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Back in the Game

Why Concussion Doesn't Have to End Your Athletic Career

By: Jeffrey S. Kutcher,Joanne C. Gerstner

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Back in the Game

Why Concussion Doesn't Have to End Your Athletic Career

By: Jeffrey S. Kutcher,Joanne C. Gerstner

The word concussion was unheard of in youth sports a decade ago. The injury was indeed occurring, but youth athletes were often told to "shake it off" after "getting their bell rung". Science and increased awareness about concussion and brain health have transformed the way youth parents, coaches, and players pursue athletics. Fear of incurring concussions, as well as incomplete or incorrect information, is leading some parents to keep their children out of contact sports, such as football and soccer, where concussion is more prevalent. Back in the Game: Why Concussion Doesn't Have to End Your Athletic Career does not dwell on perpetuating fears but, rather, provides the most up-to-date understanding of the condition. This is a real-world discussion of what science and medicine know, what parents and coaches need to understand about concussion, evaluation and treatment, and what possible post-concussive issues exist. The expertise and experiences of noted sports neurologist Jeffrey S. Kutcher, MD, along with reporting and interviews by award-winning sports journalist Joanne C. Gerstner, make this book a timely, relevant, and real discussion about concussions in youth sports. Athletes and professional coaches who have participated in the formation of this book include two-time Olympic gold medalist soccer player Kate Markgraf, former NHL/Team Canada head coach Andy Murray, champion X-Games snowboarder Ellery Hollingsworth, along with an array of youth parents, coaches, and athletes from across the country.

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Oxford University Press

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0190226609

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An Infamous Mistress

The Life, Loves and Family of the Celebrated Grace Dalrymple Elliott

By: Joanne Major,Sarah Murden

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An Infamous Mistress

The Life, Loves and Family of the Celebrated Grace Dalrymple Elliott

By: Joanne Major,Sarah Murden

“Courtesan. Spy. Survivor. A gripping and meticulously researched account of the swashbuckling life of one of history’s most overlooked heroines.” —Hallie Rubenhold, author of The Five Divorced wife, infamous mistress, prisoner in France during the French Revolution, and the reputed mother of the Prince of Wales’ child, notorious courtesan Grace Dalrymple Elliott lived an amazing life in eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century London and Paris. Strikingly tall and beautiful, later lampooned as “Dally the Tall” in newspaper gossip columns, she left her Scottish roots and convent education behind to reinvent herself in a “marriage à-la-mode,” but before she was even legally an adult she was cast off and forced to survive on just her beauty and wits. The authors of this engaging and, at times, scandalous book intersperse the story of Grace’s tumultuous life with a family history that traces her ancestors from their origin in the Scottish borders, to their move south to London. It follows them to France, America, India, Africa, and elsewhere, offering a broad insight into the social history of the Georgian era, comprising the ups and downs, the highs and lows of life at that time. “A fascinating read . . . a shining example of research done well, presented coherently on the perfect subject: a powerful courtesan that time forgot.” —History of Royals “Set for the first time in the context of Grace’s wider family, this is a compelling tale of scandal and intrigue.” —Scots Heritage Magazine

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Pen and Sword

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1473844843

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9781473844841

Kitty Fisher

The First Female Celebrity

By: Joanne Major

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Kitty Fisher

The First Female Celebrity

By: Joanne Major

‘Lucy Locket lost her pocket, Kitty Fisher found it, not a penny was there in it, only ribbon round it.’ Generations of children have grown up knowing Kitty Fisher from the nursery rhyme, but who was she? Remembered as an eighteenth-century ‘celebrated’ courtesan and style icon, it is surprising to learn that Kitty’s career in the upper echelons of London’s sex industry was brief. For someone of her profession, Kitty had one great flaw: she fell in love too easily. Kitty Fisher managed her public relations and controlled her image with care. In a time when women’s choices were limited, she navigated her way to fame and fortune. Hers was a life filled equally with happiness and tragedy, one which left such an impact that the fascinating Kitty Fisher’s name still resonates today. She was the Georgian era’s most famous – and infamous – celebrity. This is more than just a biography of Kitty Fisher’s short, scandalous and action-packed life. It is also a social history of the period looking not just at Kitty but also the women who were her contemporaries, as well as the men who were drawn to their sides... and into their beds. In this meticulously researched, lively and enjoyable book we discover the real woman at the heart of Kitty Fisher’s enduring myth and legend.

