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Worth Fighting For

Love, Loss, and Moving Forward

By: Lisa Niemi Swayze

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Worth Fighting For

Love, Loss, and Moving Forward

By: Lisa Niemi Swayze

From Patrick Swayze’s widow—the moving, New York Times bestselling account of grief, loss, caregiving, and moving on, with touching stories from their final months together. When Lisa Niemi first exchanged vows with Patrick Swayze, she promised to be with her husband “till death do us part.” But how many couples stop and think about what that truly means? Worth Fighting For is both a candid tribute to a marriage and a celebration of the healing power that each day holds, even in the most difficult of circumstances. Lisa shares the details of Patrick’s twenty-one-month battle with Stage IV pancreatic cancer, and she describes his last days, when she simply tried to keep him comfortable. She writes with heartbreaking honesty about her grief in the aftermath of his death and openly discusses the challenges that the years without him have posed. Her story is an emotionally honest and unflinching depiction of loss, but it is also a hopeful and life-affirming exploration of the power of the human spirit. “I tell you, I am a different person now,” she writes, “one who has been thrown into the fire and forged.”

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Simon and Schuster

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1439196389

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The Time of My Life

By: Patrick Swayze,Lisa Niemi Swayze

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The Time of My Life

By: Patrick Swayze,Lisa Niemi Swayze

Now in paperback, the internationally bestselling heartfelt memoir from movie legend Patrick Swayze and his wife of over thirty years, Lisa Niemi, about Patrick’s remarkable career and brave battle against pancreatic cancer. An entertaining and inspiring behind-the-scenes look at a Hollywood life and a remarkable love, told in the words of beloved actor Patrick Swayze and his wife, Lisa Niemi, shortly before he passed away. In a career spanning more than thirty years, Patrick Swayze made a name for himself on the stage and screen with his versatility, passion, and fearlessness. Always a fighter, Patrick refused to let the diagnosis of stage IV pancreatic cancer in February 2008 defeat him. Patrick and Lisa’s bravery inspired legions of fans, cancer patients, and their loved ones, yet this memoir, written with wisdom and heart, recounts so much more. Revealed in vivid detail is Patrick’s Texas upbringing, his personal struggles, his rise to fame, and how his soul mate Lisa stood by his side through it all. The Time of My Life opens the door for families, individuals, and husbands and wives to grow, bond, and discover entirely new levels of love and sharing, proving that life shouldn’t be lived as a series of endings, but rather as the beginning of greater strength and love.

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1439165912

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The Time of My Life

By: Patrick Swayze,Lisa Niemi Swayze

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By: Patrick Swayze,Lisa Niemi Swayze

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Worth Fighting For

Love, Loss, and Moving Forward

By: Lisa Niemi,Lisa Niemi Swayze

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Worth Fighting For

Love, Loss, and Moving Forward

By: Lisa Niemi,Lisa Niemi Swayze

Lisa Niemi shares her experiences during her husband Patrick Swayze's battle with pancreatic cancer.

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1439196362

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Craft Beers of the Pacific Northwest

A Beer Lover's Guide to Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia

By: Lisa M. Morrison

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Craft Beers of the Pacific Northwest

A Beer Lover's Guide to Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia

By: Lisa M. Morrison

In the 1970s a handful of brewers in Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia were tired of the traditional light and flavorless American beers and began exploring ways to make better beer brewed from local ingredients. The “microbrews” (as they were originally called) caught on, and the Northwest quickly became the center of the craft beer movement that is now flourishing and spreading across the United States, Canada, and the world. Craft Beers of the Pacific Northwest is a suds-soaked adventure through the 115 key breweries and brew pubs in Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia. Lisa Morrison, aka The Beer Goddess, has included every brewery worth visiting, from pioneers like McMenamins, whose Hillsdale Brewery & Public House in southwest Portland was the first brewpub in Oregon, to a new generation of start ups like Upright Brewing, a production brewery that is creating French-Belgian inspired, open-fermented beers. With 18 walkable pub-crawls, a beer primer and glossary, a list of the best bottle shops, Craft Beers of the Pacific Northwest has everything a beer lover needs to navigate the best of what the region has to offer.

