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And A Voice to Sing With

A Memoir

By: Joan Baez

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• The perfect time for a reissue: In October 2009, PBS will air a ninety-minute primetime special on Joan Baez as part of the Emmy Award-winning American Masters series. Told often from Baez’s perspective, but supported by a rich performance and historical archive, the documentary centers on her career as a musician, power as an artist, those who influenced her, and those she championed. She will also be on a 27-city U.S. tour starting July 2009.. • A musical force and a catalyst for social change: At the age of eighteen Baez was an international star with a Time magazine cover story; fifty years later she has thirty-three albums to her credit. She also marched alongside Martin Luther King, Jr., was jailed for supporting the draft resistance, and sang in the first Amnesty International tour. An extraordinary woman who has led an eventful life, Baez’s memoir is as honest, unpretentious, and courageous as she is. .

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And A Voice to Sing With

A Memoir

By: Joan Baez

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A Memoir

By: Joan Baez

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Slouching Towards Bethlehem

By: Joan Didion

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Slouching Towards Bethlehem

By: Joan Didion

Universally acclaimed when it was first published in 1968, Slouching Towards Bethlehem has become a modern classic. More than any other book of its time, this collection captures the mood of 1960s America, especially the center of its counterculture, California. These essays, keynoted by an extraordinary report on San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury, all reflect that, in one way or another, things are falling apart, "the center cannot hold." An incisive look at contemporary American life, Slouching Towards Bethlehem has been admired for several decades as a stylistic masterpiece. Contents: I. LIFE STYLES IN THE GOLDEN LAND Some Dreamers of the Golden Dream John Wayne: A Love Song Where the Kissing Never Stops Comrade Laski, C.P.U.S.A. (M.-L.) 7000 Romaine, Los Angeles 38 California Dreaming Marrying Absurd Slouching Towards Bethlehem II. PERSONALS On Keeping a Notebook On Self-Respect I Can't Get That Monster out of My Mind On Morality On Going Home III. SEVEN PLACES OF THE MIND Notes from a Native Daughter Letter from Paradise, 21° 19' N., 157° 52' W Rock of Ages The Seacoast of Despair Guaymas, Sonora Los Angeles Notebook Goodbye to All That

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Macmillan

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0374266360

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We Tell Ourselves Stories in Order to Live

Collected Nonfiction; Introduction by John Leonard

By: Joan Didion

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We Tell Ourselves Stories in Order to Live

Collected Nonfiction; Introduction by John Leonard

By: Joan Didion

From the bestselling, award-winning author of The Year of Magical Thinking and Let Me Tell You What I Mean, this collection includes seven books in one volume: the full texts of Slouching Towards Bethlehem; The White Album; Salvador; Miami; After Henry; Political Fictions; and Where I Was From. As featured in the Netflix documentary Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold. Joan Didion’s incomparable and distinctive essays and journalism are admired for their acute, incisive observations and their spare, elegant style. Now the seven books of nonfiction that appeared between 1968 and 2003 have been brought together into one thrilling collection. Slouching Towards Bethlehem captures the counterculture of the sixties, its mood and lifestyle, as symbolized by California, Joan Baez, Haight-Ashbury. The White Album covers the revolutionary politics and the “contemporary wasteland” of the late sixties and early seventies, in pieces on the Manson family, the Black Panthers, and Hollywood. Salvador is a riveting look at the social and political landscape of civil war. Miami exposes the secret role this largely Latin city played in the Cold War, from the Bay of Pigs through Watergate. In After Henry Didion reports on the Reagans, Patty Hearst, and the Central Park jogger case. The eight essays in Political Fictions–on censorship in the media, Gingrich, Clinton, Starr, and “compassionate conservatism,” among others–show us how we got to the political scene of today. And in Where I Was From Didion shows that California was never the land of the golden dream.

