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Race and Role

The Mixed-Race Asian Experience in American Drama

By: Rena M. Heinrich

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Race and Role

The Mixed-Race Asian Experience in American Drama

By: Rena M. Heinrich

Mixed-race Asian American plays are often overlooked for their failure to fit smoothly into static racial categories, rendering mixed-race drama inconsequential in conversations about race and performance. Since the nineteenth century, however, these plays have long advocated for the social significance of multiracial Asian people. Race and Role: The Mixed-Race Experience in American Drama traces the shifting identities of multiracial Asian figures in theater from the late-nineteenth century to the present day and explores the ways that mixed-race Asian identity transforms our understanding of race. Mixed-Asian playwrights harness theater’s generative power to enact performances of “double liminality” and expose the absurd tenacity with which society clings to a tenuous racial scaffolding.

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Rutgers University Press

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1978835558

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Artists and Amateurs

Etching in Eighteenth-Century France

By: Perrin Stein,Charlotte Guichard,Rena Hoisington,Elizabeth Rudy,Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)

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Artists and Amateurs

Etching in Eighteenth-Century France

By: Perrin Stein,Charlotte Guichard,Rena Hoisington,Elizabeth Rudy,Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)

Catalog of an exhibition held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, October 1, 2013-January 5, 2014.

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Yale University Press

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0300197004

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9780300197006

Artists and Amateurs

Etching in 18th-century France

By: Perrin Stein,Charlotte Guichard,Rena M. Hoisington,Elizabeth M. Rudy,Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)

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Artists and Amateurs

Etching in 18th-century France

By: Perrin Stein,Charlotte Guichard,Rena M. Hoisington,Elizabeth M. Rudy,Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)

Catalog of an exhibition held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, October 1, 2013-January 5, 2014.

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Metropolitan Museum of Art

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1588394980

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9781588394989

Summer Breeze

By: Joylynn M. Jossel,Pat Tucker,Rena A. Finney

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Summer Breeze

By: Joylynn M. Jossel,Pat Tucker,Rena A. Finney

As the hot summer sun beats down, three couples, determined to turn up the heat even further, find love in this passionate collection of stories.

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Aphrodisia

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1599830329

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9781599830322

American Apocalypse

The Six Far-Right Groups Waging War on Democracy

By: Rena Steinzor

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American Apocalypse

The Six Far-Right Groups Waging War on Democracy

By: Rena Steinzor

A thorough analysis of the right-wing interests contributing to the downfall of American democracy The war on American democracy is at a fever pitch. Such a corrosive state of affairs did not arise spontaneously up from the people but instead was pushed, top-down, by six private sector special interest groups—big business, the House Freedom Caucus, the Federalist Society, Fox News, white evangelicals, and armed militias. In American Apocalypse Rena Steinzor argues that these groups are nothing more than well-financed armies fighting a battle of attrition against the national government, with power, money, and fame as their central motivations. The book begins at the end of Lyndon Johnson's presidency, when the modern regulatory state was born. Agencies like the Environmental Protection Agency and the Food and Drug Administration ensured that everything from our air to our medicine was safe. But efforts to thwart this "big government" agenda began swiftly, albeit in the shadows. Business leaders built a multi-billion dollar presence in the Capitol, and the rest of the six interest groups soon followed. While the groups do not coordinate their attacks, and sometimes their short-term goals even conflict, their priorities fall within a surprisingly tight bullseye: the size and power of the administrative state. In the near-term, their campaigns will bring the crucial functions of government to a halt, which will lead to immediate suffering by the working classes, and a rapid deterioration of race relations. Over the long-term, as the prevalence of global pandemics and climate crises increase, an incapacitated national government will usher in unimaginable harm. This book is the first to conceptualize these groups together, as one deconstructive and awe-inspiring force. Steinzor delves into each of their histories, mapping the strategies, tactics, and characteristics that make them so powerful. She offers the most comprehensive story available about the downfall of American democracy, reminding us that only by recognizing what we are up against can we hope to bring about change.

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Stanford University Press

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1503639320

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9781503639324

Engaged Criminology

An Introduction

By: Rena C. Zito

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Engaged Criminology

An Introduction

By: Rena C. Zito

Engaged Criminology: An Introduction invites students to learn and think like a criminologist through its applied learning approach. Author Rena C. Zito adopts a conversational tone, prompting students to interrogate inequalities, consider unintended consequences, and envision solutions, all while highlighting the role of systemic inequalities as predictors and outcomes of criminal conduct and punishment. Real-world examples and hands-on activities get students doing criminology rather than just retaining definitions, as well as fostering critical interaction with the most central ideas in contemporary criminology. This title is accompanied by a complete teaching and learning package in SAGE Vantage, an intuitive learning platform that integrates quality SAGE textbook content with assignable multimedia activities and auto-graded assessments to drive student engagement and ensure accountability. Unparalleled in its ease of use and built for dynamic teaching and learning, Vantage offers customizable LMS integration and best-in-class support.

