Ruth McNally's Books

Art Et Architecture Au Canada

By: Loren Ruth Lerner,Mary F. Williamson

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Art Et Architecture Au Canada

By: Loren Ruth Lerner,Mary F. Williamson

Identifies and summarizes thousands of books, article, exhibition catalogues, government publications, and theses published in many countries and in several languages from the early nineteenth century to 1981.

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University of Toronto Press

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0802058566

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September Starlings

a tender but true to life saga about families and all they entail

By: Ruth Hamilton

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September Starlings

a tender but true to life saga about families and all they entail

By: Ruth Hamilton

This moving and captivating novel will keep you glued to the page and invested from the off. From the SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER, Ruth Hamilton, perfect for fans of Catherine Cookson, Dilly Court and Josephine Cox. 'Very much the successor to Catherine Cookson. Her books are plot driven, they just rip along; laughs, weeps, love, they've got the lot, and they're quality writing as well' - SARAH BROADHURST, RADIO FOUR 'This book breaks your heart, it is rare to find a book which stirs so many emotions.' - ***** Reader Review 'I couldn't bear to turn off my Kindle... Another great read from Ruth.' - ***** Reader Review 'Great story. Found myself not wanting to stop reading.' - ***** Reader Review **************************************************** ONE WOMAN'S FIGHT TO FORGE HER OWN FUTURE... Laura Starling, now wealthy and successful, has survived a bitter past. She fled from a tyrannical mother into the clutches of a sadistic man. She endured poverty, fear and pain. Then along came Ben Starling, older, wiser, who smoothed her path and gave her love and security. But now Ben has become a stranger who has slipped beyond her reach. As her stability threatens to disintegrate once more, a thin, waif-like girl from Liverpool thrusts her way into Laura's life - a girl who is to prove a link with the past. But no one can help Laura make the decisions that will alter the course of her existence. As the September starlings gather, Laura realises she must take courage and forge her own future...

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Random House

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144646525X

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9781446465257

Emancipatory Feminism in the Time of Covid-19

Rethinking Social Reproduction

By: Vishwas Satgar,Ruth Ntlokotse

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Emancipatory Feminism in the Time of Covid-19

Rethinking Social Reproduction

By: Vishwas Satgar,Ruth Ntlokotse

This edited volume provides an eco-socialist feminist analysis of the current social reproduction debate in South Africa, outlining existing and African alternatives to mainstream liberal feminism.

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NYU Press

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1776148274

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Regimes in Tropical Africa

Changing Forms of Supremacy, 1945-1975

By: Ruth Berins Collier

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Regimes in Tropical Africa

Changing Forms of Supremacy, 1945-1975

By: Ruth Berins Collier

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1982.

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Univ of California Press

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0520319141

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Exploitation

What it is and why It's Wrong

By: Ruth J. Sample

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Exploitation

What it is and why It's Wrong

By: Ruth J. Sample

Exploitation locates what it is we recognize as bad when we judge a situation to be exploitative. Ideal for courses in social and political philosophy, public policy, or political science.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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074251367X

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Evaluation Research

An Introduction to Principles, Methods and Practice

By: Alan Clarke,Ruth Dawson

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Evaluation Research

An Introduction to Principles, Methods and Practice

By: Alan Clarke,Ruth Dawson

Providing students and practitioners with a comprehensive introduction to evaluation research, this book shows how social research methods and methodologies can be applied in a variety of evaluation contexts. The author: - illustrates the contribution both quantitative and qualitative methods can make to evaluation; - stresses the important part played by theory in the evaluation enterprise; - introduces some of the conceptual, methodological and practical problems encountered when undertaking this type of applied research, especially in the areas of criminal justice, health care and education.

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0761950958

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The Black Hole of Public Administration

By: Ruth Hubbard,Gilles Paquet

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The Black Hole of Public Administration

By: Ruth Hubbard,Gilles Paquet

Public administration in Canada needs to change. A handful of scholars across Canada have been sounding the alarm for years but to no avail. Talented young bureaucrats have been joining the public service with fresh ideas capable of creating real change, but the black hole consumes all. In The Black Hole of Public Administration, experienced public servant Ruth Hubbard and public administration iconoclast Gilles Paquet sound a wake-up call to the federal public service. They lament the lack of “serious play” going on in Canada’s public administration today and map some possible escape plans. They look to a more participatory governance model – “open source” governing or “small g” governance – as a way to liberate our public service from antiquated styles and systems of governing. In their recognizably rebellious style, Hubbard and Paquet demand that public administration scholars and senior level bureaucrats pull their heads out of the sand and confront the problems of the current system and develop a new system that can address the needs of Canada today.

