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Love's Awakening (The Ballantyne Legacy Book #2)

A Novel

By: Laura Frantz

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Love's Awakening (The Ballantyne Legacy Book #2)

A Novel

By: Laura Frantz

Ellie Ballantyne, youngest child of Silas and Eden, has left finishing school. But back at her family home in Pittsburgh, Ellie finds that her parents are away on a long trip and her siblings don't seem to want her to stay. When she opens a day school for young ladies, she begins tutoring the incorrigible daughter of the enemy Turlock clan. The Turlocks are slaveholders and whiskey magnates, envious of the powerful Ballantynes and suspicious of their abolitionist leanings. As Ellie becomes increasingly tangled with the Turlocks, she finds herself falling in love with an impossible future--and Jack Turlock, a young man striving to free himself from his family's violent legacy. How can she betray her family and side with the enemy? And will Jack ever allow her into his world? Masterful storyteller Laura Frantz continues to unfold the stirring saga of the Ballantyne family in this majestic tale of love, loyalty, and the makings of a legacy. With rich descriptions of the people who settled and civilized a wild landscape, Frantz weaves a tapestry of characters and places that stick with the reader long after they turn the last page.

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1441244530

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Love's Fortune (The Ballantyne Legacy Book #3)

A Novel

By: Laura Frantz

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Love's Fortune (The Ballantyne Legacy Book #3)

A Novel

By: Laura Frantz

Sheltered since birth at her Kentucky home, Rowena Ballantyne has heard only whispered rumors of her grandfather Silas's vast fortune and grand manor in Pennsylvania. When her father receives a rare letter summoning him to New Hope, Rowena makes the journey with him and quickly finds herself in a whole new world--filled with family members she's never met, dances she's never learned, and a new side to the father she thought she knew. As she struggles to fit in during their extended stay, she finds a friend in James Sackett, the most valued steamship pilot of the Ballantynes' shipping line. Even with his help, Rowena feels she may never be comfortable in high society. Will she go her own way . . . to her peril? With her signature attention to historical detail, Laura Frantz brings 1850s Pennsylvania alive with a tender story of loss, love, and loyalty. Fans will cheer for this final installment of the Ballatyne saga.

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1441246401

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Love's Reckoning (The Ballantyne Legacy Book #1)

A Novel

By: Laura Frantz

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Love's Reckoning (The Ballantyne Legacy Book #1)

A Novel

By: Laura Frantz

On a bitter December day in 1785, Silas Ballantyne arrives at the door of master blacksmith Liege Lee in York, Pennsylvania. Just months from becoming a master blacksmith himself, Silas is determined to finish his apprenticeship and move west. But Liege soon discovers that Silas is a prodigious worker and craftsman and endeavors to keep him in York. Silas becomes interested in both of Liege's daughters, the gentle and faith-filled Eden and the clever and high-spirited Elspeth. When he chooses one, will the other's jealousy destroy their love? In this sweeping family saga set in western Pennsylvania, one man's choices in love and work, in friends and enemies, set the stage for generations to come. Love's Reckoning is the first entry in The Ballantyne Legacy, a rich, multi-layered historical quartet from talented writer Laura Frantz, beginning in the late 1700s and following the Ballantyne family through the end of the Civil War.

