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The Famous

The addictive new psychological thriller from the million-copy bestselling author Rachel Lynch

By: Rachel Lynch

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The Famous

The addictive new psychological thriller from the million-copy bestselling author Rachel Lynch

By: Rachel Lynch

Everyone knows Gloria White. Or at least they think they do. She’s on your TV screen every morning. Her brand is elegance, charm and power. You wouldn’t believe the things she did to reach the top. But someone knows and now they’re taking retribution into their own hands. A gripping psychological thriller about the dark side of fame. For fans of L.C. North, Adele Parks and Andrea Mara.

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1804367737

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Shared Remains

An unputdownable must-read crime thriller

By: Rachel Lynch

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Shared Remains

An unputdownable must-read crime thriller

By: Rachel Lynch

DI Kelly Porter knows his death was no accident. The body of a man is found at the bottom of a quarry. His appearance, and physical evidence, rule out the chance he travelled there unaided: he was put there. DI Kelly Porter is tasked to investigate and soon digs up a bitter history between the two brothers who own the Cumbrian farmland that the quarry sits on. Arthur and Samuel inherited half each and have been locked in a feud that’s dragged on for decades. Their reluctance to cooperate makes getting answers even harder. Privately, Kelly has other concerns about the family. Her elderly friend recently moved to a care home on the old farm that is managed by Arthur’s inscrutable wife. Kelly senses there is more than meets the eye with this case, but will searching for the truth put others at risk? The thrilling next instalment in the DI Kelly Porter series. A must-read from million copy bestseller Rachel Lynch, for fans of Patricia Gibney, Angela Marsons and J.R. Ellis. Praise for Shared Remains ‘Intelligent plotting, a stunning landscape and a detective with a killer instinct – everything you could possibly want from a crime novel. Detective fiction at its absolute best’ Marion Todd, author of Bridges to Burn ‘Deliciously dark... I was completely immersed in both the crimes and the character's own personal lives’ J. M. Hewitt, author of The Crew ‘Absolutely gripping! A clever, complex novel that kept me guessing right up until the end. Rachel Lynch is a master story-teller’ Sheila Bugler, author of Dark Road Home ‘I have followed this series from the start & each book is like reuniting with old friends’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Rachel Lynch is my favourite crime author’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Rachel Lynch never fails to wow me. Each book gets better and better’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Great characters and great stories. I just wish that I could give it more than the five stars it deserves’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘A first-class series’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Kelly Porter kicks ass. Top female character that is strong but not flawless, which makes her real’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘I need more DI Kelly Porter’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘I have been hooked on Rachel Lynch ever since reading her first book’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘I'm addicted to this series’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘I cannot begin to say how good these books are. If you don’t read them you’ve missed out on a brilliant series’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Rachel Lynch is my number one crime writer’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Such a talented writer’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘If you’re looking for a new British crime series to get your teeth into give Rachel Lynch a whirl. A must-read’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘A truly epic and highly entertaining series’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

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1800321090

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Lost Cause

An addictive and gripping crime thriller

By: Rachel Lynch

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Lost Cause

An addictive and gripping crime thriller

By: Rachel Lynch

A victim? Or a killer? One icy cold morning, the remains of a woman are discovered. She has been abused, then butchered. DI Kelly Porter knows this is the work of a monster. One who has killed before – and will do so again. Kevin Flint is a young man with no friends and a reputation for being odd. He explores the hidden corners of the Lake District, and likes to creep, and watch. He witnesses depravity and it excites him. But will he cross the line from bystander to perpetrator? Despite her personal life taking unexpected turns, Kelly’s detective instincts tell her that the answers lie with Kevin – if only she knew the right questions to ask. Will Kelly miss her chance and have blood on her hands? And will she ever be the same when it’s over? A stunning new DI Kelly Porter crime novel from million copy bestseller Rachel Lynch, perfect for fans of Patricia Gibney, L. J. Ross and Angela Marsons. Readers are hooked on Lost Cause ‘Once again Rachel Lynch has written a book to make you sit up and take notice’ NetGalley review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Another excellent read and this series just gets better ... very good characters, believable plots that keep you guessing and so well written.’ NetGalley review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Another 5 star winner’ NetGalley review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Once I started reading this book I could not put it down ... I can’t wait to read more of this fantastic series’ NetGalley review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Twists and turns galore which really gave my grey matter a real workout and a few surprises along the way. I can't wait to read more of this fantastic series’ NetGalley review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

