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Image Politics

The New Rhetoric of Environmental Activism

By: Kevin Michael DeLuca

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Image Politics

The New Rhetoric of Environmental Activism

By: Kevin Michael DeLuca

From Greenpeace protesters confronting whaling ships to Earth First! activists occupying trees to stop logging, radical environmentalists increasingly rely upon attracting mass media coverage to gain visibility and public support. This book examines the use of "image events" as a rhetorical tactic, one that often supplants written or spoken arguments. Widely televised environmentalist actions are analyzed in depth to illustrate how the image event fulfills fundamental rhetorical functions in constructing and transforming identities, discourses, communities, cultures, and world views. Beyond the rhetorical power of image events, DeLuca also shows how they create opportunities for a politics that does not rely on centralized leadership or universal metanarratives. Illuminating the new political possibilities currently being enacted by radical environmental groups, the book lays out a rhetoric of the visual for our mediated age.

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Image Politics

The New Rhetoric of Environmental Activism

By: Kevin Michael DeLuca

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Image Politics

The New Rhetoric of Environmental Activism

By: Kevin Michael DeLuca

This exceptional volume examines “image events” as a rhetorical tactic utilized by environmental activists. Author Kevin Michael DeLuca analyzes widely televised environmentalist actions in depth to illustrate how the image event fulfills fundamental rhetorical functions in constructing and transforming identities, discourses, communities, cultures, and world views. Image Politics also exhibits how such events create opportunities for a politics that does not rely on centralized leadership or universal metanarratives. The book presents a rhetoric of the visual for our mediated age as it illuminates new political possibilities currently enacted by radical environmental groups. Chapters in the volume cover key areas of environmental activism such as: *The rhetoric of social movements; *Imaging social movements; *Environmental justice groups; and *Participatory democracy. This book is of interest to scholars and students of rhetorical theory, media and communication theory, visual theory, environmental studies, social change movements, and political theory. It will also appeal to others interested in ecology, radical environmental politics, and activism, and is an excellent supplemental text in advanced undergraduate and graduate level courses in these areas.

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Routledge

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1136503064

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African American Psychology

From Africa to America

By: Faye Z Belgrave,Kevin W Allison

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African American Psychology

From Africa to America

By: Faye Z Belgrave,Kevin W Allison

This core textbook provides students with comprehensive coverage of African American psychology as a field. Each chapter integrates African and American influences on the psychology of African Americans, thereby illustrating how contemporary values, beliefs, and behaviors are derived from African culture translated by the cultural socialization experiences of African Americans in this country. The literature and research are referenced and discussed from the perspective of African culture (mostly West African) during the period of enslavement, at other critical periods in this country (e.g., early 20th century, civil rights era), and through the present. Chapters provide a review of the research literature, with a focus on applications for contemporary living.

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SAGE

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1412965551

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Self-Direction

A Revolution in Human Services

By: Valerie J. Bradley,Marc H. Fenton,Kevin J. Mahoney

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Self-Direction

A Revolution in Human Services

By: Valerie J. Bradley,Marc H. Fenton,Kevin J. Mahoney

In the past, when people with disabilities and older adults needed help with activities of daily living and navigating their communities, they rarely had any choice about who helped them, when that support was delivered, or what the worker would or would not do. The self-direction movement changed all that by offering people the option to select their own workers and even create an individualized budget to help them live more independently. Written by experts who played a key part in the growth, evaluation, and dissemination of this revolutionary approach, Self-Direction describes the development of this movement through the authors' personal accounts. Also included are stories from actual participants in the movement who benefitted from this approach and from policymakers who saw how self-direction could help address states' problems. The book's conclusion discusses recommendations that can improve the way self-direction is delivered and how to spread its message so that all people with disabilities can have this choice.

