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Crook Chronicles: The Descendants of Henry & Margareth Crook - Volume 1

By: Laura Wayland-Smith Hatch

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Crook Chronicles: The Descendants of Henry & Margareth Crook - Volume 1

By: Laura Wayland-Smith Hatch

A genealogical compilation of the descendants of Henry & Margareth Crook and their seven children. The couple was married circa 1812 in South Carolina and by 1828 could be found in Rankin County, Mississippi. Many of the descendants are traced to the present, including biographies and photographs when available.

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0359370497

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Crook Chronicles: The Descendants of Henry & Margareth Crook = Volume 2

By: Laura Wayland-Smith Hatch

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Crook Chronicles: The Descendants of Henry & Margareth Crook = Volume 2

By: Laura Wayland-Smith Hatch

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0359370519

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A People's Guide to Los Angeles

By: Laura Pulido,Laura R. Barraclough,Wendy Cheng

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A People's Guide to Los Angeles

By: Laura Pulido,Laura R. Barraclough,Wendy Cheng

A People’s Guide to Los Angeles offers an assortment of eye-opening alternatives to L.A.’s usual tourist destinations. It documents 115 little-known sites in the City of Angels where struggles related to race, class, gender, and sexuality have occurred. They introduce us to people and events usually ignored by mainstream media and, in the process, create a fresh history of Los Angeles. Roughly dividing the city into six regions—North Los Angeles, the Eastside and San Gabriel Valley, South Los Angeles, Long Beach and the Harbor, the Westside, and the San Fernando Valley—this illuminating guide shows how power operates in the shaping of places, and how it remains embedded in the landscape.

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Univ of California Press

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0520953347

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Who Elected Oxfam?

A Democratic Defence of Self-Appointed Representatives

By: Laura Montanaro

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Who Elected Oxfam?

A Democratic Defence of Self-Appointed Representatives

By: Laura Montanaro

What entitles self-appointed representatives, such as non-governmental organizations and celebrity activists, to speak and act for others? This book argues that such actors can, and should, be conceptualized as representatives, and that they can - though do not always - represent others in a manner that we can recognize as democratic.

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Cambridge University Press

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1108419364

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9781108419369

Fun with the Family Southern California

Hundreds of Ideas for Day Trips with the Kids

By: Laura Kath,Pamela Price

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Fun with the Family Southern California

Hundreds of Ideas for Day Trips with the Kids

By: Laura Kath,Pamela Price

Written by parents, for parents, this opinionated, personal, and easy-to-use guide has hundreds of ideas to keep the kids entertained for an hour, a day, or a weekend! Fun with the Family Southern California leads the way to amusement parks, historical attractions, children’s museums, wildlife habitats, festivals, parks, and much more. The whole family will enjoy . . . Sampling aebleskiver (Danish pancake balls) in Solvang—the region’s “little bit of Denmark” Getting sea legs on a whale watch in the Santa Barbara Channel Strolling the Walk of Fame in Los Angeles Traveling back to the 1920s on the Fillmore & Western Railway

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Rowman & Littlefield

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0762774754

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9780762774753

Sociological Theory in the Contemporary Era

Text and Readings

By: Scott Appelrouth,Laura Desfor Edles

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Sociological Theory in the Contemporary Era

Text and Readings

By: Scott Appelrouth,Laura Desfor Edles

Combines the major writings of sociology's core contemporary theorists with a historical and theoretical framework for understanding these works. This text enables students to compare and contrast core concepts and ideas, stresses contemporary applications and examples, and provides a variety of visuals and pedagogical devices.

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Pine Forge Press

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141298761X

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9781412987615

Globalization

What It Is and How It Works

By: Lisa A. Crayton,Laura La Bella

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Globalization

What It Is and How It Works

By: Lisa A. Crayton,Laura La Bella

Using explanatory text, photos, and graphics, this book makes it easier for readers to understand the complicated and often controversial topic of globalization by discussing the different types of globalization, how and why it occurs, its effect on people, and what it means in the Internet Age.

