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Dirty Wars and Polished Silver

The Life and Times of a War Correspondent Turned Ambassatrix

By: Lynda Schuster

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Dirty Wars and Polished Silver

The Life and Times of a War Correspondent Turned Ambassatrix

By: Lynda Schuster

From a former Wall Street Journal foreign correspondent, an exuberant memoir of life, love, and transformation on the frontlines of conflicts around the world Growing up in 1970s Detroit, Lynda Schuster felt certain life was happening elsewhere. And as soon as she graduated from high school, she set out to find it. Dirty Wars and Polished Silver is Schuster’s story of her life abroad as a foreign correspondent in war-torn countries, and, later, as the wife of a U.S. Ambassador. It chronicles her time working on a kibbutz in Israel, reporting on uprisings in Central America and a financial crisis in Mexico, dodging rocket fire in Lebanon, and grieving the loss of her first husband, a fellow reporter, who was killed only ten months after their wedding. But even after her second marriage, to a U.S. diplomat, all the black-tie parties and personal staff and genteel “Ambassatrix School” grooming in the world could not protect her from the violence of war. Equal parts gripping and charming, Dirty Wars and Polished Silver is a story about one woman’s quest for self-discovery—only to find herself, unexpectedly, more or less back where she started: wiser, saner, more resolved. And with all her limbs intact.

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Melville House

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1612196357

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9781612196350

A Burning Hunger

One Family’s Struggle Against Apartheid

By: Lynda Schuster

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A Burning Hunger

One Family’s Struggle Against Apartheid

By: Lynda Schuster

If the Mandelas were the generals in the fight for black liberation, the Mashininis were the foot soldiers. Theirs is a story of exile, imprisonment, torture, and loss, but also of dignity, courage, and strength in the face of appalling adversity. Originally published in Great Britain to critical acclaim, A Burning Hunger: One Family’s Struggle Against Apartheid tells a deeply moving human story and is one of the seminal books about the struggle against apartheid. This family, Joseph and Nomkhitha Mashinini and their thirteen children, became immersed in almost every facet of the liberation struggle—from guerrilla warfare to urban insurrection. Although Joseph and Nomkhitha were peaceful citizens who had never been involved in politics, five of their sons became leaders in the antiapartheid movement. When the students of Soweto rose up in 1976 to protest a new rule making Afrikaans the language of instruction, they were led by charismatic young Tsietsi Mashinini. Scores of students were shot down and hundreds were injured. Tsietsi’s actions on that day set in motion a chain of events that would forever change South Africa, define his family, and transform their lives. A Burning Hunger shows the human catastrophe that plagued generations of black Africans in the powerful story of one religious and law-abiding Soweto family. Basing her narrative on extensive research and interviews, Lynda Schuster richly portrays this remarkable family and in so doing reveals black South Africa during a time of momentous change.

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Ohio University Press

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0821442074

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9780821442074

A Burning Hunger

One Family’s Struggle Against Apartheid

By: Lynda Schuster

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One Family’s Struggle Against Apartheid

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Ohio University Press

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Scientists as Prophets

A Rhetorical Genealogy

By: Lynda Walsh

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Scientists as Prophets

A Rhetorical Genealogy

By: Lynda Walsh

In Scientists as Prophets, Lynda Walsh argues that our science advisors manufacture certainty for us in the face of the unknown. Through a series of cases reaching from the Delphic oracle to seventeenth-century London to Climategate, Walsh elucidates many of the problems with our current science-advising system.

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Oxford University Press

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0199857113

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9780199857111

American Historical Fiction

An Annotated Guide to Novels for Adults and Young Adults

By: Lynda G. Adamson

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American Historical Fiction

An Annotated Guide to Novels for Adults and Young Adults

By: Lynda G. Adamson

This publication will fill a gap in the bibliographic reference shelf by identifying historical novels for both adult and young adult readers. ^IAmerican Historical Fiction^R contains over 3,000 titles set in states and historical regions of the United States. Entries are organized by time period. The newest titles, as well as old favorites, are covered. The volume is indexed by author, title, genre, subject, and geographic setting.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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0313089337

