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Reading from the Underside of Selfhood

Bonhoeffer and Spiritual Formation

By: Lisa E. Dahill

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Reading from the Underside of Selfhood

Bonhoeffer and Spiritual Formation

By: Lisa E. Dahill

Dietrich Bonhoeffer's example of self-sacrificing discipleship has for over fifty years inspired Christians around the world in both their resistance to evil and their devotion to Jesus Christ. Yet for some readers--particularly those who suffer trauma, abuse, and other forms of violence--Bonhoeffer's insistence on self-sacrifice, on becoming a "person for others," may prove more harmful than liberating. For those already socialized into self-abnegation, uncritical applications of Bonhoeffer's teachings may reinforce submission, rather than resistance, to evil. This study explores Bonhoeffer's understandings of selfhood and spiritual formation, both in his own experience and writings and in light of the role of gender in psycho-spiritual development. The central constructive chapter creates a mediated conversation between Bonhoeffer and these feminist psychologists on the spiritual formation of survivors of trauma and abuse, including not only dimensions of his thinking to be critiqued from this perspective but also important resources he contributes toward a truly liberating Christian spirituality for those on the underside of selfhood. The book concludes with suggestions regarding the broader relevance of this study and implications for ministry. The insights for spiritual formation developed here provide powerful proof of Bonhoeffer's continuing and concretely contextualized relevance for readers across the full spectrum of human selfhood.

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Wipf and Stock Publishers

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1630878251

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Children with Autism

A Developmental Perspective

By: Marian Sigman,Lisa Capps

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Children with Autism

A Developmental Perspective

By: Marian Sigman,Lisa Capps

The authors combine clinical vignettes, research findings, methodological considerations and historical accounts.

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294

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Harvard University Press

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0674053133

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9780674053137

Living Narrative

Creating Lives in Everyday Storytelling

By: Elinor Ochs,Professor of Anthropology Elinor Ochs,Lisa Capps

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Living Narrative

Creating Lives in Everyday Storytelling

By: Elinor Ochs,Professor of Anthropology Elinor Ochs,Lisa Capps

This pathbreaking book looks at everyday storytelling as a twofold phenomenon--a response to our desire for coherence, but also to our need to probe and acknowledge the enigmatic aspects of experience. Letting us listen in on dinner-table conversation, prayer, and gossip, Elinor Ochs and Lisa Capps develop a way of understanding the seemingly contradictory nature of everyday narrative--as a genre that is not necessarily homogeneous and as an activity that is not always consistent but consistently serves our need to create selves and communities. Focusing on the ways in which narrative is co-constructed, and on the variety of moral stances embodied in conversation, the authors draw out the instructive inconsistencies of these collaborative narratives, whose contents and ordering are subject to dispute, flux, and discovery. In an eloquent last chapter, written as Capps was waging her final battle with cancer, they turn to unfinished narratives, those stories that will never have a comprehensible end. With a hybrid perspective--part humanities, part social science--their book captures these complexities and fathoms the intricate and potent narratives that live within and among us.

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366

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Harvard University Press

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0674041593

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9780674041592

Gender Politics and MTV

Voicing the Difference

By: Lisa A. Lewis

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Gender Politics and MTV

Voicing the Difference

By: Lisa A. Lewis

Turner, Tina: Madonna: Benatar, Pat: Lauper, Cindy.

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272

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Temple University Press

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143990426X

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9781439904268

Pocahontas

The Powhatan Culture and the Jamestown Colony

By: Lisa Sita

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Pocahontas

The Powhatan Culture and the Jamestown Colony

By: Lisa Sita

Traces the life of Pocahontas and looks at the role she played in the realtionship between the Powhatan Indians and the English settlers.

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120

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The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc

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1404226532

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9781404226531

Mother of Bliss

Ānandamayī Mā (1896-1982)

By: Lisa Lassell Hallstrom

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Mother of Bliss

Ānandamayī Mā (1896-1982)

By: Lisa Lassell Hallstrom

1. Introduction. 2. The Life Story of Anandamayi Ma. 3. Woman. 4. Saint. 5. Guru. 6. Avatara and Divine Mother. 7. Anandamayi Ma and Gender. Bibliography. Index.