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SAGE Publications

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1071801945

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9781071801949

Frommer's Las Vegas, 1993-1994

By: Rena Bulkin

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Frommer's Las Vegas, 1993-1994

By: Rena Bulkin

America's number one convention center is covered in this guide for millions of business travelers.

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Prentice Hall

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0671846833

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9780671846831

Las Vegas 1997

By: George McDonald,Rena Bulkin

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Las Vegas 1997

By: George McDonald,Rena Bulkin

Las Vegas is one of the hottest destinations in the United States and promises to continue its phenomenal growth well into the 21st century. Frommer's completely up-to-date guide is packed with tips on how to enjoy it all--the glittering casinos, the fabulous floor shows, the extravagant buffets, and more. Includes a chapter on gambling tips, one on the best nearby excursions, and a free full-color, fold-out map.

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0028609174

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9780028609171

Collaborating Online

Learning Together in Community

By: Rena M. Palloff,Keith Pratt

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Collaborating Online

Learning Together in Community

By: Rena M. Palloff,Keith Pratt

Collaborating Online provides practical guidance for faculty seeking to help their students work together in creative ways, move out of the box of traditional papers and projects, and deepen the learning experience through their work with one another. Authors Rena Palloff and Keith Pratt draw on their extensive knowledge and experience to show how collaboration brings students together to support the learning of each member of the group while promoting creativity and critical thinking. Collaborating Online is the second title in the Jossey-Bass Guides to Online Teaching and Learning. This series helps higher education professionals improve the practice of online teaching and learning by providing concise, practical resources focused on particular areas or issues they might confront in this new learning environment.

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John Wiley & Sons

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0470876018

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9780470876015

Moonbit

By: Rena J. Mosteirin,James E. Dobson

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Moonbit

By: Rena J. Mosteirin,James E. Dobson

MOONBIT is a hybrid work comprised of experimental poetry and a critical theory of the poetics and politics of computer code. It offers an extended intellectual and creative engagement with the affordances of computer software through multiple readings and re-writings of a singular text, the source code of the Apollo 11 Guidance Computer or the "AGC." MOONBIT re-marks and remixes the code that made space travel possible. Half of this book is erasure poetry that uses the AGC code as the source text, building on the premise that code can speak beyond its functional purpose. When we think about the 1960s U.S. space program and obscure scientific computer code, we might not first think about the Watts riots, Shakespeare, Winnie the Pooh, T.S. Eliot, or scatological jokes. Yet these cultural references and influences along with many more are scattered throughout the body of the code that powered the compact digital computer that successfully guided astronauts to the Moon and back and in July of 1969. MOONBIT unravels and rewrites the many embedded cultural references that were braided together within the language resources of mid-century computer code. MOONBIT also provides a gentle, non-expert introduction to the text of the AGC code, to digital poetics, and to critical code studies. Outlining a capacious interpretive practice, MOONBIT takes up all manner of imaginative decodings and recodings of this code. It introduces some of the major existing approaches to the study of code and culture while provide multiple readings of the source code along with an explanation and theorization of the way in which the code works, as both a computational and a cultural text. JAMES E. DOBSON teaches at Dartmouth College. He is the author of "Critical Digital Humanities: The Search for a Methodology" (Illinois, 2019) and "Modernity and Autobiography in Nineteenth-Century America: Literary Representations of Communication and Transportation Technologies" (Palgrave, 2017), as well as essays and book chapters on intellectual history, American literature, and computational methods. RENA J. MOSTEIRIN is the author of "Nick Trail's Thumb" (Kore Press, 2008), selected for the Kore Press Short Fiction Chapbook Award by Lydia Davis. Her work has been featured in the anthologies "code {poems}" (Barcelona: Impremta Badia, 2012), "The Waiting Room Reader II" (Fort Lee: Cavankerry Press/UPNE, 2013), and a wide variety of places in print and online including New York Magazine, The Puritan, Poetry Crush, Ozone Park, and elsewhere. Mosteirin is a graduate of Dartmouth College and the Bennington Writing Seminars. She is an editor at Bloodroot Literary Magazine.