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9780313089336

Leading from the Inside Out

Expanded Roles for Teachers in Equitable Schools

By: David Grubb,Lynda Tredway

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Leading from the Inside Out

Expanded Roles for Teachers in Equitable Schools

By: David Grubb,Lynda Tredway

This book proposes that the collective responsibility of teachers as classroom and school leaders working together to solve their own problems provides the fulcrum of school change. It makes the case that teachers and school leaders do not operate in a vacuum, but rather, they work within the larger context of policy and other social influences. Grubb and Tredway provide the building blocks of history, policy, and social analysis that are necessary if teachers are to be effective in the collective school a place where adults thrive as learners and are able to co-create joyful learning experiences for children and youth. By encouraging teachers to move out of the individual classroom and to think critically and institutionally about the schools they would like to work in, about their own responsibilities for creating such schools, about the range of policies from outside the school and how they can influence those policies rather than being subjected to them this book shows that a teacher s influence is not limited to the classroom and students, but can significantly shape and inform external policies and decisions.

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Routledge

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1317256824

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9781317256823

The Victim of Rape

By: Lynda Lytle Holmstrom

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The Victim of Rape

By: Lynda Lytle Holmstrom

This unprecedented in-depth account of how our major institutions respond to the crime of rape is the first empirical study of rape victims in the United States as they come into contact with those who staff our police stations, hospitals, and courthouses. As this engrossing study makes clear, rape does not end with the assailant's departure; the profound suffering of the victim can be diminished or heightened by the response of these institutions. The authors provide direct, on-the-scene reports of how rape victims confront and endure the often devastating effects of institutional processing. Their work is based on first-hand observations, personal interviews, and case histories that document the rape victim's plight, and includes tables that present all research findings in easy-to-grasp numerical terms. The authors note changes now taking place, and argue that further institutional changes must be made to delegitimize rape in our society. The new introductory essay locates The Victim of Rape within the context of four lines of research: studies looking at the criminal justice system processing of such cases, the connection of rape to everyday life, social-structural and ideological support for rape, and strategies for prevention.

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Routledge

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1351301918

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9781351301916

Making Projects Work

Effective Stakeholder and Communication Management

By: Lynda Bourne

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Making Projects Work

Effective Stakeholder and Communication Management

By: Lynda Bourne

Projects are performed by people for people, with the key determinants of success being the relationships between project teams and project stakeholders. This web of relationships will either enable or obstruct the flow of information between people and, as a consequence, will largely determine project success or failure.Making Projects Work: Effec

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CRC Press

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1482206676

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9781482206678

The Scientific 100

By: John Simmons,Lynda Simmons

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The Scientific 100

By: John Simmons,Lynda Simmons

Who are the great scientists throughout the ages, and what exactly did they do to earn their importance? From Archimedes to Newton to Einstein to Hawking, The Scientific 100 provides the fascinating answers. Vivid biographical sketches chronicle the lives and accomplishments of the world's preeminent scientists. And in the tradition of the Citadel Press 100 Series, they are ranked provocatively in order of influence--an inspiration for lively discussion. This unique volume is a browser's treasure trove and a handy reference for the general reader. John Simmons has been associated with Current Biography for more than fifteen years. He has written frequently about Nobel laureates in science. A member of the New York Academy of Sciences, he divides his time between New York City and Paris.

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Kensington Publishing Corp.

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0806536780

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9780806536781

Physical Development in the Early Years

By: Lynda Woodfield

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Physical Development in the Early Years

By: Lynda Woodfield

Would you like to know more about the way in which a typical child grows and develops in their first eight years? Are you keen to avoid the constraints of an overly formalized early years curriculum? If you answer yes to either of these questions, then this practical, accessible and down-to-earth guide is for you. Arguing that enjoyable, play-based activity forms the basis of all children's learning. Lynda Woodfield takes examples of children at various stages of their physical development and places their progress in a theoretical context.

