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Childhoods Real and Imagined

Volume 1: An introduction to critical realism and childhood studies

By: Priscilla Alderson

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Childhoods Real and Imagined

Volume 1: An introduction to critical realism and childhood studies

By: Priscilla Alderson

This book is unusually rewarding in that its author has pulled off the rare trick of providing deep philosophical and theoretical underpinnings to a comprehensive reconsideration of childhood. Priscilla Alderson deploys Bhaskar's 'dialectical critical realism' to excellent effect, illuminating not only our understanding of the presence, and absence, of children in our lives and discourses, but also the field of childhood studies. It is rare that such an integrated text is accomplished and I look forward to the planned second volume. This is a work that should facilitate a rethinking of childhood for the new century." Graham Scrambler, Professor of Medical Sociology at University College London. Childhoods Real and Imagined explores and charts the relation of dialectical critical realist concepts to many aspects of childhood. By demonstrating their relevance and value to each other, Alderson presents an introductory guide to applied critical realism for researchers, lecturers and students. Each chapter summarises key themes from several academic disciplines and policy areas, combining adults’ and children’s reported views and experiences and filtering these through a critical realist analysis. The four main chapters deal with the more personal aspects of childhood in relation to the body, interpersonal relations, social structures, and the person, soul or self. The second volume will widen the scope to include the impact on children and young people of present policies relating to ecology, economics, ideas of social evolution or progress, and ethics. Each chapter demonstrates how children are an integral part of the whole of society and are often especially affected by policies and events. Through developing the dialectical critical realist analysis of childhood and youth Childhoods Real and Imagined will be of great interest to critical realists and childhood researchers and policy advisers.

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113664749X

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From the Folks Who Brought You the Weekend

An Illustrated History of Labor in the United States

By: Priscilla Murolo,A.B. Chitty

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From the Folks Who Brought You the Weekend

An Illustrated History of Labor in the United States

By: Priscilla Murolo,A.B. Chitty

Newly updated: “An enjoyable introduction to American working-class history.” —The American Prospect Praised for its “impressive even-handedness”, From the Folks Who Brought You the Weekend has set the standard for viewing American history through the prism of working people (Publishers Weekly, starred review). From indentured servants and slaves in seventeenth-century Chesapeake to high-tech workers in contemporary Silicon Valley, the book “[puts] a human face on the people, places, events, and social conditions that have shaped the evolution of organized labor”, enlivened by illustrations from the celebrated comics journalist Joe Sacco (Library Journal). Now, the authors have added a wealth of fresh analysis of labor’s role in American life, with new material on sex workers, disability issues, labor’s relation to the global justice movement and the immigrants’ rights movement, the 2005 split in the AFL-CIO and the movement civil wars that followed, and the crucial emergence of worker centers and their relationships to unions. With two entirely new chapters—one on global developments such as offshoring and a second on the 2016 election and unions’ relationships to Trump—this is an “extraordinarily fine addition to U.S. history [that] could become an evergreen . . . comparable to Howard Zinn’s award-winning A People’s History of the United States” (Publishers Weekly). “A marvelously informed, carefully crafted, far-ranging history of working people.” —Noam Chomsky

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The New Press

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1620974495

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A Slave's Place, A Master's World

Fashioning Dependency in Rural Brazil

By: Nancy Priscilla Naro

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A Slave's Place, A Master's World

Fashioning Dependency in Rural Brazil

By: Nancy Priscilla Naro

A Slave's Place, A Master's World, based on original field research, evaluates the transition from slave to free labour in rural Brazil, highlighting the ways in which slaves, free farmers, freedmen and planters shaped the labour markets of an agrarian economy. Documentation from two areas in the Rio de Janeiro hinterland provides the foundation for comparisons between slavery in Vassouras, a highland town where coffee was produced for the export market, and Rio Bonito, a lowland town where coffee and foodstuffs were marketed regionally. The book examines the settlement processes in both towns, the marginalization of indigenous tribes, the onset of slave labour, and the de facto and de jure claims to land, as planters, small producers and slaves forged the bases of rural society. A feature of the book is the detailed study of the link with the African past during the transition process, when African languages, customs and religion, and social and work-related networks were increasingly juxtaposed with 'master class' practices on the fazendas.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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147428745X

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Archers, Alchemists, and 98 Other Medieval Jobs You Might Have Loved Or Loathed

By: Priscilla Galloway,Martha Newbigging

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Archers, Alchemists, and 98 Other Medieval Jobs You Might Have Loved Or Loathed

By: Priscilla Galloway,Martha Newbigging

A fascinating guide to strange-but-true jobs.

