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Taking the Hard Road

Life Course in French and German Workers' Autobiographies in the Era of Industrialization

By: Mary Jo Maynes

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Taking the Hard Road

Life Course in French and German Workers' Autobiographies in the Era of Industrialization

By: Mary Jo Maynes

Taking the Hard Road is an engaging history of growing up in working-class families in France and Germany during the Industrial Revolution. Based on a reading of ninety autobiographical accounts of childhood and adolescence, the book explores the far-reaching historical transformations associated with the emergence of modern industrial capitalism. According to Mary Jo Maynes, the aspects of private life revealed in these accounts played an important role in historical development by actively shaping the authors' social, political, and class identities. The stories told in these memoirs revolve around details of everyday life: schooling, parent-child relations, adolescent sexuality, early experiences in the workforce, and religious observances. Maynes uses demographics, family history, and literary analysis to place these details within the context of historical change. She also draws comparisons between French and German texts, men's and women's accounts, and narratives of social mobility and political militancy.

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Univ of North Carolina Press

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0807863270

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Mom

The Transformation of Motherhood in Modern America

By: Rebecca Jo Plant

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Mom

The Transformation of Motherhood in Modern America

By: Rebecca Jo Plant

In the early twentieth century, Americans often waxed lyrical about “Mother Love,” signaling a conception of motherhood as an all-encompassing identity, rooted in self-sacrifice and infused with social and political meaning. By the 1940s, the idealization of motherhood had waned, and the nation’s mothers found themselves blamed for a host of societal and psychological ills. In Mom, Rebecca Jo Plant traces this important shift by exploring the evolution of maternalist politics, changing perceptions of the mother-child bond, and the rise of new approaches to childbirth pain and suffering. Plant argues that the assault on sentimental motherhood came from numerous quarters. Male critics who railed against female moral authority, psychological experts who hoped to expand their influence, and women who strove to be more than wives and mothers—all for their own distinct reasons—sought to discredit the longstanding maternal ideal. By showing how motherhood ultimately came to be redefined as a more private and partial component of female identity, Plant illuminates a major reorientation in American civic, social, and familial life that still reverberates today.

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University of Chicago Press

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0226670236

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9780226670232

The Missing Couple

A Carl Barnes Mystery

By: Jo Ann Taylor

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The Missing Couple

A Carl Barnes Mystery

By: Jo Ann Taylor

A young loving couple sets out to make their mark in life through a blog enterprise, while at the same time finding adventure as they tour historical sites and national points of interest in their recreational vehicle. Ride with them as their once happy relationship sours and mistrust, deceit, and jealousy dominates their lives and leads to murder. Trace the steps of this tragic situation and the ultimate resolution in the wilds of the Grand Canyon. Detective Carl Barnes is once again called upon to lend his expertise to unravel this heartrending and complicated mystery.

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Page Publishing Inc

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1662487673

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An Amish Christmas Promise

By: Jo Ann Brown

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An Amish Christmas Promise

By: Jo Ann Brown

Will she jeopardize her family secret for love? Secrecy kept her family safe…Will she risk it all for a chance at love? Carolyn Wiebe discarded her Amish roots to hide her niece and nephew from their violent father. Yet when a hurricane crashes into their isolated Mennonite life, she can no longer keep the world at bay. With Christmas approaching, Amish carpenter Michael Miller wants to help her rebuild her home. But can their burgeoning love withstand the rising storm of her secrets? Green Mountain Blessings

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Harlequin

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1488043221

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Harlequin Love Inspired December 2019 - Box Set 1 of 2

An Anthology

By: Jo Ann Brown,Brenda Minton,Jill Kemerer

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Harlequin Love Inspired December 2019 - Box Set 1 of 2