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A&C Black

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0826468713

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9780826468710

Preoperative Optimization of the Chronic Pain Patient

Enhanced Recovery Before Surgery

By: Heath B. McAnally,Lynda Welton Freeman,Beth Darnall

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Preoperative Optimization of the Chronic Pain Patient

Enhanced Recovery Before Surgery

By: Heath B. McAnally,Lynda Welton Freeman,Beth Darnall

Preoperative Optimization of the Chronic Pain Patient is a groundbreaking collaborative effort written by medical and psychological experts in the field of pain management with a specific interest in the perioperative arena. This book provides the framework for an evidence-based synthesis of counseling and intervention for preoperative optimization of chronic pain patients.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0190920149

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Remind

The Prescription for Happiness, Success, and Fulfilment in Life

By: Dr Lynda Foulder-Hughes

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Remind

The Prescription for Happiness, Success, and Fulfilment in Life

By: Dr Lynda Foulder-Hughes

Are you feeling stuck and unsure of how to find your true purpose in life? Do past traumas continue to hold you back, or do you struggle to form meaningful relationships with others? Perhaps you yearn for a successful career or simply want to experience true happiness but don’t know where to start. If any of these describe your current situation, then the REMIND approach is the perfect solution for you. This groundbreaking self-help book offers a unique approach to achieving your goals, solving problems, addressing past difficulties, and moving into a more positive future. By combining traditional evidenced-based therapy with metaphysical approaches, the REMIND approach offers a holistic model that was developed by Dr. Lynda Foulder-Hughes, based on her 30 years of therapy and research experience. Through the REMIND approach, you will be provided with the tools you need to make lasting, immediate, and real changes to your life. The book is filled with practical activities and inspiring case studies designed to guide and inspire you on your personal journey. By incorporating the REMIND approach, you will discover the prescription for happiness, success, and fulfilment in life. Whether you are seeking to recover from past trauma, improve your relationships, or achieve career success, REMIND can help you unlock your full potential and change your life forever.

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Austin Macauley Publishers

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1398490091

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9781398490093

The Web Writer's Toolkit

365 prompts, collaborative exercises, games, and challenges for effective online content

By: Lynda Felder

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The Web Writer's Toolkit

365 prompts, collaborative exercises, games, and challenges for effective online content

By: Lynda Felder

A recording of wind chimes. An item you cherish. Your childhood haunts. The pounding of a drum. Getting lost. As author Lynda Felder reveals in A Web Writer’s Toolkit, almost anything can serve as a point of inspiration for successful Web writing. Follow along with her 365 exercises—in order or jump around to sections on travel, games, sounds, and much more—to learn how to transform your experiences and observations into ingenious Web content. Pretend you have a time machine and write about the time and place you would visit. Produce an audio story with sound effects. Tell a story about the time you spent living abroad. Make a recording from a common household object and incorporate it into your blog. Write the script of a voicemail message. Choose a poem and compose a melody to go with it. By taking on these challenges, you will develop the confidence and skill you need to create successful content—while producing a significant body of work to present on the Web. Use this book on its own or with Lynda’s book Writing for the Web: Creating Compelling Web Content Using Words, Pictures, and Sound, and you’ll learn how to motivate yourself to generate great web content—and have fun doing it. Includes 365 challenges that encourage you to observe, to think, and to try effective storytelling tasks Focuses on words, pictures, and sound as story elements for your Web content, rather than the mechanics of using specific software apps and tools Features a simple, straightforward format of numbered exercises, with suggested time to take for each one For more tips, exercises, and suggestions for teachers, check out www.write4web.com.

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New Riders

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0133260615

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9780133260618

Prairie Bachelor

The Story of a Kansas Homesteader and the Populist Movement

By: Lynda Beck Fenwick

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Prairie Bachelor

The Story of a Kansas Homesteader and the Populist Movement

By: Lynda Beck Fenwick

The People’s Party, the most successful third party in America’s history, emerged from the Populist Movement of the late 1800s. And of the People’s Party, there was perhaps no more exemplary proponent than homesteader Isaac Beckley Werner of Stafford County, Kansas. Very much a man of his community, Werner contributed columns to the County Capital and other Kansas newspapers, spoke at the county seat, regularly attended Populist lectures, and—most fortunately for posterity—from 1884 until a few years before his death in 1895, kept a journal reporting on the world around him and noting the advice of Henry Ward Beecher. With this journal as a starting point, Isaac Beckley Werner, prairie bachelor, becomes an eloquent guide to the practical, social, and political realities of rural life in late nineteenth-century Kansas. In this portrait Lynda Beck Fenwick finds the Populist thinking that would eventually take hold in numerous ways, big and small, in American life—and would make a mark the imprint of which can be seen in the nation’s political culture to this day. Expanding her search to local cemeteries, courthouses, museums, and fields where homesteaders once staked their claims, Fenwick reveals a farming community much denser than today’s, where Prohibition, women’s rights, and income inequality were shared concerns, and where enduring problems, like substance abuse, immigration, and racial bias, made an early appearance. The Populist Movement both arose from and focused upon these issues, as Werner’s journal demonstrates; and in his world of farmers, small-town businessmen, engaged women, and working people, Fenwick’s Prairie Bachelor shows us the provenance and lived reality of a rural populism that would forever alter the American political scene.

