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Defending a Way of Life

An American Community in the Nineteenth Century

By: Michael Cassity

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Defending a Way of Life

An American Community in the Nineteenth Century

By: Michael Cassity

This book profiles an American community in the nineteenth century to show the larger process by which the nation was transformed from a life close to the frontier to that characteristic of industrial capitalism. Michael Cassity considers this economic change from the broader perspective of an historian of the American people, offering insights into its social implications and consequences. With graceful and moving prose, Cassity focuses on the process of social change, the pains that change generated, and the resistance to it. In the course of this transformation, the author examines the ways in which workers, farmers, businessmen, and women experienced and responded to the rise of a new industrial order.

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SUNY Press

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0887068693

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9780887068690

Music Therapy in Mental Health for Illness Management and Recovery

By: Michael J. Silverman

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Music Therapy in Mental Health for Illness Management and Recovery

By: Michael J. Silverman

Many music therapists work in adult mental health settings after qualifying. This book is an essential guide to psychiatric music therapy, providing the necessary breadth and depth to inform readers of the psychotherapeutic research base and show how music therapy can effectively and efficiently function within clinical practice

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0198735367

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9780198735366

You and Your Child's Psychotherapy

The Essential Guide for Parents and Caregivers

By: Michael Weiner,Les Gallo-Silver

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You and Your Child's Psychotherapy

The Essential Guide for Parents and Caregivers

By: Michael Weiner,Les Gallo-Silver

Many resources exist for helping parents find and select a psychotherapist for their child. However, when a child is recommended for therapy, parents are often left with little information beyond the initial referral. Parents who are unfamiliar with the process might be confused on how to proceed, or be wary of therapy stereotypes. You and Your Child's Psychotherapy demystifies the way therapy works, helping parents enter the process as a partner, and giving their child and family the best chance for success. Weiner and Gallo-Silver guide parents through the steps of therapy, emphasizing their vital role and how they can contribute to the success of their child's treatment. With the end goal of creating a partnership between parents and therapists, You and Your Child's Psychotherapy provides a practical and easy-to-follow roadmap to the progression of therapy, helping parents become more involved, and teaching them what to expect. This book is empowering for all parents, guardians, and primary caregivers across the diverse composition of modern families.

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Oxford University Press

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0199391467

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9780199391462

Music Therapy in Mental Health for Illness Management and Recovery

By: Michael Silverman

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Music Therapy in Mental Health for Illness Management and Recovery

By: Michael Silverman

This purpose of this text is to describe the who, what, when, where, why, and how of music therapy for illness management and recovery for adults with mental health conditions specific to clinical group-based practice within the United States. Other goals of this monograph include informing administrators of music therapy, providing theory-based approaches to music therapy in mental health settings, educating music therapists about related literature outside the profession, stimulating research and employment, increasing access to services, and influencing legislative policies. Perhaps the most essential purpose of this text is to encourage both critical thinking and lifelong learning about issues, ideas, and concepts related to various intersections between mental health and music therapy."--Publisher.

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Oxford University Press

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0198865287

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9780198865285

County Fermanagh and County Louth, Ireland

Genealogy and Family History Notes

By: Michael C. O'Laughlin

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County Fermanagh and County Louth, Ireland

Genealogy and Family History Notes

By: Michael C. O'Laughlin

A research guide for Fermanagh and Louth, from the archives of the Irish Genealogical Foundation, with family history notes on specific families, and help for researchers with real life examples and actual records. Well indexed.

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Irish Roots Cafe

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0940134683

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9780940134683

Asset Protection Planning for Seniors

By: Michael A Babiarz

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Asset Protection Planning for Seniors

By: Michael A Babiarz

As the Baby Boomer generation ages and the sandwich generation is stressed between caring for children and caring for parents, questions are cropping up all across the nation: How can I protect the nest egg I've worked so hard to create? What happens to my assets if I die unexpectedly? Will I be able to afford long-term care? In Asset Protection Planning for Seniors, attorney Michael A. Babiarz shares numerous examples of the real-life problems that aging Americans face today. This is not another confusing form book or technical manual. Asset Protection Planning for Seniors is a simple, helpful guide, filled with examples aimed at addressing the basic concerns of older Americans-you! Stop worrying and start learning about: Nursing homes Medicaid planning Wills Trusts Probate Avoiding family problems Protecting inheritance Powers of attorney

