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Lord of Seduction

A Novel

By: Nicole Jordan

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From the glitter of Regency London to a sun-kissed Mediterranean paradise, Nicole Jordan captivates with her breathtaking sensuality and unforgettable romance. No woman could tame him . . . until he met his match. With his reckless charm and lust for danger, Viscount Thorne is one of England’s most elusive bachelors–and member of a secret league of protectors known as the Guardians. To thwart his father’s matchmaking schemes, Thorne asks an alluring artist to pose as his betrothed. Burned once by desire, Diana Sheridan swears off love. But to secure her cousin’s place in society, she agrees to Thorne’s charade. Then scandal brews, and Thorne insists on going through with the marriage. When Diana refuses, wary of his smoldering passion, the rakish lord wages a dazzling campaign of seduction. Meanwhile, danger threatens their very lives. Yet Thorne realizes the greater danger is to his heart. For he never expected to get caught in a matrimonial snare of his own making–or imagined their pretense of a love match would become so tantalizingly real.

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It’s All Good (Unless It’s Not)

Mental Health Tips and Self-Care Strategies for Your Undergrad Years

By: Nicole Malette

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It’s All Good (Unless It’s Not)

Mental Health Tips and Self-Care Strategies for Your Undergrad Years

By: Nicole Malette

Going to university or college is supposed to be great. But if it’s “all good” why is it sometimes hard just to get out of bed and go to class? Research shows that mental health issues – such as anxiety and depression – are increasing among undergraduate students, but few access help when they need it. It’s All Good (Unless It’s Not) is here to help. Written with compassion and insight, it tackles common sources of distress – including academic struggles, social isolation, parental pressure, and financial difficulties. It covers everything from how your family background can influence your post-secondary experience to why it really is a good idea to eat more vegetables. Importantly, it outlines concrete steps you can take to meet challenges head-on and where to turn when more support is needed. Packed with self-care strategies, quick tips, accounts from students, and fascinating facts drawn from the latest research, this is an indispensable mental health guide for anyone on the path to a college or university degree. This book is also available for free download at the UBC Press website.

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On Campus

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0774839031

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Scrapbook of My Years as a Zealot

By: Nicole Markotic

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Scrapbook of My Years as a Zealot

By: Nicole Markotic

A vividly personal novel about the politics of family, religion, and friendship.

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arsenal pulp press

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1551522691

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Intimate Communities

Wartime Healthcare and the Birth of Modern China, 1937-1945

By: Nicole Elizabeth Barnes

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Intimate Communities

Wartime Healthcare and the Birth of Modern China, 1937-1945

By: Nicole Elizabeth Barnes

A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press’s Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. When China’s War of Resistance against Japan began in July 1937, it sparked an immediate health crisis throughout China. In the end, China not only survived the war but emerged from the trauma with a more cohesive population. Intimate Communities argues that women who worked as military and civilian nurses, doctors, and midwives during this turbulent period built the national community, one relationship at a time. In a country with a majority illiterate, agricultural population that could not relate to urban elites’ conceptualization of nationalism, these women used their work of healing to create emotional bonds with soldiers and civilians from across the country. These bonds transcended the divides of social class, region, gender, and language.

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University of California Press

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0520300467

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Formative assessment in second language learning: a systematic review and an annotated bibliography

By: Skevi Vassiliou,Salomi Papadima-Sophocleous,Christina Nicole Giannikas

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Formative assessment in second language learning: a systematic review and an annotated bibliography

By: Skevi Vassiliou,Salomi Papadima-Sophocleous,Christina Nicole Giannikas

Throughout its whole history, most research conducted in language assessment refers to testing. It is only since 2000 that language formative assessment started being recorded in research publications. This book tells the story of language formative assessment in two ways, the one complementing the other: in the forms of a systematic review and a descriptive and evaluative annotated bibliography, from the very first published work on the subject in 2000 to 2020. While the systematic review gives the story of language formative assessment in a chronological order and gives an overview of different aspects, the annotated bibliography gives more details for research work published. Τhe main purposes of the book are to (1) give a substantial background in the area, (2) describe how this topic has been approached, (3) contribute to the development of critical thinking, (4) help in establishing the relevance and quality of the annotated material, and (5) facilitate language formative researchers as well as practitioners to form an overview of the research in the area during the specific period under study. The book may be of interest to language practitioners, researchers, teacher trainers, and policy makers. The authors hope that the present publication will be viewed as a valuable contribution to the history of language formative assessment.

