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Free Christmas Fiction Sampler - eBook [ePub]

By: Barbara Cameron,Vannetta Chapman,Ace Collins,Jennifer Allee,Myra Johnson

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Free Christmas Fiction Sampler - eBook [ePub]

By: Barbara Cameron,Vannetta Chapman,Ace Collins,Jennifer Allee,Myra Johnson

Heartwarming Christmas Novels There is nothing better than cozying up to the fireplace with a good book in hand, a warm drink in your mug, and the twinkling lights of the Christmas tree in the background. Find the perfect Christmas book in this beautiful sampler of holiday novels from Abingdon Press. Enjoy FREE chapters from six titles from popular and bestselling authors Barbara Cameron, Vannetta Chapman, Myra Johnson, and Jennifer AlLee. Like what you read? The full copy of each of these books is just a click away. This sampler features chapters from... Annie’s Christmas Wish The Christmas Quilt The Christmas Star Wild Goose-Chase Christmas A Simple Amish Christmas One ImPerfect Christmas

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Abingdon Press

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1426786980

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Defeat is an Orphan

How Pakistan Lost the Great South Asian War

By: Myra MacDonald

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Defeat is an Orphan

How Pakistan Lost the Great South Asian War

By: Myra MacDonald

When India and Pakistan held nuclear tests in 1998, they restarted the clock on an intense competition that had begun with Partition. Nuclear weapons restored strategic parity, erasing the advantage of India's much larger military. But the shield offered by nuclear weapons also encouraged a reckless reliance by Pakistan on militant proxies even as jihadis spun out of control within and beyond its borders. In the years that followed, Pakistan would lose decisively to India, sacrificing its own domestic stability in a failed attempt to assert its claim to Kashmir and influence events in Afghanistan.Defeat is an Orphan tracks the defining episodes in the relationship between India and Pakistan from 1998, from bitter conflict in the mountains to military confrontation in the plains, from the hijacking of an Indian airliner to the Mumbai attacks. It is a frank history of an enduringly bitter relationship, set against the background of Islamist militancy in Pakistan and India's economic leap forward.

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Oxford University Press

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1849046417

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9781849046411

The Dark Days of Abraham Lincoln's Widow, as Revealed by Her Own Letters

By: Myra Helmer Pritchard

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The Dark Days of Abraham Lincoln's Widow, as Revealed by Her Own Letters

By: Myra Helmer Pritchard

Written in 1927 but barred from timely publication by the Lincoln family, The Dark Days of Abraham Lincoln's Widow, as Revealed by Her Own Letters is based on nearly two dozen intimate letters written between Mary Lincoln and her close friend Myra Bradwell mainly during the former's 1875 incarceration in an insane asylum. By the 1920s most accounts of Mrs. Lincoln focused on her negative qualities and dismissed her as "crazy." Bradwell's granddaughter Myra Helmer Pritchard wrote this distinctly sympathetic manuscript at the behest of her mother, who wished to vindicate Mary Lincoln in the public eye by printing the private correspondence. Pritchard fervently defends Mrs. Lincoln's conduct and sanity, arguing that she was not insane but rather the victim of an overzealous son who had his mother committed. The manuscript and letters were thought to have been destroyed, but fortunately the Lincolns' family lawyer stored copies in a trunk, where historian Jason Emerson discovered them in 2005. While leaving the manuscript intact, Emerson has enhanced it with an introduction and detailed annotations. He fills in factual gaps; provides background on names, places, and dates; and analyzes Pritchard's interpretations, making clear where she was right and where her passion to protect Mrs. Lincoln led to less than meticulous research and incorrect conclusions. This volume features an easy-to-follow format that showcases Pritchard's text on the left-hand pages and Emerson's insightful annotations on the right-hand pages. Following one of the most revered and reviled, famous and infamous of the First Ladies, this book provides a unique perspective of Mrs. Lincoln's post-White House years, with an emphasis on her commitment to a sanitarium. Emerson's contributions make this volume a valuable addition to the study of the Lincoln family. This fascinating work gives today's Lincoln enthusiasts the chance to read this intriguing interpretation of the former First Lady that predates nearly every other book written about her.

