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Character's Theater

Genre and Identity on the Eighteenth-Century English Stage

By: Lisa A. Freeman

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Character's Theater

Genre and Identity on the Eighteenth-Century English Stage

By: Lisa A. Freeman

If the whole world acted the player, how did the player act the world? In Character's Theater, Lisa A. Freeman uses this question to test recent critical discussion of eighteenth-century literature and culture. Much current work, she observes, focuses on the concept of theatricality as both the governing metaphor of social life and a primary filter of psychic perception. Hume's "theater of the mind," Adam Smith's "impartial spectator," and Diderot's "tableaux" are all invoked by theorists to describe a process whereby the private individual comes to internalize theatrical logic and apprehend the self as other. To them theatricality is a critical mechanism of modern subjectivity but one that needs to be concealed if the subject's stability is to be maintained. Finding that much of this discussion about the "Age of the Spectator" has been conducted without reference to the play texts or actual theatrical practice, Freeman turns to drama and discovers a dynamic model of identity based on eighteenth-century conceptualizations of character. In contrast to the novel, which cultivated psychological tensions between private interiority and public show, dramatic characters in the eighteenth century experienced no private thoughts. The theater of the eighteenth century was not a theater of absorption but rather a theater of interaction, where what was monitored was not the depth of character, as in the novel, but the arc of a genre over the course of a series of discontinuous acts. In a genre-by-genre analysis of plays about plays, tragedy, comedies of manners, humours, and intrigue, and sentimental comedy, Freeman offers an interpretive account of eighteenth-century drama and its cultural work and demonstrates that by deploying an alternative model of identity, theater marked a site of resistance to the rise of the subject and to the ideological conformity enforced through that identity formation.

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University of Pennsylvania Press

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0812201949

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The Cultural Uses of the Caesars on the English Renaissance Stage

By: Lisa Hopkins

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The Cultural Uses of the Caesars on the English Renaissance Stage

By: Lisa Hopkins

Caesarian power was a crucial context in the Renaissance, as rulers in Europe, Russia and Turkey all sought to appropriate Caesarian imagery and authority, but it has been surprisingly little explored in scholarship. In this study Lisa Hopkins explores the way in which the stories of the Caesars, and of the Julio-Claudians in particular, can be used to figure the stories of English rulers on the Renaissance stage. Analyzing plays by Shakespeare and a number of other playwrights of the period, she demonstrates how early modern English dramatists, using Roman modes of literary representation as cover, commented on the issues of the day and critiqued contemporary monarchs.

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Routledge

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1317036735

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Bats and Human Health

Ebola, SARS, Rabies and Beyond

By: Lisa A. Beltz

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Bats and Human Health

Ebola, SARS, Rabies and Beyond

By: Lisa A. Beltz

An important resource that reviews the various infectious diseases that affect bats and bat populations Bats and Human Health: Ebola, SARS, Rabies and Beyond covers existing literature on viral, bacterial, protozoan, and fungal infections of bats and how these infections affect bat populations. The book also offers an overview of the potential for zoonotic transmission of infectious diseases from bats to humans or domestic animals. While most prior publications on the subject have dealt only with bat viral infections, this text closely covers a wide range of bat infections, from viral and bacterial infections to protist and fungal infections. Chapters on viral infections cover rabies, filoviruses, henipaviruses, and other RNA viruses, as well as information on bat virome studies. The book then provides information on bacterial infections–including arthropod-borne and other bacteria that affect bats–before moving on to protist infections, including apicomplexans and kinetoplastids, and fungal infections, including white-nose syndrome, histoplasma capsulatum, and other fungi. Comprehensive in scope, yet another key feature of this book is a searchable database that includes bat species, bat family, bat diet, bat location, type and classification of infecting microbes, and categories of microbes. This vital resource also: Provides a history and comprehensive overview of bat-borne diseases Incorporates information from the World Health Organization, as well as historical data from the National Libraries of Health and infectious disease journals Covers a variety of diseases including viral infections, bacterial infections, protist infections, and fungal infections Written for microbiologist, bat researchers, and conservationists, Bats and Human Health provides a comprehensive exploration of the various types of microbes that affect bats and their potential to affect human populations.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1119150043

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Infusion Nursing

An Evidence-Based Approach

By: Infusion Nurses Society,Mary Alexander,Ann Corrigan,Lisa Gorski,Judy Hankins,Roxanne Perucca

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Infusion Nursing

An Evidence-Based Approach

By: Infusion Nurses Society,Mary Alexander,Ann Corrigan,Lisa Gorski,Judy Hankins,Roxanne Perucca