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Pen and Sword History

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1399007009

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9781399007009

True to Life Intermediate Class Book

English for Adult Learners

By: Ruth Gairns,Stuart Redman,Joanne Collie

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True to Life Intermediate Class Book

English for Adult Learners

By: Ruth Gairns,Stuart Redman,Joanne Collie

True to Life is a five level course designed specifically for adult learners.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521456320

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Blueberry Muffin Murder

By: Joanne Fluke

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Blueberry Muffin Murder

By: Joanne Fluke

A visiting celebrity baker is cut down in the kitchen in the New York Times-bestselling series: “A delightful confection.”—Library Journal Preparations are under way for Lake Eden, Minnesota’s annual Winter Carnival—and Hannah Swensen will be extra busy at her shop, The Cookie Jar. Too bad the honor of creating the official Winter Carnival cake went to famous lifestyle maven Connie Mac—a half-baked idea, in Hannah's opinion. She suspects Connie Mac’s sweet cable-TV image is a cover for something more bitter. Hannah’s suspicions are confirmed when Connie Mac’s limo rolls into town. Turns out America’s “Cooking Sweetheart” is bossy, bad-tempered, and downright domineering. Things finally boil over when Hannah arrives at The Cookie Jar to find the Winter Carnival cake destroyed—and Connie Mac lying dead in her pantry, struck down while eating one of Hannah’s famous blueberry muffins. Next thing Hannah knows, the police have declared The Cookie Jar’s kitchen crime scene off-limits. She’s a baker without an oven—and the Carnival is right around the corner. Her only alternative is to cook up a plan to save her business—by finding the killer herself… Includes seven original cookie and dessert recipes for you to try! “Delicious food descriptions and recipes, warm and familiar characters who grow into real people…a vivid picture of the small lake town and a well-crafted mystery provide the ingredients for yet another tempting feast that should satisfy all fans, old and new.”—Publishers Weekly

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Kensington Books

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1617731269

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9781617731266

Science in the Study of Ancient Egypt

By: Sonia Zakrzewski,Andrew Shortland,Joanne Rowland

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Science in the Study of Ancient Egypt

By: Sonia Zakrzewski,Andrew Shortland,Joanne Rowland

Science in the Study of Ancient Egypt demonstrates how to integrate scientific methodologies into Egyptology broadly, and in Egyptian archaeology in particular, in order to maximise the amount of information that might be obtained within a study of ancient Egypt, be it field, museum, or laboratory-based. The authors illustrate the inclusive but varied nature of the scientific archaeology being undertaken, revealing that it all falls under the aegis of Egyptology, and demonstrating its potential for the elucidation of problems within traditional Egyptology.

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Routledge

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1317391950

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9781317391951

Charmed: A Prescott Novel

By: Joanne Schwehm

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Charmed: A Prescott Novel

By: Joanne Schwehm

***STANDALONE NOVEL*** My world changed at the stroke of midnight. No, I’m not Cinderella—she can suck it. When fate stepped in and waved its magic wand, my destiny, or what I thought was my destiny had been altered. With a new found energy, I decided things needed to change. This is my time. My turn to take life by the balls. No one will hold me back, yet one man will give me hope. This is my fairy tale, and I’ll write my own ending. I’m Gretchen Prescott, and this is my story. From the first day I met her, I knew she was special. She was taken; we were friends. When the dumbass didn’t realize what he had, he lost her. I suppose one man’s loss could be this man’s gain. All I wanted was to hold her, be with her and make her mine. She deserves the best things in life, and I plan on giving them to her. I’m Mason McDermott, and this is our story. Intended for readers 18+ "Brilliant!!! I loved every word in the fairy tale that is Charmed. Gretchen is a strong confident woman who knows what she wants out of life. Mason is every woman's dream come true." —A.M. Madden, USA Today Bestselling Author "I love the entire feel of this story. It was a delightful read that kept me turning pages late into the night." —Adriana Locke, USA Today Bestselling Author "If you're looking for a typical romance with trite prose and the standard yawn-inducing story line, Charmed is not for you. But if you want something fresh and new, a book that will make you feel warm and fuzzy and then KNOCK your feet out from under you, then Charmed perfectly fits the bill. Absolutely brilliant!" —Kathryn M. Crane, Bestselling Author