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SIU Press

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0809386046

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9780809386048

Blasian Invasion

Racial Mixing in the Celebrity Industrial Complex

By: Myra S. Washington

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Blasian Invasion

Racial Mixing in the Celebrity Industrial Complex

By: Myra S. Washington

Myra S. Washington probes the social construction of race through the mixed-race identity of Blasians, people of Black and Asian ancestry. She looks at the construction of the identifier Blasian and how this term went from being undefined to forming a significant role in popular media. Today Blasian has emerged as not just an identity Black/Asian mixed-race people can claim, but also a popular brand within the industry and a signifier in the culture at large. Washington tracks the transformation of Blasian from being an unmentioned category to a recognized status applied to other Blasian figures in media. Blasians have been neglected as a meaningful category of people in research, despite an extensive history of Black and Asian interactions within the United States and abroad. Washington explains that even though Americans have mixed in every way possible, racial mixing is framed in certain ways, which almost always seem to involve Whiteness. Unsurprisingly, media discourses about Blasians mostly conform to usual scripts already created, reproduced, and familiar to audiences about monoracial Blacks and Asians. In the first book on this subject, Washington regards Blasians as belonging to more than one community, given their multiple histories and experiences. Moving beyond dominant rhetoric, she does not harp on defining or categorizing mixed race, but instead recognizes the multiplicities of Blasians and the process by which they obtain meaning. Washington uses celebrities, including Kimora Lee, Dwayne Johnson, Hines Ward, and Tiger Woods, to highlight how they challenge and destabilize current racial debate, create spaces for themselves, and change the narratives that frame multiracial people. Finally, Washington asserts Blasians as evidence not only for the fluidity of identities, but also for the limitations of reductive racial binaries.

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Univ. Press of Mississippi

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1496814231

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9781496814234

Extracting Reconciliation

Indigenous Lands, (In)human Wastes, and Colonial Reckoning

By: Myra J. Hird,Hillary Predko

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Extracting Reconciliation

Indigenous Lands, (In)human Wastes, and Colonial Reckoning

By: Myra J. Hird,Hillary Predko

Extracting Reconciliation argues that reconciliation constitutes a critical contemporary mechanism through which colonialism is seeking to ensure continuing access to Indigenous lands and resources. Making use of two historical case studies concerned with the intersection of resource extraction, Crown/Inuit relations, and waste legacies in Nunavut, Canada, the authors illuminate the mechanisms of colonial and neoliberal governance globally that promise reconciliation while delivering the status quo. Through Indigenous and non-Indigenous anticolonial and posthuman concepts and theories, the book engages with the inhuman politics of settler colonial extractivism and explores the socio-ethical social justice dimensions, political possibilities, and environmental implications of a much more challenging and accountable reckoning between (settler) colonialism and Indigenous land rights. This book is of interest to students and scholars in gender studies, postcolonial studies, environmental studies, Indigenous studies, and politics.

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Taylor & Francis

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100380179X

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9781003801795

Terrorism, War and International Law

The Legality of the Use of Force Against Afghanistan in 2001

By: Myra Williamson

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Terrorism, War and International Law

The Legality of the Use of Force Against Afghanistan in 2001

By: Myra Williamson

This book analyzes the legality of the use of force by the US, the UK and their NATO allies against Afghanistan in 2001. The work challenges the main ground for resorting to force, namely, self-defence under Article 51 of the United Nations' Charter, by examining each element of Article 51 that ought to have been satisfied in order to legitimise the use of force. It also examines the wider context, including comparable Security Council resolutions in historic situations as well as modern instances where force has been used, such as against Iraq in 2003 and against Lebanon in 2006. As well as making the case against the legality of the use of force, the book addresses wider questions such as the meaning of 'terrorism' in international law, the changing nature of conflict in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries including the impact of non-state actors and an overview of terrorism trends as well as the evolution of limitations on the resort to force from the League of Nations through to 2001. The book concludes with some insight into the possible future implications for the use of force by states, particularly when force is purportedly justified on the grounds of self-defence.

