection of free speech, hate speech, and academic freedom on the contemporary college campus. It questions whether scholarship and "extramural" speech that is deemed racist, homophobic, or sexist should be exempt from the protections of academic freedom and sanctioned on campus"--

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JHU Press

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1421443872

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9781421443874

Television and New Media

Must-Click TV

By: Jennifer Gillan

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Television and New Media

Must-Click TV

By: Jennifer Gillan

We watch TV on computers, phones, and other mobile devices; television is now online as much as it is "on air." Television and New Media introduces readers to the ways that new media technologies have transformed contemporary broadcast television production, scheduling, distribution, and reception practices. Drawing upon recent examples including Lost, 24, and Heroes, this book examines the ways that television programming has changed—transforming nearly every TV series into a franchise, whose on-air, online, and on-mobile elements are created simultaneously and held together through a combination of transmedia marketing and storytelling. Television studios strive to keep their audiences in constant interaction with elements of the show franchise in between airings not only to boost ratings, but also to move viewers through the different divisions of a media conglomerate. Organized around key industrial terms—platforming, networking, tracking, timeshifting, placeshifting, schedule-shifting, micro-segmenting, and channel branding this book is essential for understanding how creative and industrial forces have worked together to transform the way we watch TV.

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Routledge

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1135965668

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Ink-stained Amazons and Cinematic Warriors

Superwomen in Modern Mythology

By: Jennifer K. Stuller

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Ink-stained Amazons and Cinematic Warriors

Superwomen in Modern Mythology

By: Jennifer K. Stuller

From "Wonder Woman" to Buffy Summers, Emma Peel to Sydney Bristow, "Charlie's Angels" to "The Powerpuff Girls", Superwomen are more than just love interests or sidekicks who stand by their Supermen. In her new book, Stuller shows how the female hero in modern mythology has broken through the boy's club barrier of tradition and reveals the pivotal role of high-heeled crime fighters in popular culture.Featuring spies and sexuality, daddy's girls and super-mothers, this is a comprehensive, engaging and thought-provoking guide to female detectives, meta-humans and action heroines, as well as their creators, directors, performers, and consumers. The book also includes a glossary of modern mythic women, from Aeon to Zoe, as well as a foreword by acclaimed cultural commentator Roz Kaveney, author of "Superheroes! Capes and Crusaders in Comics and Films" (published by I.B. Tauris, April 2008).

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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0857732080

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9780857732088

Essential Dads

The Inequalities and Politics of Fathering

By: Jennifer M. Randles

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Essential Dads

The Inequalities and Politics of Fathering

By: Jennifer M. Randles

In Essential Dads, sociologist Jennifer Randles shares the stories of more than 60 marginalized men as they sought to become more engaged parents through a government-supported "responsible" fatherhood program. Dads' experiences serve as a unique window into long-standing controversies about the importance of fathering, its connection to inequality, and the state's role in shaping men's parenting. With a compassionate and hopeful voice, Randles proposes a more equitable political agenda for fatherhood, one that carefully considers the social and economic factors shaping men's abilities to be involved in their children's lives and the ideologies that rationalize the necessity of that involvement.

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0520335228

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Sex and the City and Us

How Four Single Women Changed the Way We Think, Live, and Love

By: Jennifer Keishin Armstrong

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Sex and the City and Us

How Four Single Women Changed the Way We Think, Live, and Love

By: Jennifer Keishin Armstrong

The bestselling author of Seinfeldia offers a fascinating retrospective of the iconic and award-winning television series, Sex and the City, in a “bubbly, yet fierce cultural dissection of the groundbreaking show” (Chicago Tribune). This is the story of how a columnist, two gay men, and a writers’ room full of women used their own poignant, hilarious, and humiliating stories to launch a cultural phenomenon. They endured shock, slut-shaming, and a slew of nasty reviews on their way to eventual—if still often begrudging—respect. The show wasn’t perfect, but it revolutionized television for women. When Candace Bushnell began writing for the New York Observer, she didn’t think anyone beyond the Upper East Side would care about her adventures among the Hamptons-hopping media elite. But her struggles with singlehood struck a chord. Beverly Hills, 90210 creator Darren Star brought her vision to an even wider audience when he adapted the column for HBO. Carrie, Miranda, Charlotte, and Samantha launched a barrage of trends, forever branded the actresses that took on the roles, redefined women’s relationship to sex and elevated the perception of singlehood. Featuring exclusive new interviews with the cast and writers, including star Sarah Jessica Parker, creator Darren Star, executive producer Michael Patrick King, and author Candace Bushnell, “Jennifer Keishin Armstrong brings readers inside the writers’ room and into the scribes’ lives…The writing is fizzy and funny, but she still manages an in-depth look at a show that’s been analyzed for decades, giving readers a retrospective as enjoyable as a $20 pink cocktail” (The Washington Post). Sex and the City and Us is both a critical and nostalgic behind-the-scenes look at a television series that changed the way women see themselves.