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324

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Oxford University Press, USA

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019511647X

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9780195116472

Computers in Our World

By: Course Technology,Lisa Strite Jedlicka,Tim J. Walker

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Computers in Our World

By: Course Technology,Lisa Strite Jedlicka,Tim J. Walker

This new offering is a fantastic addition to any introductory computer course, focusing on how computers are used in a variety of interesting disciplines such as Arts & Entertainment, Medicine, and Sports. This short title will engage your students and increase the relevancy of essential concepts.

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0619237694

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Entitled to Nothing

The Struggle for Immigrant Health Care in the Age of Welfare Reform

By: Lisa Sun-Hee Park

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Entitled to Nothing

The Struggle for Immigrant Health Care in the Age of Welfare Reform

By: Lisa Sun-Hee Park

In Entitled to Nothing, Lisa Sun-Hee Park investigates how the politics of immigration, health care, and welfare are intertwined. Documenting the formal return of the immigrant as a “public charge,” or a burden upon the State, the author shows how the concept has been revived as states adopt punitive policies targeting immigrants of color and require them to “pay back” benefits for which they are legally eligible during a time of intense debate regarding welfare reform. Park argues that the notions of “public charge” and “public burden” were reinvigorated in the 1990s to target immigrant women of reproductive age for deportation and as part of a larger project of “disciplining” immigrants. Drawing on nearly 200 interviews with immigrant organizations, government agencies and safety net providers, as well as careful tracking of policies and media coverage, Park provides vivid, first-person accounts of how struggles over the “public charge” doctrine unfolded on the ground, as well as its consequences for the immigrant community. Ultimately, she shows that the concept of “public charge” continues to lurk in the background, structuring our conception of who can legitimately access public programs and of the moral economy of work and citizenship in the U.S., and makes important policy suggestions for reforming our immigration system.

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214

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NYU Press

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0814768814

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9780814768815

Writing Madness, Writing Normalcy

Self and Stigma in Memoirs of Mental Illness

By: Lisa Spieker

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Writing Madness, Writing Normalcy

Self and Stigma in Memoirs of Mental Illness

By: Lisa Spieker

What does it mean to be "mad" in contemporary American society? How do we categorize people's reactions to extreme pressures, trauma, loneliness and serious mental illness? Importantly--who gets to determine these classifications, and why? This book seeks to answer these questions through studying an increasingly popular media genre--memoirs of people with mental illnesses. Memoirs, like the ones examined in this book, often respond to stigmatizing tropes about "the mad" in popular culture and engage with concepts in mental health activism and research. This study breaks new academic ground and argues that the featured texts rethink the possibilities of community building and stigma politics. Drawing on literary analysis and sociological concepts, it understands these memoirs as complex, at times even contradictory, approaches to activism.

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McFarland

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1476682275

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9781476682273

Religion in America

By: Lisa D. Pearce,Claire Chipman Gilliland

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Religion in America

By: Lisa D. Pearce,Claire Chipman Gilliland

Written in an engaging and accessible tone, Religion in America probes the dynamics of recent American religious beliefs and behaviors. Charting trends over time using demographic data, this book examines how patterns of religious affiliation, service attendance, and prayer vary by race and ethnicity, social class, and gender. The authors identify demographic processes such as birth, death, and migration, as well as changes in education, employment, and families, as central to why some individuals and congregations experience change in religious practices and beliefs while others hold steady. Religion in America challenges students to examine the demographic data alongside everyday accounts of how religion is experienced differently across social groups to better understand the role that religion plays in the lives of Americans today and how that is changing.

