Kristina Bill's Books

Scripted Unscripted

By: Kristina Miranda

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Ellie Quinn has spent most of her sixteen years behind the scenes, helping her father manage a crew of four-legged movie stars. Although she longs to be acknowledged as an animal trainer in her own right, she often gets stuck babysitting actors’ personal pets and is known around the studio as “the dog sitter for the stars.” When teen megastar Kate Montgomery’s sidekick gets fired while filming a pilot, Ellie is forced to temporarily fill-in. The producers seem to be enamored with Ellie—and so do Kate’s two love interests on the show, “it boy” Logan Canfield and brand-new actor Cam Alvarez—causing trouble on and off the set. Now Ellie must decide between living the drama in front of the camera or behind it. If she quits and the pilot fails, she and her father will have to close their failing business and move to her grandfather's lettuce farm. But if she stays on the road to stardom, it could mean losing the boy she's fallen for—and herself—in the process. Can she save the TV show and her father's business without losing everything else?

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Turner Publishing Company

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1684423074

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Governing Codes

Gender, Metaphor, and Political Identity

By: Karrin Vasby Anderson,Kristina K. Horn Sheeler

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Governing Codes

Gender, Metaphor, and Political Identity

By: Karrin Vasby Anderson,Kristina K. Horn Sheeler

Familiar narratives and simplistic stereotypes frame the representation of women in U.S. politics. Pervasive containment rhetorics, such as the distinction between women as mothers and caregivers and men as rational thinkers, create unique hurdles for any woman seeking public office. While these 'governing codes' generally act to constrain female political power, they can also be harnessed as a resource depending on the particular circumstances (e.g., party affiliation, geographic location and personal style). One of these governing codes, the metaphor, is an especially powerful tool in politics today, particularly for women. By examining the political careers of four of the most prominent and influential women in contemporary U.S. politics_Democrats Ann Richards and Hillary Rodham Clinton and Republicans Christine Todd Whitman and Elizabeth Dole_Karrin Vasby Anderson and Kristina Horn Sheeler illustrate how metaphors in public discourse may be both familiar narratives to embrace and boundaries to overturn.

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Lexington Books

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073911199X

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A New War on Cancer

The Unlikely Heroes Revolutionizing Prevention

By: Kristina Marusic

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A New War on Cancer

The Unlikely Heroes Revolutionizing Prevention

By: Kristina Marusic

For more than fifty years, we have been waging, but not winning, the war on cancer. We’re better than ever at treating the disease, yet cancer still claims the lives of one in five men and one in six women in the US. The astonishing news is that up to two-thirds of all cancer cases are linked to preventable environmental causes. If we can stop cancer before it begins, why don’t we? That was the question that motivated Kristina Marusic’s revelatory inquiry into cancer prevention. In searching for answers, she met remarkable doctors, scientists, and advocates who are upending our understanding of cancer and how to fight it. They recognize that we will never reduce cancer rates without ridding our lives of the chemicals that increasingly trigger this deadly disease. Most never imagined this role for themselves. One scientist grew up without seeing examples of Indian-American women in the field, yet went on to make shocking discoveries about racial disparities in cancer risk. Another leader knew her calling was children’s health, but realized only later in her career that kids can be harmed by invisible pollutants at their daycares. Others uncovered surprising links between cancer and the everyday items that fill our homes and offices. For these individuals, the fight has become personal. And it certainly is personal for Berry, a young woman whose battle with breast cancer is woven throughout these pages. Might Berry have dodged cancer had she not grown up in Oil City, Pennsylvania, in the shadow of refineries? There is no way to know for sure. But she is certain that, even with the best treatment available, her life was changed irrevocably by her diagnosis. Marusic shows that, collectively, we have the power to prevent many cases like Berry’s. The war on cancer is winnable—if we revolutionize the way we fight.

