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They Fought Like Demons

Women Soldiers in the American Civil War

By: DeAnne Blanton,Lauren Cook Wike

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They Fought Like Demons

Women Soldiers in the American Civil War

By: DeAnne Blanton,Lauren Cook Wike

Popular images of women during the American Civil War include self-sacrificing nurses, romantic spies, and brave ladies maintaining hearth and home in the absence of their men. However, as DeAnne Blanton and Lauren M. Cook show in their remarkable new study, that conventional picture does not tell the entire story. Hundreds of women assumed male aliases, disguised themselves in men’s uniforms, and charged into battle as Union and Confederate soldiers—facing down not only the guns of the adversary but also the gender prejudices of society. They Fought Like Demons is the first book to fully explore and explain these women, their experiences as combatants, and the controversial issues surrounding their military service. Relying on more than a decade of research in primary sources, Blanton and Cook document over 240 women in uniform and find that their reasons for fighting mirrored those of men—-patriotism, honor, heritage, and a desire for excitement. Some enlisted to remain with husbands or brothers, while others had dressed as men before the war. Some so enjoyed being freed from traditional women’s roles that they continued their masquerade well after 1865. The authors describe how Yankee and Rebel women soldiers eluded detection, some for many years, and even merited promotion. Their comrades often did not discover the deception until the “young boy” in their company was wounded, killed, or gave birth. In addition to examining the details of everyday military life and the harsh challenges of -warfare for these women—which included injury, capture, and imprisonment—Blanton and Cook discuss the female warrior as an icon in nineteenth-century popular culture and why -twentieth-century historians and society ignored women soldiers’ contributions. Shattering the negative assumptions long held about Civil War distaff soldiers, this sophisticated and dynamic work sheds much-needed light on an unusual and overlooked facet of the Civil War experience.

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LSU Press

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0807158569

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9780807158562

I Survived the Shark Attacks of 1916: A Graphic Novel (I Survived Graphic Novel #2)

By: Lauren Tarshis

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I Survived the Shark Attacks of 1916: A Graphic Novel (I Survived Graphic Novel #2)

By: Lauren Tarshis

A thrilling graphic novel adaptation of Lauren Tarshis's bestselling I Survived the Shark Attacks of 1916,with text adapted by Georgia Ball and art by Haus Studio! Chet Roscow is finally feeling at home in his uncle's little New Jersey town. He has three new friends, and they love cooling off in the creek on hot summer days. But then comes shocking news: A massive shark has been attacking swimmers in the ocean along the Jersey Shore, not far from where Chet is staying. Fear is in the air. So when Chet spots a gray fin in the creek, he's sure it's his imagination running wild. It's impossible he's about to come face-to-face with a killer shark... right? Based on the real life events of the Jersey Shore shark attacks of 1916, this graphic novel brings Lauren Tarshis's New York Times bestselling I Survived series to vivid life. Perfect for readers who prefer the graphic novel format, or for existing fans of the I Survived chapter book series, these graphic novels combine historical facts with high-action storytelling that's sure to keep any reader turning the pages. Includes a nonfiction section at the back with historical photos and facts about the real-life shark attacks.

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Scholastic Inc.

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1338120964

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9781338120967

Cultivating Citizens

The Regional Work of Art in the New Deal Era

By: Lauren Kroiz

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Cultivating Citizens

The Regional Work of Art in the New Deal Era

By: Lauren Kroiz

Cultivating Citizens rethinks the aesthetics and politics of regionalism in the United States during the 1930s and 1940s. During this period, painters Grant Wood, Thomas Hart Benton, and John Steuart Curry formed a loose alliance as American Regionalists. Some lauded their depictions of the rural landscape and hardworking inhabitants of America's midwestern heartland. Others deemed Regionalist painting dangerous, regarding its easily understood realism as a vehicle for jingoism, chauvinism, and even fascism. Cultivating Citizens shifts the terms of this ongoing debate over subject matter and style by considering heretofore neglected Regionalist programs of art education and concepts of artistic labor."--Provided by publisher.