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EverAfter Romance

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1682308871

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9781682308875

Fashion

An Introduction

By: Joanne Finkelstein

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Fashion

An Introduction

By: Joanne Finkelstein

With epigrams from Genesis to Oscar Wilde, Finkelstein examines the historical, social, psychological, and economic seams of haute couture fashion as reflected in the wide-ranging index entries: anthropology, Barbie doll, cinema, feminism, globalization, Lauren (Ralph), psychoanalysis, upward mobility, and zoot suits. Originally published by Melbourne U. Press, 1996. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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NYU Press

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0814726828

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Sterling A. Brown

Building the Black Aesthetic Tradition

By: Joanne V. Gabbin

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Sterling A. Brown

Building the Black Aesthetic Tradition

By: Joanne V. Gabbin

Sterling A. Brown's achievement and influence in the field of American literature and culture are unquestionably significant. His poetry has been translated into Spanish, French, German, and Russian and has been read in literary circles throughout the world. He is also one of the principal architects of black criticism. His critical essays and books are seminal works that give an insider's perspective of literature by and about blacks. Leopold Sedar Senghor, who became familiar with Brown's poetry and criticism in the 1920s and 1930s, called him "an original militant of Negritude, a precursor of our movement." Yet Joanne V. Gabbin's book, originally published in 1985, remains the only study of Brown's work and influence. Gabbin sketches Brown's life, drawing on personal interviews and viewing his achievements as a poet, critic, and cultural griot. She analyzes in depth the formal and thematic qualities of his poetry, revealing his subtle adaptation of song forms, especially the blues. To articulate the aesthetic principles Brown recognized in the writings of black authors, Gabbin explores his identification of the various elements that have come together to create American culture.

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University of Virginia Press

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0813915317

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9780813915319

Measuring Human Return

Understand and Assess What Really Matters for Deeper Learning

By: Joanne McEachen,Matthew Kane

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Measuring Human Return

Understand and Assess What Really Matters for Deeper Learning

By: Joanne McEachen,Matthew Kane

Measure what matters for deeper learning Discover what matters for your students and develop deeper learning outcomes that connect with their lives. How can you develop what matters without solid measurement? Follow this comprehensive, systematic process for assessing and measuring students’ self-understanding, knowledge, competencies, and connection through vignettes, case studies, learning experiences and tools. Develop key system capabilities to build the foundation for sustainable engagement, measurement, and change Discover five comprehensive “frames” for measuring deeper learning Engage in the process of collaborative inquiry Commit to the central, active role of learners by engaging them as active partners in every aspect of their learning

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249

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Corwin Press

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1544330839

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9781544330839

The Pilgrimage of Dorothy Richardson

By: Joanne Winning

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The Pilgrimage of Dorothy Richardson

By: Joanne Winning

Pilgrimage, Dorothy Richardson's thirteen-volume opus of autobiographical fiction, follows the entire arc of an independent woman's life in early twentieth-century Britain. It is one of the major works of the modernist period; indeed, it is considered by many a classic of modernist literature. In this book, Joanne Winning argues in this book, however, that Richardson's novels continue to be misunderstood in several important ways. Winning is the first critic to fully explore the issues of lesbian identity in the novels. Examining primary materials, manuscript drafts, and Richardson's previously unstudied correspondence, Winning demonstrates that Pilgrimage contains a carefully constructed, though concealed, subtext of lesbian desire and sexuality. The Pilgrimage of Dorothy Richardson explores the ways in which Richardson used such cultural forms as sexology, psychoanalysis, and other lesbian and modernist literature of her time to create an intertextual dialogue about lesbian identity. Winning suggests that a sustained reading of lesbian sexuality in Pilgrimage is crucial to a more complete understanding of Richardson's long and sometimes difficult work. Winning also places Pilgrimage in the context of other works by female modernist writers that record lesbian identity. This approach, Winning suggests, is the first step toward recognizing and defining a literary movement that can be termed "lesbian modernism," as well as toward a deeper understanding of how lesbian modernist writers helped shape modernist literature as a whole.

