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China Since 1949

By: Linda Benson

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Exploring the remarkable story of China’s rise to global prominence, China since 1949 provides a concise yet comprehensive overview of the events that have shaped the country since the middle of the twentieth century. Covering the Maoist era through the Reform period to the present day, this book addresses subjects such as China’s position as a world economic power, the Chinese Communist Party’s treatment of ethnic minorities, women’s experiences under the Communist regime, and China’s human rights record. Fully updated throughout, the third edition includes: a new chapter focusing on China since 2010 discussion of current issues such as China’s territorial disputes, computer hacking and cyber-espionage, corruption, leadership changes, and the slowing of China’s economic growth extensively revised chapters on China and the World and on Government, Politics and the Economy An updated selection of primary source documents. Also containing a chronology of events from 1949 to 2015, a Who’s Who of key figures, a glossary and a guide to further reading, China Since 1949 is an accessible and engaging introduction to China’s recent past and essential reading for students of modern Chinese history.

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Routledge

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1317243080

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A Reference Guide to Television's Bonanza

Episodes, Personnel and Broadcast History

By: Bruce R. Leiby,Linda F. Leiby

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A Reference Guide to Television's Bonanza

Episodes, Personnel and Broadcast History

By: Bruce R. Leiby,Linda F. Leiby

Bonanza aired on NBC from September 12, 1959, to January 16, 1973, playing to 480,000,000 viewers in over 97 countries. It was the second longest running western series, surpassed only by Gunsmoke, and continues to provide wholesome entertainment to old and new fans via syndication. This book provides an in-depth chronicle of the series and its stars. A history of the show from its inception to the current made-for-television movies is provided, and an episode guide includes a synopsis of each show and lists such details as the main characters of each episode and the actors who portrayed them, the dates they stayed with the show, date and time of original broadcast, writer, director, producer, executive producer, and supporting cast. Also provided are character sketches for each of the major recurring characters, career biographies of Lorne Green, Pernell Roberts, Dan Blocker, and Michael Landon, brief biographical sketches of the supporting cast, a discography of recordings of the Bonanza theme and recordings of the four major stars, and information on Bonanza television movies.

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McFarland

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1476600759

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Legends in Limestone

Lazarus, Gislebertus, and the Cathedral of Autun

By: Linda Seidel

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Legends in Limestone

Lazarus, Gislebertus, and the Cathedral of Autun

By: Linda Seidel

Whereas twelfth-century pilgrims flocked to the church of St-Lazare in Autun to visit the relics of its patron saint, present-day pilgrims journey there to admire its superb sculpture, said to have been created by the artist Gislebertus whose name is inscribed above one of the church doors. These two cults, of sculptor and of saint, form points of departure and arrival for Linda Seidel's study. Legends in Limestone reveals how "Gislebertus, sculptor" was discovered and subsequently sanctified over the course of the last century. Seidel makes a compelling case for the identification of the name with an ancestor of the local ducal family, invoked for his role in the acquisition of the precious relics. With the aid of evidence drawn from the richly carved decoration of the building, she demonstrates how medieval visitors would have read a different holy narrative in the church fabric, one that constructed before their eyes an account of their patron saint's life. Legends in Limestone, an absorbing study of one of France's most revered medieval monuments, provides fresh insights into modern and medieval interpretive practices.

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University of Chicago Press

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0226745155

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Don't Open the Door

By: Linda Lonsdorf

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Don't Open the Door

By: Linda Lonsdorf

Karen Morino finds her fifteen year old daughter, Nikki, lying in their foyer dead. There are no signs of a struggle but all evidence points to murder. A neighbor saw Jared Davis leaving the Morino home near the time of the murder. Davis is nineteen years old, mentally challenged, with Down syndrome. Conrad Confidential is hired to investigate her murder. Until a forensic report comes back, the Akron Police Department hesitates to make an arrest. The neighbors are livid and fear for the safety of their children. Prejudice escalates and the Davises are victimized daily. Father Flannery, a priest in Atlanta, is shocked by an anonymous confessor to a girl's murder. However, he is sworn to secrecy by the Covenant of Confession.

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Xlibris Corporation

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1499060092

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Loving Cee Cee Johnson

By: Linda Leigh Hargrove

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Loving Cee Cee Johnson

By: Linda Leigh Hargrove

The sequel to The Making of Isaac Hunt returns with a new character, Cee Cee Johnson, a reporter who lies about her identity. When given an assignment in her hometown, Pettigrew, Cee Cee comes face to face with the truth about herself, her father, and the love she so desperately needs. Join us on this roller coaster ride of emotions filled with suspense, as Cee Cee Johnson discovers what it means to listen, learn, love and forgive.