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State University of New York Press

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1438483449

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Movers, Dreamers, and Risk-Takers

Unlocking the Power of ADHD

By: Kevin Roberts

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Movers, Dreamers, and Risk-Takers

Unlocking the Power of ADHD

By: Kevin Roberts

Learn to tap the skills and talents unique to those with ADHD and enhance your ability to succeed socially, academically, and in your career. An inability to focus, impulsiveness, misbehavior, frequent daydreaming, and a predisposal to addiction are frequently referenced traits of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). But what about the gifts of ADHD? In Movers, Dreamers, and Risk Takers, Kevin Roberts, author of Cyber Junkie, takes a fresh approach to this much-written-about topic to help those with ADHD--their parents, teachers, and friends--to tap the hidden strengths and actual advantages inherent in the ADHD personality. Those with ADHD have a predisposition to confronting the challenges of life and a deep preference for perceiving the world creatively. Roberts helps readers appreciate how the perceptual, interpersonal, and cognitive differences of “ADHDers” like these can be translated into unique skills and talents that can enhance their ability to be successful socially, academically, and in their careers. Roberts combines the latest research with personal stories, as well as insights born from his work with those with ADHD. He shows readers how to get past the stigma of this condition to eventually turn what have been seen as “symptoms” into character strengths and creative ways to make life richer and more interesting for themselves and the people around them.

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Simon and Schuster

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1616494298

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9781616494292

Occupational Therapy Assessments for Older Adults

100 Instruments for Measuring Occupational Performance

By: Kevin Bortnick

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Occupational Therapy Assessments for Older Adults

100 Instruments for Measuring Occupational Performance

By: Kevin Bortnick

The role of measurement and the benefits of outcome measures are defined as important tools used to document change in one or more constructs over time, help to describe a client’s condition, formulate a prognosis, as well as to evaluate the effects of occupational therapy intervention. Occupational Therapy Assessments for Older Adults: 100 Instruments for Measuring Occupational Performance presents over 100 outcome measures in the form of vignettes that encompass a brief description of each instrument, a review of its psychometric properties, its advantages and disadvantages, administration procedures, permissions to use, author contact information, as well as where and how to procure the instrument. Occupational Therapy Assessments for Older Adults by Dr. Kevin Bortnick narrows down the list of possible choices for the occupational therapy student or clinician to only those with an amount of peer review, bibliographic citations, as well as acceptance within the profession. The text also includes research-based information with text citations and has over 100 tables, diagrams, and figures. Included in the review of each outcome measure: Description: A brief record of the measure. Psychometrics: A review of the level of research evidence that either supports or does not support the instrument, including such items as inter-rater, intra-rater, and test-retest reliabilities, as well as internal consistencies and construct validities among others. Advantages: Synopsis of the benefits of using the measure over others including its unique attributes. Disadvantages: A summary of its faults. For example, the amount of research evidence may be limited or the measure may be expensive. Administration: Information regarding how to administer, score, and interpret results. Permissions: How and where to procure the instrument, such as websites where it may be purchased or journal articles or publications that may contain the scale. Summary: A brief summation of important information. Occupational Therapy Assessments for Older Adults: 100 Instruments for Measuring Occupational Performance encourages occupational therapy and occupational therapy assistants to expand their thinking about the use of appropriate outcome measures with older adult populations. Using the appropriate outcome measure based on evidence can aid in the promotion of health, well-being, and participation of clients.

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Taylor & Francis

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1040139086

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The Street Life Series: Is It Rags or Riches?

Is It Rags or Riches?

By: Kevin M. Weeks

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The Street Life Series: Is It Rags or Riches?

Is It Rags or Riches?

By: Kevin M. Weeks

When you read the Washington D.C. tabloids, you might surmise that Teco Jackson was slain by a delusional killer, The Paradox. However, Federal Agents are not convinced. A crime spree in Atlanta, Georgia is strikingly similar to that of the Washington, D.C. G-String murders. Atlanta Detective Paul Yeomans tries to keep the south's ""Phoenix City"" safe but is forced to seek help from Washington, D.C.'s quick-witted and statuesque Detective Hanae Troop. Never realizing, until it's too late, the multi-jurisdiction operation is eventually forced into a propitious government mission with international appeal. Atlanta resident Gail Indigo Que (GQ), a former Strictly Business (SB) drug crew member, attempts to achieve legitimate riches by virtue of rags with her signature clothing line. However, The Paradox feels double-crossed and elevates his deadly game to a new level by trying to sabotage GQ's fashion career and draw her back into the streets. All in the name of lady justice, The Paradox has spread his vigilantly game across the entire metro-Atlanta area. Several weeks after investigating the case, the multi-jurisdiction law enforcement team solicits the assistance of an unlikely bodyguard to take GQ into protective custody. Regardless, GQ is determined to succeed in fashion despite the odds. Leaving the street life, is it rags or riches? Book Review: Library Journal - The Word on Street Lit (November 19, 2009) The Paradox, a psychotic killer who leaves G-strings on his victims bodies, returns in the latest in Weekss self-published, award-winning Street Life series (after Is It Suicide or Murder? and Is It Passion or Revenge?). The murderer has moved from DC to Atlanta and is executing members of the Pennsylvanian SB (Strictly Business) crew. He sets his sights on GQ (Gail Que), who is living the rags or riches challenge to make it big in the fashion industry. Hot on The Paradoxs trail is Hanae Troop, a DC cop determined to bring him down. Troops lover, Teco Jackson, is a former member of SB and will fight to the death for her man. Verdict: Weekss combination of mystery and police procedural will draw in readers as he shows the cops point of view. The long list of characters and plot tangents may be confusing, but bloody executions and a wild, climatic shoot-out will hold interest. Think of CBSs 48 Hours Mystery set to a street lit riff. [At the African American Pavilion at BookExpo 2009, Weekss books won the Urban Series of the Year Award.Ed.]

