Norma Peterson's Books

Theoretical Frameworks in Qualitative Research

By: Vincent A. Anfara, Jr.,Norma T. Mertz

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Theoretical Frameworks in Qualitative Research

By: Vincent A. Anfara, Jr.,Norma T. Mertz

In Theoretical Frameworks in Qualitative Research, the authors provide extensive and practical coverage of theory and its role in qualitative research, a review of the literature that currently exists on theoretical frameworks, a clear and concise definition of what a theoretical framework is and how one goes about finding one, and real-world examples of theoretical frameworks effectively employed by some of the world's leading qualitative researchers. The book will be invaluable to students and researchers who want to find detailed examples of their design options and who are still working through the various frameworks they could employ. The interdisciplinary nature of the framework examples used in the book (economics, politics, social theory, etc.) will also assist students in linking their own specific research questions to larger inquiry projects.

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SAGE

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1412914167

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9781412914161

The Expanding Discourse

Feminism And Art History

By: Norma Broude

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The Expanding Discourse

Feminism And Art History

By: Norma Broude

A sequel to the pioneering volume, Feminism and Art History: Questioning the Litany, published in 1982, The Expanding Discourse contains 29 essays on artists and issues from the Renaissance to the present, representing some of the best feminist art-historical writing of the past decade. Chronologically arranged, the essays demonstrate the abundance, diversity, and main conceptual trends in recent feminist scholarship.

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Routledge

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0429972466

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9780429972461

Family from Good Wholesome Stock

By: Norma Love Becker

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Family from Good Wholesome Stock

By: Norma Love Becker

The 1700-1800’s was a period of drastic change for those that immigrated to the U.S. from their own homelands. Leaving family members behind for a long and bold migration trip was often out of desperation. They were willing to face overwhelming challenges and risks for successfully paving the way for you and me today. My families came to America to seek refuge from Ireland and England with inspired optimism driven by a dream to own their own land and to seek independent liberty and freedom. They saw potential in trying new adventures and to accept new things. The journeys were difficult and dangerous for the people and the animals. They pushed boundaries to advance a cause and had determination in succeeding by overcoming those great challenges. I want to preserve what my ancestors did for me and continue their good morals and faith. I’m curious about where my ancestors came from and the origin of “Love”, my last name. I know family ties and morals from good wholesome stock led me as I grew up. But change happens, so it is up to me to preserve what my life was like and accept the “new” changes that comes. But as I approach the winter of my life, I find it has caught me by surprise that I’m in it. How did it get here so fast? Where did the years go? It seems like yesterday that I was young. But by reminiscing my memories through people I knew, old snapshots, newspaper clippings and stories told, I feel the joy in being just a little younger by writing my life for you. I hope you can relate. P.S. This is a follow-up story to my first book “Four Generations on the Love Farm”. I want my children to know the impact families have by knowing one another. They were important to me. Today, distance interferes with that, and I wanted my children to realize they also came from good wholesome stock.

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Xlibris Corporation

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1669821854

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On Shaky Ground

The New Madrid Earthquakes of 1811-1812

By: Norma Hayes Bagnall

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On Shaky Ground

The New Madrid Earthquakes of 1811-1812

By: Norma Hayes Bagnall

Although most Americans associate earthquakes with California, the tremors that shook the Mississippi valley in southeast Missouri from December 16, 1811, through February 7, 1812, are among the most violent quakes to hit the North American continent in recorded history. Collectively known as the New Madrid earthquakes, these quakes affected more than 1 million square miles. By comparison, the 1906 San Francisco earthquake affected only 60,000 square miles, less than one-sixteenth the area of the New Madrid earthquakes. Scientists believe that each of the three greatest tremors would have measured more than 8.0 on the Richter scale, had that measuring device been in place in 1811. Vibrations were felt from the Rocky Mountains to the Atlantic coast and from Mexico to Canada. The quake zone was in constant movement during this period. Five towns in three states disappeared, islands vanished in the Mississippi River, lakes formed where there had been none before, and the river flowed backward for a brief period. Providing eyewitness accounts from people both on the land and on the river, Bagnall captures the fears of the residents through their tales about the smells and dark vapors that filled the air, the cries of the people, the bawling of animals, and the constant roar of the river and its collapsing banks. On Shaky Ground also traces the history of the founding of New Madrid and considers the impact of the earthquakes on population and land in southeast Missouri. Predictions for future earthquakes along the New Madrid fault, as well as instructions on preparing for and surviving a quake, are also included. Informative, clearly written, and well illustrated, On Shaky Ground will be of interest to all general readers, especially those interested in earthquakes or Missouri history.

