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No Ordinary Judgment

Mabo, the Murray Islanders' Land Case

By: Nonie Sharp

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No Ordinary Judgment

Mabo, the Murray Islanders' Land Case

By: Nonie Sharp

Describes how the Meriam people demonstrated the existence of customary land tenure in the Murray Islands to the Australian courts; Meriam culture; Malo's law; relationship to land; inheritance of land; history; includes chronology of the Mabo case 1981-1992, chronology 3 June 1992 to 3 June 1995 on Native title legislation in Australia.

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Aboriginal Studies Press

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0855752874

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9780855752873

Stars of Tagai

The Torres Strait Islanders

By: Nonie Sharp

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Stars of Tagai

The Torres Strait Islanders

By: Nonie Sharp

Stars of Tagai" creates a picture of a unique sea culture rich in meanings and custom. The author's observations of Islander life over the past fourteen years join with the life stories of Islanders so giving depth to the book's theme: how conservation of cultural tradition underlies a process of renewal. The rhythm of Islanders' lives follows the movement of the constellation Tagai, a mythical hero who stands in a canoe; his left hand, the Southern Cross, holds a fish spear. The stars of Tagai usher in seasonal changes and are a guide to voyaging and cultivating throughout the Torres Strait. The book explores four meanings of the Tagai myth in the life of the Islanders since the mid-nineteenth century. Its main focus is a growing identity and self-awareness. This is the first book to examine the social issues involved in the historic Mabo case and to give a picture of the fabric of life of the Mariam people of the Murray Islands, a subgroup of the Torres Strait Islanders. It considers local historical precedents for current moves for political autonomy, examines the various reasons behind moves for sovereignty in the 1980s, and considers future options.

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Aboriginal Studies Press

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0855752386

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9780855752385

Saltwater People

The Waves of Memory

By: Nonie Sharp

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Saltwater People

The Waves of Memory

By: Nonie Sharp

In October of 2001, the Australian High Court confirmed aboriginal title to two thousand kilometres of ocean off the north coast. The decision, which was the result of a seven-year court battle, highlighted aboriginal belief that the sea is a gift from the creator to be used for sustenance, spirituality, identity, and community. This evocative study of the people of northern coastal Australia and their sea worlds illuminates the power of human attachment to place. Saltwater People: The Waves of Memory offers a cross-disciplinary approach to native land claims that incorporates historical and contemporary case studies from not only Australia, but also New Zealand, Scandinavia, the US, and Canada. Nonie Sharp discusses various issues of indigenous heritage, including land claims, concepts of public and private property, poverty, and the environment. Despite dispossession, the aboriginals of northern coastal Australia never faltered in their devotion to the sea, illustrating how profoundly such bonds are preserved in memory. Their moving story of surviving and winning a lengthy court battle provides valuable information for all countries dealing with similar issues of rights to tenure and natural resources. Sharp provides the first book-length study of an integrated statement on the many defining qualities of the cultural relationship of aboriginals, non-aboriginals, and the concept of ownership over the sea, and illustrates the wisdom that different traditions can offer one another.

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University of Toronto Press

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0802085490

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9780802085498

Footprints Along the Cape York Sandbeaches

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Footprints Along the Cape York Sandbeaches

By: Nonie Sharp

An ethnohistory drawing upon written documents and oral tradition, following the lives of the North Cape York Peninsula and Kaurareg Aboriginal people from 1864 to today. Particularly contentious in the light of current moves for redevelopment of this region.

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Aboriginal Studies Press

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0855752300

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9780855752309

Toshiko Takaezu

Worlds Within

By: Ai Fukunaga,Laura Kina,Nonie Gadsden,Leilehua Lanzilotti,Margo Machida,Diana Jocelyn Greenwold,Katy Siegel,Laura Mott

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Toshiko Takaezu

Worlds Within

By: Ai Fukunaga,Laura Kina,Nonie Gadsden,Leilehua Lanzilotti,Margo Machida,Diana Jocelyn Greenwold,Katy Siegel,Laura Mott