An Anthology

By: Jo Ann Brown,Brenda Minton,Jill Kemerer

Love Inspired brings you three new titles! Enjoy these uplifting contemporary romances of faith, forgiveness and hope. AN AMISH CHRISTMAS PROMISE Green Mountain Blessings by Jo Ann Brown Carolyn Wiebe will do anything to protect her late sister’s children from their abusive father—even give up her Amish roots and pretend to be Mennonite. But when she starts falling for Amish bachelor Michael Miller, can they conquer their pasts—and her secrets—by Christmas to build a forever family? THE RANCHER’S HOLIDAY HOPE Mercy Ranch by Brenda Minton Home to help with his sister’s wedding, Max St. James doesn’t plan to stay past the holidays. With wedding planner Sierra Lawson pulling at his heartstrings, though, he can’t help but wonder if the small town he grew up in is right where he belongs. HER COWBOY TILL CHRISMAS Wyoming Sweethearts by Jill Kemerer The last people Mason Fanning expects to find on his doorstep are his ex-girlfriend Brittany Green and the identical twin he never knew he had. Could this unexpected Christmas reunion bring the widower and his little boy the family they’ve been longing for?

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1488043507

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An Amish Christmas Promise and Amish Christmas Hideaway

By: Jo Ann Brown,Lenora Worth

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An Amish Christmas Promise and Amish Christmas Hideaway

By: Jo Ann Brown,Lenora Worth

Her Amish holiday hero An Amish Christmas Promise by Jo Ann Brown Carolyn Wiebe discarded her Amish roots to hide her niece and nephew from their violent father. Yet when a hurricane crashes into their isolated Mennonite life, she can no longer keep the world at bay. With Christmas approaching, Amish carpenter Michael Miller wants to help her rebuild her home. But can their burgeoning love withstand the rising storm of her secrets? Amish Christmas Hideaway by Lenora Worth A festive evening quickly becomes a holiday nightmare when Alisha Braxton witnesses a double murder. And the killer’s cold eyes promise that she’s next. There’s only one person Alisha trusts with her life—private investigator Nathan Craig, the man she once loved. But hiding in Amish country, can they outwit a murderer who’s determined she won’t survive Christmas? New York Times Bestselling Author Lenora Worth

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1488077096

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The Voice of Harriet Taylor Mill

By: Jo Ellen Jacobs

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The Voice of Harriet Taylor Mill

By: Jo Ellen Jacobs

The Voice of Harriet Taylor Mill is a work about collaboration: Harriet's life with her lover, friends, and members of her family; Harriet's joint work with John Stuart Mill; and the author's interaction with the reader. Jo Ellen Jacobs explores and expands the concept of biography using Salman Rushdie's analogy of history as a process of "chutnification." She gives Harriet's life "shape and form -- that is to say, meaning" in a way that will "possess the authentic taste of truth." In the first chapter, the first 30 years of Harriet's life are presented in the format of a first-person diary -- one not actually written by HTM herself. The text is based on letters and historical context, but the style suggests the intimate experience of reading someone's journal. The second chapter continues the chronological account of HTM until her death in 1858. In an interlude between the first and second chapters, Jacobs pauses to explore Harriet's life with John Stuart Mill; and in the final chapter, she argues persuasively that Harriet and John collaborated extensively on many works, including On Liberty.

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Indiana University Press

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0253109302

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Never Say Never

By: Jo-Ann Power

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Never Say Never

By: Jo-Ann Power

When his ex-wife, Colleen, abducts his only child and much-loved heir, three-year-old Ford, Bryce Falconer, the twelfth earl of Aldersworth, recruits Colleen's sister Augusta to aid in his search--a search that leads them to much more than they were looking for. The third and final book in the "American Beauties" trilogy.

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0671024221

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Web Publisher's Design Guide for Windows

By: Mary Jo Fahey

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Web Publisher's Design Guide for Windows

By: Mary Jo Fahey

Today's Web sites are competing for attention, and incredible page design may be the only way to make your Web page stand out from the rest. This Web publishers design guide for Windows, includes a CD-ROM packed with design tools, to help break away from Web page stereotypes, and shows how to use animation, sound, video, photography, and more in Web pages. It also includes the work of some of the best designers on the Web, and get a behind-the-scenes, before and after look at some amazing sites.