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University of Missouri Press

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0826273106

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9780826273109

The Amulet

A Novel of Early Canada

By: Norma Sluman

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The Amulet

A Novel of Early Canada

By: Norma Sluman

It is 1884 on the Canadian prairies. After an impetuous, whirlwind wedding, young bride Catherine McNab has left her comfortable home in Rosemere, Ontario, determined to start a new life with veteran trader Ian McNab. Arriving in her new home of Pounding Lake in the District of Saskatchewan, Catherine learns the Indigenous people are frustrated, starving and restless. Her husband believes the growing tension will pass, but a North West Mounted Police detachment has just been assigned to keep the peace with the notorious Big Bear band of Crees who have been coerced into making camp in Pounding Lake for the winter. As an unscrupulous Indian Agent attempts to force the Cree band to accept a reservation by withholding their winter rations; Catherine tries to navigate the growing political tension, small town relationships with her fellow settlers, local Métis land owners, and her unexpectedly complicated new marriage. Concerned for her safety, Jay Clear Sky, the Cree band’s interpreter, befriends Catherine and gives her his sacred amulet for protection. Torn between loyalty to her husband, compassion for the Big Bear people, and terror over what might happen, Catherine’s world, buffeted by the winds of change, begins to fall apart. Author Norma Sluman tells the story of the Frog Lake Massacre which ignited the North West Rebellion in 1885, through the eyes of the people who experienced it, white, Métis, and Indigenous. Her writing embodies insight and deep human empathy which pull the reader into the story. A must read for lovers of true events of history and those seeking to understand its unintended consequences.

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FriesenPress

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1525504800

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Celebrating the Earth

Stories, Experiences, and Activities

By: Norma J. Livo

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Celebrating the Earth

Stories, Experiences, and Activities

By: Norma J. Livo

Invite young readers to observe, explore, and appreciate the natural world through engaging activities. Livo shows you how to use folk stories, personal narrative, and a variety of learning projects to teach students about amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals, constellations, plants, aquatic creatures, and other natural phenomena. Designed to build a Naturalist Intelligence in young learners and give them an appreciation of and respect for the natural world, these stories and activities are packed with scientific information.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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0313079250

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9780313079252

Wyoming

By: Norma Lewis,Jay De Vries

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Wyoming

By: Norma Lewis,Jay De Vries

Wyoming, Michigan, became a city in 1959, the same year Alaska and Hawaii became states, but its history began more than a century earlier. The first permanent settlers came in 1832, and in 1848 the region split, with the northern portion becoming Wyoming and the southern Byron Center. Wyoming flourished. The farmers came first with the businesses that supported them, and industry followed. The various gypsum mines were among the earliest arrivals. General Motors built a stamping plant on Thirty-sixth Street that helped pull the township out of the Great Depression in 1936. It was a success, so the company built a diesel plant on Burlingame Avenue. Reynolds Metals, Steelcase, Light Metals, Bell Fibre, and others found Wyoming a good place to relocate. People wanted to live where they worked, and that meant an ever-increasing number of houses were built, followed by additional schools, churches, shops, and restaurants. Rogers Plaza was West Michigan's first enclosed mall. Though often contentious, the local government did its best to live up to an ambitious slogan, "Wyoming: the City of Vision and Progress.

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Arcadia Publishing

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0738584142

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9780738584140

Prohibition in Southwestern Michigan

By: Norma Lewis & Christine Nyholm

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Prohibition in Southwestern Michigan

By: Norma Lewis & Christine Nyholm

Even in law-abiding southwestern Michigan, the Eighteenth Amendment turned ordinary citizens into scofflaws and sparked unprecedented unrest. ... Authors Norma Lewis and Christine Nyholm reveal how the Noble Experiment fueled a rowdy, roaring, decade-long party."--Back cover.

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1467144800

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Family-Focused Nursing Care

By: Sharon A. Denham,Sandra Eggenberger,Patricia Young,Norma Krumwiede

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Family-Focused Nursing Care

By: Sharon A. Denham,Sandra Eggenberger,Patricia Young,Norma Krumwiede

Nurses have a unique role in redefining the way we view partnerships in healthcare— Transitioning from individualized to family-focused care is not only advocated by the Institute of Medicine; it’s becoming a way of life. Families want their perspectives and choices for their loved ones to be heard.

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F.A. Davis

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0803641214

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9780803641211

Designing Worship Together

Models And Strategies For Worship Planning

By: Norma deWaal Malefyt,Howard Vanderwell

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Designing Worship Together

Models And Strategies For Worship Planning

By: Norma deWaal Malefyt,Howard Vanderwell

Much more than a "how-to" for worship planners. Drawing on more than two decades of collaborative worship planning, as well as numerous conversations with other worship planners. Pastor Howard Vanderwell and musician Norma de Waal Malefyt lay out a thoughtful, field-tested process for planning, implementing, and evaluating life-enriching weekly worship. Well over a dozen field-tested tools and a selected bibliography round out this invaluable resource for worship planners.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1566995051

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Now Bring Your Joy to this Wedding

Couples in Premartial Preparation

By: Norma Schweitzer Wood,Lisa M. Leber

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Now Bring Your Joy to this Wedding

