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The Rice Mother

By: Rani Manicka

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At the age of fourteen, Lakshmi leaves behind her childhood among the mango trees of Ceylon for married life across the ocean in Malaysia, and soon finds herself struggling to raise a family in a country that is, by turns, unyielding and amazing, brutal and beautiful. Giving birth to a child every year until she is nineteen, Lakshmi becomes a formidable matriarch, determined to secure a better life for her daughters and sons. From the Japanese occupation during World War II to the torture of watching some of her children succumb to life’s most terrible temptations, she rises to face every new challenge with almost mythic strength. Dreamy and lyrical, told in the alternating voices of the men and women of this amazing family, The Rice Mother gorgeously evokes a world where small pleasures offset unimaginable horrors, where ghosts and gods walk hand in hand. It marks the triumphant debut of a writer whose wisdom and soaring prose will touch readers, especially women, the world over.

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1101117915

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Dancing Heart

An Indian Classical Dance Recital

By: Rani Iyer

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Dancing Heart

An Indian Classical Dance Recital

By: Rani Iyer

Dancing Heart offers the experience of a dance recital in the style of Bharathanatyam, one of the oldest dance forms of India. Today this popular dance is presented and experienced all around the world. Intended for elementary and middle-grade readers, this unique and beautiful book promises to engage and inspire the minds and hearts of all who delight in the sights and sounds of this Indian dance.

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Shanti Arts Publishing

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1941830781

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Wisdom from a Humble Jellyfish

And Other Self-Care Rituals from Nature

By: Rani Shah

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Wisdom from a Humble Jellyfish

And Other Self-Care Rituals from Nature

By: Rani Shah

A delightfully illustrated guide to harnessing the rhythms of nature for self-care. We could all learn a thing or two about living in balance from our friends in the plant and animal kingdom. Take, for example, the jellyfish, one of the most energy-efficient animals in the world, moving through the ocean by contracting and relaxing, with frequent breaks in between. Or the avocado tree, which can credit its existence to a mutually beneficial relationship with the pre-historic sloth, followed by some hungry, hungry humans and the advent of agriculture. And then there is the oyster, producing a pearl as the result of an immune response when a grain of sand invades her system. What better example exists of how adversity can produce something beautiful? We need look no farther than nature—from the habits of the porcupine to the sunflower to the wombat to the dragonfly—for small and simple things we can do to slow down, recharge, and living more thoughtfully, lovingly, and harmoniously. Wisdom From a Humble Jellyfish . . . is at once charming and scientific, packed with essential wisdom and practical tips worth borrowing from our plant and animal friends for life-changing self-care.

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HarperCollins

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0062931741

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Baby Does A Runner

The debut novel from Anita Rani

By: Anita Rani

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Baby Does A Runner

The debut novel from Anita Rani

By: Anita Rani

Sometimes you need to run, to find out where you really belong. Baby Saul has had it with just about everything. She's fed up with her job and her colleagues, her love life is permanently casual, and underpinning everything is the recent grief of losing her much-loved dad. Oh, and if her mother and the aunties don't stop asking her when she's going to settle down and start having babies, Baby might just lose it. When she finds some love letters between her grandfather and someone who is very clearly not her grandmother, Baby realises that she needs to know more. She heads to India to do some detective work on this mysterious other woman and to find out a bit more about herself along the way. What she doesn't bargain for is Sid, her guide (and unwilling driver) being annoyingly handsome with a knack for asking Baby the sort of questions that force her to look at what she really wants out of life.

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Kings Road Publishing

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1838779426

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Endangered Rivers

Investigating Rivers in Crisis

By: Rani Iyer

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Endangered Rivers

Investigating Rivers in Crisis

By: Rani Iyer

Rivers are an important part of the Earth. They are home to a variety of life, and humans have come to depend on them for food and transportation. But the actions of humans are harming these important ecosystems. Why do humans need to protect rivers? What can every person do to help protect the important resources rivers provide? Endangered Rivers answers these questions by engaging readers with lively text, graphic features, and stunning photography. Readers will discover why rivers matter to them and the part they can play in protecting them.

