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Long Black Veil

A Novel

By: Jennifer Finney Boylan

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Publishers Weekly’s Best Books of 2017 For fans of Donna Tartt and Megan Abbott, a novel about a woman whose family and identity are threatened by the secrets of her past, from the New York Times bestselling author of She's Not There On a warm August night in 1980, six college students sneak into the dilapidated ruins of Philadelphia’s Eastern State Penitentiary, looking for a thrill. With a pianist, a painter and a teacher among them, the friends are full of potential. But it’s not long before they realize they are locked in—and not alone. When the friends get lost and separated, the terrifying night ends in tragedy, and the unexpected, far-reaching consequences reverberate through the survivors’ lives. As they go their separate ways, trying to move on, it becomes clear that their dark night in the prison has changed them all. Decades later, new evidence is found, and the dogged detective investigating the cold case charges one of them—celebrity chef Jon Casey— with murder. Only Casey’s old friend Judith Carrigan can testify to his innocence. But Judith is protecting long-held secrets of her own – secrets that, if brought to light, could destroy her career as a travel writer and tear her away from her fireman husband and teenage son. If she chooses to help Casey, she risks losing the life she has fought to build and the woman she has struggled to become. In any life that contains a “before” and an “after,” how is it possible to live one life, not two? Weaving deftly between 1980 and the present day, and told in an unforgettable voice, Long Black Veil is an intensely atmospheric thriller that explores the meaning of identity, loyalty, and love. Readers will hail this as Boylan’s triumphant return to fiction.

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Crown

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0451496337

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Democracy's Spectacle

Sovereignty and Public Life in Antebellum American Writing

By: Jennifer Greiman

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Democracy's Spectacle

Sovereignty and Public Life in Antebellum American Writing

By: Jennifer Greiman

What is the hangman but a servant of law? And what is that law but an expression of public opinion? And if public opinion be brutal and thou a component part thereof, art thou not the hangman's accomplice?" Writing in 1842, Lydia Maria Child articulates a crisis in the relationship of democracy to sovereign power that continues to occupy political theory today. Is sovereignty, with its reliance on singular and exceptional power, fundamentally inimical to democracy? Or might a more fully realized democracy distribute, share, and popularize sovereignty, thus blunting its exceptional character and its basic violence? In Democracy's Spectacle, Jennifer Greiman looks to an earlier moment in the history of American democracy's vexed interpretation of sovereignty to argue that such questions about the popularization of sovereign power shaped debates about political belonging and public life in the antebellum United States. In an emergent democracy that was also an expansionist slave society, Greiman argues, the problems that sovereignty posed were less concerned with a singular and exceptional power lodged in the state than with a power over life and death that involved all Americans intimately. Drawing on Alexis de Tocqueville's analysis of the sovereignty of the people in Democracy in America, along with work by Gustave de Beaumont, Lydia Maria Child, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Herman Melville, Greiman tracks the crises of sovereign power as it migrates out of the state to become a constitutive feature of the public sphere. Greiman brings together literature and political theory, as well as materials on antebellum performance culture, antislavery activism, and penitentiary reform, to argue that the antebellum public sphere, transformed by its empowerment, emerges as a spectacle with investments in both punishment and entertainment.

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Fordham Univ Press

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0823231011

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9780823231010

Men Talk

Stories in the Making of Masculinities

By: Jennifer Coates

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Men Talk

Stories in the Making of Masculinities

By: Jennifer Coates

Men Talk draws on rich conversational material from a wide range of contexts to illuminate our understanding of men and masculinities at the turn of the millennium. Draws on rich conversational material to illuminate our understanding of men and masculinities at the turn of the millennium. Collects data from a wide range of conversations, including garage mechanics on a break, carpenters at the pub after work, and university academics chatting after hours. Focuses on stories, which occur within all-male conversations. Makes a distinctive contribution to our understanding of the intersection of language and masculinity.

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John Wiley & Sons

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0470754648

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Athens on Trial

The Antidemocratic Tradition in Western Thought

By: Jennifer T. Roberts

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Athens on Trial

The Antidemocratic Tradition in Western Thought

By: Jennifer T. Roberts

The Classical Athenians were the first to articulate and implement the notion that ordinary citizens of no particular affluence or education could make responsible political decisions. For this reason, reactions to Athenian democracy have long provided a prime Rorschach test for political thought. Whether praising Athens's government as the legitimizing ancestor of modern democracies or condemning it as mob rule, commentators throughout history have revealed much about their own notions of politics and society. In this book, Jennifer Roberts charts responses to Athenian democracy from Athens itself through the twentieth century, exploring a debate that touches upon historiography, ethics, political science, anthropology, sociology, philosophy, gender studies, and educational theory.

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Princeton University Press

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1400821320

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9781400821327

The Long Walk

The Forced Navajo Exile

By: Jennifer Denetdale

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The Long Walk

The Forced Navajo Exile

By: Jennifer Denetdale

In 1863, the Dine (Navajo) faced transformations to their way of life with the Americans' determination to first subjugate and then remove them to a reservation in order to begin their assimilation to American culture. This book exposes the series of events that facilitated the Navajo's removal from their homeland, their experiences during the Long Walk, their time at the Bosque Redondo reservation, their return home, and the ways in which they remember the Long Walk and the Bosque Redondo.