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Everyman's Library

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Robin Hood Was Right

A Guide to Giving Your Money for Social Change

By: Chuck Collins,Pam Rogers,Joan P. Garner

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Robin Hood Was Right

A Guide to Giving Your Money for Social Change

By: Chuck Collins,Pam Rogers,Joan P. Garner

Last year, Americans donated $150 billion to charity, an amount larger than the U.S. defense budget. Giving has never been more popular, possible, or, for many, more confusing. There are oceans of need, mountains of requests -- and often little time to examine our preconceptions about money (earned, inherited, bequeathed, saved, spent) and make the best decisions on how to give effectively.

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W. W. Norton & Company

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The Playwright's Muse

By: Joan Herrington

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The Playwright's Muse

By: Joan Herrington

August Wilson penned his first play after seeing a man shot to death. Horton Foote began writing plays to create parts for himself as an actor. Edward Albee faced commercial pressures to modify his scripts-and resisted. After Wit, Margaret Edson swore off playwriting altogether and decided to keep her day job as a kindergarten teacher, instead. The Playwright's Muse presents never-before-published interviews with some of the greatest names of American drama-all recent winners of the Pulitzer Prize. In these scintillating exchanges with eleven leading dramatists, we learn about their inspirations and begin to grasp how the creative process works in the mind of a writer. We learn how their first plays took shape, how it felt to read their first reviews, and what keeps them writing for theater today. Introductory essays on each playwright's life and work, written by theater artists and scholars with strong professional relationships to their subjects, provide additional insight into the writers' contributions to contemporary theater.

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Routledge

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1136542191

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Gumby Imagined

The Story of Art Clokey and his Creations

By: Joan Rock Clokey,Joe Clokey

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Gumby Imagined

The Story of Art Clokey and his Creations

By: Joan Rock Clokey,Joe Clokey

Clay animated superstar Gumby has made an indelible impact on our culture and continues to enchant and entertain generations. Filmmaker Art Clokey’s personal story is one of mystical adventure, tragedy, triumph, art, and most of all, love. This lavish career-spanning retrospective explores the legendary creator’s life and complete works. All of his many creations, including Gumby and Davey & Goliath, are interwoven with a rich tapestry of rare photos and stories — the ingredients for a fascinating tale.

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Dynamite Entertainment

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152410437X

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What Was Woodstock?

By: Joan Holub,Who HQ

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What Was Woodstock?

By: Joan Holub,Who HQ

On August 15, 1969, a music festival called "Woodstock" transformed one small dairy farm in upstate New York into a gathering place for over 400,000 young music fans. Concert-goers, called "hippies," traveled from all over the country to see their favorite musicians perform. Famous artists like The Grateful Dead played day and night in a celebration of peace, love, and happiness. Although Woodstock lasted only three days, the spirit of the festival has defined a generation and become a symbol of the "hippie life." American Association of University Women Award for Juvenile Literature 2016 Nominee.