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punctum books

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1950192334

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9781950192335

The King of Diamonds

The Search for the Elusive Texas Jewel Thief

By: Rena Pederson

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The King of Diamonds

The Search for the Elusive Texas Jewel Thief

By: Rena Pederson

The thrilling story of a brazen, uncatchable jewel thief who roamed the homes of Dallas high society—and a window into the dark secrets lurking beneath the surface of the Swinging Sixties. As a string of high profile jewel thefts went unsolved, "the King of Diamonds," as he was dubbed by the press, eluded police and the FBI for more than a decade and took advantage of the parties and devil-may-care attitude of the Swinging Sixties. Like Cary Grant in "To Catch a Thief," the King was so bold that he tip-toed into the homes of millionaires while they were watching television, or hosting parties. He hid in their closets. And dared to smoke a cigarette while they were sleeping not far away. Rena Pederson, then a young cub reporter at the Dallas Morning News, heard the police reports trickle in while she managed the night desk. With gymnastic skill, this thief climbed trees or crawled across rooftops to get into these sprawling mansions. He took jewels from heiresses, oil kings, corporate CEOs. These were not just some of the richest people in Texas; they were some of the richest people of their time. Scotland Yard and Interpol were on the look-out. But the thief was never caught and the jewels never recovered. To follow the tracks of the thief, Rena has interviewed more than two hundred people, from veteran cops to strippers. She went to pawn shops, Las Vegas casinos, and a Mafia hangout—and discovered that beneath the glittering façade of Dallas debutantes and raucaous parties was a world of sex trafficking, illegal gambling, and political graft. When one of the leading suspects was found dead in highly unusual circumstances, the story darkened. What seemed to be taken from the pages of an Edna Ferber story now crashed head-first into Mickey Spillane. Like the stories of Fantomas or Raffles, the odd psychological aspects of the The King of Diamonds give us different kind of crime story. Detectives were stumped: Why did the thief break into houses when his targets were inside, increasing the risk of being captured? Why did he hide in their closets? Many times, he was so close he could hear their breathing as they slept. As one socialite put it, “It was a very peculiar business.”

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Simon and Schuster

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1639366067

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9781639366064

Concepts of Tissue-Biomaterial Interactions

Fundamentals and New Directions

By: Rena Bizios,Marissa E. Wechsler

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Concepts of Tissue-Biomaterial Interactions

Fundamentals and New Directions

By: Rena Bizios,Marissa E. Wechsler

Biology and engineering meet in this groundbreaking and growing discipline Biomedical engineering is an established interdisciplinary research and training area, combining various aspects of physiology, biology, materials science and engineering. Biomedical engineering programs and courses are integral parts of pertinent curricula, generating an urgent need for textbooks which can introduce this fundamental subject to new generations of students, researchers and practicing professionals. The textbook Concepts of Tissue-Biomaterial Interactions meets this need with an introduction to the subject. Beginning with various, key, fundamental concepts of cellular biology and the physiology of tissue wound healing (required to understand interactions of tissues and implants) it offers essential information and insight regarding the design of successful biomaterial implants. Concluding with a look at the current forefront and future of the field, it is an indispensable introduction for fundamental and cutting-edge aspects of biomedical engineering applications. Concepts of Tissue-Biomaterial Interactions readers will also find: Introduction to biological aspects such as cell-extracellular matrix interactions and cell-substrate interactions Details regarding various aspects of the process of normal tissue wound healing Current knowledge of tissue wound healing in the presence of implants Examples of pathological complications, including infection Design criteria for biocompatible implants The process of obtaining regulatory approval of new biomaterials and implantable medical devices by pertinent regulatory agencies Implant biomaterial and medical devices: past, present, and future Concepts of Tissue-Biomaterial Interactions is recommended for advanced undergraduate and for graduate students interested in biomedical engineering, biomaterials, tissue engineering, and implantable biomaterials/medical devices, as well as a reference for practicing biomedical engineering professionals.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1119841003

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9781119841005

A Corpse for Christmas

By: Rena Leith

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A Corpse for Christmas

By: Rena Leith

Cass Peake's web design company accepts a job to bolster the local college's efforts in attracting new students. With the winter break, she and her colleagues expect a very quiet campus. What they don't anticipate is the reunion of a strange secret society called The Black Triangle Club on the grounds… and a dead body. Then corpses start piling up like gifts under a Christmas tree. Coincidence or not? With the help of her ghostly friend Doris and other allies, Cass works frantically to uncover the real killer. But it might take a real holiday miracle to solve this Yuletide mystery.