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1576101096

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Never Again

By: Jo-Ann Power

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Never Again

By: Jo-Ann Power

As a beautiful American debutante, Raine Montand has charmed all of London. But in secret, she plays another role--that of Raynard the Fox, whose scorching political cartoons can make or break a career. When one of her drawings is responsible for making Parliament member Gavin Sutherland a murder suspect, she vows to make amends.

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0671008994

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Fantasizing the Feminine in Indonesia

By: Laurie Jo Sears

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Fantasizing the Feminine in Indonesia

By: Laurie Jo Sears

Presenting dialogues between prominent scholars of and from Indonesia and Indonesian women working in professional, activist, religious, and literary domains, the book dissolves essentialist notions of "women" and "Indonesia" that have arisen out of the tensions of empire.

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Duke University Press

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082231696X

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Charlotte Walsh Likes To Win

By: Jo Piazza

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Charlotte Walsh Likes To Win

By: Jo Piazza

From bestselling author Jo Piazza comes one of People’s “Best Summer Books,” a “comically accurate” (New York Post) novel about what happens when a woman wants it all—political power, marriage, and happiness. Charlotte Walsh is running for Senate in the most important race in the country during a midterm election that will decide the balance of power in Congress. Reeling from a presidential election that shocked and divided the country and inspired to make a difference, she’s left her high-powered job in Silicon Valley and returned, with her husband and three young daughters, to her downtrodden Pennsylvania hometown to run for office in the Rust Belt state. Once the campaign gets underway, Charlotte is blindsided by just how dirty her opponent is willing to fight, how harshly she is judged by the press and her peers, and how exhausting it becomes to navigate a marriage with an increasingly ambivalent and often resentful husband. When the opposition uncovers a secret that could threaten not just her campaign but everything Charlotte holds dear, she must decide just how badly she wants to win and at what cost. “The essential political novel for the 2018 midterms” (Salon), Charlotte Walsh Likes to Win is an insightful portrait of what it takes for a woman to run for national office in America today. In a dramatic political moment like no other with more women running for office than ever before, this searing, suspenseful story of political ambition, marriage, class, sexual politics, and infidelity is timely, engrossing, and perfect for readers on both sides of the aisle.

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Simon & Schuster

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1501179438

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The Family

A World History

By: Mary Jo Maynes,Ann Waltner

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The Family

A World History

By: Mary Jo Maynes,Ann Waltner

People have always lived in families, but what that means has varied dramatically across time and cultures. The family is not a "natural" phenomenon but an institution with a dynamic history stretching 10,000 years into the past. Mary Jo Maynes and Ann Waltner tell the story of this fundamental unit from the beginnings of domestication and human settlement. They consider the codification of rules governing marriage in societies around the ancient world, the changing conceptions of family wrought by the heightened pace of colonialism and globalization in the modern world, and how state policies shape families today. The authors illustrate ways in which differences in gender and generation have affected family relations over the millennia. Cooperation between family members--by birth or marriage--has driven expansions of power and fusions of culture in times and places as different as ancient Mesopotamia, where kings' daughters became priestesses who mediated among the various cultures and religions of their fathers' kingdom, and sixteenth-century Mexico, in which alliances between Spanish men and indigenous women variously allowed for consolidation of colonial power or empowered resistance to colonial rule. But family discord has also driven - and been driven by - historical events such as China's 1919 May Fourth Movement, in which young people seeking an end to patriarchal authority were key participants. Maynes's and Waltner's view of the family as a force of history brings to light processes of human development and patterns of social life and allows for new insights into the human past and present.

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Oxford University Press

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0199929998

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Dress Like a Million Bucks Without Spending It!

By: Jo Ann Janssen,Gwen Ellis

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Dress Like a Million Bucks Without Spending It!