With a new focus on evidence-based practice, the 3rd edition of this authoritative reference covers every aspect of infusion therapy and can be applied to any clinical setting. Completely updated content brings you the latest advances in equipment, technology, best practices, guidelines, and patient safety. Other key topics include quality management, ethical and legal issues, patient education, and financial considerations. Ideal as a practical clinical reference, this essential guide is also a perfect review tool for the CRNI examination. - Authored by the Infusion Nurses Society, this highly respected reference sets the standard for infusion nursing practice. - Coverage of all 9 core areas of INS certification makes this a valuable review resource for the examination. - Material progresses from basic to advanced to help new practitioners build a solid foundation of knowledge before moving on to more advanced topics. - Each chapter focuses on a single topic and can serve as a stand-alone reference for busy nursing professionals. - Expanded coverage of infusion therapy equipment, product selection, and evaluation help you provide safe, effective care. - A separate chapter on infusion therapy across the continuum offers valuable guidance for treating patients with infusion therapy needs in outpatient, long-term, and home-care, as well as hospice and ambulatory care centers. - Extensive information on specialties addresses key areas such as oncology, pain management, blood components, and parenteral nutrition. - An evidence-based approach and new Focus on Evidence boxes throughout the book emphasize the importance of research in achieving the best possible patient outcomes. - The user-friendly design highlights essential information in handy boxes, tables, and lists for quick access. - Completely updated coverage ensures you are using the most current infusion therapy guidelines available.

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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1455710067

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9781455710065

Timeshare Vacations For Dummies

By: Lisa Ann Schreier

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Timeshare Vacations For Dummies

By: Lisa Ann Schreier

There are more than 5,400 timeshare resorts in destinations as diverse as England and Africa, Orlando and Shanghai. More than 3 million North Americans own timeshares around the world. Is timeshare ownership for you? Packed with information for current and prospective owners, this guide points out the plusses and the pitfalls and lets you in on the smartest ways to buy, sell, or swap timeshares. It covers: Questions to ask yourself Questions to ask timeshare sales representatives An overview of the types of timeshare ownership An update on variations on traditional timeshare vacations Financing, maintenance fees, assessments, and other economic considerations Like every For Dummies travel guide, Timeshare vacations For Dummies includes: Down-to-earth trip-planning advice What to look for—and what to look out for Which options best fit your budget and your vacation style Handy Post-it Flags to mark your favorite pages

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John Wiley & Sons

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0471776041

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Bastards and Foundlings

Illegitimacy in Eighteenth-century England

By: Lisa Zunshine

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Bastards and Foundlings

Illegitimacy in Eighteenth-century England

By: Lisa Zunshine

In this compelling interdisciplinary study of what has been called the "century of illegitimacy," Lisa Zunshine seeks to uncover the multiplicity of cultural meanings of illegitimacy in the English Enlightenment. Bastards and Foundlings pits the official legal views on illegitimacy against the actual everyday practices that frequently circumvented the law; it reconstructs the history of social institutions called upon to regulate illegitimacy, such as the London Foundling Hospital; and it examines a wide array of novels and plays written in response to the same concerns that informed the emergence and functioning of such institutions. By recreating the context of the national preoccupation with bastardy, with a special emphasis on the gender of the fictional bastard/foundling, Zunshine offers new readings of "canonical" texts, such as Steele's The Conscious Lovers, Defoe's Moll Flanders, Fielding's Tom Jones, Moore's The Foundling, Colman's The English Merchant, Richardson's Clarissa and Sir Charles Grandison, Burney's Evelina, Smith's Emmeline, Edgewort's Belinda, and Austen's Emma, as well as of less well-known works, such as Haywood's The Fortunate Foundlings, Shebbeare's The Marriage Act, Bennett's The Beggar Girl and Her Benefactors, and Robinson's The Natural Daughter.