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Routledge

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1317045947

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Fifty-seven Fridays

Losing Our Daughter, Finding Our Way

By: Myra L. Sack

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Fifty-seven Fridays

Losing Our Daughter, Finding Our Way

By: Myra L. Sack

“A wondrous, hopeful, heart-breaking witness to one of the darkest journeys imaginable… This will be one of those rare books that people re-read, think about, and encourage others to read.” —Bruce D. Perry, M.D., Ph.D, author, with Oprah Winfrey, of What Happened to You “I love this book. I absolutely could not put it down. It is beautifully written and cuts to the very heart of life and love: The story of Havi’s short, beautiful life and early death from Tay-Sachs is harrowing, heartbreaking, uplifting, profound and sometimes funny. Havi will charm the socks off you.”—Anne Lamott Life is unfolding as planned for Myra Sack and her husband Matt until their beautiful year-old daughter Havi is diagnosed with Tay-Sachs, a fatal neurodegenerative disease, and given only a year to live. Myra and Matt decide to celebrate Havi’s short life and vow to show her as much of the world as they can, surrounded by friends and family who relocate to be in Havi’s orbit. Tapping their Judaism, they transform Friday night Shabbats into birthday parties—“Shabbirthdays”—to replace the birthdays Havi will never have.

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Monkfish Book Publishing

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1958972266

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Roots of Entanglement

Essays in the History of Native-Newcomer Relations

By: Myra Rutherdale,Kerry Abel,P. Whitney Lackenbauer

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Roots of Entanglement

Essays in the History of Native-Newcomer Relations

By: Myra Rutherdale,Kerry Abel,P. Whitney Lackenbauer

Roots of Entanglement offers an historical exploration of the relationships between Indigenous peoples and European newcomers in the territory that would become Canada. Various engagements between Indigenous peoples and the state are emphasized and questions are raised about the ways in which the past has been perceived and how those perceptions have shaped identity and, in turn, interaction both past and present. Specific topics such as land, resources, treaties, laws, policies, and cultural politics are explored through a range of perspectives that reflect state-of-the-art research in the field of Indigenous history. Editors Myra Rutherdale, Whitney Lackenbauer, and Kerry Abel have assembled an array of top scholars including luminaries such as Keith Carlson, Bill Waiser, Skip Ray, and Ken Coates. Roots of Entanglement is a direct response to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s call for a better appreciation of the complexities of history in the relationship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples in Canada.

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University of Toronto Press

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1487513062

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Women and the White Man's God

Gender and Race in the Canadian Mission Field

By: Myra Rutherdale

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Women and the White Man's God

Gender and Race in the Canadian Mission Field

By: Myra Rutherdale

This book is a critical addition to scholarship in women's, Canadian, Native, and religious studies, and contributes to the growing Canadian and international literature on post-colonialism and gender." --Résumé de l'éditeur.

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UBC Press

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0774850299

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9780774850292

Izinkan Kubahagia

By: Leeya Myra

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Izinkan Kubahagia

By: Leeya Myra

Cerita dalam novel beliau ini sememangnya menarik. Setiap manusia mencari cinta dalam hidup mereka. Tapi, rupa-rupanya, cinta sahaja tidak cukup kalau tiada bahagia. Begitulah episod duka yang dilalui oleh Soraya, Nadya dan Zafir. Soraya kecewa dalam perkahwinannya. Kehadiran Zafir ibarat peluang baginya menyandarkan harapan. Sedangkan sepuluh tahun dahulu, dia pernah menolak impian pemuda itu. Nadya pula ingin bahagia di samping Zafir. Tiga tahun mereka bertunang, namun hasrat untuk diijabkabulkan sering tertangguh. Kisah cinta mereka seperti langit, kadangkala cerah, mendung dan cerah kembali.

