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Behind the Fog

How the U.S. Cold War Radiological Weapons Program Exposed Innocent Americans

By: Lisa Martino-Taylor

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Behind the Fog

How the U.S. Cold War Radiological Weapons Program Exposed Innocent Americans

By: Lisa Martino-Taylor

Behind the Fog is the first in-depth, comprehensive examination of the United States’ Cold War radiological weapons program. The book examines controversial military-sponsored studies and field trials using radioactive "simulants" that exposed American civilians to radiation and other hazardous substances without their knowledge or consent during the Cold War. Although Western biological and chemical weapons programs have been analyzed by a number of scholars, Behind the Fog is a strong departure from the rest in that the United States radiological weapons program has been generally unknown to the public. Martino-Taylor documents the coordinated efforts of a small group of military scientists who advanced a four-pronged secret program of human-subject radiation studies that targeted unsuspecting Americans for Cold War military purposes. Officials enabled such projects to advance through the layering of secrecy, by embedding classified studies in other studies, and through outright deception. Agency and academic partnerships advanced, supported, and concealed the studies from the public at large who ultimately served as unwitting test subjects. Martino-Taylor’s comprehensive research illuminates a dark chapter of government secrecy, the military-industrial-academic complex, and large-scale organizational deviance in American history. In its critical approach, Behind the Fog effectively examines the mechanisms that allow large-scale elite deviance to take place in modern society.

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Routledge

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1315295199

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A to Z of Women in Science and Math

By: Lisa Yount

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A to Z of Women in Science and Math

By: Lisa Yount

From ancient times to the present day, scientifically inclined women in many cultures have had to battle against the traditional belief that men are more cognitively adept than women. At times throughout history, women were persecuted for their attempts to break down traditional gender barriers. Today, women scientists and mathematicians must continue to defend the quality of their work and demand the respect they deserve in the mathematical and scientific communities.A to Z of Women in Science and Math, Revised Edition profiles 195 women who fought against these stereotypes throughout history and all over the world to forge new discoveries and theories that would eventually change the way we view science. This thoroughly revised book updates the story of each individual to the present day and features 38 new profiles. Among the profiles included are those of chemists, astronomers, geologists, environmental scientists, and a range of other professions and careers. In addition, new photographs have been added, and the bibliography has been updated. Subject indexes allow the reader to search by such professions as microbiology and paleontology.Additional subject indexes organize individuals by country of birth, country of major scientific activity, and year of birth.

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Infobase Publishing

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1438107951

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Power, Politics, and Society

An Introduction to Political Sociology

By: Betty Dobratz,Lisa Waldner,Timothy Buzzell

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Power, Politics, and Society

An Introduction to Political Sociology

By: Betty Dobratz,Lisa Waldner,Timothy Buzzell

Power, Politics and Society: An Introduction to Political Sociology discusses how sociologists have organized the study of politics into conceptual frameworks, and how each of these frameworks foster a sociological perspective on power and politics in society. This includes discussing how these frameworks can be applied to understanding current issues and other "real life" aspects of politics. This second edition incorporates new material on cultural divides in American politics, emerging roles for the state, the ongoing effects of the Great Recession and recovery, the 2016 election, social media, and the various policies introduced during the Trump administration and how they affect people’s lives.

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Routledge

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1351372963

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9781351372961

Songbird

By: Lisa Samson

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Songbird

By: Lisa Samson

In Lisa Samson's moving novel, the wife of a popular televangelist discovers a family secret that threatens to destroy her marriage and her husband's ministry.

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FaithWords

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0446554294

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America and Other Myths

Photographs by Robert Frank and Todd Webb, 1955

By: Lisa Volpe

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America and Other Myths

Photographs by Robert Frank and Todd Webb, 1955

By: Lisa Volpe

Robert Frank's and Todd Webb's parallel 1955 projects to photograph America are considered in the context of mid-twentieth-century American culture In 1955 two photographers were awarded grants from the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation to embark on trips across the United States. Robert Frank (1924-2019) drove coast to coast, photographing the highways, bars, and people that formed the basis for his widely admired publication The Americans (1958). Todd Webb (1905-2000) walked across the country, searching for "vanishing Americana and what is taking its place." Unaware of each other's work, the photographers produced strikingly similar images of the highway, parades, and dim, smoky barrooms. Yet while Frank's grainy, off-kilter style revealed many inequities of American life, Webb's carefully composed images embraced clear detail and celebrated the individual oddities of Americans and their locales. This revelatory book is the first to publish Webb's 1955 photographs and connects these parallel projects for the first time. More than one hundred images accompany text illuminating Frank's and Webb's different perspectives and approaches to similar subjects and places; the difference in reception of Frank's iconic work and Webb's relatively unknown series; and the place of the road trip in shaping American identity at midcentury. Published in association with the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Exhibition Schedule: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (October 8, 2023-January 7, 2024) Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts (February 10-July 30, 2024) Brandywine Museum of Art, Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania (February 8-May 4, 2025)