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Univ of California Press

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0520286561

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9780520286566

Nature Attacks! (I Survived True Stories #2)

By: Lauren Tarshis

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Nature Attacks! (I Survived True Stories #2)

By: Lauren Tarshis

From the author of the New York Times-bestselling I Survived series come four harrowing true stories of survival, featuring real kids in the midst of epic disasters. REAL KIDS. REAL DISASTERS.The author of the New York Times-bestselling I Survived series brings us more harrowing true stories of real kids up against terrible forces of nature. From fourteen-year-old lone survivor of the shark attacks of 1916, to nine-year-old who survived the Peshtigo fire of 1871 (which took place on the very same day in history as the Great Chicago Fire!), here are four unforgettable survivors who managed to beat the odds.Read their incredible stories:The Deadly Shark Attacks of 1916The Great Peshtigo Fire of 1871A Venomous Box Jellyfish AttackThe Eruption of Mount Tambora

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Scholastic Inc.

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0545853400

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9780545853408

Cognitive Vulnerability to Emotional Disorders

By: Lauren B. Alloy,John H. Riskind

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Cognitive Vulnerability to Emotional Disorders

By: Lauren B. Alloy,John H. Riskind

Emotional disorders such as anxiety, depression, and dysfunctional patterns of eating are clearly among the most devastating and prevalent confronting practitioners, and they have received much attention from researchers--in personality, social, cognitive, and developmental psychology, as well as in clinical psychology and psychiatry. A major recent focus has been cognitive vulnerability, which seems to set the stage for recurrences of symptoms and episodes. In the last five years there has been a rapid proliferation of studies. In this book, leading experts present the first broad synthesis of what we have now learned about the nature, of cognitive factors that seem to play a crucial role in creating and maintaining vulnerability across the spectrum of emotional disorders. An introductory chapter considers theory and research design and methodology and constructs a general conceptual framework for understanding and studying the relationships between developmental and cognitive variables and later risk, and the difference between distal cognitive antecedents of disorders (e.g. depressive inferential styles, dysfunctional attitudes) and proximal ones (e.g. schema activation or inferences). Subsequent chapters are organized into three sections, on mood, anxiety, and eating disorders. Each section ends with an integrative overview chapter that offers both incisive commentary and insightful suggestions for further systematic research. A rich resource for all those professionally concerned with these problems, Cognitive Vulnerability to Emotional Disorders advances both clinical science and clinical practice.

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Routledge

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1135648778

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9781135648770

Minna's Patchwork Coat

By: Lauren A. Mills

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Minna's Patchwork Coat

By: Lauren A. Mills

In this charming historical novel, acclaimed artist Lauren A. Mills reimagines her beloved picture book, The Rag Coat, with fifty delicate pencil illustrations and an expanded story about a resilient little girl, her patchwork coat, and how the two bring a community together. Minna and her family don't have much in their small Appalachian cabin, but "people only need people," Papa always reminds her. Unable to afford a winter coat to wear to school, she's forced to use an old feed sack to keep her warm. Then Papa's terrible cough from working in the coal mines takes him away forever, and Minna has a hard time believing that anything will be right again...until her neighbors work tirelessly to create a coat for her out of old fabric scraps. Now Minna must show her teasing classmates that her coat is more than just rags--it's a collection of their own cherished memories, each with a story to share.

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Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

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0316406228

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9780316406222

Friends of a Feather

By: Lauren Myracle

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Friends of a Feather

By: Lauren Myracle

Seven-year-old Ty Perry's glad when his best friend Joseph returns to school after spending time in a hospital, but doesn't like that everyone else wants to be Joseph's friend now, and things only get worse when his plan to get a pet for his baby sister fails.

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Penguin

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0525422889

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9780525422884

They Called It Peace

Worlds of Imperial Violence

By: Lauren Benton

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They Called It Peace

Worlds of Imperial Violence

By: Lauren Benton

A sweeping account of how small wars shaped global order in the age of empires Imperial conquest and colonization depended on pervasive raiding, slaving, and plunder. European empires amassed global power by asserting a right to use unilateral force at their discretion. They Called It Peace is a panoramic history of how these routines of violence remapped the contours of empire and reordered the world from the fifteenth to the twentieth centuries. In an account spanning from Asia to the Americas, Lauren Benton shows how imperial violence redefined the very nature of war and peace. Instead of preparing lasting peace, fragile truces ensured an easy return to war. Serial conflicts and armed interventions projected a de facto state of perpetual war across the globe. Benton describes how seemingly limited war sparked atrocities, from sudden massacres to long campaigns of dispossession and extermination. She brings vividly to life a world in which warmongers portrayed themselves as peacemakers and Europeans imagined “small” violence as essential to imperial rule and global order. Holding vital lessons for us today, They Called It Peace reveals how the imperial violence of the past has made perpetual war and the threat of atrocity endemic features of the international order.