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University of Ottawa Press

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0776619179

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Dead of Night

By: J. D. Robb,Mary Blayney,Ruth Ryan Langan,Mary Kay McComas

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Dead of Night

By: J. D. Robb,Mary Blayney,Ruth Ryan Langan,Mary Kay McComas

Four New York Times bestselling authors breach the boundaries of time and reality in these paranormal tales of suspense, intrigue, and out-of-this world passion… Futuristic lieutenant Eve Dallas ends up in a supernatural showdown with a seductive vampire criminal in J. D. Robb's "Eternity in Death." In Mary Blayney's "Amy and the Earl's Amazing Adventure," an ancient coin whisks an American woman and a modern-day earl into the past—and into each other's arms. When a city girl visits a Scottish castle in Ruth Ryan Langan's "Timeless," she is thrust into a romance with a mighty Highland laird. And Mary Kay McComas gives an unhappy wife a magic-carpet ride into an alternate reality to show her the grass isn't always greener in "On the Fringe.

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Penguin

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1101215054

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9781101215050

Changing Violent Men

By: Rebecca Emerson Dobash,Russell P. Dobash,Kate Cavanagh,Ruth Lewis

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Changing Violent Men

By: Rebecca Emerson Dobash,Russell P. Dobash,Kate Cavanagh,Ruth Lewis

Accessibly written and presented, Changing Violent Men is based on the authors′ evaluation research of various criminal justice responses and treatment programs for men who use violence against a woman partner. It seeks to answer the questions "What, if anything, works and why?" In examining the effectiveness of two court-mandated abuser programs, compared with more traditional justice sanctions such as fines, probation, and others, the authors provide: Detailed descriptions of the nature of violence Considerations of interventions with violent men, particularly abuser programs A focus on whether violent men can change Theorizing about the process of personal change among those men who do change their behavior Both qualitative and quantitative data are used to delineate the patterns of violence and personal change and to give a voice to men as well as women speaking about their relationships, about the impact of various criminal justice interventions and about changes in their lives. Although the programs evaluated are in the United Kingdom, they are modeled on programs in the United States, so the book will have wide appeal to advanced students and practitioners in the United States, the United Kingdom, and around the world.

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SAGE Publications

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1452221634

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The Bass Handbook of Leadership

Theory, Research, and Managerial Applications

By: Bernard M. Bass,Ruth Bass

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The Bass Handbook of Leadership

Theory, Research, and Managerial Applications

By: Bernard M. Bass,Ruth Bass

For thirty-three years and through three editions, Bass & Stogdill's Handbook of Leadership has been the indispensable bible for every serious student of leadership. Since the third edition came out in 1990, the field of leadership has expanded by an order of magnitude. This completely revised and updated fourth edition reflects the growth and changes in the study of leadership over the past seventeen years, with new chapters on transformational leadership, ethics, presidential leadership, and executive leadership. Throughout the Handbook, the contributions from cognitive social psychology and the social, political, communications, and administrative sciences have been expanded. As in the third edition, Bernard Bass begins with a consideration of the definitions and concepts used, and a brief review of some of the betterknown theories. Professor Bass then focuses on the personal traits, tendencies, attributes, and values of leaders and the knowledge, intellectual competence, and technical skills required for leadership. Next he looks at leaders' socioemotional talents and interpersonal competencies, and the differences in these characteristics in leaders who are imbued with ideologies, especially authoritarianism, Machiavellianism, and self-aggrandizement. A fuller examination of the values, needs, and satisfactions of leaders follows, and singled out for special attention are competitiveness and the preferences for taking risks. In his chapters on personal characteristics, Bass examines the esteem that others generally accord to leaders as a consequence of the leaders' personalities. The many theoretical and research developments about charisma over the past thirty years are crucial and are explored here in depth. Bass has continued to develop his theory of transformational leadership -- the paradigm of the last twenty years -- and he details how it makes possible the inclusion of a much wider range of phenomena than when theory and modeling are limited to reinforcement strategies. He also details the new incarnations of transformational leadership since the last edition. Bass has greatly expanded his consideration of women and racial minorities, both of whom are increasingly taking on leadership roles. A glossary is included to assist specialists in a particular academic discipline who may be unfamiliar with terms used in other fields. Business professors and students, executives in every industry, and politicians at all levels have relied for years on the time-honored guidance and insight afforded by the Handbook.

