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Power Play

The Literature and Politics of Chess in the Late Middle Ages

By: Jenny Adams

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Power Play

The Literature and Politics of Chess in the Late Middle Ages

By: Jenny Adams

The game of chess reached western Europe by the year 1000, and within several generations it had become one of the most popular pastimes ever. Both men and women, and even priests played the game despite the Catholic Church's repeated prohibitions. Characters in countless romances, chansons de geste, and moral tales of the eleventh through twelfth centuries also played chess, which often symbolized romantic attraction or sexual consummation. In Power Play, Jenny Adams looks to medieval literary representations to ask what they can tell us both about the ways the game changed as it was naturalized in the West and about the society these changes reflected. In its Western form, chess featured a queen rather than a counselor, a judge or bishop rather than an elephant, a knight rather than a horse; in some manifestations, even the pawns were differentiated into artisans, farmers, and tradespeople with discrete identities. Power Play is the first book to ask why chess became so popular so quickly, why its pieces were altered, and what the consequences of these changes were. More than pleasure was at stake, Adams contends. As allegorists and political theorists connected the moves of the pieces to their real-life counterparts, chess took on important symbolic power. For these writers and others, the game provided a means to figure both human interactions and institutions, to envision a civic order not necessarily dominated by a king, and to imagine a society whose members acted in concert, bound together by contractual and economic ties. The pieces on the chessboard were more than subjects; they were individuals, playing by the rules.

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University of Pennsylvania Press

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0812201043

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9780812201048

Through the Third Eye

By: Olcay Akdeniz ,Jenny Vardy (Editor)

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Through the Third Eye

By: Olcay Akdeniz ,Jenny Vardy (Editor)

This is a story in which authentic, historical characters meld imperceptibly into a world of fantasy. While the backdrop of the tale is the launching of the Third Crusade, all is veiled in a cloak of Middle Eastern and Mediaeval mysticism. Salem, the highly trained and intellectually advanced son of Sinbad, the sailor, leaves his home in Basra, sailing down the Tigris, and takes to sea, for the first time at the age of seventeen. He soon becomes an accomplished and inquiring navigator.Before long he realises that he has inherited exceptional powers from his grandfather. Throughout his many adventures including shipwreck and near drowning he exercises these powers in a variety of circumstances. It is a fascinating time in the history of the world, as the west explores ever further east, seeking a sea-passage, to trade with India and China. At the same time the Papist west clashes with the Islamic rule of Saladin in the Middle East.Salem becomes embroiled in both of these ventures and it is while he is crossing the Mediterranean Sea, that he encounters Princess Berengaria, on her way to Acre for her marriage to Richard Coeur de Lion. Salem and Berengaria find that they are inextricably spiritually linked and this leads them into mystical experiences that the reader can only wonder at. The story carries the flavours, scents and magical aura of the Arabian Nights woven with mystical fantasy and embroidered with a thoughtful sprinkling of philosophy.

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Troubador Publishing Ltd

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1788032985

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9781788032988

International law in Europe, 700–1200

By: Jenny Benham

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International law in Europe, 700–1200

By: Jenny Benham

Was there international law in the Middle Ages? Using treaties as its main source, this book examines the extent to which such a system of rules was known and followed in the period 700 to 1200. It considers how consistently international legal rules were obeyed, whether there was a reliance on justification of action and whether the system had the capacity to resolve disputed questions of fact and law. The book further sheds light on issues such as compliance, enforcement, deterrence, authority and jurisdiction, challenging traditional ideas over their role and function in the history of international law. International law in Europe, 700–1200 will appeal to students and scholars of medieval Europe, international law and its history, as well as those with a more general interest in warfare, diplomacy and international relations.

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Manchester University Press

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1526142309

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Court, Kirk, and Community

Scotland 1470-1625

By: Jenny Wormald

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Court, Kirk, and Community

Scotland 1470-1625

By: Jenny Wormald

Contextualizes the refugee crisis through a historical study of Muslim mobility and violence.

