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Border Crossings

US Culture and Education in Saskatchewan, 1905-1937

By: Kerry Alcorn

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Border Crossings

US Culture and Education in Saskatchewan, 1905-1937

By: Kerry Alcorn

At the dawn of the last century a shift in direction emerged among education policy-makers in Saskatchewan. Prior to 1905, the territories that would become Saskatchewan and Alberta maintained a school system largely modelled after Ontario's British-inspired system. Between 1905 and 1937 however, the shared geography and culture of the continental plains that span the border between the United States and Canada became the primary influence on education in the Canadian prairies. In Border Crossings, Kerry Alcorn examines Saskatchewan's embrace of the culture of farmer revolt and populist and progressive democratic thought that originated south of the border. He argues that as a consequence Saskatchewan education developed in resistance to eastern Canadian forms, with education policy makers - some brought in from the United States - consciously looking to their southern neighbours for direction in developing educational models. Alcorn's detailed portrait of University of Saskatchewan president Walter C. Murray and his "Wisconsin Idea," further highlight the influence of the north-south axis. A challenge to standard histories of Canadian education, Border Crossings encapsulates the development of the meaning, practice, and language of Saskatchewan education in the early twentieth century.

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McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

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0773590048

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9780773590045

Women Swindlers in America, 1860-1920

By: Kerry Segrave

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Women Swindlers in America, 1860-1920

By: Kerry Segrave

Although female lawbreakers in the late 19th and early 20th centuries were rarely considered dangerous criminals, there are many records of women participating in non-violent crimes including shoplifting, prostitution, and fraud. This work studies frauds and swindles perpetrated by women during that era, and offers character studies of several key female swindlers including Ann O'Delia Diss Debar, Mabel Parker, and Sarah Casselman, among others. Frauds covered include spiritually-based crimes (i.e. deceptive seances, "spirit writing") and love crimes (i.e. matrimonial racketeering), as well as "sob story" panhandling, counterfeiting, faking wealth, and pension fraud.

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McFarland

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0786481641

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9780786481644

Souls, Bodies, Spirits

The Drive to Abolish Abortion Since 1973

By: Kerry N. Jacoby

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Souls, Bodies, Spirits

The Drive to Abolish Abortion Since 1973

By: Kerry N. Jacoby

Jacoby provides a comprehensive social history of the abortion abolition campaign from its beginnings following Roe v. Wade through the 1996 elections. She explores the abortion abolition effort historically, sociologically, theologically, and politically, arguing for a deepened understanding of American abortion opponents. The history of the abortion abolition effort in America is examined through three different approaches to the understanding of collective behavior. Beginning with the immediate post-Roe period, the movement is explored as a Catholic moral crusade, and Jacoby analyzes why Catholic Americans were particularly prone to such activity as well as why otherwise theologically compatible Protestants were not. She then examines the effort as a major social movement beginning around 1980. Finally, the late-1980s development of direct action activity, most notably in the form of Operation Rescue, is viewed in light of its connection to the theology and expectations of religious revivalism. In her conclusions, Jacoby provides a new model for understanding faith-based political action. Students, teachers, and the general public will find this book a thorough, comprehensive, and accessible examination of the movement.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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0313003351

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9780313003356

A Call to Service

My Vision for a Better America

By: John Kerry

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A Call to Service

My Vision for a Better America

By: John Kerry

In more than three decades of public service, from the battlefields of Vietnam to the floor of the U.S. Senate, John Kerry has proven himself to be one of our country’s great statesmen. A leader noted as much for his independence as for his integrity, he has always been inspired by the principles of democracy to fight to hold the political system accountable, to make it a government that is truly of its people and for its people. A Call to Service is Senator Kerry’s vision for America, reaching across partisan and ideological divides to identify the common ground of our ideals, values, and experiences, and in that common ground finding the inspiration to address the six critical challenges that face us all. Those challenges—a multilateral policy for defining a role for America on the world stage, a productive economy that benefits everyone, an education system that prepares our young for the future, a health-care system that is both affordable and of the highest quality, an energy plan that protects the environment and enables us to achieve energy independence, and the revival of committed citizenship—are united by the common element of service. The call to service is nothing less than a call to rebuild the commonwealth, a call upon the greatest resource we have, our people, to fulfill its vast potential for achievement and to make our great country even greater.

