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Gibsons & Orrs: Pioneer Families

By: Laura Wayland-Smith Hatch

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Gibsons & Orrs: Pioneer Families

By: Laura Wayland-Smith Hatch

The descendants of Alexander & Elizabeth Votah Gibson and William Orr. Many of the descendants who settled in Fremont County, Iowa, are traced to the present, including biographies and photographs when available. Also included in the book is documentation of one branch of the William & Keziah Snead Keyser family.

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Lulu.com

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1329877713

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The Death Penalty as State Crime

Who Can Kill?

By: Laura L. Finley

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The Death Penalty as State Crime

Who Can Kill?

By: Laura L. Finley

This book offers a new perspective on the death penalty in the US, examining capital punishment as state crime or state-produced harm. It addresses the death penalty, showing how the state not only authorizes a system and a practice that tortures human beings, but is also aware of its deep flaws and chooses not to address them. Building on the vast literature on state crime together with case examples and interviews with activists seeking to abolish the death penalty, this book offers a new and innovative critique of state punishment in the US. It draws on a range of issues and topics such as arbitrariness, inadequate counsel, racial bias, mental illness, innocence, conditions on death row, the protocols, and the equipment used for executions. It emphasizes the need for abolition of the death penalty and highlights efforts being made to do so, with a focus on successful elements of abolition campaigns. The Death Penalty as State Crime is essential reading for all those engaged with capital punishment, human rights, and state crime, and will be of interest to criminologists, sociologists, legal scholars and political scientists alike.

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Taylor & Francis

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1040001076

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Being Indigenous in Jim Crow Virginia

Powhatan People and the Color Line

By: Laura J. Feller

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Being Indigenous in Jim Crow Virginia

Powhatan People and the Color Line

By: Laura J. Feller

Virginia’s Racial Integrity Act of 1924 recodified the state’s long-standing racial hierarchy as a more rigid Black-white binary. Then, Virginia officials asserted that no Virginia Indians could be other than legally Black, given centuries of love and marriage across color lines. How indigenous peoples of Virginia resisted erasure and built their identities as Native Americans is the powerful story this book tells. Spanning a century of fraught history, Being Indigenous in Jim Crow Virginia describes the critical strategic work that tidewater Virginia Indians, descendants of the seventeenth-century Algonquian Powhatan chiefdom, undertook to sustain their Native identity in the face of deep racial hostility from segregationist officials, politicians, and institutions. Like other Southeastern Native groups living under Jim Crow regimes, tidewater Native groups and individuals fortified their communities by founding tribal organizations, churches, and schools; they displayed their Indianness in public performances; and they enlisted whites, including well-known ethnographers, to help them argue for their Native distinctness. Describing an arduous campaign marked by ingenuity, conviction, and perseverance, Laura J. Feller shows how these tidewater Native people drew on their shared histories as descendants of Powhatan peoples, and how they strengthened their bonds through living and marrying within clusters of Native Virginians, both on and off reservation lands. She also finds that, by at times excluding African Americans from Indian organizations and Native families, Virginian Indians themselves reinforced racial segregation while they built their own communities. Even as it paved the way to tribal recognition in Virginia, the tidewater Natives’ sustained efforts chronicled in this book demonstrate the fluidity, instability, and persistent destructive power of the construction of race in America.

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University of Oklahoma Press

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0806191600

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9780806191607

Exploring Lifespan Development

By: Laura E. Berk

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Exploring Lifespan Development

By: Laura E. Berk

Now published by SAGE! Exploring Lifespan Development, Fourth Edition, the essentials version of Development Through the Lifespan, Seventh Edition, by best-selling author Laura E. Berk, includes the same topics, the same number of chapters, and the same outstanding features, with a focus on the most important information and a greater emphasis on practical, real-life applications. The text’s up-to-date research, strong multicultural and cross-cultural focus, along with Berk’s engaging writing style, help students carry their learning beyond the classroom and into their personal and professional lives. Included with this title: LMS Cartridge: Import this title’s instructor resources into your school’s learning management system (LMS) and save time. Don’t use an LMS? You can still access all of the same online resources for this title via the password-protected Instructor Resource Site. Learn more.