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Univ of Wisconsin Press

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0299170349

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9780299170349

Historical Dictionary of the Fashion Industry

By: Francesca Sterlacci,Joanne Arbuckle

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Historical Dictionary of the Fashion Industry

By: Francesca Sterlacci,Joanne Arbuckle

From the first animal skin body coverings, to today’s high fashion collections, fashion has held an important role in the evolution of mankind. The fashion industry has, and continues to make, major contributions to our cultural and social environment. It is an industry that responds to our inherent longing for tribal belonging, our socio-economic needs, individual lifestyles, status stratification and profession apparel requirements. The fashion industry is fast-paced, complex and ever changing, in response to consumer needs. Throughout the world, vast numbers of people contribute to this industry, each with the shared goal of supplying an end product of a particular price point directed at a target consumer. This second edition of Historical Dictionary of the Fashion Industry contains a chronology, an introduction, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 1,400 cross-referenced entries on designers, models, couture houses, significant articles of apparel and fabrics, trade unions, and the international trade organizations. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about the fashion industry.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1442239093

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9781442239098

Lurking

How a Person Became a User

By: Joanne McNeil

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Lurking

How a Person Became a User

By: Joanne McNeil

One of Esquire’s Best Books to Elevate Your Reading List in 2020, , and a OneZero Best Tech Book of 2020. Named one of the 100 Notable books of 2020 by the End of the World Review. A concise but wide-ranging personal history of the internet from—for the first time—the point of view of the user In a shockingly short amount of time, the internet has bound people around the world together and torn us apart and changed not just the way we communicate but who we are and who we can be. It has created a new, unprecedented cultural space that we are all a part of—even if we don’t participate, that is how we participate—but by which we’re continually surprised, betrayed, enriched, befuddled. We have churned through platforms and technologies and in turn been churned by them. And yet, the internet is us and always has been. In Lurking, Joanne McNeil digs deep and identifies the primary (if sometimes contradictory) concerns of people online: searching, safety, privacy, identity, community, anonymity, and visibility. She charts what it is that brought people online and what keeps us here even as the social equations of digital life—what we’re made to trade, knowingly or otherwise, for the benefits of the internet—have shifted radically beneath us. It is a story we are accustomed to hearing as tales of entrepreneurs and visionaries and dynamic and powerful corporations, but there is a more profound, intimate story that hasn’t yet been told. Long one of the most incisive, ferociously intelligent, and widely respected cultural critics online, McNeil here establishes a singular vision of who we are now, tells the stories of how we became us, and helps us start to figure out what we do now.

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MCD

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0374716323

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9780374716325

Explorer's Guide Hudson Valley & Catskill Mountains

Includes Saratoga Springs & Albany

By: Joanne Michaels

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Explorer's Guide Hudson Valley & Catskill Mountains

Includes Saratoga Springs & Albany

By: Joanne Michaels

Details the attractions, historic sites, accommodations, restaurants, and outdoor activities of the Hudson Valley and the Catskill Mountains.

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The Countryman Press

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0881508233

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9780881508239

Harlequin Desire March 2016 - Box Set 2 of 2

An Anthology

By: Charlene Sands,Kat Cantrell,Joanne Rock

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Harlequin Desire March 2016 - Box Set 2 of 2

An Anthology

By: Charlene Sands,Kat Cantrell,Joanne Rock

Do you love stories with sexy, romantic heroes who have it all—wealth, status, and incredibly good looks? Harlequin® Desire brings you all this and more with these three new full-length titles for one great price! ONE SECRET NIGHT, ONE SECRET BABY (Moonlight Beach Bachelors) Charlene SandsThough Hollywood heartthrob Dylan McKay has no memory of that fateful night with his sister's best friend, he must face the music. He's made her pregnant and will make her his bride. But soon the shocking, unforgettable truth emerges… THE SEAL'S SECRET HEIRS (Texas Cattleman's Club: Lies and Lullabies) Kat CantrellA former SEAL comes home to his greatest challenge yet—surprise fatherhood of secret twins—only to discover his high school sweetheart is his children's social worker. Will the first-time father get a second shot at real love? HIS SECRETARY'S SURPRISE FIANCÉ (Bayou Billionaires) Joanne Rock Winning at any cost might work on the football field, but will demanding a fake engagement really keep billionaire sportsman Dempsey Reynaud's alluring assistant in his life? Look for Harlequin® Desire's March 2016 Box set 1 of 2, filled with even more scandalous stories and powerful heroes!