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Edinburgh University Press

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0748629017

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Religious Narratives in Italian Literature after the Second Vatican Council

A Semiotic Analysis

By: Jenny Ponzo

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Religious Narratives in Italian Literature after the Second Vatican Council

A Semiotic Analysis

By: Jenny Ponzo

This book presents a semiotic study of the re-elaboration of Christian narratives and values in a corpus of Italian novels published after the Second Vatican Council (1960s). It tackles the complex set of ideas expressed by Italian writers about the biblical narration of human origins and traditional religious language and ritual, the perceived clash between the immanent and transcendent nature and role of the Church, and the problematic notion of sanctity emerging from contemporary narrative.

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Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

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311049602X

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The Philosophy of War and Peace

By: Jenny Teichman

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The Philosophy of War and Peace

By: Jenny Teichman

This book considers historical and current events from the standpoint of moral philosophy. It describes: real wars and the ways in which they have or have not been fought according to principles of justice; terrorism, torture and the effects of scientific discoveries on the way war is conducted; peace movements and the influences of religion on the ideology surrounding warfare. The book criticises the ethical theories of analytical philosophers in the 20th and 21st centuries.

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Andrews UK Limited

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1845405374

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The Truth Behind Men In Black

Government Agents--Or Visitors From Beyond

By: Jenny Randles

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The Truth Behind Men In Black

Government Agents--Or Visitors From Beyond

By: Jenny Randles

Stranger than The X-Files...Darker than your worst nightmares--And all too true... You've just spotted it. Strange, circular, and whizzing through the night sky. You've never seen anything like it in your life--you think it might be a UFO. As you turn around to head back to your house, someone taps you on the shoulder--and the nightmare has just begun... It's a phenomenon as old as the sighting of UFOs--and perhaps stranger than the sightings themselves: Men in Black. With eerie consistency, UFO witnesses around the world report their presence after a sighting or alien abduction. But who are these shadowy figures--men dressed in dark clothing who seem to know intimate details about witnesses' lives...and who strike unearthly fear in these people in order to keep them quiet about what they saw? Are they just a figment of overactive imaginations? Are they government agents? Secret Service men? Aliens? Or part of a much darker force whose urgent mission remains veiled in mystery... For the first time ever, renowned UFO expert Jenny Randles blows the lid off this fascinating and even life-threatening phenomenon. Through extraordinary case histories of real-life encounters, Randles's The Truth Behind Men in Black sheds stunning new light on these ominous strangers known as Men in Black: men who will protect extraterrestrial secrets--at any cost...

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1466878630

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Mary, Queen of Scots

NOW A MAJOR NEW FILM

By: Jenny Wormald

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Mary, Queen of Scots

NOW A MAJOR NEW FILM

By: Jenny Wormald

Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots, has long been portrayed as one of history's romantically tragic figures. Devious, naïve, beautiful and sexually voracious, often highly principled, she secured the Scottish throne and bolstered the position of the Catholic Church in Scotland. Her plotting, including probable involvement in the murder of her husband Lord Darnley, led to her flight from Scotland and imprisonment by her equally ambitious cousin and fellow queen, Elizabeth of England. Yet when Elizabeth ordered Mary's execution in 1587 it was an act of exasperated frustration rather than political wrath. Unlike biographies of Mary predating this work, this masterly study set out to show Mary as she really was – not a romantic heroine, but the ruler of a European kingdom with far greater economic and political importance than its size or location would indicate. Wormald also showed that Mary's downfall was not simply because of the 'crisis years' of 1565–7, but because of her way of dealing, or failing to deal, with the problems facing her as a renaissance monarch. She was tragic because she was born to supreme power but was wholly incapable of coping with its responsibilities. Her extraordinary story has become one of the most colourful and emotionally searing tales of western history, and it is here fully reconsidered by a leading specialist of the period. Jenny Wormald's beautifully written biography will appeal to students and general readers alike.

