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The Evolution of Aesthetic and Expressive Dance in Boston

By: Jody Marie Weber

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The Evolution of Aesthetic and Expressive Dance in Boston

By: Jody Marie Weber

The Evolution of Aesthetic and Expressive Dance in Boston provides a regional history of the physical education pioneers who established the groundwork for women to participate in movement and expression. Their schools and their writing offer insights into the powerful cultural changes that were reconfiguring women's perceptions of their bodies in motion. The book examines the history from the first successful school of ballroom dance run by Lorenzo Papanti to the establishment of the Braggiotti School by Berthe and Francesca Braggiotti (two wealthy Bostonian socialites who used their power and money to support dance in Boston). The Delsartean ideas about beauty and the expressive capacity of the body freed upper-class women to explore movement beyond social dance and to enjoy movement as artistic self expression. Their interest and pleasure in early "parlor forms" engaged them as sponsors and advocates of expressive dance. Although revolutionaries such as Isadora Duncan and Ruth St. Denis also garnered support from Boston and New York's social sets, in Boston the relationship of the city's elite and its native dancers was both intimate and ongoing. The Braggiotti sisters did not use this support to embark on international tours; instead they founded a school that educated the children of their sponsors and offered performances for their own community. Although later artists, Miriam Winslow and Hans Weiner, did tour nationally and internationally, the intimate relationships they maintained with the upper echelon of Boston society required that they remain sensitive to the needs of their students and their community. Through the study of these schools, the reader is offered a unique perspective on the evolution of expressive dance as it unfolded in Boston and its environs. The Evolution of Aesthetic and Expressive Dance in Boston is an important book for those interested in dance history, women's studies, and regional histories.

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Cambria Press

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1604976217

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A Warring Absence

By: Jody Duncan

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A Warring Absence

By: Jody Duncan

Winner of the prestigious American College Theatre Festival, this play portrays the tumultuous marriage of the brilliant modern poet Dylan Thomas. It opens with Gaitlan toasting his casket as she transports it back across the ocean following his last American tour. It then moves to the the point of first decline, when Dylan comes home drunk with one more arm broken and learns that their furniture has just been repossessed. There are not more publishers' advances and no more resources, so he decides on "one last pillaging of America." This time Caitlin insists on going with him "Where?" "To the States." "Yes, the United ones," because she has discovered some love letters from a woman Dylan met on his last trip state side. We follow them through an abortion, through drunken bouts in the States, and finally to his final collapse at a poetry reading. Back aboard ship, Caitlin reads the last poem and silently closes the casket.

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Samuel French, Inc.

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0573693706

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9780573693700

Stress Reduction for Caregivers

By: Jody Olshevski,Anne Katz

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Stress Reduction for Caregivers

By: Jody Olshevski,Anne Katz

As the older populations grow, an increasing number of people are faced with the challenges of caring for frail, older family members. Since the causes of frailty, and especially the causes of cognitive impairment, in late life can last for several years, caregiving can often be experienced as a chronic stressor. Caregiving is often associated with higher rates of depression and anxiety, and with lowered subjective health in the care provider. With this in mind, Stress Reduction for Caregivers addresses the issue of how to help caregivers manage and reduce their stress level. The book is unique in that it bridges the gap between research and practice. It includes a discussion of the stress and coping theories of caregiving developed by researchers in recent years. It also lays out a simple, practical training approach that utilizes four stress reduction techniques to assist professionals in adapting the theories to their practice: Stress Level Monitoring; Relaxation Training; Scheduling Relaxing Events and Cognitive Restructuring. Each technique is accompanied by case studies that demonstrate both the effectiveness and the challenges of applying the overall approach. With its strong base in research and its practical concern for the management and reduction of caregiver stress, this book is a must for professionals who desire to stay abreast of the latest techniques. It will also be of great benefit to advanced students examining the issues of caregiving.

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Routledge

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1317771850

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9781317771852

Negrophobia and Reasonable Racism

The Hidden Costs of Being Black in America

By: Jody David Armour

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Negrophobia and Reasonable Racism

The Hidden Costs of Being Black in America

By: Jody David Armour

Tackling the ugly secret of unconscious racism in American society, this book provides specific solutions to counter this entrenched phenomenon.