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Island Press

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1642832200

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Helping Couples Get Past the Affair

A Clinician's Guide

By: Donald H. Baucom,Douglas K. Snyder,Kristina Coop Gordon

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Helping Couples Get Past the Affair

A Clinician's Guide

By: Donald H. Baucom,Douglas K. Snyder,Kristina Coop Gordon

From leading marital therapists and researchers, this unique book presents a three-stage therapy approach for clinicians working with couples struggling in the aftermath of infidelity. The book provides empirically grounded strategies for helping clients overcome the initial shock, understand what happened and why, think clearly about their best interests before they act, and move on emotionally, whether or not they ultimately reconcile. The volume is loaded with vivid clinical examples and carefully designed exercises for use both during sessions and at home. The book will be invaluable to clinicians who treat couples, including couple and family therapists and counselors, clinical psychologists, social workers, pastoral counselors, and psychiatrists. It may also serve as a supplemental text in graduate-level courses.

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Guilford Press

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1609182391

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Kasei

By: Kristina M. Norris

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Kasei

By: Kristina M. Norris

Over two million years ago on the planet Mars, or Caipria as its inhabitants call it, a baby is born. Anointed as the Kasei and the dying emperors replacement, he is thrust into a caste-based society where association with different caste members is strictly forbidden except under certain conditions. Because of his status and being member of the purple caste, his parents make certain he is without want and schooled by the finest teachers available in the land. However, he soon realizes the society and his own feeling do not see eye to eye, and to make matters intolerable, he has to come to grips with a deep dark secret of his own. Questioning his sexual identity, he searches for a remedy for those feelings. One day and while wearing one of his mothers dresses, he is discovered by his father and is severely punished. Forced to take injections to subdue his feelings and enrolled in the top military academy, Kasei endures years of inner turmoil to keep his family name from being involved in a scandal. Assigned to aerospace and spaceflight training, he catches the eye of the head of the spacecraft test directorate and soon finds himself testing all types of spacecraft. Discovering a new type of spacecraft, he soon becomes inseparable with Nova, a carbon-based life form spacecraft. Unhappy with their situations, the two come up with a plan to fake their destruction and search for happiness on another planetthe third planet from the sun.

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1450003346

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Susan Glaspell and the Anxiety of Expression

Language and Isolation in the Plays

By: Kristina Hinz-Bode

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Susan Glaspell and the Anxiety of Expression

Language and Isolation in the Plays

By: Kristina Hinz-Bode

One of the founding members of the Provincetown Players, Susan Glaspell contributed to American literature in ways that exceed the work she did for this significant theatre group. Interwoven in her many plays, novels and short stories is astute commentary on the human condition. This volume provides an in-depth examination of Glaspell's writing and how her language conveys her insights into the universal dilemma of society versus self. Glaspell's ideas transcended the plot and character. Her work gave prominent attention to such issues as gender, politics, power and artistic daring. Through an exploration of eight plays written between the years of 1916 and 1943--Trifles, Springs Eternal, The People, Alison's House, Bernice, The Outside, Chains of Dew and The Verge--this work concentrates on one of Glaspell's central themes: individuality versus social existence. It explores the range of forces and fundamental tensions that influence the perception and communication of her characters. The final chapter includes a brief commentary on other Glaspell works. A biographical overview provides background for the author's reading and interpretation of the plays, placing Glaspell within the context of literary modernism.

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McFarland

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Poor Representation

Congress and the Politics of Poverty in the United States

By: Kristina C. Miler

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Poor Representation

Congress and the Politics of Poverty in the United States

By: Kristina C. Miler

Tens of millions of Americans live in poverty, but this book reveals that they receive very little representation in Congress. While a burgeoning literature examines the links between political and economic inequality, this book is the first to comprehensively examine the poor as a distinct constituency. Drawing on three decades of data on political speeches, party platforms, and congressional behavior, Miler first shows that, contrary to what many believe, the poor are highly visible to legislators. Yet, the poor are grossly underrepresented when it comes to legislative activity, both by Congress as a whole and by individual legislators, even those who represent high-poverty districts. To take up their issues in Congress, the poor must rely on a few surrogate champions who have little district connection to poverty but view themselves as broader advocates and often see poverty from a racial or gender-based perspective.