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Simon & Schuster

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150116483X

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A Certain Kind of Magic

By: Jennifer Lawler

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A Certain Kind of Magic

By: Jennifer Lawler

When NYPD police detective Morgan Reilly discovers the lamp and frees the djinn, she thinks she’s hallucinating. After all, she’s just back on the job after a high-speed chase left her with a head injury, and it’s not the first visual hallucination she’s had since the auto accident. But freeing the djinn brings Mere, an exiled merman, charging into her life. He and his sidekick, Lynell, an elf, failed in their duty to protect a dragon’s hoard that was stolen centuries ago. All this time they have sought to get it back. Because Morgan can see him although other humans can’t, Mere must enlist her help in finding the hoard before the human sorcerer into whose hands it has fallen can learn its secrets. But first he must convince her that he’s real. Sensuality Level: Sensual

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Simon and Schuster

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1440542996

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Swing Landscape

Stuart Davis and the Modernist Mural

By: Jennifer McComas

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Swing Landscape

Stuart Davis and the Modernist Mural

By: Jennifer McComas

An insightful study of the progressive politics animating a great work of modernist mural painting In 1936 the Works Progress Administration’s Federal Art Project commissioned Stuart Davis (1892–1964) to paint a mural for the Williamsburg Houses, a New York City housing project. Though the mural, Swing Landscape, was never installed in its intended location, it survives as an impressive testament to Davis’s energetic, colorful brand of abstraction and the progressive politics that animated it. This study explores the painting, one of the greatest of twentieth-century America and arguably Davis’s most ambitious work. This book challenges the prevailing tendency to separate Davis’s leftist activism from his art and contextualizes Swing Landscape within 1930s abstract mural painting in New York, emphasizing the politics of abstraction. The book also offers the first comprehensive look at the Williamsburg mural commission, including works by Willem de Kooning, Ilya Bolotowsky, and others. The result is an indispensable resource on interwar modernism, mural painting, and urban development. Published in association with the Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University Exhibition Schedule: Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University (February 5–May 22, 2022)

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Yale University Press

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0300250673

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Copperheads

The Rise and Fall of Lincoln's Opponents in the North

By: Jennifer L. Weber

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Copperheads

The Rise and Fall of Lincoln's Opponents in the North

By: Jennifer L. Weber

The Northern home-front during the Civil War was far from tranquil. Fierce political debates set communities on edge, spurred secret plots against the Union, and triggered widespread violence. At the heart of all this turmoil stood the anti-war Democrats, nicknamed "Copperheads." Now, Jennifer L. Weber offers the first full-length portrait of this powerful faction to appear in almost half a century. Weber reveals how the Copperheads came perilously close to defeating Lincoln and ending the war in the South's favor. Indeed, by the summer of 1864, they had grown so strong that Lincoln himself thought his defeat was "exceedingly likely." Passionate defenders of civil liberties and states' rights--and often virulent racists--the Copperheads deplored Lincoln's suspension of habeas corpus, his liberal interpretation of the Constitution, and, most vehemently, his moves toward emancipation. Weber reveals how the battle over these issues grew so heated that Northerners feared their neighbors would destroy their livestock, burn their homes, even kill them. And she illuminates the role of Union soldiers, who, furious at Copperhead attacks on the war effort, moved firmly behind Lincoln. The soldiers' support for the embattled president kept him alive politically in his darkest times, and their victories on the battlefield secured his re-election. Packed with sharp observation and fresh interpretations, Copperheads is a gripping account of the fierce dissent that Lincoln called "the fire in the rear.

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Oxford University Press

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0199885621

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9780199885626

Change and Continuity in the 2020 and 2022 Elections

By: John H. Aldrich,Jamie L. Carson,Brad T. Gomez,Jennifer Lee Merolla

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Change and Continuity in the 2020 and 2022 Elections

By: John H. Aldrich,Jamie L. Carson,Brad T. Gomez,Jennifer Lee Merolla

Change and Continuity in the 2020 and 2022 Elections analyzes the most recent presidential and congressional elections, voter turnout, and the social forces, party loyalties, and issues that affect voting behavior. This accessible, data-driven text helps readers understand the elections and what the results mean for the future of American politics.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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153818057X