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Birlinn Ltd

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0857903500

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9780857903501

Tort Law

Text, Cases, and Materials

By: Jenny Steele

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Tort Law

Text, Cases, and Materials

By: Jenny Steele

This new text offers a stimulating and thought-provoking guide to tort law. It combines a wealth of substantial extracts from cases and materials with insightful author commentary and explanations to create a complete learning resource for students. The author's clear writing style enables students to gain a secure understanding of the fundamental principles of the subject, as well as guiding students through the more complex issues. This text presents a range of perspectives, and provides students with the detailed knowledge and analytical tools required to engage fully with this fascinating subject. Designed as a stand-alone textbook, undergraduates will find everything they need in this one convenient and easy-to-use volume.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0199248850

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9780199248858

Mr. Lear

A Life of Art and Nonsense

By: Jennifer S. Uglow,Jenny Uglow

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Mr. Lear

A Life of Art and Nonsense

By: Jennifer S. Uglow,Jenny Uglow

Originally published in 2017 by Faber and Faber Limited, Great Britain"--Copyright page.

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0374113335

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9780374113339

Undergraduate Research in Religious Studies

A Guide for Students and Faculty

By: Ruben Dupertuis,Chad Spigel,Jenny Olin Shanahan,Gregory Young

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Undergraduate Research in Religious Studies

A Guide for Students and Faculty

By: Ruben Dupertuis,Chad Spigel,Jenny Olin Shanahan,Gregory Young

Undergraduate Research in Religious Studies provides students and faculty with an invaluable guide to conducting research projects across all areas in the study of religion. With an emphasis on student-faculty collaboration, this concise book addresses the key areas, methods, and practical issues to inform the practice of original undergraduate research across a wide range of subdisciplines. In fourteen short chapters, the authors lay out the stages of the research process and different research methodologies; discuss approaches, examples, and ethical issues particular to religious studies; and address the unique value and challenges of collaborative research with undergraduate students, including case studies of student-faculty collaboration. Designed to be utilized by students and faculty as both a textbook and reference, this book offers an essential resource for all those engaging in or leading undergraduate research across religious studies.

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Taylor & Francis

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1000884503

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9781000884500

The Everything Mary Book

The Life And Legacy of the Blessed Mother

By: Jenny Schroedel,John Schroedel

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The Everything Mary Book

The Life And Legacy of the Blessed Mother

By: Jenny Schroedel,John Schroedel

While Catholics have long admired and honored Mary, other Christian denominations are now devoting special Bible study groups to her as well. The Everything Mary Book explores the often-debated place of Mary in Christianity, as well as her role in the broader world, both secular and religious. With this comprehensive and entertaining biography, you'll unravel the mysteries of one of the Bible's most intriguing and misunderstood women. Learn about: The Immaculate Conception and the Virgin Birth The Virgin Mary in early texts besides the Bible, including the Gnostic Gospels Mary in medieval times The role of Mary in popular culture Islam and Mary The Everything Mary Book covers everything you need to know about Mary's life and her impact on millions of Christians throughout the world.

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Simon and Schuster

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1605503169

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9781605503165

First Aid for Teacher Burnout

How You Can Find Peace and Success

By: Jenny Grant Rankin

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First Aid for Teacher Burnout

How You Can Find Peace and Success

By: Jenny Grant Rankin

Offering clear strategies rooted in research and expert recommendations, the new edition of First Aid for Teacher Burnout empowers teachers to prevent and recover from burnout while finding success at work in a sustainable way. Each chapter explores a different common cause of teacher burnout and provides takeaway strategies and realistic tips. Chapter coverage includes fighting low morale, diminishing stress, streamlining grading, reducing workload, leveraging collaboration, using technology to your advantage, managing classroom behavior, advocating for support from your administration, securing the help of parents and community, and more. New in this edition, the author expands on discussion about teacher activism, using digital resources, as well as a wealth of tips throughout for those teaching virtually. Full of reflection exercises, confessions from real teachers, and veteran teacher tips, this accessible book provides easy-to-implement steps for alleviating burnout problems so you can enjoy peace and success in your teaching.