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Harlequin

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1460395042

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9781460395042

The Wedding Audition

By: Catherine Mann,Joanne Rock

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The Wedding Audition

By: Catherine Mann,Joanne Rock

The tabloids call her the Hit and Run Bride after reality show starAnnamae Jessup walked out on Atlanta’s favorite baseball player on cable television. Eager to escape her notoriety, Annamae takes a road trip to find the grandmother she’s never met and winds up discovering a whole lot more than a band of back woods relatives. There’s no escape from reality TV, even in Beulah, Alabama, population 3000. The last thing Wynn Rafferty needs in his new life is a spoiled television princess who can’t even know his real name. He’s in temporary witness protection as an apple farmer after his undercover work put his life in danger. He needs to lay low until the heat dies down from his last case— even if he sucks at growing apples as badly as he sucks at relationships. But Annamae turns his new town into a media circus, unwittingly threatening the lives of him, her and most of Beulah. Wynn is an expert at keeping the world at arm’s length, but when it comes to Annamae, the only way he can keep her safe is to keep her very, very close.

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Tule Publishing

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1942240511

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9781942240518

Promises Under the Peach Tree

By: Joanne Rock

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Promises Under the Peach Tree

By: Joanne Rock

Nina Spencer and Mack Finley work together to organize Heartache, Tennessee's annual Harvest Fest while trying to resist memories of their past relationship.

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Harlequin

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0373608705

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9780373608706

Princess Diana

By: Joanne Mattern

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Princess Diana

By: Joanne Mattern

Discusses the life, marriage, and tragic death of Diana, Princess of Wales.

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Penguin

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075661614X

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9780756616144

Radical Equality in Education

Starting Over in U.S. Schooling

By: Joanne Larson

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Radical Equality in Education

Starting Over in U.S. Schooling

By: Joanne Larson

Tinkering with the current educational system from within has not provided a just and equitable education for all children. In this book, acclaimed education theorist Joanne Larson poses basic questions about the nature and purpose of schooling. Proposing that what is needed is a new purpose that is more consistent with contemporary knowledge production processes—one that moves beyond the either/or binary of preparing workers/citizens in a competitive global economy or a democracy, Larson argues that the only real solution is to start over in U.S. education—the purpose of schooling should be to facilitate human learning, meaning making, and knowledge production toward just and equitable education for all. Radical Equality in Education offers a new ontological starting point and a new theoretical framing that would follow from it; articulates theoretical, curricular, pedagogical, and assessment principles that frame a real plan for fundamental change in American education, and presents examples of what these ideas might look like in schools and communities.

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Routledge

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1136310975

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9781136310973

Tourism

A Modern Synthesis

By: Stephen J. Page,Joanne Connell

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Tourism

A Modern Synthesis

By: Stephen J. Page,Joanne Connell

Tourism can be a challenging subject for students because it is both dynamic and susceptible to economic turbulence and shifts in trends. Tourism: A Modern Synthesis is an essential textbook for tourism students seeking a clear and comprehensive introduction to their studies that addresses these challenges. The authors apply a business approach to the subject, reflecting developments in the teaching and content of university courses, and the text covers both key principles and contemporary themes and issues at a global scale. Among the new features and topics included in this fifth edition are: New and fully updated case studies to reflect current trends and emerging markets including Africa and Asia. Up-to-date content on disruptive technologies such as Airbnb, low-cost airlines, the e-travel revolution and future developments. Current debates in sustainable tourism including the anti-tourism movement, plastic use and the Sustainable Development Goals. New content on evolving topics such as future employment, human resource management in tourism and generational marketing. Fully updated statistics and data. A brand-new Companion Website including an instructor’s manual, supplementary case studies, weblinks, multiple choice questions and PowerPoint slides. This is the ideal guide to tourism for students across all levels, serving as a point of reference throughout a programme of study.

