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Making Teaching Work

Teaching Smarter in Post-Compulsory Education

By: Phil Race,Ruth Pickford

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Making Teaching Work

Teaching Smarter in Post-Compulsory Education

By: Phil Race,Ruth Pickford

`This concise book is strongly recommended as an invaluable source both for new teachers and for their mentors who may be well experienced, but nevertheless glad of new ideas for coping with the demanding and fundamental shifts in how teaching is undertaken and assessed′ - ESCaslate Making Teaching Work provides a down-to-earth, jargon-free book for teaching staff in universities and colleges and includes reference to some of the best modern literature on assessment, teaching and feedback. By focusing on the learner in a variety of situations and contexts, the book explores how teachers can help learners to make learning happen. The authors emphasize ′teaching smarter′ - helping busy, hard-pressed teachers to increase the efficiency as well as effectiveness of their work. Written with both full-time and part-time staff in mind, the book allows teaching staff to balance the various tasks which make up their workload, including the increasing paperwork and administration they encounter whilst carrying out assessment, teaching and providing feedback to students. The book addresses a wide range of aspects of assessment, learning and teaching in post-compulsory education including: - how to provide a supportive learning environment - including online learning - how to design and manage formative assessment and feedback - how to support diverse students - including addressing and achieving student satisfaction. - developing teaching - including lecturing, small-group teaching, supporting individual learning and dealing with disruptive students - how to use research to improve teaching - creatively designing curriculum - promoting student employability - broadening horizons - including widening and deepening participation - addressing and achieving student satisfaction. It is a self-sufficient and thought-provoking resource about teaching and learning for all practitioners in post-compulsory education.

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1849203598

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God's Businessmen

Entrepreneurial Evangelicals in Depression and War

By: Sarah Ruth Hammond

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God's Businessmen

Entrepreneurial Evangelicals in Depression and War

By: Sarah Ruth Hammond

The evangelical embrace of conservatism is a familiar feature of the contemporary political landscape. What’s less well-known, however, is that the connection predates the Reagan revolution, going all the way back to the Depression and World War II. Evangelical businessmen at the time were quite active in opposing the New Deal—on both theological and economic grounds—and in doing so claimed a place alongside other conservatives in the public sphere. Like previous generations of devout laymen, they self-consciously merged their religious and business lives, financing and organizing evangelical causes with the kind of visionary pragmatism that they practiced in the boardroom. In God’s Businessmen, Sarah Ruth Hammond explores not only these men’s personal trajectories but also those of the service clubs and other institutions that, like them, believed that businessmen were God’s instrument for the Christianization of the world. Hammond presents a capacious portrait of the relationship between the evangelical business community and the New Deal—and in doing so makes important contributions to American religious history, business history, and the history of the American state.

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University of Chicago Press

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022650977X

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9780226509778

Not in the Flesh

A Wexford Novel

By: Ruth Rendell

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Not in the Flesh

A Wexford Novel

By: Ruth Rendell

A new Chief Inspector Wexford mystery from the author who Time magazine has called “the best mystery writer in the English-speaking world.” When the truffle-hunting dog starts to dig furiously, his master’s first reaction is delight at the size of the clump the dog has unearthed: at the going rate, this one truffle might be worth several hundred pounds. Then the dirt falls away to reveal not a precious mushroom but the bones and tendons of what is clearly a human hand. In Not in the Flesh, Chief Inspector Wexford tries to piece together events that took place eleven years earlier, a time when someone was secretly interred in a secluded patch of English countryside. Now Wexford and his team will need to interrogate everyone who lives nearby to see if they can turn up a match for the dead man among the eighty-five people in this part of England who have disappeared over the past decade. Then, when a second body is discovered nearby, Wexford experiences a feeling that’s become a rarity for the veteran policeman: surprise. As Wexford painstakingly moves to resolve these multiple mysteries, long-buried secrets are brought to daylight, and Ruth Rendell once again proves why she has been hailed as our greatest living mystery writer.