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Baker Books

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1441239782

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Nights in Tents

On the Front Lines of the Occupy Movement

By: Laura Love

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Nights in Tents

On the Front Lines of the Occupy Movement

By: Laura Love

From an acclaimed musician comes an inside look at one of the most controversial and influential civil rights movements of our time. Nights in Tents is a memoir of the profoundly moving, and often hysterical, circumstances a fifty-one-year-old middle-class musician encountered when she abandoned a pleasantly predictable life on her pastoral, off-grid home nestled in the Cascade Mountains of Washington State to run off with the Occupy Movement. Internationally recognized singer/songwriter, Laura Love, put her music career on hold for a year to live in the chaotic tent encampments from Wall Street to Oakland. Traveling through the United States, Laura was immersed in the electrifying political culture of Occupy. She pitched her tent on city center concrete plazas; she helped shut down the Port of Oakland; she took over a Bank of America in San Francisco and was teargassed, arrested, and jailed for her trouble. All the while, she formed close bonds with the disparate characters who make up the 99 percent. Love’s insight into the importance of this moment in history, as well as her surprising predictions about the next phase, promise to inspire and enlighten. This lively, engaging account takes the reader on a journey that will captivate fans of political humor, women’s interests, African American perspectives, LGBT stories, as well as fans of narrative nonfiction and the memoir in general. Skyhorse Publishing, under our Night Shade and Talos imprints, is proud to publish a broad range of titles for readers interested in science fiction (space opera, time travel, hard SF, alien invasion, near-future dystopia), fantasy (grimdark, sword and sorcery, contemporary urban fantasy, steampunk, alternative history), and horror (zombies, vampires, and the occult and supernatural), and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller, a national bestseller, or a Hugo or Nebula award-winner, we are committed to publishing quality books from a diverse group of authors.

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1631581120

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Close Encounters

Communication in Relationships

By: Laura K. Guerrero,Peter A. Andersen, Ph.D.,Walid A. Afifi

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Close Encounters

Communication in Relationships

By: Laura K. Guerrero,Peter A. Andersen, Ph.D.,Walid A. Afifi

Using a relational approach to the study of interpersonal communication, this text provides comprehensive coverage of popular theories and concepts in interpersonal communication. The research base of the book draws from communication, but also emphasizes the interdisciplinary nature of the study of personal relationships.

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141294953X

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Quantitative Literary Analysis of the Works of Aphra Behn

Words of Passion

By: Laura L. Runge

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Quantitative Literary Analysis of the Works of Aphra Behn

Words of Passion

By: Laura L. Runge

Aphra Behn (1640–1689), prolific and popular playwright, poet, novelist, translator, has a fascinating and extensive corpus of literature that plays a key role in literary history. Quantitative Literary Analysis of the Works of Aphra Behn: Words of Passion offers what no book has done to date, an analysis of all Behn’s literary output. It examines the author’s use of words in terms of frequencies and distributions and stacks the words in context to read Behn’s word usage synchronically. Using this experimental method, the book brings digital humanities into literary criticism, to enhance our understanding and appreciation of literature beyond what is possible in diachronic reading and scholarship less supported by digital means. The empirical approach works in collaboration with existing scholarship to understand Behn’s distinct language of love and extreme passions across her genres.

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Anthem Press

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1839982020

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Holy Gravity

Fearing God from the Inside Out

By: Laura Jackson

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Holy Gravity

Fearing God from the Inside Out

By: Laura Jackson

Have you heard people say, “Fearing God doesn’t mean to be afraid of Him but to be in awe of Him and revere Him?” I have, too. But what if it’s more than that? And what if this fear can change our lives? We are living in dark, chaotic times where sin is raging in the world and our hearts. Even many in churches who say they love God are fighting habitual sins. What if our sin problem is a fear problem? In my grief, I searched Scripture, asking the Lord for a deeper understanding of the fear of God. He revealed a powerful point of clarification—fearing God is not only a mindset but a way of life. It’s not just how we feel or what we think about God but how we respond visibly to His glory. With Scripture as its foundation and authority, Holy Gravity explores the connection between our sanctification and the fear of God. God’s people are to be set apart; our greatest distinction from the world is our fear of God manifested in holy living. Through a relationship with Jesus Christ, God frees us from sin, maturing us by the Holy Spirit in visible ways. In this place of God-focused fear, we can offer the hope of Christ to the world and one another. I pray you will find that God intends our fear of Him to transform our lives and make us holy. “Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man.” Ecclesiastes 12:13

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WestBow Press

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197369896X

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Your Marriage is Worth Fighting For

By: Laura T. Gethers

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Your Marriage is Worth Fighting For

By: Laura T. Gethers

This 30 day marriage devotional is a great way to rekindle the light that may have grown dim, and the spotlight that shines on the prize. Step in the ring and fight for your marriage. Think about some of the fears that you may have in your marriage. Where are they coming from? How have your actions been driven by these fears? What hindrances have these fears caused in your life? Now this is not going to be easy but think about how much different your life would be if you let those fears go and let LOVE replace them. You don't have to fear when it comes to Love (I'm talking about God's agape unconditional love). His love will protect you, his love will cause you to succeed and not fail. Decide today that you choose LOVE! Take away the power that fear once had and give it to love!