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Moody Publishers

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1575674041

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Tales of the Time Scouts

By: Robert Asprin,Linda Evans

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Tales of the Time Scouts

By: Robert Asprin,Linda Evans

TWO NOVELS OF TIME-TRAVELING ADVENTURE. Includes Time Scout and Wagers of Sin. When an experiment on an orbiting space station went wrong¾bad wrong¾ripples in time washed over the Earth bringing global disaster. The survivors, beginning to rebuild, learned that they were now able to travel into the past, utilizing the remnant time strings. But first, the time strings had to be mapped. That was the job of the brave pioneers known as time scouts. Their occupation was only slightly less dangerous than front line combat, and when it was discovered that a time traveler who wasnt extremely careful could zap himself out of existence, elaborate rules to prevent that evolved, and it was the job of the time scouts to enforce them. Time Scout: Kenneth _KitÓ Carson was one of the best, if not the best, time scouts in the business. But he has collected more than a few scars, both physical and mental, while poking around back in time, and trying not to draw the dangerous attention of the natives, not always successfully. Nowadays, he runs a small hotel at Time Terminal 86, and just wants to be a hotelier renting rooms to tourists on their way to see the Roman Circus Maximus or Victorian London firshand . . . until a cartain red-headed girl flounces out of his life through an illicit gate that may collapse and leave her lost eternally in the corridors of time . . . Wagers of Sin: Time Travel stations have become big business, with wealthy tourists taking vacations back in time. For Skeeter Jackson, one of Time Terminal 86s least honest residents, scamming those tourists is a way of life. A mans got to follow his calling, even a con man, and Skeeter might be a dyed-in-the-wool thieving scoundrel, but he freely admits it and relishes the crisp, cool feel of cash in hand¾until one of his scams went terribly wrong, and he was in more trouble than even his quick wits and crooked tricks could get him out of again. At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).

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162579472X

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Of Mind and Body

By: Linda Wasmer Smith

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Of Mind and Body

By: Linda Wasmer Smith

Mind-body medicine has captured the popular imagination. More and more, people are turning to alternative, nontraditional therapies to take control of their physical and mental characteristics and attitudes and how they can affect our physical well-being. Discover what research tells us about the true medical benefits of: - Relaxation therapy - Meditation - Positive visualization - Mental healing - Hypnosis Does science support the public's growing faith in these treatments? The answer, surprisingly, is yes. Of Mind and Body by Linda Wasmer Smith helps you examine a wide variety of today's burgeoning alternative therapies and fully explains the underlying science. Along the way, you'll learn how to assess your own personality as it relates to your health.

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Henry Holt and Company

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1466881704

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Black Cat Weekly #49

By: Brendan DuBois,Linda D. Addison,Y. S. Lee,Poul Anderson,Hal Charles,George O. Smith ,Robert Moore Williams

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Black Cat Weekly #49

By: Brendan DuBois,Linda D. Addison,Y. S. Lee,Poul Anderson,Hal Charles,George O. Smith ,Robert Moore Williams

Welcome to Black Cat Weekly #49. This is another strong issue, and we lead off with an original tale by celebrated mystery author Brendan Dubois (courtesy of acquiring editor Michael Bracken). We also have a powerful crime story by Y.S. Lee (courtsey of acquiring editor Barb Goffman), and a pair of novels by Edgar Wallace and Nicholas Carter. And, of course, no issue would be complete without a solve-it-yourself mystery from Hal Charles. On the science fiction side, acquiring editor Cynthia Ward has selected a great story by Linda D. Addison—plus we have more from George O. Smith, Poul Anderson, C. Shook, and Robert Moore Williams. Good stuff! Here’s the complete lineup: Mysteries / Suspense / Adventure: “Obsession” by Brendan DuBois “Ghost of a Chance” by Hal Charles “In Plain Sight” by Y. S. Lee The Fellowship of the Frog, by Edgar Wallace Driven from Cover, by Nicholas Carter Science Fiction / Fantasy: “The Power” by Linda D. Addison “Rat Race,” by George O. Smith “The Temple of Earth, ” by Poul Anderson “The Band Played On,” by C. Shook “The Impossible Invention” by Robert Moore Williams

