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Online Teaching at Its Best

Merging Instructional Design with Teaching and Learning Research

By: Linda B. Nilson,Ludwika A. Goodson

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Online Teaching at Its Best

Merging Instructional Design with Teaching and Learning Research

By: Linda B. Nilson,Ludwika A. Goodson

Bring pedagogy and cognitive science to online learning environments Online Teaching at Its Best: Merging Instructional Design with Teaching and Learning Research, 2nd Edition, is the scholarly resource for online learning that faculty, instructional designers, and administrators have raved about. This book addresses course design, teaching, and student motivation across the continuum of online teaching modes—remote, hybrid, hyflex, and fully online—integrating these with pedagogical and cognitive science, and grounding its recommendations in the latest research. The book will help you design or redesign your courses to ensure strong course alignment and effective student learning in any of these teaching modes. Its emphasis on evidence-based practices makes this one of the most scholarly books of its kind on the market today. This new edition features significant new content including more active learning formats for small groups across the online teaching continuum, strategies and tools for scripting and recording effective micro-lectures, ways to integrate quiz items within micro-lectures, more conferencing software and techniques to add interactivity, and a guide for rapid transition from face-to-face to online teaching. You’ll also find updated examples, references, and quotes to reflect more evolved technology. Adopt new pedagogical techniques designed specifically for remote, hybrid, hyflex, and fully online learning environments Ensure strong course alignment and effective student learning for all these modes of instruction Increase student retention, build necessary support structures, and train faculty more effectively Integrate research-based course design and cognitive psychology into graduate or undergraduate programs Distance is no barrier to a great education. Online Teaching at Its Best provides practical, real-world advice grounded in educational and psychological science to help online instructors, instructional designers, and administrators deliver an exceptional learning experience even under emergency conditions.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1119765013

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9781119765011

Doing Critical Research in Education

From Theory to Practice

By: Kathryn Bell McKenzie,Linda Skrla

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Doing Critical Research in Education

From Theory to Practice

By: Kathryn Bell McKenzie,Linda Skrla

This user-friendly guide explains difficult concepts with examples of applications for anyone who wants to engage in critical research to address some of the most pressing issues in education, as well as all areas in which there is oppression or marginalization of students and their communities"--

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Teachers College Press

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080776812X

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9780807768129

Academies and Society in Southern Sung China

By: Linda A. Walton

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Academies and Society in Southern Sung China

By: Linda A. Walton

Academies were part of the educational institutions of the Sung (960-1279), an era in China marked by profound changes in economy, technology, thought, and social and political order. This study explains the phenomenon in the light of the changes in society and in intellectual circles.

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University of Hawaii Press

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0824819624

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9780824819620

A History of Hawaii, Student Book

By: Linda K. Menton,Eileen Tamura

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A History of Hawaii, Student Book

By: Linda K. Menton,Eileen Tamura

A comprehensive and readable account of the history of Hawai'i presented in three chronological units: Unit 1, Pre-contact to 1900; Unit 2, 1900¿1945; Unit 3, 1945 to the present. Each unit contains chapters treating political, economic, social, and land history in the context of events in the United States and the Pacific Region. The student book features primary documents, political cartoons, stories and poems, graphs, a glossary, maps, and timelines. The activities, writing assignments, oral presentations, and simulations foster critical thinking.

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CRDG

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0937049948

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9780937049945

Ruled by Destiny

By: Linda M. Newton

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Ruled by Destiny

By: Linda M. Newton

Selena and Katie are friends as well as cousins. Which girl will find eternal love while the other finds eternal peace? The adventures of the two will have you turning pages quickly to see what happens next. Enter into a world of laughter, mystery, tears, and faith. Selena had a different idea. She grabbed Katie by her hand, and they headed out the back door. "Come on, Katie. Let's see what is going on!" "Selena, are you crazy? I know you do crazy things, but we don't know who is out there." Against her better judgment, Katie headed out the back door to follow Selena, and they crouched low going around the front corner of the store. Tied to the post was Spirit, who was pulling hard to get free. He looked white-eyed and nervous with all the commotion going on. I don't think it's a good idea to be out here," Katie said. "Well go back in. I'm going to get Spirit before a stray bullet hits him." Yanking on Selena's arm, Katie looked right in the eyes, "You are going to get yourself shot. Your pa will tan your hide if you go out there." It didn't stop Selena. She shook Katie's hand off and crouched down, creeping toward her horse. Katie looked at her, making the sign of the cross, and took a step out. But then she heard a gunshot and retreated back to safety.