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203

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University of California Press

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0520296427

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9780520296428

The Silicon Valley of Dreams

Environmental Injustice, Immigrant Workers, and the High-Tech Global Economy

By: David Pellow,Lisa Sun-Hee Park

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The Silicon Valley of Dreams

Environmental Injustice, Immigrant Workers, and the High-Tech Global Economy

By: David Pellow,Lisa Sun-Hee Park

Examines the environmental racism at the foundation of the Silicon Valley economy Next to the nuclear industry, the largest producer of contaminants in the air, land, and water is the electronics industry. Silicon Valley hosts the highest density of Superfund sites anywhere in the nation and leads the country in the number of temporary workers per capita and in workforce gender inequities. Silicon Valley offers a sobering illustration of environmental inequality and other problems that are increasingly linked to the globalization of the world's economies. In The Silicon Valley of Dreams, the authors take a hard look at the high-tech region of Silicon Valley to examine environmental racism within the context of immigrant patterns, labor markets, and the historical patterns of colonialism. One cannot understand Silicon Valley or the high-tech global economy in general, they contend, without also understanding the role people of color play in the labor force, working in the electronic industry's toxic environments. These toxic work environments produce chemical pollution that, in turn, disrupts the ecosystems of surrounding communities inhabited by people of color and immigrants. The authors trace the origins of this exploitation and provide a new understanding of the present-day struggles for occupational health and safety. The Silicon Valley of Dreams will be critical reading for students and scholars in ethnic studies, immigration, urban studies, gender studies, social movements, and the environment, as well as activists and policy-makers working to address the needs of workers, communities, and industry.

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315

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NYU Press

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0814768172

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9780814768174

Urawaza

Secret Everyday Tips and Tricks from Japan

By: Lisa Katayama

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Urawaza

Secret Everyday Tips and Tricks from Japan

By: Lisa Katayama

Japan has a way of thinking that is just...different. Nowhere is this more apparent than in Tokyo-born journalist Lisa Katayama's collection of urawaza (a Japanese word for secret lifestyle tricks and techniques). Want to turbocharge your sled? Spray the bottom with nonstick cooking spray. Can't find someone to water your plants while you're away? Place the plant on a water-soaked diaper, so it slowly absorbs water over time. The subject of popular TV shows and numerous books in Japan, these unusually clever solutions to everyday problems have never before been published in English—until now! Urawaza collects more than 100 once-secret tricks, offering step-by-step directions and explanations.

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Chronicle Books

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1452141053

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9781452141053

Handbook of Multicultural Mental Health

Chapter 17. Assessing and Treating Latinos: Overview of Mental Health Research

By: Andrea J. Romero,Lisa M. Edwards,Shannon Corkery

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Handbook of Multicultural Mental Health

Chapter 17. Assessing and Treating Latinos: Overview of Mental Health Research

By: Andrea J. Romero,Lisa M. Edwards,Shannon Corkery

This chapter provides an overview of research on the mental health of Latinos in the United States with emphasis on the cultural constructs and theories with relevance for assessment and intervention with this population. A distinction is made between factors that confer advantages and those that may increase vulnerability at both the individual and environmental levels. This chapter suggests that treatment considerations need to be tailored based on individual needs that incorporate complexities of culture and gender so that clients are not viewed in a stereotypical manner. This discussion is followed by a summary of contemporary research rooted in positive and resilience psychology in order to build on strengths within the culture, such as positive ethnic identity, civic engagement, family support, bicultural teaching in the home, spirituality, and storytelling.

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Elsevier Inc. Chapters

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0128059788

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9780128059784

Learning in Adulthood

A Comprehensive Guide

By: Sharan B. Merriam,Rosemary S. Caffarella,Lisa M. Baumgartner

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Learning in Adulthood

A Comprehensive Guide

By: Sharan B. Merriam,Rosemary S. Caffarella,Lisa M. Baumgartner

In this updated landmark book, the authors have gathered the seminal work and most current thinking on adult learning into one volume. Learning in Adulthood addresses a wide range of topics including: Who are adult learners? How do adults learn? Why are adults involved in learning activities? How does the social context shape the learning that adults are engaged in? How does aging affect learning ability?