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Yale University Press

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0300270895

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9780300270891

Gender and Jewish Difference from Paul to Shakespeare

By: Lisa Lampert

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Gender and Jewish Difference from Paul to Shakespeare

By: Lisa Lampert

Although representations of medieval Christians and Christianity are rarely subject to the same scholarly scrutiny as those of Jews and Judaism, "the Christian" is as constructed a term, category, and identity as "the Jew." Medieval Christian authors created complex notions of Christian identity through strategic use of representations of Others: idealized Jewish patriarchs or demonized contemporary Jews; Woman represented as either virgin or whore. In Western thought, the Christian was figured as spiritual and masculine, defined in opposition to the carnal, feminine, and Jewish. Women and Jews are not simply the Other for the Christian exegetical tradition, however; they also represent sources of origin, as one cannot conceive of men without women or of Christianity without Judaism. The bifurcated representations of Woman and Jew found in the literature of the Middle Ages and beyond reflect the uneasy figurations of women and Jews as both insiders and outsiders to Christian society. Gender and Jewish Difference from Paul to Shakespeare provides the first extended examination of the linkages of gender and Jewish difference in late medieval and early modern English literature. Focusing on representations of Jews and women in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, selections from medieval drama, and Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice, Lampert explores the ways in which medieval and early modern authors used strategies of opposition to—and identification with—figures of Jews and women to create individual and collective Christian identities. This book shows not only how these questions are interrelated in the texts of medieval and early modern England but how they reveal the distinct yet similarly paradoxical places held by Woman and Jew within a longer tradition of Western thought that extends to the present day.

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University of Pennsylvania Press

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0812202554

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9780812202557

Playing it Safe

How the Supreme Court Sidesteps Hard Cases and Stunts the Development of the Law

By: Lisa Kloppenberg

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Playing it Safe

How the Supreme Court Sidesteps Hard Cases and Stunts the Development of the Law

By: Lisa Kloppenberg

Official English, environmental issues, redress for racial wrongs, affirmative action, sexual preference, gender equality, and states' rights are some of the cases Kloppenberg (law, U. of Dayton) accuses the US high court of dodging. She details the strategies they use to avoid controversy and the costs their inaction imposes on litigants and other seeking constitutional interpretation. c. Book News Inc.

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NYU Press

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081474740X

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Philosophy of Psychology

An Introduction

By: Kengo Miyazono,Lisa Bortolotti

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Philosophy of Psychology

An Introduction

By: Kengo Miyazono,Lisa Bortolotti

Are we rational creatures? Do we have free will? Can we ever know ourselves? These and other fundamental questions have been discussed by philosophers over millennia. But recent empirical findings in psychology and neuroscience suggest we should reconsider them. This textbook provides an engrossing overview of contemporary debates in the philosophy of psychology, exploring the ways in which the interaction and collaboration between psychologists and philosophers contribute to a better understanding of the human mind, cognition and behaviour. Miyazono and Bortolotti discuss pivotal studies in cognitive psychology, social psychology, developmental psychology, evolutionary psychology, clinical psychology and neuroscience, and their implications for philosophy. Combining the latest philosophical and psychological research with an accessible style, Philosophy of Psychology is a crucial resource for students from either discipline. It is the most up-to-date text for modules on philosophy of mind, philosophy of psychology, philosophy of mental health and philosophy of cognitive science.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1509515518

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Sexual Treason in Germany during the First World War

By: Lisa M. Todd

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Sexual Treason in Germany during the First World War

By: Lisa M. Todd

This book is the first comprehensive study of sexual lives in Germany and occupied Europe during the First World War. Reconsidering sex in war brings to life a whole cast of characters too often left out of the historical narrative: widowed women who worked as prostitutes, fresh-faced recruits who experienced the war in a VD hospital, eugenicists who conflated sex and national decline, soldiers’ wives ostracized by neighbourhood rumour mills. By considering the confluence of public discourse, state policy, and everyday life, Lisa M. Todd adds to the growing body of knowledge on war and society in the twentieth century. By incorporating the 1914-1918 experience into the longer frame of the pre-war sex reform movement and the post-war Allied occupation of the Rhineland, this book is able to more fully evaluate the impact of the war years on the history of intimate relations in early twentieth-century Germany.