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Xlibris Corporation

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1462824013

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Handbook of Autism and Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Volume 2

Assessment, Interventions, and Policy

By: Fred R. Volkmar,Sally J. Rogers,Rhea Paul,Kevin A. Pelphrey

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Handbook of Autism and Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Volume 2

Assessment, Interventions, and Policy

By: Fred R. Volkmar,Sally J. Rogers,Rhea Paul,Kevin A. Pelphrey

The latest and most comprehensive resource on autism and related disorders Since the original edition was first published more than a quarter-century ago, The Handbook of Autism and Pervasive Developmental Disorders has been the most influential reference work in the field. Volume 2 of this comprehensive work includes a wealth of information from the experts in their respective specialities within the larger field of autism studies: Assessment, Interventions, and Social Policy Perspectives. Within the three sections found in Volume 2, readers will find in-depth treatment of: Screening for autism in young children; diagnostic instruments in autism spectrum disorders (ASD); clinical evaluation in multidisciplinary settings; assessing communications in ASD; and behavioral assessment of individuals with autism, including current practice and future directions Interventions for infants and toddlers at risk; comprehensive treatment models for children and youth with ASD; targeted interventions for social communication symptoms in preschoolers with ASD; augmentative and alternative communication; interventions for challenging behaviors; supporting mainstream educational success; supporting inclusion education; promoting recreational engagement in children with ASD; social skills interventions; and employment and related services for adults with ASD Supporting adult independence in the community for individuals with high functioning ASD; supporting parents, siblings, and grandparents of people with ASD; and evidence-based psychosocial interventions for individuals with ASD Special topic coverage such as autism across cultures; autism in the courtroom; alternative treatments; teacher and professional training guidelines; economic aspects of autism; and consideration of alternative treatments The new edition includes the relevant updates to help readers stay abreast of the state of this rapidly evolving field and gives them a guide to separate the wheat from the chaff as information about autism proliferates.

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1118282205

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Unhealthy Cities

Poverty, Race, and Place in America

By: Kevin Fitzpatrick,Mark LaGory

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Unhealthy Cities

Poverty, Race, and Place in America

By: Kevin Fitzpatrick,Mark LaGory

The purpose of this book is to show the important role that space and place plays in the health of urban residents, particularly those living in high poverty ghettos. The book brings together research and writing from a variety of disciplines to demonstrate the health costs of being poor in America’s cities. Both authors are committed to raising awareness of structural factors that promote poverty and injustice in a society that proclaims its commitment to equality of opportunity. Our health is often dramatically affected by where we live; some parts of the city seem to be designed to make people sick. The book is intended for students and professionals in urban sociology, medical sociology, public health, and community planning.