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Canelo

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1788637585

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Deep Fear

By: Rachel Lynch

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Deep Fear

By: Rachel Lynch

DI Kelly Porter is back. But will this new case push her beyond her limits? On a peaceful summer's morning in the Lake District, a woman's body is discovered outside a church. She's been murdered and a brutal, symbolic act performed on her corpse. DI Kelly Porter is in charge of the team investigating the crime, and is determined to bring the killer to justice. But as more deaths occur it is clear this is the work of a disturbed, dangerous and determined individual. Can Kelly put the puzzle pieces together before the danger comes closer to home? Don't miss this gripping crime thriller from million copy bestseller Rachel Lynch. Perfect for fans of Angela Marsons, Patricia Gibney and Robert Bryndza. Praise for Deep Fear ‘Deep Fear is one heck of a thrilling rollercoaster ride of a read and it is a book which I would wholeheartedly recommend to other readers’ Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Utterly captivating - couldn't put it down.’ Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐* * ‘The characters are so real that at times I found myself catching my breath at the sheer energy and determination of DI Kelly Porter’ All Things Bookie ‘This is an evocative look at the Lake District intermingled with a raw and at times horrific storyline. The characters come alive as the story progresses and the detail regarding the police investigation was enthralling. Brilliant.’ Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐* * ‘You won't be able to put this book down, so save it for a LONG day at the beach, or at the pool, so you won't have to leave it!’ Bless Their Hearts Mum Blog ‘Taking in each twist and turn, from the first post-mortem to the discovery of each subsequent body I was frantically turning the pages eager to find out what was coming next, wracking my brain for any clues I might have missed and to try to work out what linked the victims together. The plot built wonderfully to an incredibly exciting climax and ending... I can’t recommend it enough and I’m already looking forward to my next adventure with DI Kelly Porter!‘ Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

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1788630173

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Investing In The Modern Age

By: Rachel E S Ziemba,William T Ziemba

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Investing In The Modern Age

By: Rachel E S Ziemba,William T Ziemba

This book discusses many key topics in investment and risk management, the global economic situation and the shift in global investment strategies. It was largely written during the period of 2007-12, one of the most tumultuous times in global financial markets which called into question not only tenets of economic forecasting and also asset allocation and return strategies. It contains studies of how investors lose money in derivative markets, examples of those who did not and how these disasters could have been prevented. The authors draw some conclusions on the impact of the structural shifts currently underway in the global economy as well as how cyclical trends will affect these industries, the globe and key sectors. The authors zoom in on key growth areas, including emerging markets, their interlinkages and financial trends.The book also covers risk arbitrage and mean reversion strategies in financial and sports betting markets, plus incentives, volatility aspects, risk taking and investments strategies used by hedge funds and university endowments. Topics such as stock market crash predictions, asset liability planning models, various players in financial markets and the evaluation of the greatest investors are also discussed.The book presents tools and case studies of real applications for analyzing a wide variety of investment returns and better assessing the risks which many investors have preferred to ignore in the search of returns. Many security market regularities or anomalies are discussed including political party and January effects as is the process of building scenarios and using Kelly and fractional Kelly strategies to optimize returns.

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World Scientific

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9814504769

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Legacies of British Slave-Ownership

Colonial Slavery and the Formation of Victorian Britain

By: Catherine Hall,Nicholas Draper,Keith McClelland,Katie Donington,Rachel Lang

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Legacies of British Slave-Ownership

Colonial Slavery and the Formation of Victorian Britain

By: Catherine Hall,Nicholas Draper,Keith McClelland,Katie Donington,Rachel Lang

This book re-examines the relationship between Britain and colonial slavery in a crucial period in the birth of modern Britain. Drawing on a comprehensive analysis of British slave-owners and mortgagees who received compensation from the state for the end of slavery, and tracing their trajectories in British life, the volume explores the commercial, political, cultural, social, intellectual, physical and imperial legacies of slave-ownership. It transcends conventional divisions in history-writing to provide an integrated account of one powerful way in which Empire came home to Victorian Britain, and to reassess narratives of West Indian 'decline'. It will be of value to scholars not only of British economic and social history, but also of the histories of the Atlantic world, of the Caribbean and of slavery, as well as to those concerned with the evolution of ideas of race and difference and with the relationship between past and present.

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Cambridge University Press

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1316061248

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9781316061244

Amish and Amish Mennonite Genealogies

By: Hugh F. Gingerich,Rachel W. Kreider

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Amish and Amish Mennonite Genealogies

By: Hugh F. Gingerich,Rachel W. Kreider

This encyclopedia for Amish genealogists is certainly the most definitive, comprehensive, and scholarly work on Amish genealogy that has ever been attempted. It is easy to understand why it required years of meticulous record-keeping to cover so many families (144 different surnames up to 1850). Covers all known Amish in the first settlements in America and shows their lineage for several generations. (955pp. index. hardcover. Pequea Bruderschaft Library, revised edition 2007.)

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Pequea Bruderschaft Library

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1601260180

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9781601260185

The Teaching Archive

A New History for Literary Study

By: Rachel Sagner Buurma,Laura Heffernan

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The Teaching Archive

A New History for Literary Study

By: Rachel Sagner Buurma,Laura Heffernan

The Teaching Archive shows us a series of major literary thinkers in a place we seldom remember them inhabiting: the classroom. Rachel Sagner Buurma and Laura Heffernan open up “the teaching archive”—the syllabuses, course descriptions, lecture notes, and class assignments—of critics and scholars including T. S. Eliot, Caroline Spurgeon, I. A. Richards, Edith Rickert, J. Saunders Redding, Edmund Wilson, Cleanth Brooks, Josephine Miles, and Simon J. Ortiz. This new history of English rewrites what we know about the discipline by showing how students helped write foundational works of literary criticism and how English classes at community colleges and HBCUs pioneered the reading methods and expanded canons that came only belatedly to the Ivy League. It reminds us that research and teaching, which institutions often imagine as separate, have always been intertwined in practice. In a contemporary moment of humanities defunding, the casualization of teaching, and the privatization of pedagogy, The Teaching Archive offers a more accurate view of the work we have done in the past and must continue to do in the future.