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Annick Press

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1550378104

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Almost a Whisper

By: Priscilla Masters

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Almost a Whisper

By: Priscilla Masters

A young woman with a pushchair spotted teetering on the edge of a steep rock face on the Staffordshire moors draws Joanna Piercy into a disturbing new case. A young woman is moving dangerously close to the edge of the rock face, pushing a stroller with a child strapped in it towards the steep drop. She has blood on her clothes. Is she a victim or a would-be killer? Detective Inspector Joanna Piercy takes on the case when a walker discovers the pair, but the young woman is mute. Is she traumatized or unwilling to speak? Was she about to commit a terrible crime? As the questions mount, forensic psychiatrist Dr Claire Roget is called in to help. Can she persuade the woman to talk? Joanna desperately needs a breakthrough. But when it comes, her investigation takes a shocking turn . . .

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Severn House Publishers Ltd

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1448307201

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The Proud Sinner

By: Priscilla Royal

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The Proud Sinner

By: Priscilla Royal

2018 Lefty Award nominee for Best Historical Mystery Novel In the winter of 1282, snow and ice ravage East Anglia while Prioress Eleanor awaits the decision of her young maid, Gracia, found starving on the streets some years ago, whether to take vows or to leave Tyndal Priory to make her way in the world. But a far greater problem arrives at the priory gate. Seven abbots are riding to meet a papal legate in Norfolk. This is not a pilgrimage—each abbot hopes to make a case for being raised to a bishopric at the next vacancy. One abbot grows so ill the party has detoured to Tyndal. And despite the limited care Sister Anne can offer, Abbot Ilbert dies a horrible death, cause unknown. As his fellows prepare to resume their journey the next day, Abbot Tristram doubles over in great distress. By now the heavy snows have choked all the roads and the priory and village are marooned. Tristram dies. And then another abbot sickens while Sister Anne struggles to determine what killed these men—which question soon becomes not just what, but who did it? One suspect is the gluttonous Odo, the ambitious Abbot of Caldwell and younger brother of Crowner Ralf. Since everyone despises Odo, is he simply a red herring? Prioress Eleanor is determined to stop the carnage that has shattered the tranquility in her priory while the Crowner must enforce the king's justice. Brother Thomas and Sister Anne form part of the investigation which plumbs the priory's kitchens and management as well as its medical facilities. The Proud Sinner, 13th in the Medieval Mysteries by Priscilla Royal, illustrates medieval matters medical and culinary as well as vocations for the religious life in a framework that crosses Chaucer's Canterbury Tales with Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None.

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Sourcebooks, Inc.

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1464207283

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Life on the Russian Country Estate

A Social and Cultural History

By: Priscilla R. Roosevelt

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Life on the Russian Country Estate

A Social and Cultural History

By: Priscilla R. Roosevelt

Om livet på de russiske godser indtil revolutionen

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Yale University Press

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0300072627

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9780300072624

Bountiful Empire

A History of Ottoman Cuisine

By: Priscilla Mary Isin

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Bountiful Empire

A History of Ottoman Cuisine

By: Priscilla Mary Isin

This meticulously researched, beautiful volume offers fresh and lively insight into an empire and cuisine that until recent decades has been too narrowly viewed through orientalist spectacles. The Ottoman Empire was one of the largest and longest-lasting empires in history—and one of the most culinarily inclined. In this powerful and complex concoction of politics, culture, and cuisine, the production and consumption of food reflected the lives of the empire’s citizens from sultans to soldiers. Food bound people of different classes and backgrounds together, defining identity and serving symbolic functions in the social, religious, political, and military spheres. In Bountiful Empire, Priscilla Mary Işın examines the changing meanings of the Ottoman Empire’s foodways as they evolved over more than five centuries. Işın begins with the essential ingredients of this fascinating history, examining the earlier culinary traditions in which Ottoman cuisine was rooted, such as those of the Central Asian Turks, Abbasids, Seljuks, and Byzantines. She goes on to explore the diverse aspects of this rich culinary culture, including etiquette, cooks, restaurants, military food, food laws, and food trade. The book draws on everything from archival documents to poetry and features more than one hundred delectable illustrations.

