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The Enigma

By: Phyllis Bigelow

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To the authorities: You won't need to investigate any further. I apologize for the mess left behind. I am sure it will be an awful scene, but it had to happen. Losing her husband in a tragic storm changes Suzanne. Seen from her point of view, she focuses on her faith which is her key for endurance. When she chose to find hapiness again in another marraige, it is more different that she ever thought it could be. Sometimes a perfect life isn't always perfect at all. Each of us has our own rules for happiness, but should we? Perfection is not found in our professions or our social entertaining, it is sharing life with our spouse and loving our children.

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1479726001

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Changing Hats

By: Phyllis Bigelow

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Changing Hats

By: Phyllis Bigelow

This book is based on true life experiences of, primarily, two people; a mother and son. Both of them contribute to the story as told to the author, primarily by the son. Most people have never had to deal with the dilemma the son did, and it would certainly never be their desire. It is an eye-opener, and begs to be read by all upper-aged teenagers on up as it offers the opportunity to learn the truth of the secret pain of the son who experienced what is being revealed, and has the proof to substantiate what shocking truth he reveals to his own mother for the first time, as well as to the author. The individual is now ready to have the people know the truth of living with this condition. It has become evident to him that hiding holds one in bondage, but the truth sets one free. The book exposes how society puts great pressure on individuals, despite some possible advantages. People dont even choose to be part of some societies. They are, however, always even born into at least one that is immediately a part of their existence. The animal kingdom even governs itself better than humans do. A good example is two male animals of the same kind using their might in deciding who gets the female. The rules are cut and dry. No autocrat or any other ruler is ever needed over them in their naturally lived lives. All members accept the rules because they are innate. Humans can decide to become members of any number of many societies in their lifetimes. They may not even give any thought to some they actually are part of relative to professions, where they reside, such as on the farm or in a large city, religions ,education, and a zillion more. Never-the-less humans are part of societies. It is comparable to wearing a dog tag (ID) while in the military. Society in America sort of creates its own caste system, if one will honestly give that due consideration. In the animal kingdom there is no such thing as politics or any outside rule. There may be some tussles at times like at breeding season, but not an on-going war that involves great numbers taking sides. Instead, the problem is solved between only two animals. The loser may not be happy, but there is absolute resolve. Maybe the next time the loser becomes the winner, as procreation continues, and so do their unchanged rules. It is simple. Unlike a puppet, man has a conscience, but has free will in the making of choices. The choices of far too many people are shameful when pitted against animal behavior. They sometimes bring war and many other negatives in human life. This book will reveal that societies of humans can be detrimental, or helpful, though not at all the express purpose of writing of it. The basic information in the beginning of the book reveals true tales as told to the author by the mother. It covers information from her sons grandparents on down for understanding of who the family was, over-all. It is important for the reader to know this. It includes many hilarious events, and depicts a bright, interesting family with a great sense of humor, yet, very responsible people of stability. It shows the heritage of the mother and son was not the cause of the rare malady the son endured for nearly half a century. Benet, a very bright boy, had a great advantage in being born in such a family, but a great personal disadvantage that none of the family had ever seen. It causes one to wonder if it could have made a difference, but the resulting conclusion from family after only recently learning the truth, is because of the time in which the child was born, probably nothing would or, maybe, could even have been done to solve the problem. As the book develops, it exposes the decades of deep anguish the son privately endured. Since a very young boy, likely about the age of three, he was aware his gender was not serving him well. Though he didnt really understand it, he knew he was different. He was trapped in it for decades. Society does breed stigma, d

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1493127837

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9781493127832

Desperate Measures

A Brain Teaser Mystery

By: Phyllis Eickelberg

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Desperate Measures

A Brain Teaser Mystery

By: Phyllis Eickelberg

Sisters Heather and Sally Samuelson have just bought a new place of their own in lovely Lewisburg, Oregon. The real estate agent mentioned something about ghosts, but Heather and Sally are skeptical. They are soon barraged by friendly neighbors and curious guests dropping by for lunch. Their Aunt Myrtle even arrives with furniture for their new placefurniture handed down in their family for generations. Not everything is what it seems in Lewisburg, though. The girls soon discover exotic herbs, hidden treasures, and dead bodies. Theres a serial killer in their small town, but puzzle-solver Heather finds herself plunged into circumstances surrounding neighbors deaths, a missing fortune, and a jewel thiefs hidden treasure. Whats more, a puzzle left behind by the girls deceased mother may be the key to stopping a killer. Heather cant help but be distracted by strange happenings in her own home, though, and the kooky neighbors dont help either. Will she be able to solve the murderers game before someone else ends up dead, or will the killer get away with both murder and a family fortune?