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AuthorHouse

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1463443285

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The Wounded Woman

Healing the Father-Daughter Relationship

By: Linda Schierse Leonard

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The Wounded Woman

Healing the Father-Daughter Relationship

By: Linda Schierse Leonard

This book is an invaluable key to self-understanding. Using examples from her own life and the lives of her clients, as well as from dreams, fairy tales, myths, films, and literature, Linda Schierse Leonard, a Jungian analyst, exposes the wound of the spirit that both men and women of our culture bear—a wound that is grounded in a poor relationship between masculine and feminine principles. Leonard speculates that when a father is wounded in his own psychological development, he is not able to give his daughter the care and guidance she needs. Inheriting this wound, she may find that her ability to express herself professionally, intellectually, sexually, and socially is impaired. On a broader scale, Leonard discusses how women compensate for cultural devaluation, resorting to passive submission (“the Eternal Girl”), or a defensive imitation of the masculine (“the Armored Amazon”). The Wounded Woman shows that by understanding the father-daughter wound and working to transform it psychologically, it is possible to achieve a fruitful, caring relationship between men and women, between fathers and daughters, a relationship that honors both the mutuality and the uniqueness of the sexes.

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Ohio University Press

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0804040028

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9780804040020

A Brief Guide to Beliefs

Ideas, Theologies, Mysteries, and Movements

By: Linda Edwards

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A Brief Guide to Beliefs

Ideas, Theologies, Mysteries, and Movements

By: Linda Edwards

Coves the major faiths including alternative movements, neo-paganism, and New Age, offering a comprehensive introduction to each that covers contemporary issues regarding God and the supernatural. Original.

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Westminster John Knox Press

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0664222595

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Needles, Herbs, Gods, and Ghosts

China, Healing, and the West to 1848

By: Linda L. BARNES

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Needles, Herbs, Gods, and Ghosts

China, Healing, and the West to 1848

By: Linda L. BARNES

When did the West discover Chinese healing traditions? Most people might point to the "rediscovery" of Chinese acupuncture in the 1970s. In Needles, Herbs, Gods, and Ghosts, Linda Barnes leads us back, instead, to the thirteenth century to uncover the story of the West's earliest known encounters with Chinese understandings of illness and healing. A medical anthropologist with a degree in comparative religion, Barnes illuminates the way constructions of medicine, religion, race, and the body informed Westerners' understanding of the Chinese and their healing traditions.

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Harvard University Press

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0674020545

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9780674020542

Mathematical and Algorithmic Foundations of the Internet

By: Fabrizio Luccio,Linda Pagli,Graham Steel

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Mathematical and Algorithmic Foundations of the Internet

By: Fabrizio Luccio,Linda Pagli,Graham Steel

To truly understand how the Internet and Web are organized and function requires knowledge of mathematics and computation theory. Mathematical and Algorithmic Foundations of the Internet introduces the concepts and methods upon which computer networks rely and explores their applications to the Internet and Web. The book offers a unique approach to

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CRC Press

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1439831394

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Assessing the Lee Teng-hui Legacy in Taiwan's Politics

Democratic Consolidation and External Relations

By: Linda Chao

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Assessing the Lee Teng-hui Legacy in Taiwan's Politics

Democratic Consolidation and External Relations

By: Linda Chao

Annotation The twelve year's of Lee Teng-hui's presidency were marked by a series of contrary trends: tremendous progress in the consolidation of Taiwain's democracy; deterioration of the Kuomintang's popularity and the spread of black and gold politics (the influence of organized crime and corruption in the political system); a growing role for Taiwan in international affairs; and periodic and often intense conflicts with China. In this book some of the most influential scholars of Taiwan's domestic politics and international relations assess Lee Teng-hui's presidency and his legacy for Taiwan's current leaders and the political system as a whole.

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M.E. Sharpe

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0765610639

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Video-Based Aural Rehabilitation Guide

Enhancing Listening and Spoken Language in Children and Adults

By: Linda L. Daniel,Sneha V. Bharadwaj

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Video-Based Aural Rehabilitation Guide