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The Wild Rose Press Inc

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1509239189

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9781509239184

PRAXIS II ParaPro Assessment 0755 And 1755

By: Rena Grasso,Mel Friedman,Laura Meiselman,Carol Hunter

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PRAXIS II ParaPro Assessment 0755 And 1755

By: Rena Grasso,Mel Friedman,Laura Meiselman,Carol Hunter

Practice for the PRAXIS and Become a ParaProfessional with REA’s Newest Teacher Certification Test Prep - PRAXIS II: ParaPro Assessment 0755 and 1755. Are you ready to become a ParaProfessional and boost your teaching career? REA’s latest addition to our PRAXIS II series was created specifically for individuals looking to attain the position of ParaProfessional as defined by the federally legislated No Child Left Behind Act (20 U.S.C. § 6319). The law requires paraprofessionals serving in an instructional capacity to demonstrate that they are knowledgeable in reading, writing, and math, and capable to assist in classroom instruction. Our comprehensive review chapters cover all the reading, writing, and mathematics topics tested on the exam, including: Reading Skills and Knowledge Application of Reading Skills and Knowledge to Classroom Instruction Writing Skills and Knowledge Application of Writing Skills and Knowledge of Classroom Instruction Mathematics Skills and Knowledge Application of Mathematics Skills and Knowledge to Classroom Instruction Two full-length practice tests feature every type of question, subject area, and skill tested on the PRAXIS II ParaProfessional exam. ParaProfessionals can identify their strengths and weaknesses while reinforcing their skills and testing their teaching knowledge. Our test prep comes complete with a customized study schedule and REA’s test-taking strategies and tips. If you’re training to become a ParaProfessional, this test prep will take you to the head of the class! REA books and software have proven to be the extra support teacher candidates need to pass their challenging test for licensure. Our comprehensive test preps are teacher-recommended and written by educators who have mastered the test and the related program of study.

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Research & Education Assoc.

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0738667323

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9780738667324

Building Online Learning Communities

Effective Strategies for the Virtual Classroom

By: Rena M. Palloff,Keith Pratt

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Building Online Learning Communities

Effective Strategies for the Virtual Classroom

By: Rena M. Palloff,Keith Pratt

Building Online Learning Communities further explores the development of virtual classroom environments that foster a sense of community and empower students to take charge of their learning to successfully achieve learning outcomes. This is the second edition of the groundbreaking book by Rena Palloff and Keith Pratt and has been completely updated and expanded to include the most current information on effective online course development and delivery. A practical, hands-on guide, this resource is filled with illustrative case studies, vignettes, and examples from a wide variety of successful online courses. The authors offer proven strategies for handling challenges that include: Engaging students in the formation of an online learning community. Establishing a sense of presence online. Maximizing participation. Developing effective courses that include collaboration and reflection. Assessing student performance. Written for faculty in any distance learning environment, this revised edition is based on the authors many years of work in faculty development for online teaching as well as their extensive personal experience as faculty in online distance education. Rena M. Palloff and Keith Pratt share insights designed to guide readers through the steps of online course design and delivery.

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John Wiley & Sons

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0470605464

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9780470605462

Blueprints for a Black Federal Theatre

By: Rena Fraden

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Blueprints for a Black Federal Theatre

By: Rena Fraden

In the 1930s, the Work Progress Administration funded a massive Federal Theatre Project in America's major urban centres, presenting hundreds of productions, some of the most popular and memorable of which were produced in the highly controversial and avant garde 'Negro Units'. This experiment in government-supported culture brought to the forefront one of the central problems in American democratic culture - the representation of racial difference. Those in the profession quickly discovered inescapable ideological responsibilities attending any sort of show, whether apparently entertaining or political in nature. Exploring the liberal idealism of the thirties and the critical debates in black journals over the role of an African American theatre, Fraden also looks at the obstacles facing black playwrights, audiences, and actors in a changing milieu.

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Cambridge University Press

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052156560X

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9780521565608

Becoming A Family

Parents' Stories and Their Implications for Practice, Policy, and Research

By: Rena D. Harold,Patricia Stow Bolea,Lisa G. Colarossi,Lucy R. Mercier,Carol R. Freedman-Doan

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Becoming A Family

Parents' Stories and Their Implications for Practice, Policy, and Research

By: Rena D. Harold,Patricia Stow Bolea,Lisa G. Colarossi,Lucy R. Mercier,Carol R. Freedman-Doan

The movement from young adulthood through coupling and the transition to parenthood may be among the most universal adult developmental transitions. These passages hold interest for all of us, but especially for those who study the psychological, familial, and sociocultural components of development, all of which interact and influence each other. This book enhances understanding of family-life development by shedding light on the meanings that family members ascribe to the developmental process of becoming a family. This is achieved through qualitative analysis of narratives through which individuals and families explain themselves, their thinking, and their behavior. These family narratives are windows into individual and family identity, as well as descriptions of connections to others. The book addresses issues including identity, child characteristics, social support, and work. Each chapter includes a review of seminal literature, parents' comments and ideas about the topic, and a discussion of practice, policy, and research implications.