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1365955850

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The Mathematical Order of Musing

By: Laura Wang

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The Mathematical Order of Musing

By: Laura Wang

Mathematics is a language, a form of expression which can be used to express our thoughts like any other language. It is a tool which has been used for centuries in Physics, Chemistry, Finance, and many other fields to formulate phenomena. It is used in this booklet, to help express the emotional and philosophical thoughts, in hopes of placing the chaos of thoughts into certain manageable order

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The Go-and-Tell Storybook

30 Bible Stories Showing Why We Share about Jesus

By: Laura Richie

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The Go-and-Tell Storybook

30 Bible Stories Showing Why We Share about Jesus

By: Laura Richie

Jesus’ good work didn’t end when He returned to His Father—God’s Spirit came and continued the rescue! Follow along through 30 Bible stories that show how the Holy Spirit came and what Jesus’ friends did. Experience the adventures of Peter, Paul, and other believers from the Pentecost celebration through the Acts of the Apostles. These stories will keep your child amazed, engaged, and inspired with: a key Bible verse at the beginning of each story a conversation-starting question at the end of each story beautiful illustrations and intriguing maps learning opportunities for the littlest hearts to share the love of Jesus Read the stories for a month as a daily family devotional or throughout the year. Get excited to go and tell how Jesus makes everything good and new!

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0830782966

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Awaken to Joy

By: Laura Erdman-Luntz

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Awaken to Joy

By: Laura Erdman-Luntz

“In today’s over-busy, over-fed, under-rested and competitive world, we all need the clear wisdom we find in Awaken to Joy. Thanks, Laura, for showing the way.” ~ Judith Hanson Lasater, Ph.D, PT What if joy was tangible...with specific, easily defined steps you could take to create it for yourself? It is! What if we could shift our attitude by just making some small changes in what we do in our every day? You can! This book is your guide to helping you move beyond the ordinary and showing you how to bring greater peace into your life, creating more open and loving relationships with your friends and family, finding harmony with your co-workers and joy in your work, and bringing more patience, love, and compassion to your relationship with your spouse and children. Now is the time to feel more joy in your life! Each chapter gives you an area of your life to consider, including ideas for deepening your study and discussion questions to use if you have a group with which you are reading the book. The author also has online assistance for you such as free, weekly quotes and free ebooks to further inspire you. You can also register for the online program and receive a weekly eNewsletter with more ideas for cultivating your joyful nature! Check www.AwakenToJoyProgram.com for more information. To learn more about the author, go to: www.MuseLaura.com

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1462812120

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Inside the Heart of a Glass Knight

By: Laura A. Fisher

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Inside the Heart of a Glass Knight

By: Laura A. Fisher

Inside the Heart of a Glass Knight is a collection of poems by Laura A. Fisher that were written between the years of 2005–2008. The poems introduce you to your author. It shows you her life, her struggles, her strengths, her thoughts, and more. It shows you the inside of your authors mind and heart. If you enjoyed this book, look out for my third book The Color of Life: Blood and Tears.