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Abbott Press

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1458205665

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9781458205667

Introduction to California Plant Life

Revised Edition

By: Robert Ornduff,Phyllis M. Faber,Todd Keeler Wolf

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Introduction to California Plant Life

Revised Edition

By: Robert Ornduff,Phyllis M. Faber,Todd Keeler Wolf

California’s unique plants range in size from the stately Coast Redwoods to the minute belly plants of the southern deserts and in age from the four-thousand year-old Bristlecone Pines to ephemeral annuals whose life span can be counted in weeks. Available at last in a thoroughly updated and revised edition, this popular book is the only concise overview of the state’s remarkable flora, its plant communities, and the environmental factors that shape them. * 188 color photographs illustrate plants and typical plant communities around the state * New chapters give expanded discussions of the evolution of the California landscape, recent changes in California's flora, and more * Introduces basic concepts of plant taxonomy and plant ecology through clear examples and covers topics such as soil, climate, and geography

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Univ of California Press

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0520936957

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9780520936959

Frame by Frame II

A Filmography of the African American Image, 1978-1994

By: Phyllis Rauch Klotman,Gloria J. Gibson

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Frame by Frame II

A Filmography of the African American Image, 1978-1994

By: Phyllis Rauch Klotman,Gloria J. Gibson

A filmography of Blacks in the film industry

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Indiana University Press

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0253211204

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9780253211200

Tips for Using Your Slow Cooker

By: Phyllis Good

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Tips for Using Your Slow Cooker

By: Phyllis Good

From the Fix-It and Forget-It slow-cooker experts, and the thousands of followers of the Fix-It and Forget-It.com blog and Facebook page, comes a book chock-full of tips for using your slow cooker. This is the book to turn to, whatever your slow-cooker question or dilemma. For example— Do I really have to brown the meat before putting it into the slow cooker, even if the recipe tells me to do that? Can I cook a dish in half the time on High if the recipe tells me to cook it on Low? How can I convert a stove-top or oven recipe so it can be cooked in a slow cooker? How do I keep chicken breasts from overcooking in a slow cooker? I don't have a baking insert. How do I "bake" a cake without one in my slow cooker? How can I get meat loaf or lasagna out of the slow cooker without breaking it and ruining its appearance? The collection includes real-life tested tips, plus stories of slowcooker successes and disasters, unusual discoveries, and slow cookers' role in special occasions. A handy resource for new and experienced cooks, from those who love their slow cookers and have learned by doing. Skyhorse Publishing, along with our Good Books and Arcade imprints, is proud to publish a broad range of cookbooks, including books on juicing, grilling, baking, frying, home brewing and winemaking, slow cookers, and cast iron cooking. We’ve been successful with books on gluten-free cooking, vegetarian and vegan cooking, paleo, raw foods, and more. Our list includes French cooking, Swedish cooking, Austrian and German cooking, Cajun cooking, as well as books on jerky, canning and preserving, peanut butter, meatballs, oil and vinegar, bone broth, and more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

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Simon and Schuster

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1680992740

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9781680992748

No Higher Power

Obama's War on Religious Freedom

By: Phyllis Schlafly,George Neumayr

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No Higher Power

Obama's War on Religious Freedom

By: Phyllis Schlafly,George Neumayr

The Obama administration's overreaching and pervasive secularist policies represent the greatest government-directed assault on religious freedom in American history. So argue conservative movement leader Phyllis Schlafly and journalist George Neumayr in their new book, No Higher Power. In No Higher Power, Schlafly and Neumayr show how Obama is waging war on our religious liberties and actively working to create one nation under him rather than one nation under God. "Obama views traditional religion as a temporary opiate for the poor, confused, and jobless—a drug that will dissipate as the federal government assumes more God-like powers, and his new secularist beliefs and policies gain adherents," write Schlafly and Neumayr. From cutting funding for religious schools to Obama’s deliberate omission of God and religion in public speeches to his assault on the Catholic church, No Higher Power is a shocking and comprehensive look at how Obama is violating one of our most fundamental rights—and remaking our country into a nation our Founding Fathers would hardly recognize.