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Springer

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3319515144

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Creating Human Rights

How Noncitizens Made Sex Persecution Matter to the World

By: Lisa S. Alfredson

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Creating Human Rights

How Noncitizens Made Sex Persecution Matter to the World

By: Lisa S. Alfredson

Selected by Choice magazine as an Outstanding Academic Title Creating Human Rights offers the first systematic study of a pioneering women's refugee movement and its challenge, as an international trigger case, to more conventional paths toward human rights policy development. Lisa S. Alfredson argues that such cases, which unfold in the context of a specific country and have profound impacts on international human rights efforts, have been neglected in research and pose a challenge to recent theorizing on human rights change. In the early 1990s, Canada witnessed the emergence of the world's first comprehensive refugee policy for women who were seeking protection from female-specific forms of violence—rape, domestic abuse, public stoning of adulterers, genital mutilation—while challenging a gender-biased system. Close examination of this novel movement, Alfredson contends, provides crucial insights into why and how states may articulate new human rights that set international precedents. Analyzing original empirical data and sociopolitical historical trends, the book documents the decisive global impacts of the movement while shedding light on the paradox of noncitizen politics and asylum seekers' little recognized political strength. Contrary to expectation, findings suggest transnational networks and pressures are not required for some forms of change. Rather, international trigger cases illuminate a range of other key actors and advocacy strategies leading, subsequently, to a more comprehensive understanding of human rights acceptance. In the case of the women's refugee movement, the convergence of human rights and noncitizen politics points toward a new dimension for human rights scholarship that, in the current age of globalization, is becoming critically important.

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University of Pennsylvania Press

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0812241258

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9780812241259

Does Torture Prevention Work?

By: Richard Carver,Lisa Handley

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Does Torture Prevention Work?

By: Richard Carver,Lisa Handley

In the past three decades, international and regional human rights bodies have developed an ever-lengthening list of measures that states are required to adopt in order to prevent torture. But do any of these mechanisms actually work? This study is the first systematic analysis of the effectiveness of torture prevention. Primary research was conducted in 16 countries, looking at their experience of torture and prevention mechanisms over a 30-year period. Data was analysed using a combination of quantitative and qualitative techniques. Prevention measures do work, although some are much more effective than others. Most important of all are the safeguards that should be applied in the first hours and days after a person is taken into custody. Notification of family and access to an independent lawyer and doctor have a significant impact in reducing torture. The investigation and prosecution of torturers and the creation of independent monitoring bodies are also important in reducing torture. An important caveat to the conclusion that prevention works is that is actual practice in police stations and detention centres that matters - not treaties ratified or laws on the statute book.

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Oxford University Press

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1781383308

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Getting Even

By: Lisa Jackson

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Getting Even

By: Lisa Jackson

Who doesn’t fantasize about a little payback? Revenge is a timeless, all-too-human desire, and it’s a common thread in Yesterday’s Lies and Zachary’s Law – two classic, fan-favorite novels by #1 New York Times bestselling author Lisa Jackson that are now available in one thrilling romantic suspense omnibus of revenge, obsession, and deception… “Trask McFadden is back.” Those are words that Tory has been waiting to hear, half in dread, half with longing. It’s been five years since Trask landed her father behind bars for horse swindling, using things she’d told him in confidence. Her father died there, but now Trask insists he has information that could help prove who was really responsible for the crime, not to mention his own brother’s death. Trask needs her help. But he won’t get it, not after destroying her family, her ranch, and the love they shared. Lauren Regis’s ex-husband has kidnapped her children. There’s nothing she won’t do to get them back, including hiring Zachary Winters. The unconventional attorney has made a name for himself by locating people—especially those who don’t want to be found. But he’s got a darker reputation too, and there are rumors swirling about the fate of his ex-wife. How much is Lauren willing to trust him—or to lose?