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553

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John Wiley & Sons

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0470229225

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9780470229224

Eco-Thoughts

Conversations with a Polluted Mind

By: Anna Lisa Tota

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Eco-Thoughts

Conversations with a Polluted Mind

By: Anna Lisa Tota

What if the pollution of the world did not only concern the environment in which we live, but also the flow of our thoughts in every moment of everyday life? What if those thoughts, invasive like locusts, could transform and become "eco-thoughts" that make us and others feel good? Ecology concerns us from the inside, passes through us, and literally shapes us: "what is inside is outside". This book offers "eco-words" and "eco-thoughts" as it sheds light on the traps that our minds construct for ourselves, that we so often fall into whether we mean to or not. It examines the erroneous paths that we sometimes meander down while we are thinking in our everyday lives in order to help us to identify and avoid them. The thoughts we formulate are not really ours, as if our mind prefers to flow in what has already been thought, lived, and felt. The author offers her reflections and insights to those who wish to direct their minds towards streams of thought that really do belong to us, that make us feel good. In order to do this, we must learn how to disable the “traps” and free ourselves of what is “contaminating” before they take hold and harm us. An original and thought-provoking examination of how are own internal lives can become toxic, and how to prevent this, that will be of particular value to students and scholars of sociology, philosophy, communication studies, memory studies, and social psychology.

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222

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Taylor & Francis

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1040131646

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9781040131640

Foundations of Library Services and Programming for Children

By: Lisa Houde

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Foundations of Library Services and Programming for Children

By: Lisa Houde

Foundations of Library Services and Programming for Children This book provides required foundational practices, both theoretical and practical. It gives students and working librarians the nuts- and- bolts foundation in providing programming and services for children. The book covers critical important elements needed for today’s librarian, thereby benefitting even the seasoned youth librarian. Chapter coverage includes: The Value of Library Services to Children Program Evaluation: Planning for Desired Results Children’s Programming Services and Resources for Children The Library as a Safe Space for All Administration of Children’s Services Looking Ahead: What’s Next in Library Services for Children? An Appendix provides practical resources such as a storytime format, programming planning outline, and program assessment tools. Special topics include issues of censorship attempts, the importance of providing library services to a diverse population, and the need to examine evaluative techniques for program offerings. Each chapter in this text includes multiple opportunities for learning and reflection as well as case-based learning that facilitates problem-solving and experiential learning opportunities.

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181

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1538176858

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9781538176856

Cardiovascular Nutrition

Disease Management and Prevention

By: Jo Ann S. Carson,Frances M. Burke,Lisa Hark

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Cardiovascular Nutrition

Disease Management and Prevention

By: Jo Ann S. Carson,Frances M. Burke,Lisa Hark

This resource thoroughly examines the role of nutrition, in the management and prevention of cardiovascular disease. Topics include: risk factor and nutrition assessment, lifestyle counseling strategies for behavior change, the role of functional foods, antioxidants and dietary supplements, preventing cardiovascular complications in diabetes, popular diets in the management of obesity, and an examination of special populations, including women, children and multicultural groups.

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American Dietetic Associati

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0880913452

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9780880913454

Preventing Adolescent Depression and Suicide Among Latinas

Resilience Research and Theory

By: Andrea J. Romero,Lisa M. Edwards,Sheri Bauman,Marissa K. Ritter

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Preventing Adolescent Depression and Suicide Among Latinas

Resilience Research and Theory

By: Andrea J. Romero,Lisa M. Edwards,Sheri Bauman,Marissa K. Ritter

Since the 1960s, in comparison to other ethnic and gender groups, a higher rate of depression and suicide ideation has been documented for Latina girls. This Brief offers a concise summary of contemporary research on this critical topic. Among the considerations are the influence of bullying, families, immigration, and culture on Latina adolescent mental health. Presenting cutting-edge multiracial feminist frameworks for new and existing empirical findings, this book serves to guide the future research agenda on this topic. Clinical recommendations are also included.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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3319013815

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9783319013817

The War Within

Preventing Suicide in the U.S. Military

By: Lisa H Jaycox,Christopher G Pernin,Rachel M Burns,Rajeev Ramchand,Joie Acosta

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The War Within

Preventing Suicide in the U.S. Military

By: Lisa H Jaycox,Christopher G Pernin,Rachel M Burns,Rajeev Ramchand,Joie Acosta

The increase in suicides among military personnel has raised concern. This book reviews suicide epidemiology in the military, catalogs military suicide-prevention activities, and recommends relevant best practices.