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2383720127

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Can't Go a Day Without God

By: Nicole Campbell

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Can't Go a Day Without God

By: Nicole Campbell

This inspiring book written by Nicole Campbell has an extraordinary message and testimony that I pray will encourage and bless all readers. It's inspired by a true and touching testimony about Nicole Campbell--from the loss of her mother Sharon Campbell at the age of eight, being raised by my great-grandmother, and being spiritually fed by my godmother, Vivian Turner, from the moment my mother went home to be with the Lord. Also, in the wonderful book of praise, I share the goodness of the Lord, fruits of the spirit, scriptures that helped me overcome situations that no one could have done but the Lord, and much more. I want to also thank God for Pastor Mark and First Lady Mia Whitlock at Reid Temple who are awesome messengers from God. Thank you both for your love, encouragement and prayers for me and my family. May God continue to bless you, your family, your ministry, members of Reid Temple and all who enters. Be blessed!Words of encouragement: Don't be discourage, be encouraged! The Lord is always with you and he's always on time. Put God 1st and pray before anything. Love you, who God created in his image and love one another as Jesus loves us. Be faithful, have faith and be bless! Amen!Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.--Joshua 1:9

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Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.

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1098039696

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Sanctuary

African Americans and Empire

By: Nicole Waligora-Davis

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Sanctuary

African Americans and Empire

By: Nicole Waligora-Davis

In 2005, hurricane Katrina and its aftermath starkly revealed the continued racial polarization of America. Disproportionately impacted by the ravages of the storm, displaced black victims were often characterized by the media as "refugees." The characterization was wrong-headed, and yet deeply revealing. Sanctuary: African Americans and Empire traces the long history of this and related terms, like alien and foreign, a rhetorical shorthand that has shortchanged black America for over 250 years. In tracing the language and politics that have informed debates about African American citizenship, Sanctuary in effect illustrates the historical paradox of African American subjecthood: while frequently the target of legislation (slave law, the Black Codes, and Jim Crow), blacks seldom benefited from the actions of the state. Blackness helped to define social, cultural, and legal aspects of American citizenship in a manner that excluded black people themselves. They have been treated, rather, as foreigners in their home country. African American civil rights efforts worked to change this. Activists and intellectuals demanded equality, but they were often fighting for something even more fundamental: the recognition that blacks were in fact human beings. As citizenship forced acknowledgement of the humanity of African Americans, it thus became a gateway to both civil and human rights. Waligora-Davis shows how artists like Langston Hughes underscored the power of language to define political realities, how critics like W.E.B. Du Bois imagined democratic political strategies, and how they and other public figures have used their writing as a forum to challenge the bankruptcy of a social economy in which the value of human life is predicated on race and civil identity.

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0195369912

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Adaptive Listening

How to Cultivate Trust and Traction at Work

By: Nicole Lowenbraun,Maegan Stephens

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Adaptive Listening

How to Cultivate Trust and Traction at Work

By: Nicole Lowenbraun,Maegan Stephens

There Isn’t One Way to Listen. It’s Time to Adapt Your Listening! “Adaptive Listening is incredible. [It] made me evaluate all aspects of my interactions in life.” ─Workshop participant from Cisco #1 New Release in Running Meetings & Presentations and Human Resources & Personnel Management Adaptive Listening is for those who want to improve the way they, and their teams, communicate up, down, across, internally, and externally. Through engaging stories and practical techniques, discover a new model for listening in the workplace. Not just another book on communication. Adaptive Listening helps you up-level the under-trained side of communication amidst the realities of a hectic workday. Researched and tested exclusively in the work setting, Adaptive Listening moves you beyond active listening, embracing easy-to-remember techniques that strengthen relationships and get work done more effectively. Leaders at all levels can improve listening skills. Aspiring, emerging, and established leaders can build more awareness about their own listening style and the impact it has on their workday. Only then can they adapt the way they listen to meet the goals and needs of direct reports, peers, managers, customers, and stakeholders, all while contributing to a positive workplace culture. Inside learn: How to leverage the strengths and avoid the pitfalls of your listening style by recognizing how you prefer to process and respond to information How to break away from ineffective listening and step into Adaptive Listening to meet the goals and needs of the person speaking How to reduce mistrust, misalignment, and miscommunication by being more mindful of the barriers that prevent you from using empathetic communication How to cue other listeners to listen in the way you want and need If you enjoyed You’re Not Listening, Just Listen, Listen Like You Mean It, Power Listening, Nonviolent Communication, or Crucial Conversations, you’ll love Adaptive Listening.