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Ohio State University Press

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0814209955

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9780814209950

The Current that Carries

Stories

By: Lisa Graley

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The Current that Carries

Stories

By: Lisa Graley

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Vandalism -- The Current That Carries -- A Wild, to the Rim, Net or Nothing, Oven-Fired Ladling of Love -- Heartwood -- Feeding Instructions -- The Sorrows You Can't Enter -- Burying Ground -- Crossing with Sassafras

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University of Georgia Press

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0820349879

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Hope in The Holler

By: Lisa Lewis Tyre

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Hope in The Holler

By: Lisa Lewis Tyre

* "This is a masterpiece of middle grade fiction, at once summoning the timelessness of life in rural America while blending in modern elements."--School Library Journal, starred review The poignant--and funny--story of a girl trying to be brave and find her place in the world after she's sent to live with scheming relatives. Right before Wavie's mother died, she gave Wavie a list of instructions to help her find her way in life, including this one: Be brave, Wavie B! You got as much right to a good life as anybody, so find it! But little did Wavie's mom know that events would conspire to bring Wavie back to Conley Hollow, the Appalachian hometown her mother tried to leave behind. Now Wavie's back in the Holler--and in the clutches of her Aunt Samantha Rose. Life with the devilish Samantha Rose and her revolting cousin Hoyt is no picnic, but there's real pleasure in sleeping in her own mother's old bed, and making friends with the funny, easygoing kids her aunt calls the "neighborhood-no-accounts." With their help, Wavie just might be able to prevent her aunt from becoming her legal guardian, and find her courage and place in the world.

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Penguin

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0399546332

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The Origins of the English Marriage Plot

Literature, Politics and Religion in the Eighteenth Century

By: Lisa O'Connell

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The Origins of the English Marriage Plot

Literature, Politics and Religion in the Eighteenth Century

By: Lisa O'Connell

Examines how and why marriage plots became the English novel's most popular form in the eighteenth century. This book will be of interest to students and researchers of eighteenth and early nineteenth-century English literature and culture as well as feminist literary history.

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Cambridge University Press

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1108485685

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Emerging Infectious Diseases

A Guide to Diseases, Causative Agents, and Surveillance

By: Lisa A. Beltz

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Emerging Infectious Diseases

A Guide to Diseases, Causative Agents, and Surveillance

By: Lisa A. Beltz

Emerging Infectious Diseases Emerging Infectious Diseases offers an introduction to emerging and reemerging infectious disease, focusing on significant illnesses found in various regions of the world. Many of these diseases strike tropical regions or developing countries with particular virulence, others are found in temperate or developed areas, and still other microbes and infections are more indiscriminate. This volume includes information on the underlying mechanisms of microbial emergence, the technology used to detect them, and the strategies available to contain them. The author describes the diseases and their causative agents that are major factors in the health of populations the world over. The book contains up-to-date selections from infectious disease journals as well as information from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the World Health Organization, MedLine Plus, and the American Society for Microbiology. Perfect for students or those new to the field, the book contains Summary Overviews (thumbnail sketches of the basic information about the microbe and the associated disease under examination), Review Questions (testing students' knowledge of the material), and Topics for Further Discussion (encouraging a wider conversation on the implications of the disease and challenging students to think creatively to develop new solutions). This important volume provides broad coverage of a variety of emerging infectious diseases, of which most are directly important to health practitioners in the United States.

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John Wiley & Sons

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0470398035

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9780470398036

College Students with ADHD

Current Issues and Future Directions

By: Lisa L. Weyandt,George J. DuPaul

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College Students with ADHD

Current Issues and Future Directions

By: Lisa L. Weyandt,George J. DuPaul

Not long ago, conventional wisdom held that ADHD was a disorder of childhood only—that somewhere during puberty or adolescence, the child would outgrow it. Now we know better: the majority of children with the disorder continue to display symptoms throughout adolescence and into adulthood. It is during the teen and young adult years that the psychological and academic needs of young people with ADHD change considerably, and clinical and campus professionals are not always sufficiently prepared to meet the challenge. College Students with ADHD is designed to bring the professional reader up to speed. The book reviews the latest findings on ADHD in high school and college students, assessment methods, and pharmacological and nonpharmacological interventions. Practical guidelines are included for helping young adults make the transition to college, so they may cope with their disorder and do as well as possible in school and social settings. Coverage is straightforward, realistic, and geared toward optimum functioning and outcomes. Among the topics featured: - Background information, from current statistics to diagnostic issues. - ADHD in high school adolescents. - ADHD in college students: behavioral, academic, and psychosocial functioning. - Assessment of ADHD in college students. - Psychosocial/educational treatment of ADHD in college students. - Pharmacotherapy for college students with ADHD. - Future directions for practice and research. The comprehensive information in College Students with ADHD provides a wealth of information to researchers and professionals working with this population, including clinical and school psychologists, school and college counselors, special education teachers, social workers, developmental psychologists, and disability support staff on college campuses, as well as allied mental health providers.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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1461453453

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Literatures of Exile in the English Revolution and its Aftermath, 1640-1690