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Wildside Press LLC

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1667659871

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John Wesley and the Education of Children

Gender, Class and Piety

By: Linda A. Ryan

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John Wesley and the Education of Children

Gender, Class and Piety

By: Linda A. Ryan

Scholars have historically associated John Wesley’s educational endeavours with the boarding school he established at Kingswood, near Bristol, in 1746. However, his educational endeavours extended well beyond that single institution, even to non-Methodist educational programmes. This book sets out Wesley’s thinking and practice concerning child-rearing and education, particularly in relation to gender and class, in its broader eighteenth-century social and cultural context. Drawing on writings from Churchmen, Dissenters, economists, philosophers and reformers as well as educationalists, this study demonstrates that the political, religious and ideological backdrop to Wesley’s work was neither static nor consistent. It also highlights Wesley’s eighteenth-century fellow Evangelicals including Lady Huntingdon, John Fletcher, Hannah More and Robert Raikes to demonstrate whether Wesley’s thinking and practice around schooling was in any way unique. This study sheds light on how Wesley’s attitudes to education were influencing and influenced by the society in which he lived and worked. As such, it will be of great interest to academics with an interest in Methodism, education and eighteenth-century attitudes towards gender and class.

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1351607294

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Myrtle Point and Vicinity

1893-1950

By: Chuck King,Linda Kirk,Carolyn Prola,Mary Ellen Robertson

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Myrtle Point and Vicinity

1893-1950

By: Chuck King,Linda Kirk,Carolyn Prola,Mary Ellen Robertson

The town of Myrtle Point, incorporated in 1887, was platted in a grove of myrtle trees on a point of land overlooking the South Fork of the Coquille River. Ten years after incorporation, Myrtle Point was a thriving commercial hub of 600 people. It had a riverboat landing, two hotels, and streets lined with churches, businesses, houses, and barns. This book begins in 1893, a landmark year when the telephone and the train both arrived in Myrtle Point. It ends in 1950, a time of prosperity for loggers and farmers in southwestern Oregon and for the enterprises in Myrtle Point that served them. Family photographs, many published here for the first time, reveal glimpses of a world where logging was king; the Coos County Fair was the biggest event of the year; and, early on, farm families traveled by horse team and riverboat to shop in a bustling Myrtle Point.

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Arcadia Publishing

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1439642974

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Consumer Health & Integrative Medicine: A Holistic View of Complementary and Alternative Medicine Practices

A Holistic View of Complementary and Alternative Medicine Practice

By: Linda Baily Synovitz,Karl L. Larson

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Consumer Health & Integrative Medicine: A Holistic View of Complementary and Alternative Medicine Practices

A Holistic View of Complementary and Alternative Medicine Practice

By: Linda Baily Synovitz,Karl L. Larson

Today, being a health consumer encompasses more than being knowledgeable about traditional medicine and health practice but also includes the necessity to be well informed about the expading field of complementary and alternative medicine. Consumer Health and Integrative Medicine: Holistic View of Complementary and Alternative Medicine Practices, Second Edition was written to expand upon the many alternative modalities that many other consumer health texts overlook. It includes chapters on the major alternative medicine systems and healing modalities, including Ayurvedic medicine, traditional Chinese medicine, naturopathy, homeopathic medicine, chiropractic medicine, massage, reflexology, and herbals or botanicals. The authors mission is to increase reader's knowledge base, not make up their mind, as we all make better choices related to our own personal health care practices when we are informed consumers.

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Jones & Bartlett Learning

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1284144127

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9781284144123

John Steinbeck

A Literary Life

By: Linda Wagner-Martin

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John Steinbeck

A Literary Life

By: Linda Wagner-Martin

This book aims to both describe and analyze the way Steinbeck learned the writing craft. It begins with his immersion in the short story, some years after he stopped attending Stanford University. Aside from a weak first novel, his professional writing career began with the publication in 1932 of The Pastures of Heaven, stories set in the Salinas Valley and dedicated to his parents. From that book he wrote truly commanding stories such as The Red Pony. Intermixed with Steinbeck’s journalism about California’s labor difficulties, his writing skill led to his 1930 masterpieces, Of Mice and Men, In Dubious Battle, and The Grapes of Wrath. The latter novel, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1940, led eventually to his being awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1962. He continued producing such wide-ranging works as The Pearl, East of Eden, The Winter of Our Discontent, and Travels with Charley up to just a few months before his death in 1968.