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Alaf 21

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9831242696

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9789831242698

The Privileged Few

By: Clive Hamilton,Myra Hamilton

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The Privileged Few

By: Clive Hamilton,Myra Hamilton

Male and white privilege are on the decline, yet elite privilege has gone from strength to strength. The privileges enjoyed by the rich and powerful are not only unfair but cause widespread harm, from the everyday slights and humiliations visited on those lower down the scale to the distortions in the labour market when elites use their networks to secure plum jobs, not least in new domains such as professional sports. In this book, Clive Hamilton and Myra Hamilton show that elite privilege is not a mere by-product of wealth but an organising principle for society as a whole. They explore the practices and processes that sustain, legitimise and reproduce elite privilege and show how we are all implicated in the system, both facilitating it and tolerating its harmful effects. Building on their original fieldwork and a wide range of other sources, the authors paint a vivid picture of the micropolitics of elite privilege, highlighting in particular the vital role played by exclusive private schools. Ranging across topics as diverse as ‘glamour suburbs’, philanthropy, Rhodes scholarships and super-yachts, The Privileged Few delves beneath attempts at concealment to expose how the elites keep getting away with it.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1509559728

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9781509559725

Environmental Archaeology

By: Elizabeth Reitz,Myra Shackley

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Environmental Archaeology

By: Elizabeth Reitz,Myra Shackley

One of the most significant developments in archaeology in recent years is the emergence of its environmental branch: the study of humans’ interactions with their natural surroundings over long periods and of organic remains instead of the artifacts and household items generally associated with sites. With the current attention paid to human responsibility for environmental change, this innovative field is recognized by scientists, conservation and heritage managers and policymakers worldwide. In this context comes Environmental Archaeology by Elizabeth Reitz and Myra Shackley, updating the seminal 1981 text Environmental Archaeology by Myra Shackley. Rigorously detailed yet concise and accessible, this volume surveys the complex and technical field of environmental archaeology for researchers interested in the causes, consequences and potential future impact of environmental change and archaeology. Its coverage acknowledges the multiple disciplines involved in the field, expanding the possibilities for using environmental data from archaeological sites in enriching related disciplines and improving communication among them. Introductory chapters explain the processes involved in the formation of sites, introduce research designs and field methods and walk the reader through biological classifications before focusing on the various levels of biotic and abiotic materials found at sites, including: Sediments and soils. Viruses, bacteria, archaea, protists and fungi. Bryophytes and vascular plants. Wood, charcoal, stems, leaves and roots. Spores, pollen and other microbotanical remains. Arthropods, molluscs, echinoderms and vertebrates. Stable isotopes, elements and biomolecules. The updated Environmental Archaeology is a major addition to the resource library of archaeologists, environmentalists, historians, researchers, policymakers—anyone involved in studying, managing or preserving historical sites. The updated Environmental Archaeology is a major addition to the resource library of archaeologists, environmentalists, historians, researchers, policymakers—anyone involved in studying, managing, or preserving historical sites.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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1461433398

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9781461433392

American Incarnation

The Individual, the Nation, and the Continent

By: Myra Jehlen

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American Incarnation

The Individual, the Nation, and the Continent

By: Myra Jehlen

In exploring the origins and character of the American liberal tradition, Myra Jehlen begins with the proposition that the decisive factor that shaped the European settlers' idea of "America" or the "American" was material rather than conceptual--it was the physical fact of the land. European settlers came to a continent on which they had no history, bringing the ideology of liberal individualism, which they projected onto the land itself. They believed the continent proclaimed that individuals were born in nature and freely made their own society. An insurgent ideology in Europe, this idea worked in America paradoxically to empower the individual and to restrict social change. Jehlen sketches the evolution of the concept of incarnation through comparisons of American and European eighteenth-century naturalist writings, particularly Emerson's Nature. She then explores the way incarnation functions ideologically--to both enable and curtail action--in the writing of fiction. Her examination of Hawthorne and Melville shows how the myth of the New World both licensed and limited American writers who set out to create their own worlds in fiction. She examines conflicts between the exigencies of narrative form and the imperatives of ideology in the writings of Franklin, Jefferson, Emerson, and others. Jehlen concludes with a speculation on the implication of this original construction of "America" for the United States today, when such imperial concepts have been called into question.