Enhancing Listening and Spoken Language in Children and Adults

By: Linda L. Daniel,Sneha V. Bharadwaj

The Video-Based Aural Rehabilitation Guide: Enhancing Listening and Spoken Language in Children and Adults is the first aural rehabilitation book of its kind to intertwine chapter text with over 200 captioned videos. This unique resource is intended to educate undergraduate and graduate students in speech-language pathology, audiology, and education of the deaf and hard of hearing, as well as enhance the knowledge and skills of practicing professionals. The extensive videos are also an invaluable resource for students enrolled in a clinical or student teaching practicum. Videos feature speech-language pathologists, audiologists, Listening and Spoken Language Specialists, teachers of the deaf and hard of hearing, early interventionists, otologists, and occupational therapists practicing in settings such as clinics, private practices, schools, hospitals, and the community. Topics addressed in the text and videos include hearing technologies, aural rehabilitation procedures, factors that affect intervention outcomes, fundamentals of assessment, supports for education, counseling for children and adults with hearing loss, and the psychosocial well-being of persons with hearing loss and their families. The Video-Based Aural Rehabilitation Guide can be used as a stand-alone text or as a companion alongside the most frequently used aural rehabilitation textbooks. Key Features: * Over 200 captioned videos accessible on a companion site * Collaboration among 14 professionals in audiology, speech-language pathology, Listening and Spoken Language, medicine, education, research, and psychology * Chapters with concise summaries, recommended resources for further learning, and study questions with answer keys * Background information on the individuals featured in the videos * This exciting new text with instructional videos is a much-needed bridge that integrates the disciplines of speech-language pathology, audiology, and education of the deaf and hard of hearing to educate professionals serving children and adults with hearing loss and their families. NOTE: This ebook has 200+ embedded videos which could make it slower to download and open than a text-only ebook.

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Plural Publishing

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163550113X

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9781635501131

Marginalization and Social Welfare in China

By: Linda Wong

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Marginalization and Social Welfare in China

By: Linda Wong

This book provides a systematic analysis that defines and accounts for the contours and operation of China's welfare system. It is underpinned by recent empirical research and strong comparative theory, and will be welcomed as a significant advance in furthering our understanding of social welfare in China.

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Routledge

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1134786344

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9781134786343

The Power of the Herd

A Nonpredatory Approach to Social Intelligence, Leadership, and Innovation

By: Linda Kohanov

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The Power of the Herd

A Nonpredatory Approach to Social Intelligence, Leadership, and Innovation

By: Linda Kohanov

Linda Kohanov is beloved for her groundbreaking articulation of “the way of the horse,” an experiential wisdom known to riders for centuries but little studied or adapted to off-horse use. Now Kohanov takes those horse-inspired insights on the nonverbal elements of exceptional communication and leadership into the realms of our workplaces and relationships. Here we explore the benefits of “nonpredatory power” in developing assertiveness, fostering creativity, dealing with conflict, and heightening mind-body awareness. In “A Brief History of Power,” the first part of this far-reaching book, Kohanov profiles cultural innovators who employed extraordinary nonverbal leadership skills to change history, usually on horseback: Winston Churchill, George Washington, Alexander the Great, and Siddhartha Gautama (the Buddha), among others. She also draws on the behavior of mature horse herds, as well as the herding cultures of Africa and Mongolia, to debunk theories of dominance hierarchies, challenge ingrained notions of “survival of the fittest,” and demonstrate the power of a consensual leadership in which governing roles are fluid. Kohanov then adapts these lessons into twelve powerful guiding principles we can all incorporate into our work and personal lives. Eloquent and provocative, this is horse sense for everyone who seeks to thrive in the herds we all run in — our communities, careers, families, and friendships.

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New World Library

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1608683710

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Foul Deeds

A Rosalind Mystery

By: Linda Moore

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Foul Deeds

A Rosalind Mystery

By: Linda Moore

A Shakespeare-loving criminologist investigates a tragic case of murder in a “fast-paced tale that gets both the intellect and the heart racing” (Louise Penny, author of Still Life and Dead Cold). A Halifax criminologist, Rosalind has an unquenchable love of drama. Perhaps that’s why she continues to work for the cranky private investigator McBride. Over the years, their association has led her from one sordid foray to another in the world of crime. But when real-world drama gets to be too much, she escapes into the world of theater. Lately Ros has been helping a company of local actors put on a small production of Hamlet. She finds the poetic language a perfect distraction from her job . . . until uncanny parallels between life and art become too unnerving to ignore. When environmental lawyer Peter King suddenly, his son Daniel suspects murder. As Roz and McBride delve deeper into the case, it becomes all too clear that there are those who will stop at nothing to ensure their foul deeds stay buried.

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Nimbus+ORM

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1551099756

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9781551099750

The Happy Friday Email continued...

By: Linda Lapointe

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The Happy Friday Email continued...

By: Linda Lapointe

Emails! We all get bombarded with them, all the time, right? How many of them do you routinely get that will make you smile? You will find that this book is a compilation of 52 emails that were sent out, one for every Friday in the year that will surely brighten your day! Each email covers a different topic and includes a song link that was related to the themed email for that week. These emails are amazing, engrossing, sometimes dropdead funny, while others are absorbing, with quirky insights. Regardless of the topic, they are definitely an addictive read. Most people can probably relate to the author's stories and life-altering questions, as well as her vulnerability and honesty in dealing with many diverse subjects - everything from finding love, to family struggles, to work-related stress, and to the trials and tribulations of friendship. The author has a strong belief that there is a beautiful gift to be received from every experience. The trick is to find ways to celebrate and enjoy life every day. The topics covered in this book will help you do that! Remember that on Fridays: the week is almost over, so it's time to kick back and have some fun! Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we're here, we should DANCE and remember to laugh often. This is what this book is about - celebrating life!