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Princeton University Press

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0691248478

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9780691248479

The Dictator's Seduction

Politics and the Popular Imagination in the Era of Trujillo

By: Lauren H. Derby

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The Dictator's Seduction

Politics and the Popular Imagination in the Era of Trujillo

By: Lauren H. Derby

The dictatorship of Rafael Trujillo, who ruled the Dominican Republic from 1930 until his assassination in 1961, was one of the longest and bloodiest in Latin American history. The Dictator’s Seduction is a cultural history of the Trujillo regime as it was experienced in the capital city of Santo Domingo. Focusing on everyday forms of state domination, Lauren Derby describes how the regime infiltrated civil society by fashioning a “vernacular politics” based on popular idioms of masculinity and fantasies of race and class mobility. Derby argues that the most pernicious aspect of the dictatorship was how it appropriated quotidian practices such as gossip and gift exchange, leaving almost no place for Dominicans to hide or resist. Drawing on previously untapped documents in the Trujillo National Archives and interviews with Dominicans who recall life under the dictator, Derby emphasizes the role that public ritual played in Trujillo’s exercise of power. His regime included the people in affairs of state on a massive scale as never before. Derby pays particular attention to how events and projects were received by the public as she analyzes parades and rallies, the rebuilding of Santo Domingo following a major hurricane, and the staging of a year-long celebration marking the twenty-fifth year of Trujillo’s regime. She looks at representations of Trujillo, exploring how claims that he embodied the popular barrio antihero the tíguere (tiger) stoked a fantasy of upward mobility and how a rumor that he had a personal guardian angel suggested he was uniquely protected from his enemies. The Dictator’s Seduction sheds new light on the cultural contrivances of autocratic power.

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Duke University Press

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0822390868

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9780822390862

The Victorian Geopolitical Aesthetic

Realism, Sovereignty, and Transnational Experience

By: Lauren M. E. Goodlad

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The Victorian Geopolitical Aesthetic

Realism, Sovereignty, and Transnational Experience

By: Lauren M. E. Goodlad

How did realist fiction alter in the effort to craft forms and genres receptive to the dynamism of an expanding empire and globalizing world? Do these nineteenth-century variations on the "geopolitical aesthetic" continue to resonate today? Crossing literary criticism, political theory, and longue durée history, The Victorian Geopolitical Aesthetic explores these questions from the standpoint of nineteenth-century novelists such as Wilkie Collins, George Eliot, Gustave Flaubert, and Anthony Trollope, as well as successors including E. M. Forster and the creators of recent television serials. By looking at the category of "sovereignty" at multiple scales and in diverse contexts, Lauren M. E. Goodlad shows that the ideological crucible for "high" realism was not a hegemonic liberalism. It was, rather, a clash of modern liberal ideals struggling to distintricate themselves from a powerful conservative vision of empire while striving to negotiate the inequalities of power which a supposedly universalistic liberalism had helped to generate. The material occasion for the Victorian era's rich realist experiments was the long transition from an informal empire of trade that could be celebrated as liberal to a neo-feudal imperialism that only Tories could warmly embrace. The book places realism's geopolitical aesthetic at the heart of recurring modern experiences of breached sovereignty, forgotten history, and subjective exile. The Coda, titled "The Way We Historicize Now", concludes the study with connections to recent debates about "surface reading", "distant reading", and the hermeneutics of suspicion.

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OUP Oxford

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0191044008

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9780191044007

Research in Communication Sciences and Disorders

Methods for Scientific Inquiry, Fifth Edition

By: Lauren K. Nelson,Jaimie L. Gilbert

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Research in Communication Sciences and Disorders

Methods for Scientific Inquiry, Fifth Edition

By: Lauren K. Nelson,Jaimie L. Gilbert

Research in Communication Sciences and Disorders: Methods for Systematic Inquiry, Fifth Edition is a comprehensive yet accessible text meant for instructors and students of research methods in the field of communication sciences and disorders. This innovative book reflects the current emphasis on evidence-based practice in speech-language pathology and audiology. The concepts associated with evidence-based practice are integrated throughout the chapters. Rather than treating empirical research and the search for clinical evidence as separate topics, this text presents both as different applications of a process of scientific inquiry. The format of the chapters reflects the steps a researcher or clinician might complete when conducting an investigation. Included are features that guide students and assist with active learning. Each chapter has a set of updated review questions or case scenarios that can be used as homework, probe questions in class, or as a basis for group activities. In addition, the authors provide lists of supplemental readings from the research literature in the field. New to the Fifth Edition New chapter titled Research on Assessments and Diagnostic Approaches Additional visual representations for key topics Additional case examples in the chapter review questions Main objectives at the beginning of each chapter Diverse and inclusive language in relation to research Disclaimer: Please note that ancillary content such as eFlashcards and printable forms and documents may not be included as in the print version of this book.