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1450079482

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The Caterpillar's Flight

A Story of Transformation : Spirituality for Real Life

By: Laura Lester Fournier

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The Caterpillar's Flight

A Story of Transformation : Spirituality for Real Life

By: Laura Lester Fournier

The Caterpillar's Flight" A Story of Transformation - Spirituality For Real Life, is a journey through childhood sexual, emotional, and physical abuse to a life of forgiveness and joy. The author reflects upon her past and more than twenty-five years of study in metaphysics, world religion, and philosophy; she discusses everything from sexuality to politics with an honest and appealing approach. The author infused this book with humor, insightfulness, and the sensibility she calls, "Spirituality For Real Life." Powerful meditations and practices are shared which will increase your ability to live life with more enthusiasm, success, and joy. The future depends on how well we heal the past. Healed adults raise wise children and this is the path to a more peaceful world. This book will assist you in gaining deeper clairity about your past, living more fully in the present, and peering into the future with fresh eyes. It is a book you will reach for again and again.

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055710470X

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Adult Bible Studies Winter 2024-2025 Student

By: Laura Wittman

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Adult Bible Studies Winter 2024-2025 Student

By: Laura Wittman

Grow your faith. Transform your life. Cultivate a deeper relationship with God through Adult Bible Studies. This resource, endorsed by the Curriculum Resources Committee of The United Methodist Church, offers a year-round, weekly Bible study plan for Sunday school classes and other small groups. Each weekly lesson offers background and focal Scriptures, key verses, and doctrinallysound and relevant biblical interpretation and application in a readable font size. Annual plans provide comprehensive coverage of the Bible, special lessons during the church seasons of Advent/Christmas and Lent/Easter, and suggestions for developingspiritual practices such as prayer, worship, community, and service, among manyothers. Adult Bible Studies is a reliable companion and guide for learning and growing in Christian faith. Winter 2024-2024 Theme: Following Jesus This winter, our Bible lessons follow the theme “Following Jesus.” They encourage us to consider what compels us to follow Jesus, what it means to be part of Jesus’ beloved community, and how we are partners in Jesus’ mission. The writer of the student book is Laura Wittman; the writer of the teacher book is Taylor Mills. Video Hosts are Paula Brousard, Andrew Weitze, and Robin Wilson. With the help of the Adult Bibles Studies Student Book, Teacher/Commentary Kit, andDVD, your group will embrace that it’s not just about learning - it’s about living outbiblical teachings. Visit AdultBibleStudies.com and sign up for the weekly newsletter to automatically receive the FREE Current Events Supplement and other information about these resources and more!

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Kingswood Books

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1791028624

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The Land of Efacia

On the Planet Zemora

By: Laura Bentz

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The Land of Efacia

On the Planet Zemora

By: Laura Bentz

This book is about a herald named Charles and chronicles the story of the duchies of Octamania and Septamania on the planet Zemora in the land of Efacia. This planet is remarkably similar to the planet Earth. Charles goes through a series of adventures that begin with a strange cat jumping on his bed. He then is sent on an investigation of the mysterious death of a girl named Sarah, interviewing each potential person or monster involved. Finally, he encounters a prophetess who is struggling with her own set of problems. Both of them have encounters with the Good Shepherd (who is similar to Jesus on our planet). In the end, the mystery of Sarahs death is solved.

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1449770444

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Free Women (Mujeres Libres)

Voices and Memories for a Libertarian Future

By: Laura Ruiz

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Free Women (Mujeres Libres)

Voices and Memories for a Libertarian Future

By: Laura Ruiz

Free Women based their activities upon the dialog, the solidarity and the equality of differences. It was therefore a model for the social movements of the current dialogical societies of the XXIst Century, in which these elements basic are to overcome the social inequalities. Free Women organization was created in the framework of the libertarian movement shortly before the beginning of the Spanish Civil War. It was one of the movements with greatest impact upon the lives of the worker and peasant women. More than twenty thousand women enrolled the organization, almost all of them young women, workers and with no academic education. They got organized in order to overcome what they called the triple slavery of the worker woman: slavery as a woman, slavery as a worker and slavery for the lack of opportunities to gain access to education. They were the main actresses of the complete transformation of their own lives. They didn't only claim for labor and social equality, but they also transformed their personal relationships, love and the sexuality, contributing to the overcoming of a traditional masculinity model based upon power relationships and double standards. Laura Ruiz is a researcher at the University of Barcelona.