By: Jo Ann Janssen,Gwen Ellis

Keep you heading out in style. Book jacket.

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Fleming H. Revell Company

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0800758323

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Romantic Days and Nights in Seattle

Intimate Escapes in the Emerald City

By: Jo Brown

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Romantic Days and Nights in Seattle

Intimate Escapes in the Emerald City

By: Jo Brown

The subtle and seductive charms of Seattle unfold before you in these romantic locales: On the Waterfront - stay in a houseboat hideaway on Lake Union, dine in a romantic boathouse on the water, then stroll under the moonlight through Hiram Chittendon Locks and Gardens. Soul of a City - discover a Seattle favorite: Pike Place Market, steeped in romantic history, where there are myriad possibilities for exploring, dining, and entertainment, including concerts at the pier. Uptown Elegance - revel in luxury in Seattle's finest neighborhood: stay at the Four Seasons, dine at the Georgian Room, and find the mood for romance with live music at Jazz Alley.

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0762700378

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Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Story Behind the Song

The Exclusive Personal Stories Behind Your Favorite Songs

By: Jack Canfield,Mark Victor Hansen,Jo-Ann Geffen

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Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Story Behind the Song

The Exclusive Personal Stories Behind Your Favorite Songs

By: Jack Canfield,Mark Victor Hansen,Jo-Ann Geffen

In this Chicken Soup for the Soul collection, learn the exclusive personal stories behind 101 of your favorite songs. Our greatest songwriters reveal the inspirations behind 101 of the songs that we all know and love. Read the stories behind songs including: Barry Manilow ~ One Voice Christina Aguilera ~ Fighter Boyz II Men/ Mariah Carey ~ One Sweet Day Paul Anka ~ My Way Daryl Hall and John Oates ~ She’s Gone Huey Lewis ~ The Heart Of Rock n’ Roll Kanye West ~ Welcome To Heartbreak John Legend ~ Ordinary People Melissa Etheridge ~ Come To My Window Ryan Tedder/One Republic ~ Apologize Smokey Robinson ~ Cruisin’ Richie Sambora / Jon Bon Jovi ~ Livin’ On A Prayer And 89 more!

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1935096400

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Assessment, Bureaucracy, and Consolidation

The Issues Facing Schools Today

By: Donald Parkerson,Jo Ann Parkerson

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Assessment, Bureaucracy, and Consolidation

The Issues Facing Schools Today

By: Donald Parkerson,Jo Ann Parkerson

American education has changed dramatically over the last century. The small, locally controlled school, supported by a concerned educational village fostered learning, personal accountability, patriotism and economic growth for a young nation. Today, however, American schools are typically large, consolidated, bureaucratic organizations controlled by state and/or municipal governments. The administration of these schools is hierarchical and corporate in form while its curriculum is oriented toward the needs of the business community. Assessment through standardized testing, moreover, has become the cornerstone of American education. Assessment, Bureaucracy, and Consolidation: TheIssues Facing Schools Today examines this remarkable transformation in the form and function of education and assesses the problems and possibilities for the future of schools and our nation. Additional key features of this book include: •A clear comprehensive history of the modern American school from the nineteenth century to the present and its impact on teachers, students, parents and the community at large •An Explanation of the impact of bureaucratic organization and the movement toward large schools •Critiques of past reform experiments in public education •A Placement of the contemporary standardized assessment movement in historical context •A reevaluation of the relationship between education and business •An evaluation of returning education to locally controlled schools, reconnecting educational practitioners with the educational village

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1475817029

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Virtual Individuals, Virtual Groups

Human Dimensions of Groupware and Computer Networking

By: Jo Ann Oravec

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Virtual Individuals, Virtual Groups

Human Dimensions of Groupware and Computer Networking

By: Jo Ann Oravec

This book explores the social dimensions of the powerful computing applications that are shaping our culture, in both design and use.