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Mango Media

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1684812607

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A Dictionary of Mah Meri as Spoken at Bukit Bangkong

By: Nicole Kruspe

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A Dictionary of Mah Meri as Spoken at Bukit Bangkong

By: Nicole Kruspe

Mah Meri is an Aslian (Austroasiatic: Mon-Khmer) language spoken in scattered settlements along a section of the southwest coast of Selangor in Peninsular Malaysia. The Mah Meri are the only Aslian speakers who live in a coastal environment. Their language, which may have about 2,000 speakers, has no written language and is highly endangered. This is the first comprehensive dictionary of Mah Meri and is based on the author’s extensive field research and consultation with members of the community over the last ten years. The dialect presented here is spoken by about 600 people at Bukit Bangkong, the most southerly Mah Meri settlement. The dictionary contains around 4,000 entries, each with a phonetic transcription and translations in both English and Malay. Many entries are further complemented by illustrative examples, notes on usage, derivations, ethnographic information, and illustrations—all provide insight into the world of Mah Meri speakers. Two finder lists (English–Mah Meri and Malay–Mah Meri) are included, giving access to the intended audience of international and local scholars and community members. The volume also includes a general introduction to the Mah Meri, notes to assist the reader in using the dictionary, and a short grammatical description.

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University of Hawaii Press

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082486056X

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Rural Housing Service

Opportunities Exist to Strengthen Farm Labor Housing Program Management and Oversight

By: A. Nicole Clowers

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Rural Housing Service

Opportunities Exist to Strengthen Farm Labor Housing Program Management and Oversight

By: A. Nicole Clowers

Congress created the Farm Labor Housing (FLH) Loan and Grant Program in the early 1960s to support the development of affordable housing for farm workers. In 2010, Congress appropriated $19.7 million for this program, which is administered by the Rural Housing Service (RHS). This report examined: (1) demand for the FLH program; (2) RHS's processes for ensuring that the program is providing decent housing for eligible farmworkers; and (3) the financial status and financial management of FLH properties. To do this work, the auditor analyzed agency data and regulations; convened a group of experts; and selected and inspected 20 properties in five states. Charts and tables. This is a print on demand report.

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DIANE Publishing

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1437983820

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Low Country

A Memoir

By: J. Nicole Jones

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Low Country

A Memoir

By: J. Nicole Jones

From horse thieves to hurricanes, from shattered Southern myths to fractured family ties, from Nashville to Myrtle Beach to Miami, Low Country is a lyrical, devastating, fiercely original memoir" of one family's changing fortunes in the Low Country of South Carolina (Justin Taylor, author of Riding with the Ghost). J. Nicole Jones is the only daughter of a prominent South Carolina family, a family that grew rich building the hotels and seafood restaurants that draw tourists to Myrtle Beach. But at home, she is surrounded by violence and capriciousness: a grandfather who beats his wife, a barman father who dreams of being a country music star. At one time, Jones's parents can barely afford groceries; at another, her volatile grandfather presents her with a fur coat. After a girlhood of extreme wealth and deep debt, of ghosts and folklore, of cruel men and unwanted spectacle, Jones finds herself face to face with an explosive possibility concerning her long-abused grandmother that she can neither speak nor shake. And through the lens of her own family's catastrophes and triumphs, Jones pays homage to the landscapes and legends of her childhood home, a region haunted by its history: Eliza Pinckney cultivates indigo, Blackbeard ransacks the coast, and the Gray Man paces the beach, warning of Hurricane Hazel.