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Endangered Energy

Investigating the Scarcity of Fossil Fuels

By: Rani Iyer

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Endangered Energy

Investigating the Scarcity of Fossil Fuels

By: Rani Iyer

Fossil Fuels are an important part of the Earth. Humans have come to rely on them as a source of energy. What exactly are fossil fuels? How does our dependence on them harm the environment? What are alternate sources of energy and how do we reverse the damage we’ve already done? Endangered Energy answers these questions by engaging readers with lively text, graphic features, and stunning photography. Readers will discover why fossil fuels matter to them and the part they play in protecting them.

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Endangered Rain Forests

Investigating Rain Forests in Crisis

By: Rani Iyer

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Endangered Rain Forests

Investigating Rain Forests in Crisis

By: Rani Iyer

Rain Forests are an important part of the Earth. They are home to numerous plants and wildlife. Although not everyone lives near a rain forest, the actions of all are affecting these fragile ecosystems. What exactly is a rain forest? What are humans doing to harm them? What can readers to help protect them? Endangered Rain Forests answers these questions by engaging readers with lively text, graphic features, and stunning photography. Readers will find out why protecting rain forests matters to them and the part they can play in protecting them

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7 Letters to My Daughters

Light Lessons of Love, Leadership, and Legacy

By: Rani Puranik

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7 Letters to My Daughters

Light Lessons of Love, Leadership, and Legacy

By: Rani Puranik

According to popular science, as the cells in the human body constantly die and are replenished, every cell in the body will be replaced with a new one within a seven-year period. After each seven-year period, human beings can literally become a new version of themselves from the inside to the outside. Rani Puranik uses this principle to define her purpose and identity within 7 Letters to My Daughters. Each seven-year period of life is marked by distinct experiences, perceptions and lessons. From growing up in a country foreign to her family to finding strength during a tumultuous and scarring divorce, to finally understanding a greater purpose and independence in spite of cultural norms, Rani Puranik shares lessons of life, love and leadership in 7 Letters to My Daughters, a roadmap crafted to equip not only her daughters but the daughters of the world. Puranik serves as a companion, mentor—and even daughter—for readers seeking to grow through adversity, move forward no matter the circumstance, and define who they are and what they want. She hopes to guide individuals in the right direction, toward becoming the best version of themselves as a person and establishing a legacy for the next generations to pass life’s tests.

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Morgan James Publishing

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1631958984

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The Lakota Ghost Dance Of 1890

By: Rani-Henrik Andersson

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The Lakota Ghost Dance Of 1890

By: Rani-Henrik Andersson

A broad range of perspectives from Natives and non-Natives makes this book the most complete account and analysis of the Lakota ghost dance ever published. A revitalization movement that swept across Native communities of the West in the late 1880s, the ghost dance took firm hold among the Lakotas, perplexed and alarmed government agents, sparked the intervention of the U.S. Army, and culminated in the massacre of hundreds of Lakota men, women, and children at Wounded Knee in December 1890. Although the Lakota ghost dance has been the subject of much previous historical study, the views of Lakota participants have not been fully explored, in part because they have been available only in the Lakota language. Moreover, emphasis has been placed on the event as a shared historical incident rather than as a dynamic meeting ground of multiple groups with differing perspectives. In The Lakota Ghost Dance of 1890, Rani-Henrik Andersson uses for the first time some accounts translated from Lakota. This book presents these Indian accounts together with the views and observations of Indian agents, the U.S. Army, missionaries, the mainstream press, and Congress. This comprehensive, complex, and compelling study not only collects these diverse viewpoints but also explores and analyzes the political, cultural, and economic linkages among them. Purchase the audio edition.

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U of Nebraska Press

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1496211073

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Touching Earth

By: Rani Manicka

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Touching Earth

By: Rani Manicka

THE BALINESE TWINS - Beautiful and exotic, they exchange an island paradise for the shabby squalor of London, and innocence for corruption. THE SICILIAN- Ricky Delgado strikes a devil's bargain with a blood goddess: 'Build my temple and bring me the souls of damaged people, and you will see what rewards I give.' THE COURTESAN - Elizabeth makes her living from men's desire. With a flick of the switch in her head, she feels nothing: no pain, no hate, no sorrow, no joy. THE ARTIST - Anis takes to painting as an outlet for his rage. His artist's eye knows his subjects before they know themselves, and he paints them all, a gallery of broken people. Can they escape the deadly web of decadence and sin?