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Zebra

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1420155547

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Modernism's Other Work

The Art Object's Political Life

By: Lisa Siraganian

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Modernism's Other Work

The Art Object's Political Life

By: Lisa Siraganian

Modernism's Other Work challenges our view of relationships between aesthetic autonomy and the world of daily life--a conjuncture that Lisa Siraganian demonstrates has often been misunderstood in critical studies of modernism. Connecting poetry to the visual arts and politics, the author provides new ways to think about modernist art's relationship.

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Oxford University Press

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0190255269

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Trials of Passion

By: Lisa Appignanesi

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Trials of Passion

By: Lisa Appignanesi

A journey into the heart of dark passions and the crimes they impel. When passion is in the picture, what is criminal, what is sane, what is mad or simply bad? Through court and asylum records, letters and newspaper accounts, this book brings to life some sensational trials between 1870 and 1914, a period when the psychiatric professions were consolidating their hold on our understanding of what is human. Outside fiction, individual emotions and the inner life had rarely been publicly discussed: now, in an increasingly popular press and its courtroom reports, people avidly consumed accounts of transgressive sexuality, savage jealousy and forbidden desires. These stood revealed as aspects not only of those labelled mad, but potentially, of everyone. With great story-telling flair and a wealth of historical detail, Lisa Appignanesi teases out the vagaries of passion and the clashes between the law and the clinic as they stumble towards a (sometimes reviled) collaboration. Sexual etiquette and class roles, attitudes to love, madness and gender, notions of respectability and honor, insanity and lunacy, all are at play in that vital forum in which public opinion is shaped—the theater of the courtroom.

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Simon and Schuster

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1605988154

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9781605988153

Bleak Houses

Marital Violence in Victorian Fiction

By: Lisa Anne Surridge

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Bleak Houses

Marital Violence in Victorian Fiction

By: Lisa Anne Surridge

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Ohio University Press

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0821416421

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The Dogs of War

The Courage, Love, and Loyalty of Military Working Dogs

By: Lisa Rogak

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The Dogs of War

The Courage, Love, and Loyalty of Military Working Dogs

By: Lisa Rogak

An incredible story of the largely unseen but vital role that dogs play in our armed forces, Lisa Rogak's The Dogs of War is a must-read for animal lovers everywhere. Military working dogs gained widespread attention after Cairo participated in the SEAL Team 6 mission that led to Osama bin Laden's death. Before that, few civilians realized that dogs served in combat, let alone that they could parachute from thirty thousand feet up. The Dogs of War reveals the amazing range of jobs that our four-legged soldiers now perform, examines the dogs' training and equipment, and sets the record straight on those rumors of titanium teeth. You'll find heartwarming stories of the deep bond that dogs and their handlers share with each other, and learn how soldiers and civilians can help the cause by fostering puppies or adopting retirees.

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Macmillan

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1250008816

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Bedside Manners

Play and Workbook

By: Suzanne Gordon,Lisa Hayes,Scott Reeves

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Bedside Manners

Play and Workbook

By: Suzanne Gordon,Lisa Hayes,Scott Reeves

In recent years, there has been growing awareness of the need for interprofessional cooperation in healthcare. Countless studies have shown that genuine teamwork and team intelligence are critical to patient safety. Poor communication among health care personnel is a major factor in hospital errors, even more so than the level of staff competence and experience. This is why many schools for health professionals and major health care employers now promote interprofessional education and cooperation. Bedside Manners is a play about workplace relations among physicians, nurses, others who work in health care, and patients—and how their interaction affects the quality of patient care, for better or worse. The accompanying workbook helps educators, managers, patient safety advocates, administrators, and union representatives to analyze and discuss the issues raised in the play. When presented in hospitals, universities, and health care conferences all over the United States, Bedside Manners invariably sparks a vibrant conversation about patient safety problems and how to solve them, job satisfaction and stress, and the importance of information sharing and mutual respect. As text or script, this play is a unique teaching tool for medical and nursing schools, and other health professional schools and continuing education programs involving health care clinicians and staff of all kinds.

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Cornell University Press

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080146921X

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9780801469213

Dialect and Dichotomy

Literary Representations of African American Speech

By: Lisa Cohen Minnick

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Dialect and Dichotomy

Literary Representations of African American Speech

By: Lisa Cohen Minnick

Dialect and Dichotomy outlines the history of dialect writing in English and its influence on linguistic variation. It also surveys American dialect writing and its relationship to literary, linguistic, political, and cultural trends, with emphasis on African American voices in literature.