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Enslow Publishing, LLC

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0766072444

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How Globalization Works

By: Laura La Bella

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How Globalization Works

By: Laura La Bella

Explains what globalization is, what caused it, what the effects are, what mechanisms triggered those causes.

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The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc

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1435853237

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9781435853232

Marketing Semiotics

Signs, Strategies, and Brand Value

By: Laura R. Oswald,Laura Oswald

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Marketing Semiotics

Signs, Strategies, and Brand Value

By: Laura R. Oswald,Laura Oswald

Proposes that consumers shop for brand meanings, not just goods and services. Brands offer consumers intagible benefits such as symbolic relationship, a vicarious experience, and even a sense of identity. This semiotic dimension of brands, has more that academic interest for firms, since the breadth and depth of the meanings consumers associate with the brand name and logo have measurable impact on the firm's financial performance.

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Oxford University Press

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0199566496

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9780199566495

Intermediate Accounting

By: Donald E. Kieso,Jerry J. Weygandt,Terry D. Warfield,Laura D. Wiley

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Intermediate Accounting

By: Donald E. Kieso,Jerry J. Weygandt,Terry D. Warfield,Laura D. Wiley

Intermediate Accounting continues to be the gold standard when it comes to helping students connect the what, how, and why of accounting. Through strategic content updates and the integration of a clear, student friendly pedagogy, the 19th Edition offers a refreshed, modern approach designed to spark effective learning and inspire the next generation of accounting professionals. With this new edition, the authors have focused on enhancing the readability and accessibility of the text, while also ensuring the inclusion of cutting-edge topics. Conversations on ESG, Crypto assets, and emerging technologies like AI have been added to drive student engagement and increase the connection between concepts learned in class and their relevance to the industry today. To help students move beyond rote memorization and into a deeper understanding of course concepts, Intermediate Accounting integrates practice opportunities at the point of learning. The end of chapter materials feature a wealth of high-quality assessment questions as well, including brief exercises, exercises, analysis problems, short answer questions, and Multiple-choice questions. These problems are scaffolded in difficulty to better support student learning, and often involve the application of key concepts into real world scenarios. Students will also have the chance to work through various hands-on activities, including Critical Thinking Cases, Excel Templates, and Analytics in Action problems, all within the chapter context. These applications help students develop a deeper understanding of course material, while building confidence in their critical thinking and decision-making skills.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1394254431

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9781394254439

Rectors Remembered: The Descendants of John Jacob Rector Volume 4

By: Laura Wayland-Smith Hatch

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Rectors Remembered: The Descendants of John Jacob Rector Volume 4

By: Laura Wayland-Smith Hatch

Volume 4 of 8, pages 1919 to 2626. A genealogical compilation of the descendants of John Jacob Rector and his wife, Anna Elizabeth Fischbach. Married in 1711 in Trupbach, Germany, the couple immigrated to the Germanna Colony in Virginia in 1714. Eight volumes document the lives of over 45,000 individuals.

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1312620129

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9781312620124

Laughing Water

By: Laura Harris Stanger

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Laughing Water

By: Laura Harris Stanger

Laughing Water whisks a reader back in time to when the First Nations people of northwestern Canada led a nomadic life as fur traders; back to the earliest missionaries who introduced formal education to our first Canadians; and back to when Canadian governments and churches shared this responsibility. Laughing Water is proud to invite its readers to read words written by some of the students and staff of the Chooutla Indian Residential School in their 1955-56 school paper, The Chooutla Grayling. Laura Harris Stanger devoted many years of her adult life to working in Indian residential schools, and she fondly remembers her years at Chooutla as a special time when her skills were challenged and stretched and her life's values enriched by the people of the Yukon.

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1105820076

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Childhood Obesity in America

Biography of an Epidemic

By: Laura Dawes

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Childhood Obesity in America

Biography of an Epidemic

By: Laura Dawes

Obesity among American children has reached epidemic proportions. Laura Dawes traces changes in diagnosis, treatment, and popular conceptions of the most serious health problem facing American children today, and makes the case that understanding the cultural history of a disease is critical to developing effective public health policy.