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Simon and Schuster

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1416545786

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Mary Cassatt between Paris and New York

The Making of a Transatlantic Legacy

By: Ruth E. Iskin

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Mary Cassatt between Paris and New York

The Making of a Transatlantic Legacy

By: Ruth E. Iskin

The first comprehensive study of Cassatt’s life, work, and legacy through the prism of a transatlantic framework. This book re-envisions Mary Cassatt in the context of her transatlantic network, friendships, exhibitions, politics, and legacy. Rather than defining her as either an American artist or a French impressionist, author Ruth E. Iskin argues that we can best understand Cassatt through the complexity of her multiple identifications as an American patriot, a committed French impressionist, and a suffragist. Contextualizing Cassatt’s feminist outlook within the intense pro- and anti-suffrage debates in the United States, Iskin shows how these impacted her artistic representations of motherhood, fatherhood, and older women. Mary Cassatt between Paris and New York also argues for the historical importance of her work as an advisor to American collectors, and demonstrates the role of museums in shaping her legacy, highlighting the combined impact of gender, national, and transnational dynamics.

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Univ of California Press

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0520355466

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Interest Group Politics in America

By: Ronald J. Hrebenar,Ruth K. Scott

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Interest Group Politics in America

By: Ronald J. Hrebenar,Ruth K. Scott

Interest-group lobbying is a controversial activity in American politics and this book provides a study of group power. This edition includes expanded coverage of the changing dynamics of power politics in America; new media venues and grassroots organizing; and the perennial issue of reform.

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Routledge

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1317467698

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9781317467694

The Hidden Musicians

Music-Making in an English Town

By: Ruth Finnegan

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The Hidden Musicians

Music-Making in an English Town

By: Ruth Finnegan

A landmark in the study of music and culture, this acclaimed volume documents the remarkable scope of amateur music-making in the English town of Milton Keynes. It presents in vivid detail the contrasting yet overlapping worlds of classical orchestras, church choirs, brass bands, amateur operatic societies, and amateur bands playing jazz, rock, folk, and country. Notable for its contribution to wider theoretical debates and its influential challenge to long-held assumptions about music and how to study it, the book focuses on the practices rather than the texts or theory of music, rejecting the idea that only selected musical traditions, "great names," or professional musicians are worth studying. This opens the door to the invisible work put in by thousands of local people of diverse backgrounds, and how the pathways creatively trodden by amateur musicians have something to tell us about both urban living and what it is to be human. Now with a new preface by the author, this long-awaited reissue of The Hidden Musicians will bring its insights and innovations to a new generation of students and scholars.

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Wesleyan University Press

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0819574465

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9780819574466

Healing the Traumatized Self: Consciousness, Neuroscience, Treatment (Norton Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology)

By: Paul Frewen,Ruth Lanius

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Healing the Traumatized Self: Consciousness, Neuroscience, Treatment (Norton Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology)

By: Paul Frewen,Ruth Lanius

A neurobiological explanation of self-awareness and the states of mind of severely traumatized people. Cultivation of emotional awareness is difficult, even for those of us not afflicted by serious mental illness. This book discusses the neurobiology behind emotional states and presents exercises for developing self awareness. Topics include mood (both unipolar and bipolar), anxiety (particularly PTSD), and dissociative disorders. Frewen and Lanius comprehensively review psychological and neurobiological research, and explain how to use this research to become aware of emotional states within both normal and psychopathological functioning. Therapists will be able to help survivors of trauma, mood disorders, anxiety disorders, and dissociative disorders develop emotional awareness. The book also includes case studies, detailed instructions for clinicians, and handouts ready for use in assessment/therapy with patients/clients.

