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Murdering Myths

The Story Behind the Death Penalty

By: Judith Webb Kay

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Murdering Myths

The Story Behind the Death Penalty

By: Judith Webb Kay

In Murdering Myths: The Story Behind the Death Penalty, Judith Kay goes beyond the hype and statistics to examine Americans' deep-seated beliefs about crime and punishment. She argues that Americans share a counter-productive idea of justice--that punishment corrects bad behavior, suffering pays for wrong deeds, and victims' desire for revenge is natural and inevitable. Drawing on interviews with both victims and inmates, Kay shows how this belief harms perpetrators, victims, and society and calls for a new narrative that recognizes the humanity in all of us.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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0742523365

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9780742523364

Becoming Ella Fitzgerald: The Jazz Singer Who Transformed American Song

By: Judith Tick

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Becoming Ella Fitzgerald: The Jazz Singer Who Transformed American Song

By: Judith Tick

An NPR 2023 "Books We Love" Pick • A Kirkus Best Nonfiction Book of 2023 A landmark biography that reclaims Ella Fitzgerald as a major American artist and modernist innovator. Ella Fitzgerald (1917–1996) possessed one of the twentieth century’s most astonishing voices. In this first major biography since Fitzgerald’s death, historian Judith Tick offers a sublime portrait of this ambitious risk-taker whose exceptional musical spontaneity made her a transformational artist. Becoming Ella Fitzgerald clears up long-enduring mysteries. Archival research and in-depth family interviews shed new light on the singer’s difficult childhood in Yonkers, New York, the tragic death of her mother, and the year she spent in a girls’ reformatory school—where she sang in its renowned choir and dreamed of being a dancer. Rarely seen profiles from the Black press offer precious glimpses of Fitzgerald’s tense experiences of racial discrimination and her struggles with constricting models of Black and white femininity at midcentury. Tick’s compelling narrative depicts Fitzgerald’s complicated career in fresh and original detail, upending the traditional view that segregates vocal jazz from the genre’s mainstream. As she navigated the shifting tides between jazz and pop, she used her originality to pioneer modernist vocal jazz. Interpreting long-lost setlists, reviews from both white and Black newspapers, and newly released footage and recordings, the book explores how Ella’s transcendence as an improvisor produced onstage performances every bit as significant as her historic recorded oeuvre. From the singer’s first performance at the Apollo Theatre’s famous “Amateur Night” to the Savoy Ballroom, where Fitzgerald broke through with Chick Webb’s big band in the 1930s, Tick evokes the jazz world in riveting detail. She describes how Ella helped shape the bebop movement in the 1940s, as she joined Dizzy Gillespie and her then-husband, Ray Brown, in the world-touring Jazz at the Philharmonic, one of the first moments of high-culture acceptance for the disreputable art form. Breaking ground as a female bandleader, Fitzgerald refuted expectations of musical Blackness, deftly balancing artistic ambition and market expectations. Her legendary exploration of the Great American Songbook in the 1950s fused a Black vocal aesthetic and jazz improvisation to revolutionize the popular repertoire. This hybridity often confounded critics, yet throughout the 1970s and 1980s, Ella reached audiences around the world, electrifying concert halls, and sold millions of records. A masterful biography, Becoming Ella Fitzgerald describes a powerful woman who set a standard for American excellence nearly unmatched in the twentieth century.

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W. W. Norton & Company

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0393242021

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9780393242027

Unlocking Equity and Trusts

By: Mohamed Ramjohn,Judith Bray

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Unlocking Equity and Trusts

By: Mohamed Ramjohn,Judith Bray

Now in its 8th edition, Unlocking Equity and Trusts will help you grasp the main concepts of this core subject with ease. Containing accessible explanations in a clear and logical structure, the following features provides an excellent foundation for learning and revising: • Clear learning outcomes at the beginning of each chapter set out the skills and knowledge you will need to get to grips with the subject; • Key Facts summaries throughout each chapter allow you to progressively build and consolidate your understanding; • End-of-chapter summaries provide a useful check-list for each topic; • Cases and judgments are highlighted to help you find them and add them to your notes quickly; • Frequent activities and self-test questions and sample essay questions are included so you can put your knowledge into practice and prepare you for assessment; • A brand new ‘critiquing the law’ feature is designed to foster essential critical thinking skills. The 8th edition has been fully updated throughout to reflect recent developments and changes in the law, including significant updates to the chapters on Proprietary Estoppel and Trusts of the Family Home. Unlocking Equity and Trusts is essential reading for all students studying Equity and Trusts for the first time.