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1621570150

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9781621570158

Witnessed

By: Budd Hopkins,Phyllis Halldorson

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Witnessed

By: Budd Hopkins,Phyllis Halldorson

In Intruders, Hopkins focused worldwide attention on a series of alien encounters. Now, for the first time in history, an abduction has been sighted by independent third-party witnesses--including a major world leader! This book reveals this unprecedented and amazingly complex case in its entirety. Includes 16-page photo insert.

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0671570315

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9780671570316

Theatrical Translation and Film Adaptation

A Practitioner's View

By: Phyllis Zatlin

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Theatrical Translation and Film Adaptation

A Practitioner's View

By: Phyllis Zatlin

Translation and film adaptation of theatre have received little study. In filling that gap, this book draws on the experiences of theatrical translators and on movie versions of plays from various countries. It also offers insights into such concerns as the translation of bilingual plays and the choice between subtitling and dubbing of film.

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Multilingual Matters

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1847695485

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9781847695482

A Place of Belonging

Five Founding Women of Fairbanks, Alaska

By: Phyllis Demuth Movius

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A Place of Belonging

Five Founding Women of Fairbanks, Alaska

By: Phyllis Demuth Movius

Alaska has always attracted people from varied backgrounds. In A Place of Belonging, Phyllis Movius introduces us to five women who settled in Fairbanks between 1903 and 1923 and who typify the disparate population that has long enriched Alaska. The women’s daily lives and personal stories are woven together in these biographical portraits, drawn from the women’s letters, memoirs, personal papers, club records, their own oral histories and published writings. Enriched by many never-before-published historical photos, Movius’s research gives us a unique inroad into life on the frontier.

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University of Alaska Press

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1602231109

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Making Harvard Modern

The Rise of America's University

By: Morton Keller,Phyllis Keller

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Making Harvard Modern

The Rise of America's University

By: Morton Keller,Phyllis Keller

Making Harvard Modern is a candid, richly detailed portrait of America's most prominent university from 1933 to the present: seven decades of dramatic change. Early twentieth century Harvard was the country's oldest and richest university, but not necessarily its outstanding one. By the century's end it was widely regarded as the nation's, and the world's, leading institution of higher education. With verve, humor, and insight, Morton and Phyllis Keller tell the story of that rise: a tale of compelling personalities, notable achievement and no less notable academic pratfalls. Their book is based on rich and revealing archival materials, interviews, and personal experience. Young, humbly born James Bryant Conant succeeded Boston Brahmin A. Lawrence Lowell as Harvard's president in 1933, and set out to change a Brahmin-dominated university into a meritocratic one. He hoped to recruit the nation's finest scholars and an outstanding national student body. But the lack of new money during the Depression and the distractions of World War Two kept Conant, and Harvard, from achieving this goal. In the 1950s and 1960s, during the presidency of Conant's successor Nathan Marsh Pusey, Harvard raised the money, recruited the faculty, and attracted the students that made it a great meritocratic institution: America's university. The authors provide the fullest account yet of this transformation, and of the wrenching campus crisis of the late 'sixties. During the last thirty years of the twentieth century, a new academic culture arose: meritocratic Harvard morphed into worldly Harvard. During the presidencies of Derek Bok and Neil Rudenstine the university opened its doors to growing numbers of foreign students, women, African- and Asian-Americans, and Hispanics. Its administration, faculty, and students became more deeply engaged in social issues; its scientists and professional schools were more ready to enter into shared commercial ventures. But worldliness brought its own conflicts: over affirmative action and political correctness, over commercialization, over the ever higher costs of higher education. This fascinating account, the first comprehensive history of a modern American university, is essential reading for anyone with an interest in the present state and future course of higher education.