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W. W. Norton & Company

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0393708497

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9780393708493

Female Offenders

Critical Perspectives and Effective Interventions

By: Ruth T. Zaplin

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Female Offenders

Critical Perspectives and Effective Interventions

By: Ruth T. Zaplin

The number of female offenders in the United States is skyrocketing. Our "tough on crime" approach puts a female offender behind bars, but doesn't consider the factors eading to her incarceration. Female Offenders: Critical Perspectives and Effective Interventions, Second Edition proposes an alternative, one that truly addresses the needs of female offenders and the root issues connected to their maladaptive behaviors, trauma histories, and mental health problems. By focusing on these root issues, this text prepares future correctional managers and supervisors to rehabilitate and empower female offenders to reenter society in a meaningful and productive way.The Second Edition includes chapters written by experts in the field that discuss the diversity of issues facing female offenders in our culture from a variety of perspectives. Grounded in the relevant research and literature, this book blends theory with practice by presenting theories on the rehabilitation of female offenders alongside program models and effective strategies for reentry into society.

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Jones & Bartlett Learning

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0763741159

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9780763741150

Something Absolute

By: Ruth Jolly

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Something Absolute

By: Ruth Jolly

Ruth Jolly, for whom 'spiritual conviction co-exists with intellectual ambivalence' had in middle age almost stopped wrestling with questions of faith when ... On a bitter February day, Charlie, her student son, crashed in a light aircraft. Witnesses who saw the plane hit the ground, expected to recover only bodies, but against all the odds, Charlie lived.

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John Hunt Publishing

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1846942357

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9781846942358

The Politics of Dissatisfaction

Citizens, Services and Urban Institutions

By: William E. Lyons,David Lowery,Ruth Hoogland DeHoog

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The Politics of Dissatisfaction

Citizens, Services and Urban Institutions

By: William E. Lyons,David Lowery,Ruth Hoogland DeHoog

The Politics of Dissatisfaction: Citizens, Services, and Urban Institutions is destined to be a classic in public administration and public policy; it makes major theoretical and empirical contributions to the literature in both fields. It is a rigorous empirical attempt to assess the public choice view of citizenship and local government. The research upon which this book is based was founded on conversations between two of its authors, W. E. Lyons and David Lowery, during the early 1980s.

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Routledge

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1315288710

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Compassion-Based Practices for Secondary Traumatic Stress

A Resource Guide for Helping Professionals

By: Ruth Gottfried

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Compassion-Based Practices for Secondary Traumatic Stress

A Resource Guide for Helping Professionals

By: Ruth Gottfried

Compassion-Based Practices for Secondary Traumatic Stress is a comprehensive guide that merges profound theoretical insights with practical compassion-based practices. Tailored for helping professionals working with survivors of trauma, this book illuminates a path toward addressing secondary traumatic stress and promoting vicarious posttraumatic growth through a compassionate lens. Distinguished by its in-depth and hands-on creative approach, inclusion of East Asian philosophical principles, and harmonization of self- and other-oriented compassion, this resource guide provides empowering tools for helping professionals from diverse fields of practice and their host organizations.

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Taylor & Francis

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1040124577

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9781040124574

The Kitchen Spoon's Handle

Transnationalism and Sri Lanka's Migrant Housemaids

By: Michele Ruth Gamburd

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The Kitchen Spoon's Handle

Transnationalism and Sri Lanka's Migrant Housemaids

By: Michele Ruth Gamburd

A common Sinhala proverb states, "A woman's understanding reaches only the length of the kitchen spoon's handle." In this beautifully written book on the effects of female migration from Sri Lanka, Michele Ruth Gamburd shows that the length of that handle now spans several thousand miles, rather than a mere twelve inches.During the past twenty years, a great many Sri Lankan women have left their homes and families to work as housemaids in the wealthy oil-producing states of the Middle East. Gamburd explores global and local, as well as personal, reasons why so many women leave to work so far away. Focusing primarily on the home community, rather than on the experiences of the workers abroad, she vividly illustrates the impact of the migration on those left behind and on the migrants who return.As migrant women take on the formerly masculine role of breadwinner, Gamburd explains, traditional concepts of the value of "women's work" are significantly altered. She examines the effects of female migration on caste hierarchies, class relations, gender roles, and family interactions.The Kitchen Spoon's Handle skillfully blends the stories and memories of returned migrants and their families and neighbors with interviews with government officials, recruiting agents, and moneylenders. The book provides a rich and sensitive portrait of the confluence of global and local processes in the lives of the villagers. Gamburd presents a sophisticated, yet very readable, discussion of current theories of power, agency, and identity.