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1000631745

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Swindler Sachem

The American Indian Who Sold His Birthright, Dropped Out of Harvard, and Conned the King of England

By: Jenny Hale Pulsipher

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Swindler Sachem

The American Indian Who Sold His Birthright, Dropped Out of Harvard, and Conned the King of England

By: Jenny Hale Pulsipher

Indians, too, could play the land game for both personal and political benefit According to his kin, John Wompas was “no sachem,” although he claimed that status to achieve his economic and political ends. He drew on the legal and political practices of both Indians and the English—even visiting and securing the support of King Charles II—to legitimize the land sales that funded his extravagant spending. But he also used the knowledge acquired in his English education to defend the land and rights of his fellow Nipmucs. Jenny Hale Pulsipher’s biography offers a window on seventeenth-century New England and the Atlantic world from the unusual perspective of an American Indian who, even though he may not have been what he claimed, was certainly out of the ordinary. Drawing on documentary and anthropological sources as well as consultations with Native people, Pulsipher shows how Wompas turned the opportunities and hardships of economic, cultural, religious, and political forces in the emerging English empire to the benefit of himself and his kin.

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Yale University Press

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0300235542

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9780300235548

Sydney's Construction Union Strategy and Immigrant Workers

By: Kieran James,Jenny Kwai-Sim Leung

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Sydney's Construction Union Strategy and Immigrant Workers

By: Kieran James,Jenny Kwai-Sim Leung

This book studies the Sydney (Lidcombe) branch of Australia's CFMEU in an attempt to document and critique its branch level strategy in the year immediately after the removal of the Howard-Costello Government, i.e. November 2007 to November 2008. This 'transitional time', prior to the Rudd-Gillard Government releasing its own plans for workplace relations, was a time of excitement and anticipation in union offices and building sites across the country as people perceived that the balance of power between labour and capital had changed. However, industry participants remained unsure of exactly how far the new government would go in dismantling the repressive workplace laws of its predecessor. CFMEU strategy at the Sydney branch level revolved around a program of 'rebuilding influence' on the building sites. We also document CFMEU strategy in relation to immigrant worker issues, as revealed through several micro-cases, and offer some observations as to how effective the CFMEU's actions were in each case.

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Lulu.com

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0244361355

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9780244361358

The Sky Blue Tee Shirt

By: Jenny Whitfield

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The Sky Blue Tee Shirt

By: Jenny Whitfield

After a lifetime of obedience and subservience. The Sky Blue Tee Shirt marks a new direction in Belle's life. She can now be the person she truly is and find the path she wants to follow. She will need to be brave and determined to succeed.

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1789014026

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9781789014020

Tuscany in horseback

By: Jenny Bawtree

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Tuscany in horseback

By: Jenny Bawtree

After university Jenny Bawtree went to teach English for a year in Florence and lost her return ticket. She continued teaching there for five years, ending up as a reader in the University of Florence, but then decided to change career and set up a riding centre in the Tuscan countryside with, in her own words, “no money, no experience and certainly no business sense”. One thing she had plenty of was luck, and she managed to create one of the best-known and best-loved trekking centres in the country. This is the story of her Tuscan adventure. A protagonist of the book is the ramshackle farmhouse she fell in love with and restored over the years: it is no longer ramshackle, but still an easy-going place where guests feel immediately at home. During the story we meet her parents, who came out to Italy to live near her, and her son Nicholas, who at the age of eight decided to become a journalist (he succeeded). We also meet Pietro, a peasant farmer who right from the beginning helped her to create the riding centre and became a lifelong friend; Sergio, his son, whose ability to build walls, lay down a terracotta floor, grow vegetables, shoe a horse, you name it, is legendary; Mario, who laced his riding lessons with choice swearwords; a hundred-year-old horseman; the lady with the di-ag-on-al pee; a lascivious maresciallo; a portly lady with an ‘aubergine’; and many others. This is the light-hearted story of a courageous woman and her love affair not only with horses, but also with the Tuscan countryside, Tuscan art and architecture and the Tuscan way of life.