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0340823844

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Lakhota

An Indigenous History

By: Rani-Henrik Andersson,David C. Posthumus

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Lakhota

An Indigenous History

By: Rani-Henrik Andersson,David C. Posthumus

The Lakȟóta are among the best-known Native American peoples. In popular culture and even many scholarly works, they were once lumped together with others and called the Sioux. This book tells the full story of Lakȟóta culture and society, from their origins to the twenty-first century, drawing on Lakȟóta voices and perspectives. In Lakȟóta culture, “listening” is a cardinal virtue, connoting respect, and here authors Rani-Henrik Andersson and David C. Posthumus listen to the Lakȟóta, both past and present. The history of Lakȟóta culture unfolds in this narrative as the people lived it. Fittingly, Lakhota: An Indigenous History opens with an origin story, that of White Buffalo Calf Woman (Ptesanwin) and her gift of the sacred pipe to the Lakȟóta people. Drawing on winter counts, oral traditions and histories, and Lakȟóta letters and speeches, the narrative proceeds through such periods and events as early Lakȟóta-European trading, the creation of the Great Sioux Reservation, Christian missionization, the Plains Indian Wars, the Ghost Dance and Wounded Knee (1890), the Indian New Deal, and self-determination, as well as recent challenges like the #NoDAPL movement and management of Covid-19 on reservations. This book centers Lakȟóta experience, as when it shifts the focus of the Battle of Little Bighorn from Custer to fifteen-year-old Black Elk, or puts American Horse at the heart of the negotiations with the Crook Commission, or explains the Lakȟóta agenda in negotiating the Fort Laramie Treaty in 1851. The picture that emerges—of continuity and change in Lakȟóta culture from its distant beginnings to issues in our day—is as sweeping and intimate, and as deeply complex, as the lived history it encompasses.

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University of Oklahoma Press

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0806191643

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Yaxcabá and the Caste War of Yucatán

An Archaeological Perspective

By: Rani T. Alexander

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Yaxcabá and the Caste War of Yucatán

An Archaeological Perspective

By: Rani T. Alexander

Rani Alexander's study of the Caste War of Yucatan (1847-1901) uses archaeological evidence, ethnography, and history to explore the region's processes of resistance.

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0826329624

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9780826329622

Finnish Settler Colonialism in North America

Rethinking Finnish Experiences in Transnational Spaces

By: Rani-Henrik Andersson,Janne Lahti

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Finnish Settler Colonialism in North America

Rethinking Finnish Experiences in Transnational Spaces

By: Rani-Henrik Andersson,Janne Lahti

Finnish Settler Colonialism in North America reinterprets Finnish experiences in North America by connecting them to the transnational processes of settler colonial conquest, far-settlement, elimination of natives, and capture of terrestrial spaces. Rather than merely exploring whether the idea of Finns as a different kind of immigrant is a myth, this book challenges it in many ways. It offers an analysis of the ways in which this myth manifests itself, why it has been upheld to this day, and most importantly how it contributes to settler colonialism in North America and beyond. The authors in this volume apply multidisciplinary perspectives in revealing the various levels of Finnish involvement in settler colonialism. In their chapters, authors seek to understand the experiences and representations of Finns in North American spatial projects, in territorial expansion and integration, and visions of power. They do so by analyzing how Finns reinvented their identities and acted as settlers, participated in the production of settler colonial narratives, as well as benefitted and took advantage of settler colonial structures. Finnish Settler Colonialism in North America aims to challenge traditional histories of Finnish migration, in which Finns have typically been viewed almost in isolation from the broader American context, not to mention colonialism. The book examines the diversity of roles, experiences, and narrations of and by Finns in the histories of North America by employing the settler colonial analytical framework.