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Cambridge University Press

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110868257X

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FOX NEWS NUTS? (Unfair & Unbalanced for over 200 years)

By: Kristina Townsend

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FOX NEWS NUTS? (Unfair & Unbalanced for over 200 years)

By: Kristina Townsend

Fox News philosophy consists of Rightwing views VS Leftwing views. But the Real World consists of Rightwing views VS Common Sense! Discover how Fox News distorts, manipulates, falsifies, misrepresents, fabricates, and manufactures their side of the story while Fox News Viewers are induced in a hypnotic state based on bigotry, racism, prejudice and hate!

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1304996131

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Modernizing Democracy: Innovations in Citizen Participation

Innovations in Citizen Participation

By: Terry F. Buss,F Stevens Redburn,Kristina Guo

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Modernizing Democracy: Innovations in Citizen Participation

Innovations in Citizen Participation

By: Terry F. Buss,F Stevens Redburn,Kristina Guo

How do you put the "public" in public management? How can the traditional ethos of professionalism and technical expertise be reconciled with norms of representation and citizen participation at a time when technology is transforming communication between citizens and government - in some ways enhancing the exchange and in other ways complicating it? "Modernizing Democracy: Innovations in Citizen Participation" points the way. Written for public administration professionals, scholars, and students interested in citizen participation, it brings together new analyses of innovative practices, from hands-on community learning and focus groups to high-tech information systems and decision support technologies. The expert contributors illuminate the various roles that public administrators and leaders can play in fostering constructive, meaningful citizen involvement at all stages of the public policy process - from initiation and planning to feedback on public agency performance.

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Getting Past the Affair

A Program to Help You Cope, Heal, and Move On-- Together Or Apart

By: Douglas K. Snyder,Donald H. Baucom,Kristina Coop Gordon

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Getting Past the Affair

A Program to Help You Cope, Heal, and Move On-- Together Or Apart

By: Douglas K. Snyder,Donald H. Baucom,Kristina Coop Gordon

In the aftermath of infidelity, couples often struggle with emotional turmoil and sometimes make decisions they later regret. Based on the combined insight of leading marital therapists and researchers, this book helps them overcome the initial shock, understand what happened and why, and think clearly about their best interests before they act.

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Animal Tool Behavior

The Use and Manufacture of Tools by Animals

By: Robert W. Shumaker,Kristina R. Walkup,Benjamin B. Beck

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Animal Tool Behavior

The Use and Manufacture of Tools by Animals

By: Robert W. Shumaker,Kristina R. Walkup,Benjamin B. Beck

When published in 1980, Benjamin B. Beck’s Animal Tool Behavior was the first volume to catalog and analyze the complete literature on tool use and manufacture in non-human animals. Beck showed that animals—from insects to primates—employed different types of tools to solve numerous problems. His work inspired and energized legions of researchers to study the use of tools by a wide variety of species. In this revised and updated edition of the landmark publication, Robert W. Shumaker and Kristina R. Walkup join Beck to reveal the current state of knowledge regarding animal tool behavior. Through a comprehensive synthesis of the studies produced through 2010, the authors provide an updated and exact definition of tool use, identify new modes of use that have emerged in the literature, examine all forms of tool manufacture, and address common myths about non-human tool use. Specific examples involving invertebrates, birds, fish, and mammals describe the differing levels of sophistication of tool use exhibited by animals.

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1421401282

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Using Primary Sources, Grade 6

By: Kristina Biddle

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Using Primary Sources, Grade 6

By: Kristina Biddle

Evidence-Based Inquiry Using Primary Sources, grade six, offers many opportunities for inquiry-based learning. This high-interest book is the perfect tool to increase reading comprehension. The primary sources, obtained from the Library of Congress, are photos of actual people, events, and symbols of another era. Accompanying text lends context to the photos and is offered at three readability levels to allow for differentiation. A final page in each section presents questions and prompts to encourage students to ask questions, look for answers, and make connections between the past and the present. Students will enjoy the primary source subjects, which range from assembly lines to immigration to Buffalo Bill and Sitting Bull. --The Evidence-Based Inquiry Using Primary Sources series for grades 1 to 6 will engage students in a world of inquiry and discovery. Inquiry-based learning is active learning that elicits a higher level of reading comprehension. The pages of these books contain exciting and fascinating real-world photographs, advertising, recipe cards, theater programs, posters, letters, and maps, as well as other interesting items that document history. Each book highlights 15 primary sources across four pages each. The first three pages of each set present the same primary source with text that is differentiated for three reading levels. The last page of each set offers questions and prompts to encourage higher-level thinking and inquiry.