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Terra Nuova Edizioni

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8866818917

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9788866818915

Florence Macarthy: An Irish Tale

by Sydney Owenson

By: Jenny McAuley

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Florence Macarthy: An Irish Tale

by Sydney Owenson

By: Jenny McAuley

This is the first modern scholarly edition of Florence Macarthy: An Irish Tale (1818). Owenson's seventh novel, it is the most sophisticated of her four 'national tales'. Owenson combined conventional romance plotlines with the political and social problems in Ireland, following the passing of the Act of Union in 1800.

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Routledge

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131730411X

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John of Wales

A Study of the Works and Ideas of a Thirteenth-Century Friar

By: Jenny Swanson

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John of Wales

A Study of the Works and Ideas of a Thirteenth-Century Friar

By: Jenny Swanson

This book examines the selected writings of John of Wales, a thirteenth-century Franciscan scholar. Though overshadowed historically by men like Thomas Aquinas and Bonaventure, John contributed significantly to the preaching explosion of the later Middle Ages, devoting his scholastic energies to the production of encyclopedic preaching aids for the growing number of the devout and learned emerging from the new universities. Through a detailed analysis of his world view, the author establishes John's strong interest in politics and contemporary social issues and helps to explain why his writings appealed to young preachers and the popular imagination. John's historic popularity and literary influence are also fully explored. His works seem to have been an important source of classical material for European literary texts of the period, and therefore, in addition to historians and theologians, this unprecedented book will appeal to those interested in the survival and transmission of Greek and Latin literature.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521520320

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9780521520324

Roads to Rome

The Antebellum Protestant Encounter with Catholicism

By: Jenny Franchot

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Roads to Rome

The Antebellum Protestant Encounter with Catholicism

By: Jenny Franchot

The mixture of hostility and fascination with which native-born Protestants viewed the "foreign" practices of the "immigrant" church is the focus of Jenny Franchot's cultural, literary, and religious history of Protestant attitudes toward Roman Catholicism in nineteenth-century America. Franchot analyzes the effects of religious attitudes on historical ideas about America's origins and destiny. She then focuses on the popular tales of convent incarceration, with their Protestant "maidens" and lecherous, tyrannical Church superiors. Religious captivity narratives, like those of Indian captivity, were part of the ethnically, theologically, and sexually charged discourse of Protestant nativism. Discussions of Stowe, Longfellow, Hawthorne, and Lowell—writers who sympathized with "Romanism" and used its imaginative properties in their fiction—further demonstrate the profound influence of religious forces on American national character. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1994.

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0520310306

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Made Well

Finding Wholeness in the Everyday Sacred Moments

By: Jenny Simmons

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Made Well

Finding Wholeness in the Everyday Sacred Moments

By: Jenny Simmons

Finding Wholeness through Tears, Joys, and the Everyday From the woman fighting cancer to the man who has lost his child to the girl sinking into depression, so many of us are engaged in daily battles as we long for healing. When he walked the earth, Jesus said to an unwell man, "Do you want to be made well?" His invitation stretched beyond physical healing--he sought to restore the soul. The same invitation stands for us today. For anyone struggling on the journey toward wholeness, singer/songwriter Jenny Simmons offers a resting place and a friend along the way. With personal insight into emotional pain, she invites readers to encounter a God who is working out their restoration--often in surprising "half-baked" ways. Her humorous and inspirational prose lights a path toward wholeness. Anyone trying to find their way to spiritual, mental, and emotional healing will benefit from Jenny's vulnerable and compassionate stories of being made well in the midst of a messy life.