Couples in Premartial Preparation

By: Norma Schweitzer Wood,Lisa M. Leber

Now Bring Your Joy To This Wedding by Norma Schweitzer Wood and Lisa M. Leber is a book on premarriage and marriage counseling. Here are some topics covered in the book: - marriage counseling - christian marriage counseling - premarriage counseling - premarriage counseling online books - premarriage cousiling - marriage counseling christain - christian counseling free marriage - wedding preparation checklist - wedding scripture - wedding scripture and prayer - wedding scripture texts - wedding scripture readings - wedding bible scripture One of the important, if often overlooked, tasks of the parish pastor is effective premarital counseling. Since many couples are overwhelmed by the arrangements for their wedding, it can often be difficult to lead them into a realistic and faithful dialogue that prepares them for the long-term implications of the marriage covenant. Developed by an experienced pastoral counselor/marriage therapist along with a parish pastor, Now Bring Your Joy To This Wedding is an excellent premarital resource with a practical, accessible approach to preparing couples for the joys and challenges of marriage. Its field-tested material is structured around four key areas of married life: intimacy, power, security, and freedom/responsibility. The text is addressed to couples in a friendly, conversational tone, and questions, exercises, cartoons, and guidelines stimulate active participation. Each chapter has prayer exercises that reveal God's grace-filled ways. Two workbooks (one each for the bride and groom) for writing down and sharing responses are also included. Whether the setting is a weekend retreat for a number of couples, individual counseling sessions with a pastor, or even use by a couple themselves, Now Bring Your Joy To This Wedding is sure to help couples grow in all phases of their relationship. Wood and Leber combine experienced counseling and pastoral skills in a volume that explores marriage through the lens of baptismal vocation, family history and formation, and cultural context. The examples and discussion are posed in language that is readily accessible to the average congregational couple. For those who plan worship at weddings and prepare homilies, the book's focus on the four areas of marital preparation provides rich resources. Susan K. Hedahl Associate Professor of Homiletics Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg Author of The Wedding Sermon

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CSS Publishing

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0788018817

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Quality Tourism Experiences

By: Gayle Jennings,Norma Polovitz Nickerson

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Quality Tourism Experiences

By: Gayle Jennings,Norma Polovitz Nickerson

The book draws together writers from different backgrounds and interdisciplinary interests and research methodologies, as a consequence, the book provides a model of the way researchers can work together to illuminate an area and to provide multiple representations and interpretations of that area. Moreover the book demonstrates interdisciplinary, transdisciplinary and intradisciplinary approaches and collaborations. Kathleen Andereck, Ph. D., Arizona State University West Sue Beeton, Ph. D., La Trobe University Heather E. Bowen, Ph. D., George Mason University Kelly S.-

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Routledge

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0750678119

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9780750678117

The Sweetest Passion

By: Norma West-Green

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The Sweetest Passion

By: Norma West-Green

Some of us hear of, or see violent and immoral atrocities. We disapprove. We express anger and outrage, but realize we can only speculate from the safety of our homes. HPD Detective John Garrison and his partner Andy Becker are committed to solving the murders by a killer who leaves no trace of evidence in this suspenseful, shocking thriller. The killer is only focused on stopping the crimes and damage caused by his victims. He cannot reconcile those who are outraged, with those who expose and avenge. Will Detectives Garrison and Becker be able to expose and stop the atrocities? Do we admire or condemn the avenger? Partner with the detectives to reveal the killer who leaves no evident clues.

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Outskirts Press

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1977239935

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9781977239938

Public Personnel Administration and Labor Relations

By: Norma M Riccucci

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Public Personnel Administration and Labor Relations

By: Norma M Riccucci

The readings in this volume will enlighten and enliven the contents of any standard public administration text covering human resource management. Selected mainly from the pages of Public Administration Review and Review of Public Personnel Administration, these classic articles trace the historical and evolutionary development of the fields of public personnel administration and labor relations from the point at which the first civil service law was passed - the Pendelton Act in 1883 - through the 21st century. The collection covers everything from the seminal concerns of civil service (e.g., keeping spoils out) to topics that early reformers would never have envisioned (e.g., affirmative action and drug testing). These works continue to inform the theory and practice of public personnel and labor relations. To facilitate an instructor's ability to assign readings that illuminate lectures and course material, a correlation matrix on the M.E. Sharpe website shows how this book can be used easily alongside eight leading textbooks.

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Routledge

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1317461754

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Responsible Research Practice

Revisiting Transformative Paradigm in Social Research

By: Norma RA Romm

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Responsible Research Practice

Revisiting Transformative Paradigm in Social Research

By: Norma RA Romm

This book explores ways in which creative research practice can be explicitly and mindfully geared to make a difference to the quality of social and ecological existence. It offers a range of examples of how different research methods can be employed (and re-tuned) with this intention. The book suggests that what Romm names "active" research involves using the research space responsibly to open up new avenues for thinking and acting on the part of those involved in the inquiry and wider stakeholders. The book includes a discussion of a range of epistemological, ontological, methodological and axiological positions (or paradigms) that can be embraced by inquirers implicitly or explicitly. It details the contours of an epistemology where knowing is recognized to be grounded in social relations, as a matter of ethics. While focusing on discussing the “transformative paradigm” and attendant view of research ethics, it considers to what extent the borders between paradigms can be treated as being permeable in creative and active inquiries. Apart from considering options for enhancing responsible research practice during the process of inquiry (and reconsidering mixed-research designs) the book also considers options for responsible theorizing that is inspirational for pursuing goals of social and ecological justice.