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Routledge

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1000043088

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Diaspora of the Gods

Modern Hindu Temples in an Urban Middle-Class World

By: Joanne Punzo Waghorne

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Diaspora of the Gods

Modern Hindu Temples in an Urban Middle-Class World

By: Joanne Punzo Waghorne

Many Hindus today are urban middle-class people with religious values similar to those of their professional counterparts in America and Europe. Just as modern professionals continue to build new churches, synagogues, and now mosques, Hindus are erecting temples to their gods wherever their work and their lives take them. Despite the perceived exoticism of Hindu worship, the daily life-style of these avid temple patrons differs little from their suburban neighbors. Joanne Waghorne leads her readers on a journey through this new middle-class Hindu diaspora, focusing on their efforts to build and support places of worship. She seeks to trace the changing religious sensibilities of the middle classes as written on their temples and on the faces of their gods. She offers detailed comparisons of temples in Chennai (formerly Madras), London, and Washington, D.C., and interviews temple priests, devotees, and patrons. In the process, she illuminates the interrelationships between ritual worship and religious edifices, the rise of the modern world economy, and the ascendancy of the great middle class. The result is a comprehensive portrait of Hinduism as lived today by so many both in India and throughout the world. Lavishly illustrated with professional photographs by Dick Waghorne, this book will appeal to art historians as well as urban anthropologists, scholars of religion, and those interested in diaspora, transnationalism, and trends in contemporary religion. It should be especially appealing for course use because it introduces the modern Hinduism practiced by the friends and neighbors of students in the U.S. and Britain.

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Oxford University Press

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0198035578

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9780198035572

Speaking 4 Student's Book

Advanced

By: Joanne Collie,Stephen Slater

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Speaking 4 Student's Book

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By: Joanne Collie,Stephen Slater

Cambridge Skills for Fluency is a new range of materials designed specifically to develop students' fluency and confidence in using English. Each book in the series offers a variety of imaginative topics and activities which will genuinely engage students' interest and encourage them to share personal reactions and opinions fluently.Speaking 4 (which is accompanied by a cassette) develops advanced learners' oral fluency by focusing on topics that are personally relevant to them. The activities enable students to draw on their own life experience, feelings and cultural knowledge and to develop their ability to express their ideas confidently and fluently.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521399726

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Nights Under the Tennessee Stars

By: Joanne Rock

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Nights Under the Tennessee Stars

By: Joanne Rock

Heartache--the best place to heal Erin Finley heads home to Heartache, Tennesee, after the perfect guy turns out to be anything but. She throws herself into running a vintage store with her sister and surrounding herself with the comforts of her small town. Then one rainy night, TV producer Remy Weldon shows up and almost sweeps her off her feet! Remy sees more in Erin than she sees in herself. Quirky, beautiful and capable, he needs her for his antiques show--and for himself. Because Erin is the first star Remy's found in the very dark night that has become his life. And she might just be able to lead him into the dawn...

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Harlequin

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0373609078

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Cafe Indiana

A Guide to Indiana’s Down-Home Cafes

By: Joanne Raetz Stuttgen

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Cafe Indiana

A Guide to Indiana’s Down-Home Cafes

By: Joanne Raetz Stuttgen

Cafe Indiana is both a guide to Indiana’s hometown mom-and-pop restaurants and a reclamation and celebration of small-town Midwest culture. The hungry diner looking for adventure and authenticity can use Cafe Indiana simply as a guide to the state’s quintessential eats: the best fiddlers, macaroni and cheese, soup beans, and beef Manhattan. But Stuttgen also captures the spirit of the locals, bringing to life the people whose stories give the book—and the food—its soul. Over plates of chicken and noodles, fried bologna sandwiches, and sugar cream pie, folks are crafting community at the Main Street eatery. In Cafe Indiana, Hoosiers and out-of-staters alike are invited to pull out a chair and sit a spell.