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Carson-Dellosa Publishing

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1483824012

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Guide to Photographs in the Western History Collections of the University of Oklahoma

Second Edition

By: Kristina L. Southwell,Jacquelyn Slater Reese

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Guide to Photographs in the Western History Collections of the University of Oklahoma

Second Edition

By: Kristina L. Southwell,Jacquelyn Slater Reese

Begun in 1927 by University of Oklahoma history professor Edward Everett Dale, the Western History Collections gathers and preserves rare research materials for scholars in anthropology, Native American studies, Oklahoma history, and the history of the American West. This guide has been compiled to make the photographs in the collections more accessible. The second edition adds descriptions of 165 new collections comprising 159,000 photographs. The 826 photograph collections that this guide thus details encompass Native American culture; frontier and pioneer life in Oklahoma and Indian territories; Wild West shows; the range cattle industry; the petroleum industry; and gunfighters, outlaws, and lawmen. New additions include the Lucille Clough Collection of 1,800 prints, postcards, and stereograph cards of American Indians and Alaska Natives, and First Peoples of Canada.

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0806145951

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Legendary Locals of Crookston

By: Kristina Torkelson Gray

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Legendary Locals of Crookston

By: Kristina Torkelson Gray

Crookston is in the heart of the fertile Red River Valley. Railroad baron James J. Hill positioned the city to be a hub of transportation, so Civil War veterans and railroad workers settled Crookston first. At Hills behest, a long tradition of learning how to farm smart started with the Northwest School of Agriculture in 1906. Facing a short growing season, farmers stayed close to the soil and invented better implements to harvest the areas bounty. The tradition of improving technology continues from the century-old practices begun at the Experiment Station. Currently, precision agriculture is taught at the University of Minnesota, Crookstons laptop university. Familiar family names from Crookstons retail sector have prevailed throughout the farmers cycle of boom and bust. Many other talented personalities shine through, especially those skilled in sports and music. Also included in this volume are unsung heroes for their acts of kindness and volunteerism.

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1439645760

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The Moralist International

Russia in the Global Culture Wars

By: Kristina Stoeckl,Dmitry Uzlaner

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The Moralist International

Russia in the Global Culture Wars

By: Kristina Stoeckl,Dmitry Uzlaner

The Moralist International analyzes the role of the Russian Orthodox Church and the Russian state in the global culture wars over gender and reproductive rights and religious freedom. It shows how the Russian Orthodox Church in the past thirty years first acquired knowledge about the dynamics, issues, and strategies of Right- Wing Christian groups; how the Moscow Patriarchate has shaped its traditionalist agenda accordingly; and how the close alliance between church and state has turned Russia into a norm entrepreneur for international moral conservativism. Including detailed case studies of the World Congress of Families, anti-abortion activism, and the global homeschooling movement, the book identifies the key factors, causes, and actors of this process. Kristina Stoeckl and Dmitry Uzlaner then develop the concept of conservative aggiornamento to describe Russian traditionalism as the result of conservative religious modernization and the globalization of Christian social conservatism. The Moralist International continues a line of research on the globalization of the culture wars that challenges the widespread perception that it is only progressive actors who use the international human rights regime to achieve their goals by demonstrating that conservative actors do the same. The book offers a new, original perspective that firmly embeds the conservative turn of post-Soviet Russia in the transnational dynamics of the global culture wars. The Moralist International is available from the publisher on an open-access basis.

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Fordham Univ Press

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1531502121

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Keep the Change

A Journey of Life Events Told in Short Stories and Poetry

By: E. Kristina Taylor

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Keep the Change

A Journey of Life Events Told in Short Stories and Poetry

By: E. Kristina Taylor

Kristina Taylor is a born storyteller and reading her "Keep the Change" stories and poetry is reminiscent of those porch-sitting days when the tales of relatives evoked both giggles and snuffles. Taylor's poetry expresses delicate sentiments about her son, John, and the rich Sioux City antics of her stepfather in A Cowboy Named Jack. Short stories tell of Amanda's frustrating relationship with her Southern Belle mother, to the Saucier boys skinny dipping in Rouse's pond. Taylor's impressive debut collection mixes relaxed storytelling of small-town life with keen insights into the human condition.