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University Press of Kansas

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0700630287

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9780700630288

The Hungry Heart

Satisfy Your Desire to Know God in Deeper Ways

By: Lynda Hunter Bjorklund

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The Hungry Heart

Satisfy Your Desire to Know God in Deeper Ways

By: Lynda Hunter Bjorklund

Everyone longs for intimacy. Christians know that intimacy, significance, and acceptance can be found in the arms of a loving and gracious God. Hunter tells how to really get at that place with God.

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Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

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084237938X

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9780842379380

From SOE Hero to Dressing the Queen

The Amazing Life of Sir Hardy Amies

By: Lynda Rowland

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From SOE Hero to Dressing the Queen

The Amazing Life of Sir Hardy Amies

By: Lynda Rowland

Sir Hardy Amies was one of Britain’s foremost fashion designers who led a fascinating double life as a couturier and an intelligence officer during the Second World War. Sir Hardy’s work for the Belgian resistance effort as part of the Special Operations Executive, was so significant that he was awarded l’Ordre de la Couronne, or Order of the Crown, by the Belgian Government in 1948. Not only did Sir Hardy conduct these operations, but he also simultaneously developed his burgeoning fashion business through the British Board of Trade’s drive to promote UK manufacturing throughout the conflict. He was a man who at once epitomized and challenged the reality of being homosexual in an era when society was deeply unaccepting. He was thrust into what was an overtly macho and potentially hostile environment and, against that backdrop, made a valuable and courageous contribution to the war effort. Born into what we would consider a lower middle-class family, he was handsome, cultured and gregarious and effortlessly traversed the post-war world of high society, launching his haute couture house to great acclaim, gaining clients ranging from film stars to royalty. His work for Queen Elizabeth II saw him awarded the CVO in 1977 and this was elevated to the KCVO, Knight Commander of the Victorian Order in 1989. Her Majesty’s warmth of feeling towards Sir Hardy is evident in the many hand-written thank-you letters she sent him over the course of their long working relationship. Sir Hardy, who lived until the age of 93, could have been dismissed as a lightweight character from the frivolous world of fashion. However, despite a not-particularly extensive formal education, he was highly intelligent, extremely well-traveled and spoke three languages, and his story encapsulates the extraordinary cultural and societal turbulence of the twentieth century.

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Pen and Sword Military

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1399049984

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9781399049986

Hot Spots

Why Some Teams, Workplaces, and Organizations Buzz with Energy - And Others Don't

By: Lynda Gratton

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Hot Spots

Why Some Teams, Workplaces, and Organizations Buzz with Energy - And Others Don't

By: Lynda Gratton

You always know when you are in a Hot Spot. You feel energized and vibrantly alive. Your brain is buzzing with ideas, and the people around you share your joy and excitement. Things you've always known become clearer, adding value becomes more possible. Ideas and insights from others miraculously combine with your own to create new thinking and innovation. When Hot Spots arise in and between companies, they provide energy for exploiting and applying knowledge that is already known and genuinely exploring what was previously unknown. Hot Spots are marvelous creators of value for organizations and wonderful, life-enhancing phenomena for each of us. Lynda Gratton has spent more than ten years investigating Hot Spots--discovering how they emerge and how organizations can create environments where they will proliferate and thrive. She has studied dozens of companies and talked to hundreds of employees, managers, and executives in the US, Europe, and Asia. She has asked the important questions: Why and when do Hot Spots emerge? What is it about certain groups of people that support the emergence of Hot Spots? What role do leaders play? She's discovered a host of elements that together contribute to the emergence of Hot Spots--creating energy and excitement, and supporting and channeling that energy into productive outcomes. In this groundbreaking book, Gratton describes four crucial qualities that an organizational culture must have to support the emergence of Hot Spots, looks at what leaders can do to encourage them, and offers activities and tools you can use in your own company to increase the probability of them arising. In these days when traditional organizational boundaries are becoming barriers to progress, Gratton offers advice and guidance that you can use right now to increase the probability of Hot Spots emerging in your organization.