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Penguin

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1101200898

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9781101200896

Clyde the Glide

My Life in Basketball

By: Clyde Drexler,Kerry Eggers

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Clyde the Glide

My Life in Basketball

By: Clyde Drexler,Kerry Eggers

Through his fifteen-year career as an NBA player, Clyde Drexler played with elegance and flair, leadership and poise, integrity and an ability to come through in the clutch. He led the Portland Trail Blazers to the NBA Finals twice and helped the Houston Rockets win the NBA championship in 1995. A ten-time All-Star, a member of the 1992 Olympic Dream Team, and now a member of basketball’s Hall of Fame, Drexler reached the top of his profession without revealing many of his inner thoughts on himself or the game. Now, Clyde the Glide is finally ready to talk to his fans. From growing up in a single-parent household to life as a local teen legend, and eventually getting teamed with Hakeem Olajuwon to guide the University of Houston into the NCAA Final Four twice in the early 1980s, Clyde the Glide tells it all. Famous NBA figures such as Maurice Lucas and Patrick Ewing even add their two cents. Without a doubt, Clyde the Glide is a must-read for every ?die-hard basketball fan.

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Skyhorse Publishing Inc.

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1613210426

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9781613210420

Fight the Good Fight

By: Kerry Pharr

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Fight the Good Fight

By: Kerry Pharr

Devout Christian and professional boxing manager PHA shares his tale of personal redemption. He explains how a self-described juvenile delinquent turned himself into a dedicated Christian even in the seedy world of professional boxing. (Christian)

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Kerry Pharr

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1602664803

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9781602664807

The Ostomy Book

Living Comfortably with Colostomies, Ileostomies, and Urostomies

By: Barbara Dorr Mullen,Kerry Anne McGinn, RN

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The Ostomy Book

Living Comfortably with Colostomies, Ileostomies, and Urostomies

By: Barbara Dorr Mullen,Kerry Anne McGinn, RN

This invaluable reference discusses every aspect of an ostomy—a surgical procedure that creates an alternative opening in the body for waste discharge from the kidney, colon, intestines, or bladder—from the first shock of diagnosis through surgery and rehabilitation. The coauthor's moving and motivational story of her colostomy experience is blended with information on the latest surgical techniques and equipment, providing prospective ostomy patients with both the medical and emotional know-how to confidently approach the surgery. This revised edition also contains up-to-date material on virtual colonoscopies and travel regulations related to ostomy pouches, as well as essential facts on how to safely handle sex, pregnancy, and sports after an ostomy.

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Bull Publishing Company

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1933503823

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9781933503820

The Essential Guide to Herbal Safety

By: Simon Y Mills,Kerry Bone

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The Essential Guide to Herbal Safety

By: Simon Y Mills,Kerry Bone

Winner of American Botanical Council's 2005 James A. Duke Botanical Literature Award, the Essential Guide to Herbal Safety offers a balanced and objective perspective on the principles of herbal medicine safety as well as the complex challenges relating to self-prescribed or professionally prescribed herbal medications and supplements. With contributions from leading international practitioners and authorities, it contains comprehensive reviews, in monograph format, of the published safety data for 125 common herbs. You'll also find coverage of issues of quality, interactions, adverse reactions, toxicity, allergy, contact sensitivity, and idiosyncratic reactions. Provides the most current information on safety issues in herbal medicine. Presents authoritative and credible safety information from two experienced herbal practitioners. Combines theoretical chapters with 125 well-researched monographs, making it the most thorough and comprehensive text on the market for herbal safety in practice. Provides clear information using the most current evidence-based reviews, covering factors that influence herb safety, including the negative placebo effects (nocebo), various types of unpredictable effects, the basis for interactions between herbs and drugs, and quality issues. Uses an established grading system for assessing safety in pregnancy and lactation that is realistic and appropriate to herb use. Thoroughly critiques the dominant misinformation in the media and medical journals on herb safety issues. Contains 83 documented case studies on hepatoxicity and the effects in relation to kava. Kava safety is a hot topic. Includes two useful appendices detailing herbal references for pregnancy and lactation considerations.