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1449036856

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Sultz & Young's Health Care USA

By: Kristina M. Young,Philip J. Kroth

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Sultz & Young's Health Care USA

By: Kristina M. Young,Philip J. Kroth

Health Care USA, Ninth Edition offers students of health administration, public health, medicine, and related fields a wide-ranging overview of America’s health care system. Combining historical perspective with analysis of current trends, this expanded edition charts the evolution of modern American health care, providing a complete examination of its organization and delivery while offering critical insight into the issues that the U.S. health system faces today.

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Jones & Bartlett Learning

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1284114678

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Lost Sandusky

By: M. Kristina Smith

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Lost Sandusky

By: M. Kristina Smith

SANDUSKY BUILT ITS REPUTATION on the appeal of a picturesque lakefront and the opportunities of a manufacturing hub. Not only did its factories keep pace with the transportation industry, but the Ohio city also boasted the headquarters of international paper maker Hinde and Dauch and enough crayon production to be called the "Color Capital of the World." The amusement park at Cedar Point helped launch a new form of entertainment that continues today. But while the town remains a vacation destination and retains some heavy industry, it misses much of its former glory. Join M. Kristina Smith in revisiting those landmarks of Sandusky's past.

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1625851200

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Health Care USA

By: Harry A. Sultz,Kristina M. Young

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Health Care USA

By: Harry A. Sultz,Kristina M. Young

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1284066010

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From Eulogy to Joy

A Heartfelt Collection Dealing with the Grieving Process

By: Cynthia Kuhn Beischel,Kristina Chase Strom

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From Eulogy to Joy

A Heartfelt Collection Dealing with the Grieving Process

By: Cynthia Kuhn Beischel,Kristina Chase Strom

From Eulogy To Joy is a unique, autobiographical anthology. These moving and thought-provoking personal stories are shared from the heart and contain the words of people who are “experts” by virtue of having experienced grief firsthand in myriad situations: loss of children, siblings, parents, mates, relatives and friends through accidents, illness, suicide, murder and natural death. From Eulogy to Joy provides comfort and reassurance that grief is intensely individual and, as such, all responses are appropriate. This book unveils the revolutionary fact that, contrary to common belief, we never “get over” the death of someone close and actually never should. Rather, death is a life-transforming experience to “get through” and eventually “grow through” to a place of inner peace and renewed joy. “There is only one name on the death certificate. Read From Eulogy To Joy and learn that life is full of commencements, not terminations.” Bernie Siegel, MD, author of Love, Medicine and Miracles “beautiful book...on a very important topic...approached in a very heartfelt way...” Dr.Richard Carlson, author of Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff “From Eulogy To Joy is a wonder...so important and helpful. There’s nothing like it “out there”. I’m proud to be included. May this book help millions.” Dr. Christiane Northrup, author of Women’s Bodies, Women’s Wisdom “I was deeply moved by the voices from the heart in From Eulogy To Joy. It will inspire us all as we feel we are alone in facing death. The words are clear and real.” Dr. Jenny Yates, author of Jung on Death and Immortality The pieces in From Eulogy To Joy are written by people from all walks of life, from the mundane to the magnificent. Among them are: Neale Donald Walsh, the New York Times best selling author of Conversations with God, Books I, II and III; Judy Belushi, who wrote Samurai Widow after the death of her husband John; and Dr. Rabbi Earl Grollman, author of Living When A Loved One Has Died and Living with Loss: Healing with Hope--A Jewish Perspective. www.celestialperspectives.com/fromeulogytojoy

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0738837997

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Designing Authentic Performance Tasks and Projects

Tools for Meaningful Learning and Assessment

By: Jay McTighe,Kristina J. Doubet,Eric M. Carbaugh

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Designing Authentic Performance Tasks and Projects