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Infobase Publishing

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1438103913

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Ohio Encyclopedia

By: Jennifer Herman

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Ohio Encyclopedia

By: Jennifer Herman

OHIO ENCYCLOPEDIA is the definitive reference work on Ohio ever published. The noted Ohio historian Michael S. Mangus from Ohio State University has written articles on Introduction to Ohio History, Early History of Ohio, and Ohio History. These articles cover the history of Ohio, from the early explorers to twenty-first century events. Other major sections in this reference work are Ohio Symbols and Designations, Geography and Topography of Ohio, Profiles of Ohio Governors, Chronology of Ohio Historic Events, Dictionary of Ohio Places, Ohio Constitution, Bibliography of Ohio Books, Pictorial Scenes of Ohio, State Executive Offices, State Agencies, Departments and Offices, Ohio Senators, Ohio Assembly Members, U.S. Senators and U.S. Congress members from Ohio, Directory of Ohio Historic Places and Index. All sections contain the latest up to date information on the Buckeye State.OHIO ENCYCLOPEDIA contains stunning photographs and portraits to compliment the expertly written text. Population charts are arranged alphabetically by city or town name, and by county. This allows students easy access to find population figures for their area of interest. Other population charts list all places in Ohio by largest populated places to least populated places by city or county. Several directories contain information on elected state and federal officials along with their contact information including mail and email addresses, phone and fax numbers. Easy to use reference maps are included to find your newly elected state or federal officials. The Directory of State Services lists the head officials and full contact information on state agencies and departments, some of which were just newly created by the legislature. The Directory of Ohio Historic Places contains all the latest up to date information on every Ohio historic place. The Bibliography includes that latest books published on Ohio people and places. A detailed Index makes the work thoroughly referential. OHIO ENCYCLCOPEDIA offers librarians, teachers and students a single source reference work that provides the answers to the most frequently asked questions about Ohio and its history.

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State History Publications

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1878592688

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9781878592682

Possibilities of Perception

By: Jennifer Church

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Possibilities of Perception

By: Jennifer Church

Jennifer Church presents a new account of perception, which shows how imagining alternative perspectives and possibilities plays a key role in creating and validating experiences of self-evident objectivity. She explores the nature of moral perception and aesthetic perception, and argues that perception can be both literal and substantive.

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0199678448

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Reclaiming Diné History

The Legacies of Navajo Chief Manuelito and Juanita

By: Jennifer Nez Denetdale

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Reclaiming Diné History

The Legacies of Navajo Chief Manuelito and Juanita

By: Jennifer Nez Denetdale

In this groundbreaking book, the first Navajo to earn a doctorate in history seeks to rewrite Navajo history. Reared on the Navajo Nation in New Mexico and Arizona, Jennifer Nez Denetdale is the great-great-great-granddaughter of a well-known Navajo chief, Manuelito (1816–1894), and his nearly unknown wife, Juanita (1845–1910). Stimulated in part by seeing photographs of these ancestors, she began to explore her family history as a way of examining broader issues in Navajo historiography. Here she presents a thought-provoking examination of the construction of the history of the Navajo people (Diné, in the Navajo language) that underlines the dichotomy between Navajo and non-Navajo perspectives on the Diné past. Reclaiming Diné History has two primary objectives. First, Denetdale interrogates histories that privilege Manuelito and marginalize Juanita in order to demonstrate some of the ways that writing about the Diné has been biased by non-Navajo views of assimilation and gender. Second, she reveals how Navajo narratives, including oral histories and stories kept by matrilineal clans, serve as vehicles to convey Navajo beliefs and values. By scrutinizing stories about Juanita, she both underscores the centrality of women’s roles in Navajo society and illustrates how oral tradition has been used to organize social units, connect Navajos to the land, and interpret the past. She argues that these same stories, read with an awareness of Navajo creation narratives, reveal previously unrecognized Navajo perspectives on the past. And she contends that a similarly culture-sensitive re-viewing of the Diné can lead to the production of a Navajo-centered history.

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University of Arizona Press

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0816532710

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Becoming Odyssa: 10th Anniversary Edition

Adventures on the Appalachian Trail

By: Jennifer Pharr Davis

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Becoming Odyssa: 10th Anniversary Edition

Adventures on the Appalachian Trail

By: Jennifer Pharr Davis

After graduating from college, Jennifer isn't sure what she wants to do with her life. Through inexperienced and unprepared, she feels drawn to the Appalachian Trail and sets out along on the long-distance footpath that stretches 2, 175 miles from Georgia to Maine. The next five months are the most physically and emotionally challenging of her life—coping with blisters and aching shoulders, hiking through endless torrents of rain and a blizzard, facing unwanted company and encountering tragedy. The trail becomes a modern day Odyssey that tests Jennifer's faith in God, humanity and herself. But even at her lowest points, it provides enduring friendships, unexpected laughter, and the gift of self-discovery. With every step she takes, Jennifer transitions from an over-confident college graduate to a student of the trail. As she travels along the ridges of the ancient mountain chain, she realizes that she isn't walking through nature—she realizes she is part of nature. And she learns that the Appalachian Trails is more than a 2,175 mile hike: it is a journey that will change a person forever.