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0448486962

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Breaking In

The Rise of Sonia Sotomayor and the Politics of Justice

By: Joan Biskupic

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Breaking In

The Rise of Sonia Sotomayor and the Politics of Justice

By: Joan Biskupic

I knew she'd be trouble." So quipped Antonin Scalia about Sonia Sotomayor at the Supreme Court's annual end-of-term party in 2010. It's usually the sort of event one would expect from such a grand institution, with gentle parodies of the justices performed by their law clerks, but this year Sotomayor decided to shake it up—flooding the room with salsa music and coaxing her fellow justices to dance. It was little surprise in 2009 that President Barack Obama nominated a Hispanic judge to replace the retiring justice David Souter. The fact that there had never been a nominee to the nation's highest court from the nation's fastest growing minority had long been apparent. So the time was ripe—but how did it come to be Sonia Sotomayor? In Breaking In: The Rise of Sonia Sotomayor and the Politics of Justice, the veteran journalist Joan Biskupic answers that question. This is the story of how two forces providentially merged—the large ambitions of a talented Puerto Rican girl raised in the projects in the Bronx and the increasing political presence of Hispanics, from California to Texas, from Florida to the Northeast—resulting in a historical appointment. And this is not just a tale about breaking barriers as a Puerto Rican. It's about breaking barriers as a justice. Biskupic, the author of highly praised judicial biographies of Justice Antonin Scalia and Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, now pulls back the curtain on the Supreme Court nomination process, revealing the networks Sotomayor built and the skills she cultivated to go where no Hispanic has gone before. We see other potential candidates edged out along the way. And we see how, in challenging tradition and expanding our idea of a justice (as well as expanding her public persona), Sotomayor has created tension within and without the court's marble halls. As a Supreme Court justice, Sotomayor has shared her personal story to an unprecedented degree. And that story—of a Latina who emerged from tough times in the projects not only to prevail but also to rise to the top—has even become fabric for some of her most passionate comments on matters before the Court. But there is yet more to know about the rise of Sonia Sotomayor. Breaking In offers the larger, untold story of the woman who has been called "the people's justice.

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Taking Charge

Every Woman's Action Guide to Personal, Political and Professional Success

By: Joan Steinau Lester

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Taking Charge

Every Woman's Action Guide to Personal, Political and Professional Success

By: Joan Steinau Lester

Presents a ten-step action plan for achieving goals

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AIDS in Africa and the Caribbean

By: George Clement Bond,John Kreniske,Ida Susser,Joan Vincent

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AIDS in Africa and the Caribbean

By: George Clement Bond,John Kreniske,Ida Susser,Joan Vincent

This book offers detailed ethnographic studies from Africa and the Caribbean to explain AIDS in a global and comparative third-world context. The essays move beyond medical or epidemiological models, explaining the epidemic in its economic, social, political, and historical contexts.

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0429970978

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An Employer's Guide to Managing Professionals on the Autism Spectrum

By: Integrate,Marcia Scheiner,Joan Bogden

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An Employer's Guide to Managing Professionals on the Autism Spectrum

By: Integrate,Marcia Scheiner,Joan Bogden

Employees with an Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) may be hugely beneficial to a workforce, but it can be difficult for individuals with no formal training to manage these employees successfully. This definitive guide will help managers and colleagues successfully interact with and support these professionals on the autism spectrum so as to ensure mutual success. Integrate Autism Employment Advisors use their experience advising employers on how to successfully employ professionals on the autism spectrum to identify the everyday challenges faced by employees with ASD in the workplace and sets out reasonable, practical solutions for their managers and colleagues. Barriers to productivity are highlighted, such as the sensory environment, miscommunication, and inadequate training of colleagues. Easy-to-implement strategies to adapt the working environment are provided, such as agreeing on non-verbal cues to signal ending a conversation or establishing parameters for appropriate email length. This book is an essential resource for anyone who works with professionals on the autism spectrum. It will allow them to engage with and support their colleagues on the autism spectrum in a respectful way and help them achieve a greater level of working success.

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1784505137

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Sleeping Spiders, Green Grapefruits, and Empty Cages

The Spellbinding Account of God's Miracle Works in the Life and Ministry of Two Faithful Missionaries

By: Joan Tyson

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Sleeping Spiders, Green Grapefruits, and Empty Cages

The Spellbinding Account of God's Miracle Works in the Life and Ministry of Two Faithful Missionaries

By: Joan Tyson

An account of Bob and Joan Tyson's missionary work in Nicaragua.