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Plural Publishing

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1635504643

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9781635504644

Masturbation in Pop Culture

Screen, Society, Self

By: Lauren Rosewarne

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Masturbation in Pop Culture

Screen, Society, Self

By: Lauren Rosewarne

Through reference to over six hundred scenes from film and television—as well as a diverse and cross-disciplinary academic bibliography—Masturbation in Pop Culture investigates the role that masturbation serves within narratives while simultaneously mirroring our complicated relationship with the practice in real life and sparking discussions about a broad range of hot-button sexual subjects. From sitcoms to horror movies, teen comedies to erotic thrillers, autoeroticism is easily detected on screen. The portrayal, however, is not a simple one. Just as in real life a paradox exists where most of us masturbate and accept it as normal and natural, there simultaneously exists a silence about it; that we do it, but we don’t talk about it; that we enjoy it but we laugh about it. The screen reflects this conflicted relationship. It is there—hundreds and hundreds of times—but it is routinely whispered about, mocked and presented as a punchline, and is inevitably portrayed as controversial at the very least. Masturbation in Pop Culture investigates the embarrassment and squeamishness, sexiness and inappropriateness of masturbation, showcasing and analyzing how our complex off screen relationship is mirrored in film and television.

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Lexington Books

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0739183680

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9780739183687

I Survived the Battle of Gettysburg, 1863 (I Survived #7)

By: Lauren Tarshis

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I Survived the Battle of Gettysburg, 1863 (I Survived #7)

By: Lauren Tarshis

The bloodiest battle in American history is under way . . . It's 1863, and Thomas and his little sister, Birdie, have fled the farm where they were born and raised as slaves. Following the North Star, looking for freedom, they soon cross paths with a Union soldier. Everything changes: Corporal Henry Green brings Thomas and Birdie back to his regiment, and suddenly it feels like they've found a new home. Best of all, they don't have to find their way north alone--they're marching with the army.But then orders come through: The men are called to battle in Pennsylvania. Thomas has made it so far . . . but does he have what it takes to survive Gettysburg?

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0545532256

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9780545532259

If I Was You...

And Alot More Grammar Mistakes You Might Be Making

By: Lauren Sussman

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If I Was You...

And Alot More Grammar Mistakes You Might Be Making

By: Lauren Sussman

Contains material adapted and abridged from The everything grammar and style book, 2nd edition, by Susan Thurman, copyright A2008 by F+W Media, Inc."--Title page verso.

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Simon and Schuster

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1440584788

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I Survived: Ten Thrilling Books (Ten-Book Set)

By: Lauren Tarshis

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I Survived: Ten Thrilling Books (Ten-Book Set)

By: Lauren Tarshis

History's most exciting and terrifying events come to life in these ten books in the New York Times bestselling I Survived series. When disaster strikes, heroes are made. This collection of ten books in the bestselling I Survived series from author Lauren Tarshis includes: I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912; I Survived the Shark Attacks of 1916 I Survived the Attacks of September 11, 2001 I Survived the Nazi Invasion, 1944 I Survived the Bombing of Pearl Harbor, 1941 I Survived the Battle of Gettysburg, 1863I Survived the Destruction of Pompeii, AD 79 I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 I Survived the San Francisco Earthquake, 1906 I Survived the Japanese Tsunami, 2011 With relatable characters and riveting plotlines, the I Survived books are perfect for reluctant readers or any young reader who enjoys an action packed, page turning thriller. Each book also contains several pages of nonfiction content, encouraging readers to further explore the historical topic. When disaster strikes, heroes are made. This collection of ten books in the bestselling I Survived series from author Lauren Tarshis includes: I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912; I Survived the Shark Attacks of 1916 I Survived the Attacks of September 11, 2001 I Survived the Nazi Invasion, 1944 I Survived the Bombing of Pearl Harbor, 1941 I Survived the Battle of Gettysburg, 1863I Survived the Destruction of Pompeii, AD 79 I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 I Survived the San Francisco Earthquake, 1906 I Survived the Japanese Tsunami, 2011 With relatable characters and riveting plotlines, the I Survived books are perfect for reluctant readers or any young reader who enjoys an action packed, page turning thriller. Each book also contains several pages of nonfiction content, encouraging readers to further explore the historical topic.