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Springer

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3319743864

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9783319743868

CHILDREN IN THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT

Linking Social Policy and Clinical Practice (3rd Ed.)

By: Norma Kolko Phillips,Shulamith Lala Ashenberg Straussner

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CHILDREN IN THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT

Linking Social Policy and Clinical Practice (3rd Ed.)

By: Norma Kolko Phillips,Shulamith Lala Ashenberg Straussner

This updated and expanded third edition examines the significant changes impacting children in our society and is a significant revision of the second edition, presented 10 years previous. During that period, there have been many important “firsts” in the United States: the first African-American president; the first attempt at a health care system that includes everyone; the first time for gay marriage sanctioned by the federal government; numerous firsts in medical care; a growing globalization; and the ongoing technology revolution changing lives from day to day. At the same time, however, there have been reactionary pulls that have halted progress in many critical areas such as income inequality, racism, poverty, violence, terrorist acts, and critical flaws in the educational and criminal justice systems that continue to have disastrous consequences for children. The chapters in the book discuss the cost in human terms of some of the missing opportunities for urban children and youth and illustrate the impact of social welfare policies on children, their families, and on the broader society. To better prepare social workers to meet some of the pressing needs to children, three completely new chapters have been added to this edition: “Beyond School and Community Violence: Providing Environments Where Children Thrive”; “Urban Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Children”; and “Substance Use by Urban Children.” In addition to sections on “Economic, Social, and Environmental Factors Impacting on Urban Children,” and “Familial Factors Impacting on Urban Children,” a new section, “Behavioral and Physical Health and Urban Children,” has been introduced. This new edition provides a significant resource for students and professionals in social work, family counseling, human services, psychology, and criminal justice. Most importantly, the various chapters in this text will help social workers and social work students recognize the nature of some of the current problems affecting children and come up with innovative solutions for the future.

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Charles C Thomas Publisher

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0398091331

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9780398091330

Vanishing Sands

Losing Beaches to Mining

By: Orrin H. Pilkey,Norma J. Longo,William J. Neal,Nelson G. Rangel-Buitrago,Keith C. Pilkey,Hannah L. Hayes

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Vanishing Sands

Losing Beaches to Mining

By: Orrin H. Pilkey,Norma J. Longo,William J. Neal,Nelson G. Rangel-Buitrago,Keith C. Pilkey,Hannah L. Hayes

In a time of accelerating sea level rise and increasingly intensifying storms, the world’s sandy beaches and dunes have never been more crucial to protecting coastal environments. Yet, in order to meet the demands of large-scale construction projects, sand mining is stripping beaches and dunes, destroying environments, and exploiting labor in the process. The authors of Vanishing Sands track the devastating impact of legal and illegal sand mining over the past twenty years, ranging from Africa, Asia, and the Caribbean to South America and the eastern United States. They show how sand mining has reached crisis levels: beach, dune, and river ecosystems are in danger of being lost forever, while organized crime groups use deadly force to protect their illegal mining operations. Calling for immediate and widespread resistance to sand mining, the authors demonstrate that its cessation is paramount for saving not only beaches, dunes, and associated environments but also lives and tourism economies everywhere.

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Duke University Press

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1478023430

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9781478023432

The Ship of State

Statecraft and Politics from Ancient Greece to Democratic America

By: Norma Thompson

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The Ship of State

Statecraft and Politics from Ancient Greece to Democratic America

By: Norma Thompson

This provocative and illuminating book provides a new perspective on the development of political thought from Homer to Machiavelli, Tocqueville, and Gertrude Stein (who is introduced here, for the first time, as a writer of political significance). Providing nuanced readings of key texts by these and other thinkers, Norma Thompson locates a powerful theme: that the political health of organized political communities—from the ancient polis to the modern state to contemporary democracy—requires a balance between masculine and feminine qualities. Although most critics view the Western tradition as a progression away from misogyny and toward rights for women, Thompson contends that the need for balance in the political community was well understood in earlier eras. Only now has it been almost entirely overlooked in our focus on surface indications of strict gender equality. Thompson argues that political rhetoric must once again promote the reconciliation of masculine and feminine forces in order to achieve effective politics and statecraft.