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Sword of the Lord Publishers

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0873987454

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From Camelot to Kent State

The Sixties Experience in the Words of Those who Lived it

By: Joan Morrison,Robert K. Morrison

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From Camelot to Kent State

The Sixties Experience in the Words of Those who Lived it

By: Joan Morrison,Robert K. Morrison

No decade in American history continues to fascinate us like the Sixties. No decade combines such hopeful idealism with such violence and disillusionment, or witnesses such profound political, cultural, and personal upheavals. And no decade benefits more from being seen through the eyes of those who experienced firsthand the shocks and revelations that still reverberate today. Newly revised and updated, with an expanded introduction, From Camelot to Kent State tells the story of ten of the most dramatic years in the life of America-and of fifty-nine men and women who lived through those years. In their own words, civil rights activists, soldiers who fought in Vietnam, anti-war protesters, student radicals, feminists, Peace Corps workers, and many others take us inside the major events and movements of the period. Far from a dispassionate history of the Sixties, these stories bristle with the tension and immediacy of lived experience. How did it feel to wake up into step out of a helicopter into a Vietnamese jungle; to ride south on a freedom bus, to march on the Pentagon; to take over a college administration building; to hear Jimi Hendrix play the national anthem at Woodstock; to attend the first consciousness-raising meetings for women at the Bread and Roses caf ? This captivating oral history will let you know. Included are first-hand accounts from both the famous-including Eldridge Cleaver, Abbie Hoffman, Philip Berrigan, and John Lewis-and the ordinary men and women who were swept up in major historical events, From Camelot to Kent State offers a uniquely valuable view of a decade that forever changed the history and consciousness of America.

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0195144538

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Equity Warriors

Creating Schools That Students Deserve

By: George S. Perry, Jr.,Joan Richardson

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Equity Warriors

Creating Schools That Students Deserve

By: George S. Perry, Jr.,Joan Richardson

Advance equity by learning to crack the system’s codes We must act now, using what we already know, to advance equity and raise the achievement of every student. With three decades of leading equity work across the country, George S. Perry Jr. issues a call to action for educational leaders who are willing to fight the fight for equity for all students. School and district leaders will encounter roadblocks as they enact systemic change, but Equity Warriors introduces practical, realistic, and strategic approaches for navigating those barriers. Equity Warriors equips education leaders with the moves they can make today to achieve the vision that every student becomes a high achiever by Providing real school and district examples of systemic equity efforts Demonstrating the parallel work that school and district teams must do to achieve and sustain systemic change Cracking the codes in the domains of politics, diplomacy, and warfare to achieve the equity agenda. Equity Warriors is a must read for leaders at all levels of the system who have chosen to be in this fight and are ready to do what it takes to make the system work for all students.

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Corwin Press

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1071851403

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The Creative Pendulum

Keys to Unlock Your Innovative Spirit

By: Joan Rose Staffen

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The Creative Pendulum

Keys to Unlock Your Innovative Spirit

By: Joan Rose Staffen

This book demonstrates how to use a pendulum to unlock your inner artist, allowing you to discover or expand your creative potential. Dowsing with a pendulum is a quick, direct path to the sub- and super-conscious levels, to higher forces, and to the Muse herself. No previous experience with dowsing is needed"--

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Red Wheel/Weiser

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1578637511

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Cotton Pickin' Paycheck-Paperback Version

A 21st Century Journal of Escape from Slavery

By: Joan E. Gosier

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Cotton Pickin' Paycheck-Paperback Version

A 21st Century Journal of Escape from Slavery

By: Joan E. Gosier

Inspired primarily by watching the post Katrina aftermath unfold on television and online media, the author reflects upon life as an African American wife, mother and daughter in the 21st century. In this unique and inspirational journal, each reader will be challenged to formulate and pick their own life lessons to enjoy peace and happiness despite challenges and man made barriers.

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Lulu.com

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0557161150

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9780557161157

On Sutter Island

By: Joan Klengler

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On Sutter Island

By: Joan Klengler

On Sutter Island continues the story of Nick and Jessie, the lovers from In The Delta. Jessie, now a Sacramento County Sheriff's Deputy and her partner, Bodie MacDonald, answer a late night call to a local bar, The Landing, and discover the victim of a vicious attack.Jessie sets out to find the man responsible, but her search puts at risk the life she has built with Nick on Sutter Island as she becomes the obsession of the man she is tracking.