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Baker Books

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1493405454

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Religion and AIDS in Africa

By: Jenny Trinitapoli,Alexander Weinreb

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Religion and AIDS in Africa

By: Jenny Trinitapoli,Alexander Weinreb

The first comprehensive empirical account of how religion affects the interpretation, prevention, and mitigation of AIDS in Africa, the world's most religious continent.

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Oxford University Press

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0199831556

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The Everything Saints Book

The Inspiring Lives of Martyrs and Miracle Workers Throughout History

By: Jenny Schroedel

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The Everything Saints Book

The Inspiring Lives of Martyrs and Miracle Workers Throughout History

By: Jenny Schroedel

In The Everything Saints Book, you'll learn about the fascinating lives (and sometimes untimely deaths) of more than 85 saints and the miracles ascribed to them. In this authoritative new edition of The Everything Saints Book, you'll find rare quotes, little-known facts, and captivating stories of heroism and personal sacrifice, including: -Traditional saints -European, African, and Asian saints -Soon-to-be saints -Disappearing saints From Mary, the mother of Jesus, to early European saints like Saint Valentine, to modern men and women who are now being considered for sainthood, The Everything Saints Book reveals the personalities and piety of these intriguing people-and the ways in which their unwavering devotion to God transformed their lives and the lives of those around them.

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Simon and Schuster

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1605502537

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Preaching for the Planet

Sermons on Creation and Climate

By: Jenny Wilson

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Preaching for the Planet

Sermons on Creation and Climate

By: Jenny Wilson

Sermons preached by Jenny Wilson, Canon Precentor of St Peter’s Cathedral in Adelaide. The introductory chapter explores ideas about preaching with a particular focus on preaching for the planet at this time of climate crisis.

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Sacristy Press

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1789593557

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Reading Style

A Life in Sentences

By: Jenny Davidson

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A Life in Sentences

By: Jenny Davidson

A professor, critic, and insatiable reader, Jenny Davidson investigates the passions that drive us to fall in love with certain sentences over others and the larger implications of our relationship with writing style. At once playful and serious, immersive and analytic, her book shows how style elicits particular kinds of moral judgments and subjective preferences that turn reading into a highly personal and political act. Melding her experiences as reader and critic, Davidson opens new vistas onto works by Jane Austen, Henry James, Marcel Proust, and Thomas Pynchon; adds richer dimension to critiques of W. G. Sebald, Alan Hollinghurst, Thomas Bernhard, and Karl Ove Knausgaard; and allows for a sophisticated appreciation of popular fictions by Stephen King, Neil Gaiman, Lionel Shriver, George Pelecanos, and Helen DeWitt. She privileges diction, syntax, point of view, and structure over plot and character, identifying the intimate mechanics that draw us in to literature's sensual frameworks and move us to feel, identify, and relate. Davidson concludes with a reading list of her favorite titles so others can share in her literary adventures and get to know better the imprint of her own reading style.

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Columbia University Press

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0231537409

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Spiritualism and British Society Between the Wars

By: Jenny Hazelgrove

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Spiritualism and British Society Between the Wars

By: Jenny Hazelgrove

Historians of modern British culture have long assumed that under pressure from secular forces, interest in spiritualism had faded by the end of the Great War. Jenny Hazelgrove challenges this assumption and shows how spiritualism grew between the wars and became part of the fabric of popular culture. This book provides a fascinating and lively insight into an alternative culture that flourished--and continues to flourish--alongside more conventional outlets for spiritual beliefs and needs.