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Berrett-Koehler Publishers

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1609943554

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9781609943554

The Financiers of Congressional Elections

Investors, Ideologues, and Intimates

By: Peter L. Francia,Paul S. Herrnson,John C. Green,Lynda W. Powell

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The Financiers of Congressional Elections

Investors, Ideologues, and Intimates

By: Peter L. Francia,Paul S. Herrnson,John C. Green,Lynda W. Powell

Individual donors play a critical role in financing congressional elections, accounting for more than half of all money raised in House campaigns. But significant donors (defined here as those contributing more than $200) are the least understood participants in the system. who really contributes and why? How much and to how many candidates? What are the strategies used by political campaigns to elicit contributions and how do the views of significant donors impact the campaign-finance system? What do donors think about campaign-finance reform? This book investigates these vital questions, describing the influence of congressional financiers in American politics.

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Columbia University Press

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0231116195

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9780231116190

Community Value

By: Lynda Barley

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Community Value

By: Lynda Barley

Lynda Barley explores the fragmentation of community life in Britain, encouraging churches to provide links and make the most of the 'community value' they bring to their areas.

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Church House Publishing

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0715141295

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Recreating the Past

A Guide to American and World Historical Fiction for Children and Young Adults

By: Lynda G. Adamson

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Recreating the Past

A Guide to American and World Historical Fiction for Children and Young Adults

By: Lynda G. Adamson

Spanning grades 1-10+, this annotated bibliography of 970 recommended American and world titles published through early 1994 includes adult titles suitable for young readers; at least 200 of the titles are award winners. In support of interdisciplinary English and social studies curricula, librarians and teachers can easily assemble a basic list of books on a geographical place and time period. Geographical sections are divided into historical time periods within which entries are organized alphabetically by author. Each entry contains both reading and interest grade levels, a short incisive annotation about the historical event, setting, plot, protagonist and theme, current publication availability, and awards won. Seven reference appendices allow for easy searching. These helpful appendices and an authors, a titles, and an illustrators index help to make this volume a critical professional tool.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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0313387966

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Harness the Power of Your Laugh!

Laughing Heartily Today and Everyday!

By: Lynda Andrews

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Harness the Power of Your Laugh!

Laughing Heartily Today and Everyday!

By: Lynda Andrews

Harness the Power of Your Laugh! Good news! You can laugh every day, no matter what is happening in the world. Even if you are very busy with life, you only need a few minutes a day, and you will discover that laughing is like a nourishing food. We need to actively and consciously laugh every day to give our bodies the best opportunity to grow strongly, happily, and healthily. The best news is that laughing is a deep-breathing technique. Much scientific research has been done over recent years on cell oxygenation and disease. Nobel Prize winner Dr Otto Warburg, president of the Institute of Cell Physiology, says: Deep breathing techniques increase oxygen to the cells and are the most important factors in living a disease-free and energetic life. Dr Sheldon Hendler, MD, medical researcher in cell oxygenation, says: Oxygenation through deep breathing boosts the immune system and can rid the body of chronic illnesses. Make a difference in your life and for those you love by practicing and sharing the playful Laughter Yoga exercises in this book. Discover the joy of laughing every day, and welcome to our global laughter family!

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BalboaPress

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1452549664

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Sacred Fictions

Holy Women and Hagiography in Late Antiquity

By: Lynda L. Coon

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Sacred Fictions

Holy Women and Hagiography in Late Antiquity

By: Lynda L. Coon

Late antique and early medieval hagiographic texts present holy women as simultaneously pious and corrupt, hideous and beautiful, exemplars of depravity and models of sanctity. In Sacred Fictions Lynda Coon unpacks these paradoxical representations to reveal the construction and circumscription of women's roles in the early Christian centuries. Coon discerns three distinct paradigms for female sanctity in saints' lives and patristic and monastic writings. Women are recurrently figured as repentant desert hermits, wealthy widows, or cloistered ascetic nuns, and biblical discourse informs the narrative content, rhetorical strategies, and symbolic meanings of these texts in complex and multivalent ways. If hagiographers made their women saints walk on water, resurrect the dead, or consecrate the Eucharist, they also curbed the power of women by teaching that the daughters of Eve must make their bodies impenetrable through militant chastity or spiritual exile and must eradicate self-indulgence through ascetic attire or philanthropy. The windows the sacred fiction of holy women open on the past are far from transparent; driven by both literary invention and moral imperative, the stories they tell helped shape Western gender constructs that have survived into modern times.