An expansive look at the multifaceted American artist Toshiko Takaezu within the history of postwar artmaking Toshiko Takaezu (1922-2011) was an American artist whose multidisciplinary work in ceramics, painting, sculpture, weaving, and installation innovatively drew from the natural world, combining expressionist energies with influences from East Asia. The closed ceramic forms for which she is best known are effectively abstract paintings in the round. Her reputation as a ceramic artist, however, has obscured the breadth of her output in other mediums and her role within the larger art movements of the twentieth century. This book provides the first retrospective assessment of Takaezu's art and life, representing her diverse oeuvre, which spanned six decades, and her hybrid identity as an Asian American woman, artist, and teacher. This ambitious volume features essays exploring Takaezu's biography, her background as a Hawai'i-born artist of Okinawan heritage, the relationship between her abstract work and that of her contemporaries, the role of cultural exchange in her art, her impact as an educator, and more. Beautifully illustrated with nearly 300 images of artworks and archival photographs, and including an updated chronology, exhibition history, and recollections from the artist's former apprentices, the book offers a compelling and comprehensive account of this singular artist's career. Published in association with The Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Garden Museum Exhibition Schedule: The Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Garden Museum, New York (March 20-July 28, 2024) Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI (September 11, 2024-January 12, 2025) Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (March 2-May 18, 2025) Chazen Museum of Art (September 8-December 23, 2025) Honolulu Museum of Art (February 13-July 26, 2026)

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Yale University Press

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0300267401

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9780300267402

Making Assessment Matter

Using Test Results to Differentiate Reading Instruction

By: Nonie K. Lesaux,Sky H. Marietta

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Making Assessment Matter

Using Test Results to Differentiate Reading Instruction

By: Nonie K. Lesaux,Sky H. Marietta

All too often, literacy assessments are given only for accountability purposes and fail to be seen as valuable resources for planning and differentiating instruction. This clear, concise book shows K-5 educators how to implement a comprehensive, balanced assessment battery that integrates accountability concerns with data-driven instruction. Teachers learn to use different types of test scores to understand and address students' specific learning needs. The book features an in-depth case example of a diverse elementary school that serves many struggling readers and English language learners. Reproducible planning and progress-monitoring forms can be downloaded and printed in a convenient 8 1/2" x 11" size. "--Provided by publisher.

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Guilford Press

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1462502482

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Now They Call Me Infidel

Why I Renounced Jihad for America, Israel, and the War on Terror

By: Nonie Darwish

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Now They Call Me Infidel

Why I Renounced Jihad for America, Israel, and the War on Terror

By: Nonie Darwish

A political and personal odyssey from hatred to love When Nonie Darwish was a girl of eight, her father died while leading covert attacks on Israel. A high-ranking Egyptian military officer stationed with his family in Gaza, he was considered a shahid,a martyr for jihad. Yet at an early age, Darwish developed a skeptical eye about her own Muslim culture and upbringing. Why the love of violence and hatred of Jews and Christians? Why the tolerance of glaring social injustices? Why blame America and Israel for everything? Today Darwish thrives as an American citizen, a Christian, a conservative Republican, and an advocate for Israel. To many, she is now an infidel. But she is risking her comfort and her safety to reveal the many politically incorrect truths about Muslim culture that she knows firsthand.

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Penguin

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1101217855

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9781101217856

The Devil We Don't Know

The Dark Side of Revolutions in the Middle East

By: Nonie Darwish

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The Devil We Don't Know

The Dark Side of Revolutions in the Middle East

By: Nonie Darwish

Respected human rights activist Nonie Darwish assesses the potential for freedom to succeed following the recent revolutions in the Middle East The recent powerful wave of Middle East uprisings has fueled both hope and trepidation in the region and around the world as the ultimate fate—and fallout—of the Arab Spring continue to hang in the balance. Born and raised as a Muslim in Egypt and now living in the United States, Nonie Darwish brings an informed perspective to this carefully considered assessment of the potential outcome of the revolutions in the Middle East. This thought-provoking book will add to the ongoing debate on what the future holds for the people and the politics of the region and on the ultimate compatibility of freedom and democracy in the Muslim world. Takes an unflinching, in-depth look at the ramifications of the game-changing recent uprisings in the Middle East Examines the factors that will obstruct or support freedom and democracy in the Muslim world Written by a former journalist for the Middle East News Agency who has written extensively on the Middle East, Islam, and women's rights, and who is also the author of Cruel and Unusual Punishment: The Terrifying Implications of Islamic Law and Now They Call Me Infidel: Why I Renounced Jihad for America, Israel, and the War on Terror