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741

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Taylor & Francis

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1040047432

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9781040047439

Human Rights

Beyond the Liberal Vision

By: Judith R. Blau,Alberto Moncada

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Human Rights

Beyond the Liberal Vision

By: Judith R. Blau,Alberto Moncada

There is growing recognition around the globe that people's fundamental human rights are being imperiled in a world economy that is being driven by multinationals, investors, and banks. The 'race to the bottom' and insatiable greed has intensified poverty and economic inequalities, fueled migration, and rapidly accelerated environmental degradation. The fates of all nations are interdependent and even though the U.S. is the prime driver of the new economy, Americans have likewise experienced declines over the past decades. Blau and Moncada outline the fundamental human rights that all people are entitled to and the important role that nations have in upholding these rights. Americans find it somewhat difficult to accept the basic premise of human rights because liberalism, as a social, political, and economic ethos powerfully undercuts the premise of human rights. American liberalism highlights the efficacy of individual achievement and individual autonomy, thereby promoting the idea that people have no rights to security. . Human rights, in contrast to the liberal ethos, asserts that all humans have inalienable rights, including rights to a job, housing, social security, education, and a cultural, racial or ethnic identity. Under the conditions of a turbulent global economy, human rights need to be granted the highest standing. The authors consider global capitalism, as well as the role of the global media, and the problematic relationship between the state and society in America. In the final chapter, we review the many currents of transformative movements that are promoting a more equitable, fairer, and more egalitarian world.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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0742542432

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9780742542433

Human Rights

Beyond the Liberal Vision

By: Judith Blau,Alberto Moncada

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Human Rights

Beyond the Liberal Vision

By: Judith Blau,Alberto Moncada

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Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

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1461637538

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9781461637530

Becoming Belafonte

Black Artist, Public Radical

By: Judith E. Smith

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Becoming Belafonte

Black Artist, Public Radical

By: Judith E. Smith

A son of poor Jamaican immigrants who grew up in Depression-era Harlem, Harry Belafonte became the first black performer to gain artistic control over the representation of African Americans in commercial television and film. Forging connections with an astonishing array of consequential players on the American scene in the decades following World War II—from Paul Robeson to Ed Sullivan, John Kennedy to Stokely Carmichael—Belafonte established his place in American culture as a hugely popular singer, matinee idol, internationalist, and champion of civil rights, black pride, and black power. In Becoming Belafonte, Judith E. Smith presents the first full-length interpretive study of this multitalented artist. She sets Belafonte's compelling story within a history of American race relations, black theater and film history, McCarthy-era hysteria, and the challenges of introducing multifaceted black culture in a moment of expanding media possibilities and constrained political expression. Smith traces Belafonte's roots in the radical politics of the 1940s, his careful negotiation of the complex challenges of the Cold War 1950s, and his full flowering as a civil rights advocate and internationally acclaimed performer in the 1960s. In Smith's account, Belafonte emerges as a relentless activist, a questing intellectual, and a tireless organizer. From his first national successes as a singer of Calypso-inflected songs to the dedication he brought to producing challenging material on television and film regardless of its commercial potential, Belafonte stands as a singular figure in American cultural history—a performer who never shied away from the dangerous crossroads where art and politics meet.

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University of Texas Press

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0292729146

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9780292729148

The Politics of Inclusive Development

Policy, State Capacity, and Coalition Building

By: Judith A. Teichman

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The Politics of Inclusive Development

Policy, State Capacity, and Coalition Building

By: Judith A. Teichman

This book investigates the political conditions and policies most likely to bring about progress toward inclusive development, drawing on in-depth analyses of four cases studies with distinct development trajectories (Mexico, Indonesia, Chile and South Korea). While exclusion and differential inclusion have long been features of development in the Global South, economic globalization has introduced new forms with which Global South countries must grapple. The book highlights the main policy drawbacks of most official approaches: neglect of the need to enhance the role and capacity of states, the focus on certain types of poverty alleviation strategies, and the tendency to disregard the need for productive employment generating activities and rural development. Neglect of issues of power and politics, however, is the most glaring inadequacy. Teichman argues that making progress toward inclusive development is primarily a political struggle. It requires a committed leadership with broadly based societal support - an inclusive development coalition - which includes usually small but politically important middle classes.

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259

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Springer

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1137550864

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9781137550866

The US Military

A Basic Introduction

By: Judith Hicks Stiehm

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The US Military

A Basic Introduction

By: Judith Hicks Stiehm

This book provides a basic guide to the US military and will raise questions for further discussion by students and other curious readers. The US Military provides an accessible starting-point for those with a limited knowledge of this institution. Covering a wide range of subject matter, and ending with an extensive list of suggested resources to aid individual study and research, the text is divided into the following chapters: The A, B, Cs Strategy and Doctrine The Military in Action Weapons and Capabilities The Budget This book will be of great interest to students of the US military, US politics, defense studies, and war and conflict studies, and will also be of relevance to journalists, NGO staff and diplomats.