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University of Pennsylvania Press

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0812201671

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9780812201673

Literature Connections to World History K6

Resources to Enhance and Entice

By: Lynda G. Adamson

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Literature Connections to World History K6

Resources to Enhance and Entice

By: Lynda G. Adamson

Identifying thousands of historical fiction novels, biographies, history trade books, CD-ROMs, and videotapes help you locate world history resources for students. Each is divided into two sections. In the first part, titles are listed according to grade levels within specific geographic areas and time periods. They are further organized by product type. Both books cover world history from Prehistory and the Ancient World to 54 B.C. to the modern era. Other chapters include Roman Empire to A.D. 476; Europe and the British Isles; Africa and South Africa; Australia, New Zealand, Pacific Islands, and Antarctica; Canada; China; India, Tibet, and Burma; Israel and Arab Countries; Japan; Vietnam, Korea, Cambodia, and Thailand; and South and Central America and the Caribbean. The second section has an annotated bibliography that describes each title and includes publication information and awards. The focus is on books published since 1990, and all have received at least one favorab

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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0313077541

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9780313077548

Goddess of the North

A Comprehensive Exploration of the Norse Godesses, from Antiquity to the Modern Age

By: Lynda C. Welch

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Goddess of the North

A Comprehensive Exploration of the Norse Godesses, from Antiquity to the Modern Age

By: Lynda C. Welch

A thorough, academic look at the past, present, and future of Norse polytheism. Welch highlights many Norse goddesses as well as other divine females of the Norse pantheon - Valkyries, Norns, Giantesses, Disir - and in a straightforward manner, makes a definitive case for the primordial goddess.

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Weiser Books

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1609253124

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The Self-Esteem Coach

10 Days to a Confident New You

By: Lynda Field

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The Self-Esteem Coach

10 Days to a Confident New You

By: Lynda Field

Research shows that happiness and self-esteem do not depend on success; on the contrary, success is the result of happiness and self-esteem. That means we can raise our game in every area of our lives if we simply concentrate on becoming more self-confident and content! Through her 10-day self-esteem program, top life coach and self-esteem expert Lynda Field will help you become motivated, solve personal problems, focus on your goals, and enjoy strong relationships. It's the effortless way to become a confident new you.

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Watkins Media Limited

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1780282680

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9781780282688

Weekend Love Coach

How to Get the Love You Want in 48 Hours

By: Lynda Field

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Weekend Love Coach

How to Get the Love You Want in 48 Hours

By: Lynda Field

Weekend Love Coach' is written in the friendly and interactive style of 'Weekend Life Coach' and includes tips, strategies, exercises, questionnaires, relaxation techniques, with many celebrity case histories. 'Weekend Love Coach' shows you how to get smart about how relationships really work. Why do some people seem to have everything going for them; how can they be so positive and brimming with enthusiasm as well as have brilliant relationships? Did these people just get lucky in love as well as in everything else? These people are no different from you; they have no special tricks up their sleeve, they just decided that they deserved the very best that life and love could offer and they got clear about their goals and then they went for them! 'Weekend Love Coach' offers you the chance to get your love life in order once and for all! First allocate some time to spend alone relaxing with this book and focusing on you and your needs. Put yourself first, and have a 48-hour personal love-coaching session-for only £7.99!

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There's Something I've Been Dying to Tell You

The uplifting bestseller

By: Lynda Bellingham

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There's Something I've Been Dying to Tell You

The uplifting bestseller

By: Lynda Bellingham

By turns, it is riotous, deeply serious, practical and sad. Reading it is like being at her kitchen table with a glass of wine to hand. (Daily Telegraph) Lynda Bellingham was a tremendously gifted storyteller with a rich collection of tales of love, loss and laughter and this memoir brings her kind heart, courage and emotion to the page in vivid detail. There's Something I've Been Dying To Tell You is a brave memoir about Lynda's battle with cancer, facing death she found joy and shared it with millions. Her story is an affecting and at times heart-breaking one but it is so often laugh-out-loud too and ultimately the way Lynda told her life story serves as a great inspiration to us all. Woven into this very moving and brave story are extraordinary, colourful tales of her acting and family life that will enlighten and entertain as well as the journey that Lynda has taken to find the family of her birth father having already suffered heartache in her search for her birth mother. In the search for her father's family, Lynda finds a family with a history in entertainment showing that acting was always in the blood. This book was written in Lynda's final months and revealed for the first time, and in great detail, her fight with cancer and how her life was transformed since her diagnosis. This edition includes a brand new chapter written by Lynda's husband Michael about his love for her, her love of life and her glorious final send-off.