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Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

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0307410323

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Business Law

By: David Kelly,Ruth Hayward,Ruby Hammer,John Hendy

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Business Law

By: David Kelly,Ruth Hayward,Ruby Hammer,John Hendy

Business Law offers comprehensive coverage of the key aspects of business law in a straightforward manner that is easy to understand for non-law students. It describes and considers the full range of legal topics such as Contract, Company and Employment Law, as well as including coverage of emerging areas such as Health and Safety and Environmental Law as they apply to business.

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Taylor & Francis

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1136727523

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Extraordinary Women of Christian History

What We Can Learn from Their Struggles and Triumphs

By: Ruth A. Tucker

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Extraordinary Women of Christian History

What We Can Learn from Their Struggles and Triumphs

By: Ruth A. Tucker

Christianity has long been criticized as a patriarchal religion. But during its two-thousand-year history, the faith has been influenced and passed down by faithful women. Martyrs and nuns, mystics and scholars, writers and reformers, preachers and missionaries, abolitionists and evangelists, these women are examples to us of faith, perseverance, forgiveness, and fortitude. With gracious irreverence, Ruth Tucker offers engaging and candid profiles of some of the most fascinating women of Christian history. From the famous to the infamous to the obscure, women like Perpetua, Joan of Arc, Teresa of Avila, Anne Hutchinson, Susanna Wesley, Ann Judson, Harriet Tubman, Fanny Crosby, Hannah Whitehall Smith, Corrie ten Boom, and Mother Teresa, along with dozens of others, come to vivid life. Perfect for small groups, these portraits of women who changed the world in their own significant way will spark lively discussion and inspire today's Christians to lives of faithful witness.

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Baker Books

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1493401580

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Rex Ingram

Visionary Director of the Silent Screen

By: Ruth Barton

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Rex Ingram

Visionary Director of the Silent Screen

By: Ruth Barton

Noted for his charisma, talent, and striking good looks, director Rex Ingram (1893−1950) is ranked alongside D. W. Griffith, Marshall Neilan, and Erich von Stroheim as one of the greatest artists of the silent cinema. Ingram briefly studied sculpture at the Yale University School of Art after emigrating from Ireland to the United States in 1911; but he was soon seduced by the new medium of moving pictures and abandoned his studies for a series of jobs in the film industry. Over the next decade, he became one of the most popular directors in Hollywood, directing smash hits such as The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921), The Prisoner of Zenda (1922), and Scaramouche (1923). In Rex Ingram, Ruth Barton explores the life and legacy of the pioneering filmmaker, following him from his childhood in Dublin to his life at the top of early Hollywood's A-list and his eventual self-imposed exile on the French Riviera. Ingram excelled in bringing visions of adventure and fantasy to eager audiences, and his films made stars of actors like Rudolph Valentino, Ramón Novarro, and Alice Terry -- his second wife and leading lady. With his name a virtual guarantee of box office success, Ingram's career flourished in the 1920s despite the constraints of an increasingly regulated industry and the hostility of Louis B. Mayer, who regarded him as a dangerous maverick. Barton examines the virtuoso director's career and controversial personal life -- including his conversion to Islam, the rumors surrounding his ambiguous sexuality, and the circumstances of his untimely death. This definitive biography not only restores the visionary filmmaker to the spotlight but also provides an absorbing look at the daring and exhilarating days of silent-era Hollywood.

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University Press of Kentucky

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0813147107

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Up North Concord

By: Ruth Burell-Brown

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Up North Concord

By: Ruth Burell-Brown

Up North Concord" is the story of Frankie, the author's father, growing up through the twentieth century guided by the spiritual forces of the earth, told under the yearly phases of the moon. Ruth's interest in the Burell-Brown lineage is woven throughout the story, as is the author's character, full of humor, creativity, and a wickedly sharp insight into life and those around her.