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Springer

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1137553820

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Tales of the Time Scouts II

By: Robert Asprin,Linda Evans

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Tales of the Time Scouts II

By: Robert Asprin,Linda Evans

Two Time Scout series novels in one volume! Ripping Time: When terrorists gun down Jenna Caddrick's fiancee, the only daughter of Senator John Caddrick is trapped in a desperate struggle to stay alive. With a pack of killers on her trail, Jenna plunges through Shangri-La Station's time touring gates-and lands in London of 1888, just in time to meet Jack the Ripper. And Skeeter Jackson, newly reformed con artist, finds himself caught up in the biggest mystery of the century. All Skeeter has to do is find the Senator's missing daughter, track down lanira Cassandra's kidnappers, stop a cult of killers and survive Ripping Time. The House That Jack Built: Jack the Ripper's killing spree spreads from Victorian London to Time Terminal Eighty-Six in this breath stopping sequel to Ripping Time, retired time scout Kit Carson and ex-con man Skeeter Jackson enter an unholy alliance that surprises everyone—including Skeeter and Kit. All they have to do is track down Senator Caddrick's missing heiress, lost somewhere in history, rescue Ianira Cassandra from the clutches of a madman, and keep the most famous time-touring station in the world open for business while avoiding death in The House that Jack (the Ripper) Built. At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management). About the Time Scout series: “Engaging, fast moving, historically literate, and filled with Asprin's expertise on the techniques and philosophy of personal combat, this is first-class action sf.” —Booklist "The storytelling is as solid as one would expect from this team of writers . . . "—Dragon "Shows tremendous research and brings the past alive. You actually feel you're walking down the streets of ancient Rome and Victorian England. . . . I'm waiting for more."—Philadelphia Weekly Press "Engaging, fast moving, historically literate, and filled with Asprin's expertise on the techniques and philosophy of personal combat, this is first-class action sf." —Booklist "The characters ... are appealing and their adventures exciting and plausible." —Science Fiction Chronicle

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Baen Books

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1625794924

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Victorian Publishing and Mrs. Gaskell's Work

By: Linda K. Hughes,Michael Lund

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Victorian Publishing and Mrs. Gaskell's Work

By: Linda K. Hughes,Michael Lund

For much of her own century, Elizabeth Gaskell was recognized as a voice of Victorian convention—-the loyal wife, good mother, and respected writer—-a reputation that led to her steady decline in the view of twentieth-century literary critics. Recent scholars, however, have begun to recognize that Mrs. Gaskell's high standing in Victorian society allowed her to effect change in conventional ideology. Linda K. Hughes and Michael Lund focus this reevaluation on issues pertaining to the Victorian literary marketplace. Victorian Publishing and Mrs. Gaskell's Work portrays an elusive and self-aware writer whose refusal to grant authority to a single perspective even while she recirculated the fundamental assumptions and debates of her era enabled her simultaneously to fulfill and deflect the expectations of the literary marketplace. While she wrote for money, producing periodical fiction, major novels, and nonfiction, Mrs. Gaskell was able to maintain a tone of warmth and empathy that allowed her to imagine multiple social and epistemological alternatives. Writing from within the established rubrics of gender, narrative, and publication format, she nevertheless performed important cultural work.

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University of Virginia Press

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0813918758

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Fraudsters and Charlatans

A Peek at some of History's Greatest Rogues

By: Linda Stratmann

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Fraudsters and Charlatans

A Peek at some of History's Greatest Rogues

By: Linda Stratmann

In 1817 a young woman of exotic appearance was found wandering near Bristol. She spoke in a language that no one could understand except, seemingly, a Portuguese sailor. He claimed that she was a Sumatran princess from the island of Javasu. Princess Caraboo, as she was known, became a national celebrity and lived in a grand style, entertaining many distinguished visitors. A few weeks later, however, she was exposed as Mary Baker, the daughter of a cobbler from Devonshire. Mary's deception is one of several intriguing stories of nineteenth-century fraudsters brought to light in Linda Stratmann's entertaining look at some of history's greatest rogues. From bankers who forged share certificates, ruining hundreds of small investors, to 'Louis de Rougemont' whose tales of high adventure branded him The Greatest Liar on Earth', these riveting tales of true crime expose the seedy side of life in which corruption, avarice and scandal hold sway.