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Routledge

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1136466142

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9781136466144

Sink Into Sleep

A Step-by-Step Workbook for Reversing Insomnia

By: Judith R. Davidson, PhD, CPsych

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Sink Into Sleep

A Step-by-Step Workbook for Reversing Insomnia

By: Judith R. Davidson, PhD, CPsych

Based on decades of research, it is now known that the most effective program for the reversal of chronic insomnia is called "Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia" or CBT-I. However, this treatment is rarely available to the general public as CBT-I is usually only offered by specially-trained psychologists or as part of research studies. People using CBTI report improved sleep, often in as little as 2-3 weeks and maintain good sleep for years. Sink into Sleep breaks CBT-I down into a step-by-step, easy format, allowing the reader to follow the same effective program that patients in the clinic do. Although Sink into Sleep is anchored in the science of sleep, the tone of the writing is reassuring and encouraging filled with first person accounts and easy to use worksheets. Much, Much More Than a Workbook, Sink Into Sleep features: A chapter focused on men (often ignored by insomnia books) A chapter focused on women and their special sleep needs A chapter focused on sleep and medical conditions A chapter focused on sleep and anxiety or depression A chapter on the pros and cons of sleep medication An effective step-by-step guide to cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I)

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Demos Medical Publishing

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1617051284

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9781617051289

Spiritual Dimensions of Mental Health

By: Judith Allen Shelly,Sandra D. John

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Spiritual Dimensions of Mental Health

By: Judith Allen Shelly,Sandra D. John

Health--physical, mental, spiritual. All three are closely related. But in modern mental-health care one of them is often neglected. Nurses, social workers and counselors are rarely taught to minister to their client's spiritual needs. In fact, they are sometime told to ignore them altogether. But spiritual needs can play a part in any illness. They may become especially strong when the mind and emotions are affected. So how can Christian workers help their clients spiritually without violating their freedom or antagonizing other members of the health-care team? How can they help their colleagues and keep their own sanity under extremely stressful conditions? Judith Allen Shelly joins Sandra D. John and other mental-health professionals to show how Christians can minister effectively to such deep needs.

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184

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InterVarsity Press

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0830876952

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9780830876952

The Feminism of Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Sexualities, Histories, Progressivism

By: Judith A. Allen

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The Feminism of Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Sexualities, Histories, Progressivism

By: Judith A. Allen

... The first comprehensive assessment of Charlotte Perkins Gilman's richly complex feminism."--Back cover.

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486

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University of Chicago Press

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0226014630

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9780226014630

The Legacies of a Hawaiian Generation

From Territorial Subject to American Citizen

By: Judith Schachter

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The Legacies of a Hawaiian Generation

From Territorial Subject to American Citizen

By: Judith Schachter

Through the voices and perspectives of the members of an extended Hawaiian family, or `ohana, this book tells the story of North American imperialism in Hawai`i from the Great Depression to the new millennium. The family members offer their versions of being “Native Hawaiian” in an American state, detailing the ways in which US laws, policies, and institutions made, and continue to make, an impact on their daily lives. The book traces the ways that Hawaiian values adapted to changing conditions under a Territorial regime and then after statehood. These conditions involved claims for land for Native Hawaiian Homesteads, education in American public schools, military service, and participation in the Hawaiian cultural renaissance. Based on fieldwork observations, kitchen table conversations, and talk-stories, or mo`olelo, this book is a unique blend of biography, history, and anthropological analysis.

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238

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Berghahn Books

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1782380124

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9781782380122

Mount Rushmore

By: Judith Jango-Cohen

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Mount Rushmore

By: Judith Jango-Cohen

Describes the meaning, history, and creation of the stone monument to four American presidents carved into Mount Rushmore, South Dakota.

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Lerner Publications

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0822538016

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9780822538011

The Oxford Dictionary of Dance

By: Debra Craine,Judith Mackrell

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The Oxford Dictionary of Dance

By: Debra Craine,Judith Mackrell

This comprehensive and up-to-date dictionary provides all the information necessary for dance fans to navigate the diverse dance scene of the 21st century. It includes entries ranging from classical ballet to the cutting edge of modern dance.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0199563446

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9780199563449

The role of body and environment in cognition

By: Dermot Lynott,Judith Holler,Louise Connell

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The role of body and environment in cognition

By: Dermot Lynott,Judith Holler,Louise Connell

Recent evidence has shown many ways in which our bodies and the environment influence cognition. In this Research Topic we aim to develop our understanding of cognition by considering the diverse and dynamic relationship between the language we use, our bodily perceptions, and our actions and interactions in the broader environment. There are already many empirical effects illustrating the continuity of mind- body-environment: manipulating body posture influences diverse areas such as mood, hormonal responses, and perception of risk; directing attention to a particular sensory modality can affect language processing, signal detection, and memory performance; placing implicit cues in the environment can impact upon social behaviours, moral judgements, and economic decision making. This Research Topic includes papers that explore the question of how our bodies and the environment influence cognition, such as how we mentally represent the world around us, understand language, reason about abstract concepts, make judgements and decisions, and interact with objects and other people. Contributions focus on empirical, theoretical, methodological or modelling issues as well as opinion pieces or contrasting perspectives. Topic areas include, perception and action, social cognition, emotion, language processing, modality-specific representations, spatial representations, gesture, atypical embodiment, perceptual simulation, cognitive modelling and perspectives on the future of embodiment.

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