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Oxford University Press

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0190286881

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9780190286880

Shaping American Telecommunications

A History of Technology, Policy, and Economics

By: Christopher H. Sterling,Phyllis W. Bernt,Martin B.H. Weiss

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Shaping American Telecommunications

A History of Technology, Policy, and Economics

By: Christopher H. Sterling,Phyllis W. Bernt,Martin B.H. Weiss

Shaping American Telecommunications examines the technical, regulatory, and economic forces that have shaped the development of American telecommunications services. This volume is both an introduction to the basic technical, economic, and regulatory principles underlying telecommunications, and a detailed account of major events that have marked development of the sector in the United States. Beginning with the introduction of the telegraph and continuing through to current developments in wireless and online services, authors Christopher H. Sterling, Phyllis W. Bernt, and Martin B.H. Weiss explain each stage of telecommunications development, examining the interplay among technical innovation, policy decisions, and regulatory developments. Offering an integrated treatment of the interplay among technology, policy, and economics as key factors defining the development of the telecommunications sector in the United States, this volume also provides: *background material to facilitate understanding of each sector; *contexts for many so-called "new" issues, problems, and trends, demonstrating origins from years or decades in the past; and *careful annotation, documentation, and reference tables to enable further research on the topics discussed. This unique multidisciplinary approach provides a balanced view of U.S. telecommunications history, in context with relevant economic, legal, social, and technical analyses. As such, it is essential reading for advanced students in telecommunications needing to understand how the telecommunications industry and service developed to its current form. The volume will also serve as a supplemental text in courses on telecommunications regulation, and it will be of value to professionals in the field seeking context and background for their daily work.

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Routledge

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1135690634

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9781135690632

Causality

Philosophical Theory meets Scientific Practice

By: Phyllis Illari,Federica Russo

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Causality

Philosophical Theory meets Scientific Practice

By: Phyllis Illari,Federica Russo

Head hits cause brain damage - but not always. Should we ban sport to protect athletes? Exposure to electromagnetic fields is strongly associated with cancer development - does that mean exposure causes cancer? Should we encourage old fashioned communication instead of mobile phones to reduce cancer rates? According to popular wisdom, the Mediterranean diet keeps you healthy. Is this belief scientifically sound? Should public health bodies encourage consumption of fresh fruit and vegetables? Severe financial constraints on research and public policy, media pressure, and public anxiety make such questions of immense current concern not just to philosophers but to scientists, governments, public bodies, and the general public. In the last decade there has been an explosion of theorizing about causality in philosophy, and also in the sciences. This literature is both fascinating and important, but it is involved and highly technical. This makes it inaccessible to many who would like to use it, philosophers and scientists alike. This book is an introduction to philosophy of causality - one that is highly accessible: to scientists unacquainted with philosophy, to philosophers unacquainted with science, and to anyone else lost in the labyrinth of philosophical theories of causality. It presents key philosophical accounts, concepts and methods, using examples from the sciences to show how to apply philosophical debates to scientific problems.

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OUP Oxford

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0191639680

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9780191639685

Civic Space/Cyberspace

The American Public Library in the Information Age

By: Redmond Kathleen Molz,Phyllis Dain

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Civic Space/Cyberspace

The American Public Library in the Information Age

By: Redmond Kathleen Molz,Phyllis Dain

Quintessentially American institutions, symbols of community spirit and the American faith in education, public libraries are ubiquitous in the United States. Close to a billion library visits are made each year, and more children join summer reading programs than little league baseball. Public libraries are local institutions, as different as the communities they serve. Yet their basic services, techniques, and professional credo are essentially similar; and they offer, through technology and cooperative agreements, myriad materials and information far beyond their own walls. In Civic Space/Cyberspace, Redmond Kathleen Molz and Phyllis Dain assess the current condition and direction of the American public library. They consider the challenges and opportunities presented by new electronic technologies, changing public policy, fiscal realities, and cultural trends. They draw on site visits and interviews conducted across the country; extensive reading of reports, surveys, and other documents; and their long-standing interest in the library's place in the social and civic structure. The book uniquely combines a scholarly, humanistic, and historical approach to public libraries with a clear-eyed look at their problems and prospects, including their role in the emerging national information infrastructure.