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Routledge

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113691529X

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The Ubiquitous Presidency

Presidential Communication and Digital Democracy in Tumultuous Times

By: Joshua M. Scacco,Kevin Coe

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The Ubiquitous Presidency

Presidential Communication and Digital Democracy in Tumultuous Times

By: Joshua M. Scacco,Kevin Coe

American democracy is in a period of striking tumult. The clash of a rapidly changing socio-technological environment and the traditional presidency has led to an upheaval in the scope and standards of executive leadership. Yet research on the presidency, although abundant, has been slow to adjust to changing realities associated with digital technologies, diverse audiences, and new elite practices. Meanwhile, journalists and the public continue to encounter and shape emerging presidential efforts in deeply consequential ways. Joshua Scacco and Kevin Coe bring needed insight to this complex situation by offering the first comprehensive framework for understanding contemporary presidential communication in relation to the current socio-technological environment. They call this framework the "ubiquitous presidency." Scacco and Coe argue that presidents harness new opportunities in the media environment to create a nearly constant and highly visible presence in political and nonpolitical arenas. They do this by trying to achieve longstanding presidential goals, namely visibility, adaptation, and control. However, in an environment where accessibility, personalization, and pluralism are omnipresent considerations, the strategies presidents use to achieve these goals are very different from what we once knew. Using this novel framework as a conceptual anchor, The Ubiquitous Presidency undertakes one of the most expansive analyses of presidential communication to date. Scacco and Coe employ a wide variety of approaches--ranging from surveys and survey-experiments, to large-scale automated content and network analyses, to qualitative textual analysis--to uncover new aspects of the intricate relationship between the president, news media, and the public. Focusing on the presidency since Ronald Reagan, and devoting particular attention to the cases of Barack Obama and Donald Trump, the book uncovers remarkable shifts in communication that test the institution of the presidency and, consequently, democratic governance itself.

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Oxford University Press

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0197520669

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9780197520666

Whitey Bulger: America's Most Wanted Gangster and the Manhunt That Brought Him to Justice

By: Kevin Cullen,Shelley Murphy

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Whitey Bulger: America's Most Wanted Gangster and the Manhunt That Brought Him to Justice

By: Kevin Cullen,Shelley Murphy

Chronicles the criminal career of the gangster who provided a protection racket against drug lords, ran illegal gambling, robbed banks, and served as an informant for the FBI until going into hiding for sixteen years. Raised in a South Boston housing project, James "Whitey" Bulger became the most wanted fugitive of his generation. In this story the authors follow his criminal career from teenage thievery to bank robberies to the building of his underworld empire and a string of brutal murders.

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W. W. Norton & Company

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0393087727

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9780393087727

Organizational Change and Innovation Processes

Theory and Methods for Research

By: Marshall Scott Poole,Andrew H. Van de Ven,Kevin Dooley,Michael E. Holmes

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Organizational Change and Innovation Processes

Theory and Methods for Research

By: Marshall Scott Poole,Andrew H. Van de Ven,Kevin Dooley,Michael E. Holmes

In a world of organizations that are in constant change scholars have long sought to understand and explain how they change. This book introduces research methods that are specifically designed to support the development and evaluation of organizational process theories. The authors are a group of highly regarded experts who have been doing collaborative research on change and development for many years.

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Oxford University Press

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0190285141

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Viral Therapy of Cancer

By: Kevin J. Harrington

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Viral Therapy of Cancer

By: Kevin J. Harrington

In the last decade there has been an explosion of interest in viral therapies for cancer. Viral agents have been developed that are harmless to normal tissues but selectively able to kill cancer cells. These agents have been endowed with additional selectivity and potency through genetic manipulation. Increasingly these viruses are undergoing evaluation in clinical trials, both as single agents and in combination with standard chemotherapy and radiotherapy. This book provides a comprehensive yet succinct overview of the current status of viral therapy of cancer. Chapters coherently present the advances made with individual agents and review the biological and clinical background to a range of viral therapies: structured to proceed from basic science at the bench to the patient’s bedside, they give an up-to-date and realistic evaluation of a therapy’s potential utility for the cancer patient. Presents state of the art knowledge on how viruses can be, and have been, used in novel therapeutic approaches for the treatment of cancer Describes the use of viruses as oncolytic agents, killing cells directly Editors are experts in the field, with experience of both laboratory and clinical research Viral Therapy of Cancer is essential reading for both basic scientists and clinicians with an interest in viral therapy and gene therapy.