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Catapult

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1948226871

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Hell, Yeah / Outlaw Cowboy

By: Carolyn Brown,Nicole Helm

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Hell, Yeah / Outlaw Cowboy

By: Carolyn Brown,Nicole Helm

Two ebooks for the price of one! Old flames reunite for a second chance at love in this $4.99 ebook duo from beloved, bestselling author Carolyn Brown and rising star Nicole Helm. Includes an excerpt from Nicole Helm's new holiday romance, True-Blue Cowboy Christmas. Hell, Yeah: Cathy O'Dell has been all over the country, but she never felt at home until she moved into the tiny apartment at the back of the Honky Tonk beer joint. Now she figures she's here to stay, loving every minute of the rowdy crowd, down-home juke box music, and constant pool tournaments. She's a beautiful blonde with big blue eyes and enough sass to make a grown man beg for mercy. Then gorgeous, rich, oil man Travis Henry gets it into his fool head that Cathy deserves a better life—with him, of course—and the sparks start to fly so bad they're like to set fire to the beer joint, if they don't go up in flames themselves first! Outlaw Cowboy: Ever since his father's accident, Caleb promised his older sister that he'd fix his terrible reputation. But when Delia Rogers, the town's baddest of the bad girls, needs his help hiding from the cops, Caleb is torn between his squeaky new image and his outlaw roots. Delia's out of options, so asking her reformed ex for help is her only choice. When a helping hand and seriously close quarters turn into more, Delia can't help but fall all over again...but she has a secret that will ruin everything, unless they're both willing to leave their reputations behind for something much more lasting. Praise for Carolyn Brown: "The most difficult thing about reading a Brown book is putting it down." —Fresh Fiction "Carolyn Brown is a master storyteller who never fails to entertain." —Night Owl Reviews Praise for Nicole Helm: "Helm delves into the depths of her characters' emotions, revealing their foibles and making them incredibly human." —Publishers Weekly "A beautifully crafted romance." —USA Today HEA for Rebel Cowboy

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Sourcebooks, Inc.

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1492652695

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The Little Red Book of Kitchen Wisdom

By: Nicole Frail,Matthew Magda

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The Little Red Book of Kitchen Wisdom

By: Nicole Frail,Matthew Magda

From Thomas Keller to Julia Child—hundreds of quotes that are sure to please anyone who loves to cook, bake, drink, and eat. As American chef and food writer James Beard once said, "Food is our common ground, a universal experience." Everyone has a favorite food or meal, a method of cooking or baking they swear by, or a secret ingredient they utilize whenever possible. Food brings friends and family together every day, whether in their dining rooms or at tables in their favorite restaurants. The Little Red Book of Kitchen Wisdom presents thoughts on the happenings in kitchens around the world, from the preparation of ingredients to the consumption of meals and everything in between. This book will include quotes from the most respected chefs in the world (such as Heston Blumenthal, Alice Waters, and Grant Achatz), recognizable celebrity chefs and television personalities (Alton Brown, Mario Batali, Cat Cora), food critics and writers (Michael Pollan, Ruth Reichl, Michael Ruhlman), and various actors, actresses, authors, comedians, and poets who like to eat and talk about it. The mix of professionals and celebrities featured in this book will draw the attention of cooks at every level—professionals, home cooks, and hobbyists—and people who simply love to eat and drink. “The only time to eat diet food is while you're waiting for the steak to cook.” —Julia Child “I cook with wine, sometimes I even add it to the food.” —W.C. Fields “The shared meal elevates eating from a mechanical process of fueling the body to a ritual of family and community, from the mere animal biology to an act of culture.” —Michael Pollan "A jazz musician can improvise based on his knowledge of music. He understands how things go together. For a chef, once you have that basis, that's when cuisine is truly exciting." —Charlie Trotter

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Simon and Schuster

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162914147X

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9781629141473

The INSURTECH Book

The Insurance Technology Handbook for Investors, Entrepreneurs and FinTech Visionaries

By: Sabine L.B VanderLinden,Shân M. Millie,Nicole Anderson,Susanne Chishti

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The INSURTECH Book

The Insurance Technology Handbook for Investors, Entrepreneurs and FinTech Visionaries

By: Sabine L.B VanderLinden,Shân M. Millie,Nicole Anderson,Susanne Chishti

The definitive compendium for the Insurance Digital Revolution From slow beginnings in 2014, InsurTech has captured US$7billion in investment since 2010 — a 10% annual compound growth rate is predicted until at least 2020. Three in four insurance companies believe some part of their business is at risk of disruption and understanding the trends, drivers and emerging technologies behind Insurance’s Digital Revolution is a business-critical priority for all growth-minded firms. The InsurTech Book offers essential updates, critical thinking and actionable insight — globally — from start-ups, incumbents, investors, tech companies, advisors and other partners in this evolving ecosystem, in one volume. For some, Insurance is either facing an existential threat; for others, it is a sector on the brink of transforming itself. Either way, business models, value chains, customer understanding and engagement, organisational structures and even what Insurance is for, is never going to be the same. Be informed, be part of it. Learn from diverse experiences, mindsets and applications of technologies Discover new ways of defining and grasping growth opportunities Get the inside track from innovators, disruptors and incumbents Be updated on the evolution of InsurTech, why it is happening and how it will evolve Explore visions of the future of Insurance to help shape yours The InsurTech Book is your indispensable guide to a sector in transformation.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1119362202