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NYU Press

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0814706703

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9780814706701

Teen Pregnancy and Parenting

Rethinking the Myths and Misperceptions

By: Keri Weed,Jody S Nicholson,Jaelyn R. Farris

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Teen Pregnancy and Parenting

Rethinking the Myths and Misperceptions

By: Keri Weed,Jody S Nicholson,Jaelyn R. Farris

Whether glamorised or stigmatised, teenage parenthood is all too often used to stand for a host of social problems, and empirical research results ignored. Identifying core controversies surrounding teen pregnancy and parenting, this book resolves misperceptions using findings from large-scale, longitudinal, and qualitative research studies from the US and other Western countries. Summarising the evidence and integrating it with a systems perspective, the authors explore ten prevalent myths about teenage parents, including: Teen pregnancy is associated with other behavior problems. Children of teen parents will experience cognitive delay, adjustment problems, and will themselves become teen parents. Better outcomes are achieved when teen mothers live with their own mothers. Teen pregnancy costs tax payers lots of money. Abstinence education is the best way to prevent teen pregnancy. Teen Pregnancy and Parenting ends by highlighting the prevention and intervention implications for families, practitioners, and policymakers. It will be of interest to academics and advanced students from a range of disciplines and professions including psychology, public policy, nursing, social work and sociology.

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113616104X

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9781136161049

Fraggle Rock: The Ultimate Visual History

By: Noel Murray,Jody Revenson

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Fraggle Rock: The Ultimate Visual History

By: Noel Murray,Jody Revenson

Fraggle Rock: The Ultimate Visual History tells the definitive story behind the creation of Jim Henson’s beloved series. It’s been over thirty-five years since the irrepressible Fraggles first hit the screen in the beloved children’s television hit Fraggle Rock. Created by the legendary Jim Henson, along with Michael K. Frith, Jerry Juhl, Duncan Kenworthy, and Jocelyn Stevenson, Fraggle Rock remains a favorite of fans to this day. This delightful volume tells the incredible story of the bighearted show that helped instill open-minded values in a whole generation of viewers. Fraggle Rock: The Ultimate Visual History follows the show’s creation, from early concepts to the incredible puppetry that brought the unforgettable characters, such as Gobo, Red, and Mokey, to life. Exclusive interviews with Stevenson, Frith, Kenworthy, and several other major contributors reveal fascinating, exclusive insights that take the reader further into Jim Henson’s world than ever before. Featuring a wealth of rare concept art and behind-the-scenes photographs from the archives of The Jim Henson Company, Fraggle Rock: The Ultimate Visual History is the definitive look at one of the best-loved television shows of all time.

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Simon and Schuster

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1683836839

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9781683836834

George C. Wallace and the Politics of Powerlessness

The Wallace Campaigns for the Presidency, 1964-76

By: Jody Carlson

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George C. Wallace and the Politics of Powerlessness

The Wallace Campaigns for the Presidency, 1964-76

By: Jody Carlson

This is the only complete study of the Wallace phenomenon. It covers all of the presidential campaigns and views wallace from a variety of vantage ints: historical context, content anal-ysis of speeches, and analysis of elec-tion data, including voting statistics and attitudinal patterns of supporters. Poli-tics of Powerlessness examines na-tionwide support for George C. Wal-lace in the presidential campaigns of 1964, 1968, 1972, and 1976. A number of election and candidate preference surveys are used as sources of data on supporters. An understanding of Wal-lace's appeal is provided through an examination of themes noted through-out his speeches and an analysis of his political history from biographical sources, personal interviews, and newspaper accounts of the time. The picture of Wallace that emerges is one of a man who saw himself as a crusader for his supporters' interests, while de-liberately heightening and intensifying their feelings of powerlessness as a means of getting votes. Carlson shows that Wallace voters were not marginal. They did not reflect a loss of status, nor were they simply outside the mainstream of political life. They were very much like major party voters, with the exception of their feel-ings of political powerlessness that me about by increased government ..rticipation in state politics. This work informed not only by a careful anal-ysis, but by interviews with Wallace, many of his followers, and people active in his campaigns. The work has the additional advantage of having follow-up analyses and interviews as, late as 1978. In this sense, it represents not only a scholarly analysis of the Wallace phenomenon, but the most up-to-date analysis as well.