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John Wiley & Sons

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047098578X

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The Athlete's Shoulder

By: James R. Andrews,Kevin E. Wilk,Michael M. Reinold

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The Athlete's Shoulder

By: James R. Andrews,Kevin E. Wilk,Michael M. Reinold

The latest edition of this in-depth look at athletic injuries of the shoulder has been updated to feature 16 new chapters, additional illustrations and algorithms, an added focus on arthroscopic treatments, and pearls that highlight key information. Additional contributing authors give you a fresh spin on new and old topics from rehabilitation exercises to special coverage of female athletes, pediatrics, and golfers. This book offers coverage of arthroscopy, total joint replacement, instability, football, tennis, swimming, and gymnastic injuries, rotator cuff injuries, and much, much more! The large range of topics covered in this text ensures that it's a great resource for orthopaedists, physical therapists, athletic trainers, and primary care physicians. - Presents a multidisciplinary approach to the care of the shoulder, combining contributions from the leaders in the field of orthopedic surgery, physical therapy, and athletic training. - Demonstrates which exercises your patients should perform in order to decrease their chance of injury or increase strength following an injury through illustrated exercises for rehabilitation and injury prevention. - Illustrates how the shoulder is affected during activity of certain sports with a variety of tables and graphs. - Covers a large range of topics including all shoulder injuries to be sufficiently comprehensive for both orthopaedists and physical therapists/athletic trainers.Features 16 new chapters, including Internal Impingement, Bankarts: Open vs. Arthroscopy, Adhesive Capsulitis of the Shoulder, Cervicogenic Shoulder Pain, Proprioception: Testing and Treatment, and more. - Details current surgical and rehabilitation information for all aspects of shoulder pathology to keep you up-to-date. - Organizes topics into different sections on anatomy, biomechanics, surgery, and rehabilitation for ease of reference.

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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0702036056

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9780702036057

Must Politics be War?

Restoring Our Trust in the Open Society

By: Kevin Vallier

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Must Politics be War?

Restoring Our Trust in the Open Society

By: Kevin Vallier

American politics seems like a war between irreconcilable forces and so we may suspect that political life as such is war. This book confronts these suspicions by arguing that liberal political institutions have the unique capacity to sustain social trust in diverse, open societies, undermining aggressive political partisanship.

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0190632836

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Kevin Zraly Windows on the World Complete Wine Course

Revised & Updated / 35th Edition

By: Kevin Zraly

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Kevin Zraly Windows on the World Complete Wine Course

Revised & Updated / 35th Edition

By: Kevin Zraly

Raise a glass to the 35th anniversary edition of the definitive guide to understanding and appreciating wine—written by James Beard Lifetime Achievement Award Winner Kevin Zraly and with more than three million copies sold. “When it comes to beginners’ wine guides, Windows on the World Complete Wine Course is one of the perennial best.” — TheWall Street Journal Kevin Zraly is America’s ultimate wine educator, and his entertaining teaching style has made this must-have book a treasured favorite for more than three decades. He demystifies every aspect of wine: grape varieties, winemaking techniques, different types and styles of wine, how to read a wine label, and how to evaluate a wine in just 60 seconds. Ranging from the renowned reds of Bordeaux and California to the trailblazing whites of New York and Burgundy, this essential volume features maps of each region, lush photographs, a wealth of infographics, more than 800 of the best-value wines from around the world, over 100 labels—including some new to this edition—to help you find the right wines, and guided tastings. It also highlights the best vintages to savor and includes comprehensive notes on food pairings, frequently asked questions, and quizzes to test your knowledge. In short, Kevin Zraly Windows on the World Complete Wine Course provides all the tools you need to discover and enjoy the perfect wines for you. This revised edition includes new chapters on Prosecco, Rosé, and the wines of Sicily, plus a fascinating chapter written from the author's unique 50-year perspective on how wine and food culture has changed since 1970.

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Union Square & Co.

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1454942185

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The Sword of Judith

Judith Studies Across the Disciplines

By: Kevin R. Brine,Elena Ciletti,Henrike Lähnemann

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The Sword of Judith

Judith Studies Across the Disciplines

By: Kevin R. Brine,Elena Ciletti,Henrike Lähnemann

The Book of Judith tells the story of a fictitious Jewish woman beheading the general of the most powerful imaginable army to free her people. The parabolic story was set as an example of how God will help the righteous. Judith's heroic action not only became a validating charter myth of Judaism itself but has also been appropriated by many Christian and secular groupings, and has been an inspiration for numerous literary texts and works of art. It continues to exercise its power over artists, authors and academics and is becoming a major field of research in its own right. The Sword of Judith is the first multidisciplinary collection of essays to discuss representations of Judith throughout the centuries. It transforms our understanding across a wide range of disciplines. The collection includes new archival source studies, the translation of unpublished manuscripts, the translation of texts unavailable in English, and Judith images and music.