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Lulu.com

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1304648826

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Life in Citations

Biblical Narratives and Contemporary Hebrew Culture

By: Ruth Tsoffar

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Life in Citations

Biblical Narratives and Contemporary Hebrew Culture

By: Ruth Tsoffar

In her latest book, Life in Citiations: Biblical Narratives and Contemporary Hebrew Culture, Ruth Tsoffar studies several key biblical narratives that figure prominently in Israeli culture. Life in Citations provides a close reading of these narratives, along with works by contemporary Hebrew Israeli artists that respond to them. Together they read as a modern commentary on life with text, or even life under the rule of its verses, to answer questions like How can we explain the fascination and intense identification of Israelis with the Bible? What does it mean to live in such close proximity with the Bible, and What kind of story can such a life tell?

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Routledge

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1000477894

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Understanding Children's Play

By: Ruth E. Hartley,Lawrence K. Frank,Robert Goldenson

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Understanding Children's Play

By: Ruth E. Hartley,Lawrence K. Frank,Robert Goldenson

This is Volume X in a series of thirty-two on Developmental Psychology. Originally published in 1952. By presenting the play experiences of children within the framework of their living problems, this volume and its companion booklets will give to these adults who help shape their lives a fuller understanding of the significance of children's play, and offer them valuable aids in fostering the development of productive, well-integrated human beings.

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1136314199

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Hedy Lamarr

The Most Beautiful Woman in Film

By: Ruth Barton

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Hedy Lamarr

The Most Beautiful Woman in Film

By: Ruth Barton

Hedy Lamarr's life was punctuated by salacious rumors and public scandal, but it was her stunning looks and classic Hollywood glamour that continuously captivated audiences. Born Hedwig Kiesler, she escaped an unhappy marriage with arms dealer Fritz Mandl in Austria to try her luck in Hollywood, where her striking appearance made her a screen legend. Her notorious nude role in the erotic Czech film Ecstasy (1933), as well as her work with Cecil B. DeMille (Samson and Delilah, 1949), Walter Wanger (Algiers, 1938), and studio executive Louis B. Mayer catapulted her alluring and provocative reputation as a high-profile sex symbol. In Hedy Lamarr: The Most Beautiful Woman in Film, Ruth Barton explores the many facets of the screen legend, including her life as an inventor. Working with avant-garde composer and film scorer George Antheil, Lamarr helped to develop and patent spread spectrum technology, which is still used in mobile phone communication. However, despite her screen persona and scientific success, Lamarr's personal life caused quite a scandal. A string of failed marriages, a lawsuit against her publisher regarding her sensational autobiography, and shoplifting charges made her infamous beyond her celebrity. Drawing on extensive research into both the recorded truths of Lamarr's life and the rumors that made her notorious, Barton recognizes Lamarr's contributions to both film and technology while revealing the controversial and conflicted woman underneath. Hedy Lamarr: The Most Beautiful Woman in Film illuminates the life of a classic Hollywood icon.

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University Press of Kentucky

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081312610X

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Children and Young People's Nursing

Principles for Practice

By: Ruth Davies,Alyson Davies

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Children and Young People's Nursing

Principles for Practice

By: Ruth Davies,Alyson Davies

Children and Young People's Nursing provides a comprehensive overview of the issues facing children's nurses today. It focuses on developing best practice and implementing high quality care. This book covers the wide range of general and specialist care settings in which children and young people's nurses work, including schools, the community

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CRC Press

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1444149644

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That Wright Family!

A “Neighborly” Look at the First Family of Aviation

By: Ruth Lyons Brookshire

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That Wright Family!

