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The Skin of the Film

Intercultural Cinema, Embodiment, and the Senses

By: Laura U. Marks

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The Skin of the Film

Intercultural Cinema, Embodiment, and the Senses

By: Laura U. Marks

DIVUses Deleuze to explore new ways of looking at intercultural and experimental cinema./div

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Duke University Press

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0822323915

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Praying Through Cancer

A 90-Day Devotional for Women

By: Susan Sorensen,Laura Geist

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Praying Through Cancer

A 90-Day Devotional for Women

By: Susan Sorensen,Laura Geist

Traumatized and terrified of cancer? Whether you or a family member is battling the disease, this beautiful, updated edition of the trusted, encouraging 90-day devotional will comfort and strengthen you. Written by women who have faced cancer themselves, this book reminds you that you are not alone and will help set your heart free from fear. When you hear the doctor say the word cancer, your fears can be overwhelming. Thankfully, there is a place of peace you can experience. Through these pages, women who have walked this difficult journey themselves will pray through cancer with you and walk alongside you through your own journey. This encouraging daily devotional is written specifically for women battling cancer, and it is written by women who have faced cancer themselves, containing insight, wisdom, and clarity found only through personal trial. Whether you are facing breast cancer, thyroid cancer, or any form of the disease, the testimonies and prayers in this book will strengthen and bless you in the months ahead. This updated edition features a beautiful new cover. Each daily devotional includes: Scripture verse and prayer Inspirational story where fears and anger are transformed into confident expectation and pure worship Intentional tip of the day to help you personally encounter God Prayer references for encouragement You don’t have to face cancer alone. As you read, you’ll feel as though you are meeting kindred spirits—old friends who will come alongside you in your journey, encouraging you and understanding what no one else can. Contributors include Kay Warren, Pat Palau, Barbara Johnson, Joyce Wright, and many more. Praise for Praying Through Cancer: “What an encouraging devotional! Written by women who have walked the road and speak from experience, it demonstrates how God can enable you to come through the trials of cancer with praise on your lips, peace in your spirit, and hope in your heart.”—Kay Marshall Strom, author of The Cancer Survival Guide “Journeying through breast cancer, the most authentic voices that encouraged me were women who have pilgrimmed ahead of me. . . . This book nourished my spirit and renewed my hope—may it do the same for you.”—Karen Hill, Author of Owen’s Walk and assistant to Max Lucado

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Thomas Nelson

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0785241590

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9780785241591

Two Little Girls

A Novel

By: Laura Jarratt

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Two Little Girls

A Novel

By: Laura Jarratt

This heartfelt story grabs the reader from the very start and doesn't let go. Psychological thrillers fans won't want to miss this one."—Publishers Weekly She has to time to save one of her daughters. Only one. Can she choose? When Lizzie's car crashes with her two daughters inside, she faces a terrible choice. And when she recovers from her injuries, she must deal with the impact of that tragedy and the police investigation into it. As Lizzie and her family struggle to come to terms with the events of that night, things take an even darker turn. What exactly happened on that remote country road? Who is responsible? And can the family get through this together... or will the truth finally tear them apart? Perfect for fans of Lisa Jewell, Two Little Girls is a riveting page-turner that combines deep emotion with a mesmerizing plot, taking us deep inside the secret life of a family with plenty to hide and the unthinkable choice that one mother is forced to make.

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Sourcebooks, Inc.

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1728250382

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9781728250380

Pictures Bring Us Messages

By: Alison Kay Brown,Laura Lynn Peers

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Pictures Bring Us Messages

By: Alison Kay Brown,Laura Lynn Peers

In 1925, Beatrice Blackwood of the University of Oxford's Pitt Rivers Museum took thirty-three photographs of Kainai people on the Blood Indian Reserve in Alberta as part of an anthropological project. In 2001, staff from the museum took copies of these photographs back to the Kainai and worked with community members to try to gain a better understanding of Kainai perspectives on the images. 'Pictures Bring Us Messages' is about that process, about why museum professionals and archivists must work with such communities, and about some of the considerations that need to be addressed when doing so. Exploring the meanings that historic photographs have for source communities, Alison K. Brown, Laura Peers, and members of the Kainai Nation develop and demonstrate culturally appropriate ways of researching, curating, archiving, accessing, and otherwise using museum and archival collections. They describe the process of relationship building that has been crucial to the research and the current and future benefits of this new relationship. While based in Canada, the dynamics of the 'Pictures Bring Us Messages' project is relevant to indigenous peoples and heritage institutions around the world.