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Beaufort Books

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0825308208

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9780825308208

Juvenile Justice

A Guide to Theory, Policy, and Practice

By: Steven M. Cox,Jennifer M. Allen,Robert D. Hanser

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Juvenile Justice

A Guide to Theory, Policy, and Practice

By: Steven M. Cox,Jennifer M. Allen,Robert D. Hanser

“The text is written from a practical standpoint, which students are likely to understand and appreciate.” —Lindsey Livingston Runell, J.D., Ph.D., Kutztown University Brief, focused, and up-to-date, Juvenile Justice: A Guide to Theory, Policy, and Practice, Ninth Edition, by Steven M. Cox, Jennifer M. Allen, and Robert D. Hanser, is a must-have text that takes students on a journey through the practical realities of the juvenile justice system and the most current topics in the field. Students not only learn about the history, process, and theories of the juvenile justice system, but they also gain access to the latest crime measurements and explore important issues such as community-based sanctions, treatment and rehabilitation, gangs, and international youth crime. Emphasizing evidence-based practices, the authors guide readers through the methods and problems of the system and offer realistic insights for students interested in a career in juvenile justice. Real-life examples, excellent pedagogical features, and a complete online ancillary package are provided to help instructors effectively teach the course and help students learn interactively.

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SAGE Publications

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1506349021

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Charleston and the Emergence of Middle-class Culture in the Revolutionary Era

By: Jennifer L. Goloboy

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Charleston and the Emergence of Middle-class Culture in the Revolutionary Era

By: Jennifer L. Goloboy

Very humble servants": colonial merchants and the limits of middle-class power -- The revolution, John Wilkes, and middle-class mob rule -- City of knavery: trade before the War of 1812 -- Friendship and sympathy, family and stability -- The War of 1812 and commercial disaster -- Mercantile professionalism and Charleston as a cotton port

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University of Georgia Press

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0820349968

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9780820349961

Searching for Someday

By: Jennifer Probst

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Searching for Someday

By: Jennifer Probst

From “one of the most exciting breakout novelists” (USA TODAY) comes the first novel in an irresistible new series—a spin-off of the bestselling Marriage to a Billionaire series—featuring a matchmaker who falls for a man who doesn’t believe in love. In charming Verily, New York, Kate Seymour has a smashing success with Kinnections, the matchmaking service she owns with her two best girlfriends. But Kate’s more than a savvy businesswoman: She’s gifted with a secret power, a jolting touch that signals when love’s magic is at work. It rocked her when she picked up a strange volume of love spells in the town’s used bookstore...and it zapped her again when she encountered Slade Montgomery, the hot-tempered— and hot-bodied—divorce lawyer who storms into Kinnections demanding proof that playing Cupid won’t destroy his vulnerable sister, Kate’s newest client. The only way to convince this cynic that she’s no fraud, and that love is no mirage, is for Kate to meet his audacious challenge: find him his dream woman. Can Kate keep their relationship strictly business when her electrifying attraction nearly knocked her off her feet? Or has the matchmaker finally met her match?

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Simon and Schuster

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1476744971

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Using Story

In Higher Education and Professional Development

By: Jennifer A. Moon

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Using Story

In Higher Education and Professional Development

By: Jennifer A. Moon

Story is everywhere in human lives and cultures and it features strongly in the processes of teaching and learning. Story can be called narrative, case study, critical incident, life history, anecdote, scenario, illustration or example, creative writing, storytelling; it is a unit of communication, it is in the products of the media industries, in therapy and in our daily acts of reflecting. Stories are 'told' in many ways - they are spoken, written, filmed, mimed or acted, presented as cartoons and in new media formats and through all these, they are associated with both teaching and learning processes but in different ways and at different levels. As a result of growing interest and simultaneous confusion about story, it is timely to untangle the various meanings of story so that we can draw out and extend its value and use. Using Story aims to clarify what we mean by story, to seek out where story occurs in education and life and to explore the processes by which we learn from story. In this way the book intends to ‘bring story into the open’ and improve its use. Building on her wealth of experience in the field, Jenny Moon explores the theory of story and demonstrates both its current uses and new ways in which to enrich and enliven teaching, learning and research processes. Ideal for anyone involved in education, personal or professional development or with a more general interest in story, the book begins by considering the range of what is meant by story, and then considers the theory behind the meanings. In the large final part of the book, Jenny provides a rich patchwork of different uses of story in education that cut across forms of story, story activities, disciplines and applications all of which will aid the use of story.