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Cambridge University Press

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052145493X

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Male Wanted/Prize Pupil

By: Betty Jo Schuler,Micky K Osburn

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Male Wanted/Prize Pupil

By: Betty Jo Schuler,Micky K Osburn

Male Wanted: Taylor Gayle advertises in The Town Crier for a male to date, but Max Stuart misprints her ad to indicate she's looking for a "sadomasochistic male to mate" and includes her address. To atone, Max becomes her live-in protector. Now, who's going to protect this high school librarian from the unbelievably sexy newspaper editor? And who's going to save Max from this feisty Plain Jane's charms? Max finds Taylor in her long skirts and oversized specs as tantalizing as a package in plain brown wrap with no return address. She thinks he looks like a CEO but can't handle the simplest task. She thinks he's short on ambition. He thinks she should relax. She wants a serious man. He wants a fun-loving woman. They want one another. Neither are what they seem. But while these two fake their ways into each other's lives, they find a love that's real. Prize Pupil: When Detective Morgan Evans goes undercover in Thomas Jefferson Junior High to catch a trio of juveniles responsible for several large burglaries, his biggest problem is counselor Kate Duncan. Student conduct philosophy will never be the same. Though they are forced to work together, Kate is certain Morgans presence in the school will destroy the trust of the students. Morgan is just as positive that if he doesn't find the culprits soon, someone will be killed.

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Hard Shell Word Factory

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0759906157

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9780759906150

Everywhere and Nowhere

Contemporary Feminism in the United States

By: Jo Reger

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Everywhere and Nowhere

Contemporary Feminism in the United States

By: Jo Reger

The women's movement and feminism has been responsible for profound changes in American society, from greater access to education and jobs to increased choices in health and parenting. Its ideas and goals have largely become a part of everyday beliefs and norms. At the same time, obituaries of the women's movement appear regularly in the news and the current movement is criticized for being apolitical or ineffectual. In this sense, feminism today can be said to be at once "nowhere," no longer visible, and "everywhere," diffused into the culture.Through an extended case study of three communities, Jo Reger explores this paradox with a systematic and empirically-based look at the contemporary women's movement. She investigates some of the most debated topics about and between feminists in the 21st century, including the relationship of contemporary and second-wave generation feminists, the influence of identity politics on gender and sexuality, and the stubborn legacies of racism and classism. Where, with all these changes, is feminism today? The answers, she finds, are myriad and specific to each community. It is precisely the variations and convergences of feminist activism within particular communities, Reger reveals, that define the women's movement today.

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OUP USA

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0199861986

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Never Before

By: Jo-Ann Power

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Never Before

By: Jo-Ann Power

American millionaire Skip Brighton takes a tour of Europe in hopes of unraveling some suspicious business dealings and matching his independent daughter, Ann, with a noble British man. But Ann is determined to cling to her freedom--until a handsome stranger crosses her path. "Never Before" is the first book in Power's new "American Beauties" trilogy.

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Simon and Schuster

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0671008986

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Love Inspired September 2023 Box Set - 1 of 2

By: Jo Ann Brown,Linda Goodnight,Laurel Blount

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Love Inspired September 2023 Box Set - 1 of 2

By: Jo Ann Brown,Linda Goodnight,Laurel Blount

Love Inspired brings you three new titles! Enjoy these uplifting contemporary romances of faith, forgiveness and hope. This box set includes: CARING FOR HER AMISH NEIGHBOR (An Amish of Prince Edward Island tale) by Jo Ann Brown When an accident leaves Juan Kuepfer blind, widow Annalise Overgard and her dochder, who is visually impaired, are the only ones who can help. He needs to learn how to live without his sight, but being around them brings up guilt and grief from the past. Together can they find forgiveness and happiness? TO PROTECT HIS BROTHER’S BABY (A Sundown Valley novel) by New York Times Bestselling Author Linda Goodnight Pregnant with nowhere to go, Taylor Matheson takes refuge at her late husband’s ranch. Then Wilder Littlefield shows up, claiming the ranch is his. He can’t evict his brother’s widow, so she can stay until the baby arrives—but soon they start to feel like family… A FAMILY TO FOSTER by Laurel Blount Single dad Patrick Callahan will do anything to help the foster kids in his care—including saving Hope Center, a local spot for children from disadvantaged backgrounds. When his ex-fiancée, Torey Bryant, is named codirector by her matchmaking mom, it could spell disaster…or a second chance at love. For more stories filled with love and faith, look for Love Inspired September 2023 Box Set – 2 of 2