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iUniverse

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0595457770

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9780595457779

Ann Sheridan

The Life and Career of Hollywood's Oomph Girl

By: Michael D. Rinella

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Ann Sheridan

The Life and Career of Hollywood's Oomph Girl

By: Michael D. Rinella

Ann Sheridan was much more than just Hollywood's glamorous and sexy "Oomph Girl." She was also a versatile actress who beguiled movie audiences with her vibrant personality and no-nonsense acting style opposite some of the biggest stars of the time like James Cagney, Bette Davis, Humphrey Bogart, Cary Grant, and Errol Flynn. She excelled in multiple genres, including drama, comedy, and musical, with ease and individual style. Several of her movies, like Angels with Dirty Faces, Kings Row, and I Was a Male War Bride endure today as classic films from Hollywood's Golden Age. In this first-ever full-length biography, Ann Sheridan's colorful life and 34-year career are examined in detail, including her long climb to motion picture stardom, the years as a top box-office draw, her three marriages, and other significant romantic relationships.

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McFarland

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147665204X

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9781476652047

Heart of the Living God

Love, Free Will, Foreknowledge, and Heaven / a Theology on the Treasure of Love

By: Michael G. Maness

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Heart of the Living God

Love, Free Will, Foreknowledge, and Heaven / a Theology on the Treasure of Love

By: Michael G. Maness

Maness asks us to tie up our sneakers, for we are going to have some fun as we hike into the Grand Canyon of Love. Love is the treasure of life. It is Love all the way. Nothing else really matters outside of Love. Best of all, our Love will only get better in heaven. The treasured ability to have loving relationships is Gods gift to us in our Imago Deithe image of God we all share. Likewise, what we know of Love this side of heaven is but a dusty image of what God experiences. I want to get personally involved, says Maness. Can we have a free-will relationship with anyone, even God, if all of what we do and think is settled? I dont think so. Love is greater than that, and I shall prove that, and that is indeed a Grand Canyon. Manes brings some of the brain-splitting complexities of this to light with good humor, introduces dynamic foreknowledge, and challenges Classical Theisms avoidance of Love. And he exposes some foul play in the process. Thats the first half of the book. For those wanting to strike out on their own (wanting to see more of the depth and diversity of the Grand Canyon), the second half contains reviews of about 60 major authors, a 4,000+ Abysmal Bibliography, and a huge index to just about everything in the book. Maness has thrown a gauntlet before the Classical Theists. So tie up your sneakers and take a hike with Michael G. Maness as he walks with you into the Grand Canyon. see more at www.PreciousHeart.net

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AuthorHouse

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1418400254

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Blowing Smoke

Why the Right Keeps Serving Up Whack-Job Fantasies about the Plot to Euthanize Grandma, Outlaw Chris

By: Michael Wolraich

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Blowing Smoke

Why the Right Keeps Serving Up Whack-Job Fantasies about the Plot to Euthanize Grandma, Outlaw Chris

By: Michael Wolraich

HAS AMERICA LOST ITS MARBLES? Television sensation Glenn Beck warns of White House plots to institute fascism, communism, and other terrifying “isms.” Radio titan Rush Limbaugh charges that a racist Obama regime encourages black schoolchildren to beat up white kids. Evangelical luminary James Dobson frets that Christians will be arrested for thought crimes and people will be allowed to marry donkeys. Protesters in knickers and colonial-style hats march on Washington with signs that order Hitler-like caricatures of President Obama to return to Kenya. As madness reigns, pundits, politicians, and cab drivers debate the source of the hysteria. Some blame ignorance; some blame racism; some blame the economy. After poring over mountains of political screeds and heedlessly subjecting himself to countless hours of Fox News, author Michael Wolraich discovered the secret formula that turns ordinary men and women into fire-breathing, smoke-blowing, right wing maniacs. It’s “persecution politics” . . again. In Blowing Smoke, Wolraich documents, dissects, and deconstructs the myths that underlie the right’s growing reliance on the politics of persecution, from Joe McCarthy to the Tea Party movement. In the process, he delivers an original and compelling hypothesis with penetrating insight and blistering wit. At turns hilarious, disturbing, and edifying, Blowing Smoke is a must-read account of modern American politics.

