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Past, Future, and End

By: Leona Davis

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This book chronicles my childhood with my mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, all of whom I lived with for short periods of time. This book talks about the physical abuse my family went through; the sexual abuse inflicted upon me as a child by three male relatives and how I got away from all the abuse that went on in the home....

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177097105X

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9781770971059

Old Books, Rare Friends

Two Literary Sleuths and Their Shared Passion

By: Madeline B. Stern,Leona Rostenberg

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Old Books, Rare Friends

Two Literary Sleuths and Their Shared Passion

By: Madeline B. Stern,Leona Rostenberg

Louisa May Alcott once wrote that she had taken her pen for a bridegroom. Leona Rostenberg and Madeleine Stern, friends and business partners for fifty years, have in many ways taken up their pens and passion for literature much in the same way. The "Holmes & Watson" of the rare book business, Rostenberg and Stern are renowned for unlocking the hidden secret of Louisa May Alcott's life when they discovered her pseudonym, A.M. Barnard, along with her anonymously published "blood and thunder" stories on subjects like transvestitism, hashish smoking, and feminism. Old Books, Rare Friends describes their mutual passion for books and literary sleuthing as they take us on their earliest European book buying jaunts. Using what they call Finger-spitzengefühl, the art of evaluating antiquarian books by handling, experience, and instinct, we are treated to some of their greatest discoveries amid the mildewed basements of London's booksellers after the Blitz. We experience the thrill of finding one of the earliest known books printed in America between 1617-1619 by the Pilgrim Press and learn about the influential role of publisher-printers from the fifteenth century. Like a precious gem, Old Books, Rare Friends is a book to treasure about the companionship of two rare friends and their shared passion for old books.

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Main Street Books

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0307874532

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9780307874535

St. Landry-Up from Slavery Then Came the Fire!!

By: Leona W. Smith

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St. Landry-Up from Slavery Then Came the Fire!!

By: Leona W. Smith

Note: This isn't another Mississippi Burning or another Roots!! It's a true family legacy!! (Find it on Goodreads.com) From a child, Leona W. Smith was always intrigued by family stories told to her by her parents, grandparents, and close family friends. Birthed out of the intense desire of her mother (Shirley Mae LaVergne Williams) to discover more about her paternal roots, Leona set out on a journey to research her familys history and discovered some amazing truths about her ancestors. Told through family records and stories handed down through many generations and through the use of true to life accounts obtained from Federal Slave Narratives set in Louisiana, St. Landry Up From Slavery Then Came the Fire!! is an epic story deeply rooted in historical fact that spans over 300 years of the LaVergne and Williams families. From the shores of Africa to the rice fields of St. Landry Parish, Louisiana and beyond, St. Landry Up From Slavery Then Came the Fire! explores the hardships, struggles, defeats and triumphs endued by the families through the cruel injustices of slavery, classism and racism. Most importantly, it also explores the families resolute faith in God and gives documented accounts and firsthand testimonies of the amazing, miraculous power of God at work in their lives down through the generations that has left a legacy of hope, courage, and success that still endures today.

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1456760335

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Charmed

By: Leona Karr

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Charmed

By: Leona Karr

STIRRING UP THE PAST… After her sister was attacked and left for dead, Ashley Davis traveled to the remote Greystone Island in search of answers. But identifying her sister’s assailant while on the imposing and mysterious Langdon estate seemed impossible—especially when she sensed a sinister force lurking in the shadows. COULD GET HER KILLED Now the only way to uncover the truth—and stay alive—was to join forces with Brad Taylor, the island’s mysterious police officer. But forging this unlikely union with the one man who made her pulse race seemed even more frightening than the long-buried secrets of the past that were about to resurface….