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Manchester University Press

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0719055598

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The North Carolina Filmography

Over 2000 Film and Television Works Made in the State, 1905 through 2000

By: Jenny Henderson

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The North Carolina Filmography

Over 2000 Film and Television Works Made in the State, 1905 through 2000

By: Jenny Henderson

In recent years North Carolina has been recognized as a popular filming location for feature films and television series such as Last of the Mohicans and Dawson’s Creek. Few people, probably, realize that the first feature film in the state was shot in 1912. This comprehensive reference book provides a complete listing of every film, documentary, short, television program, newsreel, and promotional video in which at least some part was filmed in North Carolina, through the year 2000. The entries contain the following information: alternate titles, the type of film (feature film, television episode, etc), studio, cities, counties, scenes (Biltmore House, for example), comments (short synopses of the movies), director, producer, co-producer, executive producer, cinematographer, writer, music and casting credits, additional crew, and cast.

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0786455454

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Lonely Planet Israel & the Palestinian Territories

By: Lonely Planet,Daniel Robinson,Dan Savery Raz,Jenny Walker,Orlando Crowcroft,Anita Isalska

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Lonely Planet Israel & the Palestinian Territories

By: Lonely Planet,Daniel Robinson,Dan Savery Raz,Jenny Walker,Orlando Crowcroft,Anita Isalska

Lonely Planet: The world’s number one travel guide publisher* Lonely Planet’s Israel & the Palestinian Territories is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Discover the ruins of ancient Jericho, take an early morning walk to the Temple Mount for a breathtaking view of the Dome of the Rock, and float in the briny waters of the Dead Sea – all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of Israel and the Palestinian Territories and begin your journey now! Inside Lonely Planet’s Israel & the Palestinian Territories: Colour maps and images throughout Highlights and itineraries to help you tailor your trip to your personal needs and interests Insider tips to save time and money and get around like a local, avoiding crowds and trouble spots Essential info at your fingertips - hours of operation, phone numbers, websites, transit tips, prices Honest reviews for all budgets - eating, sleeping, sightseeing, going out, shopping, hidden gems that most guidebooks miss Cultural insights provide a richer, more rewarding travel experience - covering history, people, music, landscapes, wildlife, cuisine, politics Covers Jerusalem, Tel Aviv-Jaffa, Haifa & the North Coast, Lower Galilee & Sea of Galilee, Upper Galilee & Golan, West Bank, The Gaza Strip, The Dead Sea, The Negev, Petra eBook Features: (Best viewed on tablet devices and smartphones) Downloadable PDF and offline maps prevent roaming and data charges Effortlessly navigate and jump between maps and reviews Add notes to personalise your guidebook experience Seamlessly flip between pages Bookmarks and speedy search capabilities get you to key pages in a flash Embedded links to recommendations' websites Zoom-in maps and images Inbuilt dictionary for quick referencing The Perfect Choice: Lonely Planet’s Israel & the Palestinian Territories is our most comprehensive guide to the area, and is perfect for discovering both popular and offbeat experiences. Looking for wider coverage? Check out Lonely Planet’s Middle East for a comprehensive look at all the region has to offer. About Lonely Planet: Lonely Planet is a leading travel media company and the world’s number one travel guidebook brand, providing both inspiring and trustworthy information for every kind of traveller since 1973. Over the past four decades, we’ve printed over 145 million guidebooks and grown a dedicated, passionate global community of travellers. You’ll also find our content online, and in mobile apps, video, 14 languages, nine international magazines, armchair and lifestyle books, ebooks, and more. ‘Lonely Planet guides are, quite simply, like no other.’ – New York Times ‘Lonely Planet. It's on everyone's bookshelves; it's in every traveller's hands. It's on mobile phones. It's on the Internet. It's everywhere, and it's telling entire generations of people how to travel the world.’ – Fairfax Media (Australia) *Source: Nielsen BookScan: Australia, UK, USA, 5/2016-4/2017 Important Notice: The digital edition of this book may not contain all of the images found in the physical edition.

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1787019241

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Revisioning the Parish Pastoral Council

A Workbook

By: Mary Ann Gubish,Susan Jenny,Arlene McGannon

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Revisioning the Parish Pastoral Council

A Workbook

By: Mary Ann Gubish,Susan Jenny,Arlene McGannon

A practical guidebook for all persons involved in developing pastoral councils on a parish level.