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University of Chicago Press

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022673627X

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9780226736273

Screened Stages

On Theatre in Film

By: Rachel Joseph

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Screened Stages

On Theatre in Film

By: Rachel Joseph

This book is devoted to tracing the variety of ways that theatre, theatricality, and performance are embedded in Hollywood cinema as screened stages. A screened stage is the literal or metaphorical appearance of a stage on screen. When the Hollywood style emerged in cinema history it traumatically severed the entwined relationship between film and theatre. The book makes the argument that cinema longs for theatre after that separation. The histories of stage and screen persistently crisscross one another making their separation problematic. The screened stage from the end of the nineteenth century until now offers a miniaturized version of cinema and theatre history. Moments of the stage within the screen compress historical styles and movements into saturated representations on film. Such examples overflow the cinematic screen into singular manifestations of presentness. Screened stages uncover what it means to be simultaneously present and absent. This book would be of great interest to students and scholars of theatre, film, dance, and performance.

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Taylor & Francis

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1003855105

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9781003855101

Cupcake

By: Rachel Cohn

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Cupcake

By: Rachel Cohn

Sassy and entertaining Cyd Charisse moves from San Francisco to New York City to start a new life—without her true love—in the “thoroughly satisfying conclusion to the saga” (School Library Journal). Cyd wants to find a cool job, the city’s best caffeination and most perfect cupcake, and a hot new love. But the reality of her new life hits some unexpected obstacles, including a broken leg that renders her immobile; the joy and aggravation of sharing an apartment with a roommate who’s also an older brother; and a tasty selection of guys—none of whom measure up to Shrimp. Then, just when Cyd starts to get her new life on track, her old love returns. Shrimp has given up on his plans to live and surf in New Zealand and arrives in NYC with nothing to do other than to be with her. And this time Cyd’s is determined that she and Shrimp will not repeat their old mistakes. This third book about reformed hellion Cyd Charisse is just as unforgettable as Gingerbread and Shrimp.

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Simon and Schuster

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1442430117

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9781442430112

Frogfishes

Biodiversity, Zoogeography, and Behavioral Ecology

By: Theodore W. Pietsch,Rachel J. Arnold

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Frogfishes

Biodiversity, Zoogeography, and Behavioral Ecology

By: Theodore W. Pietsch,Rachel J. Arnold

Unmasking the mysteries of frogfish evolution and phylogenetic relationships through close examination of their fossil record, morphology, and molecular reconstruction, Frogfishes demonstrates the surprising diversity and beauty of this remarkable assemblage of marine shorefishes.

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Johns Hopkins University Press

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1421432528

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9781421432526

Values and Ethics in Coaching

By: Ioanna Iordanou,Rachel Hawley,Christiana Iordanou

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Values and Ethics in Coaching

By: Ioanna Iordanou,Rachel Hawley,Christiana Iordanou

The first complete guide to exploring values and ethics in coaching, this book will guide you through the responsibilities of coaching practice, and help you recognize and reconcile common ethical dilemmas and choices. Part I explores the theory and research underpinning ethical coaching practice, and invites you to examine own personal and professional values. Part II delves into the key ethical considerations in the coaching relationship, including contracting, confidentiality and understanding boundaries. It explores each issue in depth, and offers implications and suggestions for practice. Part III examines individual professional contexts, including coaching in business, sports and healthcare with real life examples and reflections from practising coaches. This book is vital reading for trainee and practitioner coaches, and those looking to introduce ethical coaching practice into a professional setting.

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SAGE

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1473987296

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Hedonizing Technologies

Paths to Pleasure in Hobbies and Leisure

By: Rachel Maines

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Hedonizing Technologies

Paths to Pleasure in Hobbies and Leisure

By: Rachel Maines

The book addresses basic issues in the history of labor and industry and makes an original contribution to the discussion of how technology and people interact.