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Scholastic Inc.

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1338768328

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9781338768329

Human Resource Management for the Event Industry

By: Lynn Van Der Wagen,Lauren White

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Human Resource Management for the Event Industry

By: Lynn Van Der Wagen,Lauren White

Human Resource Management for Events still remains the only text to introduce students to the unique application of HR principles in the context of a highly complex event environment. Linking theory, research and application it looks at the purpose and processes of managing such a sizable & varied workforce in a highly pressured environment through the differing and various types of events from sporting to arts to business events. Since the first edition, there have been many important developments in this field and this second edition has been completely revised and updated in the following ways: extensively updated content to reflect recent issues and trends including: labour markets and industry structure, impacts of IT and social media, risk management, volunteer motivation, talent management, equal opportunities and managing diversity. All explored specifically within the Events Industry extended volunteer chapter, including new material on ethics, volunteer motivation and satisfaction. a new chapter on Internal Communications, looks at how an effective internal communication plan can be achieved which is a critical part of HR strategy in the unique event environment. updated and new international case studies throughout to explore key issues and show real life applications of HRM in the Events Industry. supported with new lecturer and students online resources including: power point slides, suggested answers to review questions, web & video links to additional resources and a student test bank. Written in a user friendly style, each chapter includes international examples, bulleted lists, guides to further reading and exercises to test knowledge.

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Routledge

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131791726X

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9781317917267

Managing the Multi-Generational Workforce

From the GI Generation to the Millennials

By: Robert G. DelCampo,Lauren A. Haggerty,Lauren Ashley Knippel

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Managing the Multi-Generational Workforce

From the GI Generation to the Millennials

By: Robert G. DelCampo,Lauren A. Haggerty,Lauren Ashley Knippel

For the first time in history, four distinct and very different generations are working together. Generational conflict is one of the last bastions of acceptable discrimination in today's workplace. Each generation has different beliefs, expectations, values, learning styles, and desires. These result in a strong tendency for them to adopt different work habits. Managing employees of several generations is not an easy task, but it is the reality of the business world today. The creation of a culture and coordinating programs that foster communication and collaboration between all of the generations present in the workforce will help to alleviate the difficulties managers may encounter. In order to truly create a cohesive workplace, managers must encourage employees to view generational difference as a valuable strength rather than a weakness. Based on rigorous academic research, Managing the Multi-Generational Workforce identifies the characteristics of the different generations, considers their expectations and values, and how these influence the way they relate to each other. The authors then examine implications for organizational culture and structures, recruitment and retention tactics, training, and management styles and approaches. This book actually tackles the issue of properly integrating the newest generation - the 'Millennials', into the workforce and challenges the unrealistic belief that all that needs to happen is for younger generations to be 'changed' to conform to workforce norms. As younger generations enter the workforce, and eventually dominate it, workforce norms will change. Any firm or manager competing in today's war for top talent will find this book indispensable.

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135192026X

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Invention of Palestinian Citizenship, 1918-1947

By: Banko Lauren Banko

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Invention of Palestinian Citizenship, 1918-1947

By: Banko Lauren Banko

In the two decades after the First World War, nationality and citizenship in Palestine became less like abstract concepts for the Arab population and more like meaningful statuses integrated into political, social and civil life and as markers of civic identity in a changing society. This book situates the evolution of citizenship at the centre of state formation under the quasi-colonial mandate administration in Palestine. It emphasises the ways in which British officials crafted citizenship to be separate from nationality based on prior colonial legislation elsewhere, a view of the territory as divided communally, and the need to offer Jewish immigrants the easiest path to acquisition of Palestinian citizenship in order to uphold the mandate's policy. In parallel, the book examines the reactions of the Arab population to their new status. It argues that the Arabs relied heavily on their pre-war experience as nationals of the Ottoman Empire to negotiate the definitions and meanings of mandate citizenship.