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The History Press

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0752486950

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9780752486956

The Turquoise Bottle

By: Linda Shields Allison

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The Turquoise Bottle

By: Linda Shields Allison

Hutch Worthington is the son of a good man who made one mistake and is sent to Australia on a convict ship. At seven, most of his family perish from typhoid fever, and he is left in the care of his older brother. Branded as the son of a convict, Hutch is bullied by his classmates and tormented by his unhappy teacher who dislikes his job and feels he made a mistake coming to Australia. Hutch secretly admires the courage of Sheila, a fellow pupil who is teased by other students because she has polio. Together, they form a secret bond of friendship. A chance meeting with an archaeology professor, Edmond McCormick, changes Hutch’s life. Over time, the professor becomes a mentor to Hutch. Together, Hutch and Professor McCormick embark on an adventure across the Pacific Ocean, stopping in Hawaii and on to San Francisco in 1864. A mysterious Turquoise Bottle and a curious map help guide them on their adventure to find mysterious treasures in the Nevada Indian territory.

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1958889350

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Reconstructing Lives, Recapturing Meaning

Refugee Identity, Gender, and Culture Change

By: Linda A. Camino,Ruth M. Krulfeld

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Reconstructing Lives, Recapturing Meaning

Refugee Identity, Gender, and Culture Change

By: Linda A. Camino,Ruth M. Krulfeld

Reconstructing Lives, Recapturing Meaning presents the first systematic investigation of refugees' loss of their old identities and their efforts to construct new ones. Edited by the Chair and Vice Chair of the Committee on Refugee Issues (CORI) of the American Anthropological Association, it critically examines the interplay between cultural, ethnic, and gender constructions among resettled refugee populations. Each chapter is grounded in anthropological theory and method, and the book's framework demonstrates the relationship between the dynamics of forced migration and the ways in which ethnic and gender identities are reinvented in new socio-cultural settings. Unanimous in their perception of boundary maintenance as central to identity formation, these essays allow readers to view refugee resettlement as a creative, experimental process.

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Routledge

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1135306826

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Stress Control for Peace of Mind

By: Linda Wasmer Andrews

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Stress Control for Peace of Mind

By: Linda Wasmer Andrews

In a 24/7 world where time is short and tasks are many, everyone can benefit from a little more relaxation. Start the calm energy flowing with these effective techniques for lessening stress, from meditation to massage. Find out exactly why stress is so harmful, mentally, physically, and spiritually, and handle it with exercise (including Eastern forms such as qigong), therapeutic writing, and more. Instead of fight and flight, you'll breathe and relieve.

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1402719647

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Old Dogs, New Tricks

By: Linda Phillips

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Old Dogs, New Tricks

By: Linda Phillips

The second novel by the author of Puppies are for Life, is another light-hearted comedy of manners. Following a change in her husband’s career, Marjorie Benson suddenly finds that she has to uproot herself in mid-life and start afresh.

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0007455348

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Black Maverick

T.R.M. Howard's Fight for Civil Rights and Economic Power

By: David T. Beito,Linda Royster Beito

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Black Maverick

T.R.M. Howard's Fight for Civil Rights and Economic Power

By: David T. Beito,Linda Royster Beito

The long-awaited biography of a colorful and enterprising civil rights leader

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University of Illinois Press

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0252034201

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Fire Light

The Life of Angel De Cora, Winnebago Artist

By: Linda M. Waggoner

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Fire Light

The Life of Angel De Cora, Winnebago Artist

By: Linda M. Waggoner

Artist, teacher, and Red Progressive, Angel De Cora (1869–1919) painted Fire Light to capture warm memories of her Nebraska Winnebago childhood. In this biography, Linda M. Waggoner draws on that glowing image to illuminate De Cora’s life and artistry, which until now have been largely overlooked by scholars. One of the first American Indian artists to be accepted within the mainstream art world, De Cora left her childhood home on the Winnebago reservation to find success in the urban Northeast at the turn of the twentieth century. Despite scant documentary sources that elucidate De Cora’s private life, Waggoner has rendered a complete picture of the woman known in her time as the first “real Indian artist.” She depicts De Cora as a multifaceted individual who as a young girl took pride in her traditions, forged a bond with the land that would sustain her over great distances, and learned the role of cultural broker from her mother’s Métis family. After studying with famed illustrator Howard Pyle at his first Brandywine summer school, De Cora eventually succeeded in establishing the first “Native Indian” art department at Carlisle Indian School. A founding member of the Society of American Indians, she made a significant impact on the American Arts and Crafts movement by promoting indigenous arts throughout her career. Waggoner brings her broad knowledge of Winnebago culture and history to this gracefully written book, which features more than forty illustrations. Fire Light shows us both a consummate artist and a fully realized woman, who learned how to traverse the borders of Red identity in a white man’s world.