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Timber Press

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1604693134

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Fluid Borders

Latino Power, Identity, and Politics in Los Angeles

By: Lisa García Bedolla

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Fluid Borders

Latino Power, Identity, and Politics in Los Angeles

By: Lisa García Bedolla

This provocative study of the Latino political experience offers a nuanced, in-depth, and often surprising perspective on the factors affecting the political engagement of a segment of the population that is now the nation's largest minority. Drawing from one hundred in-depth interviews, Lisa García Bedolla compares the political attitudes and behavior of Latinos in two communities: working-class East Los Angeles and middle-class Montebello. Asking how collective identity and social context have affected political socialization, political attitudes and practices, and levels of political participation among the foreign born and native born, she offers new findings that are often at odds with the conventional wisdom emphasizing the role socioeconomic status plays in political involvement. Fluid Borders includes the voices of many individuals, offers exciting new research on Latina women indicating that they are more likely than men to vote and to participate in political activities, and considers how the experience of social stigma affects the collective identification and political engagement of members of marginal groups. This innovative study points the way toward a better understanding of the Latino political experience, and how it differs from that of other racial groups, by situating it at the intersection of power, collective identity, and place.

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Univ of California Press

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0520938496

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9780520938496

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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Politics: The Key Concepts

By: Lisa Harrison,Adrian Little,Ed Lock

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Politics: The Key Concepts

By: Lisa Harrison,Adrian Little,Ed Lock

Politics: The Key Concepts is an up-to-date and broad-ranging introduction to the terms that lie at the heart of political discourse. Entries are drawn from areas such as political theory, international politics, political science and methodology. As well as explaining core, established principles, this informative guide explores some of the more complex, topical and contested concepts from the world of politics. Concepts covered include: Capitalism Class Identity Institutionalism Referendum Marxism Pluralism Postmodernism Socialism Social Constructivism In an accessible A-Z format with helpful cross-referencing and suggestions for further reading, Politics: The Key Concepts is an invaluable reference for all students of politics, international relations and related courses.

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1317572424

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Women Amplified

20 Years of Insights from Trailblazing Leaders from the Stage of the Texas Conference for Women

By: Lisa Bennett

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Women Amplified

20 Years of Insights from Trailblazing Leaders from the Stage of the Texas Conference for Women

By: Lisa Bennett

Contained within this book are words of wisdom carefully handpicked from 20 years’ worth of speeches delivered at the annual Texas Conference for Women in Austin. Each chapter includes quotes from remarkable women, such as Amal Clooney, Brené Brown, Viola Davis, Melinda Gates, and Anita Hill. From executives to Olympic athletes, each speaker explores the obstacles and experiences facing professional women in the modern world, including imposter syndrome, work-life balance, and influencing others for good. This is a collection of inspiration and insights for professional women, straight from some of the world’s most successful creatives, CEOs, and other trailblazing leaders. Thoughtfully curated by Lisa Bennett, Communications Director for the Conferences for Women, Women Amplified offers compelling insights designed to capture the electric, infectious enthusiasm of a world-class leadership conference. The Texas Conference for Women is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization with a mission to promote, communicate, and amplify the influence of women in the workplace and beyond. It was founded in 2000 and has attracted more than 100,000 women and men to its annual conferences during its first two decades. This event is part of what has become the largest network of women’s conferences in the United States, which includes the Massachusetts Conference for Women, the Pennsylvania Conference for Women, and the Watermark Conference for Women Silicon Valley. The four conferences attract more than 45,000 people a year. Lisa Bennett is the Communications Director for the Conferences for Women. A former Harvard University fellow, she is co-author with emotional and social intelligence expert Daniel Goleman of Ecoliterate. She has also contributed to other books, including The Compassionate Instinct, Smart by Nature, and A Place at the Table.

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Greenleaf Book Group

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1626346925

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9781626346925

Hydrothermal Processes Above the Yellowstone Magma Chamber

Large Hydrothermal Systems and Large Hydrothermal Explosions

By: Lisa A. Morgan,Wayne C. Shanks,Kenneth Lee Pierce

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Hydrothermal Processes Above the Yellowstone Magma Chamber

