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Keeping Faith in Congress

Why Persistence, Compassion, and Teamwork Will Save Our Democracy

By: Lois Capps

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Keeping Faith in Congress

Why Persistence, Compassion, and Teamwork Will Save Our Democracy

By: Lois Capps

In 1996, Walter Capps won a seat in Congress. Months later, he suffered a massive heart attack and died in his wife's arms. Lois Capps decided to run for her husband's seat. She won that election and went on to serve six more terms in Congress. Now, Lois Capps poignantly tells her story. No matter what personal or professional obstacles she faced, she never lost faith in democracy. She shares the lessons she learned, hoping that others can be inspired to work on behalf of the common good.

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150643374X

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Keeping Faith in Congress

Why Persistence, Compassion, and Teamwork Will Save Our Democracy

By: Lois Capps

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Keeping Faith in Congress

Why Persistence, Compassion, and Teamwork Will Save Our Democracy

By: Lois Capps

In 1996, Walter Capps won a seat in US House of Representatives. Less than a year later, he suffered a massive heart attack at Dulles Airport and died in his wife's arms. Lois Capps, a retired school nurse, decided just a few days later to run for her husband's seat. She won that election and went on to serve eight more terms in Congress, representing the central coast of California and advocating progressive causes. In Keeping Faith in Congress, Lois Capps poignantly tells her story--of her husband's death and her decision to run, of her daughter's death to cancer just a few years later, of her efforts to work across the aisle, and of her work on behalf of her constituents. No matter what personal or professional obstacles she faced, Representative Capps never lost faith in democracy. Instead, even the challenges taught her lessons. Now she shares those lessons, hoping that others can be inspired to work on behalf of the common good.

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170

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Fortress Press

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1506440339

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9781506440330

Robert Cole's World

Agriculture and Society in Early Maryland

By: Lois Green Carr,Russell R. Menard,Lorena S. Walsh

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Robert Cole's World

Agriculture and Society in Early Maryland

By: Lois Green Carr,Russell R. Menard,Lorena S. Walsh

In 1652 Robert Cole, an English Catholic, moved with his family and servants to St. Mary's County, Maryland. Using this family's story as a case study, the authors of Robert Cole's World provide an intimate portrait of the social and economic life of a middling planter in the seveneenth-century Chesapeake, including work routines and agricultural techniques, the upbringing of children, neighborhood relationships and community formation, and the role of religion. The Cole Plantation account, a record that details what the plantation produced, consumed, purchased, and sold over a twelve-year period, is the only known surviving document of its kind for seventeenth-century British America. Along with Cole's will, it serves as the framework around which the authors build their analysis. Drawing on these and other records, they present Cole as an exemplar of the ordinary planter whose success created the capital base for the slave-based plantation society of the eighteenth century.

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388

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UNC Press Books

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1469600137

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9781469600130

Following the Millennial Christ

By: Lois Simmons

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Following the Millennial Christ

By: Lois Simmons

This book tells a story of how God used one of His servants to utter prophecies that came to pass to people who professed to be believers, but were not. It also revealed a mother who thought her daughter was having a mental breakdown. Many frightening occurrences brought them closer together so that God could reveal the way of Kingdom Living to them. From there God's purpose became a work-in-progress in their lives. Life's experiences and following Christ brought them to the place where God is ALL to them. They believe the Holy Spirit is their Millennial Christ.

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Lulu.com

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0557274435

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9780557274437

The STEM Club Goes Exploring

By: Lois Melbourne

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The STEM Club Goes Exploring

By: Lois Melbourne

In The STEM Club GoesExploring, students explore science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) careers. While interviewing STEM professionals, the students prepare to make career presentations during their school’s Favorites Day. Join STEM Club members Fran, Sara, Nixie, Winston, Patti, Betik, Jenny, Jesse, and their teacher Mr. Day, as they make field trips to a video game company, a veterinary clinic, a hospital, and even a mine, to learn more about career opportunities for professionals in STEM fields. Author Lois Melbourne, of the My Future Story series, inspires readers to identify their passions, explore them, and shape their own future stories.