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FriesenPress

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1460267729

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Business, Government and Labor

Essays on Economic Development in Singapore and Southeast Asia

By: Linda Y C Lim

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Business, Government and Labor

Essays on Economic Development in Singapore and Southeast Asia

By: Linda Y C Lim

Business, Government and Labor in the Economic Development of Singapore and Southeast Asia analyzes the inter-linked and evolving roles of private sector business, government public policy, and labor markets in the economic development of Singapore and its Southeast Asian neighborhood. It does this through 16 essays written by Prof. Linda Y C Lim, an early and long-established scholar of these subjects, and published over a 35-year period. For Singapore, often considered the world's most successful economy, the essays highlight the determining role of government's industrial and social policy through to the present day, when the growth model of the past faces many external market and domestic resource constraints. In the rest of Southeast Asia, in contrast, the essays explore how private sector business, dominated by the locally-domiciled ethnic Chinese minority, thrived and drove economic growth in underdeveloped markets with imperfect institutions, and consider if and how this might change with China's increasing presence in the regional economy. A final set of essays analyzes the forces underlying women's employment, from labor-intensive Southeast Asian export factories in the 1980s to Singapore's foreign-labor-dependent economy and its current productivity challenges. Taken together, the essays show how government, business and labor interact in the process of economic development.

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World Scientific

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9813225254

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9789813225251

Feminist Catholic Theological Ethics: Conversations in the World Church

Conversations in the World Church

By: Hogan, Linda ,Orobator, A.E.

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Feminist Catholic Theological Ethics: Conversations in the World Church

Conversations in the World Church

By: Hogan, Linda ,Orobator, A.E.

The growing body of feminist literature in the late 20th and early 21st centuries demonstrates the phenomenal advances of feminist thought and movements in the context of church and society. Characteristic of this growth is the re-location of issues from the global North, and broadening of focus to include voices from the global South.
In the context of globalization new vistas and voices are emerging that trace new directions and seek to rephrase the central questions in the feminist discourse. This volume aims to highlight the changing face and color of feminist theological discourse, recognize innovative research in the field, and facilitate a global conversation among feminists engaged in theological ethics in the world church.

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Orbis Books

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1608334503

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9781608334506

Commercial Networks in Modern Asia

By: Linda Grove,Shinya Sugiyama

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Commercial Networks in Modern Asia

By: Linda Grove,Shinya Sugiyama

This volume brings together an international team of scholars who examine the development of commercial networks in Asia from the 18th century to the 20th century on a stage that stretches from Yokohama and Pusan to Istanbul. The studies, based on extensive archival research, focus on the trading firms and merchant groups that were the chief actors in the creation of the commercial networks that crisscrossed Asia, linking the various Asian economies to each other and to Europe and the Americas. While some of this work has been available in Japanese, Chinese and Dutch, this is the first time that such a broad range of essays has been made available to an English-speaking audience. The thirteen essays can be roughly divided into two groups. The first group includes essays that look at the development of large scale networks and plot the competition between competing indigenous and foreign merchant groups in the trade in such products as sugar and cotton yarn in China, cotton goods in Japan, silk in Iran, Japanese manufactures in Dutch Indonesia and rice and cotton in India. The second group of essays focuses on the activities of specific firms as a way to explore the development of trading networks. This group includes essays that look at the activities of Chinese and Japanese merchants in Korea, at the growth of a commercial empire built on the sale of patent drugs in Southeast Asia and at the activities of European trading firms in Asia. The book should appeal to a wide-range audience. Most directly concerned are economic historians

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Routledge

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113684998X

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9781136849985

Pilgrimage [2 volumes]

From the Ganges to Graceland, An Encyclopedia [2 volumes]

By: Linda Kay Davidson,David M. Gitlitz

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Pilgrimage [2 volumes]

From the Ganges to Graceland, An Encyclopedia [2 volumes]

By: Linda Kay Davidson,David M. Gitlitz

Nationalistic meccas, shrines to popular culture, and sacred traditions for the world's religions from Animism to Zoroastrianism are all examined in two accessible and comprehensive volumes. Pilgrimage is a comprehensive compendium of the basic facts on Pilgrimage from ancient times to the 21st century. Illustrated with maps and photographs that enrich the reader's journey, this authoritative volume explores sites, people, activities, rites, terminology, and other matters related to pilgrimage such as economics, tourism, and disease. Encompassing all major and minor world religions, from ancient cults to modern faiths, this work covers both religious and secular pilgrimage sites. Compiled by experts who have authored numerous books on pilgrimage and are pilgrims in their own right, the entries will appeal to students, scholars, and general readers.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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1576075435