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Reaktion Books

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1780239394

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And We Are Changed

Encounters with a Transforming God

By: Priscilla Shirer

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And We Are Changed

Encounters with a Transforming God

By: Priscilla Shirer

It is troubling how often we cease to be amazed at the transforming power of God in people's lives. When we meet Jesus, we are supposed to be changed. Jesus' death not only saves us and secures heaven for us, it is the power by which we can live a victorious Christian life here on earth. In And We Are Changed, Priscilla Shirer challenges readers to walk in freedom, throwing off the chains that have kept them from fully following Christ. She helps readers discover how to let the Word of God set us free, transforming us for His glory.

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Moody Publishers

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080248073X

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9780802480736

Welfare and the Poor in the Nineteenth-century City

Philadelphia, 1800-1854

By: Priscilla Ferguson Clement

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Welfare and the Poor in the Nineteenth-century City

Philadelphia, 1800-1854

By: Priscilla Ferguson Clement

The changes in the relative importance of humanitarianism, social control, and economy in the Philadelphia welfare system from 1800 to 1854 are examined by the author in regard to the management of public outdoor relief, indoor aid in the Alms-house, public and private assistance to needy children, and private charitable aid to impoverished adults.

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Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press

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0838632165

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Focused Daily on God’S Best

By: Priscilla Doremus

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Focused Daily on God’S Best

By: Priscilla Doremus

When faced with the decision each day to follow God or go your own way, which will you choose? Choosing God each and every day requires us to be focused on him. This devotional uses Gods Word as well as practical and personal examples to encourage you in focusing on Gods best throughout the momentsbig and smallof your life.

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WestBow Press

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1512774049

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9781512774047

Crisis Management in a Complex World

By: Dawn R. Gilpin,Priscilla J. Murphy

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Crisis Management in a Complex World

By: Dawn R. Gilpin,Priscilla J. Murphy

Today's managers, business owners, and public relations practitioners grapple daily with a fundamental question about contemporary crisis management: to what extent is it possible to control events and stakeholder responses to them, in order to contain escalating crises or safeguard an organization's reputation? The authors meet the question head-on, departing from other crisis management texts, and arguing that a complexity-based approach is superior to the standard simplification model of organizational learning.

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Oxford University Press

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0195328728

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Sexual Identities and Sexuality in Social Work

Research and Reflections from Women in the Field

By: Priscilla Dunk-West

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Sexual Identities and Sexuality in Social Work

Research and Reflections from Women in the Field

By: Priscilla Dunk-West

Sexuality and sexual identity have been relatively marginalized areas in both social work education and practice. However, changes in policy and legislation in the UK and other countries over the past decade have brought discussions of sexuality into the mainstream public service agenda. In social work and social care, gay and lesbian citizenship rights have been explicitly recognised. In the fields of adoption and fostering new regulations and guidance have helped improve and develop practice around assessment and intervention. It remains the case, however, that sex is often perceived as a problem area within social work and social care, discussed only in relation to sexually diverse communities or in the realm of dysfunction or pathology. This collection aims to generate a more proactive and challenging discussion of sexuality and sexual identity in social work. Its starting point is that sexuality is an essential aspect of individual identity, that users must be able to express their sexuality, and that it is essential for social workers to be able to respond and discuss sexual issues appropriately. The contributions are informed by feminist research, considering, in particular, the experiences of women working in and using social care services since the 1990s. In addition to a consideration of the wider policy, legislative and service providers' perspectives, the book includes reflective accounts as well as research-led contributions, offering a comprehensive and balanced account of this important field, which aims to inform both theory and practice.

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Routledge

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1317056760

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Hidden Heritage

Historical Archaeology of the Overseas Chinese

By: Priscilla Wegars

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Hidden Heritage

Historical Archaeology of the Overseas Chinese

By: Priscilla Wegars

Beginning in the mid-nineteenth century, large numbers of people from mainland China emigrated to the United States and other countries seeking employment. Termed "overseas Chinese," they made lasting contributions to the development of early communities, an impact which has only begun to be recognized in recent years. "Chinatowns," rural mining claims, work camps for railroad and other construction activities, salmon canneries and shrimp camps, laundries, stores, cook shacks, cemeteries, and temples are only some of the sites where traces of their presence can be found. In recent years, numerous archaeological and historical investigations of the overseas Chinese have taken place, and "Hidden Heritage" presents the results of some of those studies.