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Harlequin

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1459222466

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9781459222465

Eloquent Reticence

Withholding Information in Fictional Narrative

By: Leona Toker

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Eloquent Reticence

Withholding Information in Fictional Narrative

By: Leona Toker

The importance of the ethics of form in literature has only recently gained broad recognition and has thus far been explored mainly from the position of moral philosophy and critical theory. Leona Toker develops a narratological approach to the subject, based on studying "reticence" in works of fiction. Reticence consists in narrative techniques through which writers create information gaps that build interest, enhance tension, and control the reader's comprehension of theme, character, and event. Using novels by Fielding, Austen, Dickens, Conrad, Forster, and Faulkner, Toker demonstrates how the withholding of information affects readers' attitudes, stimulates their reassessment, and leads to a self-critical reorientation—and how such manipulation of attention has specific ethical and aesthetic significance. Drawing on descriptive poetics, reader-response criticism, and information theory, Toker marks the parallel situations of the characters in the fiction she analyzes and of the readers who encounter it, and presents a novel approach to the issue of first and repeated readings. The inquiry into the twofold role of the reader opens the discussion of narrative techniques to ethical issues. Through her analysis of silences in representative works Toker makes a meaningful contribution to modern narrative study and offers new insights into a number of familiar novels. This well informed, sensitive, and judicious study will appeal to scholars interested in narrative theory and ethical criticism and to students of Faulkner and of the classical English novel.

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University Press of Kentucky

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0813188172

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9780813188171

There Plant Eyes

A Personal and Cultural History of Blindness

By: M. Leona Godin

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There Plant Eyes

A Personal and Cultural History of Blindness

By: M. Leona Godin

From Homer to Helen Keller, from Dune to Stevie Wonder, from the invention of braille to the science of echolocation, M. Leona Godin explores the fascinating history of blindness, interweaving it with her own story of gradually losing her sight. “[A] thought-provoking mixture of criticism, memoir, and advocacy." —The New Yorker There Plant Eyes probes the ways in which blindness has shaped our ocularcentric culture, challenging deeply ingrained ideas about what it means to be “blind.” For millennia, blindness has been used to signify such things as thoughtlessness (“blind faith”), irrationality (“blind rage”), and unconsciousness (“blind evolution”). But at the same time, blind people have been othered as the recipients of special powers as compensation for lost sight (from the poetic gifts of John Milton to the heightened senses of the comic book hero Daredevil). Godin—who began losing her vision at age ten—illuminates the often-surprising history of both the condition of blindness and the myths and ideas that have grown up around it over the course of generations. She combines an analysis of blindness in art and culture (from King Lear to Star Wars) with a study of the science of blindness and key developments in accessibility (the white cane, embossed printing, digital technology) to paint a vivid personal and cultural history. A genre-defying work, There Plant Eyes reveals just how essential blindness and vision are to humanity’s understanding of itself and the world.

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Vintage

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198489840X

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9781984898401

The Minority Press & The English Crown 1558-1625

By: Leona Rostenberg

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The Minority Press & The English Crown 1558-1625

By: Leona Rostenberg

First edition. A richly documented book, portraying the clandestine activity of the under-ground Catholic and Puritan presses in England and on the Continent during the reigns of Elizabeth I and James I. With full details of government censorship.

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BRILL

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9004612912

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9789004612914

Lifelong Learning, Global Social Justice, and Sustainability

By: Leona M. English,Peter Mayo

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Lifelong Learning, Global Social Justice, and Sustainability

By: Leona M. English,Peter Mayo

This book examines lifelong learning from different angles and follows the trajectory beginning with the expansive notion of lifelong education promoted by the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and its subsequent version intended to better suit the neoliberal framework and make EU countries more competitive in the global economy. The authors critique this version of lifelong learning by contrasting it with the notion of critical literacy. They also devote attention to the UN’s advocacy concerning lifelong education and sustainable development, arguing that for lifelong learning to help realize this goal, it needs to become more holistic in scope and engage more globally conceived social and human-earth relations. The book concludes with a discussion on lifelong learning and the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Springer Nature