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Routledge

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1136943218

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Our South

Geographic Fantasy and the Rise of National Literature

By: Jennifer Rae Greeson

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Our South

Geographic Fantasy and the Rise of National Literature

By: Jennifer Rae Greeson

Since the birth of the nation, we have turned to stories about the American South to narrate the rapid ascendency of the United States on the world stage. The idea of a cohesive South, different from yet integral to the United States, arose with the very formation of the nation itself. Its semitropical climate, plantation production, and heterogeneous population once defined the New World from the perspective of Europe. By founding U.S. literature through opposition to the South, writers boldly asserted their nation to stand apart from the imperial world order. Our South tracks the nation/South juxtaposition in U.S. literature from the founding to the turn of the twentieth century, through genres including travel writing, gothic and romance novels, geography textbooks, transcendentalist prose, and abolitionist address. Even as the southern states became peripheral to U.S. politics and economy, Jennifer Rae Greeson demonstrates that in literature the South remained central to the expanding and evolving idea of the nation. Claiming the South as our deviant and recalcitrant “other,” Americans have projected an anti-imperial imperative of domesticating and civilizing, administering and integrating underdeveloped regions both within our borders and beyond. Our South has been a primal site for thinking about geography and power in the United States.

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Harvard University Press

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0674059352

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9780674059351

Breaking Soul Ties

Freedom from the Root of Toxic Relationships

By: Dr. Dennis Clark,Dr. Jennifer Clark

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Breaking Soul Ties

Freedom from the Root of Toxic Relationships

By: Dr. Dennis Clark,Dr. Jennifer Clark

True and lasting change is possible!There are countless self-help plans that promise to break bad habits. While some are effective at changing harmful patterns, true transformation is more than just avoiding destructive behaviors.What is the key to lasting life-change? The answer lies in your soul... and the things to which your soul...

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Destiny Image Publishers

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0768448344

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9780768448344

Arkansas Made, Volume 2

A Survey of the Decorative, Mechanical, and Fine Arts Produced in Arkansas Through 1950

By: Swannee Bennett,Jennifer Carman,William B. Worthen

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Arkansas Made, Volume 2

A Survey of the Decorative, Mechanical, and Fine Arts Produced in Arkansas Through 1950

By: Swannee Bennett,Jennifer Carman,William B. Worthen

Volume I. Quilts and textiles, Ceramics, Silver, Weaponry, Furniture, Vernacular architecture, Native American art -- volume II. Photography, Fine art.

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University of Arkansas Press

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1682261441

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Mixed Methods in Social Inquiry

By: Jennifer C. Greene

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Mixed Methods in Social Inquiry

By: Jennifer C. Greene

“This is an excellent addition to the literature of integrated methodology. The author has skillfully integrated diverse ways of thinking about mixed methods into a comprehensive and meaningful framework. By providing detailed examples, she makes it easy for both the students and the practitioners to understand the intricate details and complexities of doing mixed methods research. On the other hand, by comparing, contrasting, and bridging multiple perspectives about mixed methods, she has made this book very relevant and useful to seasoned scholars of mixed methodology.”--Abbas Tashakkori, Frost Professor and coordinator, educational research and evaluation methodology, Department of Educational and Psychological Studies, Florida International University, founding coeditor, Journal of Mixed Methods Research

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John Wiley & Sons

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0787983829

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9780787983826

Armed for Life

The Army of God and Anti-Abortion Terror in the United States

By: Jennifer Jefferis

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Armed for Life

The Army of God and Anti-Abortion Terror in the United States

By: Jennifer Jefferis

This book provides a detailed and comprehensive look at the primary players, acts, motivations, and methods of the Army of God in their quest to make abortion illegal in the United States. The Army of God may not be widely known, but they are well established as an extremist Christian organization united in their belief that abortion must be stopped at all costs, including the use of violence or force. Who are the primary players in this underground terrorist group, what acts are they responsible for, and what are the motivations behind their quest to make abortion illegal in the United States? Armed for Life: The Army of God and Anti-Abortion Terror in the United States addresses these questions and more, drawing upon never-before-published interviews with members of the Army of God and their own writings to reveal the details of this grossly understudied organization—and to document what its existence and expansion says about our society.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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0313387540

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The Fort Laramie Treaty, 1868

A Primary Source Examination of the Treaty That Established a Sioux Reservation in the Black Hills of Dakota

By: Jennifer Viegas

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The Fort Laramie Treaty, 1868

A Primary Source Examination of the Treaty That Established a Sioux Reservation in the Black Hills of Dakota

By: Jennifer Viegas

Describes the events leading up to the treaty and its purpose.

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The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc

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1404204385

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Bluestocking Feminism, Volume 4

Writings of the Bluestocking Circle, 1738-94

By: Gary Kelly,Elizabeth Eger,Judith Hawley,Jennifer Kelly,Rhoda Zuk

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Bluestocking Feminism, Volume 4

Writings of the Bluestocking Circle, 1738-94

By: Gary Kelly,Elizabeth Eger,Judith Hawley,Jennifer Kelly,Rhoda Zuk

Feminist scholarship and criticism has retrieved the Bluestocking women from their marginal position in 18th-century literature. This work collects the principal writings of these women, together with a selection of their letters. Each volume is annotated and all texts are edited and reset.