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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0443071713

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9780443071713

The A in STEAM

Lesson Plans and Activities for Integrating Art, Ages 0–8

By: Jerilou J Moore,Kerry P Holmes

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The A in STEAM

Lesson Plans and Activities for Integrating Art, Ages 0–8

By: Jerilou J Moore,Kerry P Holmes

Discover new and exciting ways to teach STEM content through the arts in your early childhood program with this innovative and comprehensive guidebook. Chapters feature playful activities divided by age band that bridge early academic learning and social, emotional, physical, and mental development with active engagement in the arts. Structured activities include a materials list, safety concerns, key takeaways, and related readings, as well as explicit connections to research and national standards. With clear and concise lesson plans that walk you through activities in music, dance, media arts, visual arts, and theater, it becomes easy to bring development and learning through movement and creativity to your classroom or program.

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Routledge

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1000385027

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9781000385021

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Private Investigating, 2nd Edi

By: Steven Kerry Brown

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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Private Investigating, 2nd Edi

By: Steven Kerry Brown

The gumshoe go-to?revised and updated. Easy-to-use and fantastically inclusive, this is the book on private investigation, whether you want to establish yourself as a professional or just use some of the tools of a P.I. for your own business. You?ll get the low-down on pre-employment research, tenant screening, adoption searches, safeguarding yourself from investigation, and much more. ?Completely revised with all-new chapters on skip tracing and due diligence searches ?Skills and techniques for average citizens, as well as professionals ?Includes the most useful?and little-known?databases

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Penguin

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1440625689

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9781440625688

Mississippi

Third Edition

By: Ann Graham Gaines,Kerry Jones Waring

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Mississippi

Third Edition

By: Ann Graham Gaines,Kerry Jones Waring

The third edition of this popular series is updated with a variety of features that will help students learn about the state of Mississippi. This comprehensive book outlines the geography, history, people, government, and economy of the state. Lists of key people, events, cities, plants and animals, and political figures, plus fact boxes and quotes, provide easily accessible information that is supplemented by activities such as crafts, recipes, and a map quiz. Historic photos, artwork, and other images enhance the text.

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Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC

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1627132414

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9781627132411

Capital Mobilization and Regional Financial Markets

The Pacific Coast States, 1850-1920

By: Kerry Odell

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Capital Mobilization and Regional Financial Markets

The Pacific Coast States, 1850-1920

By: Kerry Odell

Originally published in 1992, Capital Mobilization and Regional Financial Markets, argues that barriers to financial flows within regions may be as important in affecting capital flows as interregional barriers. The book conjectures that regional markets allow efficient mobilization of local funds and develops an analytical framework to motivate an investigation of region financial development in the Pacific Coast states between 1850 and 1920.

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285

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Routledge

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1351343149

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9781351343145

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Private Investigating

By: Steven Kerry Brown

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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Private Investigating

By: Steven Kerry Brown

An updated and revised edition of the most highly recommended guide to learning to be a private investigator-or just using the tools PIs do to understand what goes on in your local courthouse, find information in public records, and perform searches to save you time and money. Among the changes for this edition- Completely new chapters on skip tracing Up-to-date information on how to make money by understanding your local courthouse and finding not-so-hidden gems in public records Under-the-radar databases you need to know about Completely new-and hot-chapters on due diligence searches, including pre-employment and tenant screening investigations and adoption searches

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Penguin

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1592576524

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9781592576524

The Commercial Use of Biodiversity

Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit-Sharing

By: Kerry Ten Kate,Sarah A Laird

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The Commercial Use of Biodiversity

Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit-Sharing

By: Kerry Ten Kate,Sarah A Laird

Originally published in 1999 The Commercial Use of Biodiversity examines how biodiversity and the genetic material it contains are now as valuable resources. Access to genetic resources and their commercial development involve a wide range of parties such as conservation and research institutes, local communities, government agencies and companies. Equitable partnerships are not only crucial to conservation and economic development but are also in the interests of business and often required by law. In this authoritative and comprehensive volume, the authors explain the provisions of the Convention on Biological Diversity on access and benefit-sharing, the effect of national laws to implement these, and aspects of typical contracts for the transfer of materials. They provide a unique sector-by-sector analysis of how genetic resources are used, the scientific, technological and regulatory trends and the different markets in Pharmaceuticals, Botanical Medicines, Crop Development, Horticulture, Crop Protection, Biotechnology (in fields other than healthcare and agriculture) and Personal Care and Cosmetics Products. This will be an essential sourcebook for all those in the commercial chain, from raw material collection to product discovery, development and marketing, for governments and policy-makers drafting laws on access and for all the institutions, communities and individuals involved in the conservation, use, study and commercialisation of genetic resources.

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419

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1000699366

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9781000699364

Principles and Practice of Phytotherapy

Modern Herbal Medicine

By: Kerry Bone,Simon Mills

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Principles and Practice of Phytotherapy

Modern Herbal Medicine

By: Kerry Bone,Simon Mills

The authoritative and comprehensive modern textbook on western herbal medicine - now in its second edition This long-awaited second edition of Principles and Practice of Phytotherapy covers all major aspects of herbal medicine from fundamental concepts, traditional use and scientific research through to safety, effective dosage and clinical applications. Written by herbal practitioners with active experience in clinical practice, education, manufacturing and research, the textbook is both practical and evidence based. The focus, always, is on the importance of tailoring the treatment to the individual case. New insights are given into the herbal management of approxiately 100 modern ailments, including some of the most challenging medical conditions, such as asthma, inflammatory bowel disease and other complex autoimmune and inflammatory conditions, and there is vibrant discussion around the contribution of phytotherapy in general to modern health issues, including health ageing. Fully referenced throughout, with more than 10, 000 citations, the book is a core resource for students and practitioners of phytotherapy and naturopathy and will be of value to all healthcare professionals - pharmacists, doctors, nurses - with an interest in herbal therapeutics. 50 evidence-based monographs, including 7 new herbs Rational guidance to phytotherapeutic strategies in the consulting room New appendices provide useful information on topics such as herbal actions, dosage in children and reading and interpreting herbal clinical trials Comprehensive revision of vital safety data, including an extensive herb-drug interaction chart. 50 evidence-based monographs, including 7 new herbs Rational guidance to phytotherapeutic strategies in the consulting room New appendices provide useful information on topics such as herbal actions, dosage in children and reading and interpreting herbal clinical trials Comprehensive revision of vital safety data, including an extensive herb-drug interaction chart.

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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0702052973

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9780702052972

Midlife Crisis At 30

How the Stakes Have Changed for a New Generation- and What to Do About It

By: Lia Macko,Kerry Rubin

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Midlife Crisis At 30

How the Stakes Have Changed for a New Generation- and What to Do About It

By: Lia Macko,Kerry Rubin

At the age of 30: • Financial strategist and bestselling author Suze Orman was a waitress • Former vice-presidential candidate Geraldine Ferraro was a stay-at-home mom • Political strategist Mary Matalin was a first-year law student—and about to drop out • CNN anchor Paula Zahn was unemployed Midlife Crisis at 30 offers hope for many of today’s twenty- and thirty-somethings struggling with the unreasonable expectations that society and the media have placed on them. As a result of these powerful influences, many women blame themselves for not overcoming the very real obstacles to their fulfillment that still exist in American society. Raised to believe they could “have it all” in every part of their lives at a young age, these young women are exhausted, confused, and desperate to find the middle ground where they can enjoy full, well-rounded lives before it is too late. Through the candid and revealing stories of the “New Girls Club,” a group of successful women, such as Geraldine Ferraro, Judy Blume, Susan Sarandon, and Denise Austin, who have solved the work/life/love puzzle, Midlife Crisis at 30presents pragmatic strategies and realistic suggestions for young women everywhere.

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Plume

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0452286069

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9780452286061

Border Crossings

US Culture and Education in Saskatchewan, 1905-1937

By: Kerry Alcorn

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Border Crossings

US Culture and Education in Saskatchewan, 1905-1937

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