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Sensing World, Sensing Wisdom

The Cognitive Foundation of Biblical Metaphors

By: Nicole L. Tilford

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Sensing World, Sensing Wisdom

The Cognitive Foundation of Biblical Metaphors

By: Nicole L. Tilford

Examine new insights into the conceptual worldview of biblical wisdom communities The Bible is full of metaphors. On the surface, these metaphors seem like simple literary flourishes that have been added to the text for artistic effect. This book, however, argues that biblical metaphors reflect more basic, prelinguistic cognitive structures. These conceptual metaphors developed out of common concrete experiences and only gradually developed into the complex metaphors that one finds within biblical texts. This book explores how common sensory activities like seeing, hearing, touching, eating, breathing, and walking developed into the abstract metaphors for wisdom that one finds in Proverbs, Job, and Qohelet. Because it traces the cognitive development of a set of related metaphors across several congruent texts, it provides a model by which scholars can trace the cognitive development of biblical metaphors more generally in the Hebrew Bible and other early Jewish and Christian texts. Features: A synthesis of conceptual metaphor theory that provides a workable theory for examining biblical texts An analytical framework for studying sensory experience and sensory metaphors in biblical texts Diagrams

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SBL Press

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0884142191

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9780884142195

Phonetics for Communication Disorders

By: Martin J. Ball,Nicole Muller

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Phonetics for Communication Disorders

By: Martin J. Ball,Nicole Muller

This comprehensive textbook offers a basic introduction to phonetics in an applied systematic presentation that equips the communication disorders student to deal with the wide range of speech types that will be encountered in a clinic. While the major discussion is articulatory, speech acoustics are also examined. Illustrations of sample spectrograms appear in tandem with the more traditional articulatory drawings. Two CDs of sound examples accompany the textbook. This comprehensive textbook offers a basic introduction to phonetics in an applied systematic presentation that equips the communication disorders student to deal with the wide range of speech types that will be encountered in a clinic. While the major discussion is articulatory, speech acoustics

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Psychology Press

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1317777956

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Covered with Night: A Story of Murder and Indigenous Justice in Early America

By: Nicole Eustace

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Covered with Night: A Story of Murder and Indigenous Justice in Early America

By: Nicole Eustace

WINNER • 2022 PULITZER PRIZE IN HISTORY Finalist • National Book Award for Nonfiction Best Books of the Year • TIME, Smithsonian, Boston Globe, Kirkus Reviews The Pulitzer Prize-winning history that transforms a single event in 1722 into an unparalleled portrait of early America. In the winter of 1722, on the eve of a major conference between the Five Nations of the Haudenosaunee (also known as the Iroquois) and Anglo-American colonists, a pair of colonial fur traders brutally assaulted a Seneca hunter near Conestoga, Pennsylvania. Though virtually forgotten today, the crime ignited a contest between Native American forms of justice—rooted in community, forgiveness, and reparations—and the colonial ideology of harsh reprisal that called for the accused killers to be executed if found guilty. In Covered with Night, historian Nicole Eustace reconstructs the attack and its aftermath, introducing a group of unforgettable individuals—from the slain man’s resilient widow to an Indigenous diplomat known as “Captain Civility” to the scheming governor of Pennsylvania—as she narrates a remarkable series of criminal investigations and cross-cultural negotiations. Taking its title from a Haudenosaunee metaphor for mourning, Covered with Night ultimately urges us to consider Indigenous approaches to grief and condolence, rupture and repair, as we seek new avenues of justice in our own era.

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Liveright Publishing

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1631495887

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9781631495885

Anglophone Students Abroad

Identity, Social Relationships, and Language Learning

By: Rosamond Mitchell,Nicole Tracy-Ventura,Kevin McManus

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Anglophone Students Abroad

Identity, Social Relationships, and Language Learning

By: Rosamond Mitchell,Nicole Tracy-Ventura,Kevin McManus

Identity, social relationships and language learning during residence abroad presents the findings of a major study of British students of French and Spanish undertaking residence abroad.