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Coronet

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1473608554

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Corporate Global Citizenship

Doing Business in the Public Eye

By: Noel M. Tichy,Andrew R. McGill,Lynda St. Clair

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Corporate Global Citizenship

Doing Business in the Public Eye

By: Noel M. Tichy,Andrew R. McGill,Lynda St. Clair

Thoroughly researched, this book is a cutting-edge study of how the world's largest multi-national corporations--such as American Express, Merck & Company and General Electric--create and implement programs that positively influence the communities in which they operate. In addition, the authors offer a penetrating look at the future prospects for global corporate citizenship initiative.

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Lexington Books

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0787910953

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Women Reformed, Women Empowered

Poor Mothers and the Endangered Promise of Head Start

By: Lynda J. Ames,Jeanne Ellsworth

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Women Reformed, Women Empowered

Poor Mothers and the Endangered Promise of Head Start

By: Lynda J. Ames,Jeanne Ellsworth

By chronicling the everyday experiences of women in a rural Head Start program, this book examines the processes of underprivileged women working to make a better life for themselves and their families. It explains that in order to empower its participants, the Head Start program allows many women to work as aides or on advisory boards.

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Temple University Press

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1566394937

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Indeh

An Apache Odyssey

By: Eve Ball,Nora Henn,Lynda A. Snchez

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Indeh

An Apache Odyssey

By: Eve Ball,Nora Henn,Lynda A. Snchez

A fascinating account of Apache history and ethnography. All the narratives have been carefully chosen to illustrate important facets of the Apache experience. Moreover, they make very interesting reading....This is a major contribution to both Apache history and to the history of the Southwest....The book should appeal to a very wide audience. It also should be well received by the Native American community. Indeh is oral history at its best."---R. David Edmunds, Utah Historical Quarterly

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University of Oklahoma Press

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0806173823

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Getting Away with Murder

My Unexpected Life on Page, Stage and Screen

By: Lynda La Plante

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Getting Away with Murder

My Unexpected Life on Page, Stage and Screen

By: Lynda La Plante

Screamingly funny and deliciously candid, full of wisdom and joie de vivre, this is memoir with the grip of a thriller' ERIN KELLY Lynda La Plante has lived an illustrious life and has the stories to prove it. From her early days in Liverpool to her unexpected acceptance into RADA, joining peers Anthony Hopkins, John Hurt and Ian McShane; from beginning her scriptwriting career with Widows and Prime Suspect and becoming a BAFTA award-winning writer and producer, Lynda's tales of stage and screen will have you gasping in shock as well as laughing in the aisles. Lynda has an important story to tell, one of breaking down stereotypes and blazing a trail for others along the way. Starting her writing career in the eighties, an era of entrenched gender inequality both in front of and behind the camera, Lynda faced innumerable obstacles to her vision. Getting Away with Murder shows how she overcame them to create generation-defining television and become a multi-million-copy Sunday Times bestselling author. Still at the very top of her game, Lynda shares her story on her own terms, in a way that's guaranteed to make you laugh, cry and be inspired to live a life without limits.

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Bonnier Zaffre Ltd.

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1804183873

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Hidden Killers

A Jane Tennison Thriller (Book 2)

By: Lynda La Plante

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Hidden Killers

A Jane Tennison Thriller (Book 2)

By: Lynda La Plante

Jane Tennison has been been promoted to the role of Detective Constable in London's Bow Street CID but she is struggling with some of the decisions her colleagues are making. The more experienced detectives move swiftly from one criminal case to the next, with Jane left doubting both their methods and their finding. When Jane becomes inextricably involved in a multiple rape case she must decide whether to toe the line or endanger her position by seeking the truth. But will her decision put her life in peril?

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Bonnier Publishing Fiction Ltd.