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Harvard University Press

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0674024273

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9780674024274

Flicker

First Annual Anthology

By: Myra Fiacco,K. M. Pohlkamp,Chris Barnham,Tracy Renee Wolfe,Ashley Williams,Salena Casha,Sarah Evans,Cimone Watson,Melissa Eskue Ousley,Milly Thiringer,Dave Wickenden,Deana Birch,Carla Vonzale Lewis

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Flicker

First Annual Anthology

This short story collection is comprised of carefully crafted tales, designed to ignite our internal flames. Including a variety of genres, each story comes from the imagination or history of a Filles Vertes Publishing team member, intern, or contest winner, showcasing the company's literary strengths. From heartbreak to justice, from the confines of time travel (or lack thereof) to the spark of personal memories, this collection cannot be extinguished.

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Filles Vertes Publishing

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1946802220

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9781946802224

The Superstar Syndrome

The making of a champion

By: Myra S White

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The Superstar Syndrome

The making of a champion

By: Myra S White

Hidden in each of us is a superstar waiting to come to life. Often we struggle to find this, not because we lack talent, desire, or ability, but because we don’t know the right steps to take. Frequently, we surrender to a sea of negative emotions and self-doubts right at the very beginning, or give up after a few setbacks. Dr Myra S. White and Sanjay Jha provide a comprehensive nine-step roadmap to help you succeed in the workplace and other areas of your lives. The Superstar Syndrome is the ultimate success bible based on the lives of over 80 well-known people, like N.R. Narayana Murthy, M.S. Dhoni, Steve Jobs, Jack Welch, Warren Buffet, and Ratan Tata who transformed themselves from ordinary people into exceptional achievers. It covers all aspects of what you need to know and do to successfully make the journey to superstardom—how to identify and manage your special talents, build power, influence, and deliver A-level performances—and illustrates each step with examples from the lives of the well-known superstars that were studied. It makes you believe that the finish line is not just within your reach, but opens up dreams and possibilities beyond.

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Random House India

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8184004737

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9788184004731

Harlequin Love Inspired January 2021 - Box Set 2 of 2

An Anthology

By: Marie E. Bast,Myra Johnson,Heidi McCahan

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Harlequin Love Inspired January 2021 - Box Set 2 of 2

An Anthology

By: Marie E. Bast,Myra Johnson,Heidi McCahan

Love Inspired brings you three new titles! Enjoy these uplifting contemporary romances of faith, forgiveness and hope. This box set includes: THE AMISH BAKER’S RIVAL By Marie E. Bast Sparks fly when an Englischer opens a store across from Mary Brenneman’s bakery. With sales declining, she decides to join a baking contest to drum up business. But she doesn’t expect Noah Miller to be her biggest rival—and her greatest joy. THE RANCHER’S FAMILY SECRET (A Ranchers of Gabriel Bend novel) By Myra Johnson Risking his family’s disapproval because of a long-standing feud, Spencer Navarro is determined to help his neighbor, Lindsey McClement, when she returns home to save her family ranch. But as they work together, can they keep their forbidden friendship from turning into something more? AN UNEXPECTED ARRANGEMENT By Heidi McCahan Jack Tomlinson has every intention of leaving his hometown behind—until twin babies are left on his doorstep. He needs help, and the best nanny he knows is Laramie Chambers. But proving he’s not just her best friend’s irresponsible brother might be a bigger challenge than suddenly becoming a dad… For more stories filled with love and faith, look for Love Inspired January 2021 Box Set—1 of 2