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Helsinki University Press

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9523690809

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A Whirlwind Passed through Our Country

Lakota Voices of the Ghost Dance

By: Rani-Henrik Andersson

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A Whirlwind Passed through Our Country

Lakota Voices of the Ghost Dance

By: Rani-Henrik Andersson

The inception of the Ghost Dance religion in 1890 marked a critical moment in Lakota history. Yet, because this movement alarmed government officials, culminating in the infamous massacre at Wounded Knee of 250 Lakota men, women, and children, historical accounts have most often described the Ghost Dance from the perspective of the white Americans who opposed it. In A Whirlwind Passed through Our Country, historian Rani-Henrik Andersson instead gives Lakotas a sounding board, imparting the multiplicity of Lakota voices on the Ghost Dance at the time. Whereas early accounts treated the Ghost Dance as a military or political movement, A Whirlwind Passed through Our Country stresses its peaceful nature and reveals the breadth of Lakota views on the subject. The more than one hundred accounts compiled here show that the movement caused friction within Lakota society even as it spurred genuine religious belief. These accounts, many of them never before translated from the original Lakota or published, demonstrate that the Ghost Dance’s message resonated with Lakotas across artificial “progressive” and “nonprogressive” lines. Although the movement was often criticized as backward and disconnected from the harsh realities of Native life, Ghost Dance adherents were in fact seeking new ways to survive, albeit not those that contemporary whites envisioned for them. The Ghost Dance, Andersson suggests, might be better understood as an innovative adaptation by the Lakotas to the difficult situation in which they found themselves—and as a way of finding a path to a better life. By presenting accounts of divergent views among the Lakota people, A Whirlwind Passed through Our Country expands the narrative of the Ghost Dance, encouraging more nuanced interpretations of this significant moment in Lakota and American history.

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0806161140

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A Thousand Splendid Suns (Play Script)

Based on the novel by Khaled Hosseini

By: Ursula Rani Sarma

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A Thousand Splendid Suns (Play Script)

Based on the novel by Khaled Hosseini

By: Ursula Rani Sarma

The script for the stage production of the bestselling Khaled Hosseini novel A Thousand Splendid Suns, as adapted by playwright Ursula Rani Sarma. Born a generation apart and with very different ideas about love and family, Mariam and Laila are two women brought jarringly together by war, by loss, and by fate. As they endure the ever-escalating dangers around them--in their home, as well as in the streets of Kabul--they come to form a bond that makes them both sisters and mother-daughter to each other, and that will ultimately alter the course not just of their own lives but of the next generation. With heart-wrenching power and suspense, playwright Ursula Rani Sarma reimagines Hosseini's novel to show how a woman's love for her family can move her to shocking and heroic acts of self-sacrifice, and that in the end it is love, or even the memory of love, that is often the key to survival. A stunning accomplishment, this reimagination of A Thousand Splendid Suns is a haunting, heartbreaking, compelling production about unlikely friendship and indestructible love. This adaptation was first performed by the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco in February 2017.

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0525534474

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Handbook of Sustainable Weed Management

By: Harinder P. Singh,Daizy Rani Batish,Ravinder Kumar Kohli

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Handbook of Sustainable Weed Management

By: Harinder P. Singh,Daizy Rani Batish,Ravinder Kumar Kohli

Innovative Strategies for Managing Weeds in an Environmentally Protective Manner Successfully meeting the challenge of providing weed control without relying on dangerous chemicals that endanger the ecosystem or human lives, this compendium focuses on management strategies that reduce herbicidal usage, restore ecological balance, and increase food production. It also provides new insights and approaches for weed scientists, agronomists, agriculturists, horticulturists, farmers, and extentionists, as well as teachers and students. In the Handbook of Sustainable Weed Management, experts from Asia, Europe, North America, and Australia organize in one resource information related to weeds and their management from different ecosystems around the world that has been until now been scattered throughout the literature.. The text captures the multifaceted impacts of and approaches to managing weeds from field, farm, landscape, regional, and global perspectives. Generously illustrated with tables and figures, this book not only describes the various techniques for weed management but shows you what methods work best in a given region, or in response to a specific, invasive weed or invaded crop. Covering the full scope of modern weed science the handbook examines different aspects of weed management, including— • Cultural practices • Cover crops • Crop rotation designs • Potential of herbicide resistant crops • Bioherbicides • Allelopathy • Microorganisms • Integrated weed management In spite of advancement in technologies and procedures, weeds continue to pose a major ecological and economical threat to agriculture. Handbook of Sustainable Weed Management takes a broad view of weeds as a part of an agricultural system composed of interacting production, environmental, biological, economic, and social components all working together to find balance. This comprehensive book is a vital addition to the debate over how global weed management is changing in the 21st century. Also available in soft cover