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BRILL

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9460915191

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9789460915192

A Passage into Life

By: Laura J. Gray Mitchell

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A Passage into Life

By: Laura J. Gray Mitchell

This book of poetry does not read like a novel because of its rhyme, brevity and omission of detail. However, it is meant to teach, inspire, and awaken, opening eyes, ears and hearts to help examine ourselves, see who we as a people are, where we are headed and where we are taking our children, families, communities and nation, and what we can to do to help bring aboutor restorewholeness in our lives and the lives of others. The first poem in the collection, The Child Whod Come is inspired by a real and overlooked little girl caught in an unwholesome situation not of her making. Another poem, Grand Guardian, was inspired by real people. It is, though, written to a wider population who may be in the same circumstances as the individual whose silent, passionate voice we hear as we read, and the human subjects that the individual addresses. Other poems in the collection are reflections on Almighty God and the love he has for his people and creation. Still others have personal thoughts that I want to sharewith you as well as those who are special to my heart. A PASSAGE INTO LIFE is for people who are hurting; also for hopeful people, joyful people, people of faith, and people who have little faith or no faith. It is for saint and sinner alike. It is to help anyone who has been hurt mentally, physically or spiritually. It is also for anyone who harms others in a big way or small way, any way at all. I believe that everyone who finds himself or herself in trouble in this life can find a way out. You will need the help of others who love the Lord God, who genuinely care about what happens to you. They may not always seem to do things the right wayyour way. They may seem like they are hypocrites or insincere at times, or seem harsh, giving you some tough love. But they can be your stepping stone, to lift you up out of deep despair, disgrace, shame, unhappiness and hopelessness if you are willing to listen to the voice of the Lord in His grace and wisdom, and believe the Lord will help you. The voice and word of God tells us of the good and the evil things that happen in this life. When we find ourselves facing problems, troubles or the worst of evils, God can lead us to what is good and perfect through Jesus Christ. When some people have done things to harm and hurt you, call the Lord!!! God can pick you up and lead you into healing, goodness, and wholeness so that you will be able to keep on going in this life no matter what may happen or what may have happened to you in the past. It is important that you believe God is real, and that this real, living God who created us all and all things in the world and beyond, is not just somewhere out there, but always near to you and the situation you may find yourself in, whether youve been listening to him or not. Learn what God can do to and for all kinds of people and what He has done through Jesus Christ with people who lost belief and faith in God, or who have stopped paying attention to Him. If you never knew Godor about Godor you lost your belief and faith in Him, you must learn or re-learn about this Creator and keeper of us all. The Holy Scripturesthe Bible, the word of Godis the key. It is important to know that someone faithful to the Lord God can help you understand. Pray, and ask God about this. I believe in God through Jesus Christ. You may guess that I am a member of the Christian faitha sinnerwho sometimes thinks she is doing the right thing, the best thing, only to find she has made mistakes in judgment or in what she has done, without knowing better or thinking that it was right or the better thing to do at the ti

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1453507272

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William Blake on Self and Soul

By: Laura Quinney

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William Blake on Self and Soul

By: Laura Quinney

It has been clear from the beginning that William Blake was both a political radical and a radical psychologist. In William Blake on Self and Soul, Laura Quinney uses her sensitive, surprising readings of the poet to reveal his innovative ideas about the experience of subjectivity.Blake’s central topic, Quinney shows us, is a contemporary one: the discomfiture of being a self or subject. The greater the insecurity of the “I” Blake believed, the more it tries to swell into a false but mighty “Selfhood.” And the larger the Selfhood bulks, the lonelier it grows. But why is that so? How is the illusion of “Selfhood” created? What damage does it do? How can one break its hold? These questions lead Blake to some of his most original thinking.Quinney contends that Blake’s hostility toward empiricism and Enlightenment philosophy is based on a penetrating psychological critique: Blake demonstrates that the demystifying science of empiricism deepens the self’s incoherence to itself. Though Blake formulates a therapy for the bewilderment of the self, as he goes on he perceives greater and greater obstacles to the remaking of subjectivity. By showing us this progression, Quinney shows us a Blake for our time.