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Edinburgh University Press

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1474415520

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9781474415521

The Female Complaint

The Unfinished Business of Sentimentality in American Culture

By: Lauren Berlant

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The Female Complaint

The Unfinished Business of Sentimentality in American Culture

By: Lauren Berlant

The Female Complaint is part of Lauren Berlant’s groundbreaking “national sentimentality” project charting the emergence of the U.S. political sphere as an affective space of attachment and identification. In this book, Berlant chronicles the origins and conventions of the first mass-cultural “intimate public” in the United States, a “women’s culture” distinguished by a view that women inevitably have something in common and are in need of a conversation that feels intimate and revelatory. As Berlant explains, “women’s” books, films, and television shows enact a fantasy that a woman’s life is not just her own, but an experience understood by other women, no matter how dissimilar they are. The commodified genres of intimacy, such as “chick lit,” circulate among strangers, enabling insider self-help talk to flourish in an intimate public. Sentimentality and complaint are central to this commercial convention of critique; their relation to the political realm is ambivalent, as politics seems both to threaten sentimental values and to provide certain opportunities for their extension. Pairing literary criticism and historical analysis, Berlant explores the territory of this intimate public sphere through close readings of U.S. women’s literary works and their stage and film adaptations. Her interpretation of Uncle Tom’s Cabin and its literary descendants reaches from Harriet Beecher Stowe to Toni Morrison’s Beloved, touching on Shirley Temple, James Baldwin, and The Bridges of Madison County along the way. Berlant illuminates different permutations of the women’s intimate public through her readings of Edna Ferber’s Show Boat; Fannie Hurst’s Imitation of Life; Olive Higgins Prouty’s feminist melodrama Now, Voyager; Dorothy Parker’s poetry, prose, and Academy Award–winning screenplay for A Star Is Born; the Fay Weldon novel and Roseanne Barr film The Life and Loves of a She-Devil; and the queer, avant-garde film Showboat 1988–The Remake. The Female Complaint is a major contribution from a leading Americanist.

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Duke University Press

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0822389169

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Communication Development During Infancy

By: Lauren B Adamson

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Communication Development During Infancy

By: Lauren B Adamson

This book considers communication development during the first 18 months of life of infants and summarizes the extensive literature about early parent—infant interactions. It is intended for professionals in speech language pathology and pediatrics.

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Routledge

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0429981147

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9780429981142

Women, Health, and Poverty

By: Cesar A. Perales,Lauren S. Young

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Women, Health, and Poverty

By: Cesar A. Perales,Lauren S. Young

This critical new volume takes a hard look at the well-being of poor women in North America. It provides a rare opportunity to focus on one of the most pressing, but neglected social issues of our time--the injurious health consequences of impoverishment among women. A distinguished group of experts reviews the adequacy of our social and health policies and comments on a wide range of issues relating to poverty, gender, and health. Topics include the diversity in the population of poor women, the health and safety conditions of the work environments of working-poor, and factors that influence health conditions among poor and racial/ethnic women.

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Psychology Press

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0866566848

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9780866566841

I Survived Collection Two: Four Stories of Adventure

By: Lauren Tarshis

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I Survived Collection Two: Four Stories of Adventure

By: Lauren Tarshis

Four thrilling books in the bestselling I SURVIVED series! Includes I SURVIVED THE SAN FRANCISCO EARTHQUAKE, 1906; I SURVIVED THE ATTACKS OF SEPTEMBER 11, 2001; I SURVIVED THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG, 1863; and I SURVIVED THE JAPANESE TSUNAMI, 2011.

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Scholastic Inc.

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0545668670

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9780545668675

I Survived the Shark Attacks of 1916

By: Lauren Tarshis

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I Survived the Shark Attacks of 1916

By: Lauren Tarshis

Includes an excerpt from Hurricane Katrina, 2005.

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Scholastic Inc.