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0801891469

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The Politics of the Pill

Gender, Framing, and Policymaking in the Battle Over Birth Control

By: Rachel VanSickle-Ward,Kevin Wallsten

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The Politics of the Pill

Gender, Framing, and Policymaking in the Battle Over Birth Control

By: Rachel VanSickle-Ward,Kevin Wallsten

The announcement of a Health and Human Services (HHS) rule requiring insurance providers to cover the costs of contraception as part of the Affordable Care Act sparked widespread political controversy. How did something that millions of American women use regularly become such a fraught political issue? In The Politics of the Pill, Rachel VanSickle-Ward and Kevin Wallsten explore how gender has shaped contemporary debates over contraception policy in the U.S. Within historical context, they examine the impact that women and perceptions of gender roles had on media coverage, public opinion, policy formation, and legal interpretations from the deliberation of the Affordable Care Act in 2009 to the more recent Supreme Court rulings in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. and Zubic v. Burwell. Their central argument is that representation matters: who had a voice significantly impacted policy attitudes, deliberation and outcomes. While women's participation in the debate over birth control was limited by a lack of gender parity across institutions, women nevertheless shaped policy making on birth control in myriad and interconnected ways. Combining detailed analyses of media coverage and legislative records with data from public opinion surveys, survey experiments, elite interviews, and congressional testimony, The Politics of the Pill tells a broader story of how gender matters in American politics.

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0190675349

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Perpetration-Induced Traumatic Stress

The Psychological Consequences of Killing

By: Rachel MacNair

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Perpetration-Induced Traumatic Stress

The Psychological Consequences of Killing

By: Rachel MacNair

This volume introduces the concept of Perpetration-Induced Traumatic Stress (PITS), a form of PTSD symptoms caused by being an active participant in causing trauma.

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iUniverse

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0595347649

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Group Radical Openness

An Intervention for Overcontrol

By: Richard Booth,Rachel Egan

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Group Radical Openness

An Intervention for Overcontrol

By: Richard Booth,Rachel Egan

This innovative book introduces Group Radical Openness (GRO), a group treatment for individuals who struggle with costly and harmful overcontrol. The book opens with the background and evolution of GRO, followed by a thorough description of how to assess overcontrol. This novel group approach draws on both Group Therapy and Polyvagal Theory and encourages an entirely different way of working with this client group. It explores the concept of overcontrol, describing a pattern of distance in relationships, rigidity, and emotional inhibition. The 27-session group treatment leads the participants on a journey where they develop trust and safety with each other, show flexibility, and become more emotionally aware and expressive. Chapters feature engaging clinical examples and strikingly original exercises. This book is aimed at clinicians looking for ways to effectively treat disorders characterised by excessive self-control, such as mood disorders, eating disorders, and certain personality disorders. This will be an important resource in a wide range of mental health and forensic settings.

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Taylor & Francis

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1000838846

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Prisoners of Politics

Breaking the Cycle of Mass Incarceration

By: Rachel Elise Barkow

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Prisoners of Politics

Breaking the Cycle of Mass Incarceration

By: Rachel Elise Barkow

A CounterPunch Best Book of the Year A Lone Star Policy Institute Recommended Book “If you care, as I do, about disrupting the perverse politics of criminal justice, there is no better place to start than Prisoners of Politics.” —James Forman, Jr., author of Locking Up Our Own The United States has the highest rate of incarceration in the world. The social consequences of this fact—recycling people who commit crimes through an overwhelmed system and creating a growing class of permanently criminalized citizens—are devastating. A leading criminal justice reformer who has successfully rewritten sentencing guidelines, Rachel Barkow argues that we would be safer, and have fewer people in prison, if we relied more on expertise and evidence and worried less about being “tough on crime.” A groundbreaking work that is transforming our national conversation on crime and punishment, Prisoners of Politics shows how problematic it is to base criminal justice policy on the whims of the electorate and argues for an overdue shift that could upend our prison problem and make America a more equitable society. “A critically important exploration of the political dynamics that have made us one of the most punitive societies in human history. A must-read by one of our most thoughtful scholars of crime and punishment.” —Bryan Stevenson, author of Just Mercy “Barkow’s analysis suggests that it is not enough to slash police budgets if we want to ensure lasting reform. We also need to find ways to insulate the process from political winds.” —David Cole, New York Review of Books “A cogent and provocative argument about how to achieve true institutional reform and fix our broken system.” —Emily Bazelon, author of Charged

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Belknap Press

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0674919238

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The Yew Tree Collection

By: Rachel Friend,Lindsay Armstrong,Melanie Farrell

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The Yew Tree Collection

By: Rachel Friend,Lindsay Armstrong,Melanie Farrell

This compilation contains four short novels-The Yew Tree Orphanage, Tilt Meadow, The Last Stop, and The Curse of Harwington Manor. The four authors combined their works into The Yew Tree Collection, creating a book with something for every reader.

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iUniverse

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0595214657

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9780595214655

Feminism and the Politics of Travel After the Enlightenment

By: Yaël Rachel Schlick

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Feminism and the Politics of Travel After the Enlightenment

By: Yaël Rachel Schlick

Taking the Enlightenment and the feminist tradition to which it gave rise as its historical and philosophical coordinates, Feminism and the Politics of Travel After the Enlightenment explores the coincidence of feminist vindications and travel in the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the way travel's utopian dimension and feminism's utopian ideals have intermittently fed off each other in productive ways. Travel's gender politics is analyzed in the works of J.-J. Rousseau, Mary Wollstonecraft, Stéphanie-Félicité de Genlis, Germaine de Staël, Frances Burney, Flora Tristan, Suzanne Voilquin, Gustave Flaubert George Sand, Robyn Davidson, and Sara Wheeler.