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Paulist Press

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080913957X

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Dramatic Strategies in the Plays of Edward Bond

By: Jenny S. Spencer

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Dramatic Strategies in the Plays of Edward Bond

By: Jenny S. Spencer

In this book, Jenny Spencer presents an in-depth examination of Bond's work.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521393043

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Croatia

The Bradt Travel Guide

By: Piers Letcher,Robin McKelvie,Jenny McKelvie

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Croatia

The Bradt Travel Guide

By: Piers Letcher,Robin McKelvie,Jenny McKelvie

This guide focuses on Croatia's natural and cultural attractions, including in-depth coverage of Zagreb and the historic cities of Dubrovnik and Split.

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Bradt Travel Guides

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1841621927

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9781841621920

A Little History of British Gardening

By: Jenny Uglow

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A Little History of British Gardening

By: Jenny Uglow

Get out in your garden and discover the history hidden in the hedges. Did the Romans have rakes? Did the monks get muddy? Did potatoes seem really, really weird when they arrived on our shores? Drawn from Jenny Uglow's own love for plants, this lively 'potted' history of gardening in Britain takes us on a garden tour from the thorn hedges around prehistoric settlements to the rage for ornamental grasses and 'outdoor rooms' today. Tracking down the ordinary folk who worked the earth - from weeding women to florists - as well as aristocrats and grand designers and famous plant-hunters, A Little History of British Gardening is brought to life by gorgeously vivid illustrations and Uglow's insightful wisdom. Not only dealing with flowery meads, grottoes and vistas, landscapes and ha-has, parks and allotments, Uglow explains, for example, how the Tudors made their curious knots; how housewives used herbs to stop freckles; how the suburbs dug for victory in World War II. With a brief guide to particular historic or evocative gardens open to the public, this is a book to put in your pocket when planning a crisp, winter's day out - but also to read in your armchair with a well-earned glass of red, after a hard day's graft in your own garden. 'Enchanting, stirringly evocative and fascinating' Daily Mail 'This book will be a joy for any gardener' Independent

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Random House

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1448104963

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Breeding

A Partial History of the Eighteenth Century

By: Jenny Davidson

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Breeding

A Partial History of the Eighteenth Century

By: Jenny Davidson

The Enlightenment commitment to reason naturally gave rise to a belief in the perfectibility of man. Influenced by John Locke and Jean-Jacques Rousseau, many eighteenth-century writers argued that the proper education and upbringing breeding could make any man a member of the cultural elite. Yet even in this egalitarian environment, the concept of breeding remained tied to theories of blood lineage, caste distinction, and biological difference. Turning to the works of Locke, Rousseau, Swift, Defoe, and other giants of the British Enlightenment, Jenny Davidson revives the debates that raged over the husbandry of human nature and highlights their critical impact on the development of eugenics, the emergence of fears about biological determinism, and the history of the language itself. Combining rich historical research with a keen sense of story, she links explanations for the physical resemblance between parents and children to larger arguments about culture and society and shows how the threads of this compelling conversation reveal the character of a century. A remarkable intellectual history, Breeding not only recasts the fundamental concerns of the Enlightenment but also uncovers the seeds of thought that bloomed into contemporary notions of human perfectibility.

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Columbia University Press

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0231511116

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Teaching International Economics and Trade

By: Caroline Starbird,Dale De Boer,Jenny Pettit

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Teaching International Economics and Trade

By: Caroline Starbird,Dale De Boer,Jenny Pettit

Globalization means the increasing interdependence of world markets and world affairs.Use these lessons to teach students about the international economic system that underlies globalization. Topics include free trade, foreign aid, exchange rates, international debt, and debt relief. Through lively activities, students learn about important organizations including the IMF, WTO, and the World Bank. All lessons and the final assessment are tied to national standards.

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University of Denver, CTIR

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0943804922

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9780943804927

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