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Taylor & Francis

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1000951359

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9781000951356

Narcissus Sous Rature

Male Subjectivity in Contemporary American Poetry

By: Jody Norton

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Narcissus Sous Rature

Male Subjectivity in Contemporary American Poetry

By: Jody Norton

In Narcissus Sous Rature, Jody Norton argues that Contemporary American poetry's characteristic problematic is the subject's contestation of hir discursive condition. While self-comprehension is a central, recurrent concern in post-literate poetry, most poetries in English since the Enlightenment have conceived their lyric subjects in accordance with the foundational Western philosophical assumption of the rationality of being. However, after Freud, Heisenberg, Saussure, Derrida, and Lacan, conceptions of the lyric "I" as representative of a more or less permanent, self-conscious, and self-possessed personality, inhabiting an ontologically dependable natural and historical world in a consistent way are no longer credible." "The problems of how to conceptualize the psycho-linguistic structuration of the male (putatively masculine) subject and hir relation to hir cultural environment, and of how to represent both the subject and hir relations in a medium - language - that is complexly involved in the construction of both the subject and hir representation (and, in a certain sense, of the subject as representation) emerge, for Contemporary poets, out of an historic moment particularly strongly marked by theoretical developments in extra-literary fields. Norton asserts that the lyric speaker in Contemporary American poetry cannot be understood unless the explicit and implicit dialogic relations between religious, philosophical, psychological, linguistic, aesthetic, critical and poetic texts are made central to the interpretive project."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

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Bucknell University Press

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0838753566

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Advancing Equality

How Constitutional Rights Can Make a Difference Worldwide

By: Jody Heymann,Aleta Sprague,Amy Raub

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Advancing Equality

How Constitutional Rights Can Make a Difference Worldwide

By: Jody Heymann,Aleta Sprague,Amy Raub

In a world where basic human rights are under attack and discrimination is widespread, Advancing Equality reminds us of the critical role of constitutions in creating and protecting equal rights. Combining a comparative analysis of equal rights in the constitutions of all 193 United Nations member countries with inspiring stories of activism and powerful court cases from around the globe, the book traces the trends in constitution drafting over the past half century and examines how stronger protections against discrimination have transformed lives. Looking at equal rights across gender, race and ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation and gender identity, disability, social class, and migration status, the authors uncover which groups are increasingly guaranteed equal rights in constitutions, whether or not these rights on paper have been translated into practice, and which nations lag behind. Serving as a comprehensive call to action for anyone who cares about their country’s future, Advancing Equality challenges us to remember how far we all still must go for equal rights for all. A free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more at www.luminosoa.org.

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Univ of California Press

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0520973879

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9780520973879

Eavan Boland

By: Jody Allen Randolph

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Eavan Boland

By: Jody Allen Randolph

In this powerful and authoritative study Jody Allen Randolph providesthe fullest account yet of the work of a major figure in twentieth-century Irish literature as well as in contemporary women’s writing. Eavan Boland’s achievement in changing the map of Irish poetry is tracked and analyzed from her first poems to the present. The book traces the evolution of that achievement, guiding the reader through Boland’s early attachment to Yeats, her growing unease with the absence of women’s writing, her encounter with pioneering American poets like Sylvia Plath, Elizabeth Bishop, and Adrienne Rich, and her eventual, challenging amendments in poetry and prose to Ireland’s poetic tradition. Using research from private papers the book also traces a time of upheaval and change in Ireland, exploring Boland's connection to Mary Robinson, in a chapter that details the nexus of a woman president and a woman poet in a country that was resistant to both. Finally, this book invites the reader to share a compelling perspective on the growth of a poet described by one critic as Ireland’s “first great woman poet.”

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1611485371

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9781611485370

Getting Played

African American Girls, Urban Inequality, and Gendered Violence

By: Jody Miller

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Getting Played

African American Girls, Urban Inequality, and Gendered Violence

By: Jody Miller

2010 Distinguished Contribution to Scholarship Book Award from the American Sociological Association; Race, Gender, and Class Section 2008 Finalist, The Society for the Study of Social Problems C. Wright Mills Award Draws a vivid picture of the race and gender inequalities that harm young African American women in poor urban communities Much has been written about the challenges that face urban African American young men, but less is said about the harsh realities for African American young women in disadvantaged communities. Sexual harassment, sexual assault, dating violence, and even gang rape are not uncommon experiences. In Getting Played, sociologist Jody Miller presents a compelling picture of this dire social problem and explores how inextricably, and tragically, linked violence is to their daily lives in poor urban neighborhoods. Drawing from richly textured interviews with adolescent girls and boys, Miller brings a keen eye to the troubling realities of a world infused with danger and gender-based violence. These girls are isolated, ignored, and often victimized by those considered family and friends. Community institutions such as the police and schools that are meant to protect them often turn a blind eye, leaving girls to fend for themselves. Miller draws a vivid picture of the race and gender inequalities that harm these communities—and how these result in deeply and dangerously engrained beliefs about gender that teach youths to see such violence—rather than the result of broader social inequalities—as deserved due to individual girls' flawed characters, i.e., she deserved it. Through Miller's careful analysis of these engaging, often unsettling stories, Getting Played shows us not only how these young women are victimized, but how, despite vastly inadequate social support and opportunities, they struggle to navigate this dangerous terrain.