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Lexington Books

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1611484286

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From Boom to Bubble

How Finance Built the New Chicago

By: Rachel Weber

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From Boom to Bubble

How Finance Built the New Chicago

By: Rachel Weber

An unprecedented historical, sociological, and geographic look at how property markets change and fail—and how that affects cities. In From Boom to Bubble, Rachel Weber debunks the idea that booms occur only when cities are growing and innovating. Instead, she argues, even in cities experiencing employment and population decline, developers rush to erect new office towers and apartment buildings when they have financial incentives to do so. Focusing on the main causes of overbuilding during the early 2000s, Weber documents the case of Chicago’s “Millennial Boom,” showing that the Loop’s expansion was a response to global and local pressures to produce new assets. An influx of cheap cash, made available through the use of complex financial instruments, helped transform what started as a boom grounded in modest occupant demand into a speculative bubble, where pricing and supply had only tenuous connections to the market. From Boom to Bubble is an innovative look at how property markets change and fail—and how that affects cities.

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University of Chicago Press

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0226826597

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Questioning Care in Higher Education

Resisting Definitions as Radical

By: Sally Baker,Rachel Burke

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Questioning Care in Higher Education

Resisting Definitions as Radical

By: Sally Baker,Rachel Burke

This book explores questions of care in higher education. Using Joan Tronto’s seven signs that institutions are not caring well, the authors examine whether students and staff consider universities to be caring institutions. As such, they outline how universities systematically, structurally, and actively ‘undercare’ when it comes to supporting students and staff, a phenomenon which was amplified by the COVID-19 pandemic. Drawing on scholarly ideas from the sociology of care, higher education, social justice, and feminist critique, and in dialogue with empirical insights gathered with people who work and study in universities in Australia, South Africa, and the UK, the book questions why people care, as well as why adopting a caring position in higher education can be viewed as radical. The authors conclude by asking what we can do to counter that view by thinking carefully about the purpose, power, and plurality of care, before imagining how we can create more caring universities.

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Springer Nature

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3031418298

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Asbestos and Fire

Technological Tradeoffs and the Body at Risk

By: Rachel Maines

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Asbestos and Fire

Technological Tradeoffs and the Body at Risk

By: Rachel Maines

For much of the industrial era, asbestos was a widely acclaimed benchmark material. During its heyday, it was manufactured into nearly three thousand different products, most of which protected life and property from heat, flame, and electricity. It was used in virtually every industry from hotel keeping to military technology to chemical manufacturing, and was integral to building construction from shacks to skyscrapers in every community across the United States. Beginning in the mid-1960s, however, this once popular mineral began a rapid fall from grace as growing attention to the serious health risks associated with it began to overshadow the protections and benefits it provided. In this thought-provoking and controversial book, Rachel Maines challenges the recent vilification of asbestos by providing a historical perspective on Americans’ changing perceptions about risk. She suggests that the very success of asbestos and other fire-prevention technologies in containing deadly blazes has led to a sort of historical amnesia about the very risks they were supposed to reduce. Asbestos and Fire is not only the most thoroughly researched and balanced look at the history of asbestos, it is also an important contribution to a larger debate that considers how the risks of technological solutions should be evaluated. As technology offers us ever-increasing opportunities to protect and prevent, Maines urges that learning to accept and effectively address the unintended consequences of technological innovations is a growing part of our collective responsibility.

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Rutgers University Press

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0813570239

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Health Psychology

Theory, Research and Practice

By: David F. Marks,Michael Murray,Emee Vida Estacio,Rachel A. Annunziato,Abigail Locke,Gareth J. Treharne

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Health Psychology

Theory, Research and Practice

By: David F. Marks,Michael Murray,Emee Vida Estacio,Rachel A. Annunziato,Abigail Locke,Gareth J. Treharne

Health Psychology takes a truly international and critical biopsychosocial approach, providing students with a holistic understanding of health behaviour, culture and change. Thoroughly updated with the latest research, this comprehensive introduction to foundational and cutting-edge topics in health psychology gives you the tools you need to critically appraise theory and research, and to apply this knowledge to real-world public health issues. Praised for its coverage of social justice, macro-social and cultural issues in health, this edition features three new chapters on parenting and health, responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, and gender-affirmative healthcare for transgender people. Now in full colour, it also includes updated pedagogy, with international Key Studies, Critical Discussions and Insights boxes to extend your learning. Written by experts in the field, this must-read for students of Health Psychology, Health Promotion and Health Behaviour demonstrates how theory and research learned in the classroom impacts public policy around the world. David F. Marks is a psychologist specializing in Health Psychology, Mental Imagery and Consciousness research. Michael Murray is Emeritus Professor of Social and Health Psychology at Keele University. Emee Vida Estacio is a chartered psychologist, author, speaker and health promotion specialist. Rachel A. Annunziato is Professor of Psychology at Fordham University. Abigail Locke is Professor of Critical Social and Health Psychology and Head of School at Keele University. Gareth J. Treharne is Professor of Psychology at te Whare Wananga o Otago (the University of Otago).