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University of Toronto Press

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0802090060

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9780802090065

Oh If You Would Only Listen

You Just Might Learn Something

By: Laura Feise-Dork.

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Oh If You Would Only Listen

You Just Might Learn Something

By: Laura Feise-Dork.

Ahh youth, what a great time in your life. Oh how we change as we grow older. Our hopes, dreams, fears and self-confidence begin to form in our minds as we grow older. Things change. And as they do we learn, we grow and we change. But when you begin to mature and your self-confidence forms in your mind. You learn that it is not necessary to always be in such a hurry. When we are young we think there is just no time to stop and smell the roses. Being older now, I do take the time to stop, and the roses smell so sweet. Now I understand the meaning. Bad things will pass with time. It is up to us to take care of our mind. Marriage is a big change in our life. Now you have to give up some of your privacy, give more than you take, and have a lot more patience. Oh what we learn as we grow. There are so many things going on in our mind. The television used to be entertaining but now it puts all kinds of strange thoughts in your head. Be a careful viewer. It is up to us to keep our mind in order. Our body might shrink as we grow older but our brain continues to grow. Feed it with healthy things.

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iUniverse

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1462052274

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5-Minute Devotions for Teens

A Guide to God and Mental Health

By: Laura L. Smith

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5-Minute Devotions for Teens

A Guide to God and Mental Health

By: Laura L. Smith

5-Minute Devotions for Teens: A Guide to God and Mental Health removes the stigma on mental health and advises Christian teens what they can do when they are depressed and anxious. Scattered throughout the book are tips to help teens maintain good mental health practices such as meditation, disconnecting from social media and technology, saying affirmations, and much more. Each day includes a Scripture verse, short devotional, and a prayer or prompt. This 100-day devotional will help teens 13 to 17 years old: deal with mental health issues, depression, and/or anxiety. re-enter normalcy after the COVID-19 pandemic. develop an authentic relationship with God and deepen their faith. 5-Minute Devotions for Teens is an affordable resource that can be read again and again.

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Zonderkidz

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0310143098

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9780310143093

The Chattooga River: A Natural and Cultural History

By: Laura Ann Garren

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The Chattooga River: A Natural and Cultural History

By: Laura Ann Garren

The Chattooga River has run through the American consciousness since the movie "Deliverance" thrust it into the national spotlight. But this National Wild and Scenic River is much more than the make-believe set of a suburbanite nightmare. People travel from all over the country to run its rapids, cast into its current for trout and hike the miles of trails that meander through thousands of acres of woods in the Chattooga watershed. One of the last free-flowing rivers in the Southeast, the river muscles fifty-seven miles through a southern deciduous forest with one of the highest levels of biodiversity in the country and is home to many species of rare wildflowers. Join author Laura Ann Garren as she describes the history and wonder of the real Chattooga River.

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Arcadia Publishing

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1625840535

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Writing and Filming the Painting

Ekphrasis in Literature and Film

By: Laura M. Sager Eidt

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Writing and Filming the Painting

Ekphrasis in Literature and Film

By: Laura M. Sager Eidt

This innovative interdisciplinary study compares the uses of painting in literary texts and films. In developing a framework of four types of ekphrasis, the author argues for the expansion of the concept of ekphrasis by demonstrating its applicability as interpretive tool to films about the visual arts and artists. Analyzing selected works of art by Goya, Rembrandt, and Vermeer and their ekphrastic treatment in various texts and films, this book examines how the medium of ekphrasis affects the representation of the visual arts in order to show what the differences imply about issues such as gender roles and the function of art for the construction of a personal or social identity. Because of its highly cross-disciplinary nature, this book is of interest not only to scholars of literature and aesthetics, but also for scholars of film studies. By providing an innovative approach to discussing non-documentary films about artists, the author shows that ekphrasis is a useful tool for exploring both aesthetic concerns and ideological issues in film. This study also addresses art historians as it deals with the reception of major artists in European literature and film throughout the 20th century.