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Open Book Publishers

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1906924155

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Toxicological Effects of Veterinary Medicinal Products in Humans

Volume 1

By: Kevin Woodward

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Toxicological Effects of Veterinary Medicinal Products in Humans

Volume 1

By: Kevin Woodward

Toxicological Effects of Veterinary Medicinal Products in Humans is the first definitive guide to discuss the adverse effects of veterinary medicinal products in humans. The chapters focus on occupational safety and consumer issues and examine the circumstances under which exposure is likely to occur. To be in context, it reviews this against the background of adverse health effects from other sources in the veterinary and farming professions. The book examines adverse drug effects reported to regulatory agencies (mainly the FDAÆs Center for Veterinary Medicine) and then considers a series of individual drugs, including antibiotics, anaesthetics and organophosphorus compounds. The chapters also discuss the fundamental aspects of regulatory issues relating to safety assessment, and examine the manner in which user safety is assessed prior to authorisation/approval and what measures can be taken after authorisation/approval in the light of findings from pharmacovigilance activities. There is growing concern over the issue of antimicrobial resistance and the contribution made by veterinary medicinal products. This too is addressed along with the significance to human health and measures that can be taken to mitigate the effects (if any) of the use of antibiotics in animals e.g. prudent use measures. The book will be an essential resource for medical practitioners in hospitals and general practice, pharmaceutical industry scientists, analysts, regulators and risk managers.

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Royal Society of Chemistry

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1849735484

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Who Do the Ngimurok Say That They Are?

A Phenomenological Study of Turkana Traditional Religious Specialists in Turkana, Kenya

By: Kevin P. Lines

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Who Do the Ngimurok Say That They Are?

A Phenomenological Study of Turkana Traditional Religious Specialists in Turkana, Kenya

By: Kevin P. Lines

How do missiologists describe the cosmologies of those that Christianity encounters around the world? Our descriptions often end up filtered through our own Western religious categories. Furthermore, indigenous Christians adopt these Western religious categories. This presents the problem of local Christianities, described by Kwame Bediako as those that "have not known how to relate to their traditional culture in terms other than those of denunciation or of separateness." Kevin Lines's phenomenological study of local religious specialists in Turkana, Kenya, not only challenges our Western categories by revealing a more authentic complexity of the issues for local Christians and Western missionaries, but also provides a model for continued use of phenomenology as a valued research method in larger missiological studies. Additionally, this study points to the ways that local Christians and traditional religious practitioners interpret Western missionaries through local religious categories. Clearly, missionaries, missiologists, anthropologists, and religious studies scholars need to do a much more careful job of studying and describing the contextually specific phenomena of traditional religious specialists before relying on meta-categories that come out of our Western theology or older overly simplified ethnographies. The research from this current study of Turkana religious specialists begins that process in the Turkana context and offers a model for future studies in contexts where traditional religion and Christianity intersect.

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Wipf and Stock Publishers

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1498298036

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Global Epidemics, Local Implications

African Immigrants and the Ebola Crisis in Dallas

By: Kevin J. A. Thomas

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Global Epidemics, Local Implications

African Immigrants and the Ebola Crisis in Dallas

By: Kevin J. A. Thomas

Ultimately, this book shows how these responses underscore the importance of immigrant resources for developing public health interventions.

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Johns Hopkins University Press