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Terrace Books

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0299224937

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Maternal & Child Health Nursing

Care of the Childbearing & Childrearing Family

By: JoAnne Silbert-Flagg

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Maternal & Child Health Nursing

Care of the Childbearing & Childrearing Family

By: JoAnne Silbert-Flagg

A respected authority updated for today’s changing healthcare environment, Maternal & Child Health Nursing, 9th Edition, equips students for success by presenting maternal-newborn and child healthcare not as two separate disciplines, but as a continuum of knowledge. This extensively revised 9th Edition integrates a nursing process framework, an approachable organization, the latest evidence-based research, and engaging learning aids to ensure a mastery of essential concepts and cultivate the skills for successful nursing practice.

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Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

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1975161084

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9781975161088

EC Epitaphs from the Abyss #5

By: Matt Kindt,Matthew Rosenberg,Joanne Starer

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EC Epitaphs from the Abyss #5

By: Matt Kindt,Matthew Rosenberg,Joanne Starer

GIVE YOURSELF OVER TO EC'S SMASH-HIT TALES OF TORMENT AND TENSION—NOW A MONTHLY SERIES! Welcome back to the Grave-Digger's cemetery on the edge of the endless, black ABYSS that awaits us all . . . some sooner than others, heh heh! Inscribing this month's moribund epitaphs in so much funerary stone, we welcome scribes Matt Kindt (BRZRKR), Matthew Rosenberg (DC vs. Vampires) and Joanne Starer (Sirens of the City) to write our rites of terror as arists Kano (Gotham Central), Alexandre Tefengki (The Good Asian) and more surprise guests rain down torrents of red ink in true and timeless EC Comics fashion!

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Oni Press

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1637157495

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A Georgian Heroine

The Intriguing Life of Rachel Charlotte Williams Biggs

By: Joanne Major,Sarah Murden

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A Georgian Heroine

The Intriguing Life of Rachel Charlotte Williams Biggs

By: Joanne Major,Sarah Murden

“A very fair and balanced portrait of one of the Regency era’s most remarkable—and most unknown—women” from the authors of A Right Royal Scandal (Jacqueline Reiter, author of Earl of Shadows). Rachel Charlotte Williams Biggs lived an incredible life, one which proved that fact is often much stranger than fiction. As a young woman she endured a tortured existence at the hands of a male tormentor, but emerged from that to reinvent herself as a playwright and author; a political pamphleteer and a spy, working for the British Government; and later single-handedly organizing George III’s jubilee celebrations. Trapped in France during the revolutionary years of 1792–95, she published an anonymous account of her adventures. However, was everything as it seemed? The extraordinary Mrs. Biggs lived life upon her own terms in an age when it was a man’s world, using politicians as her mouthpiece in the Houses of Parliament and corresponding with the greatest men of the day. Throughout it all though, she held on to the ideal of her one youthful true love, a man who abandoned her to her fate and spent his entire adult life in India. In A Georgian Heroine, we delve into Mrs. Biggs’ life to reveal her accomplishments and lay bare her continued reinvention of herself. This is the bizarre but true story of an astounding woman persevering in a man’s world. “Reading the first few pages of this absorbing biography, it is hard to believe that the authors haven’t concocted a wild historical spoof, for this is truly an amazing story.” —Jane Austen’s Regency World

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Grub Street Publishers

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1473863481

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9781473863484

Explorer's Guide Hudson Valley & Catskill Mountains: Includes Saratoga Springs & Albany (Eighth Edition)

By: Joanne Michaels

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Explorer's Guide Hudson Valley & Catskill Mountains: Includes Saratoga Springs & Albany (Eighth Edition)

By: Joanne Michaels

The bestselling and most complete guide to the gorgeous Hudson Valley is back in a new, totally revised edition. Rich with historical and cultural attractions and natural beauty, the Hudson Valley has become a choice getaway. Local author Joanne Michaels guides you through its treasure trove of restaurants, cozy inns, galleries, antiques shops, and wineries, and to its many outdoor activities. Completely revised; from the most respected travel writer in the region.