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0814795757

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9780814795750

A History of Nebraska Agriculture: A Life Worth Living

By: Jody L. Lamp & Melody Dobson

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A History of Nebraska Agriculture: A Life Worth Living

By: Jody L. Lamp & Melody Dobson

Once known as the "Great American Desert," Nebraska's plains and native grasslands today make it a domestic leader in producing food, feed and fuel. From Omaha to Ogallala, Nebraska's founding farmers, ranchers and agribusiness leaders endured hardships while fostering kinships that have lasted generations. While many continued on the trails leading west, others from around the world stayed, seeking a home and land to cultivate. American Doorstop Project co-founders and authors Jody L. Lamp and Melody Dobson celebrate the state's forgotten and untold agricultural history, highlighting more than a century and a half of agriculture industry, inventions and innovations in the Cornhusker State.

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1439661014

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9781439661017

Reconciling History

A Story of Canada

By: Jody Wilson-Raybould,Roshan Danesh

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Reconciling History

A Story of Canada

By: Jody Wilson-Raybould,Roshan Danesh

One of the Toronto Star’s 25 books to read this season From the #1 national bestselling author of 'Indian' in the Cabinet and True Reconciliation, a truly unique history of our land—powerful, devastating, remarkable—as told through the voices of both Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples. The totem pole forms the foundation for this unique and important oral history of Canada. Its goal is both toweringly ambitious and beautifully direct: To tell the story of this country in a way that prompts readers to look from different angles, to see its dimensions, its curves, and its cuts. To see that history has an arc, just as the totem pole rises, but to realize that it is also in the details along the way that important meanings are to be found. To recognize that the story of the past is always there to be retold and recast, and must be conveyed to generations to come. That in the act of re-telling, meaning is found, and strength is built. When it comes to telling the history of Canada, and in particular the history of the relationship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples, we need to accept that the way in which our history has traditionally been told has not been a common or shared enterprise. In many ways, it has been an exclusive and siloed one. Among the countless peoples and groups that make up this vast country, the voices and experiences of a few have too often dominated those of many others. Reconciling History shares voices that have seldom been heard, and in this ground-breaking book they are telling and re-telling history from their perspectives. Born out of the oral history in True Reconciliation, and complemented throughout with stunning photography and art, Reconciling History takes this approach to telling our collective story to an entirely different level.

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McClelland & Stewart

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0771017626

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9780771017629

Misdiagnosed

One Woman's Tour of--And Escape From--Healthcareland

By: Jody Berger

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Misdiagnosed

One Woman's Tour of--And Escape From--Healthcareland

By: Jody Berger

Berger movingly details her journey to healing. Her indefatigable quest...underscores the fact that there is no such thing as one size fits all in medicine."—Gayatri Devi, MD, clinical associate professor, NYU School of Medicine, and author of A Calm Brain Taking charge of your health has never been so important as it is today. Jody Berger has discovered this first hand: at forty-three, the award-winning journalist and marathoner sees a doctor about a minor tingling sensation in her hands and feet. One MRI later, she is diagnosed with multiple sclerosis and told to pick a drug and accept her fate. Instead Jody starts asking questions—only to receive a different diagnosis from each specialist she turns to, from vitamin deficiencies to metal toxicity to depression. In this powerful, witty, and eye-opening account of her misadventures from misdiagnosis to miraculous recovery, Jody offers insightful tips on how to ask doctors the right questions to get the answers and treatment you need, listen to your body, and choose health over illness. After all, while we can't always heal, we can always take control of our health and ourselves—starting now. "In this compelling, beautifully written book, Jody Berger offers an empowering look at the importance of finding the strength and confidence to take charge of your health."—Mary Shomon, New York Times bestselling author and patient advocate

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Sourcebooks, Inc.