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Routledge

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1135692602

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9781135692605

Xwelíqwiya

The Life of a Stó:lō Matriarch

By: Rena Point Bolton,Richard Daly

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Xwelíqwiya

The Life of a Stó:lō Matriarch

By: Rena Point Bolton,Richard Daly

Xwelíqwiya is the life story of Rena Point Bolton, a Stó:lō matriarch, artist, and craftswoman. Proceeding by way of conversational vignettes, the beginning chapters recount Point Bolton's early years on the banks of the Fraser River during the Depression. While at the time the Stó:lō, or Xwélmexw, as they call themselves today, kept secret their ways of life to avoid persecution by the Canadian government, Point Bolton’s mother and grandmother schooled her in the skills needed for living from what the land provides, as well as in the craftwork and songs of her people, passing on a duty to keep these practices alive. Point Bolton was taken to a residential school for the next several years and would go on to marry and raise ten children, but her childhood training ultimately set the stage for her roles as a teacher and activist. Recognizing the urgent need to forge a sense of cultural continuity among the younger members of her community, Point Bolton visited many communities and worked with federal, provincial, and First Nations politicians to help break the intercultural silence by reviving knowledge of and interest in Aboriginal art. She did so with the deft and heartfelt use of both her voice and her hands. Over the course of many years, Daly collaborated with Point Bolton to pen her story. At once a memoir, an oral history, and an “insider” ethnography directed and presented by the subject herself, the result attests both to Daly’s relationship with the family and to Point Bolton’s desire to inspire others to use traditional knowledge and experience to build their own distinctive, successful, and creative lives.

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Athabasca University Press

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1927356563

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9781927356562

Talent Development as a Framework for Gifted Education

Implications for Best Practices and Applications in Schools

By: Paula Olszewski-Kubillus,Rena F. Subotnik,Frank C. Worrell

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Talent Development as a Framework for Gifted Education

Implications for Best Practices and Applications in Schools

By: Paula Olszewski-Kubillus,Rena F. Subotnik,Frank C. Worrell

Talent development‚Äù is a phrase often used in reference to the education of gifted children. Recently, it has been presented by researchers to refer to a specific approach to the delivery of gifted education services.

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1000503771

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Grammaticization, Synchronic Variation, and Language Contact

A study of Spanish progressive -ndo constructions

By: Rena Torres Cacoullos

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Grammaticization, Synchronic Variation, and Language Contact

A study of Spanish progressive -ndo constructions

By: Rena Torres Cacoullos

This study of Old Spanish and present-day Mexico and New Mexico data develops a grammaticization account of variation in progressive constructions. Diachronic changes in cooccurrence patterns show that grammaticization involves reductive change driven by frequency increases. Formal reduction results in the emergence of auxilliary-plus-gerund sequences as fused units. Semantically, the constructions originate as spatial expressions; their grammaticization involves gradual loss of locative features of meaning. Semantic generalization among parallel evolutionary paths results in the competition among different constructions in the domain of progressive aspect. Patterns of synchronic variation follow from both the retention of meaning differences and the routinization of frequent collocations, as well as sociolinguistic factors. Register considerations turn out to be crucial in evaluating the effects of language contact. Purported changes in Spanish — English bilingual varieties are largely a feature of oral, informal language rather than a manifestation of convergence.

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John Benjamins Publishing

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902729870X

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9789027298706

Reading in a Second Language

Cognitive and Psycholinguistic Issues

By: Xi Chen,Vedran Dronjic,Rena Helms-Park

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Reading in a Second Language

Cognitive and Psycholinguistic Issues

By: Xi Chen,Vedran Dronjic,Rena Helms-Park

Reading in a Second Language offers a comprehensive survey of the phenomenon and process of reading in a second language, with graduate and upper-level undergraduate students in second language acquisition, psycholinguistics, and applied psychology as its primary audience. The book explores reading processes from a number of complementary standpoints, integrating perspectives from fields such as first and second language reading, second language acquisition, linguistics, psycholinguistics, and cognitive neuroscience. The first half examines major factors in second language reading: types of scripts, the cognitive and neural substrates of reading; metalinguistic awareness, word recognition, language transfer, and lexical knowledge. The second part of the book discusses the social and educational contexts in which reading development occurs, including issues related to pedagogy, the use of technology in the classroom, reading disorders, and policy making. Reading in a Second Language provides students with a full, logically organized overview of the primary factors that shape reading development and processes in a second language.