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Taylor & Francis

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1040243843

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Simple Keys to Heal Rejection

By: Dr. Dennis Clark,Dr. Jennifer Clark

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Simple Keys to Heal Rejection

By: Dr. Dennis Clark,Dr. Jennifer Clark

Simple Keys to Heal Rejection reveals step-by-step ways you can identify the root cause of feeling rejected, how to handle negative feelings, and how to live a healthy, happy life. Following the nine simple keys will turn your life around by breaking the habit of self-criticism, cultivating joyful relationships with God, others, and yourself, and confidently creating a positive and satisfying lifestyle. A perfect combination of biblical wisdom and behavioral studies provides the foundation on which you can build a lifetime of self-acceptance in light of Gods love and grace.

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Destiny Image Publishers

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0768404789

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Brooklyn by Name

How the Neighborhoods, Streets, Parks, Bridges, and More Got Their Names

By: Leonard Benardo,Jennifer Weiss

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Brooklyn by Name

How the Neighborhoods, Streets, Parks, Bridges, and More Got Their Names

By: Leonard Benardo,Jennifer Weiss

How the places in Brooklyn got their names--complete with vivid photographs and maps From Bedford-Stuyvesant to Williamsburg, Brooklyn's historic names are emblems of American culture and history. Uncovering the remarkable stories behind the landmarks, Brooklyn By Name takes readers on a stroll through the streets and places of this thriving metropolis to reveal the borough’s textured past. Listing more than 500 of Brooklyn’s most prominent place names, organized alphabetically by region, and richly illustrated with photographs and current maps the book captures the diverse threads of American history. We learn about the Canarsie Indians, the region's first settlers, whose language survives in daily traffic reports about the Gowanus Expressway. The arrival of the Dutch West India Company in 1620 brought the first wave of European names, from Boswijck (“town in the woods,” later Bushwick) to Bedford-Stuyvesant, after the controversial administrator of the Dutch colony, to numerous places named after prominent Dutch families like the Bergens. The English takeover of the area in 1664 led to the Anglicization of Dutch names, (vlackebos, meaning “wooded plain,” became Flatbush) and the introduction of distinctively English names (Kensington, Brighton Beach). A century later the American Revolution swept away most Tory monikers, replacing them with signers of the Declaration of Independence and international figures who supported the revolution such as Lafayette (France), De Kalb (Germany), and Kosciuszko (Poland). We learn too of the dark corners of Brooklyn“s past, encountering over 70 streets named for prominent slaveholders like Lefferts and Lott but none for its most famous abolitionist, Walt Whitman. From the earliest settlements to recent commemorations such as Malcolm X Boulevard, Brooklyn By Name tells the tales of the poets, philosophers, baseball heroes, diplomats, warriors, and saints who have left their imprint on this polyethnic borough that was once almost disastrously renamed “New York East.” Ideal for all Brooklynites, newcomers, and visitors, this book includes: *Over 500 entries explaining the colorful history of Brooklyn's most prominent place names *Over 100 vivid photographs of Brooklyn past and present *9 easy to follow and up-to-date maps of the neighborhoods *Informative sidebars covering topics like Ebbets Field, Lindsay Triangle, and the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge *Covers all neighborhoods, easily find the street you're on

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NYU Press

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0814799450

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An Ancient Blueprint for the Supernatural

The Lost Teachings of the Apostles, Hidden for Such a Time as This

By: Dr. Dennis Clark,Dr. Jennifer Clark

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An Ancient Blueprint for the Supernatural

The Lost Teachings of the Apostles, Hidden for Such a Time as This

By: Dr. Dennis Clark,Dr. Jennifer Clark

This is the blueprint for living out the first-century supernatural life! — Sid Roth, host of It’s Supernatural!Lost for centuries, this ancient text is the believer’s key to unlocking the supernatural lifestyle of first-century believers.In the book of Acts, we glimpse the world-changing community marked by passion...

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Destiny Image Publishers

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0768457238

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Releasing the Divine Healer Within

The Biology of Belief and Healing

By: Dr. Dennis Clark,Dr. Jennifer Clark

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Releasing the Divine Healer Within

The Biology of Belief and Healing

By: Dr. Dennis Clark,Dr. Jennifer Clark

Unlock the Secrets to Walking in Divine Healing...as Science and the Supernatural CollideYou were not designed to live with pain, sickness, or emotional torment. The same God Who formed you is also your Healer. Greater still, this Divine Healer also lives within you.Get ready to experience the power of God like never before, as you uncover the...