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1402293909

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9781402293900

Doctor Who: Doom's Day #2

By: Jody Houser

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Doctor Who: Doom's Day #2

By: Jody Houser

Doom is currently traversing all of time and space in pursuit of the Doctor, who is the only one who can save her from the ever-approaching Death. Instead, she’s found Missy, a morally ambiguous Time Lord posing as the Doctor, who has taken it upon herself to stop Doom’s killing spree. (Or is she just after the Perpetual Topaz Doom stole before she had the chance to?) With Missy hot on her trail, Doom has less than 24 hours to save herself before her fate is sealed forever…

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Titan Comics

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1787742091

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Doctor Who Comic #3.1

Empire of the Wolf

By: Jody Houser

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Doctor Who Comic #3.1

Empire of the Wolf

By: Jody Houser

Dashing across time and space, the Eighth Doctor has had many adventures, but his greatest challenge – the Time War – is yet to come. Reeling from the loss of his dear friends Amy and Rory, the Eleventh Doctor is looking to escape reality and just have a bit of fun. Neither Doctor expects what’s about to happen next…

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1787738841

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Doctor Who: Empire of the Wolf #4

By: Jody Houser

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Doctor Who: Empire of the Wolf #4

By: Jody Houser

The Eleventh Doctor showed the Bad Wolf Empress a.k.a. Rose Tyler the truth about the hypocrisy of her empire. Meanwhile, the Eighth Doctor and the original Rose attempted to destabilize the empress’s army, but were thwarted by her second-in-command, D’Pau, who had secured his own army of Sontarans…!

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1787738876

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Pack & Coven

By: Jody Wallace

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Pack & Coven

By: Jody Wallace

Harry Smith is a lone wolf, and he likes it that way. When he's targeted to be co-alpha of the local pack, there is only one thing he can do to maintain his freedom: flee. But it'll take a miracle to stay a step ahead of shifters in their own territory. June Travis has been in love with Harry for years, but he doesn't know her real identity. He sees her as the sweet owner of the local tearoom—the facade June presents to humans and werewolves to keep them from finding out she's a witch. She may not be able to offer Harry a miracle, but she can help him escape. Harry is drawn to this new side of June, and not just because he's grateful for her help. With her magic temporarily hiding Harry from his pursuers, the witch and the wolf explore their mutual attraction. But there are consequences for witches who bed down with wolves... 81,000 words

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Harlequin

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1426893248

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Doctor Who Comic #2.1

Missy

By: Jody Houser

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Doctor Who Comic #2.1

Missy

By: Jody Houser

The Doctor and the Master have been arch rivals for as long as they can both remember – which is a very long time! One wants to save the universe, the other, rule it. But as two of the last remaining Time Lords, they share a deep bond that will always entwine their destinies.

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Barrios to Burbs

The Making of the Mexican American Middle Class

By: Jody Vallejo

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Barrios to Burbs

The Making of the Mexican American Middle Class

By: Jody Vallejo

Too frequently, the media and politicians cast Mexican immigrants as a threat to American society. Given America's increasing ethnic diversity and the large size of the Mexican-origin population, an investigation of how Mexican immigrants and their descendants achieve upward mobility and enter the middle class is long overdue. Barrios to Burbs offers a new understanding of the Mexican American experience. Vallejo explores the challenges that accompany rapid social mobility and examines a new indicator of incorporation, a familial obligation to "give back" in social and financial support. She investigates the salience of middle-class Mexican Americans' ethnic identification and details how relationships with poorer coethnics and affluent whites evolve as immigrants and their descendants move into traditionally white middle-class occupations. Disputing the argument that Mexican communities lack high quality resources and social capital that can help Mexican Americans incorporate into the middle class, Vallejo also examines civic participation in ethnic professional associations embedded in ethnic communities.

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Stanford University Press

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0804783160

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9780804783163

Facilitating Youth-Led Book Clubs as Transformative and Inclusive Spaces

By: Jody N. Polleck

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Facilitating Youth-Led Book Clubs as Transformative and Inclusive Spaces

By: Jody N. Polleck

Learn how to integrate book clubs into secondary school communities for transformation and inclusion so as to enhance and nurture students’ literacies along with their social and emotional development. Using her extensive experiences with culturally, neurologically, and linguistically diverse students, the author provides a rich resource that demonstrates how book clubs serve as critical places where adolescents can develop as readers while simultaneously working to build authentic relationships with their peers. Polleck offers research and theories grounded in culturally sustaining pedagogies and healing-centered engagements along with practical strategies for book club facilitators—from developing specific student-centered pedagogical approaches to embodying critical and humanizing dispositions. Book Features: Guidance based on the author’s 25 years of experience as a facilitator and researcher of book clubs.A focus on encouraging meaningful participation, identity and community building, and social justice. An approach that prioritizes collaboration among teachers, social workers, counselors, administrators, parents, and other school personnel. Practical strategies that include facilitation suggestions, sample lesson plans, and reflective questioning techniques. Engaging narratives that center the voices of students who have participated in book clubs. An accompanying website with suggested reading lists, teaching materials, classroom activities, and more.