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Yale University Press

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0300128053

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9780300128055

The Art of Baby Nameology

Explore the Deeper Meaning of Names for Your Baby

By: Norma Watts

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The Art of Baby Nameology

Explore the Deeper Meaning of Names for Your Baby

By: Norma Watts

What really is in a name? What does that mean for your baby? Astrologist and nameology expert Norma J. Watts helps every expecting parent explore those questions. By analyzing names using numerology, Watts has crafted a comprehensive guide to using a name's letters to unlock hidden meaning. Watts instructs readers in the tools of nameology, using famous names such as Martha Stewart, Martin Luther King, and Madonna to further explain personality traits. An A-Z quick reference guide of names along with a chapter on converting names to numbers aids in interpreting uncommon names or those not found in the book. Offering insight for those who want to look past the obvious and explore deeper meaning, The Art of Baby Nameology gives expectant parents a way to preview the personalities associated with names they are considering.

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Sourcebooks, Inc.

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1402231776

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9781402231773

Odagahodhes

Reflecting on Our Journeys

By: Gae Ho Hwako Norma Jacobs,The Circles of Odagahodhes

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Odagahodhes

Reflecting on Our Journeys

By: Gae Ho Hwako Norma Jacobs,The Circles of Odagahodhes

In the words of Cayuga Elder Gae Ho Hwako Norma Jacobs: “We have forgotten about that sacred meeting space between the Settler ship and the Indigenous canoe, odagahodhes, where we originally agreed on the Two Row, and where today we need to return to talk about the impacts of its violation.” Odagahodhes highlights the Indigenous values that brought us to the sacred meeting place in the original treaties of Turtle Island, particularly the Two Row Wampum, and the sharing process that was meant to foster good relations from the beginning of the colonial era. The book follows a series of Indigenous sharing circles, relaying teachings by Gae Ho Hwako and the responses of participants – scholars, authors, and community activists – who bring their diverse experiences and knowledge into reflective relation with the teachings. Through this practice, the book itself resembles a teaching circle and illustrates the important ways tradition and culture are passed down by Elders and Knowledge Keepers. The aim of this process is to bring clarity to the challenges of truth and reconciliation. Each circle ends by inviting the reader into this sacred space of Odagahodhes to reflect on personal experiences, stories, knowledge, gifts, and responsibilities. By renewing our place in the network of spiritual obligations of these lands, Odagahodhes invites transformations in how we live to enrich our communities, nations, planet, and future generations.

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McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

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0228012953

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9780228012955

Framing American Divorce

From the Revolutionary Generation to the Victorians

By: Norma Basch

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Framing American Divorce

From the Revolutionary Generation to the Victorians

By: Norma Basch

Framing American Divorce is a boldly innovative exploration of the multiple meanings of divorce in American life during the formative years of both the nation and its law, roughly 1770 to 1870. Drawing on a wide array of sources, Basch enriches and complicates our understanding of the development of divorce law by telling her story from three discrete but overlapping perspectives. In "Rules" she tracks the broad public debate and legislation over the appropriate grounds for and long-term consequences of divorce. "Mediations" shifts to a close-up analysis of the way ordinary women and men tested the rules in the county courts. And "Representations" charts the spiraling imagery of divorce through stories that made their way into American popular culture.

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Univ of California Press

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0520231961

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9780520231962

Personnel Management in Government

Fifth Edition, Politics and Process

By: Katherine C. Naff,Norma M. Riccucci,Jay Shafritz,David H. Rosenbloom,Albert C. Hyde

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Personnel Management in Government

Fifth Edition, Politics and Process

By: Katherine C. Naff,Norma M. Riccucci,Jay Shafritz,David H. Rosenbloom,Albert C. Hyde

A comprehensive guide, this book covers employee relations and the legacy of quality and reengineering, and discussions on the growth of public personnel management in state and local sectors. The authors discuss affirmative action and equal opportunity case law, work and family issues, the Volcker Commission findings, an analysis of federal pay reform and innovative classification and compensation systems currently implemented by federal agencies, a discussion of constitutional and legal issues facing public personnel administration in areas such as AIDS and drug testing, figures and tables on collective bargaining laws and trends, and more.