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University of Alabama Press

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0817354239

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Existential Threats

American Apocalyptic Beliefs in the Technological Era

By: Lisa Vox

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Existential Threats

American Apocalyptic Beliefs in the Technological Era

By: Lisa Vox

In Existential Threats, Lisa Vox explores the growth of dispensationalist premillennialism alongside scientific understandings of the end of the world and contends that these two allegedly competing visions have converged to create an American apocalyptic imagination.

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University of Pennsylvania Press

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0812249194

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Teenage pregnancy

The making and unmaking of a problem

By: Arai, Lisa

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Teenage pregnancy

The making and unmaking of a problem

By: Arai, Lisa

In the last decades of the 20th century, successive British governments have regarded adolescent pregnancy and childbearing as a significant public health and social problem. Youthful pregnancy was once tackled by attacking young, single mothers but New Labour, through its Teenage Pregnancy Strategy, linked early pregnancy to social exclusion rather than personal morality and aimed, instead, to reduce teenage pregnancy and increase young mothers' participation in education and employment. However, the problematisation of early pregnancy has been contested, and it has been suggested that teenage mothers have been made scapegoats for wider, often unsettling, social and demographic changes. The re-evaluation of early pregnancy as problematic means that, in some respects, teenage pregnancy has been 'made' and 'unmade' as a problem. Focusing on the period from the late-1990s to the present, Teenage pregnancy examines who is likely to have a baby as a teenager, the consequences of early motherhood and how teenage pregnancy is dealt with in the media. The author argues that society's negative attitude to young mothers is likely to marginalise an already excluded group and that efforts should be focused primarily on supporting young mothers and their children. This comprehensive examination of teenage pregnancy focuses on the situation in the UK, but will be useful for readers in other developed world countries. It will be of interest to students in sociology, social policy, health studies and public health, and also to policy makers and young people's interest groups.

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Policy Press

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1847427782

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The Athenian Empire

Using Coins as Sources

By: Lisa Kallet,John H. Kroll

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The Athenian Empire

Using Coins as Sources

By: Lisa Kallet,John H. Kroll

The first book to illustrate and integrate coinage comprehensively as historical evidence for the Athenian empire.

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Cambridge University Press

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1107015375

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Partnering with Families for Student Success

24 Scenarios for Problem Solving with Parents

By: Patricia A. Edwards,Rand J. Spiro,Lisa M. Domke,Ann M. Castle,Kristen L. White,Marliese R. Peltier,Tracy H. Donohue

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Partnering with Families for Student Success

24 Scenarios for Problem Solving with Parents

By: Patricia A. Edwards,Rand J. Spiro,Lisa M. Domke,Ann M. Castle,Kristen L. White,Marliese R. Peltier,Tracy H. Donohue

Patricia Edwards is the recipient of the 2019 AERA Scholars of Color Distinguished Career Contribution Award Chapter modules cover common challenges teachers face in a variety of situations, including conducting honest parent–teacher conferences, dealing with discipline issues, responding to confrontational parents, and educating neurodiverse students. Each module includes questions, worksheets, and background information for developing asset-based approaches that consider caregivers’ and students’ underlying needs. “This book is a trove of treasured stories about how to communicate with diverse families to support student success in school. Teachers will keep this reference handy because they will meet similar challenges.” —From the Foreword by Joyce L. Epstein, Johns Hopkins University “If you’ve ever been confused or discouraged about building partnerships with families, this book provides research-based, practical strategies.” —Laurie Elish-Piper, Northern Illinois University “This is a gem of a resource for supporting the development of teachers who can work in responsive, thoughtful partnership with all families.” —Judy Paulick, University of Virginia “This book is a must-read for everyone involved in education. The modules are comprehensive and the case scenarios are realistic and engaging.” —Elfrieda (Freddy) H. Hiebert, TextProject

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Teachers College Press

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0807777609

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9780807777602

Adele: Grammy-Winning Singer & Songwriter

Grammy-Winning Singer & Songwriter

By: Lisa Owings

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Adele: Grammy-Winning Singer & Songwriter

Grammy-Winning Singer & Songwriter

By: Lisa Owings

This title examines the fascinating life of Adele. Readers will learn about Adele's childhood, family, education, and rise to fame. Colorful graphics, oversize photos, and informative sidebars accompany easy-to-read, compelling text that explores Adele's early interest in music and talent in singing and songwriting that led to the release of her albums 19 and 21. Adele's multiple Grammy Awards and charitable work are also described. Features include a table of contents, glossary, selected bibliography, Web links, source notes, and an index, plus a timeline and fun facts. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.