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SAGE Publications

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1071895249

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Interrupting Class Inequality in Higher Education

Leadership for an Equitable Future

By: Laura M. Harrison,Monica Hatfield Price

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Interrupting Class Inequality in Higher Education

Leadership for an Equitable Future

By: Laura M. Harrison,Monica Hatfield Price

Interrupting Class Inequality in Higher Education explores why socioeconomic inequality persists in higher education despite widespread knowledge of the problem. Through a critical analysis of the current leadership practices and policy narratives that perpetuate socioeconomic inequality, this book outlines the trends that negatively impact low- and middle-income students and offers effective tools for creating a more equitable future for higher education. By taking a solution-focused approach, this book will help higher education students, leaders, and policy makers move from despair and inertia to hope and action.

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Routledge

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1317210662

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9781317210665

Organizational Behavior in Sport Management

By: MacIntosh, Eric W.,Burton, Laura

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Organizational Behavior in Sport Management

By: MacIntosh, Eric W.,Burton, Laura

Organizational Behavior in Sport Management provides numerous real-life examples from organizations and immerses students in the key behavioral issues that those in sport organizations face today. The text comes with an instructor guide that offers many useful tools to help instructors enhance students’ learning.

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Human Kinetics

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1492552380

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9781492552383

Pacific Northwest K-9 Unit books 1-3

A Thrilling Suspense Collection

By: Laura Scott,Valerie Hansen,Terri Reed

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Pacific Northwest K-9 Unit books 1-3

A Thrilling Suspense Collection

By: Laura Scott,Valerie Hansen,Terri Reed

Three full length heart-racing page-turners that will keep you guessing to the very end. Experience the thrill of unexpected plot twists and irresistible chemistry. Shielding the Baby by USA Today bestselling author Laura Scott A K-9 Unit has a child to protect…and a murderer to catch. A double murder and an attempted kidnapping of a baby in a national park have Officer Danica Hayes and her K-9 partner on high alert. She’ll have to protect Luke Stark and his nine-month-old son while tracking the person who murdered his sister. Danica and Luke face a battle for their lives to keep from becoming the next victims. Scent of Truth by USA Today bestselling author Valerie Hansen An innocent suspect. A look-alike killer. Can a K-9 team crack this case? After Officer Colt Maxwell and his K-9 partner, Sampson, discover a body, all signs point to Brooke Stevens as the murderer. But Colt suspects someone’s framing the park ranger—and that the killer looks exactly like her. When the imposter turns her sights on Brooke, it’s up to Colt to guard her. But can they track down the truth…before innocent Brooke loses her life? Explosive Trail by Terri Reed Can an officer and her K-9 partner survive a bomber with a vendetta? When a serial bomber’s explosion in Olympic National Park lands K-9 officer Willow Bates in the hospital, her estranged husband, FBI agent Theo Bates, rushes to her side. He’s determined to protect her and the baby he didn’t know she was carrying. But the bomber has revenge on his mind and will stop at nothing to finish them off. From Love Inspired Suspense: Courage. Danger. Faith. Pacific Northwest K-9 Unit Book 1: Shielding the Baby by Laura Scott Book 2: Scent of Truth by Valerie Hansen Book 3: Explosive Trail by Terri Reed Book 4: Olympic Mountain Pursuit by Jodie Bailey Book 5: Threat Detection by Sharon Dunn Book 6: Cold Case Revenge by Jessica R. Patch Book 7: Undercover Operation by Maggie K. Black Book 8: Snowbound Escape by Dana Mentink

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Harlequin

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0369749030

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9780369749031

Women in Popular Culture [2 volumes]

The Evolution of Women's Roles in American Entertainment [2 volumes]

By: Laura L. Finley

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Women in Popular Culture [2 volumes]