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The Rush

The Siren Series Book #1

By: Rachel Higginson

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The Rush

The Siren Series Book #1

By: Rachel Higginson

A life not her own—A future already decided. Every facet of Ivy Pierce’s life is meticulously planned out and plotted. Cynical and jaded by sixteen, Ivy’s only hope is to escape the legacy she was born into. She has a plan, a carefully thought out, feasible plan. She just has to play by the rules until everything falls into place. Unfortunately as predictable as her life can be, she never sees Ryder Sutton coming. He tumbles into her life unimpressed and untouched by her and the life she lives. He’s an enigma to her. A gorgeous, frustrating, sincere mystery and a complete phenomenon in the ugly world she lives in. What blooms between them is a fiercely intense attraction that cannot be ignored. Even though they would both be better off without each other—Even if both their lives depend on staying apart.

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Seven Books for Seven Lovers

By: Molly Harper,Stephanie Haefner,Liora Blake,Gabra Zackman,Andrea Laurence,Colette Auclair,Victoria Van Tiem,Lindsay Jill Roth,Rachel Goodman,Kate Meader,Jessica Sims

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Seven Books for Seven Lovers

By: Molly Harper,Stephanie Haefner,Liora Blake,Gabra Zackman,Andrea Laurence,Colette Auclair,Victoria Van Tiem,Lindsay Jill Roth,Rachel Goodman,Kate Meader,Jessica Sims

Get more bang for your buck with this exclusive ebook boxed set, featuring seven full-length contemporary romances and extended teasers of five other books, perfect for every romance reader! This boxed set features seven delightful full-length contemporary romance novels. The stories range from two women struggling to keep their lingerie shop afloat while juggling romance in Try Me On For Size, to a horseback riding teacher trying to ignore advances from the hunky Hollywood actor who also happens to be the father of one of her students in Thrown, to a woman actually living a fairytale—that is, until her sexy ex shows up to throw a wrench in all her plans in Love Like the Movies. Seven Books for Seven Lovers is the perfect collection of charming love stories for any voracious reader!

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Fortin's Children's Rights and the Developing Law

By: Rachel E. Taylor

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Fortin's Children's Rights and the Developing Law

By: Rachel E. Taylor

Now fully revised and updated, this classic textbook is unique in its use of children's rights to evaluate law and policy affecting children across a broad range of areas in their lives. Comprehensive in scope, it features assessments of key topics including parenthood, education, child protection, child poverty and medical law.

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1108426964

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Poor and Pregnant in Paris

Strategies for Survival in the Nineteenth Century

By: Rachel G. Fuchs

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Poor and Pregnant in Paris

Strategies for Survival in the Nineteenth Century

By: Rachel G. Fuchs

In their attempt to cope with the daunting problems of poverty and pregnancy, poor women in nineteenth-century France struggled with their environment and in some respects helped shape it. Rachel Fuchs reveals who these women were and how they survived. With dramatic detail, and drawing on actual hospital records and court testimonies, Fuchs portrays poor women's childbirth experiences, their use of charity and welfare, and their recourse to abortion and infanticide as desperate alternatives to motherhood. Fuchs also provides a comprehensive description of philanthropic and welfare institutions, and outlines the relationship between the developing welfare state and official conceptions of womanhood. She traces the evolution of a new morality among policymakers in which secular views, medical hygiene, and a new focus on the protection of children replaced religious morality as a driving force in policy formation. Combining social, intellectual, and medical history, this study of poor mothers illuminates both class and gender relations in Paris and brings to light the connection between social policy and the way ordinary women lived their lives. Fuchs's book enriches contemporary debates about maternity leave, abortion rights, and national health care initiatives. Book jacket.

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Public Service Improvement

Theories and Evidence

By: Rachel E. Ashworth,George A. Boyne,Tom Entwistle

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Public Service Improvement

Theories and Evidence

By: Rachel E. Ashworth,George A. Boyne,Tom Entwistle

The performance of the public services, from education and policing to health and recycling, is a matter of concern in many countries. Issues of public service efficiency, cost, and effectiveness have moved to the forefront of political debate. This book applies the latest thinking from Management and Organization Studies to the performance of public organizations in order to evaluate the merits of different mechanisms for driving improvement in the public sector. Research in Management and Organization Studies on the private sector has identified a number of 'drivers' of improved performance, including innovation, organizational culture, leadership, and strategic planning. Many of these 'private sector' characteristics have emerged within public sector organisations in recent years. However, public managers face additional pressures, whether from regulators, constrained resources, or political interference. This book takes each of these drivers in turn and assesses whether they lead to improvement in public services. Written for students and researchers of Public Management, this book will also be of interest to public managers and consultants.