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ABDO Publishing Company

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1614808597

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Let’s Talk About Sex

Histories of Sexuality in Australia from Federation to the Pill

By: Lisa Featherstone

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Let’s Talk About Sex

Histories of Sexuality in Australia from Federation to the Pill

By: Lisa Featherstone

From the start of the new Australian nation in 1901, to the use of the female contraceptive pill in 1961, Let’s Talk About Sex explores the ways sexuality has been constructed, understood and experienced in Australia. Far from being something hidden and private, this work brings sexuality out into the open, and explains why sex is of social, cultural, political and economic importance. Let’s Talk About Sex is an inclusive history, surveying multiple and interwoven forms of sexuality, desire, pleasure, regulation and resistance. It begins with the long Victorian period: the hidden desires of women and the “hydraulic” sexual needs of men, both in the cities and on the frontier. It moves across the decades, considering heterosexuality, homosexuality, lesbians and nascent ideas about queer and sexual difference. Lisa Featherstone highlights the tensions of the ages: venereal disease, homophobia, birth control, rape and child sexual assault. She analyses the ways non-normative sexuality was constructed as evil and perverse, but also how men and women responded to this pathologising of their desires. Let’s Talk About Sex provides a fascinating account of sex, gender, age and race, across the formative years of Australian society.

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Cambridge Scholars Publishing

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1443828130

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Defining Student Success

The Role of School and Culture

By: Lisa M. Nunn

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Defining Student Success

The Role of School and Culture

By: Lisa M. Nunn

The key to success, our culture tells us, is a combination of talent and hard work. Why then, do high schools that supposedly subscribe to this view send students to college at such dramatically different rates? Why do students from one school succeed while students from another struggle? To the usual answer—an imbalance in resources—this book adds a far more subtle and complicated explanation. Defining Student Success shows how different schools foster dissimilar and sometimes conflicting ideas about what it takes to succeed—ideas that do more to preserve the status quo than to promote upward mobility. Lisa Nunn’s study of three public high schools reveals how students’ beliefs about their own success are shaped by their particular school environment and reinforced by curriculum and teaching practices. While American culture broadly defines success as a product of hard work or talent (at school, intelligence is the talent that matters most), Nunn shows that each school refines and adapts this American cultural wisdom in its own distinct way—reflecting the sensibilities and concerns of the people who inhabit each school. While one school fosters the belief that effort is all it takes to succeed, another fosters the belief that hard work will only get you so far because you have to be smart enough to master course concepts. Ultimately, Nunn argues that these school-level adaptations of cultural ideas about success become invisible advantages and disadvantages for students’ college-going futures. Some schools’ definitions of success match seamlessly with elite college admissions’ definition of the ideal college applicant, while others more closely align with the expectations of middle or low-tier institutions of higher education. With its insights into the transmission of ideas of success from society to school to student, this provocative work should prompt a reevaluation of the culture of secondary education. Only with a thorough understanding of this process will we ever find more consistent means of inculcating success, by any measure.

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Rutgers University Press

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0813572118

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Theological Bioethics

Participation, Justice, and Change

By: Lisa Sowle Cahill

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Theological Bioethics

Participation, Justice, and Change

By: Lisa Sowle Cahill

The field of bioethics was deeply influenced by religious thinkers as it emerged in the 1960s and early 1970s. Since that time, however, a seemingly neutral political liberalism has pervaded the public sphere, resulting in a deep suspicion of those bringing religious values to bear on questions of bioethics and public policy. As a theological ethicist and progressive Catholic, Lisa Sowle Cahill does not want to cede the "religious perspective" to fundamentalists and the pro-life movement, nor does she want to submit to the gospel of a political liberalism that champions individual autonomy as holy writ. In Theological Bioethics, Cahill calls for progressive religious thinkers and believers to join in the effort to reclaim the best of their traditions through jointly engaging political forces at both community and national levels. In Cahill's eyes, just access to health care must be the number one priority for this type of "participatory bioethics." She describes a new understanding of theological bioethics that must go beyond decrying injustice, beyond opposing social practices that commercialize human beings, beyond painting a vision of a more egalitarian future. Such a participatory bioethics, she argues, must also take account of and take part in a global social network of mobilization for change; it must seek out those in solidarity, those involved in a common calling to create a more just social, political, and economic system. During the past two decades Cahill has made profound contributions to theological ethics and bioethics. This is a magisterial and programmatic statement that will alter how the religiously inclined understand their role in the great bioethics debates of today and tomorrow that yearn for clear thinking and prophetic wisdom.

