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Carry the Rock

Race, Football, and the Soul of an American City

By: Jay Jennings

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Carry the Rock

Race, Football, and the Soul of an American City

By: Jay Jennings

In 2007, as the fiftieth anniversary of the fight to integrate Little Rock Central High School approached, veteran sportswriter and native son of Little Rock Jay Jennings returned to his hometown to take the pulse of the city and the school. He found a compelling story in Central High's football team, where Black and white students toiled under longtime coach Bernie Cox, whose philosophy of discipline and responsibility and punishing brand of physical football had led the team to win seven state championships. Carry the Rock tells the story of the dramatic ups and downs of a high school football season and reveals a city struggling with its legacy of racial discrimination and the complex issues of contemporary segregation. In the season Jennings masterfully chronicles, Cox finds his ideas sorely tested in his attempts to unify the team, and the result is an account brimming with humor, compassion, frustration, and honesty. What Friday Night Lights did for small-town Texas, Carry the Rock does for the urban South and for any place like Little Rock where sports, race, and community intersect.

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290

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University of Arkansas Press

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168226226X

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9781682262269

The K Handshape

A Christine Morris Mystery

By: Maureen Jennings

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The K Handshape

A Christine Morris Mystery

By: Maureen Jennings

Short-listed for the 2009 Arthur Ellis Award for Best Novel Christine Morris is awakened early on a chill November morning by a phone call from one of her colleagues, forensic psychiatrist Dr. Leo Forgach. His daughter, Deirdre, is missing. Despite the fact that she and the doctor have never seen eye to eye, Christine agrees to help him search for Deirdre – only to discover her brutally strangled body in the lake. Heartbroken, Leo tells Christine that his daughter was deaf and had recently given birth to a child she had deliberately ensured would be deaf. As a militant suporter of the Deaf Culture, Deirdre wanted a deaf child to make a political statement. Although some people supported her stand, many did not – including Deirdre’s own father. Christine must use her new kills as a forensic profiler to discover the killer.

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359

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Dundurn

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155488649X

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9781554886494

Ophiolatreia

An Account of the Rites and Mysteries Connected with the Origin, Rise and Development of Serpent Worship

By: Hargrave Jennings

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Ophiolatreia

An Account of the Rites and Mysteries Connected with the Origin, Rise and Development of Serpent Worship

By: Hargrave Jennings

An account of the rites & mysteries connected with the origin, rise & development of serpent worship in various parts of the world. Enriched with interesting traditions, and a full description of the celebrated serpent mounds & temples, the whole forming.

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150

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Health Research Books

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0787312584

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9780787312589

American Education

A History

By: Wayne J. Urban,Jennings L. Wagoner, Jr.,Milton Gaither

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American Education

A History

By: Wayne J. Urban,Jennings L. Wagoner, Jr.,Milton Gaither

American Education: A History, Sixth Edition is a comprehensive, highly regarded history of American education from precolonial times to the present. Chronologically organized, it provides an objective overview of each major period in the development of American education, setting the discussion against the broader backdrop of national and world events. In addition to its in-depth exploration of Native American traditions (including education) prior to colonization, it also offers strong, ongoing coverage of minorities and women. This much-anticipated sixth edition brings heightened attention to the history of education of individuals with disabilities, of classroom pedagogy and technology, of teachers and teacher leaders, and of educational developments and controversies of the twenty-first century.

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401

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Routledge

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0429760183

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9780429760181

Knott's Berry Farm

The Early Years

By: Jay Jennings

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Knott's Berry Farm

The Early Years

By: Jay Jennings

Before there was a Disneyland, there was Knott's Berry Farm. What started out in the early 1920s as a small, roadside berry stand in Buena Park, California, grew over the next 60 years into one of the most popular amusement parks in the world. Its founder, Walter Knott, along with his wife and family, knew no boundaries when it came to expanding his small berry market and tearoom into the world-famous Chicken Dinner Restaurant and later adding his ultimate achievement, Ghost Town. This book documents the early history of Knott's Berry Farm, featuring over 200 rarely seen images.