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1488071209

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9781488071201

Engendering Violence

Heterosexual Interpersonal Violence from Childhood to Adulthood

By: Myra J. Hird

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Engendering Violence

Heterosexual Interpersonal Violence from Childhood to Adulthood

By: Myra J. Hird

Bringing together unique international research from the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and Europe, this book presents a detailed examination of the violence perpetrated by males and females within the context of childhood, adolescence and adulthood. Based on illuminating empirical studies it accurately locates the societal implications of violence against males and females as well as the legal, social and public responses to violence. Combining feminism and a related analysis of power, the book provides an introduction to the study of violence in general, and violence against males and females who know each other in particular. It outlines the major evolutionary, psychological, and sociological theories proposed to explain this social problem and the traditional methods of studying this topic. The book also examines child violence - in the playground, the classroom and the home; adolescent dating violence and adult violence, both male and female, within cohabiting and marital relationships and violence occurring between strangers.

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Routledge

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135194018X

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9781351940184

Caregiving on the Periphery

Historical Perspectives on Nursing and Midwifery in Canada

By: Myra Rutherdale

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Caregiving on the Periphery

Historical Perspectives on Nursing and Midwifery in Canada

By: Myra Rutherdale

Assembling scholars from nursing, women's studies, geography, native studies, and history, this volume looks at the experience of nurses in Newfoundland and Labrador, northern Saskatchewan, northern British Columbia, and the Arctic and features essays on topics such as Mennonite midwives in Western Canada, missionary nurses, and Aboriginal nursing assistants in the Yukon. Contributors illuminate the larger themes of religion, colonialism, social divisions, and native-newcomer relations. Special attention is paid to nursing in Aboriginal communities and the relations of race to medical work, particularly in connection to ideas of British ethnicity and conceptualized meanings of "whiteness." An informative collection of fascinating works, Caregiving on the Periphery provides insight into the history of medicine in Canada and the long-established importance of women for the country's wellbeing.

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McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

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0773590811

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9780773590816

Over the Rooftops of Time

Jewish Stories, Essays, Poems

By: Myra Sklarew

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Over the Rooftops of Time

Jewish Stories, Essays, Poems

By: Myra Sklarew

In this collection of essays, stories, and poems, award-winning poet and fiction writer Myra Sklarew traces a journey across the latter half of the twentieth century and into the twenty-first. Her point of view is Jewish, though her subjects include science, exile, the future, the Holocaust, the remaining Jewish community of Morocco, Yiddish poetry, the visual arts, and teaching. Many of these pieces deal with personal subjects—the search for a grandfather's birthplace, the death of a mother, the profound effect of a teacher, the struggle of a woman to embrace Judaism. Whether writing about medicine, Messiah, or the first speech of an infant, Sklarew's work finds its roots in Judaism, a Judaism fashioned in large part by the author's own hands. Ultimately, the book is about access, about following one's own curiosity despite the obstacles that might appear along the way. And it is about a kind of belief: that nothing will be wasted, that all that we can learn will have a place in our lives eventually, though we may not know its purpose at the time.

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State University of New York Press

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0791487660

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9780791487662

Family Diseases

Are You at Risk?

By: Myra Vanderpool Gormley

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Family Diseases

Are You at Risk?

By: Myra Vanderpool Gormley

While geneticists have long been interested in genealogy and genealogists in genetics, only recently have the two fields become linked in a way that promises dramatic advances in our understanding of the relationship between genetic disorders and ancestry. This book, by Los Angeles Times Syndicate columnist Myra Gormley, was a pioneering effort to explore that relationship, to alert people to things they and their family ought to know about both their family tree and genetic research, and to examine the scientific breakthroughs that have made possible the control and treatment of some inherited diseases. Written in a popular style, in language few of us will find difficult to understand, this ground-breaking work examines the genetics revolution and its implications for your health; it discusses genetic diseases and whether you and your family may be at risk; and it explores your mental and behavioral roots--your genetic susceptibility to manic depression, for example, or to alcoholism--all in the framework of ancestry and family health history.