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CRC Press

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1560229578

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Eye-Opening Earth Science Activities

By: Rani Iyer

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Eye-Opening Earth Science Activities

By: Rani Iyer

Educational, easy-to-do earth science activities that will show young readers more about the planet Earth. Using simple, easy to find materials, these activities will show readers how they can simulate wind erosion, water erosion, an earthquake, and more!

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Getting Causes from Powers

By: Stephen Mumford,Rani Lill Anjum

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Getting Causes from Powers

By: Stephen Mumford,Rani Lill Anjum

Causation is everywhere in the world: it features in every science and technology. But how much do we understand it? Here, the authors develop a new theory of causation based on an ontology of real powers or dispositions. They provide the first detailed outline of a thoroughly dispositional approach, and explore its surprising features.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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019969561X

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9780199695614

Allelopathy in Agroecosystems

By: Ravinder Kumar Kohli,Harminder Pal Singh,Daizy Rani Batish

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Allelopathy in Agroecosystems

By: Ravinder Kumar Kohli,Harminder Pal Singh,Daizy Rani Batish

Discover environmentally safe ways to control weeds and pests! Until now farmers have had to choose between using expensive herbicides and fertilizers, which pollute the water table, or watching crop yields drop. All too often, crop yields dropped anyway, despite intensive farming. Allelopathy in Agroecosystems offers fresh hope. It provides an in-depth understanding of allelopathy-the mysterious, complex biochemical interactions among plants and microbes. This little-understood phenomenon plays a large role in agriculture, for good or ill. It can lead to changes in nutrient dynamics, vegetation structure, and species diversity. This comprehensive treatise is the first compendium devoted to explaining and exploring these chemical interactions in agricultural crop systems. Allelopathy in Agroecosystems explains how these interactions can make soil “sick,” especially in intensively cropped areas. This leads to less growth and lower yield. On the other hand, it has great potential as an environmentally safe method of weed and pest management. The fascinating original research presented here will help you understand the complexities of this invisible yet potent force in agriculture. Allelopathy in Agroecosystems examines this interaction as it affects the most important concerns of farmers and agronomists, including: beneficial interactions between crops weed control using crop residues crop rotation natural herbicides genetic engineering soil rhizosphere bacteria improving pastures forest/crop interactions sustainable management of agroecosystems new directions for research International in scope, Allelopathy in Agroecosystems offers an abundance of scientific data on this revolutionary new concept. It offers incalculable potential for rescuing farmed-out land, increasing crop yields, and cutting back on expensive soil additives. Every agronomist, environmental scientist, policymaker, agricultural librarian, and advocate of sustainable farming needs this book.