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Myth & Magic

3 Paranormal Romances

By: Jennifer Lawler

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Myth & Magic

3 Paranormal Romances

By: Jennifer Lawler

Magic and mayhem lie just beyond the thin veil separating this world from a fantasy realm where anything is possible. For these three spirited heroines, all it takes is a dash of danger, a pinch of the eccentric, and a good stir from an irresistible male to develop a taste for the unknown. A Certain Kind of Magic: When NYPD police detective Morgan Reilly discovers the lamp and frees the djinn, she thinks she's hallucinating the merman he conjures, thanks to her recent head injury. Exiled years ago, Mere needs her help to rescue a stolen dragon's hoard, but first he'll have to convince the gorgeous Morgan that he's very real. Children of the Wolves: Seven years after a global disaster, Jelena still has no memories of her past, unlike other survivors. To her protector Michael's consternation, she continues to oppose their tribe, challenging the Elders' rules and even befriending wolves that terrify the others. Can Jelena learn to trust--and love--again? Lessons in Magic: Recently unemployed and rudderless, Phoebe agrees to get her late aunt Edna's house ready to put on the market. While cleaning up cobwebs, she unexpectedly discovers her latent family talent for summoning demons. Noah Rossi, wizard in training, comes to the rescue, but can he save her from accidentally destroying the universe? Sensuality Level: Behind Closed Doors

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1440594945

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Principles of Financial Regulation

By: John Armour,Dan Awrey,Paul Davies,Luca Enriques,Jeffrey N. Gordon,Colin Mayer,Jennifer Payne

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Principles of Financial Regulation

By: John Armour,Dan Awrey,Paul Davies,Luca Enriques,Jeffrey N. Gordon,Colin Mayer,Jennifer Payne

The financial crisis of 2007-9 revealed serious failings in the regulation of financial institutions and markets, and prompted a fundamental reconsideration of the design of financial regulation. As the financial system has become ever-more complex and interconnected, the pace of evolution continues to accelerate. It is now clear that regulation must focus on the financial system as a whole, but this poses significant challenges for regulators. Principles of Financial Regulation describes how to address those challenges. Examining the subject from a holistic and multidisciplinary perspective, Principles of Financial Regulation considers the underlying policies and the objectives of regulation by drawing on economics, finance, and law methodologies. The volume examines regulation in a purposive and dynamic way by framing the book in terms of what the financial system does, rather than what financial regulation is. By analysing specific regulatory measures, the book provides readers to the opportunity to assess regulatory choices on specific policy issues and encourages critical reflection on the design of regulation.

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Oxford University Press

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0191090050

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Ancient Complex Societies

By: Jennifer C. Ross,Sharon R. Steadman

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Ancient Complex Societies

By: Jennifer C. Ross,Sharon R. Steadman

Ancient Complex Societies examines the archaeological evidence for the rise and functioning of politically and socially “complex” cultures in antiquity. Particular focus is given to civilizations exhibiting positions of leadership, social and administrative hierarchies, emerging and already developed complex religious systems, and economic differentiation. Case studies are drawn from around the globe, including Asia, the Mediterranean region, and the American continents. Using case studies from Africa, Polynesia, and North America, discussion is dedicated to identifying what “complex” means and when it should be applied to ancient systems. Each chapter attempts to not only explore the sociopolitical and economic elements of ancient civilizations, but to also present an overview of what life was like for the later population within each system, sometimes drilling down to individual people living their daily lives. Throughout the chapters, the authors address problems with the idea of complexity, the incomparability of cultures, and the inconsistency of archaeological and historical evidence in reconstructing ancient cultures.

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Routledge

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1315305615

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Queen Bess

An Unauthorized Biography of Bess Myerson

By: Jennifer Preston

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Queen Bess

An Unauthorized Biography of Bess Myerson

By: Jennifer Preston

This “fascinating” biography details the rise of the first Jewish Miss America, TV star, and political player—and the scandal that toppled her career (The New York Times). When Bess Myerson, the Bronx-born daughter of Jewish immigrants, was crowned Miss America in 1945, she was determined to break down gender barriers and be more than a beauty queen. Amid rampant anti-Semitism, she took advantage of her reign to call for an end to bigotry and hate. Then, after more than two decades as a glamorous television personality, Myerson took on corporate America, applying her celebrity as a consumer advocate to become an influential New York City political figure credited with helping elect Mayor Edward I. Koch. But behind the glittering public image, Myerson struggled with unhappy marriages. Then, in her early sixties, she found love with a much younger married man. The romance put her at the center of a political corruption scandal that led to federal charges brought by US Attorney Rudolph W. Giuliani, ending the reign of Queen Bess, New York’s favorite daughter, after more than forty years. Award-winning investigative journalist Jennifer Preston reveals Myerson’s fascinating life story in this engaging biography. Featuring interviews with Myerson herself and a new introduction from the author, Queen Bess remains the most comprehensive account of this ambitious and talented woman who inspired, entertained, and shocked millions.