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9781576075432

Legal Persuasion

A Rhetorical Approach to the Science

By: Linda L. Berger,Kathryn M. Stanchi

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Legal Persuasion

A Rhetorical Approach to the Science

By: Linda L. Berger,Kathryn M. Stanchi

This book develops a central theme: legal persuasion results from making and breaking mental connections. This concept of making connections inspired the authors to take a rhetorical approach to the science of legal persuasion. That singular approach resulted in the integration of research from cognitive science with classical and contemporary rhetorical theory, and the application of these two disciplines to the real-life practice of persuasion. The combination of rhetorical analysis and cognitive science yields a new way of seeing and understanding legal persuasion, one that promises theoretical and practical gains. The work has three main functions. First, it brings together the leading models of persuasion from cognitive science and rhetorical theory, blurring boundaries and leveraging connections between the often-separate spheres of science and rhetoric. Second, it illustrates this persuasive synthesis by working through concrete examples of persuasion, demonstrating how to apply this new approach to the taking apart and the putting together of effective legal arguments. In this way, the book demonstrates the advantages of a deeper and more nuanced understanding of persuasion. Third, the volume assesses and explains why, how, and when certain persuasive methods and techniques are more effective than others. The book is designed to appeal to scholars in law, rhetoric, persuasion science, and psychology; to students learning the practice of law; and to judges and practicing lawyers who engage in persuasion.

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1351623699

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9781351623698

Nutritional Aspects Of Aging

Volume 1

By: Linda H. Chen

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Nutritional Aspects Of Aging

Volume 1

By: Linda H. Chen

The first section in Volume 1 describes the fundamentals of nutrition and aging which include research strategies for the study of nutrition and aging. The nutritional modulation of the aging process which has provided a major breakthrough in the field of nutrition and longevity is also discussed. These include biomedical influences, and social and psychological aspects. Section 3 includes dietary characteristics of the elderly population and methods for the assessment of nutritional status. The nutritional status of the elderly with respect to individual nutrients as determined by dietary survey and by biochemical methods is described in Section 4. Section 4 also includes discussion on nutrient metabolism, requirements, nutritional imbalances, and deficiencies of nutrients. Energy metabolism and obesity as a factor in pathogenesis of diseases are also discussed.

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CRC Press

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1351092030

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9781351092036

Cinematic Landscapes

Observations on the Visual Arts and Cinema of China and Japan

By: Linda C. Ehrlich,David Desser

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Cinematic Landscapes

Observations on the Visual Arts and Cinema of China and Japan

By: Linda C. Ehrlich,David Desser

On Chinese and Japanese art and cinema.

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University of Texas Press

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0292720874

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9780292720879

Keeping Secrets

Another Spirited Novel By The Bestselling Amish Author!

By: Linda Byler

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Keeping Secrets

Another Spirited Novel By The Bestselling Amish Author!

By: Linda Byler

There's horse trouble in Montana again in this second installment in Amish author, Linda Byler's, series, "Sadie's Montana." Someone is shooting horses and Sadie is determined to find out who it is. That is until she begins to suspect that Mark, her boyfriend, may be involved. Will Sadie discover the truth? Will it be too hard to bear? There's horse trouble in Montana again. Only this time, horses aren't being stolen, they're being shot. Snipers are driving a blue pickup and shooting selectively. No hard-working ranch horse or Amish horse and buggy is safe. Still, Sadie rides, despite daily warnings from Dorothy down in the kitchen of Aspen East Ranch. But Sadie's getting used to ignoring Dorothy's advice. Sadie's heart is set on Mark even though Dorothy tells her to steer clear after he ditches her in the middle of their first date. Then Daniel appears—a visitor from Lancaster County. With cornflower-blue eyes and a strong, square jaw, he is everything that Mark is not. He's funny, well-mannered, and completely dedicated to his family. Mark, on the other hand, finds it hard to tell Sadie the secrets of his past. He tells her pieces of the shadowy story, then won't speak to her for weeks. Sadie's troubles continue at home when she discovers that her youngest sister, Anna, is struggling with bulimia. As Sadie's world spins out of control, her palomino, Paris, remains her sole confidant. But does Sadie put Paris in danger every time they go riding? Or, together, can they discover who these mysterious snipers are? Will Mark help her? Or is he one of the horse-hunters? Why, Sadie wonders desperately, are there so many secrets? Will the truth surface, or is it too hard to bear? Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Arcade, Yucca, and Good Books imprints, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in fiction—novels, novellas, political and medical thrillers, comedy, satire, historical fiction, romance, erotic and love stories, mystery, classic literature, folklore and mythology, literary classics including Shakespeare, Dumas, Wilde, Cather, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