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1134690991

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9781134690992

Discovering Ichthyosaurus

By: Rena Korb

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Discovering Ichthyosaurus

By: Rena Korb

Nine-year-old Hong isn't going to let his trip to England's Jurassic Coast go to waste. About 200 million years ago, a large sea covered the land and Hong is sure it now contains some dinosaur fossils. He's right, and it leads to the discovery of the skeleton of a huge sea reptile called Ichthyosaurus!

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ABDO Publishing Company

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1617856738

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What's Missing?

Inspiration for Women Seeking Faith and Joy in Their Lives

By: Rena Pederson

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What's Missing?

Inspiration for Women Seeking Faith and Joy in Their Lives

By: Rena Pederson

In What’s Next?: Inspiration for Women Seeking Faith and Joy in Their Lives, Rena Pederson helped thousands of women discover their own "next step" by looking to the lives of successful women – famous and not-so-famous – who redefined themselves in midlife. Now, in What’s Missing?, she engages another group of women in a conversation on the nature of faith from various traditions – to help you rediscover its importance in your own life. From First Lady Laura Bush to singer Patti LaBelle and journalist Diane Sawyer, the women interviewed have a spiritual foundation that has given them the strength to overcome obstacles and achieve success in their lives. These women – along with others from around the nation – reveal how faith in its many forms helped them withstand life’s pitfalls and emerge happier, healthier and stronger. What’s Missing? will help you examine what’s missing from your life and how faith can give you direction. Inside, you’ll find inspiring wisdom on how to pray; the importance of listening to others and to God; how doubting and questioning can strengthen your faith, how to turn your faith into action, and how faith can help reassure you in the midst of life’s uncertainties. Whether you are turning to faith for the first time, or renewing beliefs, this book will be a wonderful companion. Includes insights from First Lady Laura Bush, Diane Sawyer, Karen Armstrong, Patti LaBelle, Judy Collins, Peggy Noonan, Zina Garrison, Naomi Harris Rosenblatt, Rabbi Janet Marder, Linda Alvarado, Anne Graham Lotz, Beth Moore, Hind Jarrah, Sister Joan Chittister, Rep. Nancy Pelosi and many others.

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Penguin

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1101203161

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What Gifts Engender

Social Relations and Politics in Mendi, Highland Papua New Guinea

By: Rena Lederman

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What Gifts Engender

Social Relations and Politics in Mendi, Highland Papua New Guinea

By: Rena Lederman

Gift exchange plays a crucial role in the social and political organization of Mendi in Papua New Guinea. This book reveals how considerable light can be shed on Mendi society, particularly on its political economy, by examining both the well-known ceremonial exchange festivals and the hitherto relatively little-studied everyday gift-giving practices. The author shows that the latter are crucial for understanding inter-group politics, the process of leadership, male-female relationships and the status of women, and the production, distribution and circulation of wealth. Currently the only book available on this society, the work offers an unusual combination of a social structural analysis with a study of local history and change. It is also of interest for its integration of the study of gift exchange and politics with the study of gender roles and relationships.

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0521267137

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Smooth Sailing or Stormy Waters?

Family Transitions Through Adolescence and Their Implications for Practice and Policy

By: Rena D. Harold,Lisa G. Colarossi,Lucy R. Mercier

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Smooth Sailing or Stormy Waters?

Family Transitions Through Adolescence and Their Implications for Practice and Policy

By: Rena D. Harold,Lisa G. Colarossi,Lucy R. Mercier

Smooth Sailing enhances our understanding of the family's transition through adolescence by examining qualitative data about the experiences of parents and teens across multiple relationships and social contexts. This volume follows the same 60 families described in the authors' first book, Becoming a Family (2000), relating their stories about their transition from childhood to adolescence. Collectively, the two books provide a unique longitudinal perspective on family development using two distinct data collection formats and time frames. Interdisciplinary in nature, the book draws on theory and practice from the fields of social work, psychology, and sociology. Smooth Sailing reveals a picture of the transition to adolescence as it is influenced by intrafamily relationships as well as social context factors. Initial chapters lay the foundation for the study's methods. Proceeding chapters present the participants' stories, organized by context - developmental changes, interpersonal relationships, education, and work. Each chapter follows a similar format: an overview of past research; interview and coding techniques; and a presentation of parents' and teens' qualitative descriptions. Chapters also include an analysis of gender and conclude with implications for practice and policy. The final chapter in the book summarizes this work and looks ahead to the next developmental period, emerging adulthood. Intended for researchers in a variety of disciplines such as social work, psychology, and sociology, this volume also serves as a supplementary text for courses on the family and/or adolescent development.