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Open Road Media

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150403130X

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Night Shifts

8 Shapeshifter Romances

By: Holley Trent,Jennifer Lawler,Lynn Crandall,Kristine Overbrook,Envy Augustine,Danica Winters,Jaye Shields,Susan Arden

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Night Shifts

8 Shapeshifter Romances

By: Holley Trent,Jennifer Lawler,Lynn Crandall,Kristine Overbrook,Envy Augustine,Danica Winters,Jaye Shields,Susan Arden

Wolves and cougars and dragons--oh my! There's more to love than meets the eye with these eight hunky heroes of the night. Count on these shapeshifters to know just how to break out of the mold--in bed and out of it. The Cougar's Pawn: When alpha were-cougar Mason Foye sweeps up Ellery Colvard at a campsite, the last thing he expects is a woman who knows all about shifters. She’s a scary witch herself who isn't convinced fated mates exist. If Mason can't persuade her they're destined for a life of excitement together, he's doomed to spend the rest of his days in his cougar form. A Certain Kind of Magic: When NYPD police detective Morgan Reilly discovers a lamp and frees the djinn, she thinks she's hallucinating the merman he conjures, thanks to her recent head injury. Exiled years ago, Mere needs her help to rescue a stolen dragon's hoard, but first he'll have to convince the gorgeous Morgan that he's very real. Secrets: When homeless cats start vanishing into thin air at Michelle Slade's rescue organization, Cats Alive, she's determined to get to the bottom of this mystery. Casey Mitchell, a secret were-lynx drawn to Michelle, helps investigate the odd circumstances and uncovers a diabolic design on her life. Will these two lonely souls find true love...or lose everything? Creatures of the Moon: After being attacked in the wild, Lydia Davis starts to change in a way that only journalist Ryan Williams can understand. Ryan needs to help Lydia contain her budding urges through the first cycle of the full moon or the curse will consume her soul. But how can he help her without revealing his own secret? Love's Prey: After four years of mental rehab, Isabelle Tunskill returns to the lodge where a wolf attack mangled her arm, now ready to confront her demons. But she attracts the shifters' alpha instead. Only Curtis Keene, the lodge's owner, can save her, but it will mean sacrificing his own standing in the pack. The Nymph's Labyrinth: Shapeshifting nymph Ariadne Papadakis must keep the truth of the nymphs' existence far out of reach from American archeologist Beau Morris. But will the task force her to sacrifice her own happiness? Secrets of the Sky: Sparrow Reed might look like an angel, but she's actually a witch who can change into a songbird. When her best friend's problems drop Sparrow in an underworld fraught with threats, Rowen Aerion of the Knights of the Fog has his hands full trying to keep her alive--and his love may be her biggest danger of all. Dragon Heart: In her haste to establish her own boundaries, leopardess Shay Barclay may have entrusted her heart to the wrong man--former Navy SEAL Drake O'Connor, a dragon shifter too dangerous to resist. Drake swore to protect his buddy's daughter to the death, so when his explosive chemistry with Shay finally boils over and they end up in bed, her family's political enemies are the least of their problems. Sensuality Level: Sensual

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Simon and Schuster

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1440597669

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Redux

Designs that Reuse, Recycle, and Reveal

By: Jennifer Roberts

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Redux

Designs that Reuse, Recycle, and Reveal

By: Jennifer Roberts

Emphasizing the principles of healthfulness, durability, and comfort, a complete guide to creating a 'green' home with recycled, salvaged, and environmentally healthy mateirals offers practical suggestions for remodeling, redecorating, and building from scratch, along with tips on how to find materials, new construction techniques, and more. and m iture. Plus, learn how to discover additional storage nooks around the house. Ideal for anyone looking to reorganize, this book includes ways to contain hobbies, collections, tools, office materials, media, and more; and great ideas for using outbuildings and sheds for additional storage. 'Home Storage' is an essential resource. ovided by the nation's top designers and architects; construction blueprints available for every home; and planning and design advice, and tips throughout. lanning on building a shed or having one installed on a property. A complete guide to the types of sheds available, it offers tips for adding storage systems and other accessories, and building information that is geared to both the novice do-it-you rselfer and ith maps, photographs, illustrations, and at the out

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Gibbs Smith

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1586857010

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Historical Dictionary of Rococo Art

By: Jennifer D. Milam

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Historical Dictionary of Rococo Art

By: Jennifer D. Milam

Historical Dictionary of Rococo Art covers all aspects of Rococo art history through a chronology, an introductory essay, a review of the literature, an extensive bibliography, and over 350 cross-referenced dictionary entries on prominent Rococo painters, sculptors, decorative artists, architects, patrons, theorists, and critics, as well as major centers of artistic production. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Rococo art.