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Harlequin Romantic Suspense June 2022 - Box Set

By: Addison Fox,Marie Ferrarella,Jennifer Morey,Lisa Childs

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Harlequin Romantic Suspense June 2022 - Box Set

By: Addison Fox,Marie Ferrarella,Jennifer Morey,Lisa Childs

Looking for heart-racing romance and breathless suspense? Want stories filled with life-and-death situations that cause sparks to fly between adventurous, strong women and brave, powerful men? Harlequin® Romantic Suspense brings you all that and more with four new full-length titles in one collection! UNDERCOVER COLTON (A Coltons of Colorado novel) by Addison Fox Sami Evans has long suspected her father may not be entirely aboveboard. So she's not surprised when her one-night stand turns out to be an FBI agent. Dom Colton needs to get closer to Sami's father, but when Dom and Sami fake an engagement, he's realizing his feelings might be more than a cover. CAVANAUGH JUSTICE: DEADLY CHASE (A Cavanaugh Justice novel) by USA TODAY bestselling author Marie Ferrarella Embittered and broken detective Gabriel Cortland is forced to pair up with an optimistic partner to take down a prolific serial killer—the one who killed Gabriel’s pregnant wife. Gabriel is determined to work alone on this, but Shayla Cavanaugh knows how to break down his defenses. But with a killer on the loose, Gabriel's new lease on life may not last very long… COLD CASE COWBOY (A Cold Case Detectives novel) by Jennifer Morey When she finds refuge at his ranch, Indie Deboe struggles with her feelings for Wes McCann. She's lost everything before—to the same killer who could be a threat to both of them now! HOTSHOT HERO UNDER FIRE (A Hotshot Heroes novel) by Lisa Childs Hotshot firefighter/paramedic Owen James is in danger—and not from firefighting. Someone is trying to kill him, and he finds himself falling for the prime suspect!

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0369714172

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The Politics of Human Rights in Australia

By: Louise Chappell,John Chesterman,Lisa Hill

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The Politics of Human Rights in Australia

By: Louise Chappell,John Chesterman,Lisa Hill

The first comprehensive account of Australian human rights from a political science perspective, it addresses the key debates in Australian political debates about human rights.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521707749

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Bringing Global Governance Home

NGO Mediation in the BRICS States

By: Laura A. Henry,Lisa McIntosh Sundstrom

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Bringing Global Governance Home

NGO Mediation in the BRICS States

By: Laura A. Henry,Lisa McIntosh Sundstrom

This work identifies and explains significant variation in the extent and forms of NGO engagement with global governance institutions and how effective NGOs are in bringing the norms and policy recommendations from the global level to domestic arenas. We combine insights from international relations with the lens of comparative politics to understand NGO participation and mediation. We argue that "going global" in whatever form creates some common challenges for NGOs. If they go global to expand their influence - whether through funding, information, or stricter standards - they become caught between two institutional frameworks and sets of norms. There are challenges inherent to that multi-level activism regardless of the particular form of participation. At the same time, the specific nature of the challenges faced by NGOs depends on domestic political arrangements"--

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Oxford University Press

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0197530230

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How and Why to Regulate False Political Advertising in Australia

By: Lisa Hill,Max Douglass,Ravi Baltutis

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How and Why to Regulate False Political Advertising in Australia

By: Lisa Hill,Max Douglass,Ravi Baltutis

This open access book represents the first comprehensive, Australia-focused treatment of the problem of false election information disseminated for the purpose of gaining an electoral advantage. It explores cautious legal regulation as the most effective and decisive approach to the issue. In doing so, the book demonstrates that, although experiments with such remedies have met with mixed success elsewhere, they are nevertheless viable, especially in Australia where they have strong public support and are able to withstand constitutional challenge.

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Springer Nature

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9811921237

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The Christmas Baby

A Fresh-Start Family Romance

By: Lisa Carter

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The Christmas Baby

A Fresh-Start Family Romance

By: Lisa Carter

Mistletoe Mommy Anna Reyes is pregnant and widowed, and a Christmas homecoming isn’t so simple. Reuniting with her best friend, Ryan Savage, makes it easier—even though she knows he’ll soon be leaving their small coastal hometown. After putting his career on hold for his family’s business, Ryan’s finally ready to pursue his goals. But as he and Anna work to make the holidays special for a group of at-risk kids, Ryan wonders if he can give up one dream for another. They’re determined to make this a Christmas to remember, but can Ryan and Anna also make their holiday family last forever?