The Evolution of Women's Roles in American Entertainment [2 volumes]

By: Laura L. Finley

Including more than 300 alphabetically listed entries, this 2-volume set presents a timely and detailed overview of some of the most significant contributions women have made to American popular culture from the silent film era to the present day. The lives and accomplishments of women from various aspects of popular culture are examined, including women from film, television, music, fashion, and literature. In addition to profiles, the encyclopedia also includes chapters that provide a historical review of gender, domesticity, marriage, work, and inclusivity in popular culture as well as a chronology of key achievements. This reference work is an ideal introduction to the roles women have played, both in the spotlight and behind it, throughout the history of popular culture in America. From the stars of Hollywood's Golden Age to the chart toppers of the 2020s, author Laura L. Finley documents how attitudes towards these icons have evolved and how their influence has shifted throughout time. The entries and essays also address such timely topics as feminism, the #MeToo movement, and the gender pay gap.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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1440874131

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Better Living With Dementia

Implications for Individuals, Families, Communities, and Societies

By: Laura N.Gitlin,Nancy A. Hodgson

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Better Living With Dementia

Implications for Individuals, Families, Communities, and Societies

By: Laura N.Gitlin,Nancy A. Hodgson

Better Living With Dementia: Implications for Individuals, Families, Communities, and Societies highlights evidence-based best practices for improving the lives of patients with dementia. It presents the local and global challenges of these patients, also coupling foundational knowledge with specific strategies to overcome these challenges. The book examines the trajectory of the disease, offers stage-appropriate practices and strategies to improve quality of life, provides theoretical and practical frameworks that inform on ways to support and care for individuals living with dementia, includes evidence-based recommendations for research, and details global examples of care approaches that work. - Weaves research evidence and theories with practical know-how - Identifies support strategies for home, community, and health care settings - Provides stage-appropriate strategies relative to dementia severity - Summarizes dementia pathology, diagnosis, and progression - Considers the changing needs of both the individual with dementia and family and formal caregivers - Offers evidence-informed recommendations for research, practice, policy, and how to make things better at home, in the community, in healthcare and service settings, and through national policies - Provides local and global exemplars of what works - Provides case vignettes to illustrate key points with real examples - Contains brief conversations with national and international experts

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Academic Press

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0128119292

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9780128119297

Ebook: Becoming Agile: Coaching Behavioural Change for Business Results

By: Laura Re Turner

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Ebook: Becoming Agile: Coaching Behavioural Change for Business Results

By: Laura Re Turner

This book outlines how coaches and leaders use Agile frameworks and coaching psychology to create behavioural change and to lay the foundations of success. Using the latest coaching approaches from executive, team, and systemic team coaching, the book shows how coaches can use Agile frameworks at the level of mindset and behaviours. The book demonstrates well-known frameworks such as Scrum, DSDM, and Lean Startup to support change and success. Readers will learn about the Six Lenses of Systemic Team Coaching including the individual mindset, interpersonal skills, team working and collaboration skills, and awareness of the external business environment, to create true business agility. Becoming Agile is an indispensable resource for professional coaches who work with organisations that want to become Agile, as well as business leaders looking for a meaningful way to reap the benefits promised by agility. “This book is perfect for business leaders, entrepreneurs, and indeed anyone new to the world of agile leadership.” David Taylor, Founder, Naked Leader “Here we have a pragmatic and readily applicable approach to integrating both concept and practice across these two evolving domains.” David Clutterbuck, Special Ambassador, European Mentoring and Coaching Council “This book is a great resource for coaches who want to continue developing skills that will support leaders, teams, and organizations in building business agility.” Ahmed Sidky, Ph.D., President of the International Consortium for Agile (ICAgile) Laura Re Turner is an accredited coach, trainer, and facilitator who works with leaders and teams to develop an Agile mindset, behaviours, and the skills to thrive through change. Before becoming a coach, Laura delivered enterprise software projects as a project and programme manager, technology consultant, and software developer. She is the Founder and Managing Director of Future Focus Coaching.