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0810879522

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Understanding Nursing Research: First South Asia Edition, E-Book

Building an Evidence-Based Practice

By: Susan K. Grove,Jennifer R. Gray

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Understanding Nursing Research: First South Asia Edition, E-Book

Building an Evidence-Based Practice

By: Susan K. Grove,Jennifer R. Gray

Understanding Nursing Research: First South Asia Edition, E-Book

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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8131257118

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Understanding Nursing Research E-Book

Building an Evidence-Based Practice

By: Susan K. Grove,Jennifer R. Gray

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Understanding Nursing Research E-Book

Building an Evidence-Based Practice

By: Susan K. Grove,Jennifer R. Gray

- NEW! Enhanced evidence-based practice focus equips you to apply the latest research findings to clinical practice. - NEW! Streamlined research examples serve as concise and clinically relevant exemplars of key contents. - NEW! Mixed-methods content focuses on need-to-know material on mixed-methods research, which is growing significantly in popularity. - NEW! Improved legibility, usability, visual appeal, and readability meets the needs of visual learners with easy-to-understand content.

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032354651X

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Compromise in an Age of Party Polarization

By: Jennifer Wolak

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Compromise in an Age of Party Polarization

By: Jennifer Wolak

Congressional debates are increasingly defined by gridlock and stalemate, with partisan showdowns that lead to government shutdowns. Compromise in Congress seems hard to reach, but do politicians deserve all the blame? Legislators who refuse to compromise might be doing just what their constituents want them to do. In Compromise in an Age of Party Polarization, Jennifer Wolak challenges this wisdom and demonstrates that Americans value compromise in politics. Citizens want more from elected officials than just ideological representation--they also care about the processes by which disagreements are settled. Using evidence from a variety of surveys and innovative experiments, she shows the persistence of people's support for compromise across a range of settings-even when it comes at the cost of partisan goals and policy objectives. While polarization levels are high in contemporary America, our partisan demands are checked by our principled views of how we believe politics should be practiced. By underscoring this basic yet mostly ignored fact, this book stands as an important first step toward trying to reduce the extreme polarization that plagues our politics.

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0197510493

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Monitoring the Movies

The Fight over Film Censorship in Early Twentieth-Century Urban America

By: Jennifer Fronc

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Monitoring the Movies

The Fight over Film Censorship in Early Twentieth-Century Urban America

By: Jennifer Fronc

As movies took the country by storm in the early twentieth century, Americans argued fiercely about whether municipal or state authorities should step in to control what people could watch when they went to movie theaters, which seemed to be springing up on every corner. Many who opposed the governmental regulation of film conceded that some entity—boards populated by trusted civic leaders, for example—needed to safeguard the public good. The National Board of Review of Motion Pictures (NB), a civic group founded in New York City in 1909, emerged as a national cultural chaperon well suited to protect this emerging form of expression from state incursions. Using the National Board’s extensive files, Monitoring the Movies offers the first full-length study of the NB and its campaign against motion-picture censorship. Jennifer Fronc traces the NB’s Progressive-era founding in New York; its evolving set of “standards” for directors, producers, municipal officers, and citizens; its “city plan,” which called on citizens to report screenings of condemned movies to local officials; and the spread of the NB’s influence into the urban South. Ultimately, Monitoring the Movies shows how Americans grappled with the issues that arose alongside the powerful new medium of film: the extent of the right to produce and consume images and the proper scope of government control over what citizens can see and show.

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University of Texas Press

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1477313958

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9781477313954

Thinking in the Future Tense

By: Jennifer James

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Thinking in the Future Tense

By: Jennifer James

“Much is said these days about building bridges to the 21st century, and savvy businesspeople are constantly on the lookout for ways to make this colorful metaphor into reality. Thinking in the Future Tense: Leadership Skills for a New Age, by author and business lecturer Jennifer James, clearly establishes the framework for a real-world transition” (Amazon.com). American business, economics, and society are changing at a phenomenal rate. The pressure is on, and managers need to learn faster, think smarter, and free themselves from confining assumptions and old mindsets. In this important book, James—"the Margaret Mead of modern business"—reveals the business survival skills managers need to know to operate in this new fashion.

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Simon and Schuster

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1439135444

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Fantasy Fiction

A Writer's Guide and Anthology

By: Jennifer Pullen

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Fantasy Fiction

A Writer's Guide and Anthology

By: Jennifer Pullen

The first fantasy-writing textbook to combine a historical genre overview with an anthology and comprehensive craft guide, this book explores the blue prints of one of the most popular forms of genre fiction. The first section will acquaint readers with the vast canon of existing fantasy fiction and outline the many sub-genres encompassed within it before examining the important relationship between fantasy and creative writing, the academy and publishing. A craft guide follows which equips students with the key concepts of storytelling as they are impacted by writing through a fantastical lens. These include: - Character and dialogue - Point of view - Plot and structure - Worldbuilding settings, ideologies and cultures - Style and revision The third section guides students through the spectrum of styles as they are classified in fantasy fiction from Epic and high fantasy, through Lovecraftian and Weird fiction, to magical realism and hybrid fantasy. An accompanying anthology will provide students with a greater awareness of the range of possibilities open to them as fantasy writers and will feature such writers as Ursula Le Guin, China Miéville, Theodora Goss, Emrys Donaldson, Ken Liu, C.S.E. Cooney, Vandana Singh, Sofia Samatar, Rebecca Roanhorse, Jessie Ulmer, Yxta Maya Murray, and Rachael K. Jones. With writing exercises, prompts, additional online resources and cues for further reading throughout, this is an essential resource for anyone wanting to write fantastical fiction.