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Taylor & Francis

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1351762303

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Model Behavior

Animal Experiments, Complexity, and the Genetics of Psychiatric Disorders

By: Nicole C. Nelson

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Model Behavior

Animal Experiments, Complexity, and the Genetics of Psychiatric Disorders

By: Nicole C. Nelson

Mice are used as model organisms across a wide range of fields in science today—but it is far from obvious how studying a mouse in a maze can help us understand human problems like alcoholism or anxiety. How do scientists convince funders, fellow scientists, the general public, and even themselves that animal experiments are a good way of producing knowledge about the genetics of human behavior? In Model Behavior, Nicole C. Nelson takes us inside an animal behavior genetics laboratory to examine how scientists create and manage the foundational knowledge of their field. Behavior genetics is a particularly challenging field for making a clear-cut case that mouse experiments work, because researchers believe that both the phenomena they are studying and the animal models they are using are complex. These assumptions of complexity change the nature of what laboratory work produces. Whereas historical and ethnographic studies traditionally portray the laboratory as a place where scientists control, simplify, and stabilize nature in the service of producing durable facts, the laboratory that emerges from Nelson’s extensive interviews and fieldwork is a place where stable findings are always just out of reach. The ongoing work of managing precarious experimental systems means that researchers learn as much—if not more—about the impact of the environment on behavior as they do about genetics. Model Behavior offers a compelling portrait of life in a twenty-first-century laboratory, where partial, provisional answers to complex scientific questions are increasingly the norm.

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University of Chicago Press

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022654611X

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Chinese Senior Migrants and the Globalization of Retirement

By: Nicole DeJong Newendorp

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Chinese Senior Migrants and the Globalization of Retirement

By: Nicole DeJong Newendorp

The 21st century has seen growing numbers of seniors turning to migration in response to newfound challenges to traditional forms of retirement and old-age support, such as increased longevity, demographically aging populations, and global neoliberal trends reducing state welfare. Chinese-born migrants to the U.S. serve as an exemplary case of this trend, with 30 percent of all migrants since 1990 being at least 60 years old. This book tells their story, arguing that they demonstrate the significance of age as a mediating factor that is fundamentally important for considering how migration is experienced. The subjects of this study are situated at the crossroads of Chinese immigrant and Chinese-American experiences, embodying many of the ambiguities and paradoxes that complicate common understandings of each group. These are older individuals who have waited their whole lives to migrate to the U.S. to rejoin family but often experience unanticipated family conflict when they arrive. They are retirees living at the social and economic margins of American society who nonetheless find significant opportunities to achieve meaningful retired lifestyles. They are members of a diaspora spanning vast regional and ideological differences, yet their wellbeing hinges on everyday interactions with others in this diverse community. Their stories highlight the many possibilities for mutual engagement that connect Chinese and American ways of being and belonging in the world.

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Stanford University Press

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1503613895

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Social interaction, identity and language learning during residence abroad

By: Rosamond Mitchell,Nicole Tracy-Ventura,Kevin McManus

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Social interaction, identity and language learning during residence abroad

By: Rosamond Mitchell,Nicole Tracy-Ventura,Kevin McManus

Study and residence abroad are important for adult second language learning, promoting oral skills, fluency and sociopragmatic competence in particular, alongside broader intercultural competence. However learner achievements during residence abroad are variable and cannot be fully understood without attention to the social settings in which learners engage, and the social networks they develop. This edited collection explores the relationship between sociocultural experience, identity and language learning among student sojourners abroad. Three broad themes are identified: the contribution of different settings (host families, student exchanges, work placements etc) to language learning opportunity; the role of social networks in sojourners' language practices and learning success; and their evolving social identities. The book is relevant for a readership interested in informal second language learning, as well as for managers of residence abroad programmes.

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Lulu.com

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1329430441

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My Truth Uncensored

By: Nicole Djobet

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My Truth Uncensored

By: Nicole Djobet

The Lord says, "Come unto me all you that labor and are heavy laden and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and you shall find rest unto your souls." I can remember looking in the eyes of the people who hurt me in the past, and it was as if my hopes and dreams were shattered at that moment by people who I trusted. All I could think about was revenge. I didn't know how to forgive, and by the time I knew it, I was addicted to sex. I thought it was love, but it was only lust. Until I found Jesus, I didn't know how to break free from my addiction, and I didn't forgive anyone. My soul was not at rest. Since I've been saved, I've been set free from many addictions, and I have forgiven many people for the wrong they caused me. Now I have the tools I need to fight the enemy, and that's the Word of God. My life and my purpose were at stake. The Lord has defeated my enemy, and He is always working on me. If I can come out of darkness, so can you. Seek God, and He will direct your path always.