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1560220910

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Studies in Culture Contact

Interaction, Culture Change, and Archaeology

By: James G. Cusick

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Studies in Culture Contact

Interaction, Culture Change, and Archaeology

By: James G. Cusick

People have long been fascinated about times in human history when different cultures and societies first came into contact with each other, how they reacted to that contact, and why it sometimes occurred peacefully and at other times was violent or catastrophic. Studies in Culture Contact: Interaction, Culture Change, and Archaeology, edited by James G. Cusick,seeks to define the role of culture contact in human history, to identify issues in the study of culture contact in archaeology, and to provide a critical overview of the major theoretical approaches to the study of culture and contact. In this collection of essays, anthropologists and archaeologists working in Europe and the Americas consider three forms of culture contact—colonization, cultural entanglement, and symmetrical exchange. Part I provides a critical overview of theoretical approaches to the study of culture contact, offering assessments of older concepts in anthropology, such as acculturation, as well as more recently formed concepts, including world systems and center-periphery models of contact. Part II contains eleven case studies of specific contact situations and their relationships to the archaeological record, with times and places as varied as pre- and post-Hispanic Mexico, Iron Age France, Jamaican sugar plantations, European provinces in the Roman Empire, and the missions of Spanish Florida. Studies in Culture Contact provides an extensive review of the history of culture contact in anthropological studies and develops a broad framework for studying culture contact’s role, moving beyond a simple formulation of contact and change to a more complex understanding of the amalgam of change and continuity in contact situations.

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SIU Press

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0809334100

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What Tends to Be

The Philosophy of Dispositional Modality

By: Rani Lill Anjum,Stephen Mumford

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What Tends to Be

The Philosophy of Dispositional Modality

By: Rani Lill Anjum,Stephen Mumford

People tend to enjoy listening to music or watching television, sleeping at night and celebrating birthdays. Plants tend to grow and thrive in sunlight and mild temperatures. We also know that tendencies are not perfectly regular and that there are patterns in the natural world, which are reliable to a degree, but not absolute. What should we make of a world where things tend to be one way but could be another? Is there a position between necessity and possibility? If there is, what are the implications for science, knowledge and ethics? This book explores these questions and is the first full-length treatment of the philosophy of tendencies. Anjum and Mumford argue that although the philosophical language of tendencies has been around since Aristotle, there has not been any serious commitment to the irreducible modality that they involve. They also argue that the acceptance of an irreducible and sui generis tendential modality ought to be the fundamental commitment of any genuine realism about dispositions or powers. It is the dispositional modality that makes dispositions authentically disposition-like. Armed with this theory the authors apply it to a variety of key philosophical topics such as chance, causation, epistemology and free will.

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Routledge

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1351009796

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Rebels, Despots, and Saints

The Ancestors Who Free Us and The Ancestors We Need to Free

By: Sandhya Rani Jha

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The Ancestors Who Free Us and The Ancestors We Need to Free

By: Sandhya Rani Jha

In decades of community organizing, racial justice, and pastoral work, Sandhya Rani Jha has discovered that communities and individuals who honor and recognize their ancestors tend to thrive and navigate hard seasons with more ease. People of color and white people alike have a myriad of ancestors (biological, cultural, and movement) who can help us navigate the challenges of today by learning from both the wisdom and follies, the suffering and overcoming, the spiritual practices and the acts of resistance that our ancestors navigated…and sometimes created. With an approachable and conversational tone, Rebels, Despots, & Saints shares case studies of activists and spiritual leaders as well as ways to re-think who our ancestors are and how to relate to them. Writing and discussion prompts and suggestions for personal and community rituals provide readers the tools needed to connect with their own ancestors and find grounding for racial reconciliation and liberation in their own communities. These reflections always connect to the work of dismantling white supremacy as a spiritual practice.

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Chalice Press

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0827233191

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The Health Care Professional's Guide to Cultural Competence - E-Book

By: Rani Hajela Srivastava

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The Health Care Professional's Guide to Cultural Competence - E-Book

By: Rani Hajela Srivastava

- UNIQUE approach looks at populations the way health care workers encounter them, not by ethno-cultural/religious labels. - Accessible writing style relays information in a balanced and concise manner for undergraduate and graduate students as well as health care professionals. - Multidisciplinary perspective is provided by authors who represent a variety of health disciplines and cultural identities, who may be educators or practitioners, each presenting complex ideas in understandable ways and controversial ideas in a transparent way. - Cultural Considerations in Care and Cultural Competence in Action boxes integrate theory into practice and invite critical self-reflection. - Teaching and learning tools include learning objectives and key terms at the beginning of each chapter, plus end-of-chapter group activities, review questions, and more. - NEW! New chapters on Indigenous health, sexual and gender diversity, immigrant and refugee health, and community health are added to this edition, and new topics include cultural safety, cultural humility, the impacts of racism, working with interpreters and the use of technology, palliative care, and more. - NEW! UNIQUE! Cultural competence and safety perspectives throughout the text help you to be more responsive in delivering culturally safe care, and in reaching the goal of equity and culturally competent care. - NEW! Discussion of cultural issues addresses power, privilege, intersectionality, equity, advocacy, and being an ally. - NEW! Up-to-date content includes the latest statistics, guidelines, research, references, and resources. - NEW! Evolve website enhances your understanding with review questions, unfolding case studies, and more.