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The Countryman Press

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1581577214

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9781581577211

Women Reviewing Women in Nineteenth-Century Britain

The Critical Reception of Jane Austen, Charlotte Brontë and George Eliot

By: Dr Joanne Wilkes

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Women Reviewing Women in Nineteenth-Century Britain

The Critical Reception of Jane Austen, Charlotte Brontë and George Eliot

By: Dr Joanne Wilkes

Focusing particularly on the critical reception of Jane Austen, Charlotte Brontë and George Eliot, Joanne Wilkes offers in-depth examinations of reviews by eight female critics: Maria Jane Jewsbury, Sara Coleridge, Hannah Lawrance, Jane Williams, Julia Kavanagh, Anne Mozley, Margaret Oliphant and Mary Augusta Ward. What they wrote about women writers, and what their writings tell us about the critics' own sense of themselves as women writers, reveal the distinctive character of nineteenth-century women's contributions to literary history. Wilkes explores the different choices these critics, writing when women had to grapple with limiting assumptions about female intellectual capacities, made about how to disseminate their own writing. While several publishing in periodicals wrote anonymously, others published books, articles and reviews under their own names. Wilkes teases out the distinctiveness of nineteenth-century women's often ignored contributions to the critical reception of canonical women authors, and also devotes space to the pioneering efforts of Lawrance, Kavanagh and Williams to draw attention to the long tradition of female literary activity up to the nineteenth century. She draws on commentary by male critics of the period as well, to provide context for this important contribution to the recuperation of women's critical discourse in nineteenth-century Britain.

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Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.

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1409475808

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9781409475804

A History of the Dukes of Bolton, 1600–1815

Love Loyalty

By: Joanne Major,Sarah Murden

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A History of the Dukes of Bolton, 1600–1815

Love Loyalty

By: Joanne Major,Sarah Murden

A first-ever account of one of the United Kingdom’s foremost ducal families and a history of the times in which they lived. Discover over two hundred years of fascinating history relating to one of Great Britain’s foremost aristocratic dynasties, the (Orde-) Powletts, for several generations the Dukes of Bolton. The family motto, Love Loyalty, references their devotion to the monarchy, but it applies equally to their hearts. Willing to risk all in the pursuit of love, this is the previously untold story of the Dukes of Bolton and their ancestors—the men and women who shaped the dynasty, their romances, triumphs, foibles, and tragedies.

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Pen and Sword History

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147386352X

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9781473863521

Ordinary Lifestyles: Popular Media, Consumption And Taste

By: Bell, David,Hollows, Joanne

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Ordinary Lifestyles: Popular Media, Consumption And Taste

By: Bell, David,Hollows, Joanne

Ordinary Lifestyles' contains a collection of new essays that explore how various media texts bring ideas about taste and fashion to consumers, helping audiences to fashion their lifestyles as well as defining what constitutes an appropriate lifestyle for particular social formations.

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McGraw-Hill Education (UK)

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0335215505

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9780335215508

She Who Shops

By: Joanne Skerrett

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She Who Shops

By: Joanne Skerrett

Weslee Dunster is one sister who has always been about the practical side, earning her way to Boston University through good, old-fashioned hard work. Who needs Prada when you've got brains, right? Wrong! With her GAP khakis and humble background, Weslee's no match for the wealthy New Englanders who seem to look at her like she's stepped out of a Sears catalog. The women in Wes's new sphere treat shopping like a contact sport, and they never met a friend they didn't want to trash as soon as her back was turned. And the brothers will snub you for having skin that's a shade past café au lait or an accent that's one generation from Jamaica. Now, caught up in a hectic lifestyle filled with designer clothes, expensive highlights, finger-aching bling, air kissing, fine-looking players, lies, betrayals, and other things her once-sensible life didn't demand, Wes is in for the ride of her life--one that could have her crashing and burning. . .unless she can figure out the rules of the game and how to break them. . . "Charming."--Kayla Perrin "Entertaining."--Nina Foxx "Engaging."--Karen V. Siplin Joanne Skerrett is an editor at The Boston Globe. She Who Shops is her first novel, and she's currently working on her second, soon to be published by Strapless.

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Kensington Publishing Corp.

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0758289928

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9780758289926

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