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Rodopi

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9042024577

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9789042024571

The Last List of Mabel Beaumont

THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER

By: Laura Pearson

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The Last List of Mabel Beaumont

THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER

By: Laura Pearson

THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLERThe list he left had just one item on it. Or, at least, it did at first... Mabel Beaumont’s husband Arthur loved lists. He’d leave them for her everywhere. ‘Remember: eggs, butter, sugar’. ‘I love you: today, tomorrow, always’. But now Arthur is gone. He died: softly, gently, not making a fuss. But he’s still left her a list. This one has just one item on it though: ‘Find D’. Mabel feels sure she knows what it means. She must track down her best friend Dot, who she hasn’t seen since the fateful day she left more than sixty years ago. It seems impossible. She doesn’t even know if Dot’s still alive. Also, every person Mabel talks to seems to need help first, with missing husbands, daughters, parents. Mabel finds her list is just getting longer, and she’s still no closer to finding Dot. What she doesn’t know is that her list isn’t just about finding her old friend. And that if she can admit the secrets of the past, maybe she could even find happiness again... A completely heartbreaking, beautiful, uplifting story, guaranteed to make you smile but also make you cry. Perfect for fans of A Man Called Ove, Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine, and The Keeper of Stories. Readers are loving The Last List of Mabel Beaumont: ‘Tender and beautiful... As hopeful as it is heart-breaking... I loved it.’ Amy Beashel ‘This beautifully written story of friendship, love, loss and second chances captured my heart. I adored Mabel and her unlikely gang of colourful characters... Leaves you feeling warm, hopeful, and satisfied.’ Lisa Timoney ‘Mabel Beaumont is an absolute treasure... Laura Pearson cleverly, gently, peels back the layers of Mabel’s and her friends’ lives in a way that hurts, then soothes, your heart... An uplifting, life-affirming joy of a novel!’ Emma Robinson ‘I’ve been inundated with books in the uplit genre but this is by far the best I’ve read... moving, life-affirming and utterly wonderful.’ Matt Cain ‘I absolutely loved this book... I adore an older protagonist... who is feisty and not afraid to speak her mind. The story is like a warm hug – but it had spark and wit and humour too. I was bereft when I finished it (far too) late last night!’ Clare Swatman ‘Wow. Seriously. Just beautiful. So many wonderful elements... So many memorable characters... Beautiful and utterly affecting.’ Louise Beech ‘Charming, warm and moving... A beautifully written story about love and longing, and a poignant reminder that it’s never too late to follow your heart.’ Holly Miller ‘I adored it... A heartbreakingly beautiful story about love in all its different forms. (And she made me cry again, of course). Bravo.’ Nikki Smith ‘I finished this in the same 24 hours as I started it. Oh... what a beautiful story... Poignant and inspiring!’ Jennie Godfrey ‘Such a poignant story. Brought a lump to my throat... Will really appeal to fans of Joanna Cannon.’ Karen Angelico ‘A beautiful book about truth, love, relationships and how it's never too late to follow your heart... Moving, funny and emotionally clever.’ Alison Stockham ‘Wonderful... Uplifting... A brilliant book... Clever and unforgettable. Dive in, and prepare to be inspired.’ Ross Greenwood

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Boldwood Books Ltd

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1785136046

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9781785136047

From Lonely to Single

By: Laura Bauman

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From Lonely to Single

By: Laura Bauman

You've loved a man more than yourself and he's hurt you, deceived you, left you with the fruit of your love in your arms? This book is meant to give you hope, courage and power. This book is meant to make you understand that remaining on your own with your child is your strong point, not your weak point. Read this book. You'll learn that you're not the only one.