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0369740793

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Gender and Social Movements

By: Jo Reger

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Gender and Social Movements

By: Jo Reger

How does gender influence social movements? How do social movements deal with gender? In Gender and Social Movements, Jo Reger takes a comprehensive look at the ways in which people organize around gender issues and how gender shapes social movements. Here gender is more than an individual quality, it is a part of the very foundation of social movements, shaping how they recruit, mobilize and articulate their strategies, tactics and identities. Moving past the gender binary, Reger explores how movements can shift understandings of gender and how backlash and countermovements can often follow gendered movement successes. Adopting both an intersectional and global lens, the book introduces readers to the idea that gender as a form of societal power is integral in all efforts for social change. With a critical overview across different types of movements and gender activism, such as the women’s liberation, #Metoo and transgender rights movements, this book offers a solid foundation for those seeking to understand how gender and social movements interact.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1509541349

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Organization Theory

Modern, Symbolic and Postmodern Perspectives

By: Mary Jo Hatch,Ann L. Cunliffe

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Organization Theory

Modern, Symbolic and Postmodern Perspectives

By: Mary Jo Hatch,Ann L. Cunliffe

Organization Theory offers a clear and comprehensive introduction to the study of organizations and organizing processes. It encourages an even-handed appreciation of the main perspectives defining our knowledge of organizations and challenges readers to broaden their intellectual reach. Organization Theory is presented in three parts: Part I introduces the reader to theorizing using the multi-perspective approach. Part II presents different core concepts useful for analysing and understanding organizations - as entities within an environment, as social structures, technologies, cultures and physical structures, and as the products of power and political processes. Part III explores applications of organization theory to the practical matters of organizational design and change, and introduces the latest ideas, including organizational identity theory, process and practice theories, and aesthetics. An Online Resource Centre accompanies this text and includes: For students: Multiple Choice Questions For registered adopters: Lecturer's guide PowerPoint slides Figures and tables from the book

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0199640378

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Dodge City and the Birth of the Wild West

By: Robert R. Dykstra,Jo Ann Manfra

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Dodge City and the Birth of the Wild West

By: Robert R. Dykstra,Jo Ann Manfra

Raised on Gunsmoke, Bat Masterson, and The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp, we know what it means to “get outta Dodge”—to make a hasty escape from a dangerous place, like the Dodge City of Wild West lore. But why, of all the notorious, violent cities of old, did Dodge win this distinction? And what does this tenacious cultural metaphor have to do with the real Dodge City? In a book as much about the making of cultural myths as it is about Dodge City itself, authors Robert Dykstra and Jo Ann Manfra take us back into the history of Dodge to trace the growth of the city and its legend side-by-side. An exploration of murder statistics, court cases, and contemporary accounts reveals the historical Dodge to be neither as violent nor as lawless as legend has it—but every bit as intriguing. In a style that captures the charm and chicanery of storytelling in the Old West, Dodge City and the Birth of the Wild West finds a culprit in a local attorney, Harry Gryden, who fed sensational accounts to the national media during the so-called "Dodge City War" of 1883. Once launched, the legend leads the authors through the cultural landscape of twentieth-century America, as Dodge City became a useful metaphor in more and more television series and movies. Meanwhile, back in the actual Dodge, struggling on a lost frontier, a mirror image of the mythical city began to emerge, as residents increasingly embraced tourism as an economic necessity. Dodge City and the Birth of the Wild West maps a metaphor for belligerent individualism and social freedom through the cultural imagination, from a historical starting point to its mythical reflection. In this, the book restores both the reality of Dodge and its legend to their rightful place in the continuum of American culture.