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Greenleaf Book Group

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1626343047

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Gun Culture in Early Modern England

By: Lois G. Schwoerer

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Gun Culture in Early Modern England

By: Lois G. Schwoerer

Guns had an enormous impact on the social, economic, cultural, and political lives of civilian men, women, and children of all social strata in early modern England. In this study, Lois Schwoerer identifies and analyzes England’s domestic gun culture from 1500 to 1740, uncovering how guns became available, what effects they had on society, and how different sectors of the population contributed to gun culture. The rise of guns made for recreational use followed the development of a robust gun industry intended by King Henry VIII to produce artillery and handguns for war. Located first in London, the gun industry brought the city new sounds, smells, street names, shops, sights, and communities of gun workers, many of whom were immigrants. Elite men used guns for hunting, target shooting, and protection. They collected beautifully decorated guns, gave them as gifts, and included them in portraits and coats-of-arms, regarding firearms as a mark of status, power, and sophistication. With statutes and proclamations, the government legally denied firearms to subjects with an annual income under £100—about 98 percent of the population—whose reactions ranged from grudging acceptance to willful disobedience. Schwoerer shows how this domestic gun culture influenced England’s Bill of Rights in 1689, a document often cited to support the claim that the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution conveys the right to have arms as an Anglo-American legacy. Schwoerer shows that the Bill of Rights did not grant a universal right to have arms, but rather a right restricted by religion, law, and economic standing, terms that reflected the nation's gun culture. Examining everything from gunmakers’ records to wills, and from period portraits to toy guns, Gun Culture in Early Modern England offers new data and fresh insights on the place of the gun in English society.

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368

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University of Virginia Press

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0813938600

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9780813938608

Surviving in Two Worlds

Contemporary Native American Voices

By: Lois Crozier-Hogle,Darryl Babe Wilson,Ferne Jensen

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Surviving in Two Worlds

Contemporary Native American Voices

By: Lois Crozier-Hogle,Darryl Babe Wilson,Ferne Jensen

Surviving in Two Worlds brings together the voices of twenty-six Native American leaders. The interviewees come from a variety of tribal backgrounds and include such national figures as Oren Lyons, Arvol Looking Horse, John Echohawk, William Demmert, Clifford Trafzer, Greg Sarris, and Roxanne Swentzell. Their interviews are divided into five sections, grouped around the themes of tradition, history and politics, healing, education, and culture. They take readers into their lives, their dreams and fears, their philosophies and experiences, and show what they are doing to assure the survival of their peoples and cultures, as well as the earth as a whole. Their analyses of the past and present, and especially their counsels for the future, are timely and urgent.

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University of Texas Press

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0292789645

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9780292789647

The Lone Star Gardener's Book of Lists

By: William D. Adams,Lois Trigg Chaplin

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The Lone Star Gardener's Book of Lists

By: William D. Adams,Lois Trigg Chaplin

With more than 200 lists of plants and garden resources, this guide has the answers on what to plant where and on how to handle the toughest of Texas conditions. William D. Adams and Lois Trigg Chaplin offer numerous recommendations, noting the best growing zones and bringing together helpful hints and information from dozens of gardeners, nurseries, and horticultural professionals across the state.

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209

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Taylor Trade Publishing

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1461662060

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9781461662068

Travell & Simons' Myofascial Pain and Dysfunction: Upper half of body

By: David G. Simons,Janet G. Travell,Lois S. Simons

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Travell & Simons' Myofascial Pain and Dysfunction: Upper half of body

By: David G. Simons,Janet G. Travell,Lois S. Simons

This Second Edition presents introductory general information on all trigger points and also detailed descriptions of single muscle syndromes for the upper half of the body. It includes 107 new drawings, a number of trigger point release techniques in addition to spray and stretch, and a new chapter on intercostal muscles and diaphragm.

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Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

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0683083635

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9780683083637

Book's by Lois Capps

Keeping Faith in Congress

Keeping Faith in Congress

Keeping Faith in Congress

Keeping Faith in Congress

Robert Cole's World

Robert Cole's World

Following the Millennial Christ

Following the Millennial Christ

The STEM Club Goes Exploring

The STEM Club Goes Exploring

Gun Culture in Early Modern England

Gun Culture in Early Modern England

Surviving in Two Worlds

Surviving in Two Worlds

The Lone Star Gardener's Book of Lists

The Lone Star Gardener's Book of Lists

Travell & Simons' Myofascial Pain and Dysfunction: Upper half of body

Travell & Simons' Myofascial Pain and Dysfunction: Upper half of body

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