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Losing Our Heads

Beheadings in Literature and Culture

By: Regina Janes

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Losing Our Heads

Beheadings in Literature and Culture

By: Regina Janes

What is the fascination that decollation holds for us, as individuals and as a culture? Why does the idea make us laugh and the act make us close our eyes? Losing Our Heads explores in both artistic and cultural contexts the role of the chopped-off head. It asks why the practice of decapitation was once so widespread, why it has diminished—but not, as scenes from contemporary Iraq show, completely disappeared—and why we find it so peculiarly repulsive that we use it as a principal marker to separate ourselves from a more “barbaric”or “primitive” past? Although the topic is grim, Regina Janes’s treatment and conclusions are neither grisly nor gruesome, but continuously instructive about the ironies of humanity’s cultural nature. Bringing to bear an array of evidence, the book argues that the human ability to create meaning from the body motivates the practice of decapitation, its diminution, the impossibility of its extirpation, and its continuing fascination. Ranging from antiquity to the late nineteenth-century passion for Salomé and John the Baptist, and from the enlightenment to postcolonial Africa’s challenge to the severed head as sign of barbarism, Losing Our Heads opens new areas of investigation, enabling readers to understand the shock of decapitation and to see the value in moving past shock to analysis. Written with penetrating wit and featuring striking illustrations, it is sure to captivate anyone interested in his or her head.

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NYU Press

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0814743013

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9780814743010

Inventing Afterlives

The Stories We Tell Ourselves About Life After Death

By: Regina M. Janes

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Inventing Afterlives

The Stories We Tell Ourselves About Life After Death

By: Regina M. Janes

Why is belief in an afterlife so persistent across times and cultures? And how can it coexist with disbelief in an afterlife? Most modern thinkers hold that afterlife belief serves such important psychological and social purposes as consoling survivors, enforcing morality, dispensing justice, or giving life meaning. Yet the earliest, and some more recent, afterlives strikingly fail to satisfy those needs. In Inventing Afterlives, Regina M. Janes proposes a new theory of the origins of the hereafter rooted in the question that a dead body raises: where has the life gone? Humans then and now, in communities and as individuals, ponder what they would want or experience were they in that body. From this endlessly recurring situation, afterlife narratives develop in all their complexity, variety, and ingenuity. Exploring afterlives from Egypt to Sumer, among Jews, Greeks, and Romans, to Christianity’s advent and Islam’s rise, Janes reveals how little concern ancient afterlives had with morality. In south and east Asia, karmic rebirth makes morality self-enforcing and raises a new problem: how to stop re-dying. The British enlightenment, Janes argues, invented the now widespread wish-fulfilling afterlife and illustrates how afterlives change. She also considers the surprising afterlife of afterlives among modern artists and writers who no longer believe in worlds beyond this one. Drawing on a variety of religious traditions; contemporary literature and film; primatology; cognitive science; and evolutionary psychology, Janes shows that in asking what happens after we die, we define the worlds we inhabit and the values by which we live.

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Columbia University Press

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0231546297

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9780231546294

The Encyclopedia of Business Letters, Faxes, and E-mail

Features Hundreds of Model Letters, Faxes, and E-mail to Give Your Business Writing the Attention it Deserves

By: Robert W. Bly,Regina Anne Kelly

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The Encyclopedia of Business Letters, Faxes, and E-mail

Features Hundreds of Model Letters, Faxes, and E-mail to Give Your Business Writing the Attention it Deserves

By: Robert W. Bly,Regina Anne Kelly

A practical guide to drafting time-saving and effective e-mails, faxes, and memos for every occasion comes complete with three hundred model letters and instructions for adapting each one to fit a particular need. Original.

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Red Wheel/Weiser

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1601630298

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9781601630292

Managing Changing Prairie Landscapes

By: University of Regina. Canadian Plains Research Center

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Managing Changing Prairie Landscapes

By: University of Regina. Canadian Plains Research Center

Articles originating in the Plain as the Eye Can See Public Forum/Conference, held in Regina, May 15-17, 2003.

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University of Regina Press

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0889771774

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9780889771772

Burton's War

By: Regina Smeltzer

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Burton's War

By: Regina Smeltzer

Burton Wilfong, a teen during World War II, kept a diary during those tumultuous years. Burton’s War blends fiction with the realities of being a male teen during World War II to create an historically accurate novel.