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0768407494

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Shanghai Faithful

Betrayal and Forgiveness in a Chinese Christian Family

By: Jennifer Lin

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Shanghai Faithful

Betrayal and Forgiveness in a Chinese Christian Family

By: Jennifer Lin

Within the next decade, China could be home to more Christians than any country in the world. Through the 150-year saga of a single family, this book vividly dramatizes the remarkable religious evolution of the world’s most populous nation. Shanghai Faithful is both a touching family memoir and a chronicle of the astonishing spread of Christianity in China. Five generations of the Lin family—buffeted by history’s crosscurrents and personal strife—bring to life an epoch that is still unfolding. A compelling cast—a poor fisherman, a doctor who treated opium addicts, an Ivy League–educated priest, and the charismatic preacher Watchman Nee—sets the bookin motion. Veteran journalist Jennifer Lin takes readers from remote nineteenth-century mission outposts to the thriving house churches and cathedrals of today’s China. The Lin family—and the book’s central figure, the Reverend Lin Pu-chi—offer witness to China’s tumultuous past, up to and beyond the betrayals and madness of the Cultural Revolution, when the family’s resolute faith led to years of suffering. Forgiveness and redemption bring the story full circle. With its sweep of history and the intimacy of long-hidden family stories, Shanghai Faithful offers a fresh look at Christianity in China—past, present, and future.

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Asperger Syndrome and Adolescence

Practical Solutions for School Success

By: Brenda Smith Myles,Diane Adreon,Jennifer Stella

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Asperger Syndrome and Adolescence

Practical Solutions for School Success

By: Brenda Smith Myles,Diane Adreon,Jennifer Stella

The authors give an overview of those characteristics of AS that make adolescence particularly challenging and difficult. Central to the book is a detailed discussion of strategies and supports necessary to ensure a successful school experience for students with AS at the middle and secondary levels.

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Frontier Spirit

The Brave Women of the Klondike

By: Jennifer Duncan

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The Brave Women of the Klondike

By: Jennifer Duncan

She may have been holding a gun, or an axe, or her hiked-up skirts, but she was there, in the Klondike of the Gold Rush. And her decision to venture everything on the dream of northern gold was in every way bolder and riskier than any man’s. In Frontier Spirit, Jennifer Duncan celebrates the lives of women who, in defiance of traditional expectations, left their homes, their families, and their professions, to make the arduous journey through a punishing climate and unfamiliar wilderness to seek their fortunes in the Klondike. The story of women in the Klondike begins with the strong and knowledgeable women who were there before the race for riches began -- First Nations women like Shaaw Tláa, whose experience and traditional skills were critical to the survival of her white prospector husband, and ultimately, to the discovery that sparked the Gold Rush. The white women who joined the Klondike Stampede came from all walks of life: rich and poor, educated and illiterate, single and married. Wealthy socialite Martha Black left her world of comfort to pursue a career as a miner, mill manager, and politician on the northern frontier. Belinda Mulrooney, an Irish farm girl, arrived in Dawson with a quarter to her name but used her business acumen and canny resourcefulness to turn the shantytown into a city and herself into its richest woman. And then there’s Kate Rockwell, a working-class girl from Kansas City, whose thirst for fame and adulation led her over the treacherous waters of the Whitehorse rapids and fired her ascent to the title of Queen of the Klondike. Duncan has spent the last five years experiencing Dawson City in all its seasons and, like the women who came before her, she has fallen under the spell of the North, coming to love its wilderness, its challenges, and its rugged glory. With remarkable empathy, imagination and personal insight, Duncan creates an engrossing portrait of the splendour of the Yukon, breathing life into the stories of the daring and diverse women of the Klondike and the grandeur of the adventurers who gambled everything to find their fortunes there.

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The Guy Not Taken

By: Jennifer Weiner

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The Guy Not Taken

By: Jennifer Weiner

From the acclaimed author of Good in Bed, All Fall Downand the forthcoming Who Do You Love, a witty and heartbreaking look at love and loneliness Ayoung married woman happens upon her ex boyfriend's wedding registry and wonders what life would have been like if she'd ended up with him after all - only to wake up and find out her dream, for better and worst, has come true. In Tour of Duty, a young man visits an ivy league college with his mother who does not know how to tell him that his father has left and is moving out during their weekend away. And in Kidnapping Nana two sisters travel to a beach resort and kidnap an older woman so they have a place to stay while they're there - and find an unexpected bond with the older woman in the process.

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From the Dress-Up Corner to the Senior Prom

Navigating Gender and Sexuality Diversity in PreK-12 Schools

By: Jennifer Bryan

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From the Dress-Up Corner to the Senior Prom

Navigating Gender and Sexuality Diversity in PreK-12 Schools

By: Jennifer Bryan

Very few PreK-12 teachers are adequately trained to address the gender identity and sexual identity of their students in a developmentally-appropriate and pedagogically-sound manner. Yet responsible adults—parents, educators, pre-service teachers, coaches, religious instructors, camp administrators and school counselors— must help children navigate the inherently diverse, increasingly complex world of gender and sexuality in the twenty-first century. From the Dress-Up Corner to the Senior Prom is a practical, forward thinking resource for anyone involved in educating children and adolescents. Jennifer Bryan takes readers into classrooms, administrative meetings, recess, parent conferences, and the annual pep rally to witness the daily manifestations of Gender and Sexuality Diversity at school. She provides a coherent framework for understanding what readers "see," and invites them to use a contemporary, heart/mind perspective as they consider the true developmental needs of all elementary, middle, and high school students. The book features thoughtful questions, models of dialogue, accessible lesson plans, and many pedagogical strategies. At the heart of this book, though, are the evocative stories from teachers, students, and parents that Bryan has listened to over the span of her career. These personal anecdotes bring the comprehensive explorations of this seminal work to life.