A “Neighborly” Look at the First Family of Aviation

By: Ruth Lyons Brookshire

To commemorate Wilburs death in 1912, That Wright Family! examines the life of the Wright Brothers and their family from Wilburs birth in 1867 to Orvilles death in 1948, (from making kites to watching jets fly overhead). While most Wright books concentrate in the Kitty Hawk flight and technology, fictional neighbors share their observations and attitudes on the Wright family dynamics before and after the December 1903 flight plus Orvilles determination to maintain privacy and to assure recognition of the Wright Brothers achievements.

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Trafford Publishing

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1466905778

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The Early Modern World

By: Judith Kidd,Rosemary Rees,Ruth Tudor

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The Early Modern World

By: Judith Kidd,Rosemary Rees,Ruth Tudor

The "Heinemann History Scheme" uses sources and activities to explain complex issues and helps students think through historical concepts for themselves. Every QCA Scheme topic is covered, and the tasks offer progression and integrated extended writing for literacy skills.

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0435325957

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Behavioral Activation for Depression

A Clinician's Guide

By: Christopher R. Martell,Sona Dimidjian,Ruth Herman-Dunn

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Behavioral Activation for Depression

A Clinician's Guide

By: Christopher R. Martell,Sona Dimidjian,Ruth Herman-Dunn

From leading experts in behavioral activation research and clinical practice, this volume presents an empirically tested approach for helping clients overcome depression by becoming active and engaged in their own lives. Behavioral activation is a stand-alone treatment whose principles can be integrated easily with other approaches that therapists already use. Guidelines are presented for identifying individualized treatment targets, monitoring and scheduling "antidepressant" activities -- experiences that are likely to be rewarding and pleasurable -- and decreasing avoidance and ruminative thinking. Rich clinical illustrations include an extended case example that runs throughout the book. Twenty-two reproducible forms, worksheets, and tables can be downloaded and printed in a convenient 8 1/2" x 11" size.

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Guilford Press

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1462510175

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Movie Song Catalog

Performers and Supporting Crew for the Songs Sung in 1460 Musical and Nonmusical Films, 1928-1988

By: Ruth Benjamin,Arthur Rosenblatt

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Movie Song Catalog

Performers and Supporting Crew for the Songs Sung in 1460 Musical and Nonmusical Films, 1928-1988

By: Ruth Benjamin,Arthur Rosenblatt

This is an exhaustive reference volume to the thousands of songs, songwriters and performers in 1,460 American and British films (musical and nonmusical) since the advent of the talkie in 1928. Listed alphabetically by film title, each entry provides full production information on the movie, including the country of origin, year of release, running time, director, musical director, musical score, studio, producer, orchestra or bands featured, music backup, vocalist, (dubber who sang on the soundtrack), and performers. Each song title in the main entry is followed by the name of the performer, lyricist, composer, and, when appropriate, arranger.

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McFarland

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0786487690

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Secret California: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure

By: Ruth Carlson

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Secret California: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure

By: Ruth Carlson

How do you step into a live fairytale with aerial dancers, opera singers, and a huge rabbit? Where can you walk on a beach covered with broken pottery? What is the Institute for Abnormal Arts? Who will show you evidence Bigfoot is real? Find the answers to these questions and many more in Secret California: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure. This is a book for travelers who love to meet quirky characters, discover oddities, and experience littleknown aspects of the Golden State. Learn the fascinating tales behind all the points of interest and discover some new places to look for adventure. Learn where to spend a night in a museum, explore an underground city, and watch silent movies in the same theater where Charlie Chaplin premiered The Tramp. Find out about the country’s only perfume museum, how a wall became covered in frogs, and why a colorful garden will not grow. Whether it’s an ancient society’s crypt or the second city underneath the capital, this guide leaves no stone unturned. Author Ruth Carlson uses her years of experience as a Californian to fill you in on the hilarious, the bizarre, and the beautiful in this unusual guidebook so you can experience the hidden treasures locals would like to keep to themselves—if only they knew about them!