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Harvard University Press

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0674281446

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Your Call Is Important to Us

The Truth About Bullshit

By: Laura Penny

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Your Call Is Important to Us

The Truth About Bullshit

By: Laura Penny

Every once in a while a truth-telling book appears out of nowhere, a book that crystallizes our darkest suspicions and makes us mad as hell—while we’re laughing like fiends. A book like this one. Your Call Is Important to Us is a manifesto for anyone who’s sick and tired of the twenty-first century’s tidal wave of bullshit. Taking no prisoners, author Laura Penny dissects—no, disembowels—the culture of globalized, super-sized, consumerized b.s. Dating the renaissance of bullshit to wartime propaganda, Penny skewers the “corporate bafflegab,” scripted, question-proof political events, toxic faux foodstuffs, and miracle pills that clutter our lives. She spares no one and nothing: not Wal-Mart, where “every rinky-dink chunk of mass-produced bric-a-brac is manufactured expressly for you”; not Bush’s White House, with its “wallpaper of phony populist sloganeering”; and not the vast pharmaceutical industry, with its “gateway prescription drugs.” Penny reveals that prisons are the hot new thing in call centers (the federal prison industry bills itself as “the best-kept secret in outsourcing”) and that the Public Relations Society of America has a Code of Ethics Pledge (who knew?). Finally, with devastating precision, she demonstrates how our “all-you-can-eat buffet of phoniness” not only alienates us from each other but degrades public discourse, breeds apathy, and makes us just plain stupid. Your Call Is Important to Us introduces a fearless and utterly disarming new voice in social criticism. It’s an island of clarity in an ocean of ordure. Laura Penny on Bullshit: There is so much bullshit that one hardly knows where to begin. The platitudinous pabulum that passes for stirring political rhetoric is bullshit. . . . The committee-crafted persona and the focus-grouped fad and the rule of the polls are straight-up bullshit. The disease hysteria du jour is bullshit, and so is the latest miracle pill. The new product that will change your life is probably just more cheap, plastic bullshit. “Your call is important to us” has been chosen from a very deep reservoir of bullshit phrases for the title of this book because it best exemplifies the properties native to bullshit. It tries to slather some nice on the result of a simple ratio: your time versus some company’s dough. Like most bullshit, the more times you hear it, the bullshittier it gets. This is why bullshit is best served quickly, with many visuals, in mass quantities, with no questions from the floor.

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Crown

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0307238369

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Animal Rights Movement

By: Laura Perdew

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Animal Rights Movement

By: Laura Perdew

In the face of injustice, people band together to work for change, and through their influence, what was once unthinkable becomes common. This title traces the history of the animal rights movement in the United States, including the key players, watershed moments, and legislative battles that have driven social change. Iconic images and informative sidebars accompany compelling text that follows the movement from the first work to improve animals' welfare through the awakening of the animal rights movement and up to the battles that continue today. Features include a glossary, selected bibliography, Web sites, source notes, and an index, plus a timeline and essential facts. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company.

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ABDO

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1617838845

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Conflict of Laws

Cases, Materials, and Problems

By: Laura E. Little

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Conflict of Laws

Cases, Materials, and Problems

By: Laura E. Little

In her casebook Conflict of Laws, now in its second edition, internationally respected teacher and scholar Laura Little offers a progressive, innovative approach to teaching complex material. She brings to the subject her drafting and advocacy expertise as the Associate Reporter for the Restatement (Third) Conflict of Laws, authorized by the American Law Institute in 2014. In a subject where there is plenty of room for debate and analysis, this casebook offers a contemporary alternative to the subject by connecting coverage of key concepts to law practice using modern cases and problem pedagogy. With its modular design, clear writing, comprehensive Teacher’s Manual and online support, the text is highly teachable and has proven a road-tested favorite with both students and professors. Key Features Entirely new domestic relations sections throughout the book in light of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Obergefell decision, including analysis of Supreme Court follow-up cases Detailed references to the proposed Restatement (Third), drawing from the author’s work as an Associate Reporter drafting and developing the new restatement of the law Streamlined personal jurisdiction section, presenting the recent U.S. Supreme Court cases in Bristol Myers Squibb and Daimler Updated international law material, including discussion of the new British Defamation Act (and its impact on libel tourism) and the European Union's elimination of exequatur for judgment recognition