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A Star Is Found

Our Adventures Casting Some of Hollywood's Biggest Movies

By: Janet Hirshenson,Jane Jenkins,Rachel Kranz

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A Star Is Found

Our Adventures Casting Some of Hollywood's Biggest Movies

By: Janet Hirshenson,Jane Jenkins,Rachel Kranz

“These veteran insiders have a passion for casting major motion pictures, and they use meetings with famous people to illustrate how Hollywood works.” —Publishers Weekly For anyone who’s ever walked out of a movie and said, “That guy was all wrong for the part,” comes this first-of-its-kind look at how actors are chosen and careers are born. Two of the top casting directors in the business, who recently cast the much-lauded choice of Daniel Craig as the new James Bond, offer an insider’s tour of their crucial craft—spotting stars in the making. Janet and Jane share the fascinating, funny stories of discovering and casting then-unknown stars such as Julia Roberts, Tom Cruise, Leonardo DiCaprio, John Cusack, Matt Damon, Jennifer Connelly, Virginia Madsen, Joaquin Phoenix, Meg Ryan, Benicio Del Toro, and the Harry Potter kids. Taking us from the first casting call through head shots, auditions, meetings, and desperate searches to fill a part, they give us the kind of behind-the-scenes access to the machinery of star-making that captivates movie fans and aspiring actors alike. “In an exuberant, faultlessly pleasant manner, the authors take us behind the Hollywood curtain and into a world often misunderstood . . . remarkable reading.” —PopMatters “Parlour game fun . . . Good-natured and always professional, Hirshenson and Jenkins impart the tenets of their craft.” —The New York Times Book Review “Reads as fast and easily as a finely honed script.” —The Columbus Dispatch “Hirshenson and Jenkins have done much to demystify the process of matching actors with movie roles in this must-read for anyone interested in acting or casting.” —Booklist

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0547545266

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An Interprofessional Approach to Veterinary Nutrition

By: Rachel Lumbis,Tierney Kinnison

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An Interprofessional Approach to Veterinary Nutrition

By: Rachel Lumbis,Tierney Kinnison

In veterinary practice, the interface between veterinarians, veterinary nurses or technicians, and paraprofessional team members is crucial. It influences patient care, incidence of medical errors, client satisfaction, success of the veterinary practice and revenue generation. Ensuring a coherent approach to the maintenance of animal health and wellbeing is of paramount importance, yet challenges such as interprofessional prejudice, misunderstanding of motivations, and a lack of recognition, respect, empowerment or trust, can prevent best practice. Effective interprofessional communication and collaboration is considered a key factor in the successful implementation of nutritional assessment, and a positive team environment founded on respect, trust and mutual support helps overcome challenges and provide the best outcome for both pets and their owners. This book provides evidence-based theory in an accessible and practical way to help veterinary healthcare teams implement interprofessional approaches to nutritional care and support.

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1800621086

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Fall Into Love

By: Melody Anne,Sara Rider,Samantha Joyce,L.E. Bross,Rachel Goodman

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Fall Into Love

By: Melody Anne,Sara Rider,Samantha Joyce,L.E. Bross,Rachel Goodman

Cuddle up and fall in love with this collection of five wonderful romances. Whether you’re in the mood for saucy or sweet, small town or big fame, sports or cooking, this anthology has it all, featuring a novella from New York Times bestselling author Melody Anne and your new favorite debut authors: Sara Rider, Samantha Joyce, L. E. Bross, and Rachel Goodman. Once Taken by Melody Anne: A new lodge has opened in the hills of Montana and its owner, Jenna Pine, just wants to make it through another lonely Christmas. One night she says a prayer out loud on her balcony, never imagining that anyone would be listening, or that she’s about to get more than she could ever hope for. For the Win by Sara Rider: What happens when you fall for your biggest competition? Sara Rider scores with this charming romance about soccer stars battling their tough opponents and playing the field of love. Flirting with Fame by Samantha Joyce: Elise Jameson is the secret author behind the bestselling Viking Moon series. But when a stranger poses as Elise, the painfully shy, deaf nineteen-year-old starts to see how much she’s missing. Can she really hide in the shadows forever? This clever, coming-of-age debut is for anyone who has ever felt unsure in her own skin. Right Where You Are by L. E. Bross: In this smart, snappy romance—the first in the Second Chances series—a college senior finds herself sentenced to community service, where she happens to meet a bad boy who might just be exactly what she needs. From Scratch by Rachel Goodman: This critically acclaimed novel, hailed as “smart, sexy, and funny” (Publishers Weekly) is a down-home, feel-good Southern romance that explores one woman’s journey back home to Dallas, Texas, where her family is cooking up a plan that doesn’t quite suit her tastes…

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Multimodal Experiences Across Cultures, Spaces and Identities

By: Ayelet Kohn,Rachel Weissbrod

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Multimodal Experiences Across Cultures, Spaces and Identities

By: Ayelet Kohn,Rachel Weissbrod

This book explores the interplay between various semiotic modes in multimodal texts and the ways in which they are employed to express cultural translation, seeking to expand prevailing views of translation and adaptation in light of everchanging social realities. Drawing on work from multimodal discourse studies, translation studies and adaptation studies, Kohn and Weissbrod shed a light on the increasing prominence of the visual in multimodal texts in the act of translation in a broad sense, and specifically, in conveying cultural translation, broadly understood as the processes and experiences which communities and individuals undergo in the face of social and cultural upheavals which require them to become acquainted with new signs, uniquely encoded across different contexts. Each example showcases individual sociocultural domains while also engaging in the active role of the audience and the respective spaces these works inhabit. The book brings together work from translation and adaptation studies and multimodality and opens up avenues for new research, making it of interest to scholars in these disciplines as well as fields such as media studies, migration studies and cultural studies.

