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Day Trips® from Philadelphia

Getaway Ideas for the Local Traveler

By: Renee Pires

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Day Trips® from Philadelphia

Getaway Ideas for the Local Traveler

By: Renee Pires

No Planning Required! Need a day away to relax, refresh, renew? Just get in your car and go! This first edition of Day Trips from Philadelphia is your guide to hundreds of exciting things to do, see, and discover in your own backyard. With full trip-planning information and tips on where to eat, shop, and stop along the way, you can make the most of your time off and rediscover the simple pleasures of a day trip. Explore places you never knew existed, many free of charge, and most within a two-hour drive of Philadelphia. Explore the Revolutionary War battlefields at Valley Forge or walk the brick-lined streets of New Castle, Delaware, to get a glimpse of 17th-century life. Relax on Cape May’s sandy beaches, stroll along Wildwood’s busy boardwalk, or ride the Tilt-A-Whirl at the pier in Ocean City. Sample the local treats offered at the farms and wineries in Chester and Bucks Counties, or satiate that sweet tooth with a visit to Hershey.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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0762786116

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9780762786114

A Question of Identity

Iberian Conversos in Historical Perspective

By: Renee Levine Melammed

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A Question of Identity

Iberian Conversos in Historical Perspective

By: Renee Levine Melammed

In 1391 many of the Jews of Spain were forced to convert to Christianity, creating a new group whose members would be continually seeking a niche for themselves in society. The question of identity was to play a central role in the lives of these and later converts whether of Spanish or Portuguese heritage, for they could not return to Judaism as long as they remained on the Peninsula, and their place in the Christian world would never be secure. This book considers the history of the Iberian conversos-both those who remained in Spain and Portugal and those who emigrated. Wherever they resided the question of identity was inescapable. The exile who chose France or England, where Jews could not legally reside, was faced with different considerations and options than the converso who chose Holland, a newly formed Protestant country where Jews had not previously resided. Choosing Italy entailed a completely different set of options and dilemmas. Renée Levine Melammed compares and contrasts the lives of the New Christians of the Iberian Peninsula with those of these countries and the development of their identity and sense of ethnic solidarity with "those of the Nation." Exploring the knotty problem of identity she examines a great variety of individual choices and behaviors. Some conversos tried to be sincere Catholics and were not allowed to do so. Others tried but failed either theologically or culturally. While many eventually opted to form Jewish communities outside the Peninsula, others were unable to make a total commitment to Judaism and became "cultural commuters" who could and did move back and forth between two worlds whereas others had "fuzzy" or attenuated Jewish identities. In addition, the encounter with modernity by the descendants of conversos is examined in three communities, Majorca, Belmonte (Portugal) and the Southwestern United States, revealing that even today the question of identity is still a pressing issue. Offering the only broad historical survey of this fascinating and complex group of migrants, this book will appeal to a wide range of academic and general readers.

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253

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Oxford University Press

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0199883637

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9780199883639

Shake Down the Stars

By: Renee Swindle

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Shake Down the Stars

By: Renee Swindle

When you’re in trouble and sinking fast, whom do you call? Piper Nelson is stuck. She can’t quite stay away from the husband she divorced. She isn’t always attentive to the high school students she teaches. And even she admits that she’s been drinking too much and seeking out unsuitable men. Piper’s mother, married to a celebrity evangelist, and her sister, who's immersed in plans to wed a professional football player and star in a reality TV show, are both too self-absorbed to sympathize with Piper’s angst. They tell her to get a grip. But how can Piper ever really recover from the blow she suffered five years ago, when a car accident took the life of her young daughter? When Piper’s ex-husband announces that his new girlfriend is pregnant, Piper is forced to take stock. Realizing that it’s time for a change is one thing, but actually making it happen is quite another. And despite what she thinks, Piper can’t do it alone Lucky for her, a couple of crazy, funny new friends are ready to step in when she needs them most and show her how to live and laugh again. CONVERSATION GUIDE INCLUDED

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350

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Penguin

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1101596449

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9781101596449

Surrealism and the Book

By: Renee Riese Hubert,Renée Riese Hubert,Renee Hubert Hubert

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Surrealism and the Book

By: Renee Riese Hubert,Renée Riese Hubert,Renee Hubert Hubert

An indispensable tool ... for the student of Surrealism and book illustration ... [and] also for those interested in the complicated intrications between literature and pictorial movements from Romanticism to present-day Postmodernism"--Blurb.

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412

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Univ of California Press

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0520057198

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9780520057197

Derek

By: Renee Larsen

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Derek

By: Renee Larsen

Emily had lived a relatively sheltered life in Bar Harbor Maine until Derek Burnes walked into her families gift shop. Derek, a tall incredibly handsome man with a quirky smile and penetrating green eyes knows that Emily is his destiny. He has to win her love or she will die at the hand of his adversary. But Derek has a secret, he's a vampire. In order for Derek to protect the delicate blonde Emily he must charm her into loving him. Derek's plans are sabotaged when the evil Jacque pushes the envelope and attacks Emily's father. In the midst of turmoil will Emily see Derek as a monster or take him as her lover

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329

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Lulu.com

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1435711653

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9781435711655

Day Trips® from Philadelphia

Getaway Ideas for the Local Traveler

By: Renee Pires

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Getaway Ideas for the Local Traveler

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Rowman & Littlefield

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Day Trips - From Philadelphia

Open Sweet Corn, Cut Flowers Peppers, Broccoli, Zucchini

By: Renee Pires

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Day Trips - From Philadelphia

Open Sweet Corn, Cut Flowers Peppers, Broccoli, Zucchini

By: Renee Pires

Rediscover the simple pleasures of a day trip with Day Trips from Philadelphia. This guide is packed with hundreds of exciting things for locals and vacationers to do, see, and discover within a two-hour drive of the Philadelphia metro area. With full trip-planning information, Day Trips from Philadelphia helps make the most of a brief getaway.

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0762779357

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9780762779352

B. Ingrid Olson: History Mother, Little Sister

By: Dan Byers,Renee Gladman,B. Ingrid Olson,Gordon Hall,Leah Pires

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B. Ingrid Olson: History Mother, Little Sister

By: Dan Byers,Renee Gladman,B. Ingrid Olson,Gordon Hall,Leah Pires

A sculptural and photographic dialogue with embodiedness and Le Corbusier's Carpenter Center This first monograph on the Chicago-based multimedia artist B. Ingrid Olson (born 1987) accompanies two simultaneous exhibitions: History Mother and Little Sister, each on a separate floor of the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts. Informed by notions of doubling and mirroring, unexpected uses of footnotes and architectural fixtures as well as the work of figures such as Madeline Gins and Eileen Gray, the exhibitions insinuate her own objects and images into a sometimes tense, playfully knowing relationship with Le Corbusier's famous building, probing the normative, gendered and material experiments of the structure's modular elements of concrete, glass, plywood and primary colors. The book's innovative design brings together documentation of the site-specific installation, sketches and reproductions of other works made over the last decade, putting them into conversation with a selection of poetry and criticism that informs Olson's practice.

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Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Harvard University

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1735230529

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9781735230528

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Shake Down the Stars

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Surrealism and the Book

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Derek

Day Trips® from Philadelphia

Day Trips® from Philadelphia

Day Trips - From Philadelphia

Day Trips - From Philadelphia

B. Ingrid Olson: History Mother, Little Sister

B. Ingrid Olson: History Mother, Little Sister

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