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Da Capo Press

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0306819376

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9780306819377

Incendiary

The Psychiatrist, the Mad Bomber, and the Invention of Criminal Profiling

By: Michael Cannell

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Incendiary

The Psychiatrist, the Mad Bomber, and the Invention of Criminal Profiling

By: Michael Cannell

Long before the specter of terrorism haunted the public imagination, a serial bomber stalked the streets of 1950s New York. The race to catch him would give birth to a new science called criminal profiling. Grand Central, Penn Station, Radio City Music Hall—for almost two decades, no place was safe from the man who signed his anonymous letters “FP” and left his lethal devices in phone booths, storage lockers, even tucked into the plush seats of movie theaters. His victims were left cruelly maimed. Tabloids called him “the greatest individual menace New York City ever faced.” In desperation, Police Captain Howard Finney sought the help of a little known psychiatrist, Dr. James Brussel, whose expertise was the criminal mind. Examining crime scene evidence and the strange wording in the bomber’s letters, he compiled a portrait of the suspect down to the cut of his jacket. But how to put a name to the description? Seymour Berkson—a handsome New York socialite, protégé of William Randolph Hearst, and publisher of the tabloid The Journal-American—joined in pursuit of the Mad Bomber. The three men hatched a brilliant scheme to catch him at his own game. Together, they would capture a monster and change the face of American law enforcement.

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Macmillan + ORM

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1250048931

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9781250048936

The One Year Christian History

By: E. Michael Rusten,Sharon O. Rusten

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The One Year Christian History

By: E. Michael Rusten,Sharon O. Rusten

What happened on this date in church history? From ancient Rome to the twenty-first century, from peasants to presidents, from missionaries to martyrs, this book shows how God does extraordinary things through ordinary people every day of the year. Each story appears on the day and month that it occurred and includes questions for reflection and a related Scripture verse.

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Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

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1414328117

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9781414328119

Motivation to Learn

By: Michael Middleton,Kevin Perks

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Motivation to Learn

By: Michael Middleton,Kevin Perks

This book engages teachers in a thoughtful exploration of motivation in the classroom, showing how to apply principles, practices, and strategies which motivate in a dynamic way, actively involving students, teachers and the school.

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Corwin Press

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1412986710

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9781412986717

Historic Preservation

Caring for Our Expanding Legacy

By: Michael A. Tomlan

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Historic Preservation

Caring for Our Expanding Legacy

By: Michael A. Tomlan

This well-illustrated book offers an up-to-date synthesis of the field of historic preservation, cast as a social campaign concerned with the condition, treatment and use of the legacy of existing properties in the United States. Drawing on a wide range of research, experience and scholarship over the last fifty years, it allows us to re-think past and current ideas in preservation, challenging readers to explore how their own interests lie within the cognitive framework of the activities taking place with people who care. “Who” is involved is explored first, in such a way as to explore “why”, before examining “what” is deemed important. After that the questions of “when” and “how” to proceed are given attention. The major topics are introduced in an historical review through the mid-1980s, after which the broad intellectual basis and fundamental legal framework is provided. The economic shifts associated with major demographic changes are explored, in tandem with responses of the preservation community. A chapter is dedicated to the financial challenges and sources of revenue available in typical preservation projects, and another chapter focuses on the manner in which seeing, recording, and interpreting information provides the context for an appropriate vision for the future. In this regard, it is made clear that not all “green” design alternatives are preservation-sensitive. The advocacy battles during the last few decades provide a number of short stories of the ethical battles regarding below-ground and above ground historic resources, and the eighth chapter attempts to explain why religion has been long held at arm’s length in publicly-supported preservation efforts, when in fact, it holds more potential to regenerate existing sites than any governmental program.