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Simon and Schuster

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1680990977

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9781680990973

The Monkey and the Dragon

A True Story about Friendship, Music, Politics and Life on the Edge

By: Linda Jaivin

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The Monkey and the Dragon

A True Story about Friendship, Music, Politics and Life on the Edge

By: Linda Jaivin

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1876485914

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9781876485917

The Shortest History of China: From the Ancient Dynasties to a Modern Superpower - A Retelling for Our Times (Shortest History)

By: Linda Jaivin

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The Shortest History of China: From the Ancient Dynasties to a Modern Superpower - A Retelling for Our Times (Shortest History)

By: Linda Jaivin

Journey across epic China—through millennia of early innovation to modern dominance. The Shortest History books deliver thousands of years of history in one riveting, fast-paced read. As we enter the “Asian century,” China demands our attention for being an economic powerhouse, a beacon of rapid modernization, and an assertive geopolitical player. To understand the nation behind the headlines, we must take in its vibrant, tumultuous past—a story of “larger-than-life characters, philosophical arguments and political intrigues, military conflicts and social upheavals, artistic invention and technological innovation.” The Shortest History of China charts a path from China’s tribal origins through its storied imperial era and up to the modern Communist Party under Xi Jinping—including the rarely told story of women in China and the specters of corruption and disunity that continue to haunt the People’s Republic today. A master storyteller and exacting historian, Linda Jaivin distills this vast history into a short, riveting account that today’s globally minded readers will find indispensable.

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Wu Tingfang (1842-1922)

Reform and Modernization in Modern Chinese History

By: Linda Pomerantz-Zhang

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Wu Tingfang (1842-1922)

Reform and Modernization in Modern Chinese History

By: Linda Pomerantz-Zhang

Wu Tingfang (1842-1922) was a contemporary of Li Hongzhang, Yuan Shikai, Hei and Sun Yixian (Sun Yat-sen), all of whom were involved in China's attempt at reform and modernization in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. During his time, Wu was a prominent political figure, participating actively in public service and political activities in Hong Kong, Shanghai and Guangzhou. This book is a biography of Wu, and sheds considerable light on a crucial period in Chinese history.

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Hong Kong University Press

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962209287X

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Breaking the Silence

A Guide to Helping Children with Complicated Grief - Suicide, Homicide, AIDS, Violence and Abuse

By: Linda Goldman

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Breaking the Silence

A Guide to Helping Children with Complicated Grief - Suicide, Homicide, AIDS, Violence and Abuse

By: Linda Goldman

The second edition of this bestselling book is designed for mental health professionals, educators, and the parent/caregiver, this book provides specific ideas and techniques to work with children in various areas of complicated grief. It presents words and methods to help initiate discussions of these delicate topics, as well as tools to help children understand and separate complicated grief into parts. These parts in turn can be grieved for and released one at a time. A new chapter is included, called "Communities Grieve: Involvement with Children and Trauma." It includes information on The Taiwan Earthquake and how the community worked with children, a school bus accident in which 36 elementary school children witnessed the death of the bus driver that was driving and how the school system worked with these children and their families; a boy who was running on a cross country team and got hit by a car, which was witnessed by teammates; and how a non-profit community grief agency worked with family, school, and community. The last study is from the Oklahoma bombing and the outgrowth of a place for the traumatized children and how they still work with kids and family today. This chapter then contains new activities to work with traumatized grieving children. The new edition also includes updated resources, books, curriculums, websites, hotlines and another new chapter on bullying and victimization issues. The chapter for educators has been expanded, including the coverage of topics such as at-risk students, gay and lesbian issues, and self-injurious behaviors.

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Routledge

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1317756703

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The Tao of Equus

A Woman's Journey of Healing and Transformation through the Way of the Horse

By: Linda Kohanov

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The Tao of Equus

A Woman's Journey of Healing and Transformation through the Way of the Horse

By: Linda Kohanov

After more than 20 years in print, an updated edition of the evocative and transformational classic about the powerful bond between women and horses When Linda Kohanov wrote The Tao of Equus over twenty years ago, she posed questions that few were asking: Do horses make choices? How do they seem to know what people are thinking and feeling? Are horses spiritual beings? What do they have to teach people? Why are women so attracted to horses? The answers, detailed in this extraordinary chronicle that synthesizes science, behavioral research, and personal insight, transformed how we think about one of humanity’s oldest companions and established Kohanov at the vanguard of the emerging field of animal-assisted learning/therapy. In this updated edition, Kohanov weaves new developments in neurological science and scholarship into her original exploration of spiritual awakening, cultural history, and mythology. The Tao of Equus delves into the mental and spiritual processes behind the magical connections that people often experience with horses. It remains a powerful exploration of the feminine wisdom horses model, subtleties that women riders have intuited for centuries.