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McGraw-Hill Education (UK)

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0335249043

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9780335249046

American Fair Trade

Proprietary Capitalism, Corporatism, and the 'New Competition,' 1890–1940

By: Laura Phillips Sawyer

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American Fair Trade

Proprietary Capitalism, Corporatism, and the 'New Competition,' 1890–1940

By: Laura Phillips Sawyer

Shows how, in the decades prior to the Great Depression, associations of independent proprietors partnered with federal regulators to create codes of fair competition.

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Cambridge University Press

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110707682X

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The Body Problematic

Political Imagination in Kant and Foucault

By: Laura Hengehold

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The Body Problematic

Political Imagination in Kant and Foucault

By: Laura Hengehold

Late in life, Foucault identified with &“the critical tradition of Kant,&” encouraging us to read both thinkers in new ways. Kant&’s &“Copernican&” strategy of grounding knowledge in the limits of human reason proved to stabilize political, social-scientific, and medical expertise as well as philosophical discourse. These inevitable limits were made concrete in historical structures such as the asylum, the prison, and the sexual or racial human body. Such institutions built upon and shaped the aesthetic judgment of those considered &“normal.&” Following Kant through all of Foucault&’s major works, this book shows how bodies functioned as &“problematic objects&” in which the limits of post-Enlightenment European power and discourse were imaginatively figured and unified. It suggests ways that readers in a neoliberal political order can detach from the imaginative schemes vested in their bodies and experiment normatively with their own security needs.

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Penn State Press

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027103212X

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9780271032122

Making The Met, 1870–2020

By: Andrea Bayer,Laura D. Corey

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Making The Met, 1870–2020

By: Andrea Bayer,Laura D. Corey

Published to celebrate The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s 150th anniversary, Making The Met, 1870–2020 examines the institution’s evolution from an idea—that art can inspire anyone who has access to it—to one of the most beloved global collections in the world. Focusing on key transformational moments, this richly illustrated book provides insight into the visionary figures and events that led The Met in new directions. Among the many topics explored are the impact of momentous acquisitions, the central importance of education and accessibility, the collaboration that resulted from international excavations, the Museum’s role in preserving cultural heritage, and its interaction with contemporary art and artists. Complementing this fascinating history are more than two hundred works that changed the very way we look at art, as well as rarely seen archival and behind-the-scenes images. In the final chapter, Met Director Max Hollein offers a meditation on evolving approaches to collecting art from around the world, strategies for reaching new and diverse audiences, and the role of museums today.

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Metropolitan Museum of Art

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1588397092

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9781588397096

Strategic Thinking and Planning

By: Daryl Fischer,Laura B. Roberts

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Strategic Thinking and Planning

By: Daryl Fischer,Laura B. Roberts

Strategic Thinking and Planning, Second Edition is volume four in the Museum Trustee Association’s Templates for Trustees series. The book and customizable web-based templates feature tools that help boards to consider their options, identify their priorities, and plan their actions at this critical moment in a museum’s life cycle. In addition to the manual and on-line website, purchasers have access to the ongoing assistance of MTA staff. This book and the accompanying templates models the kind of thinking that is required not only to create a strategic plan that is tailored to each institution, but also to stay focused on the strategic aspects of governance while implementing that plan. Planning teams are introduced to exercises and tools that will help them focus on what’s most important to the future of their institution. In using the templates, they will adopt new ways of analyzing information and thinking about their museum’s mission that will make them more effective leaders.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1538108380

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9781538108383

Autism Spectrum Disorder Assessment in Schools

By: Laura Dilly,Christine Hall

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Autism Spectrum Disorder Assessment in Schools

By: Laura Dilly,Christine Hall

Autism Spectrum Disorder Assessment in Schools serves as a guide on how to assess children for autism spectrum disorders (ASD), specifically in school settings. Dilly and Hall offer a general overview of ASD, describe ASD assessment best practices, and explain the process of identifying ASD in schools. Current research and up-to-date science is incorporated in a practitioner-friendly manner, and short case vignettes will increase the accessibility of the book content and illustrate principles. As the rates of ASD reach 1/59 children, and school psychologists are increasingly expected to possess expertise in the assessment of ASD, this book serves as a must have for school psychologists, school social workers, and other practitioners.