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Harvard University Press

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0674035240

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Pleasure in Profit

Popular Prose in Seventeenth-Century Japan

By: Laura Moretti

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Pleasure in Profit

Popular Prose in Seventeenth-Century Japan

By: Laura Moretti

In the seventeenth century, Japanese popular prose flourished as waves of newly literate readers gained access to the printed word. Commercial publishers released vast numbers of titles in response to readers’ hunger for books that promised them potent knowledge. However, traditional literary histories of this period position the writings of Ihara Saikaku at center stage, largely neglecting the breadth of popular prose. In the first comprehensive study of the birth of Japanese commercial publishing, Laura Moretti investigates the vibrant world of vernacular popular literature. She marshals new data on the magnitude of the seventeenth-century publishing business and highlights the diversity and porosity of its publishing genres. Moretti explores how booksellers sparked interest among readers across the spectrum of literacies and demonstrates how they tantalized consumers with vital ethical, religious, societal, and interpersonal knowledge. She recasts books as tools for knowledge making, arguing that popular prose engaged its audience cognitively as well as aesthetically and emotionally to satisfy a burgeoning curiosity about the world. Crucially, Moretti shows, readers experienced entertainment within the didactic, finding pleasure in the profit gained from acquiring knowledge by interacting with transformative literature. Drawing on a rich variety of archival materials to present a vivid portrait of seventeenth-century Japanese publishing, Pleasure in Profit also speaks to broader conversations about the category of the literary by offering a new view of popular prose that celebrates plurality.

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023155205X

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You Are Unshaken - Includes Seven-Session Video Series

Finding Security in God in an Uncertain World

By: Laura Krokos

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Finding Security in God in an Uncertain World

By: Laura Krokos

Learn how to wield God’s Word as a weapon against anxiety, shame, and fear, so you can remain unshaken in our changing world. Unseen. Powerless. Hopeless. Many of us believe that these words describe who we are. In You Are Unshaken, Laura Krokos reminds us that this is not simply negative self-talk. These are lies Satan uses to keep us from living out the peace-filled, joy-filled life God wants for us. Each chapter in You Are Unshaken exposes one of these lies and equips us to fight back with truth. You Are Unshaken helps us: Find confidence and peace even in difficult circumstances. Learn how to use God’s Word as the sword of the Spirit. Realize that how we see God affects how we see ourselves. Feel grounded in God’s plan for us. Move beyond distractions and discouragements. Knowing God’s character transforms everything in life: our attitudes and actions, our fears and desires. You Are Unshaken is more than a call to know God. It is a reminder of who we already are because of who God has always been.

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David C Cook

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083078473X

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Stevie Smith's Resistant Antics

By: Laura Severin

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Stevie Smith's Resistant Antics

By: Laura Severin

The author explores the connections between Smiths work and mass media production; twentieth-century historical events; her romantic and Victorian predecessors; and such contemporaries as Virginia Woolf, Dorothy Parker, Aldous Huxley, and Evelyn Waugh. By presenting Smith in the cultural milieu surrounding World War II, Severin illuminates the still dark period of British womens writing from 1930 to 1960. Focusing on the complete works of Stevie Smith, Severin suggests that Smiths boundary-crossing art forms, which transgress genres and even media, represent an attempt to undo the coherence of femininity as defined in the conservative period of World War II.

