A celebration of quotations for the wisest woman that you know, your grandmother. This book is the perfect way to say, "I love you" to the one of the special women in your life. Every great grandmother deserves the gift of great thoughts (even great great-grandmothers).
Motherhood, other claims to the contrary, is the world's oldest profession-and it's the most important one. This little book celebrates the joys and responsibilities of the job. Lin Yutang observed, 'Of all the rights of women, the greatest is to be a mother.' Yutang understood that a good mother does more than give birth; she shapes life. The quotations herin remind us that a mother, as she raises her child, places her mark upon eternity. And we children are eternally greteful.
Motherhood, other claims to the contrary, is the world's oldest profession-and it's the most important one. This little book celebrates the joys and responsibilities of the job. Lin Yutang observed, 'Of all the rights of women, the greatest is to be a mother.' Yutang understood that a good mother does more than give birth; she shapes life. The quotations herin remind us that a mother, as she raises her child, places her mark upon eternity. And we children are eternally greteful.
A celebration of quotations for the wisest woman that you know, your grandmother. This book is the perfect way to say, "I love you" to the one of the special women in your life. Every great grandmother deserves the gift of great thoughts (even great great-grandmothers).
The Oral History Manual grounds oral historians in the practice of oral history, taking the reader through the entire process, from the idea for a project through the completed, archived interviews.
Breaking away from the idea that sociology only ever elaborates the negative, Sociology for Optimists shows that sociology can provide hope in dealing with social issues through critical approaches that acknowledge the positive. From politics and inequality to nature and faith, Mary Holmes shows how a critical and optimistic sociology can help us think about and understand human experience not just in terms of social problems, but in terms of a human capacity to respond to those problems and strive for social change. With contemporary case studies throughout grounding the theory in the real world, this is the perfect companion/antidote to studying sociology.
The 1932 election of Franklin Delano Roosevelt seemed to hold the promise of Democratic domination for years to come. However, leading up to the 1936 election, persistent economic problems, a controversial domestic agenda, and the perception of a weak foreign policy were chipping away at public support. The president faced unrelenting criticism from both the Left and the Right, and it seemed unlikely that he would cruise to the same clear victory he enjoyed in 1932. But 1936 was yet another landslide win for FDR, which makes it easy to forget just how contested the campaign was. In Voting Deliberatively, Mary Stuckey examines little-discussed components of FDR’s 1936 campaign that aided his victory. She reveals four elements of this reelection campaign that have not received adequate attention: the creation of public opinion, the attention paid to local organizations, the focus on specific kinds of interests, and the public rhetoric that tied it all together. Previous studies of the 1936 presidential election discuss elements such as FDR’s vulnerability before the campaign and the weakness of Republican candidate Alf Landon. But these histories pay little attention to the quantity and quality of information Roosevelt acquired, the importance of organizations such as the Good Neighbor League and the Committee of One, the mobilization of the vote, and the ways in which these organizational strategies fused with Roosevelt’s rhetorical strategies. Stuckey shows how these facets combined in one of the largest victories in Electoral College history and provided a template for future victory.
First published in 1875 and read by more than eight million people, this nondenominational book has a 119-year history of healing and inspiration. To attract a new audience, this time-honored message of healing has a powerful new cover, easy-to-read page layout, and word index. Named one of "75 Books by Women Whose Words Have Changed the World".
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