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Reedy Press LLC

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168106331X

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Virginia Woolf

The Will to Create as a Woman

By: Ruth Gruber

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Virginia Woolf

The Will to Create as a Woman

By: Ruth Gruber

This groundbreaking study of the work and legacy of Virginia Woolf is also an account of the intertwined lives of two extraordinary women. In 1932, Ruth Gruber earned her PhD—the youngest person ever to do so—with a stunning doctoral dissertation on Virginia Woolf. Published in 1935, the paper was the first-ever feminist critique of Woolf’s work and inspired a series of correspondences between the two writers. It also led to Gruber’s eventual meeting with Woolf, which she recounted six decades later in Virginia Woolf: The Will to Create as a Woman. Described by Gruber as “the odyssey of how I met Virginia Woolf, and how her life and work became intertwined with my life,” Virginia Woolf is a clear and insightful portrait of one of modern literature’s most innovative authors, written by one of America’s most remarkable journalists.

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Open Road Media

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1453248641

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Contemporary American Cinema

By: Williams , Linda Ruth,Hammond , Michael

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Contemporary American Cinema

By: Williams , Linda Ruth,Hammond , Michael

This is a comprehensive introduction to post-classical American film. Covering American cinema since 1960, the text looks at both Hollywood and non-mainstream cinema.

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McGraw-Hill Education (UK)

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0335218318

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The World According to Hollywood, 1918-1939

By: Ruth Vasey

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The World According to Hollywood, 1918-1939

By: Ruth Vasey

The most visible cultural institution on earth between the World Wars, the Hollywood movie industry tried to satisfy worldwide audiences of vastly different cultural, religious, and political persuasions. The World According to Hollywood shows how the industry's self-regulation shaped the content of films to make them salable in as many markets as possible. In the process, Hollywood created an idiosyncratic vision of the world that was glamorous and exotic, but also oddly narrow. Ruth Vasey shows how the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America (MPPDA), by implementing such strategies as the industry's Production Code, ensured that domestic and foreign distribution took place with a minimum of censorship or consumer resistance. Drawing upon MPPDA archives, studio records, trade papers, and the records of the U.S. Department of Commerce, Vasey reveals the ways the MPPDA influenced the representation of sex, violence, religion, foreign and domestic politics, corporate capitalism, ethnic minorities, and the conduct of professional classes. Vasey is the first scholar to document fully how the demands of the global market frequently dictated film content and created the movies' homogenized picture of social and racial characteristics, in both urban America and the world beyond. She uncovers telling evidence of scripts and treatments that were abandoned before or during the course of production because of content that might offend foreign markets. Among the fascinating points she discusses is Hollywood's frequent use of imaginary countries as story locales, resulting from a deliberate business policy of avoiding realistic depictions of actual countries. She argues that foreign governments perceived movies not just as articles of trade, but as potential commercial and political emissaries of the United States. Just as Hollywood had to persuade its domestic audiences that its products were morally sound, its domination of world markets depended on its ability to create a culturally and politically acceptable product.

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Univ of Wisconsin Press

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0299151948

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Understanding Children's Play

By: Ruth Edith Hartley,Lawrence Kelso Frank,Robert M. Goldenson

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Understanding Children's Play

By: Ruth Edith Hartley,Lawrence Kelso Frank,Robert M. Goldenson

First Published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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Psychology Press

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0415209900

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The Child's Child

A Novel

By: Barbara Vine,Ruth Rendell

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The Child's Child

A Novel

By: Barbara Vine,Ruth Rendell

From "unequivocally the most brilliant mystery writer of our time" (Patricia Cornwell), a new novel from Ruth Rendell writing as Barbara Vine, about a brother and sister involved with the same man in contemporary London.