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Random Family

Love, Drugs, Trouble, and Coming of Age in the Bronx

By: Adrian Nicole LeBlanc

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Random Family

Love, Drugs, Trouble, and Coming of Age in the Bronx

By: Adrian Nicole LeBlanc

Selected as One of the Best Books of the 21st Century by The New York Times Set amid the havoc of the War on Drugs, this New York Times bestseller is an "astonishingly intimate" (New York magazine) chronicle of one family’s triumphs and trials in the South Bronx of the 1990s. “Unmatched in depth and power and grace. A profound, achingly beautiful work of narrative nonfiction…The standard-bearer of embedded reportage.” —Matthew Desmond, author of Evicted In her classic bestseller, journalist Adrian Nicole LeBlanc immerses readers in the world of one family with roots in the Bronx, New York. In 1989, LeBlanc approached Jessica, a young mother whose encounter with the carceral state is about to forever change the direction of her life. This meeting redirected LeBlanc’s reporting, taking her past the perennial stories of crime and violence into the community of women and children who bear the brunt of the insidious violence of poverty. Her book bears witness to the teetering highs and devastating lows in the daily lives of Jessica, her family, and her expanding circle of friends. Set at the height of the War on Drugs, Random Family is a love story—an ode to the families that form us and the families we create for ourselves. Charting the tumultuous struggle of hope against deprivation over three generations, LeBlanc slips behind the statistics and comes back with a riveting, haunting, and distinctly American true story.

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C. L. R. James and Creolization

Circles of Influence

By: Nicole King

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C. L. R. James and Creolization

Circles of Influence

By: Nicole King

C. L. R. James (1901–1989), one of the most important intellectuals of the twentieth century, expressed his postcolonial and socialist philosophies in fiction, speeches, essays, and book-length scholarly discourses. However, the majority of academic attention given to James keeps the diverse mediums of James's writing separate, focuses on his work as a political theorist, and subordinates his role as a fiction writer. This book, however, seeks to change such an approach to studying James. Defining creolization as a process by which European, African, Amerindian, Asian, and American cultures are amalgamated to form new hybrid identities and cultures, Nicole King uses this process as a means to understanding James's work and life. She argues that, throughout his career, whether writing a short story or a political history, James articulated his attempt to produce revolutionary, radical discourses with a consistent methodology. James, a Trinidad-born scholar who migrated to England and then to the United States and who described himself both as a black radical and a Victorian intellectual, serves as a definitive model of creolization. King argues that James's writings also fit the model of creolization, for each is influenced by diverse types of discourses. James rarely wrote from within the confines of a single discipline, instead choosing to make the layers of history, literature, philosophy, and political theory coalesce in order to make his point. As his West Indian and Western European influences converge in his work and life, he creates texts that are difficult to confine to a specific category or discipline. No matter which writerly medium he uses, James was preoccupied with how to represent the individual personality and at the same time represent the community. The C. L. R. James that emerges from King's study is a man made more compelling and more human because of his complicated, multilayered, and sometimes contradictory allegiances.

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1604736011

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A Lady Betrayed

By: Nicole Byrd

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A Lady Betrayed

By: Nicole Byrd

When Viscount Weller stumbles upon an unconscious woman in a deserted gazebo, he attempts to help her, which lands them in a compromising position and forces him to offer her marriage in an attempt to save her reputation. Original.

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0425218430

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Mutation in Welsh

By: Martin J. Ball,Nicole Müller

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Mutation in Welsh

By: Martin J. Ball,Nicole Müller

The Initial Consonant Mutation system of Welsh is unique to Indo-European languages and has been the subject of much theoretical research. The multi-faceted nature of the phenomenon demands multi-dimensional treatment and this uniquely comprehensive book provides an integrated overview of this important feature from a wide linguistic viewpoint. In Welsh, Initial Consonant Mutation has implications for historical and comparative analyses, phonetic description, phonological theory, syntactic theory, and the interfaces between phonetics and phonology, morphology and phonology, and phonology and syntax. It also requires examination from semantic, psycholinguistic and sociolinguistic perspectives. This study, therefore, brings together a variety of approaches to a wide range of levels of linguistic analysis, all concentrated on one unusual linguistic feature. A detailed review of past research, together with an exploration of recent theoretical advances in many areas, makes this an indispensable book for departments of Celtic Studies and all scholars of comparative linguistics.