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Health Science Research

A Handbook of Quantitative Methods

By: Jennifer Peat

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Health Science Research

A Handbook of Quantitative Methods

By: Jennifer Peat

For research to be effective, it is essential that every aspect of the study is well planned. Health Science Research has been written to help researchers from all disciplines conduct their studies with this kind of integrity. Each chapter covers a specific area fo conducting a study, including: - formulating the research question - preparing a grant application - subject recruitment - data collection and analysis - interpreting the results of the study This informative text is designed to be a user friendly research, reference and study tool. It has been organised into eight chapters, each of which covers a specific area of conducting a research study. This book will be of particular value to scientists, research assistants, qualified or trainee physicians, nurses and allied health workers. The book will also be an essential companion for students in all disciplines who want to learn more about how to do good research.

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Properties of Matter for Grades K-2

An Inquiry Approach

By: Jennifer Lawson,Rosalind Poon,Deidre Sagert,Melanie Nelson,Lisa Schwartz

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Properties of Matter for Grades K-2

An Inquiry Approach

By: Jennifer Lawson,Rosalind Poon,Deidre Sagert,Melanie Nelson,Lisa Schwartz

Properties of Matter for Grades K–2 from Hands-On Science for British Columbia: An Inquiry Approach completely aligns with BC’s New Curriculum for science. Grounded in the Know-Do-Understand model, First Peoples knowledge and perspectives, and student-driven scientific inquiry, this custom-written resource: emphasizes Core Competencies, so students engage in deeper and lifelong learning develops Curricular Competencies as students explore science through hands-on activities fosters a deep understanding of the Big Ideas in science Using proven Hands-On features, Properties of Matter for K–2 contains information and materials for both teachers and students including: Curricular Competencies correlation charts; background information on the science topics; complete, easy-to-follow lesson plans; reproducible student materials; and materials lists. Innovative new elements have been developed specifically for the new curriculum: a multi-age approach a five-part instructional process—Engage, Explore, Expand, Embed, Enhance an emphasis on technology, sustainability, and personalized learning a fully developed assessment plan for summative, formative, and student self-assessment a focus on real-life Applied Design, Skills, and Technologies learning centres that focus on multiple intelligences and universal design for learning (UDL) place-based learning activities, Makerspaces, and Loose Parts In Properties of Matter for K–2 students investigate matter. Core Competencies and Curricular Competencies will be addressed while students explore the following Big Ideas: Humans interact with matter every day through familiar materials. Materials can be changed through physical and chemical processes. Matter is useful because of its properties. Other Hands-On Science for British Columbia books for grades K–2 Living Things Properties of Energy Land, Water, and Sky

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Hands-On Science and Technology for Ontario, Grade 3

An Inquiry Approach

By: Jennifer Lawson

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Hands-On Science and Technology for Ontario, Grade 3

An Inquiry Approach

By: Jennifer Lawson

Hands-On Science and Technology: An Inquiry Approach is filled with a year’s worth of classroom-tested activity-based lesson plans. The grade 3 book is divided into four units based on the current Ontario curriculum for science and technology Growth and Changes in Plants Strong and Stable Structures Forces Causing Movement Soils in the Environment This new edition includes many familiar great features for both teachers and students: curriculum correlation charts; background information on the science and technology topics; complete, easy-to-follow lesson plans; reproducible student materials; materials lists; and hands-on, student-centred activities. Useful new features include: the components of an inquiry-based scientific and technological approach Indigenous knowledge and perspective embedded in lesson plans a four-part instructional process—activate, action, consolidate and debrief, and enhance an emphasis on technology, sustainability, and differentiated instruction a fully developed assessment plan that includes opportunities for assessment for, as, and of learning a focus on real-life technological problem solving learning centres that focus on multiple intelligences and universal design for learning (UDL) land-based learning activities a bank of science related images

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Hands-On Science and Technology for Ontario, Grade 5

An Inquiry Approach

By: Jennifer Lawson

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Hands-On Science and Technology for Ontario, Grade 5

An Inquiry Approach

By: Jennifer Lawson

Experienced educators share their best, classroom-tested ideas in this teacher-friendly, activity-based resource. The grade 5 book is divided into four units: Human Organ Systems Forces Acting on Structures and Mechanisms Properties of and Changes in Matter Conservation of Energy and Resources STAND-OUT COMPONENTS custom-written for the Ontario curriculum uses an inquiry-based scientific and technological approach builds understanding of Indigenous knowledge and perspectives TIME-SAVING, COST-EFFECTIVE FEATURES includes resources for both teachers and students a four-part instructional process: activate, action, consolidate and debrief, enhance an emphasis on technology, sustainability, and personalized learning a fully developed assessment plan for assessment for, as, and of learning a focus on real-life technological problem solving learning centres that focus on multiple intelligences and universal design for learning (UDL) land-based learning activities and Makerspace centres access to digital image banks and digital reproducibles (Find download instructions in the Appendix of the book.)