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Routledge

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1000149528

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Bilingualism in the Community

Code-switching and Grammars in Contact

By: Rena Torres Cacoullos,Catherine E. Travis

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Bilingualism in the Community

Code-switching and Grammars in Contact

By: Rena Torres Cacoullos,Catherine E. Travis

Analysis of bilinguals' use of two languages reveals highly adept code-switching: alternating between languages while keeping intact the separate grammars.

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1108415822

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Mother Earth and Uncle Sam

How Pollution and Hollow Government Hurt Our Kids

By: Rena I. Steinzor

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Mother Earth and Uncle Sam

How Pollution and Hollow Government Hurt Our Kids

By: Rena I. Steinzor

In this compelling study, Rena Steinzor highlights the ways in which the government, over the past twenty years, has failed to protect children from harm caused by toxic chemicals. She believes these failures—under-funding, excessive and misguided use of cost/benefit analysis, distortion of science, and devolution of regulatory authority—have produced a situation in which harm that could be reduced or eliminated instead persists. Steinzor states that, as a society, we are neglecting our children's health to an extent that we would find unthinkable as individual parents, primarily due to the erosion of the government's role in protecting public health and the environment. At this pace, she asserts, our children will inherit a planet under grave threat. We can arrest these developments if a critical mass of Americans become convinced that these problems are urgent and the solutions are near at hand. By focusing on three specific case studies—mercury contamination through the human food chain, perchlorate (rocket fuel) in drinking water, and the effects of ozone (smog) on children playing outdoors—Steinzor creates an analysis grounded in law, economics, and science to prove her assertions about the existing dysfunctional system. Steinzor then recommends a concise and realistic series of reforms that could reverse these detrimental trends and serve as a blueprint for restoring effective governmental intervention. She argues that these recommendations offer enough material to guide government officials and advocacy groups toward prompt implementation, for the sake of America's—and the world's—future generations.

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University of Texas Press

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0292773447

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My Mouth

By: Rena Korb

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My Mouth

By: Rena Korb

My mouth is amazing! Young readers will discover the features and functions of the mouth in this conversational, colorfully illustrated book. Sidebars, diagrams, and fun facts introduce helpful information about the workings of your own amazing machine. Looking Glass Library is an imprint of Magic Wagon, a division of ABDO Group. Grades P-4.

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1616413875

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Master Drawings from the Yale University Art Gallery

By: Yale University (New Haven, Conn.). Art Gallery,Suzanne Boorsch,John Marciari,Nicole Bensoussan,Yale University. Art Gallery,Margaret E. Hadley,Elisabeth Hodermarsky,Rena Hoisington,Jan Leja,Edgar Munhall

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Master Drawings from the Yale University Art Gallery

This beautiful and important book highlights the collection of European drawings at the Yale University Art Gallery, one of America's premier university museums. From intimate studies to exquisite finished compositions, this selection of works documents the history of European drawing practices beginning with late-medieval model books and progressing to the verge of the modern period. The accompanying text--written by a team of scholars--offers a unique introduction to various critical and technical aspects of the study of master drawings, brought to life through drawings from a range of national schools and in a variety of media. Among the drawings examined in this handsomely produced volume are an animated pen and ink sketch by Giulio Romano, a pastoral landscape by Claude Lorrain, a forceful and humorous caricature by Guercino, a scene from the epic poem Orlando Furioso by Jean-Honoré Fragonard, and a delicate portrait by Edgar Degas.

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0300114338

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The Lost Apostle

Searching for the Truth About Junia

By: Rena Pederson

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The Lost Apostle

Searching for the Truth About Junia

By: Rena Pederson

In The Lost Apostle award-winning journalist Rena Pederson investigates a little known subject in early Christian history—the life and times of the female apostle Junia. Junia was an early convert and leading missionary whose story was “lost” when her name was masculinized to Junias in later centuries. The Lost Apostle unfolds like a well-written detective story, presenting Pederson’s lively search for insight and information about a woman some say was the first female apostle.

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John Wiley & Sons

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0787997838

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9780787997830

Discovering Velociraptor

By: Rena Korb

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Discovering Velociraptor

By: Rena Korb

Hong could hardly believe his good luck! The nine-year-old dinosaur hunter was in Mongolia searching for fossils. His trip is even more exciting when he uncovers a velociraptor, the speedy thief of dinosaurs.