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Joan Leslie Klengler

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1460960270

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Corporate Communication and Public Relations

By: Ruth Aoko Owino,Dr. Margaret Mtange,Juliet Waruguru Mwai,Joan Kittot,Daniel Kituu Kyalo

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Corporate Communication and Public Relations

By: Ruth Aoko Owino,Dr. Margaret Mtange,Juliet Waruguru Mwai,Joan Kittot,Daniel Kituu Kyalo

TOPICS IN THE BOOK Government Communication: A Critical Analysis of the Strategic Dimensions of the Central National Government Communication in Kenya Managing Corporate Identity during Organisational Transformation in a Public Institution in Kenya Television Betting Advertisements and the Gambling Behavior of Undergraduate University Students Aged between 18 and 25 Years in Kiambu County Kenya Intercultural Communication Competence and Academic Performance of International University Students at Pan African University Institute for Basic Sciences, Technology and Innovation Abstinence Communication Campaigns and Prevention of HIV and AIDs among Undergraduate University Students in Kenya: A Case of Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology

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IPR Journals and Book Publishers

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9914728642

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If You Want What We Have

Sponsorship Meditations

By: Joan Larkin

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If You Want What We Have

Sponsorship Meditations

By: Joan Larkin

If You Want What We Have

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Hazelden Publishing

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1568381921

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Where You're All Going

By: Joan Frank

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Where You're All Going

By: Joan Frank

Buzzfeed News,"15 Small Press Books To Kick Off Your 2020 Reading Season" The Millions, “February Preview: The Millions Most Anticipated” "Death looms in these four sparkling novellas—thus the book’s sly title—but until then there’s the wonder of life. Frank’s subjects include fascinating friendships and complicated marriages, awful parties and odd enthusiasm. Bonus: song mentions that add up to a terrifically eclectic playlist.” —Kim Hubbard, People Magazine In her quartet of novellas, Joan Frank invites readers into the inner lives of characters bewildered by love, grief, and inexplicable affinities. A young couple navigates a strange friendship and unexpected pregnancy; a woman recalls the bizarre fallout of her former lover's fame; a lonely widow is drawn to an arrogant young man; a wealthy spiritual seeker grapples with what wealth cannot affect. Witty and humane, Frank taps the riches of the novella form as she writes of loneliness, friendship, loss, and the filaments of intimacy that connect us through time.

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Sarabande Books

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1946448516

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Powerful Political Women

Stirring Biographies of Some of History’S Most Powerful Women

By: Joan McMahon Flatt

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Powerful Political Women

Stirring Biographies of Some of History’S Most Powerful Women

By: Joan McMahon Flatt

From the beginning of time, certain womenCatherine the Great, Golda Meir, Nancy Pelosi, Margaret Thatcher, Eleanor of Aquitaine, and othershave been beacons, inspiring those who followed to ?ght against injustice and for ultimate equality. They often risked their own lives to shatter barriers and challenge expectations, because they believed that they could bring about a change for the better. The circumstances of their times brought out a passion, heroism, determination, dedication, talent, and feminine sensibility in these con?dent women, who would stand on the stage of history and ?ght for the political rights of their sisters. These women often su?ered persecution, slander, grief, heartbreak, and imprisonment to achieve their ends. They were laughed at, scorned, ridiculedand worse. Here, the inspirational stories of how these extraordinary women have created and demanded change are gathered, in the hopes of inspiring their modern-day sisters to follow in their footsteps.

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1462068197

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The Jack-o-Lantern Box

By: Karen Joan Kohoutek

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The Jack-o-Lantern Box

By: Karen Joan Kohoutek

Did a killer named Johnny the Hangman once lurk in the cemetery? Do cultists plan to sacrifice a trick-or-treater on Halloween night? Are their parents witches? It's all pretty unlikely, but between the kids at the playground, and her cynical big sister's way with a scary story, Jessy doesn't know what to believe. Fortunately, it's the spookier the better for her and her best friend Karma, as they get ready for their favorite night of the year, in this nostalgic but clear-eyed look at a small-town Halloween. This Halloween ""stocking stuffer"" is about kids, but suitable for adults.