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0323790011

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Women

Marriage, Family, Violence & Divorce

By: Bela Rani Sharma

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Marriage, Family, Violence & Divorce

By: Bela Rani Sharma

Provides A Broad Description Of The Multi-Faceted Aspects Of The Social Life Of Workers And Their Struggle For Liberation In Contemporary Times - Contains 11 Chapoters - Such As Divorce - Remarriage - Rape - Violence Against Women.

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8175940050

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Sonia Gandhi

An Extraordinary Life, An Indian Destiny

By: Rani Singh

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Sonia Gandhi

An Extraordinary Life, An Indian Destiny

By: Rani Singh

Sonia Gandhi's story represents the greatest transformational journey made by any world leader in the last four decades. Circumstance and tragedy, rather than ambition, paved her path to power. Born into a traditional, middle-class Italian family, Sonia met and fell in love with Rajiv Gandhi, son of future Indian prime minister Indira Gandhi and grandson of Jawaharlal Nehru, while studying English in Cambridge. Cruelly tested by the assassinations of her mother-in-law and of her husband, Sonia grew into a strong, authoritative but always private figure, now president of a coalition ruling over a billion people in the world's largest democracy. Through exclusive interviews with members of Sonia's party, political opponents and family friends, Rani Singh casts new light on Sonia. In the first mainstream biography of this inspirational figure, the author's compelling narrative retraces the path of the brave and beautiful Sonia Gandhi, examining what her life and legacy mean for India.

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Macmillan + ORM

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0230340539

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9780230340534

Causation in Science and the Methods of Scientific Discovery

By: Rani Lill Anjum,Stephen Mumford

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Causation in Science and the Methods of Scientific Discovery

By: Rani Lill Anjum,Stephen Mumford

Causal questions are relevant to all sciences and social sciences, yet how we discover causal connections is no easy matter. Indeed, the choice of methods concerns the correct norms for the empirical study of the world. In this text, two experts on causation relate philosophical theory to scientific practice and propose nine new norms of discovery.

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0198733666

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Amazing Life Science Activities

By: Rani Iyer

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Amazing Life Science Activities

By: Rani Iyer

Educational, easy-to-do life science activities will teach young readers more about the world around them. Using simple, easy to find materials, these activities will help readers better understand biology, zoology, ecology, and more!

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Capstone

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1496657047

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9781496657046

Transforming Communities

How People Like You are Healing Their Neighborhoods

By: Sandhya Rani Jha

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Transforming Communities

How People Like You are Healing Their Neighborhoods

By: Sandhya Rani Jha

The world around us is a wreck. When there's so much conflict around the country and around the corner, it's easy to feel overwhelmed, powerless, and helpless. What can one person do to make a difference? Here's the good news. Millions of everyday people are ready to step into their power to transform their communities. And you are one of them. Take heart and be inspired by real stories of ordinary people who took action and changed their corner of the world, one step at a time. Equal parts inspiration, education, and Do-It-Yourself, Transforming Communities by veteran community activist Sandhya Jha will open your eyes to the world-healing potential within you, and give you the vision, the tools, and the encouragement to start transforming your neighborhood, one person at a time.

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Chalice Press

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0827237170

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9780827237179

Effective Mechanisms for the Enhancement of Technology and Skills in Malaysia

By: H. Osman-Rani,Kin Woon Toh,Anuwar Ali

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Effective Mechanisms for the Enhancement of Technology and Skills in Malaysia

By: H. Osman-Rani,Kin Woon Toh,Anuwar Ali

This is country paper is one in four resulting from the ASEAN Regional Studies Promotion Programme. Relying on primary data collected through field surveys and various materials including those from official sources not readily available in published form, the papers deal comprehensively with problems related to the task of acquiring technology from developed countries - specifically Japan. In addition to the identification and examination of problems and issues common to the ASEAN countries, each paper gives a lucid account of special factors related to the state of technology transfer and skills enhancement in the particular country concerned.