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Turner Publishing Company

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1118197917

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9781118197912

Roland Gissing

The Peoples' Painter

By: Maxwell Foran,Nonie Houlton,Roland Gissing

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Roland Gissing

The Peoples' Painter

By: Maxwell Foran,Nonie Houlton,Roland Gissing

The book begins with a description of the impression Canada made on Gissing upon his arrival in this country in 1913 at the age of 18. Gissing wanted to be a cowboy. He travelled from Alberta to California and back on horseback, sketching and painting as he went. Examples of this early work appear in the book. Gissing began selling his work and supporting himself solely by painting. The author discusses Gissing's technique as his style began to change and how the artist's frame of mind was reflected in his work. There is a good representation of the work of this period in the book. The book concludes with a discussion of Gissing's love of steam locomotives and some details about his time spent building these scale trains. Finally a sampling of paintings of the drastically different seascapes and badlands he was doing in the few years before his death, concludes the pictorial record of Gissing's life and works.

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University of Calgary Press

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0919813801

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9780919813809

Diary of A Mad Preschool Teacher

By: Nonie Boyes

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Diary of A Mad Preschool Teacher

By: Nonie Boyes

This diary of inspirational notes is a true story of events (some amusing, some not so) that occurred in a preschool governed by “three witches” who tried to rid themselves of a preschool teacher by using “potions” of harassment, slander, and bullying. The preschool room was filled with magical moments, wonderful children, and beautiful memories. Does the preschool teacher rise above all the chaos and scheming? Take a peek inside and follow her journey with the help of some music lyrics.

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Page Publishing Inc

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1662419724

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9781662419720

SouthWest Side Stories

Chicago Memories (50s, 60s, and 70s)

By: Nonie Boyes

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SouthWest Side Stories

Chicago Memories (50s, 60s, and 70s)

By: Nonie Boyes

SouthWest Side Stories are true life experiences about being raised in the fifties and sixties and growing up as an adult in the seventies. Come back and relive a simpler time where there were no cell phones or video games, a time where you made your own fun, using your imagination. Lifestyles, friends, dresses, places, restaurants, and neighborhoods of Chicago are priceless treasures. Take a breath, let it out, and open your mind to the people and places you have left behind. Mind and memory travel at its best. Enjoy, laugh out loud, and reminisce those good old days.

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Page Publishing Inc

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ISBN 13

9798886547221

Handbook of Reading Research, Volume V

By: Elizabeth Birr Moje,Peter P. Afflerbach,Patricia Enciso,Nonie K Lesaux

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Handbook of Reading Research, Volume V

By: Elizabeth Birr Moje,Peter P. Afflerbach,Patricia Enciso,Nonie K Lesaux

In a time of pressures, challenges, and threats to public education, teacher preparation, and funding for educational research, the fifth volume of the Handbook of Reading Research takes a hard look at why we undertake reading research, how school structures, contexts and policies shape students’ learning, and, most importantly, how we can realize greater impact from the research conducted. A comprehensive volume, with a "gaps and game changers" frame, this handbook not only synthesizes current reading research literature, but also informs promising directions for research, pushing readers to address problems and challenges in research design or method. Bringing the field authoritatively and comprehensively up-to-date since the publication of the Handbook of Reading Research, Volume IV, this volume presents multiple perspectives that will facilitate new research development, tackling topics including: Diverse student populations and sociocultural perspectives on reading development Digital innovation, literacies, and platforms Conceptions of teachers, reading, readers, and texts, and the role of affect, cognition, and social-emotional learning in the reading process New methods for researching reading instruction, with attention to equity, inclusion, and education policies Language development and reading comprehension Instructional practices to promote reading development and comprehension for diverse groups of readers Each volume of this handbook has come to define the field for the period of time it covers, and this volume is no exception, providing a definitive compilation of current reading research. This is a must-have resource for all students, teachers, reading specialists, and researchers focused on and interested in reading and literacy research, and improving both instruction and programs to cultivate strong readers and teachers.

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Routledge

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1317384768

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9781317384762

Wholly Different

Why I Chose Biblical Values Over Islamic Values

By: Nonie Darwish

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Wholly Different

Why I Chose Biblical Values Over Islamic Values

By: Nonie Darwish

Western countries are ignorant of true Islamic values, says Nonie Darwish. Darwish is an Egyptian-American, former-Muslim human rights activist who is frustrated with mainstream America's talk of tolerance and assimilation. In Wholly Different, Darwish sets non-Muslims straight about tenets of Islam that are incompatible with free society. For the first time, Darwish tells the whole story of her personal break with Islam, starting with the brutal physical violence and rigid class system she witnessed and culminating with the spine-tingling visit she received from President Nasser after her father, fedayeen commander Mustafa Hayez, was assassinated by Israeli Defense Forces. She lays out the "seventh-century values" of Islam that religious extremists are so intent on protecting through global warfare—values that set Islam apart from the other Abrahamic religions.