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CRC Press

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0824705041

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9780824705046

Unsung Heroes

Federal Execucrats Making a Difference

By: Norma M. Riccucci

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Unsung Heroes

Federal Execucrats Making a Difference

By: Norma M. Riccucci

This book explores an important side of public employment that most Americans never get the opportunity to see—high-level career executives who make positive contributions to our quality of life. Norma M. Riccucci profiles six "unsung heroes," the people behind the scenes of some of the most successful programs in American government, and identifies the tools, skills, and strategies that make them effective leaders. Through in-depth interviews and provocative story-telling, Riccucci demonstrates that while these executive-level bureaucrats—or "execucrats"—may have an overall negative public image, they create, develop, execute, and enforce a number of programs and public policies that change our country for the better. She highlights six of these modern execucrats who best exemplify the creativity, determination, and leadership found in such officials: —William Black, Senior Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Thrift Supervision, who attacked the rampant corruption and mismanagement that created the savings and loan crisis; —Eileen Claussen, Director, Atmospheric and Indoor Air Programs, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, who negotiated as intensely within her own government as with other countries to create an international plan to protect the earth's ozone layer; —Ambassador Edward Perkins, U.S. State Department, the first African-American Ambassador to South Africa and the first American ambassador to meet with black South African leaders as part of his persistent efforts to end apartheid in that country; —Stephen Marica, Assistant Inspector General, Small Business Administration, who investigated the Wedtech scandal, which bilked millions of dollars in fraudulent defense contracts from American taxpayers; —Dr. Vince Hutchins, Director, Division of Maternal and Child Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, who spearheaded the team that developed "Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition," a public-private partnership that improved, and even saved, the lives of thousands of newborn babies; and —Dr. Helene Gayle, Division Chief, HIV-AIDS Division, U.S. Centers for Disease Control, who is actively battling the AIDS virus through education and prevention programs around the world. Riccucci not only relates the intriguing tales of these six dedicated officials who overcame the challenges before them, but she also analyzes the specific factors—from knowledge of the system to honesty, integrity, and humor—that are needed to become a dynamic government executive. Of interest to those both inside and outside government circles, Unsung Heroes gives captivating insights into effective executive leadership.

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Unity through Community Service Activities

Strategies to Bridge Ethnic and Cultural Divides

By: August John Hoffman,,Norma Espinosa Parker,Eduardo Sanchez

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Unity through Community Service Activities

Strategies to Bridge Ethnic and Cultural Divides

By: August John Hoffman,,Norma Espinosa Parker,Eduardo Sanchez

Community service work is an ideal way not only to help define how young people deal with each other but actually to facilitate these interactions and help them achieve meaning in their lives. This book addresses community service ways to overcome divisions, foster multicultural group development, and reduce ethnocentrism and ethnic conflict.

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Personnel Management in Government

Politics and Process

By: Norma M. Riccucci,Katherine C. Naff,Madinah F. Hamidullah

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Personnel Management in Government

Politics and Process

By: Norma M. Riccucci,Katherine C. Naff,Madinah F. Hamidullah

With over 20 million people on its payroll, the government is the largest employer in the country. Managing people who do the nation’s work is of critical importance to politicians, government leaders, and citizens alike. Personnel Management in Government: Politics and Process, eighth edition, examines the progress and innovations that public personnel professionals are making to address changes in the political, legal, and managerial environment of government. It provides students with a comprehensive understanding of human resource management within its historical and political context in the public sector. A number of new developments are addressed in the eighth edition, including discussion of: Human resource management in nonprofit organizations in an all-new, dedicated chapter Current and future challenges to recruitment and hiring, including the use of social media in recruitment Privatization and contracting out The rise of employment "at will" policies Digital technology or "digitalization" in HRM and the need to enhance cybersecurity Managing performance with human capital analytics Increased reliance on telework States’ attacks on public sector labor unions HRM changes under the Trump administration Since publication of the first edition in 1977, Personnel Management in Government has addressed issues not yet considered mainstream, but that have proven central to the development of the field over time. This long-standing but no less innovative textbook is required reading for all students of public, government, and non-profit personnel management.

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Routledge

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Encyclopedia of Local History

By: Carol Kammen,Norma Prendergast

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Encyclopedia of Local History

By: Carol Kammen,Norma Prendergast

How is local history thought about? How should it be approached? Through brief, succinct notes and essay-length entries, the Encyclopedia of Local History presents ideas to consider, sources to use, historical fields and trends to explore. It also provides commentary on a number of subjects, including the everyday topics that most local historians encounter. A handy reference tool that no public historian's desk should be without!

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Rowman & Littlefield

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When No Thing Works

A Zen and Indigenous Perspective on Resilience, Shared Purpose, and Leadership in the Timeplace of Collapse

By: Norma Wong

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When No Thing Works

A Zen and Indigenous Perspective on Resilience, Shared Purpose, and Leadership in the Timeplace of Collapse

By: Norma Wong

Spiritual and community lessons for embracing collective care, co-creating sustainable worlds, and responsibly meeting uncertain futures—a Zen and Indigenous take on building better, more balanced ways of being For readers of Hospicing Modernity, When Things Fall Apart, and Zen and the Art of Saving the Planet Talking story, weaving poetry, and offering wisdom at the intersections of strategy, politics, and spiritual activism, When No Thing Works is a visionary guide to co-creating new worlds from one in crisis. It asks into the ways we can live well and maintain our wholeness in an era of collective acceleration: the swiftly moving current, fed and shaped by human actions, that sweeps us toward ever uncertain futures. Grounded in Zen Buddhism, interconnection, and decades of community activism, When No Thing Works explores questions like: As we stand at a threshold of collective change, what leaps must we make? How can we push through discord and polarization and meet these critical changepoints collectively? What practices, strategies, and spiritualities can align to vision a sustainable future for our communities and descendents? How can we step out of urgency to tend to our crises with wisdom, intention, and care? With wise and witty prose that wanders and turns, guides and reveals, Zen master and Indigenous Hawaiian leader Rōshi Norma Wong’s meditation holds our collective moment with gravity and tender care. She asks us to not only imagine but to live into a story beyond crisis and collapse—one that expands to meet our dreams of what (we hope) comes next, while facing with clarity and grace our here and now in the world we share today.