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Univ of Wisconsin Press

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0299152944

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The Secret History of the World and How to Get Out Alive

By: Laura Knight-Jadczyk

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The Secret History of the World and How to Get Out Alive

By: Laura Knight-Jadczyk

Previously published as Ancient Science, Secret History contains 150 pages of new material. The Secret History of The World and How To Get Out Alive is the definitive book of the real answers where Truth is more fantastic than fiction. Laura Knight-Jadczyk, wife of internationally known theoretical physicist, Arkadiusz Jadczyk, an expert in hyperdimensional physics, draws on science and mysticism to pierce the veil of reality. With sparkling humour and wisdom, she picks up where Fulcanelli left off, sharing over thirty years of research to reveal, for the first time, The Great Work and the esoteric Science of the Ancients in terms accessible to scholar and layperson alike.Conspiracies have existed since the time of Cain and Abel. Facts of history have been altered to support the illusion. The question today is whether a sufficient number of people will see through the deceptions, thus creating a counter-force for positive change - the gold of humanity - during the upcoming times of Macro-Cosmic Quantum Shift. Laura argues convincingly, based on the revelations of the deepest of esoteric secrets, that the present is a time of potential transition, an extraordinary opportunity for individual and collective renewal: a quantum shift of awareness and perception which could see the birth of true creativity in the fields of science, art and spirituality. The Secret History of the World allows us to redefine our interpretation of the universe, history, and culture and to thereby navigate a path through this darkness. In this way, Laura Knight-Jadczyk shows us how we may extend the possibilities for all our different futures in literal terms.With over 800 pages of fascinating reading, The Secret History of The World and How to Get Out Alive is rapidly being acknowledged as a classic with profound implications for the destiny of the human race. With painstakingly researched facts and figures, the author overturns long-held conventional ideas on religion, philosophy, Grail legends, science, and alchemy, presenting a cohesive narrative pointing to the existence of an ancient techno-spirituality of the Golden Age which included a mastery of space and time: the Holy Grail, the Philosopher's Stone, the True Process of Ascension. Laura provides the evidence for the advanced level of scientific and metaphysical wisdom possessed by the greatest of lost ancient civilizations - a culture so advanced that none of the trappings of civilization as we know it were needed, explaining why there is no 'evidence' of civilization as we know it left to testify to its existence. The author's consummate synthesis reveals the Message in a Bottle reserved for humanity, including the Cosmology and Mysticism of mankind Before the Fall when, as the ancient texts tell us, man walked and talked with the gods. Laura shows us that the upcoming shift is that point in the vast cosmological cycle when mankind - or at least a portion of mankind - has the opportunity to regain his standing as The Child of the King in the Golden Age.If ever there was a book that can answer the questions of those who are seeking Truth in the spiritual wilderness of this world, then surely The Secret History of the World and How to Get Out Alive is it.

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Chaucer and Clothing

Clerical and Academic Costume in the General Prologue to the Canterbury Tales

By: Laura Fulkerson Hodges

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Chaucer and Clothing

Clerical and Academic Costume in the General Prologue to the Canterbury Tales

By: Laura Fulkerson Hodges

A detailed discussion of the meaning and significance of the terms used to describe the clothing of Chaucer's religious and academic pilgrims. Religious and academic dress in the middle ages functioned as a metaphorical signifier of spiritual and intellectual standards, implied a given social status, signalled the rejection or possession of garment wealth, and, in the details, suggested the wearer's spiritual state. This book presents the first sustained analysis of the characterizing dress worn by Chaucer's pilgrims who are in holy orders and/or affiliated with universities; the author uses approaches from a variety of disciplines [received criticism of late medieval literature, developments in political, economic and social history, the visual arts, and material culture] in order to present the complex ideas and rhetoric the pilgrims' dress expresses. She also makes the religious, intellectual, and material culture of Chaucer's day accessible to modern audiences through the reconstruction of the significance of fabrics, dyes, accessories, garments, and assembled costumes, and an explanation of technical details and specialist vocabularies for cloth-making, clothing, accessories, and their images in the visual arts.

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DS Brewer

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1843840332

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Focus on Lifestyle and Health Research

By: Laura V. Kinger

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Focus on Lifestyle and Health Research

By: Laura V. Kinger

Good health apparently keys off at least these different developments: Genetic programming; Environmental factors; Lifestyle. This book is devoted to the effects of lifestyle on health. Lifestyle includes a wide range of activities that can be detrimental to a normal lifespan or health status of the organism. These include smoking, diet, addictions, exercise or the lack thereof, stress, socio-economic status, and personal hygiene. This book gathers leading-edge research from scientists throughout the world.