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054520688X

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Rage for Order

The British Empire and the Origins of International Law, 1800–1850

By: Lauren Benton,Lisa Ford

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Rage for Order

The British Empire and the Origins of International Law, 1800–1850

By: Lauren Benton,Lisa Ford

International law burst on the scene as a new field in the late nineteenth century. Where did it come from? Rage for Order finds the origins of international law in empires—especially in the British Empire’s sprawling efforts to refashion the imperial constitution and use it to order the world in the early part of that century. “Rage for Order is a book of exceptional range and insight. Its successes are numerous. At a time when questions of law and legalism are attracting more and more attention from historians of 19th-century Britain and its empire, but still tend to be considered within very specific contexts, its sweep and ambition are particularly welcome...Rage for Order is a book that deserves to have major implications both for international legal history, and for the history of modern imperialism.” —Alex Middleton, Reviews in History “Rage for Order offers a fresh account of nineteenth-century global order that takes us beyond worn liberal and post-colonial narratives into a new and more adventurous terrain.” —Jens Bartelson, Australian Historical Studies

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Harvard University Press

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0674737466

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Friendly Enemies

Soldier Fraternization throughout the American Civil War

By: Lauren K. Thompson

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Friendly Enemies

Soldier Fraternization throughout the American Civil War

By: Lauren K. Thompson

During the American Civil War, Union and Confederate soldiers commonly fraternized, despite strict prohibitions from the high command. When soldiers found themselves surrounded by privation, disease, and death, many risked their standing in the army, and ultimately their lives, for a warm cup of coffee or pinch of tobacco during a sleepless shift on picket duty, to receive a newspaper from a “Yank” or “Johnny,” or to stop the relentless picket fire while in the trenches. In Friendly Enemies Lauren K. Thompson analyzes the relations and fraternization of American soldiers on opposing sides of the battlefield and argues that these interactions represented common soldiers’ efforts to fight the war on their own terms. Her study reveals that despite different commanders, terrain, and outcomes on the battlefield, a common thread emerges: soldiers constructed a space to lessen hostilities and make their daily lives more manageable. Fraternization allowed men to escape their situation briefly and did not carry the stigma of cowardice. Because the fraternization was exclusively between white soldiers, it became the prototype for sectional reunion after the war—a model that avoided debates over causation, honored soldiers’ shared sacrifice, and promoted white male supremacy. Friendly Enemies demonstrates how relations between opposing sides were an unprecedented yet highly significant consequence of mid-nineteenth-century civil warfare.

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U of Nebraska Press

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1496221648

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I Survived the Shark Attacks of 1916 (I Survived #2)

By: Lauren Tarshis

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I Survived the Shark Attacks of 1916 (I Survived #2)

By: Lauren Tarshis

Based on true events! It's the summer of 1916 and the Jersey shore is being terrorized by a Great White shark. Can 10-year-old Chet and his friends survive a swim in the local creek?In the summer of 1916, ten year-old Chet Roscow is captivated by the local news: a Great White shark has been attacking and killing people up and down the Atlantic Coast, not far from Chet's hometown of Springfield, New Jersey.Then one day, swimming with his friends, Chet sees something in the water. . .

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Scholastic Inc.

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0545414873

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9780545414876

Linden, New Jersey

By: Lauren Pancurak Yeats

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Linden, New Jersey

By: Lauren Pancurak Yeats

Like many of New Jersey's older towns, Linden owes its existence to the enterprising and visionary Puritan colonists from Long Island who sought religious freedom and better farmland among the virgin wilderness of northeastern New Jersey. Close upon the heels of these pioneering and hard-working farmers, legions of merchants and artisans flocked to the small villages they established, thus ensuring industry, culture, and expansion for centuries to come. Linden's unique offering of picturesque setting, between Staten Island Sound and the Rahway River, and its proximity to major urban centers, such as Newark, Elizabeth, and New York City, has contributed greatly to the community's overall growth and continues to attract new people chasing the same dreams and destinies that the first settlers sought. With over 100 illustrations, Linden, New Jersey chronicles the exciting story of a community that has survived wars and depressions and flourished both economically and culturally in times of prosperity. Journeying across an evolving landscape, readers will experience firsthand the early settlers' struggles against both land and man, the fear and violence from the British and Hessian raids during the Revolutionary War, and an assortment of events that shook Linden, from local political discord to dutiful service during times of national crisis. This comprehensive volume recalls much more than traditional textbook history, but celebrates the township's diverse population, such as the historic Jewish community, and immigrant cultures that have called Linden home over the years.

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Arcadia Publishing

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0738523658

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9780738523651

A Man Called Regret

By: Lauren Shelley

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A Man Called Regret

By: Lauren Shelley

A Man Called Regret by Lauren Shelley released on May 25, 1994 is available now for purchase.