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Balboa Press

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1504372212

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9781504372213

Visiting with the Ancestors

Blackfoot Shirts in Museum Spaces

By: Laura Peers,Alison K. Brown

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Visiting with the Ancestors

Blackfoot Shirts in Museum Spaces

By: Laura Peers,Alison K. Brown

In 2010, five magnificent Blackfoot shirts, now owned by the University of Oxford’s Pitt Rivers Museum, were brought to Alberta to be exhibited at the Glenbow Museum, in Calgary, and the Galt Museum, in Lethbridge. The shirts had not returned to Blackfoot territory since 1841, when officers of the Hudson’s Bay Company acquired them. The shirts were later transported to England, where they had remained ever since. Exhibiting the shirts at the museums was, however, only one part of the project undertaken by Laura Peers and Alison Brown. Prior to the installation of the exhibits, groups of Blackfoot people—hundreds altogether—participated in special “handling sessions,” in which they were able to touch the shirts and examine them up close. The shirts, some painted with mineral pigments and adorned with porcupine quillwork, others decorated with locks of human and horse hair, took the breath away of those who saw, smelled, and touched them. Long-dormant memories were awakened, and many of the participants described a powerful sense of connection and familiarity with the shirts, which still house the spirit of the ancestors who wore them. In the pages of this beautifully illustrated volume is the story of an effort to build a bridge between museums and source communities, in hopes of establishing stronger, more sustaining relationships between the two and spurring change in prevailing museum policies. Negotiating the tension between a museum’s institutional protocol and Blackfoot cultural protocol was challenging, but the experience described both by the authors and by Blackfoot contributors to the volume was transformative. Museums seek to preserve objects for posterity. This volume demonstrates that the emotional and spiritual power of objects does not vanish with the death of those who created them. For Blackfoot people today, these shirts are a living presence, one that evokes a sense of continuity and inspires pride in Blackfoot cultural heritage.

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Athabasca University Press

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1771990376

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9781771990370

Aspectual Grammar and Past Time Reference

By: Laura A. Michaelis

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Aspectual Grammar and Past Time Reference

By: Laura A. Michaelis

This study presents a semantic framework for analysing all aspectual constructions in terms of the event state distinction, and describes the grammatical expression of aspectual meaning in terms of a theory of grammatical constructions. In this theory, grammatical constructions, like words, are conventionalized form-meaning pairs, which are best described not only with respect to their intrinsic semantic values, but also with respect to the functional oppositions in which they participate.

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Routledge

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1134730063

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Child Development

An Active Learning Approach

By: Laura E. Levine,Joyce Munsch

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Child Development

An Active Learning Approach

By: Laura E. Levine,Joyce Munsch

In the topically organized Child Development: An Active Learning Approach, Fourth Edition, authors Laura E. Levine and Joyce Munsch take students on an active journey toward understanding children and their development. Active Learning activities integrated throughout the text capture student interest and turn reading into an engaged learning process. Through the authors’ active learning philosophy, students are challenged to test their knowledge, confront common misconceptions, relate the material to their own experiences, and participate in real-world activities independently and with children. Because consuming research is equally important in the study of child development, Journey of Research features provide both historical context and its links to today’s cutting-edge research studies. Students will discover the excitement of studying child development while gaining skills they can use long after course completion. This title is accompanied by a complete teaching and learning package.

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SAGE Publications

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1544359713

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The American Manufactory

Art, Labor, and the World of Things in the Early Republic

By: Laura Rigal

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The American Manufactory

Art, Labor, and the World of Things in the Early Republic

By: Laura Rigal

This cultural history of American federalism argues that nation-building cannot be understood apart from the process of industrialization and the making of the working class in the late-eighteenth-century United States. Citing the coincidental rise of federalism and industrialism, Laura Rigal examines the creations and performances of writers, collectors, engineers, inventors, and illustrators who assembled an early national "world of things," at a time when American craftsmen were transformed into wage laborers and production was rationalized, mechanized, and put to new ideological purposes. American federalism emerges here as a culture of self-making, in forms as various as street parades, magazine writing, painting, autobiography, advertisement, natural history collections, and trials and trial transcripts. Chapters center on the craftsmen who celebrated the Constitution by marching in Philadelphia's Grand Federal Procession of 1788; the autobiographical writings of John Fitch, an inventor of the steamboat before Fulton; the exhumation and museum display of the "first American mastodon" by the Peale family of Philadelphia; Joseph Dennie's literary miscellany, the Port Folio; the nine-volume American Ornithology of Alexander Wilson; and finally the autobiography and portrait of Philadelphia locksmith Pat Lyon, who was falsely imprisoned for bank robbery in 1798 but eventually emerged as an icon for the American working man. Rigal demonstrates that federalism is not merely a political movement, or an artifact of language, but a phenomenon of culture: one among many innovations elaborated in the "manufactory" of early American nation-building.