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132

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Arcadia Publishing

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0738569216

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9780738569215

Vices of My Blood

By: Maureen Jennings

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Vices of My Blood

By: Maureen Jennings

The Reverend Charles Howard once sat in judgment of Toronto's poor and assessed their applications for the workhouse. Now he has been found dead: stabbed, beaten, and robbed of his watch and boots. Is it simply a case of burglary gone wrong, or has one of the unfortunates the reverend turned away taken their revenge on him? Detective Murdoch's investigation takes him deep into the Dickensian world of Toronto's workhouses and the destitute souls who fill them as he sets out to discover who really murdered the reverend.

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482

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McClelland & Stewart

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0771046782

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9780771046780

Fundamentals of Media Effects

Third Edition

By: Jennings Bryant,Bruce W. Finklea

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Fundamentals of Media Effects

Third Edition

By: Jennings Bryant,Bruce W. Finklea

Media permeate our lives and are so omnipresent that we take them for granted and overlook their impact. Mobile communication devices, the internet, and social networking sites have transformed the way we live. The media inform us about everything from a polarized electorate to a global pandemic. The potential of media to influence beliefs and behavior is a longstanding topic in media research. This thoroughly revised edition offers an up-to-date look at media effects literature. Fundamentals of Media Effects, 3/e begins with a historical overview of media effects and then covers foundational theories. Research spotlights throughout the text help readers understand how theories translate into specific studies. Understanding the history and theory behind media effects scholarship aids readers in navigating the media-saturated environment. The final section looks at effects in ten key areas: media violence, media sexual content, frightening media content, political communication, health, stereotyping, educational television, video games, the internet, and mobile communication. For more than two decades, the primary goal of Fundamentals of Media Effects has been to present the vitally important topic of media effects in an expansive yet comprehensible format. Compelling discussions include myriad examples from recent scholarship to engage reader interest. Through exploration of mass communication theories and major areas of research, readers develop media literacy skills and become better media consumers and producers.

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512

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Waveland Press

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1478650818

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9781478650812

Ethics in Hospice Care

Challenges to Hospice Values in a Changing Health Care Environment

By: Bruce Jennings

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Ethics in Hospice Care

Challenges to Hospice Values in a Changing Health Care Environment

By: Bruce Jennings

Ethics in Hospice Care: Challenges to Hospice Values in a Changing Health Care Environment explores the pressures and challenges facing hospice and aims to produce new studies and educational materials on hospice ethics to help professionals in the field. Many of the tensions felt by caregivers and practitioners in hospice stem from uncertainty about the ethical mission of hospice and the ethical dilemmas arising in practice. This volume, a result of The Hastings Center and the Hospice Foundation of America’s project on Ethical and Policy Issues in Hospice Care, addresses these issues in a clear, accessible way.Ethics in Hospice Care outlines the economic, social, and cultural challenges facing hospice care in a changing society and a changing health care environment. Issues of concern include: financial pressures as policymakers limit Medicare spending organizational pressures as hospice organizations enter a variety of new relationships with managed care organizations, home health agencies, and hospitals cultural and social challenges as Americans wrestle with moral and legal issues of death and dying and physician-assisted suicide the rapid and unplanned growth of the movement--from a single hospice in 1973 to over 2500 todayWhile primarily for practicing hospice professionals, Ethics in Hospice Care is vital reading for everyone concerned with assisted suicide, patients’rights, quality of life, managed care, physician referral, professional development, pain management, quality of care, and ethics committees.

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141

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Routledge

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1317790693

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9781317790693

Book's by Jennings Bryant

Carry the Rock

Carry the Rock

The K Handshape

The K Handshape

Ophiolatreia

Ophiolatreia

American Education

American Education

Knott's Berry Farm

Knott's Berry Farm

Vices of My Blood

Vices of My Blood

Fundamentals of Media Effects

Fundamentals of Media Effects

Ethics in Hospice Care

Ethics in Hospice Care

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