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Harlequin Treasury-Silhouette Intim

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0373075820

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9780373075829

Case Studies in Adapted Physical Education

Empowering Critical Thinking

By: Samuel Hodge,Nathan Murata,Martin Block,Lauren Lieberman

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Case Studies in Adapted Physical Education

Empowering Critical Thinking

By: Samuel Hodge,Nathan Murata,Martin Block,Lauren Lieberman

The case studies in this book provide readers with opportunities to think critically about real-life situations that arise when working with children with varied abilities and disabilities, as well as opportunities to question and explore and to empower themselves in the process. The case scenarios illustrate actual experiences faced by a diverse group of general and adapted physical educators representing various contexts from self-contained APE classes and inclusive GPE (elementary, middle, and high school; urban, rural, and suburban) to youth sports, community recreation, and health club settings. When reading the book, pre-service and in-service teachers will be exposed to the issues facing physical educators as changes in federal law further mandate the inclusion of students with disabilities in general physical education classes and after-school sports. Identifying with the situations and characters in the cases will encourage readers to explore such issues as diversity and disability, attitude and ethics, behavior management and conflict resolution, and inclusion strategies. Questions following each case prompt readers to identify the critical issues and how the physical education professionals dealt with those issues, and then determine whether they would have handled the issues in the same way. Analyzing and discussing the cases will enable readers to formulate strategies for dealing with related issues and better prepare them to provide safe, satisfying, and successful physical activity experiences to individuals with varied abilities.

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Routledge

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1351470795

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The Magnificent Monsters of Cedar Street

By: Lauren Oliver

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The Magnificent Monsters of Cedar Street

By: Lauren Oliver

From the bestselling author of E. B. White Read-Aloud Honor Book Liesl & Po comes a timely and relevant adventure story about monsters of all kinds—and a girl brave enough to save them. Cordelia Clay loves the work she and her father do together: saving and healing the remarkable creatures around Boston at the end of the nineteenth century. Their home on Cedar Street is full to the brim with dragons, squelches, and diggles, and Cordelia loves every one of them. But their work must be kept secret—others aren’t welcoming to outsiders and immigrants, so what would the people of Boston do to the creatures they call “monsters”? One morning, Cordelia awakens to discover that her father has disappeared—along with nearly all the monsters. With only a handful of clues and a cryptic note to guide her, Cordelia must set off to find out what happened to her father, with the help of her new friend Gregory, Iggy the farting filch, a baby dragon, and a small zuppy (zombie puppy, that is).

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0062345095

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The Writer's Loop

By: Lauren Ingraham,Jeanne Law Bohannon

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The Writer's Loop

By: Lauren Ingraham,Jeanne Law Bohannon

The Writer’s Loop, presents a refreshing, practical approach to writing, based on the habits of strong writers, who pause often, reflect, and loop backwards and forwards as they revise on their way to a final draft. With integrated videos, relatable examples, clear explanations, and a consistent, scaffolded learning framework, each brief chapter engages writers through reflection and practices that support the most common types of academic writing, including essays, arguments, and research projects Achieve with Ingraham and Bohannon, The Writer’s Loop combines instruction with integrated videos, powerful writing tools, and customizable multi-draft writing assignments.

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Macmillan Higher Education

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1319259677

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9781319259679

The Writer's Loop with 2020 APA Update

By: Lauren Ingraham,Jeanne Law Bohannon

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The Writer's Loop with 2020 APA Update

By: Lauren Ingraham,Jeanne Law Bohannon

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1319368867

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Weehawken

By: Lauren Sherman,Ellen Robb Gaulkin

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Weehawken

By: Lauren Sherman,Ellen Robb Gaulkin

Although less than one square mile in area, Weehawkens rich history extends more than 400 years to when Dutch explorers first dropped anchor in Weehawken Cove. The town commands a unique location overlooking the Hudson River, with sweeping views of New York City. Its story begins with Weehawkens early bucolic estates, the idyllic attractions of the magnificent Palisades, and its notorious hidden dueling grounds, where Alexander Hamilton met his end at the hands of Aaron Burr in 1804. By the mid-19th century, a shift toward urban industrial development changed the landscape, as evidenced by the iconic 1883 Weehawken water tower and the sprawling, long-gone 1890s Eldorado Amusement Park that brought throngs of visitors via the largest passenger elevator in the world at that time. The construction of the Lincoln Tunnel as well as the developments of the towns neighborhoods, commerce, and government all helped to shape Weehawkens past and future.

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0738562688

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