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Cornell University Press

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0801486440

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Supreme Ambition

Brett Kavanaugh and the Conservative Takeover

By: Ruth Marcus

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Supreme Ambition

Brett Kavanaugh and the Conservative Takeover

By: Ruth Marcus

The Washington Post journalist and legal expert Ruth Marcus goes behind the scenes to document the inside story of the Brett Kavanaugh confirmation battle and the Republican plot to take over the Supreme Court—thirty years in the making—in this “impressively reported, highly insightful, and rollicking good read” (The New York Times Book Review). In the summer of 2018 the Kavanaugh drama unfolded so fast it seemed to come out of nowhere. With the power of the #MeToo movement behind her, a terrified but composed Christine Blasey Ford walked into a Senate hearing room to accuse Kavanaugh of sexual assault. This unleashed unprecedented fury from a Supreme Court nominee who accused Democrats of a “calculated and orchestrated political hit.” But behind this showdown was a much bigger one. The Washington Post journalist and legal expert Ruth Marcus documents the thirty-year mission by conservatives to win a majority on the Supreme Court and the lifelong ambition of Brett Kavanaugh to secure his place in that victory. The reporting in Supreme Ambition is full of revealing and weighty headlines, as Marcus answers the most pressing questions surrounding this historical moment: How did Kavanaugh get the nomination? Was Blasey Ford’s testimony credible? What does his confirmation mean for the future of the court? Were the Democrats outgunned from the start? On the way, she uncovers secret White House meetings, intense lobbying efforts, private confrontations on Capitol Hill, and lives forever upended on both coasts. This “extraordinarily detailed” (The Washington Post) page-turner traces how Brett Kavanaugh deftly maneuvered to become the nominee and how he quashed resistance from Republicans and from a president reluctant to reward a George W. Bush loyalist. It shows a Republican party that had concluded Kavanaugh was too big to fail, with senators and the FBI ignoring potentially devastating evidence against him. And it paints a picture of Democratic leaders unwilling to engage in the no-holds-barred partisan warfare that might have defeated the nominee. In the tradition of The Brethren and The Power Broker, Supreme Ambition is the definitive account of a pivotal moment in modern history, one that will shape the judicial system of America for generations to come.

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Simon & Schuster

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1982123877

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9781982123871

Advances in Phytoplankton Ecology

Applications of Emerging Technologies

By: Lesley Clementson,Ruth Eriksen,Anusuya Willis

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Advances in Phytoplankton Ecology

Applications of Emerging Technologies

By: Lesley Clementson,Ruth Eriksen,Anusuya Willis

Phytoplankton ecology has developed from an understanding of taxonomy, species dynamics and functional roles, and species interactions with the surrounding environment. New and emerging technologies enable a paradigm shift in the ways we monitor and understand phytoplankton in a range of environments. Advances in Phytoplankton Ecology: Applications of Emerging Technologies is a practical guide to these new technologies and explores their application with case studies to show how recent advances have changed our understanding of phytoplankton ecology.Part one of this book explores how traditional taxonomy and species identification has changed, moving from morphological to molecular techniques. Part two explores the new technologies for remote and automatic monitoring and sensor technology and applications for management. Part three explores the explosion of omics techniques and their application in species identification, functional populations, trait characterization, interspecific interactions, and interaction with their environment.This book is an invaluable guide for marine and freshwater ecology researchers to how new technologies can enhance our understanding of ecology. - Combines traditional techniques with new technologies and methods - Explores the influence of new technology on our understanding of phytoplankton ecology - Provides practical applications of each technique through case studies in each chapter