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Genealogical Publishing Com

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0806312548

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9780806312545

Atlas of Travel and Tourism Development

By: Myra Shackley

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Atlas of Travel and Tourism Development

By: Myra Shackley

From travel in the ancient and classical world to the growth of underwater tourism in the Great Barrier Reef and the influence of the Gulf War on regional tourism, the Atlas of Travel and Tourism Development is a new departure from conventional texts, providing a unique overview of the growth of the tourism industry. Divided into three sections, the text looks first at the past, examining the influence of global geography on travel patterns, and provides an overview of the history of travel and tourism. It then moves onto the present, using a regional framework to demonstrate how the physical and historical geography of each area is related to tourism development. The final section provides a forecast of future trends for the next two decades.

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Routledge

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1136427821

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9781136427824

Timepiece: An Hourglass Novel

By: Myra McEntire

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Timepiece: An Hourglass Novel

By: Myra McEntire

Kaleb Ballard was never supposed to be able to see ripples—cracks in time. Are Kaleb’s powers expanding, or is something very wrong? Before Kaleb can find out, Jonathan Landers, the man who tried to murder his father, reappears. Why is he back, and what, or whom, does he want? In the wake of Landers’s return, the Hourglass organization is offered an ultimatum by a mysterious man. Either they find Landers and the research he has stolen on people who might carry the time gene, or time will be altered—with devastating results for the people Kaleb loves most. Now Kaleb, Emerson, Michael, and the other Hourglass recruits have no choice but to use their extraordinary powers to find Landers. But where do they even start? And when? Even if they succeed, just finding him may not be enough. . . . The follow-up to Hourglass, Timepiece blends the paranormal, science-fiction, mystery, and suspense genres into a nonstop thrill ride where every second counts.

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Egmont USA

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160684332X

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9781606843321

The Genetics of Candida

By: Donald R. Kirsch,Rosemarie Kelly,Myra B. Kurtz

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The Genetics of Candida

By: Donald R. Kirsch,Rosemarie Kelly,Myra B. Kurtz

The objective of this volume is to provide a preliminary data base for Candida albicans plus serve as a reference for the genetic methods now available for the manipulation of several species in the genus Candida. This comprehensive review focuses primarily on C. albicans and includes reference data on the types and complementation status of mutations isolated in C. albicans, preliminary recombination mapping, chromosome analysis, physical measurements of DNA content and complexity, mitochondrial genome mapping, and analyses of restriction fragment length polymorphisms. It discusses a variety of genetic techniques in relation to current research questions aimed at virulence factors, dimorphism, and the potential use of Candida strains in biotechnology processes. This up-to-date publication is an indispensable resource for everyone who is involved with microbiology, genetics, and molecular and cellular biology.

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CRC Press

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0849355702

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From Bananas to Buttocks

The Latina Body in Popular Film and Culture

By: Myra Mendible

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From Bananas to Buttocks

The Latina Body in Popular Film and Culture

By: Myra Mendible

A study of the representation of the Latina body in US popular culture, from "Latin bombshell" Carmen Miranda in the 1940s to Jennifer Lopez and Salma Hayek. It not only sheds light on how meaning is produced through images of the Latina body, but also on how these representations of Latinas are received, revised, and challenged.

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University of Texas Press

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0292714939

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9780292714939

For the Encouragement of Learning

The Origins of Canadian Copyright Law

By: Myra Tawfik

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For the Encouragement of Learning

The Origins of Canadian Copyright Law

By: Myra Tawfik

For the Encouragement of Learning addresses the contested history of copyright law in Canada, where the economic and reputational interests of authors and the commercial interests of publishers often conflict with the public interest in access to knowledge. It chronicles Canada’s earliest copyright law to explain how pre-Confederation policy-makers understood copyright’s normative purpose. Using government and private archives and copyright registration records, Myra Tawfik demonstrates that the nineteenth-century originators of copyright law intended to promote the advancement of learning in schools by encouraging the mass production of educational material. The book reveals that copyright laws were integral features of British North American education policy and highlights the important roles played by teachers, education reformers, and politicians in the emergence and development of the laws. It also explains how policy-makers began to consider the relationship between copyright and cultural identity formation once British interference into domestic copyright affairs increased, and as Canadian Confederation neared. Using methodologies at the intersection of legal history and book history, For the Encouragement of Learning embeds the copyright legal framework within the history of Canada’s book and print culture.