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3030657787

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9783030657789

The Thinking Space

The Café as a Cultural Institution in Paris, Italy and Vienna

By: Leona Rittner,W. Scott Haine

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The Thinking Space

The Café as a Cultural Institution in Paris, Italy and Vienna

By: Leona Rittner,W. Scott Haine

The cafe is not only a place to enjoy a cup of coffee, it is also a space - distinct from its urban environment - in which to reflect and take part in intellectual debate. Since the eighteenth century in Europe, intellectuals and artists have gathered in cafes to exchange ideas, inspirations and information that has driven the cultural agenda for Europe and the world. Without the café, would there have been a Karl Marx or a Jean-Paul Sartre? The café as an institutional site has been the subject of renewed interest amongst scholars in the past decade, and its role in the development of art, ideas and culture has been explored in some detail. However, few have investigated the ways in which cafés create a cultural and intellectual space which brings together multiple influences and intellectual practices and shapes the urban settings of which they are a part. This volume presents an international group of scholars who consider cafés as sites of intellectual discourse from across Europe during the long modern period. Drawing on literary theory, history, cultural studies and urban studies, the contributors explore the ways in which cafes have functioned and evolved at crucial moments in the histories of important cities and countries - notably Paris, Vienna and Italy. Choosing these sites allows readers to understand both the local particularities of each café while also seeing the larger cultural connections between these places. By revealing how the café operated as a unique cultural context within the urban setting, this volume demonstrates how space and ideas are connected. As our global society becomes more focused on creativity and mobility the intellectual cafés of past generations can also serve as inspiration for contemporary and future knowledge workers who will expand and develop this tradition of using and thinking in space.

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Routledge

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1317014146

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A Journey to Healing

5 Stages to Achieving More Freedom in Your Health and Your Life

By: Leona Allen D.C. PSc.D

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A Journey to Healing

5 Stages to Achieving More Freedom in Your Health and Your Life

By: Leona Allen D.C. PSc.D

Are you searching for answers about what is really happening with your health and your body? Are you wondering what to do, where to go, or who to trust? With this vicious cycle, you become frustrated and end up losing hope. You begin to wonder if you have to live with it, but deep down inside, you dont want to give up. You still want to feel well, but you are tired of failing. Achieving true health and wellness is very similar to building a house, starting a business, or planning a trip. There are steps or stages involved. Once you understand this concept, you will have an idea of what to expect. Youll be better equipped to handle whats up ahead. You will also be more encouraged to push through it. In A Journey to Healing, you will learn and witness the five stages to achieving more freedom in your health. It will transform your life in so many ways. The five stages will take you from your state of frustration and pain to true health freedom!

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1504326008

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Feminism in Community

By: Catherine J. Irving,Leona M. English

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Feminism in Community

By: Catherine J. Irving,Leona M. English

The authors draw upon their earlier research examining how feminists have negotiated identity and learning in international contexts or multisector environments. Feminism in Community focuses on feminist challenges to lead, learn, and participate in nonprofit organizations, as well as their efforts to enact feminist pedagogy through arts processes, Internet fora, and critical community engagement. The authors bring a focused energy to the topic of women and adult learning, integrating insights of pedagogy and theory-informed practice in the fields of social movement learning, transformative learning, and community development. The social determinants of health, spirituality, research partnerships, and policy engagement are among the contexts in which such learning occurs. In drawing attention to the identity and practice of the adult educator teaching and learning with women in the community, the authors respond to gender mainstreaming processes that have obscured women as a discernible category in many areas of practice.

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Springer

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9463002022

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9789463002028

Past Climates

Tree Thermometers, Commodities, and People

By: Leona Marshall Libby

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Past Climates

Tree Thermometers, Commodities, and People

By: Leona Marshall Libby

Leona Marshall Libby was a pioneer in modern climatic research, a field that gained great impetus in the late twentieth century because of the promise it holds for predicting future climatic trends. Libby’s work led to remarkable new procedures for investigating long-term changes in precipitation and temperature and thereby greatly expanding our knowledge of past climates. As Professor Rainer Berger writes in his foreword: “In recent years, tree ring–based temperature data have been collected which go far beyond the records available to historians. These data can be analyzed by Fourier transforms which identify certain periodicities. . . . Climatic changes detected by tree rings have been checked against historic records. . . . The correspondence is astonishing. . . . “At present weather forecasting is becoming more accurate for periods on the order of days, weeks, and months. Climatic prognoses have also been attempted for very long times of tens of thousands of years. But the intermediate range in the decades and centuries has so far been an enigma. It is here where tree ring thermometry plays its trump cards. “. . . Its potential is enormous in assessing worldwide crop yields, water inventory, heating requirements, stockpiling policies, and construction planning as well as political and military prospects.”