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Communication Technology Update and Fundamentals

By: August E. Grant,Jennifer Harman Meadows

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Communication Technology Update and Fundamentals

By: August E. Grant,Jennifer Harman Meadows

Communication technologies surround us in every part of our lives: via television, web, blogging, mass media, and much more. How do people in business keep up with the latest and greatest trends, and how do they differentiate good information from bad information? How do they get help analyzing information and coming to conclusions about trends that will impact their businesses and business decisions? How do they consider the environmental and sustainability issues surrounding communication technology? This book answers these essential questions. It's for professionals and students working in telecommunications, including electronic mass media, digital signage, computers, consumer electronics, games, satellites, and telepresence. The best of the best minds on these topics all come forward here, each in their own chapter, to report on, analyze, and make recommendations, for the new edition of this definitive guide to new technologies. New to this edition: New coverage of historical perspectives on communication technology bring the ideas and concepts to the forefront, providing a thoroughly grounded approach designed to appeal to professors looking for more the why's than the how's of communication technology New chapters on digital cinema, mobile commerce, digital television, cinema technologies, e-books, home video, digital audio, and telepresence. As always, every chapter is updated to reflect the latest trends on the topic Brand new! Instructor's manual with testbank and sample syllabus (cw.routledge.com/textbooks/instructordownload/) Companion website--brand new for this edition, including chapter-by-chapter additional coverage of technologies and further resources (commtechupdate.weebly.com)

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Taylor & Francis

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0240824563

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Hands-On Science and Technology for Ontario, Grade 1

An Inquiry Approach

By: Jennifer Lawson

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An Inquiry Approach

By: Jennifer Lawson

Hands-On Science and Technology: An Inquiry Approach is filled with a year’s worth of classroom-tested activity-based lesson plans. The grade 1 book is divided into four units based on the current Ontario curriculum for science and technology. Needs and Characteristics of Living Things Materials, Objects, and Everyday Structures Energy in Our Lives Understanding Earth and Space Systems This new edition includes many familiar great features for both teachers and students: curriculum correlation charts; background information on the science and technology topics; complete, easy-to-follow lesson plans; reproducible student materials; materials lists; and hands-on, student-centred activities. Useful new features include: the components of an inquiry-based scientific and technological approach Indigenous knowledge and perspective embedded in lesson plans a four-part instructional process—activate, action, consolidate and debrief, and enhance an emphasis on technology, sustainability, and differentiated instruction a fully developed assessment plan that includes opportunities for assessment for, as, and of learning a focus on real-life technological problem solving learning centres that focus on multiple intelligences and universal design for learning (UDL) land-based learning activities FREE access to digital image banks and digital reproducibles (Find download instructions in your book on the reverse side of the title page.)

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De Kooning

A Retrospective

By: Willem De Kooning,John Elderfield,Lauren Mahony,Jennifer Field,Delphine Huisinga,Susan Lake

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De Kooning

A Retrospective

By: Willem De Kooning,John Elderfield,Lauren Mahony,Jennifer Field,Delphine Huisinga,Susan Lake

This publication offers an unparalleled opportunity to appreciate the development of the artist's work as it unfolded over nearly seven decades, beginning with his early academic works, made in Holland before he moved to the United States in 1926, and concluding with his final, sparely abstract paintings of the late 1980s.

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The Museum of Modern Art

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0870707973

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Keats, Hermeticism, and the Secret Societies

By: Jennifer N. Wunder

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Keats, Hermeticism, and the Secret Societies

By: Jennifer N. Wunder

Jennifer Wunder makes a strong case for the importance of hermeticism and the secret societies to an understanding of John Keats's poetry and his speculations about religious and philosophical questions. Although secret societies exercised enormous cultural influence during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, they have received little attention from Romantic scholars. And yet, information about the societies permeated all aspects of Romantic culture. Groups such as the Rosicrucians and the Freemasons fascinated the reading public, and the market was flooded with articles, pamphlets, and books that discussed the societies's goals and hermetic philosophies, debated their influence, and drew on their mythologies for literary inspiration. Wunder recovers the common knowledge about the societies and offers readers a first look at the role they played in the writings of Romantic authors in general and Keats in particular. She argues that Keats was aware of the information available about the secret societies and employed hermetic terminology and imagery associated with these groups throughout his career. As she traces the influence of these secret societies on Keats's poetry and letters, she offers readers a new perspective not only on Keats's writings but also on scholarship treating his religious and philosophical beliefs. While scholars have tended either to consider Keats's aesthetic and religious speculations on their own terms or to adopt a more historical approach that rejects an emphasis on the spiritual for a materialist interpretation, Wunder offers us a middle way. Restoring Keats to a milieu characterized by simultaneously worldly and mythological propensities, she helps to explain if not fully reconcile the insights of both camps.