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New World Library

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1608688984

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The Legacy

By: Linda Lael Miller

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The Legacy

By: Linda Lael Miller

With every irresistible tale, bestselling author Linda Lael Miller, named by RT Book Reviews “The Most Outstanding Writer of Sensual Romance,” has stirred our hearts and swept us into a far-off time and place. Now she weaves her first contemporary romance, set in a wild land that shimmers with all the heat and tantalizing mystery of love itself—the fiery story of a spirited heroine, a headstrong rancher, and a timeless passion that could not be denied… “She who loves and runs away, lives to love another day” was Jacy Tiernan’s credo. Only this fair-haired beauty had never loved again after Ian Yarbro. Ten years ago, she had fled her beloved Australian homestead with a shattered soul. Ian,the rugged sheep rancher who’d awakened her young heart to the most exquisite pleasures, had sired the child of another woman. Unable to forgive him, Jacy ran off to New York to live with her wealthy divorced mother, leaving behind all dreams of happiness. Now Jacy had returned to Corroboree Springs to care for her ailing father. And Ian was waiting, his heart as hard and defiant as the great Outback. Jacy knew she dared not love this proud and brooding man. Yet she also knew they could not deny the fevered passion that still blazed across them like bushfire. And when her father made a final wish that she and Ian wed, and unite their lands to ensure the future, Jacy realized she could no longer run. This time she would have to stand her ground and find the courage to turn a bitter clash of wills into a true bond...and Ian’s burning hunger into the sweet, everlasting ecstasy of love.

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Simon and Schuster

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1451605951

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Loading the Silence: Australian Sound Art in the Post-Digital Age

By: Linda Ioanna Kouvaras

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Loading the Silence: Australian Sound Art in the Post-Digital Age

By: Linda Ioanna Kouvaras

The experimentalist phenomenon of 'noise' as constituting 'art' in much twentieth-century music (paradoxically) reached its zenith in Cage’s (’silent’ piece) 4’33 . But much post-1970s musical endeavour with an experimentalist telos, collectively known as 'sound art', has displayed a postmodern need to ’load’ modernism’s ’degree zero’. After contextualizing experimentalism from its inception in the early twentieth century, Dr Linda Kouvaras’s Loading the Silence: Australian Sound Art in the Post-Digital Age explores the ways in which selected sound art works demonstrate creatively how sound is embedded within local, national, gendered and historical environments. Taking Australian music as its primary - but not sole - focus, the book not only covers discussions of technological advancement, but also engages with aesthetic standpoints, through numerous interviews, theoretical developments, analysis and cultural milieux for a contemporary Australian, and wider postmodern, context. Developing new methodologies for synergies between musicology and cultural studies, the book uncovers a new post-postmodern aesthetic trajectory, which Kouvaras locates as developing over the past two decades - the altermodern. Australian sound art is here put firmly on the map of international debates about contemporary music, providing a standard reference and valuable resource for practitioners in the artform, music critics, scholars and educators.

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131710384X

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The Interior Design Reference & Specification Book

Everything Interior Designers Need to Know Every Day

By: Linda O'Shea,Chris Grimley,Mimi Love

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The Interior Design Reference & Specification Book

Everything Interior Designers Need to Know Every Day

By: Linda O'Shea,Chris Grimley,Mimi Love

DIV In the world of interior design, thousands of bits of crucial information are scattered across a wide array of sources. The Interior Design Reference & Specification Book collects the information essential to planning and executing interior projects of all shapes and sizes, and distills it in a format that is as easy to use as it is to carry. Youâ€™ll also find interviews with top practitioners drawn across the field of interior design. â€”Fundamentals provides a step-by-step overview of an interiors project, describing the scope of professional services, the project schedule, and the design and presentation tools used by designers. â€”Space examines ways of composing rooms as spatial environments while speaking to functional and life-safety concerns. â€”Surface identifies options in color, material, texture, and pattern, while addressing maintenance and performance issues. â€”Environments looks at aspects of interior design that help create a specific mood or character, such as natural and artificial lighting, sound and smell. â€”Elements describes the selection and specification of furniture and fixtures, as well as other components essential to an interior environment, such as artwork and accessories. â€”Resources gathers a wealth of useful data, from sustainability guidelines to online sources for interiors-related research. /div