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University of Texas Press

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1477306099

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9781477306093

Measuring and Visualizing Space in Elementary Mathematics Learning

By: Richard Lehrer,Leona Schauble

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Measuring and Visualizing Space in Elementary Mathematics Learning

By: Richard Lehrer,Leona Schauble

Measuring and Visualizing Space in Elementary Mathematics Learning explores the development of elementary students’ understanding of the mathematics of measure, and demonstrates how measurement can serve as an anchor for supporting a deeper understanding of number operations and rational numbers. The concept of measurement is centrally implicated in a number of mathematical operations, yet is not often given the placement it deserves in the elementary mathematics curriculum. By drawing on K-5 classroom research, authors Lehrer and Schauble have been able to articulate a learning progression that describes benchmarks of student learning about measure in length, angle, area, volume, and rational number, exploring related concepts, classroom experiences, and instructional practices at each stage. Offering a unique, research driven resource for helping students develop a deep understanding of measurement to further enhance mathematical understanding, as well as further learning in other STEM disciplines; the book will be relevant for scholars, teacher educators, and specialists in math education. The book is accompanied by online resources developed for practitioners, including instructional guides, examples of student thinking, and other teacher-focused materials, helping clarify how to bring concepts of measure and rational number to life in classrooms.

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Taylor & Francis

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1000839257

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9781000839258

How I Broke Into the Movies - And How You Can Too!

Tips, True Experiences and Interesting Insights Bring You the Big Picture

By: Leona Weiss Toppel

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How I Broke Into the Movies - And How You Can Too!

Tips, True Experiences and Interesting Insights Bring You the Big Picture

By: Leona Weiss Toppel

“How I Broke into the Movies – and How You Can Too!” is a must-read for anyone who wants to act in film, as well as for fans of the silver screen who want to know what goes on behind the scenes. This straight-from-the-shoulder account written by an eighteen year veteran of the business, pulls no punches. Entertaining and informative, “How I Broke into the Movies – and How You Can Too!” is an easy-going, tell-it-like-it-is book that takes the reader along on the movie adventure Leona Toppel has been experiencing since 1983 (and she doesn’t live anywhere near Hollywood). Aspiring actors will find tips about how to register with agents, what kind of pictures they’ll need, wardrobe, safety (yes safety), what to do on the set – and what not to do, auditions, résumés and a myriad of other information. Cameos about some of filmdom’s brightest stars as told by those who were there are included. There’s a “Who’s Who and What’s What” section which explains many of the terms used in the movie business. Readers can’t help but smile at, and have compassion for, the ups and downs of the background actors who give movies that real look. Each chapter has its specific purpose: 1. Sex and Debauchery or Now That I Have Your Attention, Here’s How I Fell in Love with the Movies (O.K., so there’s not one bit of sex and debauchery anywhere in this book but this chapter will give you an idea of why movies have been important to me for as long as I can remember.) 2. How Would You Like to Be a Mother? The Day Fate Became My Agent. (You just never know when or how an important aspect of your life may change.) 3. A “Typical Day “ on the Set? FUHGEDABOUDIT! (Actually, there is no such thing as a typical day – and that’s just one of the aspects I love about the business. In this chapter you’ll find out how “exciting” a day can be.) 4. I Was Told to Pat Paul Newman on the Shoulder: Little Pleasures, Big Breaks.and Bad Hair Days (Here are some experiences movie fans dream about – with a few nightmares thrown in.) 5. Short Takes on Big Stars (You may be surprised when you read first-hand accounts about some of your favorite stars.) 6. You Meet Some of the Nicest People - and Some Others Who Are – Don’t Ask – I’ll Tell You (You’re sure to recognize some of these characters – whether you work in the movies or in an office.) 7. Did I Get It or Did She Get It? (Auditions are part of the movie/TV business, so deal with it.) 8. Safety First! (You’ve Got to Watch Out for Lots of Dangerous Things in This Business) (Try not to trip over your own feet – or put your foot in your mouth.) 9. Sparky and Friends (The best picture of an extra’s life can be gleaned through sharing their ups and downs.) 10. Show Biz Kidz (Got youngsters you’d like to get into the business? Think long and hard before you take that first step.) 11. A Wrap? No! Just the Beginning! (Here are detailed instructions for getting started in the business.) Each chapter adds another piece to the puzzle which, when completed, gives the reader the BIG PICTURE. Aspiring actor or movie fan, this is the book for you. After reading “How I Broke into the Movies – and How You Can Too!” you may find yourself on the way to a new career – or just on the way to see the latest flick. Either way, you’ll never look at movies the same way again.