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Aspen Publishing

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1454897767

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9781454897767

Day Trips® from Los Angeles

Getaway Ideas for the Local Traveler

By: Laura Kath,Pamela Price

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Day Trips® from Los Angeles

Getaway Ideas for the Local Traveler

By: Laura Kath,Pamela Price

Day Trips® from Los Angeles is packed with hundreds of exciting things for locals and vacationers to do, see, and discover not far from Los Angeles, California. Los Angeles County has 9.8 million residents, and more than 60% of all visitors to Santa Barbara—a big part of this book—are from Los Angeles County! Trips are listed geographically, starting closest to downtown Los Angeles and radiating outward. Despite Southern California’s car-crazy reputation, this guide includes car-free options where applicable. * Do something star-studded: Explore Hollywood, Burbank, and Universal City & Universal Studios. * Do something sunny: Visit Malibu, twenty-three miles of sun, sand, and surf; Santa Catalina Island, a world away twenty-six miles out to sea; or Marina Del Rey/Venice Beach, quintessential So Cal. * Do something kid-approved: Get a taste of Buena Park/Knott’s Berry Farm, or visit the Happiest Place on Planet Southern California, Anaheim/Disneyland.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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0762767162

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9780762767168

Wine Country Chef's Table

Extraordinary Recipes from Napa and Sonoma

By: Roy Breiman,Laura Borrman

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Wine Country Chef's Table

Extraordinary Recipes from Napa and Sonoma

By: Roy Breiman,Laura Borrman

Centered on the world’s premier winemaking region and renowned culinary destination, Wine Country Chef’s Table offers an intimate look at a region that thousands of travelers often just “taste.” It is a regional cookbook and travelogue, offering gems of recipes along with restaurant, winery, and farm stories to both locals and visitors alike. The book features great chefs, farmers, and food artisans from the distinct parts of the California wine country—spanning both the Napa and Sonoma valleys.

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0762791209

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Introducing Anthropology

What Makes Us Human?

By: Laura Pountney,Tomislav Marić

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Introducing Anthropology

What Makes Us Human?

By: Laura Pountney,Tomislav Marić

The perfect starting point for any student new to this fascinating subject, offering a serious yet accessible introduction to anthropology. Across a series of fourteen chapters, Introducing Anthropology addresses the different fields and approaches within anthropology, covers an extensive range of themes and emphasizes the active role and promise of anthropology in the world today. The new edition foregrounds in particular the need for anthropology in understanding and addressing today's environmental crisis, as well as the exciting developments of digital anthropology. This book has been designed by two authors with a passion for teaching and a commitment to communicating the excitement of anthropology to newcomers. Each chapter includes clear explanations of classic and contemporary anthropological research and connects anthropological theories to real-life issues at the local and global levels. The vibrancy and importance of anthropology is a core focus of the book, with numerous interviews with key anthropologists about their work and the discipline as a whole, and plenty of ethnographic studies to consider and use as inspiration for readers' own personal investigations. A clear glossary, a range of activities and discussion points, and carefully selected further reading and suggested ethnographic films further support and extend students' learning. Introducing Anthropology aims to inspire and enthuse a new generation of anthropologists. It is suitable for a range of different readers, from students studying the subject at school-level to university students looking for a clear and engaging entry point into anthropology.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1509544151

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9781509544158

Contemporary Introduction to Sociology

Culture and Society in Transition

By: Jeffrey C. Alexander,Kenneth Thompson,Laura Desfor Edles

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Contemporary Introduction to Sociology

Culture and Society in Transition

By: Jeffrey C. Alexander,Kenneth Thompson,Laura Desfor Edles

The first edition of A Contemporary Introduction to Sociology was the first truly new introductory sociology textbook in decades. Written by two leading sociologists at the cutting edge of theory and research, the text reflected the idioms and interests of contemporary American life and global social issues. The second edition continues to invite students to reflect upon their lives within the context of the combustible leap from modern to postmodern life. The authors show how culture is central to understanding many world problems as they challenge readers to confront the risks and potentialities of a postmodern era in which the futures of both the physical and social environment seem uncertain. As culture rapidly changes in the 21st century, the authors have broadened their analysis to cover developments in social media and new data on gender and transgender issues.