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The Ideas That Made America: A Brief History

By: Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen

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The Ideas That Made America: A Brief History

By: Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen

Long before the United States was a nation, it was a set of ideas, projected onto the New World by European explorers with centuries of belief and thought in tow. From this foundation of expectation and experience, America and American thought grew in turn, enriched by the bounties of the Enlightenment, the philosophies of liberty and individuality, the tenets of religion, and the doctrines of republicanism and democracy. Crucial to this development were the thinkers who nurtured it, from Thomas Jefferson to Ralph Waldo Emerson, W.E.B. DuBois to Jane Addams, and Betty Friedan to Richard Rorty. The Ideas That Made America: A Brief History traces how Americans have addressed the issues and events of their time and place, whether the Civil War, the Great Depression, or the culture wars of today. Spanning a variety of disciplines, from religion, philosophy, and political thought, to cultural criticism, social theory, and the arts, Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen shows how ideas have been major forces in American history, driving movements such as transcendentalism, Social Darwinism, conservatism, and postmodernism. In engaging and accessible prose, this introduction to American thought considers how notions about freedom and belonging, the market and morality -- and even truth -- have commanded generations of Americans and been the cause of fierce debate.

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Flowing in the River of God's Will

Your Place of Effortless Trust and Perfect Peace

By: Dr. Dennis Clark,Dr. Jennifer Clark

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Flowing in the River of God's Will

Your Place of Effortless Trust and Perfect Peace

By: Dr. Dennis Clark,Dr. Jennifer Clark

Stop Striving and Start Resting! What is Gods will for my life? Its an age-old search. Most likely, youve asked the same question. Desperate for answers, we often find ourselves trapped in cycles of struggle and searching, as if Gods will was elusive and out of reach. This couldnt be further from the truth! Gods greatest desire is for you to rest in the flow of His perfect plan, because fulfilling your destiny is more about listening than it is about striving. Drs. Dennis and Jennifer Clark offer a groundbreaking approach to discovering how to flow in the river of Gods will. Read this book and learn how to: Hear Gods will through listening and surrender. Find true peace by practicing the Lordship of Jesus. Overcome difficult trials by feasting on the delight of Gods will. Gods will is not about following a blueprint or roadmap; its about stepping into the flow of His supernatural purposes, prepared for you before Creation! Stop striving and learn to rest while Flowing in the River of Gods Will.

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0768410819

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Searching for Mine: A Searching For Novella

By: Jennifer Probst

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Searching for Mine: A Searching For Novella

By: Jennifer Probst

From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Jennifer Probst comes a new story in her Searching For series… The Ultimate Anti-Hero Meets His Match… Connor Dunkle knows what he wants in a woman, and it’s the three B’s. Beauty. Body. Boobs. Other women need not apply. With his good looks and easygoing charm, he’s used to getting what he wants—and who. Until he comes face to face with the one woman who’s slowly making his life hell...and enjoying every moment... Ella Blake is a single mom and a professor at the local Verily college who’s climbed up the ranks the hard way. Her ten-year-old son is a constant challenge, and her students are driving her crazy—namely Connor Dunkle, who’s failing her class and trying to charm his way into a better grade. Fuming at his chauvinistic tendencies, Ella teaches him the ultimate lesson by giving him a special project to help his grade. When sparks fly, neither of them are ready to face their true feelings, but will love teach them the ultimate lesson of all? **Every 1001 Dark Nights novella is a standalone story. For new readers, it’s an introduction to an author’s world. And for fans, it’s a bonus book in the author’s series. We hope you'll enjoy each one as much as we do.**

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Evil Eye Concepts, Incorporated

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1942299222

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Michigan Encyclopedia

By: Jennifer Herman

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Michigan Encyclopedia

By: Jennifer Herman

MICHIGAN ENCYCLOPEDIA is the definitive reference work on Michigan ever published. The noted Michigan historian Dr. Matthew Lawrence Daly, Assistant Professor of History at Grand Valley State University, has authored articles on Introduction to Michigan History, Early History of Michigan, and Michigan History. These articles cover the history of Michigan, from the early explorers to twenty-first century events. Other major sections in this reference work are Michigan Symbols and Designations, Geography and Topography of Michigan, Profiles of Michigan Governors, Chronology of Michigan Historic Events, Dictionary of Michigan Places, Michigan Constitution, Bibliography of Michigan Books, Pictorial Scenes of Michigan, State Executive Offices, State Agencies, Departments and Offices, Michigan Senators, Michigan Assembly Members, U.S. Senators and U.S. Congress members from Michigan, Directory of Michigan Historic Places and Index.MICHIGAN ENCYCLOPEDIA contains stunning photographs and portraits to compliment the expertly written text. Population charts are arranged alphabetically by city or town name, and by county. This allows students easy access to find population figures for their area of interest. Other population charts list all places in Michigan by largest populated places to least populated places by city or county. Directories contain the information on elected state and federal officials along with their contact information including mail and email addresses, phone and fax numbers. Easy to use reference maps are included to find your elected state or federal officials. The Directory of State Services lists the head officials and full contact information on state agencies and departments, some of which were just newly created by the legislature. The Directory of Michigan Historic Places contains all the latest up to date information on every Michigan historic place. The Bibliography includes that latest books published on Michigan. A detailed Index makes the work thoroughly referential. MICHIGAN ENCYCLCOPEDIA offers librarians, teachers and students a single source reference work that provides the answers to the most frequently asked questions about Michigan and its history.