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WestBow Press

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1664209441

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9781664209442

Psychosocial Adaptation to Pregnancy

Seven Dimensions of Maternal Development

By: Regina P. Lederman,Karen L. Weis

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Psychosocial Adaptation to Pregnancy

Seven Dimensions of Maternal Development

By: Regina P. Lederman,Karen L. Weis

The fourth edition of this book updates and elaborates on the seven dimensions of maternal emotional health that have significant impact on delivery, postpartum adaptation, infant health, and early childhood development. Supported by the authors’ original research and interviews, the book provides readers with an analysis of the role of these core functions throughout pregnancy, as well as practical materials for use with pregnant clients in the form of assessment instruments and evidence-based interventions for promoting positive development. The book provides a theoretical framework with rationales for the seven psychosocial dimensions, therapeutic and counseling intervention strategies to improve adaptive development in each of the seven psychosocial dimensions, findings specific to women in diverse cultural groups, a chapter devoted to women in the military and military spouses, and discussion of salient issues of pregnancy, including physical changes, body image, intimacy, trust, and ambivalence. The book focuses on the seven dimensions of maternal prenatal emotional health: Acceptance of the pregnancy. Motivation and preparation for motherhood. Relationship with husband/partner. Relationship with her own mother. Preparation for labor. Sense of control in labor Self-Esteem and Well-Being in labor. Psychosocial Adaptation to Pregnancy is a significant addition to the psychosocial assessment literature, a needed resource for clinical and health psychologists, clinical social workers, marriage and family therapists, professional counselors, midwives, and obstetrical nurses. It is also adaptable to undergraduate and graduate courses in maternal reproductive health and obstetrical nursing.

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361

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Springer Nature

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3030457389

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9783030457389

Nano- and Microfabrication for Industrial and Biomedical Applications

By: Regina Luttge

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Nano- and Microfabrication for Industrial and Biomedical Applications

By: Regina Luttge

Nano- and Microfabrication for Industrial and Biomedical Applications, Second Edition, focuses on the industrial perspective on micro- and nanofabrication methods, including large-scale manufacturing, the transfer of concepts from lab to factory, process tolerance, yield, robustness, and cost. The book gives a history of miniaturization and micro- and nanofabrication, and surveys industrial fields of application, illustrating fabrication processes of relevant micro and nano devices. In this second edition, a new focus area is nanoengineering as an important driver for the rise of novel applications by integrating bio-nanofabrication into microsystems. In addition, new material covers lithographic mould fabrication for soft-lithography, nanolithography techniques, corner lithography, advances in nanosensing, and the developing field of advanced functional materials. Luttge also explores the view that micro- and nanofabrication will be the key driver for a "tech-revolution" in biology and medical research that includes a new case study that covers the developing organ-on-chip concept. - Presents an interdisciplinary approach that makes micro/nanofabrication accessible equally to engineers and those with a life science background, both in academic settings and commercial R&D - Provides readers with guidelines for assessing the commercial potential of any new technology based on micro/nanofabrication, thus reducing the investment risk - Updated edition presents nanoengineering as an important driver for the rise of novel applications by integrating bio-nanofabrication into microsystems

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280

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William Andrew

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0323389287

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9780323389280

Stranger from Across the Sea

By: Regina McBride

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Stranger from Across the Sea

By: Regina McBride

Stranger from Across the Sea is the new novel from acclaimed author Regina McBride. It's a thrilling mystery with a depth of sensation that verges on the supernatural. Stranger from Across the Sea examines the powerful relationships that occur between women, best friends, mothers and daughters, their joys and secrets, their longing and sometimes dangerous jealousy. As a teenager, Violet O’Halloran spent a summer at a Catholic boarding school in Northern Ireland, emptied of all other students but one: Indira Sharma, a blind girl from India with an extraordinary story. The beautiful but ultimately catastrophic friendship that formed between the two girls would go on to haunt Violet for years. A decade later, Violet meets an Irishman, Emmett Fitzroy, at a party in New York City and is swept into an intense romance that brings her back to Ireland. While there, she unearths the stunning answers to mysteries left unresolved when Indira vanished from her life. Set in Northern Ireland at the height of the Troubles, Stranger from Across the Sea explores place, displacement, and exile and the ways in which the personal and the political are inseparable. At its heart, this is a story about a passionate friendship between two singular young women, one that transcends the limits of time and distance.