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MIT Press

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0262263653

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9780262263658

Disparities in the Academy

Accounting for the Elephant

By: Veronica P.S. Njie-Carr,Yolanda Flores Niemann,Phyllis W. Sharps

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Disparities in the Academy

Accounting for the Elephant

By: Veronica P.S. Njie-Carr,Yolanda Flores Niemann,Phyllis W. Sharps

Disparities in the Academy : Accounting for the Elephant By: Veronica P.S. Njie-Carr, Yolanda Flores Niemann, & Phyllis W. Sharps The experientially-based narratives in Disparities in the Academy: Accounting for the Elephant center on the importance of addressing inequities associated with sexism, racism, and their intersectionalities, which blatantly thrive in academia today. The authors’ recommended actions will facilitate the success and quality of professional and personal lives of members of historically underrepresented racial/ethnic faculty, staff, and students in academic settings, especially in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields. In particular, Disparities in the Academy: Accounting for the Elephant focuses on nursing faculty and students whose racial/ethnic groups are least represented in their respective academic fields. Disparities in the Academy: Accounting for the Elephant transcends today’s rhetoric on the need for “diversity” in colleges and universities that typically relies on increasing representation of demographic differences in the workplace. As the authors in this book bravely make clear, increasing numbers is but a first step to addressing negative educational contexts rife with implicit biases, disrespect, in-group favoritism, bullying, poor mentoring, and devaluation of intellectual contributions, minimization of intellectual capacity, tokenism, cronyism, and cultural taxation. True inclusion is about being heard, respected, valued, and included, with equitable access and opportunity. Toward that end, meaningful inclusion necessitates structural changes in policies and processes that maintain the inequitable status quo. Disparities in the Academy: Accounting for the Elephant is an inspirational call to make visible the disparities, while providing recommendations and best practice models that will produce social change and equity in the academic world.

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Dorrance Publishing

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1646106415

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9781646106417

Along the Connecticut River

By: Phyllis Lavelle,Local Historic Societies

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Along the Connecticut River

By: Phyllis Lavelle,Local Historic Societies

Often constant and serene, but sometimes fierce and rushing, the waters of the Connecticut River serve as most of the border between Vermont and New Hampshire. The seven towns included in this pictorial history are uniquely linked to each other across this river. We are fortunate that many of the residents of this area frequently had cameras in hand to record both the milestones and the day-to-day happenings in their lives and communities. More than 200 images, many never before published, have been woven with informative text to create this remarkable visual history. Come watch the turn-of-the-century steamboat Gypsy, as she carries passengers on Lake Morey; see whetstones quarried in the Pike area of Haverhill, or experience a 1914 theater performance at the town hall in Orfordville. Visit a family farm in Piermont, taste the old-time strawberry harvest in Bradford, or attend a 1907 barn building in Newbury.

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Arcadia Publishing

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0738589780

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9780738589787

The Politics of Race in New York

The Struggle for Black Suffrage in the Civil War Era

By: Phyllis F. Field

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The Politics of Race in New York

The Struggle for Black Suffrage in the Civil War Era

By: Phyllis F. Field

Black suffrage was a crucial and volatile issue in the North during the Civil War era. In The Politics of Race in New York, Phyllis F. Field studies the development of racial policies in the Empire State. Asserting that it is not possible to understand the move toward black suffrage by examining national trends and the actions of individual politicians, she takes a close look at the social context of reform.Field assesses popular reaction to the idea of black suffrage by systematically analyzing the results of a series of referenda on the issue held in New York State between 1846 and 1869. Tracing the relation between changes in public opinion and the positions taken by political parties, Field concludes that party leaders tried both to express the views of their constituents and to mold those views so as to strengthen and unify their own political organizations. Inevitably, this intrusion of political considerations in the issue of race had long-term consequences for the process of social change in the United States.The Politics of Race in New York shows clearly how, in 1870, black suffrage could be achieved even though the battle for black equality had yet to begin.

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Cornell University Press

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1501721534

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9781501721533

Principles and Practice of Psychiatric Rehabilitation

An Empirical Approach

By: Patrick W. Corrigan,Kim T. Mueser,Gary R. Bond,Robert E. Drake,Phyllis Solomon

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Principles and Practice of Psychiatric Rehabilitation

An Empirical Approach

By: Patrick W. Corrigan,Kim T. Mueser,Gary R. Bond,Robert E. Drake,Phyllis Solomon

This comprehensive, authoritative text provides a state-of-the-art review of current knowledge and best practices for helping adults with psychiatric disabilities move forward in their recovery process. The authors draw on extensive research and clinical expertise to accessibly describe the “whats,” “whys,” and “how-tos” of psychiatric rehabilitation. Coverage includes tools and strategies for assessing clients’ needs and strengths, integrating medical and psychosocial interventions, and implementing supportive services in such areas as housing, employment, social networks, education, and physical health. Detailed case examples in every chapter illustrate both the real-world challenges of severe mental illness and the nuts and bolts of effective interventions.