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Teachers College Press

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0807781304

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9780807781302

Captured By Love

By: Jody Hedlund

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Captured By Love

By: Jody Hedlund

Michigan Territory, 1814 A voyageur and a young woman swept up in a time of upheaval and danger discover firsthand the high price of freedom. The British Army has taken control of Michilimackinac Island and its fort, forcing the Americans to swear an oath of loyalty to the crown in order to retain their land. Pierre Durant is a fur trader who returns after being away from the island for years, only to find the family farm a shambles and those he cares about starving and at the mercy of British invaders. Torn between the adventurous life of fur trading and guilt over neglecting his defenseless mother, Pierre is drawn deeper into the fight against the British--and into a relationship with Angelique MacKenzie, a childhood friend who's grown into a beautiful woman. She now finds herself trapped by the circumstances of war and poverty, and the cruelty of her guardian, Ebenezer Whiley. As tensions mount and the violence rages on, Pierre and Angelique must decide where their loyalties rest and how much they'll risk for love.

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Baker Books

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1441264124

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9781441264121

Attributing Knowledge

What It Means to Know Something

By: Jody Azzouni

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Attributing Knowledge

What It Means to Know Something

By: Jody Azzouni

The word "know" is revealed as vague, applicable to fallible agents, factive and criterion transcendent. It is invariant in its meaning across contexts and invariant relative to different agents. Only purely epistemic properties affect its correct application-not the interests of agents or those who attribute the word to agents. These properties enable "know" to be applied correctly-as it routinely is-to cognitive agents ranging from sophisticated human knowers, who engage in substantial metacognition, to various animals, who know much less and do much less, if any, metacognition, to nonconscious mechanical devices such as drones, robots, and the like. These properties of the word "know" suffice to explain the usage phenomena that contextualists and subject-sensitive invariantists invoke to place pressure on an understanding of the word that treats its application as involving no interests of agents, or others. It is also shown the factivity and the fallibilist-compatibility of the word "know" explains Moorean paradoxes, the preface paradox, and the lottery paradox. A fallibility-sensitive failure of knowledge-closure is given along with a similar failure of rational-belief closure. The latter explains why rational agents can nevertheless believe A and B, where A and B contradict one another. A substantial discussion of various kinds of metacognition is given-as well as a discussion of the metacognition literature in cognitive ethology. An appendix offers a new resolution of the hangman paradox, one that turns neither on a failure of knowledge closure nor on a failure of KK"--

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0197508812

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Capital Culture

A Reader on Modernist Legacies, State Institutions, and the Value(s) of Art

By: Jody Berland,Shelley Hornstein

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Capital Culture

A Reader on Modernist Legacies, State Institutions, and the Value(s) of Art

By: Jody Berland,Shelley Hornstein

The twelve essays in the collection address cultural theory, aesthetics, and policy issues related to the economics of art in the context of globalization and the spreading influence of the practices and ideologies of market culture. With particular reference to Canada, they question whether these shifts and the rise of new media technologies are endangering or enriching public participation, democratic negotiation, and cultural diversity. The book includes essays by John Fekete on Innis and censorship, Thierry de Duve on global markets, Nicole Debreuil on the Voice of Fire controversy, and Mark Cheethum on Alex Colville and Andy Patton. It also includes specifically commissioned artworks by leading Canadian artists such as Vera Frenkel and Cheryl Sourkes. Authors: Bruce Barber (Nova Scotia College of Art and Design), Jody Berland (York), Mark A. Cheetham (Western), Thierry de Duve (Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts, Washington, DC), Michael Dorland (Carleton), Nicole Dubreuil (Montreal), John Fekete (Trent), Shelley Hornstein (York), Johanne Lamoureux (Montreal), Brenda Longfellow (York), Janine Marchessault (McGill), Paul Mattick, Jr (Adelphi),and Anne Whitelaw (Alberta). Artists: Karl Beveridge, Michael Buckland, Carole Conde, Vera Frenkel, Janice Gurney, John Marriott, Luke Murphy, Yvonne Singer, Cheryl Sourkes, John Veenema, and Ron Wakkary.