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1878592947

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Twentieth-Century Sentimentalism

Narrative Appropriation in American Literature

By: Jennifer A. Williamson

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Twentieth-Century Sentimentalism

Narrative Appropriation in American Literature

By: Jennifer A. Williamson

Today’s critical establishment assumes that sentimentalism is an eighteenth- and nineteenth-century literary mode that all but disappeared by the twentieth century. In this book, Jennifer Williamson argues that sentimentalism is alive and well in the modern era. By examining working-class literature that adopts the rhetoric of “feeling right” in order to promote a proletarian or humanist ideology as well as neo-slave narratives that wrestle with the legacy of slavery and cultural definitions of African American families, she explores the ways contemporary authors engage with familiar sentimental clichés and ideals. Williamson covers new ground by examining authors who are not generally read for their sentimental narrative practices, considering the proletarian novels of Grace Lumpkin, Josephine Johnson, and John Steinbeck alongside neo-slave narratives written by Margaret Walker, Octavia Butler, and Toni Morrison. Through careful close readings, Williamson argues that the appropriation of sentimental modes enables both sympathetic thought and systemic action in the proletarian and neo-slave novels under discussion. She contrasts appropriations that facilitate such cultural work with those that do not, including Kathryn Stockett’s novel and film The Help. The book outlines how sentimentalism remains a viable and important means of promoting social justice while simultaneously recognizing and exploring how sentimentality can further white privilege. Sentimentalism is not only alive in the twentieth century. It is a flourishing rhetorical practice among a range of twentieth-century authors who use sentimental tactics in order to appeal to their readers about a range of social justice issues. This book demonstrates that at stake in their appeals is who is inside and outside of the American family and nation.

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0813562996

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Sexualized Media Messages and Our Children

Teaching Kids to Be Smart Critics and Consumers

By: Jennifer W. Shewmaker

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Sexualized Media Messages and Our Children

Teaching Kids to Be Smart Critics and Consumers

By: Jennifer W. Shewmaker

This provocative book takes a look at children's consumption of sexualized media messages while providing parents, teachers, and professionals with strategies for abating their influence. In this eye-opening book, experienced child psychologist Jennifer W. Shewmaker contends that the manner in which a child is raised influences how they respond to media messages, particularly those shaded by sexual overtones. This text takes a hard look at the impact of advertisements, products, and entertainment on a child's psyche and offers strategies for helping kids become critical, active media consumers. Drawing from research in a wide variety of disciplines, this book explores the interpersonal factors within children's lives that impact how they learn to process sexualized media messages. The book argues that an increase in marketing to children along with media-based fabrications of beauty, masculinity, and femininity impact the confidence and character of young children who are often greatly affected by what they see and hear. The author shares invaluable tips for promoting strengths in children and adolescents of both genders and presents the protective influence of communities to help children dismiss distorted media images.

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1440833346

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Searching for Perfect

By: Jennifer Probst

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Searching for Perfect

By: Jennifer Probst

The highly anticipated second novel in the new Searching For series from Jennifer Probst, "one of the most exciting breakout novelists" (USA TODAY)—a spin-off of the bestselling Marriage to a Billionaire series—featuring a sexy matchmaker, and the rocket scientist who becomes her special project… The up-and-coming matchmaking agency Kinnections is the hottest thing to hit Verily, New York—just like Kennedy Ashe, social director for the service she owns with her two best girlfriends. A coach, consultant, and cheerleader rolled into one super-sizzling package, Kennedy creates dream dates, encourages singles to shine, and never refuses a challenge— not even Nathan Ellison Raymond Dunkle, known as Ned, rocket scientist, nerd extraordinaire, and Kennedy’s newest client. Kennedy vows to work her magic and transform this hot mess in a lab coat with a disastrous relationship track record into the most wanted man on the Verily dating scene. If only she could turn the wand on herself . . . Though she radiates confidence and sex appeal, Kennedy harbors deep-seated insecurities from a tormented past and lifelong struggle with weight issues. When she realizes she and Ned are cut from the same cloth and might be perfect together, can Kennedy learn to let her heart lead the way? Or will her fears sentence her to the sidelines as Ned finds love—with someone else?

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1476744955

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