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057812842X

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Dancing in the Dark

By: Joan Barfoot

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Dancing in the Dark

By: Joan Barfoot

Edna Cormick, forty-three, is incarcerated in a mental hospital for murdering her husband. For twenty years, Edna escaped the world by devoting herself to the health and welfare of her husband and home, so when she learns he’s been having an affair, her sense of betrayal is devastating and literally maddening. And so she sits, silently filling notebooks, trying to find where and how her life went wrong. Dancing in the Dark is a tightly woven psychological novel, which explores the idea that madness is not necessarily self-destructive, and may lead to a kind of wisdom.

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Vintage Canada

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0307368424

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Italian Lessons

By: Joan L. Arndt

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Italian Lessons

By: Joan L. Arndt

Italian Lessons is the true story of Joan and Roger’s move to Italy. Selling everything and leaving behind the familiar, the former public relations executive (Joan) and retired airline captain (Roger) purchased and renovated Le Vigne, a centuries-old farmhouse in the heart of Italy. Through effort, grit, money, heavy doses of humor and strong servings of Italian pazienza, the couple navigated the difficult waters of being ex-pats, learned a new language, converted their home into a vacation rental, harvested their olive trees into extra virgin olive oil, suffered renovation and bureaucratic frustrations and ultimately celebrated the many joys of living their dream in Italy.

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1622090209

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The Art of Life

Monastic Wisdom for Every Day

By: Joan Chittister

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The Art of Life

Monastic Wisdom for Every Day

By: Joan Chittister

The best of ourselves. That's what Joan Chittister wants each of us to find and become. Through brief daily reflections, the bestselling author looks to great works of art for inspiration, bringing the monastic perspective to the brushstrokes of masters like Van Gogh, Cezanne, Millet, and more. Each art masterpiece one for each month of the year is reproduced in full, lustrous color, and is accompanied by Sister Joan's meditations on life, the soul, and the search for fullness of self in a modern world. This stirring and inspiring collection is full of the wisdom, wit, encouragement, and advice that have made Sister Joan one of the great spiritual writers of our time.

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1585958913

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The Power of the Prosecutor

Gatekeepers of the Criminal Justice System

By: Joan E. Jacoby,Edward C. Ratledge

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The Power of the Prosecutor

Gatekeepers of the Criminal Justice System

By: Joan E. Jacoby,Edward C. Ratledge

In this book, readers will take a fascinating journey with local prosecutors as they seek to obtain reasonable and appropriate case dispositions while preventing abuse and misuse of the law and protecting the civil rights of their jurisdictions. Prosecutors have a powerful and generally little-understood role in the criminal justice system. Their important powers include accepting or rejecting cases, making decisions about dismissing charges, or moving cases to disposition and recommending a sentence—all of which can critically affect not only individuals but society through their ability to shape our criminal justice system. The Power of the Prosecutor: Gatekeepers of the Criminal Justice System explores the real-world actions and outcomes of local prosecutors through five well-known cases, documenting the variety of pressures prosecutors face both within and outside their offices as they attempt to make the best decisions about crimes and defendants. Written by individuals who have actively engaged prosecutors in practically every U.S. state over 30 years' time, the book examines actual case profiles that enable readers to witness how prosecutors reach their behind-the-scenes decisions and grasp how the criminal justice system operates. The authors explain the variations in prosecution, including the effects of policies and priorities, action choices available, and the types of both internal and external relationships with other participants in the system: the police, the courts, the defense counsel, and the community they represent. Readers will come away with in-depth knowledge and understanding of the complexities and pressures faced by prosecutors in upholding justice under a wide variety of conditions.

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1440842191

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