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Institute of Southeast Asian

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9971988348

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Causation: A Very Short Introduction

By: Stephen Mumford,Rani Lill Anjum

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Causation: A Very Short Introduction

By: Stephen Mumford,Rani Lill Anjum

Causation is the most fundamental connection in the universe. Without it, there would be no science or technology. There would be no moral responsibility either, as none of our thoughts would be connected with our actions and none of our actions with any consequences. Nor would we have a system of law because blame resides only in someone having caused injury or damage. Any intervention we make in the world around us is premised on there being causal connections that are, to a degree, predictable. It is causation that is at the basis of prediction and also explanation. This Very Short Introduction introduces the key theories of causation and also the surrounding debates and controversies. Do causes produce their effects by guaranteeing them? Do causes have to precede their effects? Can causation be reduced to the forces of physics? And are we right to think of causation as one single thing at all? ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.

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OUP Oxford

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0191507393

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9780191507397

Decentralization, Local Governance, and Social Wellbeing in India

Do Local Governments Matter?

By: Rani D. Mullen

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Decentralization, Local Governance, and Social Wellbeing in India

Do Local Governments Matter?

By: Rani D. Mullen

Over the past three decades, decentralization has been seen as the means for allowing local governments to become more accountable, and for encouraging the deepening of democracy and the building of village communities. By drawing on original village-level case studies of six villages in three different Indian states, this book presents a systematic analysis of the impact of decentralization on the delivery of social services at the local level within India. Supplementing national and state-level data and analyzing the different historical legacies in each state, the book argues that decentralization is not simply a function of the structure of the decentralization program or of the relationship between higher-tiered and local government. Rather, the possibility of decentralization affecting social outcomes depends on several interacting factors, including the distribution of power among local elites, the dynamics of political competition, and the level of civil society mobilization. By examining constitutionally-mandated political decentralization across India, this book identifies the circumstances under which local government structures can lead to improved social services and societal wellbeing, as well as presenting a substantial contribution to studies on South Asian Politics and Local Government.

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Routledge

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1136597999

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And Still We Rise

A Six-Part Study on Personal & Congregational Transformation

By: Ben Bohren,Sandhya Rani Jha,Paula Bishop Pociecha

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And Still We Rise

A Six-Part Study on Personal & Congregational Transformation

By: Ben Bohren,Sandhya Rani Jha,Paula Bishop Pociecha

And Still We Rise is a six-week study to help congregations begin to develop a scriptural understanding of transformation. The study moves people through anxieties about change, the need to trust in God's power, what one has to give up in order to open oneself to God's transforming plans, and how to become transformers in a congregation and in the community. This congregational Bible study is designed to be flexible to a congregation's needs-it can be adapted to a group of four or 400, and it can be facilitated by people of any background, pastors and laypersons alike.

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Chalice Press

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0827200617

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9780827200616

The River Speaks

The Vaiyai Poems from the Paripatal

By: Elizabeth Rani Segran

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The River Speaks

The Vaiyai Poems from the Paripatal

By: Elizabeth Rani Segran

In the ancient Tamil country, the Vaiyai was much more than a mighty river rushing towards the sea. People knew the river intimately and lived their lives upon its banks. In these exquisite poems from the distant past (second to eighth century CE), we glimpse the ebb and flow of everyday life: the bathing, the water games, the lovers’ quarrels and the sacred rituals. Breathtaking in their descriptive power and graceful in their celebration of sensuality, the Vaiyai poems from the Paripāṭal anthology delight our senses and give us insight into a world long past. In V.N. Muthukumar and Elizabeth Segran’s radiant new translation, the Vaiyai River comes alive to a new generation of readers.

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8184756941

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9788184756944

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