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Nova Publishers

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1594543186

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Classical and Contemporary Sociological Theory

Text and Readings

By: Scott Appelrouth,Laura Desfor Edles

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Classical and Contemporary Sociological Theory

Text and Readings

By: Scott Appelrouth,Laura Desfor Edles

A unique hybrid of text and readings, this book combines the major writings of sociology′s core classical and contemporary theorists with an historical as well as theoretical framework for understanding them. Laura Desfor Edles and Scott A Appelrouth provide not just a biographical and theoretical summary of each theorist/reading, but an overarching scaffolding which students can use to examine, compare and contrast each theorists′ major themes and concepts. No other theory text combines such student-friendly explanation and analysis with original theoretical works. Key features include: * Pedagogical devices and visual aids - charts, figures and photographs - to help summarize key concepts, illuminate complex ideas and provoke student interest * Chapters on well-known figures, such as Marx, Weber, Durkheim, Parsons and Foucault as well as an in-depth discussion of lesser known voices, such as Charlotte Perkins-Gilman, WEB Du Bois, and Leslie Sklair * Photos of not only the theorists, but of the historical milieu from which the theories arose as well as a glossary at the back

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Pine Forge Press

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076192793X

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Asian Americans

Personality Patterns, Identity, and Mental Health

By: Laura Uba

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Asian Americans

Personality Patterns, Identity, and Mental Health

By: Laura Uba

This widely adopted text synthesizes an extensive body of research on Asian American personality development, identity, and mental health. Uba focuses on how ethnocultural factors interact with minority group status to shape the experiences of members of diverse Asian American groups. Cultural values and norms shared by many Asian Americans are examined and common sources of stress described, including racial discrimination and immigrant and refugee experiences. Rates of mental health problems in Asian American communities are reviewed, as are predictors and manifestations of specific disorders. The volume also explores patterns in usage of available mental health services and considers ways that service delivery models might be adapted to better meet the needs of Asian American clients.

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Guilford Press

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1572309121

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Bad Childhood---Good Life

How to Blossom and Thrive in Spite of an Unhappy Childhood

By: Laura Schlessinger

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Bad Childhood---Good Life

How to Blossom and Thrive in Spite of an Unhappy Childhood

By: Laura Schlessinger

In this important book, Dr. Laura Schlessinger shows men and women that they can have a Good Life no matter how Bad their Childhood. For each of us, there is a connection between our early family dynamics and experiences and our current attitudes and decisions. Many of the people Dr. Laura has helped did not realize how their histories impacted their adult lives, or how their choices in people, repetitive situations, and decisions -- even their emotional reactions -- were connected to those early negative experiences, playing a major role in their current unhappiness. For these people and millions like them, too much time is dedicated to repeating the ugly dynamics of childhood in a vain attempt to repair or cope with deep hurt and longings. Too often they use their emotional pain to control others or excuse their own inappropriate and destructive behaviors. Some turn to therapy, only to find themselves trapped in their self-pitying victim mode, robbed of optimism, confidence, and growth. Dr. Laura will help you realize that no matter what circumstances you came from or currently live in, you are ultimately responsible for how you react to them. The acceptance of this basic truth is the source of your power to secure the Good Life you long for. In her signature straightforward style, with real-life examples, Dr. Laura shows you what you will gain by not being satisfied with an identity as a victim, or even as a survivor -- but striving to be a victor! In Bad Childhood -- Good Life, Dr. Laura will guide you to accept the truth of the assaults on your psyche and soul, understand your unique coping style and how it impacts your daily thoughts and actions, and help you embrace a life of more peace and happiness. Bad Childhood -- Good Life comes from a compassionate and personal place. Dr. Laura also reveals some of her own experiences with a difficult childhood and what efforts it took to attain a Good Life. She writes, "My resilience has paid off, and I'm doing the best I can with what I've got." Now you can, too.

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Dr. Laura Schlessinger

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