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Princeton University Press

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0691227748

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Shattered Minds

By: Laura Lam

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Shattered Minds

By: Laura Lam

Laura Lam returns to the near-future SF world of False Hearts with the speculative thriller Shattered Minds. Carina used to be one of the best biohackers in Pacifica. But when she worked for Sudice and saw what the company's experiments on brain recording were doing to their subjects, it disturbed her—especially because she found herself enjoying giving pain and contemplating murder. She quit and soon grew addicted to the drug Zeal, spending most of her waking moments in a horror-filled dream world where she could act out her depraved fantasies without actually hurting anyone. One of her trips is interrupted by strange flashing images and the brutal murder of a young girl. Even in her drug-addicted state, Carina knows it isn’t anything she created in the Zealscape. On her next trip, she discovers that an old coworker from Sudice, Max, sent her these images before he was killed by the company. Encrypted within the images are the clues to his murder, plus information strong enough to take down the international corporation. Carina's next choice will transform herself, San Francisco, and possibly the world itself. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

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Macmillan + ORM

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1466885750

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James Legge and the Chinese Classics

A brilliant Scot in the turmoil of colonial Hong Kong

By: Marilyn Laura Bowman

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James Legge and the Chinese Classics

A brilliant Scot in the turmoil of colonial Hong Kong

By: Marilyn Laura Bowman

James Legge (1815-1897), was a great Scots scholar and missionary famed as a translator of the Chinese Classics when struggles between Britain and China included two wars. It was an era of sailing ships, pirates, opium wars, the swashbuckling East India Company, cannibals eating missionaries, and the opening of Qing China to trade and ideas. Legge was vilified by fundamentalist missionaries who disagreed with his favourable views about Chinese culture and beliefs. He risked beheading twice while helping Chinese individuals being terrorized during the Taiping Rebellion. He became so ill from Hong Kong fevers when only 29 that he was forced to return to the UK to save his life. Recovering, he and his three talented Chinese students attracted such interest that they were invited to a private meeting with Queen Victoria. Legge thrived despite serious illnesses, lost five of his 11 children and both wives to premature deaths, survived cholera epidemics, typhoons, and massive fires. He was poisoned twice in a famous scandal, helped save a sailing ship from fire on the high seas, took in a bohemian Qing scholar on the run, foiled a bank-bombing plot, and earned enmity in the colony for providing court testimony about translation that favoured accused Chinese men rather than the colonial authorities. Legge’s resilient responses and incredible productivity reflected the passion he had developed at the age of 23 for understanding the culture of China. He retired to become a Fellow of Corpus Christi College and the first Professor of Chinese.

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FriesenPress

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146028884X

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The Winding Road

By: Laura McElroy

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The Winding Road

By: Laura McElroy

Present Day Julianna MacKenzie has everything in life she thinks that she wants at twenty-five—an interesting job, a loving family, and a fiancé. With only weeks until her wedding, however, her world begins to crumble. Upon finding her fiancé in bed with her best friend, Julianna calls off the engagement and runs home to her family in Atlanta. On the advice of her parents, she takes an overnight flight to London, hoping some time away with her brother will help her heal and put things back into perspective. Tragedy strikes when her plane is brought down in the middle of the Atlantic during a storm and she is swept away from the other passengers in the life raft by the waves. Being forced to face her worst fears, she prays for a miracle. 1780 Alec Fraser was born the illegitimate son of a highland laird. Growing up in the aftermath of the Jacobite rising of 1745, he has done everything in his power to help his family survive financially and to restore the honor to their family name that his father and his grandfather so selfishly disregarded. Dedicating his life to the achievement of his goals, Alec’s relationship with his family in Scotland has deteriorated, caused by years of anger and unforgiveness. With no thought to having a wife and children of his own, he is surprised when the beautiful young woman he pulls from the sea begins to change his life in unexpected ways. Together, Alec and Julianna find love and adventure neither thought possible.

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Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.

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1642990728

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Dusty Waters

A Ghost Story

By: Laura J. W. Ryan

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Dusty Waters

A Ghost Story

By: Laura J. W. Ryan

For three years after Dad's death, his ghost remained seated at the kitchen table, puzzling over why no one but me could see him.