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University of Oklahoma Press

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0806186593

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Discourses of Desire

Gender, Genre, and Epistolary Fictions

By: Linda S. Kauffman

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Discourses of Desire

Gender, Genre, and Epistolary Fictions

By: Linda S. Kauffman

Kauffman looks at a neglected genre--the love letter written by literary heroines. Tracing the development of the genre from Ovid to the twentieth-century novel, she explores the important implications of these amatory discourses for an understanding of fictive representation in general.

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Cornell University Press

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0801495105

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Worker Activism After Successful Union Organizing

By: Linda Jill Markowitz

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Worker Activism After Successful Union Organizing

By: Linda Jill Markowitz

Focusing on workers being organized in union campaigns, this book aims to demonstrate how different levels of participation - from simple "participatory democracy" to worker activism - influence the ultimate success or failure of the campaign.

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0765604922

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9780765604927

Women in Utah History

Paradigm Or Paradox

By: Patricia Lyn Scott,Linda Thatcher

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Women in Utah History

Paradigm Or Paradox

By: Patricia Lyn Scott,Linda Thatcher

A project of the Utah Women's History Association and cosponsored by the Utah State Historical Society, Paradigm or Paradox provides the first thorough survey of the complicated history of all Utah women. Some of the finest historians studying Utah examine the spectrum of significant social and cultural topics in the state's history that particularly have involved or affected women.

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University Press of Colorado

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1457180839

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Forever and a Day

By: Linda Lael Miller,Lee Tobin McClain

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Forever and a Day

By: Linda Lael Miller,Lee Tobin McClain

Two restless hearts will meet their matches in a Linda Lael Miller fan favorite and an unforgettable bonus story from Lee Tobin McClain. Mixed Messages by Linda Lael Miller Award-winning journalist Mark Holbrook doesn’t know if beautiful and spirited Carly Barnett has what it takes to be a reporter, but he can’t deny how drawn he is to her. Only, Carly is far better at uncovering the truth than Mark gives her credit for. Soon she’ll uncover the most dangerous truth of all—that she is his only need. Low Country Hero by Lee Tobin McClain Anna George will do anything to take care of her five-year-old twins, even accept a job offer from a rugged contractor. His gentle way with her girls makes her want to trust him, but she’s been wrong before… A family is the last thing Sean O’Dwyer wants right now. But as he and Anna spend their days bringing the cottages back to life and their nights sharing kisses in the warm bayou breezes, Sean must choose between the life he always wanted and the family he soon can’t live without.

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1488055645

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The Ribbon Around the Pentagon

Peace by Piecemakers

By: Linda Pershing

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The Ribbon Around the Pentagon

Peace by Piecemakers

By: Linda Pershing

A consideration of British history and identity breaking traditional chronological and regional borders to debate the major issues of the British state from its medieval foundations. 19 historians investigate questions in "the Anglo-Saxon achievement," overlordship, the incorporation of Wales, Scotland, and Ireland, and modern questions of imperial multinational polity in conflict with very contemporary realities of sovereignty. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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Univ. of Tennessee Press

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0870499238

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9780870499234

Children Matter

Celebrating Their Place in the Church, Family, and Community

By: Scottie May,Beth Posterski,Catherine Stonehouse,Linda Cannell

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Children Matter

Celebrating Their Place in the Church, Family, and Community

By: Scottie May,Beth Posterski,Catherine Stonehouse,Linda Cannell

Children today are no longer expected to be "seen and not heard," yet in many churches children are involved only in programs specifically designated for them. Children Matter offers a full discussion of children's spirituality and shows how the faith community can better nurture its youngest members. Speaking from their experience with children's ministry in a range of Protestant traditions, the authors draw on the Bible, history, and psychology to lay good foundations for such ministry. Discussing the specific content and contexts of faith formation, they also offer wise and practical advice on putting together effective ministries. Rather than focusing on innovative ways to use technology, Children Matter emphasizes relationships between people and encourages the church to welcome all children as valued participants in the people of God.