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Routledge

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1351242431

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Dystopia on Demand: Technology, Digital Culture, and the Metamodern Quest in Complex Serial Dystopias

By: Laura Winter

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Dystopia on Demand: Technology, Digital Culture, and the Metamodern Quest in Complex Serial Dystopias

By: Laura Winter

Serial storytelling has the advantage of unlocking rather than simplifying the complexities of digital culture. With their worldbuilding potential, TV series open up new artistic horizons, particularly for the dystopian genre. Situated at the nexus of dystopia, complex TV, and a metamodern cultural logic, Dystopia on Demand: Technology, Digital Culture, and the Metamodern Quest in Complex Serial Dystopias offers readers novel insights into the dynamics of serial dystopias in the contemporary streaming landscape. Introducing the term 'complex serial dystopias' to describe series that allow audiences to engage with the dystopian premise from multiple angles, the book examines four Anglo-American series, including Black Mirror, Mr. Robot, Westworld, and Kiss Me First. The in-depth analyses trace the variety of ways in which these series offer critical reflections on the human-technology entanglement in digital culture.

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Narr Francke Attempto Verlag

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3381112228

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9783381112227

Complementary Health and Diabetes—A Focus on Dietary Supplements

A Focus on Dietary Supplements

By: Laura Shane-McWhorter

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Complementary Health and Diabetes—A Focus on Dietary Supplements

A Focus on Dietary Supplements

By: Laura Shane-McWhorter

The definitive guide to dietary supplements and diabetes for health care professionals. Nearly 27 million people have been diagnosed with diabetes and a quarter of them report that they have used complementary and alternative medicines (now called complementary health approaches by the National Institutes of Health) to treat their diabetes or for general wellness. In this reality, clinicians need to understand potential complications, know the research, and be prepared to guide their patients and answer their questions about supplements and alternative medicines. This fully updated and expanded guide gives providers the information they need to guide patients and provide them with evidence-based advice on supplement use. Inside readers will find detailed research summaries of 38 common botanical and nonbotanical supplements, including honey, probiotics, turmeric, zinc, and many more. Each product chapter includes information on chemical constituents, theorized mechanism of action, adverse effects, drug interactions, and a summary of clinical studies. Stay informed and be prepared to help patients make wise choices and improve their diabetes self-management. -- American Diabetes Association

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American Diabetes Association

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1580407757

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9781580407755

Interpersonal Encounters

Connecting Through Communication

By: Laura K. Guerrero,Bree McEwan

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Interpersonal Encounters

Connecting Through Communication

By: Laura K. Guerrero,Bree McEwan

With a practical and innovative approach to the study of interpersonal communication, Interpersonal Encounters: Connecting through Communication, by Laura K. Guerrero and Bree McEwan, prepares students to become better communicators in their personal and professional lives.

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SAGE Publications

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1483311376

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9781483311371

Insiders' Guide® to Houston

By: Laura Nathan-Garner

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Insiders' Guide® to Houston

By: Laura Nathan-Garner

For more than twenty years, the Insiders' Guide series has remained the essential source for in-depth travel and relocation information. Written by locals and true insiders, each guide is packed with useful tips on places to stay, restaurants, events, attractions, fun thnigs to do with the kids, nightlife, recreation, shopping, local history, and much more--as well as a comprehensive appendix called "Living Here" that offers information on real estate, education, health care, and more.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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0762790644

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9780762790647

Workers, Collectivism and the Law

Grappling with Democracy

By: Laura Carlson

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Workers, Collectivism and the Law

Grappling with Democracy

By: Laura Carlson

Workers, Collectivism and the Law offers a captivating historical account of worker democracy, from its beginnings in European guild systems to present-day labor unions, across the national legal systems of Germany, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States. Analysing these legal systems in light of a Habermasian concept of participatory democracy, Laura Carlson identifies ways to strengthen individual employee voice in claims against employers.