Tools for Meaningful Learning and Assessment

By: Jay McTighe,Kristina J. Doubet,Eric M. Carbaugh

Aimed at the growing number of educators who are looking to move beyond covering the curriculum, Designing Authentic Performance Tasks and Projects provides a comprehensive guide to ensuring students' deeper learning—in which they can transfer their knowledge, skills, and understandings to the world beyond the classroom. Readers will learn how to * Create authentic tasks and projects to address both academic standards and 21st century skills. * Apply task frames to design performance tasks that allow voice and choice for students. * Design and use criterion-based evaluation tools and rubrics for assessment, including those for students to use in self-assessment and peer assessment. * Incorporate performance-based instructional strategies needed to prepare students for authentic performance. * Differentiate tasks and projects for all students, including those needing additional support or challenge. * Effectively manage the logistics of a performance-based classroom. * Use project management approaches to facilitate successful implementation of tasks and projects. * Develop performance-based curriculum at the program, school, and district levels. Authors Jay McTighe, Kristina J. Doubet, and Eric M. Carbaugh provide examples and resources across all grade levels and subject areas. Teachers can use this practical guidance to transform their classrooms into vibrant centers of learning, where students are motivated and engaged and see relevance in the work they are doing.

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Democracy in Action

Community Organizing and Urban Change

By: Kristina Smock

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Democracy in Action

Community Organizing and Urban Change

By: Kristina Smock

In cities across the US, grass-roots organizations are working to revitalize popular participation in disenfranchised communities by bringing ordinary people into public life. This book examines the techniques used to achieve these goals.

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0231126727

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Woman President

Confronting Postfeminist Political Culture

By: Kristina Horn Sheeler,Karrin Vasby Anderson

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Woman President

Confronting Postfeminist Political Culture

By: Kristina Horn Sheeler,Karrin Vasby Anderson

What elements of American political and rhetorical culture block the imagining—and thus, the electing—of a woman as president? Examining both major-party and third-party campaigns by women, including the 2008 campaigns of Hillary Clinton and Sarah Palin, the authors of Woman President: Confronting Postfeminist Political Culture identify the factors that limit electoral possibilities for women. Pundits have been predicting women’s political ascendency for years. And yet, although the 2008 presidential campaign featured Hillary Clinton as an early frontrunner for the Democratic presidential nomination and Sarah Palin as the first female Republican vice-presidential nominee, no woman has yet held either of the top two offices. The reasons for this are complex and varied, but the authors assert that the question certainly encompasses more than the shortcomings of women candidates or the demands of the particular political moment. Instead, the authors identify a pernicious backlash against women presidential candidates—one that is expressed in both political and popular culture. In Woman President: Confronting Postfeminist Political Culture, Kristina Horn Sheeler and Karrin Vasby Anderson provide a discussion of US presidentiality as a unique rhetorical role. Within that framework, they review women’s historical and contemporary presidential bids, placing special emphasis on the 2008 campaign. They also consider how presidentiality is framed in candidate oratory, campaign journalism, film and television, digital media, and political parody.

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1623490103

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The Politics of the Sustainable Development Goals

Legitimacy, Responsibility, and Accountability

By: Magdalena Bexell,Kristina Jönsson

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The Politics of the Sustainable Development Goals

Legitimacy, Responsibility, and Accountability

By: Magdalena Bexell,Kristina Jönsson

This book draws attention to political aspects of sustainable development goal-setting, exploring the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at the global-national nexus during their first five years. After broad global deliberation and political negotiations, the 2030 Agenda and its SDGs were adopted in the United Nations (UN) General Assembly in 2015, and by now many countries have political structures in place for working towards their realisation. This book explores three concepts to call attention to the political qualities of processes related to the SDGs: legitimacy, responsibility, and accountability. Legitimacy is required to obtain broad political ownership for policy goals in order for them to become effective in addressing cross-border sustainability challenges. Responsibility needs to be clearly distributed among political institutions if a long-term set of broad goals such as the SDGs are to be realised. Accountability to the public is the retrospective mirror of political responsibility. The Politics of the Sustainable Development Goals contributes new knowledge on political processes at the nexus of global and national levels, focussing on three countries at different levels of socio-economic development and democratisation: namely Ghana, Tanzania, and Sweden. These countries illustrate a variety of challenges related to the realisation of the SDGs. This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of sustainable development, international organisations, and global politics.