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Rockport Publishers

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1610587901

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9781610587907

The Clothes On Their Backs

By: Linda Grant

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The Clothes On Their Backs

By: Linda Grant

SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE In a red brick mansion block off the Marylebone Road, Vivien, a sensitive, bookish girl grows up sealed off from both past and present by her timid refugee parents. Then one morning a glamorous uncle appears, dressed in a mohair suit, with a diamond watch on his wrist and a girl in a leopard-skin hat on his arm. Why is Uncle Sándor so violently unwelcome in her parents' home? This is a novel about survival - both banal and heroic - and a young woman who discovers the complications, even betrayals, that inevitably accompany the fierce desire to live. Set against the backdrop of a London from the 1950s to the present day, The Clothes on Their Backs is a wise and tender novel about the clothes we choose to wear, the personalities we dress ourselves in, and about how they define us all.

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Virago

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074811081X

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Evaluation of Reference Services

By: Linda S Katz

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Evaluation of Reference Services

By: Linda S Katz

Library authorities address the increasing significance of reference services and the increasing need for evaluation of those services to further ensure professionalism and efficiency.

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1317951271

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Personalized Stress Relief for Mind, Body, and Spirit

By: Linda L Boling

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Personalized Stress Relief for Mind, Body, and Spirit

By: Linda L Boling

Finally a book about stress that focuses on finding a stress relief practice that works for YOU! Start with part one - engaging, down-to-earth information, questionnaires and charts to involve you personally with the book. Included is an overview of what stress is and some of the reasons you have it. Then you will find specific information for each modality mind, body, and spirit and how stress can affect each area of your life. In part two, determine your astrological sign and complete a self-test to determine your major modality mind, body, or spirit. Using this information, you can then find some suggested practices to get you started. Part three contains over 60 different practices. Each practice includes How to do it as well as a suggested time frame. This book is a call to action - it is meant to be interactive, not just read and then put on the shelf. Start reducing your stress today!

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Balboa Press

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1504325834

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The Rice Paddy Navy

U.S. Sailors Undercover in China

By: Linda Kush

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The Rice Paddy Navy

U.S. Sailors Undercover in China

By: Linda Kush

A detailed history of SACO-“the rice paddy navy”-the U.S. Navy's accomplished, top-secret, covert operation in China during World War II. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, the U.S. Navy knew it would need vital information from the Pacific. After a meeting and a handshake agreement with Chiang Kai-shek, the Sino-American Cooperative Organization was born. This top-secret network worked hand in hand with the Nationalist Chinese to fight the Japanese occupation of China while it intercepted Japanese code, laid mines, and trained Chinese peasants in guerrilla warfare. Its work supplied critical information to the U.S. and contributed to the felling of more than 70,000 Japanese – while losing only five of their own men. SACO – “the rice paddy navy” – was one of the best-kept secrets of the war. Linda Kush uncovers the military accomplishments and political wrangling that colored one of the most successful and little known efforts of World War II.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1782003126

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9781782003120

The Asian Grocery Store Demystified

A Food Lover's Guide to All the Best Ingredients

By: Linda Bladholm

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The Asian Grocery Store Demystified

A Food Lover's Guide to All the Best Ingredients

By: Linda Bladholm

A food lover's guide to all the best ingredients. Do you want to prepare an Asian meal as delectable as those in restaurants? Are you too intimidated by the exotic ingredients to try? And what's inside those mysterious bottles, bags, and boxes in your local Asian grocery store anyway? This handy Take it With You guide provides the answers. Author Linda Bladholm, who has lived, worked, cooked, and dined in locales as diverse as Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Japan, Hong Kong, China, Korea, Laos, and Vietnam, takes you on a tour of a typical Asian grocery store and expertly describes what you'll find. Make Your Next Shopping Trip a Successful and Fascinating Journey. Peppered with over 400 illustrations, plus stories about the ingredients used in every major Asian cuisine, this guidebook identifies and tells you how to use the vast array of meats, fruits, vegetables, noodles, tofu, rice, and delicacies. A bonus section of the author's favorite recipes will help you create savory, authentic dishes that will impress everyone-- and it will open a window onto the remarkable civilizations of the Orient.

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Macmillan + ORM

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1250126959

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9781250126955

Hal Holoun on Oil Painting: Living an ArtistÕs Life

By: Linda K. Welsch

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Hal Holoun on Oil Painting: Living an ArtistÕs Life

By: Linda K. Welsch

This book is a compilation of the letters, correspondence and research that I began collecting in 1998. It will give an overview of Hal's technical methods in oil painting, his creative style and his approach to art. More importantly, the information is given here in his own words, shared with us in personal stories and experiences." -- page 1

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1483448401

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9781483448404

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