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Xlibris Corporation

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1462839835

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9781462839834

Small Firm Growth

By: Per Davidsson,Leona Achtenhagen,Lucia Naldi

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Small Firm Growth

By: Per Davidsson,Leona Achtenhagen,Lucia Naldi

Small Firm Growth comprehensively reviews the empirical literature on small firm growth to highlight and integrate what is known about this phenomenon and take stock of what past experiences of researching this area implies for how the phenomenon can or should be studied in future research.

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Now Publishers Inc

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1601983565

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23 and On TV

How to be a MMJ Day-to-Day

By: Leona Towner

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23 and On TV

How to be a MMJ Day-to-Day

By: Leona Towner

23 and on TV is a book about how to do the job of a multimedia journalist post-2020. Most books about journalism are about how to get a job, and this one is literally about how to do it. Step-by-step 23 and on TV takes you through a day in the life of a multimedia journalist by dedicating each chapter to a daily task. Each task will share with you information on how to complete it successfully, with tips and stories narrating how the author navigated them. The age is noted in the title to emphasize the perspective from which it was written. There are many things you learn in school and then many more as you attempt to apply that knowledge to the school of life. Whether you are young in the field or young in your career, this book is a great read to gain insight into what your local reporter may go through to try to bring the most accurate information to their audience. 2

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Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.

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Receipt

Poems

By: Karen Leona Anderson

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Receipt

Poems

By: Karen Leona Anderson

Poems about consumption: “Deft and insightful . . . resonant and witty.” —The Washington Post In her second collection, Karen Leona Anderson transforms apparently prosaic documents—recipes and receipts—into expressions of human identity. From eighteenth-century cookbooks to the Food Network, the recipe becomes a site for definition and disclosure. Like a theatrical script, the recipe directs action and conjures characters (Grace Kelly at a party). In these poems, the pie is a cultural artifact and Betty Crocker, icon of domesticity, looms large. From the little black dress ($49.99 Nordstroms) to an epidural ($25.00 co-pay), Anderson reveals life in the twenty-first century to be equally hampered and enabled by expenditures. Amidst personal and domestic economies, wildness proliferates—bats, deer, ocelots, and fungus—reminding the reader that not all can be assimilated, eaten, or spent. Receipt is like the lovechild of Anne Sexton and Adam Smith, illuminating the ways in which our lives are both constrained by pieces of paper, and able to slip through the crevices of cultural detritus down to the rich current of animal feeling beneath. “Anderson’s poems prioritize wordplay, assonance, and alliteration, which lead her to surprising turns of phrase.” —Publishers Weekly “Anderson doesn’t miss a beat as she traces our consumerisms—economic, sexual, spiritual, and more—with irony, wit, sadness and more than a little humor. Receipt is, quite simply, a terrific book.” —Linda Bierds

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Milkweed Editions

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1571319271

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Soft Tissue Pathology: Diagnostic Challenges, An Issue of Surgical Pathology Clinics

By: Leona A. Doyle

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Soft Tissue Pathology: Diagnostic Challenges, An Issue of Surgical Pathology Clinics

By: Leona A. Doyle

This issue of Surgical Pathology Clinics is devoted to Soft Tissue Tumors, the first in this series was presented in 2011. This issue addresses the most difficult diagnostic challenges and focuses on differential diagnosis in soft tissue tumors. Each presentation is accompanied by abundant histologic slides to display the diagnostic differences. Additionally, authors selected two to five diagnoses they find can be particularly difficult, with an emphasis on how to approach such lesions on biopsy samples where relevant and the role of ancillary studies. Topics include coverage of diagnostically challenging: Vascular lesions; Retroperitoneal "Fatty” tumors of adults; Smooth muscle neoplasms; Chondro-osseous lesions of soft tissue; Pediatric tumors; Epithelioid tumors; Spindle cell neoplasms of the retroperitoneum; and Peripheral nerve sheath tumors. Also presented are: Non-mesenchymal mimics of benign and malignant soft tissue tumors; Soft tissue tumors with overlapping molecular findings; Recently characterized soft tissue tumors; Benign mimics of sarcoma; Advances in molecular methods in the analysis of soft tissue tumors and therapeutic implications; and Myoepithelial tumors: an update. Leona Doyle and Karen Fritchie lead this issue of experts in soft tissue pathology.

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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0323402747

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9780323402743

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