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Routledge

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1134969325

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What Keeps Leaders Up at Night

Recognizing and Resolving Your Most Troubling Management Issues

By: Nicole Lipkin

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What Keeps Leaders Up at Night

Recognizing and Resolving Your Most Troubling Management Issues

By: Nicole Lipkin

You are not perfect. Never have been, never will be. And no matter how much experience you gain, how long you contemplate a decision, or who you seek counsel from, you will still make the occasional management misstep--a few of them. Guaranteed. And if you stay in management long enough, you will undoubtedly ask yourself questions such as:• Why do I sometimes feel threatened by my best people? • How do I remain cool in hot situations? • How can I ensure people hear what I say? • How can I cope more effectively with change? • Why have I lost so many of my best employees to the competition?The question is, will you wait for these mistakes to happen and then stay awake at night dwelling on these questions, or will you address them proactively so that you may discover the right solutions to apply now? Clinical and business psychologist Nicole Lipkin knows the stresses leaders face. In What Keeps Leaders Up at Night, she examines the common mistakes leaders make with their people. Featuring illuminating examples and exercises, this sleep-friendly book shines a bright light into the dark corners where all leaders struggle with their own shortcomings and presents smart solutions to the problems that arise as a result.

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AMACOM

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081443214X

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Christian Souls and Chinese Spirits

A Hakka Community in Hong Kong

By: Nicole Constable

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Christian Souls and Chinese Spirits

A Hakka Community in Hong Kong

By: Nicole Constable

How do the people of a village that is both Chinese and Christian reconcile the contradictions between their religious and ethnic identities? This ethnographic study explores the construction and changing meanings of ethnic identity in Hong Kong. Established at the turn of the century by Hakka Christians who sought to escape hardships and discrimination in China, Shung Him Tong was constructed as an "ideal" Chinese and Christian village. The Hakka Christians translate "traditional" Chinese beliefs—such as ancestral worship and death rituals—that are incompatible with their Christian ideals into secular form, providing a crucial link with the past and with a Chinese identity. Despite accusations to the contrary, these villagers maintain that while they are Christian, they are still Chinese. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1994.

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0520338677

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Historical Dictionary of Modern and Contemporary Classical Music

By: Nicole V. Gagné

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Historical Dictionary of Modern and Contemporary Classical Music

By: Nicole V. Gagné

The contemporary music scene thus embodies a uniquely broad spectrum of activity, which has grown and changed down to the present hour. With new talents emerging and different technologies developing as we move further into the 21st century, no one can predict what paths music will take next. All we can be certain of is that the inspiration and originality that make music live will continue to bring awe, delight, fascination, and beauty to the people who listen to it. This book cover modernist and postmodern concert music worldwide from the years 1888 to 2018. This second edition of Historical Dictionary of Modern and Contemporary Classical Music contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 500 cross-referenced entries on the most important composers, musicians, methods, styles, and media in modernist and postmodern classical music worldwide, from 1888 to 2018. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about modern and contemporary classical music.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1538122987

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The Law of American Health Care

By: Nicole Huberfeld,Elizabeth Weeks Leonard,Kevin Outterson

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The Law of American Health Care

By: Nicole Huberfeld,Elizabeth Weeks Leonard,Kevin Outterson

The Law of American Health Care is the casebook for the new generation of health lawyers. It is a student-friendly casebook emphasizing lightly, carefully edited primary source excerpts, plain-language expository text, as well as focused questions for comprehension and problems for application of the concepts taught. The book engages topics in depth so students emerge with an understanding of the most important features of American health care law and hands-on experience working through cutting edge issues. Key Features: Focused on the needs of students who want to practice health care law in a post-ACA world. First health care law casebook to consider federal law as the baseline (as opposed to state law or common law). Intro chapter provides a set of organizing principles, illustrated with in-depth case studies, which are revisited and woven throughout the remaining chapters. “Pop-up” text boxes throughout with notes that highlight key lessons, or help to explain or enhance the material. Directed Questions and hypothetical Problems are provided as well as Capstone Problems at the end of each chapter. Approximately 800 pages, which is significantly more manageable than competitors. Focused directly on topics regularly encountered in the day-to-day practice of health law

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1543802931

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