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Green City Books

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1963101049

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9781963101041

Consumer-Driven Health Care

Implications for Providers, Payers, and Policy-Makers

By: Regina E. Herzlinger

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Consumer-Driven Health Care

Implications for Providers, Payers, and Policy-Makers

By: Regina E. Herzlinger

Professor Herzlinger documents how the consumer-driven health caremovement is being implemented and its impact on insurers,providers, new intermediaries, and governments. With additionalcontributions by health care's leading strategists,innovators, regulators and scholars, Consumer-Driven HealthCare presents a compelling vision of a health care system builtto satisfy the people it serves. This comprehensive resource includes the most important thinkingon the topic and compelling case studies of consumer-driven healthcare (CDHC) in action, here and abroad, including newconsumer-driven intermediaries for information and support; typesof insurance plans; focused factories for delivering health care;personalized drugs and devices; and government roles.

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930

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John Wiley & Sons

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0787972169

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9780787972165

Inventing Afterlives

The Stories We Tell Ourselves About Life After Death

By: Regina M. Janes

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The Stories We Tell Ourselves About Life After Death

By: Regina M. Janes

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Columbia University Press

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0231546297

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Gabriel García Márquez in Retrospect

A Collection

By: Gene H. Bell-Villada

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Gabriel García Márquez in Retrospect

A Collection

By: Gene H. Bell-Villada

Gabriel Garcia Marquez in Retrospect gathers fifteen essays by noted scholars in the fields of Latin American literature, politics, and theater. The volume offers broad overviews of the Colombian author’s total body of work, along with closer looks at some of his acknowledged masterpieces. The Nobel laureate’s cultural contexts and influences, his variety of themes, and his formidable legacy (Hispanic, U.S., world-wide) all come up for consideration. New readings of One Hundred Years of Solitude are further complemented by fresh, stimulating, highly detailed examinations of his later novels (Chronicle of a Death Foretold, The General in His Labyrinth, Of Love and Other Demons) and stories (Strange Pilgrims). Further attention is focused on “Gabo’s” labors as journalist and as memoirist (Living to Tell the Tale), and to his sometime relationships with the cinema and the stage. Reactions to his enormous stature on the part of younger writers, including recent signs of backlash, are also given thoughtful scrutiny. Feminist and ecocritical interpretations, plus lively discussions of Gabo’s artful use of humor, character’s names, and even cuisine, are to be found here as well. In the wake of García Márquez’s passing away in 2014, this collection of essays serves as a fitting tribute to one of the world’s greatest literary figures of the twentieth century.

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Lexington Books

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1498533396

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9781498533393

One Hundred Years of Solitude

Modes of Reading

By: Regina Janes

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One Hundred Years of Solitude

Modes of Reading

By: Regina Janes

Written in an easy-to-read, accessible style by teachers with years of classroom experience, Masterwork Studies are guides to the literary works most frequently studied in high school. Presenting ideas that spark imaginations, these books help students to gain background knowledge on great literature useful for papers and exams. The goal of each study is to encourage creative thinking by presenting engaging information about each work and its author. This approach allows students to arrive at sound analyses of their own, based on in-depth studies of popular literature. Each volume: -- Illuminates themes and concepts of a classic text -- Uses clear, conversational language -- Is an accessible, manageable length from 140 to 170 pages -- Includes a chronology of the author's life and era -- Provides an overview of the historical context -- Offers a summary of its critical reception -- Lists primary and secondary sources and index Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

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Twayne Pub

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0805780386

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9780805780383

Book's by Regina Janes

Losing Our Heads

Losing Our Heads

Inventing Afterlives

Inventing Afterlives

The Encyclopedia of Business Letters, Faxes, and E-mail

The Encyclopedia of Business Letters, Faxes, and E-mail

Managing Changing Prairie Landscapes

Managing Changing Prairie Landscapes

Burton's War

Burton's War

Psychosocial Adaptation to Pregnancy

Psychosocial Adaptation to Pregnancy

Nano- and Microfabrication for Industrial and Biomedical Applications

Nano- and Microfabrication for Industrial and Biomedical Applications

Stranger from Across the Sea

Stranger from Across the Sea

Consumer-Driven Health Care

Consumer-Driven Health Care

Inventing Afterlives

Inventing Afterlives

Gabriel García Márquez in Retrospect

Gabriel García Márquez in Retrospect

One Hundred Years of Solitude

One Hundred Years of Solitude

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