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Laura J. W. Ryan

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098249162X

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Silver on the Road

By: Laura Anne Gilman

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Silver on the Road

By: Laura Anne Gilman

Hailed by RT Book Reviews as “fresh and original…stark and lovely,” a heroic fantasy by an award-winning author about a young woman who is trained in the art of the sinister hand of magic. A Locus Magazine Bestseller. Isobel, upon her sixteenth birthday, makes the choice to work for the Boss called the Devil by some, in his territory west of the Mississippi. But this is not the devil you know. This is a being who deals fairly with immense—but not unlimited—power, who offers opportunities to people who want to make a deal, and they always get what they deserve. But his land is a wild west that needs a human touch, and that’s where Izzy comes in. Inadvertently trained by him to see the clues in and manipulations of human desire, Izzy is raised to be his left hand and travel circuit through the territory helping those in need. As we all know, where there is magic there is chaos…and death.

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Simon and Schuster

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1481429701

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9781481429702

The Night I Got Lucky

By: Laura Caldwell

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The Night I Got Lucky

By: Laura Caldwell

When Billy Rendell suddenly gets everything she wants, it turns out to be the last thing she needs… A long-awaited promotion. Freedom from emotional baggage. A newly—ahem—amorous husband. What’s wrong with this picture? Well…everything. For starters, Billy hasn’t actually earned any of it. Instead, like some character in a fairy tale, this stuck-in-a-rut publicist had all her wishes granted overnight—which feels great, at first. But soon Billy’s brand-new success starts to unravel—who’d have thought becoming a VP would be so Very Painful? Or that a harmless crush on a co-worker would turn not-so-harmless now that he’s crushing back? It’ll take a surreal, rollicking, high-stakes journey for Billy to realize what she really wants out of life…before it’s too late.

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Harlequin

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1459246357

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9781459246355

The Story of Figaro

The Story of My Real Black Stallion

By: Laura Luszczek

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The Story of Figaro

The Story of My Real Black Stallion

By: Laura Luszczek

Lauras love of horses began when she was barely four years old, but it wasnt until she got her very own black stallion that she truly fell in love. From the beginning, she was determined to get Figaro for her ownsaving up her money and then arguing with the seller who was afraid to sell such a headstrong horse to such a young girl. But Laura was used to handling tough colts on the track and pleaded her case: You showed him to me for a reason. I was destined for Figaro to be my horse, she told the seller. After lots of pleading, she took home her prize. She trained him, grew with him, and bonded with himbecoming one in mind and spirit with her horse. As time went on, she came to realize that there was an unknown chapter in his life that made him act up with some people. His judge of character was pretty much dead on. Laura and Figaro may not be in the history books as champion athletes, but they brought out the best in each other and showed each other the meaning of unconditional love.

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1491775793

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Rational Meaning

A New Foundation for the Definition of Words and Supplementary Essays

By: Laura (Riding) Jackson,Schuyler B. Jackson

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Rational Meaning

A New Foundation for the Definition of Words and Supplementary Essays

By: Laura (Riding) Jackson,Schuyler B. Jackson

Existing only in manuscript since the 1940s but enjoying an underground reputation among friends and advocates, this primary document by one of the most original and influential of American poets and thinkers is now being published as Rational Meaning, Laura (Riding) Jackson's testament of the necessity of living for truth. Begun as a dictionary and thesaurus in the 1930s, the work developed into a fundamental reevaluation of language itself. Riding, in close collaboration with her husband, continued this monumental project over the succeeding decades, completing it after his death in 1968. At the core of Rational Meaning, which aims to restore the truth of language by arguing that meaning inheres in words, stands the idea that a total renovation of the knowledge of language is needed, not to develop mere verbal sophistication and respectability but fundamentally to reinvigorate the intellectual processes of consciousness. The book reveals the disastrous extent to which language has been "unlearned" and shows how it may be learned again. Rational Meaning will be essential reading, not only for students of literature but for radical-minded linguists and lexicographers unhappy with the orthodoxies current in their disciplines.

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University of Virginia Press

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0813916828

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Archangel Revenge

By: Laura Prior

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Archangel Revenge

By: Laura Prior

Devastation rocks the paranormal world. After the death of their strongest warrior, the allies face the very likely prospect of compete annihilation. The apocalypse is looming and with their enemies hunting them down while Jasmine remains hell-bent on revenge, the boys face a fight for their lives. It's kill or be killed and their futures rest in Jasmine's hands; she could save the world - or destroy it.