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1000846113

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Harlequin Romantic Suspense May 2016 Box Set

An Anthology

By: Rachel Lee,Amelia Autin,Elle James,Lisa Childs

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Harlequin Romantic Suspense May 2016 Box Set

An Anthology

By: Rachel Lee,Amelia Autin,Elle James,Lisa Childs

Looking for heart-racing romance and breathless suspense? Want stories filled with life-and-death situations that cause sparks to fly between adventurous, strong women and brave, powerful men? Harlequin® Romantic Suspense brings you all that and more with four new full-length titles in one collection! CONARD COUNTY SPY Conard County: The Next Generation by Rachel Lee On the run from danger, ex-CIA agent Trace Archer seeks help in Conard County, Wyoming, from a former colleague. But when beautiful teacher Julie Ardlow offers him protection, danger and desire combine to create an incredibly potent mixture. HER COLTON P.I. The Coltons of Texas by Amelia Autin As danger threatens Blackthorn County, Texas, private investigator Chris Colton takes on his hardest assignment yet: protecting Holly McCay and her twins. But it's Chris's heart that's really at risk! DEADLY OBSESSION by Elle James Suffering from PTSD, former army ranger Chance McCall jumps at the opportunity to visit coastal Cape Churn for a friend's wedding, where he meets Jillian Taylor. As he helps the ravishing real estate agent solve the mystery of a haunted house, he soon realizes he might be the next down the aisle. BODYGUARD'S BABY SURPRISE Bachelor Bodyguards by Lisa Childs To protect the woman he inadvertently put in danger, FBI Special Agent Nicholas Rus becomes a bodyguard to girl-next-door Annalise Huxton. Now that she's carrying his child, no threat will keep him from her—or their family.

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1460398130

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Godwired

Religion, Ritual and Virtual Reality

By: Rachel Wagner

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Godwired

Religion, Ritual and Virtual Reality

By: Rachel Wagner

Godwired offers an engaging exploration of religious practice in the digital age. It considers how virtual experiences, like stories, games and rituals, are forms of world-building or "cosmos construction" that serve as a means of making sense of our own world. Such creative and interactive activity is, arguably, patently religious. This book examines: the nature of sacred space in virtual contexts technology as a vehicle for sacred texts who we are when we go online what rituals have in common with games and how they work online what happens to community when people worship online how religious "worlds" and virtual "worlds" nurture similar desires. Rachel Wagner suggests that whilst our engagement with virtual reality can be viewed as a form of religious activity, today’s virtual religion marks a radical departure from traditional religious practice – it is ephemeral, transient, rapid, disposable, hyper-individualized, hybrid, and in an ongoing state of flux.

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A Most Tolerant Little Town

The Explosive Beginning of School Desegregation

By: Rachel Louise Martin

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A Most Tolerant Little Town

The Explosive Beginning of School Desegregation

By: Rachel Louise Martin

An intimate portrait of a small Southern town living through tumultuous times, this propulsive piece of forgotten civil rights history-about the first school to attempt court-ordered desegregation in the wake of Brown v. Board-will forever change how you think of the end of racial segregation in America. In graduate school, Rachel Martin volunteered with a Southern oral history project. One day, she was sent to a small town in Tennessee, in the foothills of the Appalachians, where locals wanted to build a museum to commemorate the events of August 1956, when Clinton High School became the first school in the former Confederacy to undergo court-mandated desegregation. After recording a dozen interviews, Rachel asked the museum's curator why everyone she'd been told to gather stories from was white. Weren't there any Black residents of Clinton who remembered this history? A few hours later, she got a call from the head of the oral history project: the town of Clinton didn't want her help anymore. For years, Rachel Martin wondered what it was the white residents of Clinton didn't want remembered. So she went back, eventually interviewing sixty residents-including the surviving Black students who'd desegregated Clinton High-to piece together what happened back in 1956: the death threats and beatings, picket lines and cross burnings, neighbors turned on neighbors and preachers for the first time at a loss for words. The national guard had rushed to town, followed by national journalists like Edward Murrow and even evangelist Billy Graham. And still tensions continued to rise... until white supremacists bombed the school. In A Most Tolerant Little Town, Rachel Martin weaves together a dozen disparate perspectives in an intimate and yet kaleidoscopic portrait of a small town living through a tumultuous turning point for America. The result is a propulsive piece of forgotten civil rights history that reads like a ticking time bomb... and illuminates the devastating costs of being on the frontlines of social change. You may have never before heard of Clinton-but you won't be forgetting the town anytime soon"--

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1982186852

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