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1617856762

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Breath in Action

The Art of Breath in Vocal and Holistic Practice

By: Jane Boston,Rena Cook

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Breath in Action

The Art of Breath in Vocal and Holistic Practice

By: Jane Boston,Rena Cook

Breath in Action looks at the significance of breath to human life - not just the simple fact that if we stop breathing, we die, but also the more subtle ways in which our breath interacts with our voice and our being. Combining theory with practice, many of the chapters also offer clearly laid out breathing exercises and techniques.

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Jessica Kingsley Publishers

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1843109425

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9781843109426

Discovering Brachiosaurus

By: Rena Korb

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Discovering Brachiosaurus

By: Rena Korb

Nine-year-old Hong knows he is one lucky dinosaur hunter! On this trip to Africa, he and his father are looking for Brachiosaurus, one of the largest dinosaurs to ever walk the earth. And, today's his lucky day, he's stumbled across its bone and brought it back to life!

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1602703809

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Lessons from the Virtual Classroom

The Realities of Online Teaching

By: Rena M. Palloff,Keith Pratt

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Lessons from the Virtual Classroom

The Realities of Online Teaching

By: Rena M. Palloff,Keith Pratt

Lessons from the Virtual Classroom, Second Edition The second edition of the classic resource Lessons from the Cyberspace Classroom offers a comprehensive reference for faculty to hone their skills in becoming more effective online instructors. Thoroughly revised and updated to reflect recent changes and challenges that face online teachers, Lessons from the Virtual Classroom is filled with illustrative examples from actual online courses as well as helpful insights from teachers and students. This essential guide offers targeted suggestions for dealing with such critical issues as evaluating effective courseware, working with online classroom dynamics, addressing the needs of the online student, making the transition to online teaching, and promoting the development of the learning community. Praise for Lessons from the Virtual Classroom, Second Edition "Palloff and Pratt demonstrate their exceptional practical experience and insight into the online classroom. This is an invaluable resource for those tasked with creating an online course." — D. Randy Garrison, professor, University of Calgary, and author, Blended Learning in Higher Education: Framework, Principles, and Guidelines "Faculty will deeply appreciate and make use of the many explicit examples of how to design, prepare, and teach both blended and fully online courses." — Judith V. Boettcher, faculty coach and author, The Online Teaching Survival Guide: Simple and Practical Pedagogical Tips "Lessons from the Virtual Classroom is filled with insightful caveats and recommendations, pointed examples to enhance your practice, succinct summaries of the research, and engaging visual overviews. Each page brings the reader a renewed sense of confidence to teach online as well as personal joy that there is finally a resource to find the answers one is seeking." — Curtis J. Bonk, professor of education, Indiana University-Bloomington, and author, Empowering Online Learning: 100+ Activities for Reading, Reflecting, Displaying, and Doing

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1118238222

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The Second Avenue Deli Cookbook

Recipes and Memories from Abe Lebewohl's Legendary Kitchen

By: Sharon Lebewohl,Rena Bulkin,Jack Lebewohl

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The Second Avenue Deli Cookbook

Recipes and Memories from Abe Lebewohl's Legendary Kitchen

By: Sharon Lebewohl,Rena Bulkin,Jack Lebewohl

The Second Avenue Deli has been an internationally renowned Gotham landmark for nearly half a century. Over the years, its founder, Abe Lebewohl, provided the best Jewish fare in town, transforming his tiny ten-seat Village eatery into a New York institution. The Second Avenue Deli Cookbook contains more than 160 of Abe Lebewohl’s recipes, including all of the Deli’s peerless renditions of traditional Jewish dishes: chicken soup with matzo balls, chopped liver, gefilte fish, kasha varnishkes, mushroom barley soup, noodle kugel, potato latkes, blintzes, and many more. These versatile dishes are perfect for any occasion—from holiday dinners to Sunday brunches with friends and family. The late Abe Lebewohl was a great restaurateur in the showman tradition and a well-known and much-loved New York personality. His famous Deli attracted hundreds of celebrity patrons, many of whom have graciously contributed to this cookbook not only personal reminiscences but also recipes, running the gamut from Morley Safer’s family brisket to Paul Reiser’s formula for the perfect egg cream. A wonderful blend of New York and Jewish history and mouthwatering recipes, The Second Avenue Deli Cookbook provides a delicious taste of nostalgia.

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Villard

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0307559548

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9780307559548

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