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Edward Elgar Publishing

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1788112458

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The Skilled Leader

A Guide to Group Facilitation

By: James H. Cook, Jr.,Laura K. Harrawood

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The Skilled Leader

A Guide to Group Facilitation

By: James H. Cook, Jr.,Laura K. Harrawood

This practical text addresses the “how to” of group leadership. Although brief, the book is comprehensive and provides an overview of skills and practical applications of key concepts. It concisely revisits the foundations of group work and reviews the challenges facilitators face when leading their first group. The overarching theme is how to be an effective group leader. The Skilled Leader covers ethical and theoretical concepts of group work, multicultural considerations, the first experience as a group leader, and how to develop a personal approach to leadership. This easily understood handbook serves as a quick reference tool for beginning students and as a refresher for professionals.

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Waveland Press

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1478653280

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Singing River Story

By: Laura Hildick Burge

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Singing River Story

By: Laura Hildick Burge

The legend of the Singing River has evolved into a world where the folds of time touch to transport Lauren Rayburn, a pursued mother, back to the 17th century. Here she finds a Native American tribe untouched by the encroaching Europeans. Her presence sparks an age old war that had almost extinguished the peaceful tribe many years before.

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Apeli Publishing

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0977675505

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9780977675500

Pain and Gain

Implementing No Child Left Behind in Three States, 2004-2006

By: Brian M. Stecher,Scott Epstein,Laura S. Hamilton,Julie A. Marsh,Abby Robyn

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Pain and Gain

Implementing No Child Left Behind in Three States, 2004-2006

By: Brian M. Stecher,Scott Epstein,Laura S. Hamilton,Julie A. Marsh,Abby Robyn

The Implementing Standards-Based Accountability (ISBA) study was designed to examine the strategies that states, districts, and schools are using to implement standards-based accountability under the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB). This monograph presents information regarding the implementation of NCLB in California, Georgia, and Pennsylvania from 2003-2004 through 2005-2006, including the final results of the ISBA project.

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Rand Corporation

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0833046438

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The Book of Ethics

Expert Guidance For Professionals Who Treat Addiction

By: Laura Weiss Roberts

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The Book of Ethics

Expert Guidance For Professionals Who Treat Addiction

By: Laura Weiss Roberts

The definitive book on ethics for chemical dependency treatment professionals. The treatment of addiction as a biological, psychological, social, and spiritual disease requires a high standard of ethical knowledge and professional skill. This groundbreaking, reader-friendly guide to contemporary ethical issues informs and challenges health care professionals, students, and faculty with a thorough and compassionate examination of the dilemmas faced when providing care for individuals suffering from substance use problems or addiction. Renowned psychiatric ethicists Cynthia Geppert and Laura Weiss Roberts tackle issues of autonomy, respect for persons, confidentiality, truth telling and non-maleficence--setting the standard for contemporary ethical practices. These challenges are illuminated with real-world case examples that show potential effects on diverse patient populations.