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Springer

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3319049755

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9783319049755

Great Basin Indians

An Encyclopedic History

By: Michael Hittman

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Great Basin Indians

An Encyclopedic History

By: Michael Hittman

The Native American inhabitants of North America’s Great Basin have a long, eventful history and rich cultures. Great Basin Indians: An Encyclopedic History covers all aspects of their world. The book is organized in an encyclopedic format to allow full discussion of many diverse topics, including geography, religion, significant individuals, the impact of Euro-American settlement, wars, tribes and intertribal relations, reservations, federal policies regarding Native Americans, scholarly theories regarding their prehistory, and others. Author Michael Hittman employs a vast range of archival and secondary sources as well as interviews, and he addresses the fruits of such recent methodologies as DNA analysis and gender studies that offer new insights into the lives and history of these enduring inhabitants of one of North America’s most challenging environments. Great Basin Indians is an essential resource for any reader interested in the Native peoples of the American West and in western history in general.

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University of Nevada Press

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0874179106

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9780874179101

The Mad Bomber of New York

The Extraordinary True Story of the Manhunt That Paralyzed a City

By: Michael M. Greenburg

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The Mad Bomber of New York

The Extraordinary True Story of the Manhunt That Paralyzed a City

By: Michael M. Greenburg

“Gripping and bizarre . . . A compelling account of a dangerously angry man and the investigation that helped to revolutionize modern police work.” —Kirkus Reviews Between 1940 and 1957, thirty-three bombs—strategically placed in Grand Central Terminal, Penn Station, Radio City Music Hall, Macy’s, and other crowded areas of New York—paralyzed the city, sending shockwaves of fear through the public. George Metesky, the “Mad Bomber,” unleashed a reign of terror that reverberated through America’s social, legal, and political landscape, ultimately spurring the birth of modern criminal profiling when a psychiatrist was called in to assist in the manhunt. A compelling work of historical true crime, The Mad Bomber of New York is the gripping tale of two individuals engaged in a deadly game of hide-and-seek, with the city of New York caught in the crosshairs. “A full-fledged biography that evokes the chaos and media circus that the terrorist, George P. Metesky, engendered.” —The New York Times “Masterfully told . . . a first-rate true-crime story.” —Scott Christianson, author of Bodies of Evidence

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Union Square + ORM

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1402789521

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9781402789526

Stories with a Moral

Literature and Society in Nineteenth-century Georgia

By: Michael E. Price

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Stories with a Moral

Literature and Society in Nineteenth-century Georgia

By: Michael E. Price

Stories with a Moral is the first comprehensive study of the effects of plantation society on literature and the influences of literature on social practices in nineteenth-century Georgia. During the years of frontier settlement, the Civil War, and Reconstruction, Georgia authors voiced their support for the slave system, the planter class, and the ideals of the Confederacy, presenting a humorous, passionate, and at times tragic view of a rapidly changing world. Michael E. Price examines works of fiction, travel accounts, diaries, and personal letters in this thorough survey of King Cotton's literary influence, showing how Georgia authors romanticized agrarian themes to present an appealing image of plantation economy and social structure. Stories with a Moral focuses on the importance of literature as a mode of ideological communication. Even more significant, the book shows how the writing of one century shaped the development of social practices and beliefs that persist, in legend and memory, to this day.

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University of Georgia Press

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082032132X

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9780820321325

Why I Am So Proud to Be a Black Man

The Many Reasons to Uplift and Celebrate Our Uniqueness in the Universe

By: Michael,Ms. C

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Why I Am So Proud to Be a Black Man