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1502552140

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Harlequin Love Inspired Suspense April 2020 - Box Set 1 of 2

By: Laura Scott,Valerie Hansen,Jodie Bailey,Kathleen Tailer

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Harlequin Love Inspired Suspense April 2020 - Box Set 1 of 2

By: Laura Scott,Valerie Hansen,Jodie Bailey,Kathleen Tailer

Love Inspired Suspense brings you three new titles! Enjoy these suspenseful romances of danger and faith. COPYCAT KILLER True Blue K-9 Unit: Brooklyn by Laura Scott With her brother and his wife murdered and her niece the only witness, Willow Emery must keep the little girl safe. When clues link this case with one that’s gone cold, can officer Nate Slater and his K-9 partner protect them both and finally find the murderer…before it’s too late? CANYON STANDOFF by Valerie Hansen and Jodie Bailey Two tales of danger in the Grand Canyon, in which an FBI agent and a park ranger must face down criminals to save hostages—and themselves—and a park ranger joins forces with her ex-husband to locate his missing sister, only to become targets of killers stalking them in the wilderness. DEADLY COVER-UP by Kathleen Tailer Entering witness protection was supposed to end the threat on Jordan Kendrick’s life and protect her fiancé, Ben Graham—but now an assassin has found her. Ben is the only person she trusts, but he thinks she’s dead. When he learns the truth, can he stop someone from silencing her for good?

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1488061637

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9781488061639

The Wicked Remain

By: Laura Pohl

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The Wicked Remain

By: Laura Pohl

At Grimrose Académie, the fairy-tale deaths continue. And unless the curse is broken, one of the girls could be next. Nani, Yuki, Ella, and Rory have discovered the truth about the curse that's left a trail of dead bodies at Grimrose. But the four still know nothing of its origins, or how to stop the cycle of doomed fates. And each girl harbors her own secret. One is learning why she was brought to the school. One struggles to keep her new and deadly power under control. One knows exactly how much time she has left. And one, trying to escape her dark destiny, will come even closer to fulfilling it. Can the girls change their own stories and break the curse? Or must one of them die to end it forever? Perfect for fans of: Cinderella is Dead and GRIMM Dark Academia Fairytale Retellings LGBTQ Rep Media Buzz for The Grimrose Girls: Buzzfeed called it "a book definitely worth picking up" One of Book Riot's Top New YA Paperbacks for Fall A Buzzfeed Top LGBTQ+ YA Book to Devour A Culturess Thrilling New YA Release Featured on Tor as a new Young Adult SFF A Barnes & Noble OUR MONTHLY PICK for November 2021!! Praise for New York Times Bestseller The Grimrose Girls: "Enthralling... Fans of empowering feminist fairy-tale retellings will love this." —Kirkus Reviews, STARRED REVIEW "Darkly haunting and achingly romantic." —Ashley Poston, national bestselling author of Geekerella "Sink your teeth into this story and let it carry you through the woods." —Roseanne A. Brown, New York Times bestselling author of A Song of Wraiths and Ruin

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Sourcebooks, Inc.

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1728228913

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Dream Town

Shaker Heights and the Quest for Racial Equity

By: Laura Meckler

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Dream Town

Shaker Heights and the Quest for Racial Equity

By: Laura Meckler

Ohioana Book Award Finalist Can a group of well-intentioned people fulfill the promise of racial integration in America? In this searing and intimate examination of the ideals and realities of racial integration, award-winning Washington Post journalist Laura Meckler tells the story of a decades-long pursuit in Shaker Heights, Ohio, and uncovers the roadblocks that have threatened progress time and again—in housing, in education, and in the promise of shared community. In the late 1950s, Shaker Heights began groundbreaking work that would make it a national model for housing integration. And beginning in the seventies, it was known as a crown jewel in the national move to racially integrate schools. The school district built a reputation for academic excellence and diversity, serving as a model for how white and Black Americans can thrive together. Meckler—herself a product of Shaker Heights—takes a deeper look into the place that shaped her, investigating its complicated history and its ongoing challenges in order to untangle myth from truth. She confronts an enduring, and troubling, question—if Shaker Heights has worked so hard at racial equity, why does a racial academic achievement gap persist? In telling the stories of the Shakerites who have built and lived in this community, Meckler asks: What will it take to fulfill the promise of racial integration in America? What compromises are people of all races willing to make? What does success look like, and has Shaker achieved it? The result is a complex and masterfully reported portrait of a place that, while never perfect, has achieved more than most and a road map for communities that seek to do the same. Includes black-and-white images.