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Grand River

By: Norma Lewis

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Grand River

By: Norma Lewis

Stretching 265 miles, the majestic Grand River is Michigan's longest waterway, and it was once considered one of the Midwest's most important. The river starts as a trickle just south of Jackson and gains power as it surges toward Lake Michigan in Grand Haven. Trappers first used the river to trade with the Native American villages along its banks. Later, the lumber industry transported logs via the Grand. The river shaped the towns and cities that grew up along its banks, providing them with transportation and power for manufacturers, including the once-renowned Grand Rapids furniture industry. Fertile farmlands have always played an important role in the history of the Grand River Valley. Today, the river is used primarily for recreation, including boating, fishing, and, in Grand Ledge, rock climbing.

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Arcadia Publishing

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1467113506

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Advanced Case Management

New Strategies for the Nineties

By: Norma Radol Raiff,Barbara K. Shore

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Advanced Case Management

New Strategies for the Nineties

By: Norma Radol Raiff,Barbara K. Shore

This overview of issues pertinent to case management in the social services illustrates the diversity of innovative approaches which have been developed. These include: new forms of outreach and assessment; alternative methods for engaging family members and natural supports; and strategies attuned to the needs of culturally diverse constituencies. The degree to which existing services are available to meet clients' needs, and variations in service philosophies and resources are among the issues discussed. Examples from many practice settings illustrate the adaptability of case management.

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0803938721

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Homegirls

Language and Cultural Practice Among Latina Youth Gangs

By: Norma Mendoza-Denton

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Homegirls

Language and Cultural Practice Among Latina Youth Gangs

By: Norma Mendoza-Denton

In this ground-breaking new book on the Norteña and Sureña (North/South) youth gang dynamic, cultural anthropologist and linguist Norma Mendoza-Denton looks at the daily lives of young Latinas and their innovative use of speech, bodily practices, and symbolic exchanges that signal their gang affiliations and ideologies. Her engrossing ethnographic and sociolinguistic study reveals the connection of language behavior and other symbolic practices among Latina gang girls in California, and their connections to larger social processes of nationalism, racial/ethnic consciousness, and gender identity. An engrossing account of the Norte and Sur girl gangs - the largest Latino gangs in California Traces how elements of speech, bodily practices, and symbolic exchanges are used to signal social affiliation and come together to form youth gang styles Explores the relationship between language and the body: one of the most striking aspects of the tattoos, make-up, and clothing of the gang members Unlike other studies – which focus on violence, fighting and drugs – Mendoza-Denton delves into the commonly-overlooked cultural and linguistic aspects of youth gangs

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John Wiley & Sons

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1118910877

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Effective Onboarding

By: Norma Davila,Wanda Pina-Ramirez

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Effective Onboarding

By: Norma Davila,Wanda Pina-Ramirez

Onboarding turns the key, opening the door to talent development Investing in onboarding means investing in employee success and the business of the future. Effective onboarding programs both increase and facilitate employee engagement and business results; onboarding shortens the employee learning curve by increasing job knowledge. If you need to design, revise, or expand your company’s onboarding program, Effective Onboarding offers a simple-to-follow path forward. Talent development experts Norma Dávila and Wanda Piña-Ramírez combine their significant consulting experience and the latest onboarding trends to create a single source for onboarding best practices, job aids, templates, and checklists. Also included are examples and stories based on real-life situations the authors have encountered in their practice. While many books about onboarding limit their approach to employee recruitment and selection, this book is more comprehensive, following employees through their first year on the job. Effective Onboarding clarifies the differences between orientation and onboarding, describes how to build a business case for your onboarding program, and guides you to design, implement, evaluate, and sustain the program that’s right for your organization. Effective Onboarding is part of a new ATD series, What Works in Talent Development, which addresses the most critical topics facing today’s talent development practitioners. Each book in the series is written for trainers, by trainers, and offers a clear, step-by-step path to solve real issues.

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1947308610

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Serving the Public Interest

Profiles of Successful and Innovative Public Servants

By: Norma M Riccucci

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Serving the Public Interest

Profiles of Successful and Innovative Public Servants

By: Norma M Riccucci

This reader presents a balanced collection of 16 administrative profiles of high-level government and nonprofit officials for course use. The profiles were originally published as part of a series for Public Administration Review. The profiles themselves cover a wide range of public service professionals at the local, state, and federal levels, and are written by a distinguished cast of authors. A concluding chapter by Riccucci pulls together and synthesizes the various themes of the profiles.