Large Hydrothermal Systems and Large Hydrothermal Explosions

By: Lisa A. Morgan,Wayne C. Shanks,Kenneth Lee Pierce

Hydrothermal explosions are violent and dramatic events resulting in the rapid ejection of boiling water, steam, mud, and rock fragments from source craters that range from a few meters up to more than 2 km in diameter; associated breccia can be emplaced as much as 3 to 4 km from the largest craters. Hydrothermal explosions occur where shallow interconnected reservoirs of steam- and liquid-saturated fluids with temperatures at or near the boiling curve underlie thermal fields. Sudden reduction in confining pressure causes fluids to flash to steam, resulting in significant expansion, rock fragmentation, and debris ejection. In Yellowstone, hydrothermal explosions are a potentially significant hazard for visitors and facilities and can damage or even destroy thermal features. The breccia deposits and associated craters formed from hydrothermal explosions are mapped as mostly Holocene (the Mary Bay deposit is older) units throughout Yellowstone National Park (YNP) and are spatially related to within the 0.64-Ma Yellowstone caldera and along the active Norris-Mammoth tectonic corridor.

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0813724597

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Worth Fighting for

Love, Loss and Moving Forward

By: Lisa Anne Niemi Swayze,Lisa Niemi

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Worth Fighting for

Love, Loss and Moving Forward

By: Lisa Anne Niemi Swayze,Lisa Niemi

From the widow of Patrick Swayze, a remarkably moving account of grief and moving on, with never-before-revealed stories from Patrick's final months.

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Audiogo

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1445825929

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Minority Representation and the Quest for Voting Equality

By: Bernard Grofman,Lisa Handley,Richard G. Niemi

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Minority Representation and the Quest for Voting Equality

By: Bernard Grofman,Lisa Handley,Richard G. Niemi

With the passage of the Voting Rights Act in 1965, the right of minorities to register and vote was largely secured. It was soon discovered, however, that minority voting did not guarantee the election of minorities or minority-preferred candidates. Indeed, efforts by states and localities in the second half of the 1960s were aimed at denying any substantial minority representation to go along with the ability to cast ballots. Eventually congressional amendments to the Act along with the Supreme Court opinion in Thornburg v. Gingles (1986) have led to efforts to eliminate electoral laws that have the effect of diluting the minority vote, whether or not they were enacted with discriminatory intent. Controversy still surrounds the matter of minority representation, however, because of the ambiguity of certain aspects of the law and because of problems in applying it to the largely single-member district context of the 1990s. This book is the most up-to-date treatment of voting rights law and the numerous controversies surrounding minority representation. The authors have extensive, firsthand experience in both the legal battles and the scholarly examination of these issues. Based on this wealth of experience, they describe the development of the law after 1965, discuss in detail the prevailing Supreme Court interpretation of the Voting Rights Act, and examine discrepancies in federal court interpretations of subsequent actions. They also introduce the reader to technical procedures for establishing standards of representation and measuring discrimination. In the final two chapters, they consider the application of voting rights law to districting in the 1990s along with the implications of recent developments for the future of representation in America.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521477646

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9780521477642

Women Amplified

20 Years of Insights from Trailblazing Leaders from the Stage of the Texas Conference for Women

By: Lisa Bennett

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20 Years of Insights from Trailblazing Leaders from the Stage of the Texas Conference for Women

By: Lisa Bennett

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Time of my Life

By: Patrick Swayze,Lisa Niemi

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Time of my Life

By: Patrick Swayze,Lisa Niemi

Au cours de sa carrière d' acteur, Patrick Swayze a tout fait : il perce dans la série télévisée Nord et Sud, danse dans Staying Alive aux côtés de John Travolta, s'impose au cinéma grâce à un film à petit budget qui deviendra culte, Dirty Dancing, puis triomphe avec Ghost, Point Break et La Cité de la joie. Lisa Niemi, son âme soeur depuis trente-neuf ans, est réalisatrice et comédienne. Patrick Swayze et Lisa Niemi se sont rencontrés quand ils étaient adolescents. Ensemble, ils ont connu les hauts et les '' bas de la carrière de Patrick, la célébrité envahissante, ses démêlés avec l'alcool, et l'ultime épreuve de son cancer, qui l'a terrassé en septembre 2009. Ils avaient commencé ce livre avant le drame, Lisa l'a terminé seule. Ce témoignage exceptionnel retrace le parcours phénoménal du comédien, raconte avec délicatesse les derniers instants de sa vie, le combat acharné et lucide contre la maladie, et la force de leur passion. Une formidable leçon d'espoir, de courage et d'amour.

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274991180X

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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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0766027228

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Hydrothermal Processes Above the Yellowstone Magma Chamber

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Minority Representation and the Quest for Voting Equality

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