The Many Reasons to Uplift and Celebrate Our Uniqueness in the Universe

By: Michael,Ms. C

In the beginning, when God created the black man, He gave all his wisdom to his first creations without boundaries and fears. Unfortunately, for far too long, black men have been portrayed negatively in our society and by the daily rhetoric that surrounds us. In their comprehensive study compiled with facts, stories, and historical experiences, husband and wife team Mr. Michael and Ms. C illustrate to all black men that they should no longer feel degraded, but instead be bursting with pride about their heritage. Beginning with essays on life in Africa and the movement of the black man to the United States, Mr. Michael and Ms. C transition into issues concerning the contemporary African American community, providing a glimpse into the truth they hope will help black men gain a clearer vision of their race, others, and our planet. By encouraging black men to face racial hatred and demand respect, Mr. Michael and Ms. C lay a foundation intended to help all black men find the purpose of their existence. Also included are biographies of famous black men who overcame obstacles and changed the world. Why I Am So Proud to Be a Black Man shares the knowledge that can open the eyes, minds, and hearts of the African American community, enabling all to embrace God's first, primal purpose.

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iUniverse

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1475979282

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9781475979282

Western Movies

A Guide to 5,105 Feature Films, 2d ed.

By: Michael R. Pitts

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Western Movies

A Guide to 5,105 Feature Films, 2d ed.

By: Michael R. Pitts

This revised and greatly expanded edition of a well-established reference book presents 5105 feature length (four reels or more) Western films, from the early silent era to the present. More than 900 new entries are in this edition. Each entry has film title, release company and year, running time, color indication, cast listing, plot synopsis, and a brief critical review and other details. Not only are Hollywood productions included, but the volume also looks at Westerns made abroad as well as frontier epics, north woods adventures and nature related productions. Many of the films combine genres, such as horror and science fiction Westerns. The volume includes a list of cowboys and their horses and a screen names cross reference. There are more than 100 photographs.

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McFarland

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0786463724

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9780786463725

The Book of Irish Families, Great & Small

By: Michael C. O'Laughlin

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The Book of Irish Families, Great & Small

By: Michael C. O'Laughlin

This is the master volume to the 28 book set on Irish Family History from the Irish Genealogical Foundation. The largest and most comprehensive of the series, this volume includes family histories from every county in Ireland and Northern Ireland. It also has, for the first time, the complete surname index for the entire series. The 27 other books which are indexed in this volume will provide additional information on even more families.

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Irish Roots Cafe

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0940134098

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9780940134096

Divided Hearts

The Presbyterian Journey Through Oklahoma History

By: Michael Cassity,Danney Goble

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Divided Hearts

The Presbyterian Journey Through Oklahoma History

By: Michael Cassity,Danney Goble

Guided by a penchant for self-reflection and thoughtful discussion, Presbyterians have long been pulled in conflicting directions in their perceptions of their shared religious mission—with a tension that sometimes divides hearts as well as congregations. In this first comprehensive history of the Presbyterian Church in Oklahoma, historians Michael Cassity and Danney Goble reveal how Oklahoma Presbyterians have responded to the demands of an evolving society, a shifting theology, and even a divided church. Beginning with the territorial period, Cassity and Goble examine the dynamics of Presbyterian missions among the Five Tribes in Indian Territory and explain how Presbyterians differed from other denominations. As they trace the Presbyterian journey, they examine the way Presbyterians addressed the evil of slavery and the dispossession of Oklahoma’s Indians; the challenges of industrial society; the modern issues of depression, war, and racial injustice; and concerns of life and faith with which other Americans have also struggled. An insightful and independent history that draws upon firsthand accounts of congregations and church members across the state, Divided Hearts attests to the courage of Presbyterians in dealing with their struggles and shows a church very much at work—and at home—in Oklahoma.

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University of Oklahoma Press

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0806185368

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9780806185361

Filming Maryland

Essays

By: Leith Johnson,Nancy Davis,Michael G. Williams,Nancy E. Davis,Jed Dietz

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Filming Maryland

Essays

By: Leith Johnson,Nancy Davis,Michael G. Williams,Nancy E. Davis,Jed Dietz

This short, colorful catalog, which accompanied an exhibition of the same name at the Maryland Historical Society, presents readers with some insider views of Maryland's growing film presence. Its most valuable feature is a full filmography of the movies (141) made in or about the state. Each entry lists the film's title, studio, date, director, author of the screenplay, major actors, and plot line. From The Blair Witch Project to The Tin Men, a surprising number of America's favorite movies were filmed in Maryland.

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