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Routledge

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1317459946

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Love Under Construction

By: Norma Allen

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Love Under Construction

By: Norma Allen

After the loss of Grace’s mother and father and her first love, Grace throws herself into her teaching profession. Other than a few close friends made at the middle school that she taught at, and a few college friends, this was now Grace’s world. After the breakup of Grace’s one and only love, Grace vowed to never open her heart again to love, heartache, and pain, which she knew would only lead to disappointment. This was Grace’s plan, but little did she know that life and fates’ plans were not always aligned with our hearts. Grace was unaware that fate would place Joe Peterson in her path to reopen her heart and to teach her to love and trust again. Joe Peterson was a project construction manager who swore off love because he was too busy, not building his life relationship, only buildings. When Grace and Joe’s paths cross, the only project Joe wanted to manage was him and Grace’s Love Under Construction. After falling head over heels in love with Grace, Joe found that the property that he needed to build on was owned by Grace Pearson. He was now faced with the dilemma of how to go about getting Grace to sell her property so that he could advance his career. Joe knew that to gain her property was to lose her heart, and he desperately needed them both. Fate placed these two hearts on the same paths that twist and turn, but only because many years ago, Grace’s mother and father decided to settle in a wonderful little town in Connecticut along the Long Island Sound. Grace’s brother also played a part in fate’s story. Grace’s brother went away to college and returned to the wonderful little town in Connecticut. Grace’s brother was now the municipal judge. Grace Pearson had one plan when she went back to her hometown, and that was to sell her mother and father’s estate and return to Florida and become the principal of the school where she was a teacher for five years. She wanted to move on with her life, but as fate would have it, she fell in love with her brother’s best friend, who turned out to be the project manager that wanted to buy her property and tear it down to build a casino. Joe Peterson found himself in a dilemma; he had fallen in love at first sight with Grace Pearson. He needed her property to advance his career, but he wondered, how could he gain one and lose the other? Joe needed them both!

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Page Publishing Inc

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1662400624

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He Saw a Hummingbird

By: Norma Lee Browning,Russell Ogg

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He Saw a Hummingbird

By: Norma Lee Browning,Russell Ogg

Despite severe diabetes, Russell Ogg was a successful photographer who traveled worldwide with his wife, journalist Norma Lee Browning. He's always been able to cope with anything, but when diabetes began to rob him of his sight, "it was like a violinist losing his fingers." When Norma Lee saw him sitting day after day on the patio of their home in Palm Springs, slumped in despair, his sightless eyes fixed on nothing, she too became depressed. But a miracle was about to happen. Then suddenly a red hummingbird appeared that changed their lives. Norma Lee frankly describes her doubts and the errors she made in identifying the birds her husband tried to photograph. She also concludes, from her close observation of the hummers, that "the experts" are wrong on many counts. But the miracle that provides the heart-warming conclusion to this unusual story involves Russell Ogg's eyesight. His sight improved. His eye doctor said he saw better than it was possible for him to see. "There is no way to explain medically how he does it ... his photographs tell us something about the magnificence of man." His inspiring story is a testament to human courage and hope.

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0595129749

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Public Personnel Management

By: Norma M. Riccucci

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Public Personnel Management

By: Norma M. Riccucci

Updated in a new 5th edition, Public Personnel Management, by Norma M. Riccucci, is a concise and accessible reader containing all original articles addressing the most current issues in public personnel management. Written expressly for the text by leading scholars, all of the articles are either new to this edition or substantially revised. Each article focuses on specific-often controversial-issues in public personal management, such as comparative personnel management, pensions, sexuality, health, succession planning, unions, and the multi-generational workforce.

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1317344901

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Folk Stories of the Hmong

Peoples of Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam

By: Dia Cha,Norma J. Livo

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Folk Stories of the Hmong

Peoples of Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam

By: Dia Cha,Norma J. Livo

Hmong culture has had an oral tradition for millennia, but the language itself did not even exist in written form until the 1950s. Compiled by famed author and storyteller Norma Livo and coauthor, Dia Cha, this is the first collection of authentic Hmong tales to be published commercially in the English language. Beginning with a description of Hmong history, culture, and folklore, the book includes 16 pages of full-color photographs of Hmong dress and needlework and 27 captivating tales divided into three sections: beginnings; how/why stories; and stories of love, magic, and fun. Appropriate for high school and adult readers, with selected stories appropriate for younger children, this collection is an important addition to multicultural units.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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0313069549

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Church Conflict

From Contention to Collaboration

By: Norma Cook Everist

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Church Conflict

From Contention to Collaboration

By: Norma Cook Everist

You love your work. You love the people--most of the time. They respect you, most of the time. You work together with colleagues, staff, and laity, with energy and enthusiasm, most of the time. But then something goes wrong: a word spoken in anger, a misunderstanding, and things turn sour. What do you do? How do you deal with conflict, whether it be long or short-term, low or high intensity? Conflict is a part of the human predicament, yet it need not define or control your ministry. This book is designed to help the reader ask certain key questions about the nature and scope of the conflict they are experiencing and, based on the answers to those questions, move beyond conflict. The author lays out the variety of responses to conflict, running the gamut from avoidance to accommodation to compromise to collaboration. Written with the real needs of congregations in mind, this book will serve as a reliable guide to all who wish to move through conflict into a more effective and authentic fulfillment of their calling.

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1426788126

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