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1488078939

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Learning the Language of Dentistry

Disciplinary corpora in the teaching of English for Specific Academic Purposes

By: Peter Crosthwaite,Lisa Cheung

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Learning the Language of Dentistry

Disciplinary corpora in the teaching of English for Specific Academic Purposes

By: Peter Crosthwaite,Lisa Cheung

This book explores the affordances of disciplinary corpora for the teaching and learning of the language of dentistry, within the field of English for Specific Academic Purposes (ESAP). We extract disciplinary register features and vocabulary from three key genres of the dentistry discipline (published experimental research articles, case reports, and novice/professional research reports within the Dental Public Health domain), before integrating these features into ESAP pedagogy in the form of corpus-based ESAP materials that promote student-led direct engagement with disciplinary corpora – an approach known as 'data-driven learning'. This book is a timely and relevant addition to the field of corpus linguistics and ESAP, and is especially targeted at ESAP professionals who are required to teach disciplinary discourses but who may struggle to know what to teach as non-experts of the target discipline.

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John Benjamins Publishing Company

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9027261989

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The Smithsonian First Ladies Collection

By: Lisa Kathleen Graddy,Amy Pastan

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The Smithsonian First Ladies Collection

By: Lisa Kathleen Graddy,Amy Pastan

Admire the nationally famous collection of first ladies' gowns and learn about the contributions made by the women who wore them The Smithsonian First Ladies Collection is a beautifully illustrated book inspired by one of the most popular attractions at the Smithsonian: the first ladies exhibit at the National Museum of American History. This striking book showcases the treasures from first ladies throughout history, ranging from Martha Washington's silk dress and dressing mirror to Michelle Obama's 2009 inaugural gown and jewelry. These and many other unforgettable objects--including gowns, tableware, and invitations from beloved first ladies such as Mamie Eisenhower, Jacqueline Kennedy, Barbara Bush, Hilary Clinton, and more--tell the story of the first ladies as public and private figures. They illustrate how these women, thrust into an influential and visible role by happenstance of marriage, adapted themselves and the role of first lady by taking on responsibilities as campaigners, hostesses, and policy advocates. The Smithsonian First Ladies Collection features many treasures not on view at the exhibit. Complete with an insider's look at the acquisition, conservation, and exhibition of the pieces as well as a timeline of all forty-six first ladies, this is a must-have for anyone fascinated by these incredible women and their roles in American culture and political life.

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Smithsonian Institution

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158834469X

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Murder at Old St. Thomas's

By: Lisa M. Lane

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Murder at Old St. Thomas's

By: Lisa M. Lane

In 1862 London, the body of a famous surgeon is found, sitting upright, in an old operating theatre. His dead eyes stare at the table at the center of the room, where patients had screamed and cried as medical students looked on. The bookish Inspector Slaughter must discover the killer with the help of his American sergeant Mark Honeycutt and clues from Nightingale nurses, surgeon's dressers, devious apothecaries, and even stage actors. Victorian Southwark becomes the theatre for revealing secrets of the past in a world where anesthesia is new, working-class audiences enjoy Shakespeare, and women reformers solve society's problems.

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Grousable Books

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Writing Children's Books For Dummies

By: Lisa Rojany,Peter Economy

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Writing Children's Books For Dummies

By: Lisa Rojany,Peter Economy

Everything aspiring authors need to write, publish, and sell a children's book Everyone loves a children's book—and many dream about writing one. But is it actually possible for an unpublished writer—armed with a good story idea and a love of kids—to write, sell, publish, and promote a book? Yes, it is! Clearly and concisely written with straightforward advice and a plethora of specific up-to-date recommendations, Writing Children's Books For Dummies provides step-by-step information on everything aspiring children's book authors need to know—from researching the current marketplace to developing story ideas, strengthening writing skills, dealing with editors, and submitting proposals and manuscripts to agents and publishers. Updated and improved writing exercises All new content on social media and establishing an online presence as an author Fresh, updated content on publishing via hard copy and all the e- platforms From setting down that first word on paper to doing a successful publicity tour, Writing Children's Books For Dummies gives you the confidence and the insiders' know-how to write and sell the story you've always wanted to write.

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1118460022

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