By: a foreword by Lisa Jardine

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Literatures of Exile in the English Revolution and its Aftermath, 1640-1690

By: a foreword by Lisa Jardine

Original and thought-provoking, this collection sheds new light on an important yet understudied feature of seventeenth-century England's political and cultural landscape: exile. Through an essentially literary lens, exile is examined both as physical departure from England-to France, Germany, the Low Countries and America-and as inner, mental withdrawal. In the process, a strikingly wide variety of contemporary sources comes under scrutiny, including letters, diaries, plays, treatises, translations and poetry. The extent to which the richness and disparateness of these modes of writing militates against or constructs a recognisable 'rhetoric' of exile is one of the book's overriding themes. Also under consideration is the degree to which exilic writing in this period is intended for public consumption, a product of private reflection, or characterised by a coalescence of the two. Importantly, this volume extends the chronological range of the English Revolution beyond 1660 by demonstrating that exile during the Restoration formed a meaningful continuum with displacement during the civil wars of the mid-century. This in-depth and overdue study of prominent and hitherto obscure exiles, conspicuously diverse in political and religious allegiance yet inextricably bound by the shared experience of displacement, will be of interest to scholars in a range of disciplines.

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Routledge

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1351921916

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Building the Customer-Centric Enterprise

Data Warehousing Techniques for Supporting Customer Relationship Management

By: Claudia Imhoff,Lisa Loftis,Jonathan G. Geiger

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Building the Customer-Centric Enterprise

Data Warehousing Techniques for Supporting Customer Relationship Management

By: Claudia Imhoff,Lisa Loftis,Jonathan G. Geiger

Strategies for leveraging information technologies to improve customer relationships With E-business comes the opportunity for companies to really get to know their customers--who they are and their buying patterns. Business managers need an integrated strategy that supports customers from the moment they enter the front door--or Web site--right through to fulfillment, support, and promotion of new products and services. Along the way, IT managers need an integrated set of technologies--from Web sites to databases and data mining tools--to make all of this work. This book shows both IT and business managers how to match business strategies to the technologies needed to make them work. Claudia Imhoff helped pioneer this set of technologies, called the Corporate Information Factory (CIF). She and her coauthors take readers step-by-step through the process of using the CIF for creating a customer-focused enterprise in which the end results are increased market share and improved customer satisfaction and retention. They show how the CIF can be used to ensure accuracy, identify customer needs, tailor promotions, and more.

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Wiley

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0471319813

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What Happens When Students Are in the Minority

Experiences and Behaviors that Impact Human Performance

By: Charles B. Hutchison

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What Happens When Students Are in the Minority

Experiences and Behaviors that Impact Human Performance

By: Charles B. Hutchison

When people find themselves as the minorities in different situations, they often feel as if they have been placed onstage with a spotlight on them. Consequently, they become prisoners of anxiety, and engage in certain predictable, negative behaviors. Owing to sheer anxiety and mental overload, these situational minorities often find themselves behaving unintelligently. This book uses real-life experiences of diverse people to illustrate that, if not understood and addressed, situational minorities at school or work are unlikely to perform at their highest potentials. This book is for anyone who wants to understand human behavior and performance: why minorities struggle in majority schools, or why the only male or female on the team has to overcome a mental barrier in order to catch up.

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R&L Education

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1607093960

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Lois Lowry

The Giver of Stories and Memories

By: Lisa Rondinelli Albert

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The Giver of Stories and Memories

By: Lisa Rondinelli Albert

Describes the life and accomplishments of the author of "Number the Stars," "The Giver," and the Anastasia Krupnik stories.

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Character's Theater

Character's Theater

The Cultural Uses of the Caesars on the English Renaissance Stage

The Cultural Uses of the Caesars on the English Renaissance Stage

Bats and Human Health

Bats and Human Health

Infusion Nursing

Infusion Nursing

Timeshare Vacations For Dummies

Timeshare Vacations For Dummies

Bastards and Foundlings

Bastards and Foundlings

The Current that Carries

The Current that Carries

Hope in The Holler

Hope in The Holler

The Origins of the English Marriage Plot

The Origins of the English Marriage Plot

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Emerging Infectious Diseases

College Students with ADHD

College Students with ADHD

Literatures of Exile in the English Revolution and its Aftermath, 1640-1690

Literatures of Exile in the English Revolution and its Aftermath, 1640-1690

Building the Customer-Centric Enterprise

Building the Customer-Centric Enterprise

What Happens When Students Are in the Minority

What Happens When Students Are in the Minority

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