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Guilford Press

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1462508944

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9781462508945

Santa Claus, Last of the Wild Men

The Origins and Evolution of Saint Nicholas, Spanning 50,000 Years

By: Phyllis Siefker

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Santa Claus, Last of the Wild Men

The Origins and Evolution of Saint Nicholas, Spanning 50,000 Years

By: Phyllis Siefker

Much of the modern-day vision of Santa Claus is owed to the Clement Moore poem "The Night Before Christmas." His description of Saint Nicholas personified the "jolly old elf" known to millions of children throughout the world. However, far from being the offshoot of Saint Nicholas of Turkey, Santa Claus is the last of a long line of what scholars call "Wild Men" who were worshipped in ancient European fertility rites and came to America through Pennsylvania's Germans. This pagan creature is described from prehistoric times through his various forms--Robin Hood, The Fool, Harlequin, Satan and Robin Goodfellow--into today's carnival and Christmas scenes. In this thoroughly researched work, the origins of Santa Claus are found to stretch back over 50,000 years, jolting the foundation of Christian myths about the jolly old elf.

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McFarland

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0786429585

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9780786429585

Mary Moody Emerson and the Origins of Transcendentalism

A Family History

By: Phyllis Cole

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Mary Moody Emerson and the Origins of Transcendentalism

A Family History

By: Phyllis Cole

Mary Moody Emerson has long been a New England legend, the "eccentric Calvinist aunt" of Ralph Waldo Emerson, wearing a death-shroud as her daily garment. This exciting new study, based on the first reading of all her known letters and diaries, reveals a complex human voice and powerful forerunner of American Transcendentalism. From the years of her famous nephew's infancy, in both private and published writings, she celebrated independence, solitude in nature, and inward communion with God. Mary Moody Emerson inherited both resources and constraints from her family, a lineage of Massachusetts ministers who had earlier practiced spiritual awakening and political resistance against England. Cole discovers a previously unexamined Emerson tradition of fervent piety in the ancestors' own writing and Mary's preservation of their memory. She also examines the position of a woman in this patriarchal family. Barred from the pulpit and university by her sex, she also refused marriage to become a reader, writer, and religious seeker. Cole's biography explores this reading and writing as both a woman's vocation and a gift to Ralph Waldo Emerson. Helping to raise her nephews after their father's death, Mary Moody Emerson urged Waldo the college student to seek solitude in nature and become a divine poet. Cole's pioneering study, tracing crucial lines of influence from Mary Emerson's heretofore unknown texts to her nephew's major works, establishes a fresh and vital source for a central American literary tradition.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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019515200X

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9780195152005

Topics in Obstetric and Gynecologic Ultrasound, An Issue of Ultrasound Clinics

By: Phyllis Glanc

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Topics in Obstetric and Gynecologic Ultrasound, An Issue of Ultrasound Clinics

By: Phyllis Glanc

The application of ultrasound technology to obstetric and gynacologic issues figures as one of the staples of this imaging modality. This issue of Ultrasound Clinics features the following articles: Demystifying Ovarian Cysts; Fetal Measurements and Anatomy; Fetal Echocardiography; Management of Threatened Miscarriage; Gestational Trophoblastic Diseases; Sonographic Depiction of Ovarian And Uterine Vasculature; Postmenopausal Endometrial Bleeding; and Pediatric Gynecologic Ultrasound. Acute Right Lower Quadrant Pain, and Early Anatomy Ultrasound.

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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1455743208

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9781455743209

Back From Death

By: Phyllis Bigelow

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Back From Death

By: Phyllis Bigelow

This book is written for God’s glory. I have no reason for wanting it any other way. It is meant to lead those who don’t know Him to find out what a loving spiritual being He is. It will be a big reminder of there being nothing God can’t do. It is meant to revive those who have known Him, but who have back slid to a lukewarm stand and are missing so many benefits He offers. This true story will bring a reawakening of the truth of who He is. It is meant to revive marriages that have gone stale. It is to awaken one to realize what a waste it is not to have marriage be all it can. The key is to give our burdens to God by asking His help in dumping baggage from our youth that we have burdened ourselves with for many years of toting it around. It is my firm belief that this easy read book will do all these things for those who take advantage of the perusal of it. May God richly bless all the readers who make this their pursuit.

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