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Simon and Schuster

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1621576027

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9781621576020

Cruel and Usual Punishment

The Terrifying Global Implications of Islamic Law

By: Nonie Darwish

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Cruel and Usual Punishment

The Terrifying Global Implications of Islamic Law

By: Nonie Darwish

Nonie Darwish lived for thirty years in a majority Muslim nation. Everything about her life?family, sexuality, hygiene, business, banking, contracts, economics, politics, social issues, everything?was dictated by the Islamic law code known as Sharia. But Sharia isn't staying in majority Muslim nations. Darwish now lives in the West and brings a warning; the goal of radical Islam is to bring Sharia law to your country. If that happens, the fabric of Western law and liberty will be ripped in two. Under Sharia law: A woman can be beaten for talking to men who are not her relatives and flogged for not wearing a headdress Daughters, sisters, and wives can be legally killed by the men in their family Non-Muslims can be beheaded, and their Muslim killers will not receive the death penalty Certain kinds of child molestation are allowed The husband of a "rebellious" wife can deny her medical care or place her under house arrest Think it can't happen? In 2008, England?once the seat of Western liberty and now the home of many Muslim immigrants?declared that Sharia courts in Britain have the force of law. When Muslim populations reach as little as 1 or 2 percent, says Darwish, they begin making demands of the larger community, such as foot-level faucets for washing before praying in public schools, businesses, and airports. "Airports in Kansas City, Phoenix, and Indianapolis are among those who have already installed foot baths for Muslim cab drivers," writes Darwish. These demands test how far Westerners will go in accommodating the Muslim minority. How far will they push? The Organization of the Islamic Conference works to Islamize international human rights laws and apply Sharia "standards" for blasphemy to all nations. The penalty for blasphemy? Death. Weaving personal experience together with extensive documentation and research, Darwish exposes the facts and reveals the global threat posed by Sharia law. Anyone concerned about Western rights and liberties ignores her warning and analysis at their peril.

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Thomas Nelson

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1418572063

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Three Degrees of Change

By: Alana O'Brien,Vincent Alessi,Nonie Sharp,Anna Murphy,Noel Gough,Julie Millowick

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Three Degrees of Change

By: Alana O'Brien,Vincent Alessi,Nonie Sharp,Anna Murphy,Noel Gough,Julie Millowick

Three Degrees of Change' is a project that brings together three artists whose practice is concerned with issues of climate change, sustainability and the many challenges which humanity now faces. They have taken as their starting point the simple question, 'In the context of the debate surrounding climate change, how do we/humans relate and engage with the environment?'. These three very different artists have created three very different installations that give us three very different views. Ken and Julia Yonetani draw our attention to the precarious nature of coral reefs and the path of destruction that is now marching towards these fragile eco-systems. Laruen Berkowitz juxtaposes a myriad of indigenous and introduced plants. Drawing on the Jewish concept of Tikkun Olam - loosely translated as healing or repairing the shattered world - Berkowitz offers us simple and practical steps on how we might begin this process of healing. Ash Keating highlights the wasteful lives that many of us live. Intercepting waste as it makes its way to landfill, Keating temporarily places a glitch in the system, reusing the found material to create temporary sculptures and performances." -- Foreword.

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Book's by Nonie Sharp

No Ordinary Judgment

No Ordinary Judgment

Stars of Tagai

Stars of Tagai

Saltwater People

Saltwater People

Footprints Along the Cape York Sandbeaches

Footprints Along the Cape York Sandbeaches

Toshiko Takaezu

Toshiko Takaezu

Making Assessment Matter

Making Assessment Matter

Now They Call Me Infidel

Now They Call Me Infidel

The Devil We Don't Know

The Devil We Don't Know

Roland Gissing

Roland Gissing

Diary of A Mad Preschool Teacher

Diary of A Mad Preschool Teacher

SouthWest Side Stories

SouthWest Side Stories

Handbook of Reading Research, Volume V

Handbook of Reading Research, Volume V

Wholly Different

Wholly Different

Cruel and Usual Punishment

Cruel and Usual Punishment

Three Degrees of Change

Three Degrees of Change

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