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1351843842

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Port Orange

By: Harold D. Cardwell,Priscilla D. Cardwell

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Port Orange

By: Harold D. Cardwell,Priscilla D. Cardwell

Port Orange, a palm-shaded community on Florida's Atlantic coast, provides residents and visitors with balmy ocean breezes, friendly neighbors, and all the conveniences of a modern city. But it is Port Orange's unique and diverse heritage, composed of challenges and accomplishments, extraordinary events and daily living, that has given the city a proud character all its own. This new volume of visual history traces the fascinating history of the Port Orange area from ancient man through the Indian Wars, the pioneer days, the Civil War, the Great Depression, World War II, and the development of a city that will reach 50,000 residents by 2001. The book, in images and detailed captions, tells the stories of the city's prominent residents and families, as well as landmark businesses and institutions that have played an integral part in the unfolding history of Port Orange. From the Timucuan Indians and pioneering settlers to Dunlawton Sugar Mill and the auto racing industry, this pictorial retrospective tells the community's own special tale.

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Arcadia Publishing

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0738506184

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9780738506180

The Writer's Portable Mentor

A Guide to Art, Craft, and the Writing Life, Second Edition

By: Priscilla Long

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The Writer's Portable Mentor

A Guide to Art, Craft, and the Writing Life, Second Edition

By: Priscilla Long

Designed to mentor writers at all levels, from beginning to quite advanced, The Writer’s Portable Mentor offers a wealth of insight and crafting models from the author’s twenty-plus years of teaching and creative thought. The book provides tools for structuring a book, story, or essay. It trains writers in observation and in developing a poet’s ear for sound in prose. It scrutinizes the sentence strategies of the masters and offers advice on how to publish. This second edition is updated to account for changes in the publishing industry and provides hundreds of new craft models to inspire, guide, and develop every writer’s work.

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University of New Mexico Press

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0826360068

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9780826360069

The Master Artist

Finding Healing for Your Heart Through the Ministry of His Heart

By: Priscilla Muñoz

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The Master Artist

Finding Healing for Your Heart Through the Ministry of His Heart

By: Priscilla Muñoz

The redemptive voice and healing hands of God, The Master Artist, can draw hearts back to Himself—to His Heart, where His creation truly belongs. He can heal captive, lost, and broken hearts, and make them into new, sanctified vessels for Himself, able to reflect His light to others. Filled with inspiring words, artwork, and poetry, The Master Artist seeks to help artists and creatives who need healing in their hearts. God, the Master Artist, Designer, and Maker of your heart sees you, loves you, and cares for you as His own masterpiece. He desires to draw, paint, and create a new life in you as you surrender to His purposes and plans for your life. Through personal testimonies, scripture, and creative expression, this guide encourages you to get to know, follow, and reflect the One who made you for His glory and honor, for all of eternity. Intended for artists in a variety of media, this study ministers to the souls who feel broken inside and helps them in their journey towards wholeness in Christ.

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WestBow Press

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166421450X

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9781664214507

Bill Rodgers and Priscilla Welch on Masters Running and Racing

By: Bill Rodgers,Priscilla Welch,Joe Henderson

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Bill Rodgers and Priscilla Welch on Masters Running and Racing

By: Bill Rodgers,Priscilla Welch,Joe Henderson

Whether running a 5-K for the first time or training for a marathon, runners over 40 will gain valuable insight into successful training, running, and racing from Bill Rodgers and Priscilla Welch, two of the world's most fmaous masters. The ultimate guide for runners over 40. 6 photographs.

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Rodale Books

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0878579729

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Night Visit

By: Priscilla Masters

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Night Visit

By: Priscilla Masters

During a New Year's Eve party GP Harriet Lament is called to the house of an old man living on the edge of the forest. As he is taken to hospital, he begs Harriet to discover what happened to his six-year-old granddaughter who vanished a decade earlier, a girl they called Melanie Toadstool.

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0749003499

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9780749003494

The Subsequent Wife

By: Priscilla Masters

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The Subsequent Wife

By: Priscilla Masters

She’s not the first. Will she live to be the last? Jennifer Lomax is twenty-one, but she’s already taken some hard knocks in life. So when older, reserved and enigmatic widower Steven Taverner asks her to marry him, she’s desperate to believe she's found true love. That her lifelong dream could finally become a reality. But Jennifer also knows there’s something not right about Steven. What secrets is he hiding about his dead wife, Margaret, and why does he refuse to talk about her? Jennifer decides to uncover the truth about Margaret. She soon wishes she hadn't. Is she about to make a devastating mistake?

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1448305373

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