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Elsevier

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0128230290

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9780128230299

The Girl Problem

Female Sexual Delinquency in New York, 1900-1930

By: Ruth M. Alexander

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The Girl Problem

Female Sexual Delinquency in New York, 1900-1930

By: Ruth M. Alexander

During the Progressive Era, young working-class women were sometimes jailed for engaging in social and sexual activities that signaled their rejection of Victorian moral standards. These disadvantaged "delinquents" were subject to legal sanctions that were rarely applied to rebellious middle-class girls. As she traces the history of a social crisis that came to be known as the "girl problem", Ruth M. Alexander reconstructs the stories of individual women incarcerated in reformatories who helped redefine female adolescence in the United States. Alexander draws on the rich case files of reformatories at Bedford Hills and Albion, New York. Bringing together writings by the young inmates, letters from their parents, and institutional records, she follows the histories of a hundred girls as they run afoul of the law, are incarcerated, and struggle to reenter society. From the interplay among girls, families, courts, and penal institutions emerges a fascinating picture of class inequality and culture conflict. Alexander finds that most delinquent young women eventually accepted the idea that freedom was best won by conformity and accommodation. In showing how a new social problem was identified and tackled, Alexander also documents the emergence of the modern professions of social work and mental hygiene. Reenacting a key chapter in the transformation of adolescence, The "Girl Problem" contributes to the history of sexuality and social reform through the Progressive Era and beyond.

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Cornell University Press

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0801485770

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Practical Statistics for Educators

By: Ruth Ravid

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Practical Statistics for Educators

By: Ruth Ravid

Practical Statistics for Educators, 4th edition focuses on the application of research and statistics as applied specifically to education. Since the first edition came out in 1994, thousand of students in educational statistics courses and their professors have found it to be an excellent textbook. Educational practitioners have also appreciated keeping this book on their reference shelf. Now in its fourth edition, this well-regarded text is a clear and easy-to-follow manual for use in introductory statistics or action research courses. Ruth Ravid concentrates on the essential concepts in educational statistics including when to use various statistical tests and how to interpret the results. Testing and test score interpretation, reliability, and validity are included to help students understand these topics which are essential for practitioners in education. Examples from the field of education are used throughout the book to illustrate the concepts, techniques, and interpretations that are presented in the book.

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Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

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144220656X

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To Do and to Endure

The Life of Catherine Donnelly, Sister of Service

By: Jeanne Ruth Merifield Beck

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To Do and to Endure

The Life of Catherine Donnelly, Sister of Service

By: Jeanne Ruth Merifield Beck

This biography reconstructs the life of Sister Catherine Donnelly, founder of the Sisters of Service in 1922.

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Dundurn

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155002289X

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9781550022896

Measures of Self-concept

By: Ruth C. Wylie

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Measures of Self-concept

By: Ruth C. Wylie

Ruth C. Wylie's two volumes of The Self-Concept, published by Nebraska in 1974 and 1979, evaluated psychological and sociological studies of self-concept and self-esteem. Looking at a plethora of tests, Wylie found in 1974 that very few had been adequately conceived or implemented. Many produced results that wereøunverifiable or specious. Her findings had disturbing implications not only for the tests themselves but for substantive research based upon them. In the 1980s psychometric tests of self-concept have continued to proliferate. Wylie has continued to assess them. Measures of Self-Concept briefly summarizes the psychometric criteria for self-concept tests, as fully discussed in Wylie's 1974 book, and the present general state of methodological adequacy of currently used earlier tests and some promising new ones still under development. Although Wylie still finds serious shortcomings, she notes a greater attempt today to increase and evaluate the validity of self-concept indices. This book presents detailed, up-to-date information about and psychometric evaluations of ten self-concept tests that appear to be the most meritorious candidates for current use and for further research and development. It is the first book since her 1974 volume to review specific as well as general measures of self-esteem for a range of ages from preschool to adult.

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U of Nebraska Press

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0803247516

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9780803247512

Snow

By: Kirk Ruth

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Snow

By: Kirk Ruth

Snow has had an astonishing influence on the shape of the land and human history. Ruth Kirk writes perceptively of how animals and people survive in the snow; of glaciers, continental ice sheets, blizzards, and avalanches; and of the awesome hazards of Arctic and Antarctic exploration. She discusses both our battles against snow and our uses of it, showing its importance to agriculture, climate, and the future. Through scientific reports and interviews with experts in various fields--from Antarctic explorers to atmospheric physicists--Kirk surveys the scope of snow's influence.