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Routledge

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1000395669

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9781000395662

Kristina's Cache

A Memoir of Adventure and Survival in Alaska

By: Kristina Ahlnas

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Kristina's Cache

A Memoir of Adventure and Survival in Alaska

By: Kristina Ahlnas

On April 16, I see an ad for property for a reasonable price in an area I know from my ski tours. I drive there immediately, but the road is not drivable all the way. My high rubber boots fill with snow when I walk down an unused road, but there are power lines! I find a poster of Meyeres real estate agency in a corner with birch forest on a Northwest slope. Far away, I can see low mountaintops. ... The fastest way to contact the real estate agency is to drive there. I throw a $100 bill on the table. "I am interested in the property. Here is my down payment." When Kristina Ahlnäs moves from Finland to Alaska to start a new life as an American oceanographer her life is clearly more than normal. In this quirky memoir Kristina recalls unique experiences in her job, to seeing UFO's in the Alaskan sky, and even building her own log cabin. This easy-to-read, spunky book allows readers to slip into a world where it's so cold cars don't start, finding some place warm to stay is near impossible, and friends will do anything to help each other. Travel with Kristina from Finland to Alaska where she starts off paying a rent of $220 a month, to sleeping in a tent as she builds her 8 by 8 foot practice cabin with a 16-foot ladder (the cache), the log cabin, and life, she could only dream of—in Kristina's Cache.

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348

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Tate Publishing

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162295095X

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9781622950959

Introduction to Audiologic Rehabilitation

Facilitating Communication Across the Lifespan, Eighth Edition

By: Ronald L. Schow,Michael A. Nerbonne,Gabriel A. Bargen,Kristina M. Blaiser,Chris A. Sanford

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Introduction to Audiologic Rehabilitation

Facilitating Communication Across the Lifespan, Eighth Edition

By: Ronald L. Schow,Michael A. Nerbonne,Gabriel A. Bargen,Kristina M. Blaiser,Chris A. Sanford

The eighth edition of Introduction to Audiologic Rehabilitation offers a comprehensive exploration of aural rehabilitation spanning across the lifespan. Written in an accessible style for undergraduate students, the text covers the fundamentals, methods of assessment and management, technologies, and contemporary issues for a thorough understanding of audiologic rehabilitation practices. Two chapters focus solely on real-world case studies addressing the needs of children and adults. There are detailed chapters on hearing aids and hearing assistive technologies, cochlear implants, auditory and visual stimuli in communication, language and speech of the deaf and hard of hearing, psychosocial aspects of hearing loss, and more. New to the Eighth Edition: * Discussion of current issues and trending topics including over-the-counter hearing aids * Highlights related to telepractice and teleaudiology * Addition of diversity, equity, and inclusion topics related to hearing health disparities and audiologic rehabilitations Key Features: * Based on a proven model framed within the concepts of the World Health Organization * Authored by leading experts ensuring current, evidence-based information * Emphasis on a multidisciplinary approach, recognizing the collaborative nature of audiologic rehabilitation involving professionals in audiology, speech-language pathology, and related fields * Case studies offer application opportunities across the lifespan * Each chapter includes activities, recommended readings, and websites for additional resources * Visual aids, including figures, tables, and photos enhance student comprehension, particularly for complex topics such as cochlear implants and auditory stimulation * Appendices containing valuable terms, definitions, and additional resources for easy reference

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Plural Publishing

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1635504821

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9781635504828

Not Without My Sister: The True Story of Three Girls Violated and Betrayed by Those They Trusted

By: Kristina Jones,Celeste Jones,Juliana Buhring

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Not Without My Sister: The True Story of Three Girls Violated and Betrayed by Those They Trusted

By: Kristina Jones,Celeste Jones,Juliana Buhring

The bestselling, devastating account of three sisters torn apart, abused and exploited at the hands of a community that robbed them of their childhood. It reveals three lives, separate but entwined, that have experienced unspeakable horror, unrelenting loyalty and unforgettable courage.

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HarperCollins UK

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0007369824

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9780007369829

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