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Doctor Who: The Thirteenth Doctor #2.3

By: Jody Houser

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Doctor Who: The Thirteenth Doctor #2.3

By: Jody Houser

London, 1969: The Thirteenth Doctor has teamed up with Martha Jones to investigate an apparent break-in at her shop, with mysterious mannequins not far behind… Elsewhere, the fam have been following Ten around hoping to find clues – instead, they’re ambushed by a Weeping Angel!

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1787733726

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Sociology of Organizations

Structures and Relationships

By: Mary Godwyn,Jody Hoffer Gittell

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Sociology of Organizations

Structures and Relationships

By: Mary Godwyn,Jody Hoffer Gittell

The sociological study of organizations encompasses both planned and formal organizations as well as spontaneous and informal ones. Sociologists examine organizations with attention to structure and objectives, interactions among members and among organizations, the relationship between the organization and its environment and the social significance or social meaning of the organization. The ways of defining and examining organizations vary depending on the theoretical emphasis. This book focuses on three things: * providing a wide and historically accurate portrait of the diversity of sociological theories and their application to organizational studies * updating selections that reflect a variety of ways that new technology affects methods of organizing and types of organizations * including readings that examine a range of both formal and informal structures, and both deliberate and impromptu interactions. Lively and provocative, this textbook is theoretically rigorous, disciplinarily informed and representative of heterogeneity within organizational studies.

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141299196X

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Doctor Who: Alternating Current

By: Jody Houser

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Doctor Who: Alternating Current

By: Jody Houser

Acclaimed writer Jody Houser (Stranger Things, Supergirl) and fan-favorite artist Roberta Ingranata (Witchblade) return to deliver a spectacular time-travelling adventure with the Thirteenth (played by Jodie Whittaker) and Tenth (played by David Tennant) Doctors! After the Tenth and Thirteenth Doctors’ first adventure together, a paradox of their meeting has caused a radical rewrite of history… Sea Devils have taken over the Earth! Rose Tyler leads the human resistance, but there’s more going on that first meets the eye. Can the Doctors reunite, defeat their enemies, and bring reality back to normal? Collects Doctor Who Comic #1-4 “Jody Houser and Roberta Ingranata are the Doctor Who dream team…” – SyFy Wire “An incredible atmosphere and a stellar cast.” – Comic Watch

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Titan Comics

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178773384X

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Forgotten Families

Ending the Growing Crisis Confronting Children and Working Parents in the Global Economy

By: Jody Heymann

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Forgotten Families

Ending the Growing Crisis Confronting Children and Working Parents in the Global Economy

By: Jody Heymann

In the last half-century, radical changes have rippled through the workplace and the home from Boston to Bombay. In the face of rapid globalization, these changes affect us all, and we can no longer confine ourselves to addressing working and social conditions within our own borders without simultaneously addressing them on a global scale. Based on over a thousand in-depth interviews and survey data from more than 55,000 families spanning five continents, Forgotten Families is the first truly global account of how the changing conditions of work threaten children, women and men, and the infirm. It addresses problems faced by working families in industrialized and developing countries alike, touching on issues of child health and development, barriers to parents getting and keeping jobs, problems families confront daily and in times of crisis, and the roles of growing inequalities. Rich in individual stories and deeply human, Heymann's book proposes innovative and imaginative ideas for solving the problems of the truly belabored together as a global community.

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Oxford University Press

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0198035551

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9780198035558

Doctor Who: A Tale of Two Time Lords

By: Jody Houser

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Doctor Who: A Tale of Two Time Lords

By: Jody Houser

Eisner-nominated writer Jody Houser (‘Stranger Things’, ‘Supergirl’) and fan-favorite artist Roberta Ingranata (‘Witchblade’) once again join forces to tell a terrific, time-travelling tale of, not one, but TWO Time Lords! Brought together by fate (and a slightly paradox-sick TARDIS), the Thirteenth Doctor and the Tenth Doctor must work together to stop two deadly forces from taking over the Earth – all without causing time itself to implode! Featuring: Ryan, Yaz, Graham, the return of Martha Jones, Weeping Angels, Autons, and so much more… This is an adventure through time and space you won’t want to miss! “Delightfully quirky and very suspenseful.” – Women Write About Comics “Another Doctor Who story that could be on the screen!” – Geeks Worldwide Review