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University Press of Kansas

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0700624767

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The Owl & Moon Cafe

A Novel

By: Jo-Ann Mapson

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The Owl & Moon Cafe

A Novel

By: Jo-Ann Mapson

After losing her teaching position at the local university, Mariah Moon will do anything to keep her gifted twelve-year-old daughter, Lindsay, in a prestigious private school -- which means moving in with her mother and grandmother in an apartment above The Owl & Moon Café. When her mother, Allegra, is diagnosed with leukemia, Mariah rises to the challenge of running the café: mastering her mother's famous fudge and chatting up customers -- including a man who might just reawaken her heart. Meanwhile, Lindsay's controversial entry in a major national science contest creates a minor maelstrom in the cosseted Monterey Bay community. And Allegra, with one last great love affair in her, will revisit a man she loved so many years ago, and disclose the biggest secret of the Moon family: the identity of Mariah's father. Will the Moon women recognize this as the moment to do away with their family history of dubiously fathered children, and learn to forgive others and themselves in order to move forward? In her poignant new novel, bestselling author Jo-Ann Mapson explores the complexities of love and family with the keen eye and stylistic grace that have made her books perennial favorites.

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0743289129

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A Daring Vow & An Amish Match

Two Uplifting Romance Novels

By: Sherryl Woods,Jo Ann Brown

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A Daring Vow & An Amish Match

Two Uplifting Romance Novels

By: Sherryl Woods,Jo Ann Brown

BESTSELLING AUTHOR COLLECTION Reader-favorite romances in collectible volumes from our bestselling authors. A Daring Vow by #1 New York Times bestselling author Sherryl Woods She scandalized an entire town and ensnared the upright Taylor Matthews…but that was long ago. Now grown up, Zelda Lane is back in Port William, South Carolina, to pick up the pieces after her mother's death. Secretly, single father Taylor always regretted letting Zelda go—and he dreaded her return much more. Zelda is as beautiful and bold as Taylor remembers, but with a polished reputation to uphold, can Taylor loosen up enough to convince Zelda he's never stopped loving her? Previously published FREE STORY INCLUDED IN THIS VOLUME! An Amish Match by Jo Ann Brown With a baby on the way, a toddler son to care for and a run-down farm, Amish widow Rebekah Burkholder is worried for her family's future. So when a kind, hardworking Amish widower with three children proposes a sensible marriage, Rebekah accepts. Overseeing Joshua Stoltzfus's household and being a loving mother to his children should be simple. But as Rebekah unexpectedly falls for her new husband, dare she hope that Joshua will reopen his heart to love, too? Previously published

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The Making of Women Artists in Victorian England

The Education and Careers of Six Professionals

By: Jo Devereux

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The Making of Women Artists in Victorian England

The Education and Careers of Six Professionals

By: Jo Devereux

When women were admitted to the Royal Academy Schools in 1860, female art students gained a foothold in the most conservative art institution in England. The Royal Female College of Art, the South Kensington Schools and the Slade School of Fine Art also produced increasing numbers of women artists. Their entry into a male-dominated art world altered the perspective of other artists and the public. They came from disparate levels of society--Princess Louise, the fourth daughter of Queen Victoria, studied sculpture at the National Art Training School--yet they all shared ambition, talent and courage. Analyzing their education and careers, this book argues that the women who attended the art schools during the 1860s and 1870s--including Kate Greenaway, Elizabeth Butler, Helen Allingham, Evelyn De Morgan and Henrietta Rae--produced work that would accommodate yet subtly challenge the orthodoxies of the fine art establishment. Without their contributions, Victorian art would be not simply the poorer but hardly recognizable to us today.

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