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1785764489

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Indigenous Transnationalism

Essays on Carpentaria

By: Lynda Ng

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Indigenous Transnationalism

Essays on Carpentaria

By: Lynda Ng

After Aboriginal author Alexis Wright’s novel, Carpentaria, won the Miles Franklin Award in 2007, it rapidly achieved the status of a classic. The novel is widely read and studied in Australia, and overseas, and valued for its imaginative power, its epic reach, and its remarkable use of language. Indigenous Transnationalism brings together eight essays by critics from seven different countries, each analysing Alexis Wright’s novel Carpentaria from a distinct national perspective. Taken together, these diverse voices highlight themes from the novel that resonate across cultures and continents: the primacy of the land; the battles that indigenous peoples fight for their language, culture and sovereignty; a concern with the environment and the effects of pollution. At the same time, by comparing the Aboriginal experience to that of other indigenous peoples, they demonstrate the means by which a transnational approach can highlight resistance to, or subversion of, national prejudices.

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Giramondo Publishing

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1925818071

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Negotiating Culture and Human Rights

By: Lynda Schaefer Bell

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Negotiating Culture and Human Rights

By: Lynda Schaefer Bell

Rights", Lucinda Joy Peach

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Columbia University Press

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0231120818

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Daughters, Fathers, and the Novel

The Sentimental Romance of Heterosexuality

By: Lynda Marie Zwinger

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Daughters, Fathers, and the Novel

The Sentimental Romance of Heterosexuality

By: Lynda Marie Zwinger

Interprets the fundamental relationship between fathers and daughters in fiction as the father proposing, and the daughter either accepting or refusing. Considers a wide range of works and writers, from Little women and Huck Finn to Henry James and The Story of O. Paper edition (unseen), $12.95. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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Univ of Wisconsin Press

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The Cambridge CAE Course Self-Study Student's Book

By: Mary Spratt,Lynda B. Taylor

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The Cambridge CAE Course Self-Study Student's Book

By: Mary Spratt,Lynda B. Taylor

This popular CAE course has been revised according to the December 1999 specifications.

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0521788986

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Literature Connections to World History 712

Resources to Enhance and Entice

By: Lynda G. Adamson

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Literature Connections to World History 712

Resources to Enhance and Entice

By: Lynda G. Adamson

Identifying thousands of historical fiction novels, biographies, history trade books, CD-ROMs, and videotapes, these books help you locate resources on world history for students. Each is divided into two sections. In the first part, titles are listed according to grade levels within specific geographic areas and time periods. They are further organized by product type. Both books cover world history from Prehistory and the Ancient World to 54 B.C. to the modern era. Other chapters include Roman Empire to A.D. 476; Europe and the British Isles; Africa and South Africa; Australia, New Zealand, Pacific Islands, and Antarctica; Canada; China; India, Tibet, and Burma; Israel and Arab Countries; Japan; Vietnam, Korea, Cambodia, and Thailand; and South and Central America and the Caribbean. The second section has an annotated bibliography that describes each title and includes publication information and awards. The focus is on books published since 1990, and all have received at l

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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Literature Connections to American History K6

Resources to Enhance and Entice

By: Lynda G. Adamson

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Literature Connections to American History K6

Resources to Enhance and Entice

By: Lynda G. Adamson

Identifying thousands of historical fiction novels, biographies, history trade books, CD-ROMs, and videotapes, this book helps you locate resources on American history for students. Each book presents information in two sections. In the first part, titles are listed according to grade levels within eras and further organized according to product type. The books cover American history from North America Before 1600 and The American Colonies, 1600-1774 to The Mid-Twentieth Century, 1946-1975 and Since 1975. The second section has annotated bibliographies that describe each title and includes publication information and awards won. The focus is on books published since 1990, and all have received at least one favorable review. Some books with more illustration than text will be valuable for enticing slow or reticent readers. An index helps users find resources by author, title, or biographical subject.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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0313089957

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Caught in the Middle

By: Lynda C. McDermott

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Caught in the Middle

By: Lynda C. McDermott

Also included are actual case histories of middle managers who have experienced both the struggles and opportunities of playing in the middle ... a look at why senior executives become frustrated with middle managers (and vice versa) ... PLUS guidelines and quizzes that help you decide whether you have what it takes to "go it alone.

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0133114244

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9780133114249

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