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0295802359

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9780295802350

Campaign and Election Reform

A Reference Handbook

By: Glenn H. Utter,Ruth Ann Strickland

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Campaign and Election Reform

A Reference Handbook

By: Glenn H. Utter,Ruth Ann Strickland

This handbook provides a sweeping overview of U.S. campaign and election reform efforts, past and present, from the introduction of the secret ballot to touch-screen voting. Emphasizing the major electoral reforms since 2000, this second edition of Campaign and Election Reform investigates the development of the American electoral system from colonial times to the present. It chronicles efforts to expand suffrage, reform campaign financing, and prevent vote fraud, and traces the development of election technology from the paper ballot to the lever voting machine, from the punch-card ballot to the optical-scan and touch-screen systems. The book also explores alternative voting systems, such as preference voting and proportional representation, and compares the U.S. electoral process with the voting systems of selected European democracies. Campaign and Election Reform, Second Edition is essential reading for any citizen who wants to understand the U.S. electoral system, what's wrong with it, and how it might be fixed.

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1598840703

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9781598840704

Our Lady of the World's Fair

Bringing Michelangelo's "Pietà" to Queens in 1964

By: Ruth D. Nelson

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Our Lady of the World's Fair

Bringing Michelangelo's "Pietà" to Queens in 1964

By: Ruth D. Nelson

Our Lady of the World's Fair reveals the remarkable story of how two of New York's most influential leaders persuaded the Vatican to allow one of the world's greatest works of art to leave Europe for the first and only time. Driven by different motives, Robert Moses and Francis Cardinal Spellman had the same vision: to display Michelangelo's masterpiece, the Pietà, in the Vatican's pavilion at the 1964 World's Fair in New York City. As Ruth D. Nelson gracefully showcases, Moses believed this blockbuster would guarantee the fair's financial success. At the same time, Spellman, Cardinal of New York and the spiritual leader of Cold War America's Catholic community, hoped that at a time of domestic strife and global conflict, the Pietà's presence would have a positive spiritual impact on the nation. Although the fair did not turn out to be the financial bonanza that Moses expected, the Pietà drew record crowds of the faithful, art lovers, and the curious. Nelson's fascinating uncovering of the intensive planning that went into designing the pavilion, transporting the art piece across the Atlantic, and coordinating Pope Paul VI's visit to New York in 1965—the first papal visit to the Western Hemisphere—demonstrates the sheer scale and opportunity of the two men's endeavors. Our Lady of the World's Fair depicts the skepticism and fierce criticism that faced the two New York power brokers. Rather than letting the negative weigh them down, they united and called on every resource at their disposal to make this unlikely cultural coup possible.

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Cornell University Press

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1501776924

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Colfax County

By: Mary L. Maas, Jim Krzycki, Judy Brezina, and Ruth Waters

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Colfax County

By: Mary L. Maas, Jim Krzycki, Judy Brezina, and Ruth Waters

Colfax County is unique with having two towns within its boundaries, Schuyler and Clarkson, plus four villages: Leigh, Howells, Richland, and Rogers. A number of farm precincts were once bustling communities, including Dublin, Heun, Maple Creek, Midland, Shell Creek, Tabor, and Wilson; now, most have only a church and/or cemetery to denote their sites. Schuyler is the county seat and can boast of having the first electric plant, water plant, and telephone exchange in the state. The Morman Trail, Oregon Trail, and Military Trail followed the banks of the Platte River and were utilized by troops and immigrants. Cattle herds from the Chisholm Trail were shipped from the Schuyler rail yards to markets in the East.