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210

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Rand Corporation

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0833050699

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9780833050694

Ray & Joan

The Man Who Made the McDonald's Fortune and the Woman Who Gave It All Away

By: Lisa Napoli

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Ray & Joan

The Man Who Made the McDonald's Fortune and the Woman Who Gave It All Away

By: Lisa Napoli

The movie The Founder, starring Michael Keaton, focused the spotlight on Ray Kroc, the man who amassed a fortune as the chairman of McDonald’s. But what about his wife Joan, the woman who became famous for giving away his fortune? Lisa Napoli tells the fascinating story behind the historic couple. Ray & Joan is a quintessentially American tale of corporate intrigue and private passion: a struggling Mad Men–era salesman with a vision for a fast-food franchise that would become one of the world’s most enduring brands, and a beautiful woman willing to risk her marriage and her reputation to promote controversial causes that touched her deeply. Ray Kroc was peddling franchises around the country for a fledgling hamburger stand in the 1950s—McDonald’s, it was called—when he entered a St. Paul supper club and encountered a beautiful young piano player who would change his life forever. The attraction between Ray and Joan was instantaneous and instantly problematic. Yet even the fact that both were married to other people couldn’t derail their roller coaster of a romance. To the outside world, Ray and Joan were happy, enormously rich, and giving. But privately, Joan was growing troubled over Ray’s temper and dark secret, something she was reluctant to publicly reveal. Those close to them compared their relationship to that of Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. And yet, this volatility paved the way for Joan’s transformation into one of the greatest philanthropists of our time. A force in the peace movement, she produced activist films, books, and music and ultimately gave away billions of dollars, including landmark gifts to the Salvation Army and NPR. Together, the two stories form a compelling portrait of the twentieth century: a story of big business, big love, and big giving.

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370

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Penguin

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1101984953

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9781101984956

The Sage Encyclopedia of Qualitative Research Methods: A-L ; Vol. 2, M-Z Index

By: Lisa M. Given

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The Sage Encyclopedia of Qualitative Research Methods: A-L ; Vol. 2, M-Z Index

By: Lisa M. Given

An encyclopedia about various methods of qualitative research.

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1073

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SAGE

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1412941636

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9781412941631

The Self Under Siege

A Therapeutic Model for Differentiation

By: Robert Firestone,Lisa A. Firestone,Joyce Catlett

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The Self Under Siege

A Therapeutic Model for Differentiation

By: Robert Firestone,Lisa A. Firestone,Joyce Catlett

Noted clinical psychologist Robert Firestone and his co-authors explore the struggle that all of us face in striving to retain a sense of ourselves as unique individuals.

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298

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Routledge

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0415520339

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9780415520331

Constructing Panic

The Discourse of Agoraphobia

By: Lisa Capps,Elinor Ochs

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Constructing Panic

The Discourse of Agoraphobia

By: Lisa Capps,Elinor Ochs

Meg Logan has not been farther than two miles from home in six years. She has agoraphobia, a debilitating anxiety disorder that entraps its sufferers in the fear of leaving safe havens such as home. Paradoxically, while at this safe haven, agoraphobics spend much of their time ruminating over past panic experiences and imagining similar hypothetical situations. In doing so, they create a narrative that both describes their experience and locks them into it. Constructing Panic offers an unprecedented analysis of one patient's experience of agoraphobia. In this novel interdisciplinary collaboration between a clinical psychologist and a linguist, the authors probe Meg's stories for constructions of emotions, actions, and events. They illustrate how Meg uses grammar and narrative structure to create and recreate emotional experiences that maintain her agoraphobic identity. In this work Capps and Ochs propose a startling new view of agoraphobia as a communicative disorder. Constructing Panic opens up the largely overlooked potential for linguistic and narrative analysis by revealing the roots of panic and by offering a unique framework for therapeutic intervention. Readers will find in these pages hope for managing panic through careful attention to how we tell the story of our lives.

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