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Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

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1467422444

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9781467422444

Secrets To Die For

By: Linda Hope Lee

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Secrets To Die For

By: Linda Hope Lee

When librarian Nina Foster agrees to establish a library at the retirement home where her grandmother resides, she doesn't count on becoming involved in a murder investigation. But, as the last person to see resident Ellie Larken alive before she's found floating in Lake Mead, Nina is an important witness, if not a suspect, as well. Newspaper owner Stephen Kraslow is on hand to help, but a personal request causes trouble between him and Nina. Will Nina and Stephen be able to solve the crime and still maintain their relationship? Or will they go their separate ways?

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The Wild Rose Press Inc

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1509229892

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9781509229895

Rachel Carson

Witness for Nature

By: Linda Lear

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Rachel Carson

Witness for Nature

By: Linda Lear

By drawing on previously unavailable sources and on interviews with those who knew her, Linda Lear gives a compelling portrait of this heroic woman, illuminating the origin of her connection with nature and of her determination to save what she loved. Lear reveals the unexpected influence of Carson's early experience with industrial pollution and examines her life-changing encounter with the possibility of global extinction in the frightening days of the early Cold War. The book follows Carson's efforts to become a marine biologist at a time when women were unwelcome in the academic community. It shows how her connections with nature were confirmed and strengthened through her work as a government scientist and editor, where her views about the potential dangers of synthetic chemical pesticides evolved. By the late 1950s, Carson had transformed colorless government research into three brilliant, popular books about the sea, including The Sea Around Us, and had become the most respected science writer in America. Rachel Carson challenged the culture of her time and, in the process, shaped a powerful social movement that altered the course of American history

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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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0547238231

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Nepantla Squared

Transgender Mestiz@ Histories in Times of Global Shift

By: Linda Heidenreich

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Nepantla Squared

Transgender Mestiz@ Histories in Times of Global Shift

By: Linda Heidenreich

Nepantla Squared maps the lives of two transgender mestiz@s, one during the turn of the twentieth century and one during the turn of the twenty-first century, to chart the ways race, gender, sex, ethnicity, and capital function differently in different times. To address the erasure of transgender mestiz@ realities from history, Linda Heidenreich employs an intersectional analysis that critiques monopoly and global capitalism. Heidenreich builds on the work of Gloria Anzaldúa’s concept of nepantleras, those who could live between and embody more than one culture, to coin the term nepantla², marking times of capitalist transition where gender was also in motion. Transgender mestiz@s, too, embodied that movement. Heidenreich insists on a careful examination of the multiple in-between spaces that construct lives between cultures and genders during in-between times of shifting empire and capital. In so doing, they offer an important discussion of race, class, nation, and citizenship centered on transgender bodies of color that challenges readers to rethink the way they understand the gendered social and economic challenges of today.

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U of Nebraska Press

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1496222415

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9781496222411

The Making of Isaac Hunt

By: Linda Leigh Hargrove

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The Making of Isaac Hunt

By: Linda Leigh Hargrove

At his grandfather's deathbed, Isaac Hunt, a black man with blue eyes and skin so fair he looks white, learns his parents aren't really his parents. Armed with only his birth mother's name and the city where she last lived and reeling from betrayal, he goes in search of her and in search of the truth about his past. His odyssey takes him deep into the south, where the Klan still rules the small town of his birth, and where more than one person does not want Isaac to uncover the truth about who he his. Along the way, he must deal with issues of faith and forgiveness in this coming-of-age novel about race, identity, courage, and truth.

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Moody Publishers

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1575674386

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9781575674384

Surfing

Women of the Waves

By: Linda Chase

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Surfing

Women of the Waves

By: Linda Chase

As the official counterculture sport of the 1960s, surfing was not just a sport but a lifestyle, one long, sun-drenched beach party with endless waves and music, as well as an unapologetically masculine culture. This notion has since been disproved by generations of amazing female surfers who have made an indelible mark on the sport. Surfing: Women of the Waves highlights some of these extraordinary women of surfing, from Linda Benson and Joyce Hoffman in the 1950s and 1960s to Layne Beachley, Sofia Mulanovich, Bethany Hamilton, and the great Lisa Andersen, four-time women's world champion. Today, women of all ages and skill levels have taken their place among the waves-longboarders, shortboarders, goofyfooters, hotdoggers, young girls, and surfer moms-these are the women of the waves!

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