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Routledge

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1317264991

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Florence Nightingale the Angel of the Crimea

With the Essay 'Representative Women' by Ingleby Scott

By: Laura E. Richards,Ingleby Scott

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Florence Nightingale the Angel of the Crimea

With the Essay 'Representative Women' by Ingleby Scott

By: Laura E. Richards,Ingleby Scott

First published in 1909, “Florence Nightingale the Angel of the Crimea” is a biographical sketch of Nightingale by American author Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards Florence Nightingale (1820–1910) was an English social reformer, statistician, and pioneer of modern nursing. She became famous during the time she served as manager and trainer of nurses during the Crimean War, giving nursing a positive reputation and becoming a Victorian culture icon. Also known as "The Lady with the Lamp", she was an accomplished writer who produced work related to medical knowledge. Contents include: “How Florence Got Her Name”, “Little Florence”, “The Squire's Daughter”, “Looking Out”, “Waiting For The Call”, “The Trumpet Call”, “The Response”, “Scutari”, “The Barrack Hospital”, “The Lady-In-Chief”, “The Lady With The Lamp”, etc. Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards produced over 90 books over many genres, including poetry, biographies, and children's literature. Her most notable work is her children's poem "Eletelephony". Other notable works by this author include: “Baby's Rhyme Book” (1878), “Babyhood: Rhymes and Stories, Pictures and Silhouettes for Our Little Ones” (1878), and “Baby's Story Book” (1878). Read & Co is republishing this volume now in a high-quality, modern edition, complete with a biography of the author by Elizabeth Lee.

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152878927X

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Advances in Genomic Sequence Analysis and Pattern Discovery

By: Laura Elnitski,Helen Piontkivska,Lonnie R. Welch

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Advances in Genomic Sequence Analysis and Pattern Discovery

By: Laura Elnitski,Helen Piontkivska,Lonnie R. Welch

Mapping the genomic landscapes is one of the most exciting frontiers of science. We have the opportunity to reverse engineer the blueprints and the control systems of living organisms. Computational tools are key enablers in the deciphering process. This book provides an in-depth presentation of some of the important computational biology approaches to genomic sequence analysis. The first section of the book discusses methods for discovering patterns in DNA and RNA. This is followed by the second section that reflects on methods in various ways, including performance, usage and paradigms.

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World Scientific

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9814327727

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Human Capital

A History of Putting Refugees to Work

By: Laura Robson

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Human Capital

A History of Putting Refugees to Work

By: Laura Robson

HOW GLOBAL HUMANITARIANISM TURNS REFUGEES INTO CHEAP LABOR Historian Laura Robson unveils the dark heart of our purportedly humanitarian international regime. Tracing the century-long history of attempts to remake refugees into disposable migrant labor, Robson elucidates global humanitarianism’s deep-seated commitment to refugee exploitation and containment. Surveying more than a hundred years of policy across the globe, Robson captures the travails of Balkan refugees in the late Ottoman Empire, Roosevelt’s secret plans to use German Jewish refugees as laborers in Latin America, and contemporary European efforts to deploy Syrians as low-wage workers in remote regions of Jordan. The advent of internationalist refugee aid has long been told as an inspirational story in which reformers fought tirelessly for a system that would recognize and guarantee the rights of displaced and dispossessed people. But as Robson demonstrates, the motives behind modern refugee policy can be mercenary. Refugees have become easy prey for global industrial capitalism.

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Verso Books

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1804290246

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The Intellectual Property of Nations

Sociological and Historical Perspectives on a Modern Legal Institution

By: Laura R. Ford

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The Intellectual Property of Nations

Sociological and Historical Perspectives on a Modern Legal Institution

By: Laura R. Ford

Drawing on macro-historical sociological theories, this book traces the development of intellectual property as a new type of legal property in the modern nation-state system. In its current form, intellectual property is considered part of an infrastructure of state power that incentivizes innovation, creativity, and scientific development, all engines of economic growth. To show how this infrastructure of power emerged, Laura Ford follows macro-historical social theorists, including Michael Mann and Max Weber, back to antiquity, revealing that legal instruments very similar to modern intellectual property have existed for a long time and have also been deployed for similar purposes. Using comparative and historical evidence, this groundbreaking work reflects on the role of intellectual property in our contemporary political communities and societies; on the close relationship between law and religion; and on the extent to which law's obliging force depends on ancient, written traditions.