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1250834422

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9781250834423

The Green Guide to Low-Impact Hiking and Camping

By: Guy Waterman,Laura Waterman

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The Green Guide to Low-Impact Hiking and Camping

By: Guy Waterman,Laura Waterman

A classic of backpacking literature" (Backpacker), now updated with a brand-new foreword by environmentalist and best-selling author Bill McKibben Originally published as Backwoods Ethics in 1979, Laura and Guy Waterman's definitive guide to low-impact hiking and camping was a prophetic call to reevaluate the impact of outdoor recreation on the wilderness. Enthusiastically received by environmentalists and wilderness managers at the time, its warnings and advice are now more relevant than ever. With wisdom and gentle humor, Laura and Guy Waterman present a strong case for the importance of respecting the natural world while you're enjoying it. In his foreword to the new edition, world-famous environmentalist Bill McKibben puts the Watermans' advice into context for today's world. Day hikers, campers, and backpackers who follow the sensible techniques laid out in this book will help preserve the wilderness experience for generations to come.

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1581575319

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The Patterned Mind

Creative Methods in Surface Design

By: Laura Isoniemi

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The Patterned Mind

Creative Methods in Surface Design

By: Laura Isoniemi

The Patterned Mindoffers new points of view and current methods for surface design. High-quality and inspiring pictures encourage you to immediately start creating something new. Understanding with your hands and the presence of play in design lie at the core of this book. The book introduces creative patterning methods and describes inspiring working methods. It also discusses the latest technical applications that can be used as surface design tools. The methods introduced can be applied to various different fields of design and art. The methods of inventing introduced in this book serve anyone who wishes to get in touch with their own creative side and wants to utilise it professionally or in their hobbies.

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Aalto korkeakoulusäätiö

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9526087615

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9789526087610

Pirate Women

The Princesses, Prostitutes, and Privateers Who Ruled the Seven Seas

By: Laura Sook Duncombe

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Pirate Women

The Princesses, Prostitutes, and Privateers Who Ruled the Seven Seas

By: Laura Sook Duncombe

In the first-ever Seven Seas history of the world's female buccaneers, Pirate Women: The Princesses, Prostitutes, and Privateers Who Ruled the Seven Seas tells the story of women, both real and legendary, who through the ages sailed alongside—and sometimes in command of—their male counterparts. These women came from all walks of life but had one thing in common: a desire for freedom. History has largely ignored these female swashbucklers, until now. Here are their stories, from ancient Norse princess Alfhild and warrior Rusla to Sayyida al-Hurra of the Barbary corsairs; from Grace O'Malley, who terrorized shipping operations around the British Isles during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I; to Cheng I Sao, who commanded a fleet of four hundred ships off China in the early nineteenth century. Author Laura Sook Duncombe also looks beyond the stories to the storytellers and mythmakers. What biases and agendas motivated them? What did they leave out? Pirate Women explores why and how these stories are told and passed down, and how history changes depending on who is recording it. It's the most comprehensive overview of women pirates in one volume and chock-full of swashbuckling adventures that pull these unique women from the shadows into the spotlight that they deserve.

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Chicago Review Press

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1613736045

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Cases in Nonprofit Management

A Hands-On Approach to Problem Solving

By: Pat Libby,Laura Deitrick

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Cases in Nonprofit Management

A Hands-On Approach to Problem Solving

By: Pat Libby,Laura Deitrick

Libby and Detrick have compiled their extensive knowledge of the real issues that face our nonprofit sector to help students glean important lessons from each case. It is refreshing to have such a tool to assist in the education of our future nonprofit leaders." —Emma A. Powell, Western Michigan University Case Studies in Nonprofit Management by Pat Libby and Laura Deitrick consists of original cases that are designed to teach students how to think critically, hone their decision-making skills, and learn to apply leadership and management principles that are essential for any nonprofit professional. These case studies illustrate the multifaceted nature of the nonprofit management sector and bring concepts like nonprofit leadership, risk management, advocacy, and grant making to life.

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1483383490

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