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University of Toronto Press

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1487545258

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9781487545253

Failing at Fairness

How America's Schools Cheat Girls

By: Myra Sadker,David Sadker

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Failing at Fairness

How America's Schools Cheat Girls

By: Myra Sadker,David Sadker

Failing at Fairness, the result of two decades of research, shows how gender bias makes it impossible for girls to receive an education equal to that given to boys. Girls' learning problems are not identified as often as boys' are Boys receive more of their teachers' attention Girls start school testing higher in every academic subject, yet graduate from high school scoring 50 points lower than boys on the SAT Hard-hitting and eye-opening, Failing at Fairness should be read by every parent, especially those with daughters.

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Simon and Schuster

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1439125236

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Soldiers of God

White Supremacists and Their Holy War for America

By: Howard L. Bushart,Craig Bushart,John R. Craig,Myra Edwards Barnes,Myra Barnes

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Soldiers of God

White Supremacists and Their Holy War for America

By: Howard L. Bushart,Craig Bushart,John R. Craig,Myra Edwards Barnes,Myra Barnes

Written with the cooperation of leaders of groups like the Aryan Brotherhood and the Ku Klux Klan, "Soldiers of God" allows white supremacists to speak their minds. Through exclusive interviews and documents, the authors skillfully place the views of this expanding underground movement into the context of modern America. Photos.

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Pinnacle Books

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0786006498

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Sexual Abuse and the Culture of Catholicism

How Priests and Nuns Become Perpetrators

By: Myra L Hidalgo

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Sexual Abuse and the Culture of Catholicism

How Priests and Nuns Become Perpetrators

By: Myra L Hidalgo

An inside look at the reasons Catholic priests and nuns commit sexual abuse Sexual Abuse and the Culture of Catholicism digs beneath the public scandals to explore the underlying causes of sexual abuse by priests and nuns from the unique perspective of an abuse victim/survivor who is an experienced mental health practitioner and social science researcher. This powerful book includes the author’s personal account of sexual abuse by a nun and her years of struggle to recover. Passionate but scholarly and objective, the book advocates the need for healing dialogue, empirical research, and informed prevention strategies to bring a meaningful resolution to the crisis of sexual abuse in the church. Popular explanations for the reasons behind the crisis have included issues related to celibacy, homosexuality, the power structure of the church, and poor seminary screening practices. But none of these theories are supported by research nor can they explain why Catholic priests and nuns may be more likely to abuse children that other adults in positions of trust. Sexual Abuse and the Culture of Catholicism uses a complex, systemic approach to draw parallels between the church as a human system and a family that has experienced incest, presenting a model for a sexual trauma cycle in the church based on systemic sexual shame passed down through the beliefs and practices of Catholicism. Sexual Abuse and the Culture of Catholicism examines: the prevalence and characteristics of sexual abuse by Catholic priests and nuns compared to sex offenders in the general population celibacy, homosexuality, and the power structure of the church as contributing factors in the sexual abuse crisis an analogy of the church as a family in which incest occurs the effects and causes of sexual offending from one generation to the next how current research on sexual offending applies to sexual abuse by priests and nuns healing and empowerment for those affected by religious-based sexual trauma reform and renewal within the Catholic Church and much more Sexual Abuse and the Culture of Catholicism is a unique and important resource for clergy, religious order, and lay leaders in the Catholic Church and other Christian denominations; social science researchers; social workers and mental health professionals; lay and religious members of the Catholic Church; and anyone recovering from religious-based sexual trauma.

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Routledge

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1136867937

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