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Cambridge University Press

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1108187722

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The Vegan Studies Project

Food, Animals, and Gender in the Age of Terror

By: Laura Wright

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The Vegan Studies Project

Food, Animals, and Gender in the Age of Terror

By: Laura Wright

This inescapably controversial study envisions, defines, and theorizes an area that Laura Wright calls vegan studies. We have an abundance of texts on vegans and veganism including works of advocacy, literary and popular fiction, film and television, and cookbooks, yet until now, there has been no study that examines the social and cultural discourses shaping our perceptions of veganism as an identity category and social practice. Ranging widely across contemporary American society and culture, Wright unpacks the loaded category of vegan identity. She examines the mainstream discourse surrounding and connecting animal rights to (or omitting animal rights from) veganism. Her specific focus is on the construction and depiction of the vegan body--both male and female--as a contested site manifest in contemporary works of literature, popular cultural representations, advertising, and new media. At the same time, Wright looks at critical animal studies, human-animal studies, posthumanism, and ecofeminism as theoretical frameworks that inform vegan studies (even as they differ from it). The vegan body, says Wright, threatens the status quo in terms of what we eat, wear, and purchase--and also in how vegans choose not to participate in many aspects of the mechanisms undergirding mainstream culture. These threats are acutely felt in light of post-9/11 anxieties over American strength and virility. A discourse has emerged that seeks, among other things, to bully veganism out of existence as it is poised to alter the dominant cultural mindset or, conversely, to constitute the vegan body as an idealized paragon of health, beauty, and strength. What better serves veganism is exemplified by Wright's study: openness, debate, inquiry, and analysis.

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University of Georgia Press

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0820348546

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9780820348544

Long Island Oddities

Curious Locales, Unusual Occurrences and Unlikely Urban Adventures

By: John Leita,Laura Leita

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Long Island Oddities

Curious Locales, Unusual Occurrences and Unlikely Urban Adventures

By: John Leita,Laura Leita

John and Laura Leita delve in to the oddities that make Long Island unique and it may be more odd than you thought possible! Long Island's history is well known, but often overlooked are the island's unique and bizarre stories and treasures--the most interesting locations and darkest legends. From hidden haunts and legends like the Indian Princess of Lake Ronkonkoma to well-known events like the Amityville Horror House murders, this collection chronicles the tales of restless spirits, unrequited loves and otherworldly visits that riddle the island. There is much to be seen along the roadside, too, including the beloved Big Duck, the Riverhead Indian and even the grave site of Nixon's dog, Checkers. Through history, pictures and the personal experiences of a ten-year endeavor, authors John and Laura Leita brings to life Long Island's abandoned structures, including psychiatric hospitals and other ruins waiting to be rediscovered. Join the Leitas as they go in search of the delightfully quirky side of Long Island.

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Arcadia Publishing

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1614239347

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9781614239345

Where the Beast Dwells

By: Laura Pérez Macho

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Where the Beast Dwells

By: Laura Pérez Macho

Nature is the only place where human beings can go to find themselves" – Henry David Thoreau (Walden) – Celtic fiction and mythology develop in the historical framework of fifteenth-century Scotland to give life to this novel full of battles, adventure, love, betrayal, and mythology. Where the Beast Dwells is a lengthy novel that blends elements of the fantasy, historical, adventure, and action genres. The characters experience a "journey" or life path that they will have to follow, marked by their own lives and experiences. They fight against danger, against death, against blood, and against loneliness. How far can revenge take us? What can we do for love? Are blood ties a limit to love? What are the doings that give us strength in life? How can we seek justice?