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Simon and Schuster

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1592857892

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9781592857890

Better Than My Own Life

By: Laura Weddle

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Better Than My Own Life

By: Laura Weddle

Like Chekhov’s short stories, Laura Weddle’s writing proves that all literature is local somewhere, and all great stories are happening right around us. In Better than My Own Life, Weddle’s subjects are nearly always women whose career (teacher or mother), economic station (lower middle class) and region (the rural South) render them invisible in literature as in life. Many of the stories in this collection revolve around people who have lost or might lose the thing they love best. When tragedy arrives unexpectedly, it is both inevitable and impossible to comprehend, as are the ordinary losses and disappointments these quiet stories render. But love and forgiveness arrive just as unexpectedly and are equally impossible to credit. Or so Laura Weddle’s stories teach us, and in this teaching rise above mere writing to live in the reader’s mind and heart. —Leatha Kendrick, author of Second Opinion Laura Weddle’s stories in Better than My Own Life show an acute awareness of the human condition; and, as one of Weddle’s characters in “Epiphanies” says, “The awful, unbearable irony of it all.” Weddle reflects an insight into people from various walks of life and an understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of everyone. Her poignant stories help us to understand her characters so well that the reader perhaps knows them “better than my own life.” Her characters, who remain with us long after we read about them, remind us that loving involves both embracing others and letting them go when we must. —Mary Bozeman Hodges, author of Tough Customers Weddle’s subject is love—remembered, gone awry, cherished, broken—and her vision is witty, complex, and tough. The stories in Better than My Own Life have a heart-felt power. They’ll stay with you long after the last page is turned. —George Ella Lyon, author of Many-Storied House

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Outskirts Press

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1478743085

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9781478743088

Love Inspired Suspense June 2022 - Box Set 1 of 2

By: Laura Scott,Dana R. Lynn,Sharon Dunn

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Love Inspired Suspense June 2022 - Box Set 1 of 2

By: Laura Scott,Dana R. Lynn,Sharon Dunn

Love Inspired Suspense brings you three new titles! Enjoy these suspenseful romances of danger and faith. This box set includes: HIDING IN MONTANA (A Rocky Mountain K-9 Unit novel) by USA TODAY bestselling author Laura Scott Attacked by an armed man in an airplane hangar, tour pilot Lexie McDaniels is sure the past she ran from has finally caught up to her. But K-9 cop Chris Fuller and police dog Titus arrive just in time to save her. Could Lexie’s secrets hold the answers Chris needs to catch an escaped convict? AMISH CRADLE CONSPIRACY (An Amish Country Justice novel) by USA TODAY bestselling author Dana R. Lynn After rescuing a young Amish woman from a human trafficking ring, police sergeant Nicole Dawson is determined to find the woman’s abducted child. And partnering with her ex-fiancé, FBI special agent Jack Dawson, is the only way to hunt down the criminals—and stay alive. CRIME SCENE COVER-UP by Sharon Dunn Chasing a serial killer straight back to the scene of her husband’s death, FBI profiler Arielle Olson finds herself the target in a deadly game. But turning to Sheriff Neil Cobain for help might give her the upper hand in her investigation…or expose a lethal truth she can’t ignore. For more stories filled with danger and romance, look for Love Inspired Suspense June 2022 Box Set – 2 of 2

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Harlequin

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036971699X

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9780369716996

A Clinician's Guide to Disclosures of Sexual Assault

By: Amie R. Newins,Laura C. Wilson

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A Clinician's Guide to Disclosures of Sexual Assault

By: Amie R. Newins,Laura C. Wilson

Sexual assault survivors face a precarious dilemma regarding whether or not to disclose their experience. Many survivors, once they disclose their victimization to others, are met with support and validation. These survivors report better outcomes. Unfortunately, others are not believed or are blamed for the incident(s). These negative reactions can have devastating consequences on their long-term recovery. The uncertainty of how others will respond to"--

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Oxford University Press

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0197523641

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9780197523643

Strategies for Successful Animal Shelters

By: Laura A. Reese

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Strategies for Successful Animal Shelters

By: Laura A. Reese

Strategies for Successful Animal Shelters is the first book to assess the relationship between shelter traits, activities and critical outcome variables, such as live release or save rates. This book provides a data-based evaluation of shelter processes and practices with explicit recommendations for improved shelter activities. Using a survey of licensed animal shelters, case studies, and data on state inspections, complaints, and save rates, this book provides an assessment of the activities, processes, and procedures that are most likely to lead to positive outcomes for a variety of animal shelters. The book also contributes to community debate around animal sheltering and provides best practices, methods and means to assess local shelters to ensure the highest level of animal welfare. It is a valuable resource for animal shelter professionals and rescue groups, as well as students in disciplines such as animal science, animal welfare and shelter medicine. - Offers best-practice recommendations and how they are used in animal shelters - Analyzes which shelter traits, programs and activities are most strongly associated with optimal outcomes, including live release rates - Includes an assessment of future research and activities to optimize animal welfare within shelters