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1421432994

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9781421432991

Coast of Dreams

By: Kevin Starr

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Coast of Dreams

By: Kevin Starr

In this extraordinary book, Kevin Starr–widely acknowledged as the premier historian of California, the scope of whose scholarship the Atlantic Monthly has called “breathtaking”–probes the possible collapse of the California dream in the years 1990—2003. In a series of compelling chapters, Coast of Dreams moves through a variety of topics that show the California of the last decade, when the state was sometimes stumbling, sometimes humbled, but, more often, flourishing with its usual panache. From gang violence in Los Angeles to the spectacular rise–and equally spectacular fall–of Silicon Valley, from the Northridge earthquake to the recall of Governor Gray Davis, Starr ranges over myriad facts, anecdotes, news stories, personal impressions, and analyses to explore a time of unprecedented upheaval in California. Coast of Dreams describes an exceptional diversity of people, cultures, and values; an economy that mirrors the economic state of the nation; a battlefield where industry and the necessities of infrastructure collide with the inherent demands of a unique and stunning natural environment. It explores California politics (including Arnold Schwarzenegger’s election in the 2003 recall), the multifaceted business landscape, and controversial icons such as O. J. Simpson. “Historians of the future,” Starr writes, “will be able to see with more certainty whether or not the period 1990-2003 was not only the end of one California but the beginning of another”; in the meantime, he gives a picture of the place and time in a book at once sweeping and riveting in its details, deeply informed, engagingly personal, and altogether fascinating.

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Vintage

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0307795268

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102 Minutes

The Unforgettable Story of the Fight to Survive Inside the Twin Towers

By: Jim Dwyer,Kevin Flynn

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102 Minutes

The Unforgettable Story of the Fight to Survive Inside the Twin Towers

By: Jim Dwyer,Kevin Flynn

Originally published: New York: Times Books, 2005.

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Fundamentals of Psychotherapy

Essential Skills that Bridge Theory and Practice

By: Kevin William Grant

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Fundamentals of Psychotherapy

Essential Skills that Bridge Theory and Practice

By: Kevin William Grant

“Foundations of Psychotherapy: Essential Skills that Bridge Theory and Practice” is an essential textbook and guide for psychotherapists, psychologists, educators, social workers, and mental health professionals at every level. It is a comprehensive resource that delivers practical advice and pragmatic wisdom for those committed to supporting mental well-being in themselves and others. The following topics are explored: Successful and Unsuccessful Therapeutic Outcomes: Understanding what factors contribute to the effectiveness of therapy sessions. Roles in Mental Health: A detailed overview of the distinct functions and approaches of counselors, psychotherapists, social workers, psychologists, and psychiatrists. Effective Communication: Techniques and insights on persuasion, enhancing self-esteem, building confidence, delivering feedback, and navigating conflicts within therapy. Navigating Emotions in Therapy: Explorations into emotion-focused therapy, managing complex feelings like guilt and shame and balancing empathy and emotional resilience. Mindfulness in Practice: Core elements, benefits, and mindfulness techniques that can be integrated into therapeutic practice. Depth Therapy and Root Causes: Examining psychodynamic therapy and strategies to address resistance, explore therapeutic choices, and tackle cognitive biases. Building Self-Esteem and Confidence: Insights into fostering these essential qualities through psychotherapy. Psychological Development and Life Transitions: Understanding how to navigate through various stages of life and the emotional challenges they bring. Relationship Challenges: Addressing issues such as dating anxiety, loneliness, and the psychological impacts of manipulation within relationships. Intimacy and Attachment: The significance of attachment styles, childhood trauma, and maintaining intimacy and passion. Grief and Loss: Guidance on processing mourning, navigating breakups, and moving forward. Stress and Anxiety Management: Strategies for managing stress and anxiety, including cognitive-behavioral therapy and mindfulness. Toxic Workplaces: Identifying and coping with the stressors of an unhealthy work environment and the broader implications of the "Great Resignation." Abuse and Trauma: Addressing and overcoming the impacts of abusive relationships and trauma, including narcissistic abuse and intergenerational trauma. COVID-19 Pandemic Psyches: Analyzing the mental health impacts of the pandemic, including chronic stress and mass trauma. Climate Change, Global Tensions, and Mental Health: Discussing eco-anxiety, the psychological effects of air pollution, and the impact of global tensions on mental health. This resource offers an essential foundation for anyone seeking to understand or practice psychotherapy, providing a rich tapestry of theoretical knowledge complemented by practical tools and interventions.

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Addictions Counseling Today

Substances and Addictive Behaviors

By: Kevin Alderson

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Addictions Counseling Today

Substances and Addictive Behaviors

By: Kevin Alderson

Focusing on the new DSM-V classifications for addiction with an emphasis on CACREP, neuroscience, and treatment, this provocative, contemporary text is an essential reference for both students and practitioners wanting to gain a deeper understanding of those with addiction.

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1544392338

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