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1667460625

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Doing Semiotics

A Research Guide for Marketers at the Edge of Culture

By: Laura R. Oswald

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Doing Semiotics

A Research Guide for Marketers at the Edge of Culture

By: Laura R. Oswald

The semiotics discipline - a hybrid of communication science and anthropology - accounts for the deep cultural codes that structure communication and sociality, endow things with value, move us through constructed space, and moderate our encounters with change. Doing Semiotics shows readers how to leverage these codes to solve business problems, foster innovation, and create meaningful experiences for consumers. In addition to the key principles and methods of applied semiotics, it introduces the basics of branding, strategic decision-making, and cross-cultural marketing management. Through practical exercises, examples, extended team projects, and evaluation criteria, this book guides students through the application of learning to all phases of semiotics-based projects for communications, brand equity management, design strategy, new product development, and public policy management. In addition to tools for sorting data and mapping cultural dimensions of a market, it includes useful interview protocols for use in focus groups, in-depth interviews, and ethnographic studies, as well as expert case studies that will enable readers to apply semiotics to consumer research.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0198822022

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The Politics of Medicaid

By: Laura Katz Olson

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The Politics of Medicaid

By: Laura Katz Olson

In 1965, the United States government enacted legislation to provide low-income individuals with quality health care and related services. Initially viewed as the friendless stepchild of Medicare, Medicaid has grown exponentially since its inception, becoming a formidable force of its own. Funded jointly by the national government and each of the fifty states, the program is now the fourth most expensive item in the federal budget and the second largest category of spending for almost every state. Now, under the new, historic health care reform legislation, Medicaid is scheduled to include sixteen million more people. Laura Katz Olson, an expert on health, aging, and long-term care policy, unravels the multifaceted and perplexing puzzle of Medicaid with respect to those who invest in and benefit from the program. Assessing the social, political, and economic dynamics that have shaped Medicaid for almost half a century, she helps readers of all backgrounds understand the entrenched and powerful interests woven into the system that have been instrumental in swelling costs and holding elected officials hostage. Addressing such fundamental questions as whether patients receive good care and whether Medicaid meets the needs of the low-income population it is supposed to serve, Olson evaluates the extent to which the program is an appropriate foundation for health care reform.

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Columbia University Press

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0231521596

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AQA Sociology for A-level Book 1

By: David Bown,Laura Pountney,Tomislav Maric

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AQA Sociology for A-level Book 1

By: David Bown,Laura Pountney,Tomislav Maric

Exam Board: AQA Level: AS/A-level Subject: Sociology First Teaching: September 2015 First Exam: June 2016 Build students' understanding with this concept-driven approach to the 2015 AQA A-level Sociology specification, written by a team of leading subject authors and approved by AQA. - Develop the knowledge required to master Year 1 topics with clear and accessible content coverage - Build confidence in the evaluative skills needed to assess sociological theories and research - Strengthen learning and revision with a wealth of practice and extension questions and activities

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Hodder Education

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1471839400

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9781471839405

Foraging For Carbs

Recipes from the Old Apothecary Bakery

By: Laura MacLeod

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Foraging For Carbs

Recipes from the Old Apothecary Bakery

By: Laura MacLeod

In May of 2015, professional pastry chef Laura MacLeod’s dream became a reality when she opened the doors of her bakery, The Old Apothecary Bakery & Cafe (known locally as TOA) in downtown Halifax, Nova Scotia. For over six years, TOA welcomed countless customers who became friends, with delicious desserts and memories to last a lifetime. A tribute to her beloved bakery, this cookbook includes all of your TOA favourites, from the Chocolate Eclairs and the Butterscotch Peanut Butter Miso Cookies, to the Salted Caramel Brownies and the Carolina Key Lime Pie Squares. Filled with personal stories and beautiful photos, Laura also takes you on a fun journey through the Canadian classics of her childhood, staples from Grammy’s old cookbooks, and recipes discovered during her travels. Whether you’re a former customer or a home baker looking to up their dessert game, Foraging For Carbs takes you above and beyond the basics of baking, by walking you through desserts that are slightly more challenging. With this cookbook, you can recreate some of your favourite sweet treats right in your own kitchen.

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103915476X

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