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Routledge

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1317109392

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Biography and Genealogy Master Index

A Consolidated Index to More Than 3,200,000 Biographical Sketches in Over 350 Current and Retrospective Biographical Dictionaries

By: Jennifer Mossman

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Biography and Genealogy Master Index

A Consolidated Index to More Than 3,200,000 Biographical Sketches in Over 350 Current and Retrospective Biographical Dictionaries

By: Jennifer Mossman

Comprehensive index to current and retrospective biographical dictionaries and who's whos. Includes biographies on over 3 million people from the beginning of time through the present. It indexes current, readily available reference sources, as well as the most important retrospective and general works that cover both contemporary and historical figures.

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0787620769

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Hard Conversations Unpacked

The Whos, the Whens, and the What-Ifs

By: Jennifer Abrams

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Hard Conversations Unpacked

The Whos, the Whens, and the What-Ifs

By: Jennifer Abrams

Learn to speak up for what really matters In Having Hard Conversations, Jennifer Abrams showed educators how to confront colleagues about work-related issues through a planned, interactive, and personal approach. In this sequel, readers move deeper into preparing for those conversations while building expectations for meaningful outcomes. Emphasizing what needs to happen before, during, and after hard conversations, this resource explores What humane, growth-producing, and “other-centered” conversations sound like How to recognize and account for culture, gender, and generational filters How to spot and work with organizational dynamics that could influence discussions How to conduct hard conversations with supervisors

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Corwin Press

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1506334822

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A Place Called America

A Story of the Land and People

By: Jennifer Thermes

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A Place Called America

A Story of the Land and People

By: Jennifer Thermes

Through the lens of the land that has come to be known as America, award-winning picture book creator Jennifer Thermes captures centuries of history A Place Called America takes the long view of the land’s history, from its earliest formation and inhabitants up through today. Meet those indigenous to the deserts, prairies, forests, and shores of the land called Turtle Island and their relatives whose ideas founded the basis of the Constitution and who contributed in unique ways to World War II and more. Meet immigrant communities who came to the land from all around the world—at different times and against all odds, even with staunch United States immigration policies. And meet enslaved ancestors who were brought to the land against their will and whose labor and experience changed the story forever. Expert picture book maker Jennifer Thermes deftly weaves the threads of these communities’ narratives together, while giving each the spotlight they deserve—using the land itself as a unifying lens. Illustrated with dazzling maps, A Place Called America is a visual delight. It is an info-packed read, with sidebars, an author’s note, and a timeline supplementing the accessible text. A Place Called America will challenge its readers to think critically about the stories we tend to take for granted about our own history.

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The Eye in 3D

By: Rusty Huddle,Jennifer Viegas

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The Eye in 3D

By: Rusty Huddle,Jennifer Viegas

Humans rely on their sense of sight to move in their surroundings. Of the five senses, it is probably the one most used and relied upon by people, day-to-day, moment-to-moment, especially in our modern multiscreen world. In this enlightening resource, readers discover how the eye works, how images are focused on the retina, and how nerves relay signals and impulses to the brain for processing. They get not only in-depth explanations of the parts of the eye and how they function, but also detailed images of the eye's anatomical structures. In addition, common eye problems and disorders, such as myopia, hyperopia, astigmatism, colorblindness, glaucoma, macular degeneration, cataracts, and blindness, are examined.

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The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc

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1499435894

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Light Through a Prism

Social Justice Teaching for Refugee and Displaced Students

By: Terri L. Rodriguez,Laura Mahalingappa,Ayan Amoud Omar,Lauren Ergen,Odeese Ghassa-Khalil,Jennifer Meagher

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Light Through a Prism

Social Justice Teaching for Refugee and Displaced Students

By: Terri L. Rodriguez,Laura Mahalingappa,Ayan Amoud Omar,Lauren Ergen,Odeese Ghassa-Khalil,Jennifer Meagher

Before the COVID-19 pandemic surged across the globe, several decades of unprecedented population shifts created a worldwide “asylum crisis” that impacted millions of children and the educators that support them worldwide (Pinson & Arnot, 2007). Pandemic-era teaching, with all of its challenges, arrived on the heels of massive refugees’ resettlement across communities in the U.S. Light Through a Prism explores stories of K-12 educators committed to social justice pedagogy, especially with refugee and displaced students, as they navigate the complexities of pandemic-era schooling. It raises awareness of these students’ unique strengths and needs and focuses on the personal and professional knowledge, skills, and resources upon which educators draw.

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1475870604

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