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Titan Comics

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1787733742

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Murder by Accident

Medieval Theater, Modern Media, Critical Intentions

By: Jody Enders

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Murder by Accident

Medieval Theater, Modern Media, Critical Intentions

By: Jody Enders

Over fifty years ago, it became unfashionable - even forbidden - for students of literature to talk about an author's intentions for a given work. In Murder by Accident, Jody Enders boldly resurrects the long-disgraced concept of intentionality, especially as it relates to the theater. Drawing on four fascinating medieval events in which a theat...

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1459606019

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Tart

By: Jody Gehrman

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Tart

By: Jody Gehrman

Tart is my favorite word. I love what it stirs in the mind—the synesthesia of flavor mixing with colors: reds, oranges and apple-greens, gleaming with cheap temptation, like Jolly Ranchers. It's been a goal of my twenties to live a tart life; I want everything I do to have that sharpness, that edge of almost-too-out-there to be tasty, but not quite." Meet Claudia Bloom. She's having one of those years. First she steals her ex's VW bus and drives it from Austin to Santa Cruz, where it promptly explodes. Next she lets herself be rescued by Clay, a cute DJ on a motorcycle, falls hard and meets his somehow-never-mentioned estranged wife while searching frantically for her panties. She tries to forget about Clay and focus on her tenuous new career teaching theater at UC Santa Cruz, only to discover Clay's wife is her colleague and his mother is her boss. Could it get any worse? When her neo-Deadhead cousin shows up with a horse-size mutt, Rex, and the two of them take up residence on her couch, Claudia's pretty sure things have hit rock bottom. Set in the über-hip beach town of Santa Cruz, this novel explores the rocky terrain of family secrets, forbidden fruit and all things Tart.

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Harlequin

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1459231368

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9781459231368

From Where I Stand

Rebuilding Indigenous Nations for a Stronger Canada

By: Jody Wilson-Raybould

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From Where I Stand

Rebuilding Indigenous Nations for a Stronger Canada

By: Jody Wilson-Raybould

An Indigenous leader who has dedicated her life to Indigenous Rights, Jody Wilson-Raybould has represented both First Nations and the Crown at the highest levels. And she is not afraid to give Canadians what they need most – straight talk on what has to be done to collectively move beyond our colonial legacy and achieve true reconciliation in Canada. In this powerful book, drawn from speeches and other writings, she urges all Canadians – both Indigenous and non-Indigenous – to build upon the momentum already gained in the reconciliation process or risk hard-won progress being lost. The good news is that Indigenous Nations already have the solutions. But now is the time to act and build a shared postcolonial future based on the foundations of trust, cooperation, recognition, and good governance. Frank and impassioned, From Where I Stand charts a course forward – one that will not only empower Indigenous Peoples but strengthen the well-being of Canada and all Canadians.

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Purich Books

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0774880554

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9780774880558

Doctor Who Comic #4

By: Jody Houser

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Doctor Who Comic #4

By: Jody Houser

With the Sea Devil invasion prevented, the two Doctors, along with the fam, rebel Skithra ‘Queenie’, and human resistance leader Rose Tyler, set off to rescue Tesla and Edison from the clutches of the menacing Skithra mothership. But will this be enough to fix the paradox and restore their reality…?

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1787733785

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Joy Express

By: Jody Day

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Joy Express

By: Jody Day

Nearly a year has passed since Scott and Bailey's Christmas wedding. Now they are expecting joy in the form of twins! The day arrives for the opening of Barkley House, a missionary retreat provided by Bailey's inheritance, but an unspeakable evil descends upon Bailey as she awaits her ride to the opening ceremony. Scott can't find her. Shocking revelations accompany Bailey's ordeal. Will she ever find joy again?

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Pelican Ventures Book Group

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1522302565

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Doctor Who: Empire of the Wolf #2

By: Jody Houser

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Doctor Who: Empire of the Wolf #2

By: Jody Houser

Rose Tyler was mysteriously pulled from her life in an alternate universe to ours, where she encountered the Eighth Doctor - a regeneration who does not know her. Meanwhile, the Eleventh Doctor, desperately attempting a holiday, is summoned by none other than the Bad Wolf Empress - another Rose Tyler!

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