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Arcadia Publishing

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1467111961

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9781467111966

Ontology Revisited

Metaphysics in Social and Political Philosophy

By: Ruth Groff

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Ontology Revisited

Metaphysics in Social and Political Philosophy

By: Ruth Groff

Groff's argument runs counter to the familiar anti-metaphysical habit. Social and political philosophy, she maintains, is not as metaphysically neutral as it may seem. Even the most deontological of theories connects up with an attendant set of philosophical commitments regarding what kinds of things exist, as a fundamental ontological matter, and what they are like. These are topics of interest not just to social and political philosophers, but to social scientists and to philosophers of social science as well. "Ruth Groff has broken new ground in demonstrating the connection between social and political thought and the ontology of causal powers. Her account of the structure of Humean thinking about agency is excellent. Especially significant is the role that she assigns to Kantianism in the analysis that she develops. She moves effortlessly between contemporary metaphysics, political theory, critical social theory, and the history of modern philosophy, offering trenchant insights along the way into the work of thinkers ranging from Hume himself to Mill, Adorno, and Martha Nussbaum, and into debates over agent causation and emergence. There is even a discussion, in the final chapter, of Spinoza. This is big-picture philosophy at its best: rigorous and exacting at the level of detail; original, compelling and systematic in the whole." - Stephen Mumford, Professor of Metaphysics and Dean of the Faculty of Arts, University of Nottingham

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Routledge

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1136995579

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Rough Work

Labourers on the Public Works of British North America and Canada, 18411882

By: Ruth Bleasdale

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Rough Work

Labourers on the Public Works of British North America and Canada, 18411882

By: Ruth Bleasdale

Cover -- Page i -- Title page -- Dedication -- Copyright page -- Contents -- List of Maps, Illustrations, and Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Contracting on Public Works, 1841 to 1882 -- 2 The Labour Force -- 3 The Work -- 4 The Living -- 5 The Boundaries of Belonging: Navvy Communities of the 1840s and 1850s -- 6 Degrees of Separation: Redefining the Boundaries of Belonging through the 1870s -- 7 Defining a Community of Interests: The 1840s and 1850s -- 8 Labour Unity and Militance on Public Works through the 1870s -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Location of Contracts (Sections) on the Intercolonial Railway and Third Welland Canal -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Index -- Canadian Social History series

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University of Toronto Press

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1487521995

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9781487521998

Irish cinema in the twenty-first century

By: Ruth Barton

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Irish cinema in the twenty-first century

By: Ruth Barton

An accessible, comprehensive overview of contemporary Irish cinema, this book is intended for use as a third-level textbook and is designed to appeal to academics in the areas of film studies and Irish studies. Responding to changes in the Irish production environment, it includes chapters on new Irish genres such as creative documentary, animation and horror. It discusses shifting representations of the countryside and the city, always with a strong concern for gender representations, and looks at how Irish historical events, from the Civil War to the Troubles, and the treatment of the traumatic narrative of clerical sexual abuse have been portrayed in recent films. It covers works by established auteurs such as Neil Jordan and Jim Sheridan, as well as new arrivals, including the Academy Award-winning Lenny Abrahamson.

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Manchester University Press

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1526124459

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9781526124456

The Impact of Tax Legislation on Corporate Income Security Planning for Retirees

By: Ruth Ylvisaker Winger

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The Impact of Tax Legislation on Corporate Income Security Planning for Retirees

By: Ruth Ylvisaker Winger

This book, first published in 1991, explores the complexities of the relationship between acts of Congress and nine major US corporations regarding employer-sponsored retirement plans. The study was designed to discover if and why corporate decision makers respond to the Congress tax incentives or the disincentives that affect the design of corporate income security plans for retirees.

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Routledge

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042995512X

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From Needs Assessment to Action

Transforming Needs Into Solution Strategies

By: James W. Altschuld,Belle Ruth Witkin

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From Needs Assessment to Action

Transforming Needs Into Solution Strategies

By: James W. Altschuld,Belle Ruth Witkin

Through the use of real world examples drawn from various fields, the book provides in-depth procedures for: analyzing and combining different types of data collected in the needs assessment process, prioritizing needs, selecting solution strategies, designing and implementing solution strategies, and examining major multiple-method needs assessment studies."--BOOK JACKET.

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SAGE

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076190932X

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9780761909323

The Structural Approach to Direct Practice in Social Work

By: Gale Goldberg Wood,Ruth R. Middleman

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The Structural Approach to Direct Practice in Social Work

By: Gale Goldberg Wood,Ruth R. Middleman

Structural social work assumes that clients are adequate people in untenable situations. The social worker must display active appreciation for the client's competence in telling about what does matter rather than what the practitioner thinks should matter.

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Columbia University Press

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0231055064

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