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Academic Press

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0128163755

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The Baby Name Wizard

A Magical Method For Finding The Perfect Name For Your Baby

By: Laura Wattenberg

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The Baby Name Wizard

A Magical Method For Finding The Perfect Name For Your Baby

By: Laura Wattenberg

An innovative guide to selecting the perfect name for one's child, using a buyer's guide approach that helps parents ask the right questions to choose a name specifically tailored to personal taste.

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Broadway

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0767917529

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Nonnus’ Paraphrase between Poetry, Rhetoric and Theology

Rewriting the Fourth Gospel in the Fifth Century

By: Maria Ypsilanti,Laura Franco

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Nonnus’ Paraphrase between Poetry, Rhetoric and Theology

Rewriting the Fourth Gospel in the Fifth Century

By: Maria Ypsilanti,Laura Franco

This book offers an analysis of the paraphrastic techniques which Nonnus employs for rendering St. John’s Gospel in Homerising verse. The study examines the poem’s dependence on ancient rhetorical theory, its aesthetics and its dialogue with theology

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BRILL

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9004439064

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Open Access and its Practical Impact on the Work of Academic Librarians

Collection Development, Public Services, and the Library and Information Science Literature

By: Laura Bowering Mullen

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Open Access and its Practical Impact on the Work of Academic Librarians

Collection Development, Public Services, and the Library and Information Science Literature

By: Laura Bowering Mullen

This book is aimed at the practicing academic librarian, especially those working on the 'front lines' of reference, instruction, collection development, and other capacities that involve dealing directly with library patrons in a time of changing scholarly communication paradigms. The book looks at open access from the perspective of a practicing academic librarian and challenges fellow librarians to continue the dialogue about how the movement might be affecting day-to-day library work and the future of academic libraries. - Written by a practicing academic librarian with many years experience in reference, as well as in collection development and faculty liaison roles - Written with the "front-line academic librarian in mind from a practical point of view - Contains numerous references to refer the reader to many open access resources; includes extensive footnotes for further reading

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Elsevier

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1780630220

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9781780630229

Almost All Aliens

Immigration, Race, and Colonialism in American History and Identity

By: Paul Spickard,Francisco Beltrán,Laura Hooton

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Almost All Aliens

Immigration, Race, and Colonialism in American History and Identity

By: Paul Spickard,Francisco Beltrán,Laura Hooton

Almost All Aliens offers a unique reinterpretation of immigration in the history of the United States. Setting aside the European migrant-centered melting-pot model of immigrant assimilation, Paul Spickard, Francisco Beltrán, and Laura Hooton put forward a fresh and provocative reconceptualization that embraces the multicultural, racialized, and colonially inflected reality of immigration that has always existed in the United States. Their astute study illustrates the complex relationship between ethnic identity and race, slavery, and colonial expansion. Examining the lives of those who crossed the Atlantic, as well as those who crossed the Pacific, the Caribbean, and the North American Borderlands, Almost All Aliens provides a distinct, inclusive, and critical analysis of immigration, race, and identity in the United States from 1600 until the present. The second edition updates Almost All Aliens through the first two decades of the twenty-first century, recounting and analyzing the massive changes in immigration policy, the reception of immigrants, and immigrant experiences that whipsawed back and forth throughout the era. It includes a new final chapter that brings the story up to the present day. This book will appeal to students and researchers alike studying the history of immigration, race, and colonialism in the United States, as well as those interested in American identity, especially in the context of the early twenty-first century.

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Taylor & Francis

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1317702069

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9781317702061

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