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Simon and Schuster

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145169489X

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The SAGE Handbook of Sociolinguistics

By: Ruth Wodak,Barbara Johnstone,Paul E Kerswill

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The SAGE Handbook of Sociolinguistics

By: Ruth Wodak,Barbara Johnstone,Paul E Kerswill

This Handbook answers a long-standing need for an up-to-date, comprehensive, international, in-depth critical survey of the history, trajectory, data, results and key figures involved in sociolinguistics. The result is a work of unprecedented coverage and insight. It is all here, from the foundational contributions to the field to the impact of new media, new technologies of communication, globalization, trans-border fluidities and agendas of research.

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1847870953

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Mrs. Morhard and the Boys

One mother's vision. The first boys' baseball league. A nation inspired.

By: Ruth Hanford Morhard

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Mrs. Morhard and the Boys

One mother's vision. The first boys' baseball league. A nation inspired.

By: Ruth Hanford Morhard

As the Great Depression brought America to the brink of disaster, a devoted single mother in Cleveland, Ohio, wrestled triumph out of adversity by creating a community activity that would inspire the nation. Josephine Morhard never waited for something to happen. At twelve years old, fiercely independent Josephine left her family’s Pennsylvania farm to start a new life. Coming of age during one of the most devastating times in America, and weathering two bad marriages, Josephine put her personal problems aside to insure a productive future for her daughter and son. But Junior was a volatile boy of eight—until his mother came upon a novel sports idea to encourage discipline, guidance, and self-worth in her son. Out of a dream, an empty lot, and the enthusiasm of other neighborhood kids, Josephine established the first boys’ baseball league in America. Her city—and the country—was watching. Beyond all expectations, the Cleveland Indians rallied behind her project. Indians legends Bob Feller, Jeff Heath, and Roy Weatherly helped hone the boys’ skills; renowned sports reporter Hal Lebovitz became an umpire; and they were given permission to play in historic League Park. All the while, as Josephine’s Little Indians graduated into the Junior American and Junior National Leagues, and finally a Little World Series, she instilled in her boys strong values, good sportsmanship, and an unprecedented sense of accomplishment. Some of them, like Ray Lindquist and Jack Heinen, would become Minor League players. Not one of Mrs. Morhard’s boys would ever forget her. In this stirring biography of an unsung American heroine, Josephine Morhard’s daughter-in-law recounts the extraordinary life and accomplishments of a resilient, selfless, and determined woman. Her inspiring true story—a long time coming—is something to cheer for.

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Citadel

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0806538872

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9780806538877

Industrial Valley

By: Ruth McKenney

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Industrial Valley

By: Ruth McKenney

This novel vividly portrays an industrial city crippled by the country's economic failures and also provides a stirring example of fiction predicated on social and political principles

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Cornell University Press

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0875461832

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Called to Controversy

The Unlikely Story of Moishe Rosen and the Founding of Jews for Jesus

By: Ruth Rosen

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Called to Controversy

The Unlikely Story of Moishe Rosen and the Founding of Jews for Jesus

By: Ruth Rosen

What does it mean to be a Jew? What practices are relevant? And is belief in God even necessary? Answers to these and other questions reflect the amazing diversity within the Jewish community. However, one terrible fact centuries of persecution in the name of Jesus Christ has united this diverse community in one belief. Namely, that Jesus Christ is not the Jewish Messiah. Moishe Rosen was born into this culture. No New Testament. No Christmas. No question. Even nonreligious Jews including Moishe s family would disown anyone traitorous enough to profess faith in Christ. Which means the moment Moishe was called to Christ, he was "Called to Controversy." This stirring account from his daughter describes the rise of a man whose passion for Jesus and passion for his people triumphed over self-preservation and ultimately fueled an international movement that is still changing lives today. "Called to Controversy" is the inside story of one the most influential evangelists of our times.

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Thomas Nelson Inc

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1595554912

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9781595554918

Francophone Women Film Directors

A Guide

By: Janis L. Pallister,Ruth A. Hottell

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Francophone Women Film Directors

A Guide

By: Janis L. Pallister,Ruth A. Hottell

This guide offers listings of some 300 Francophone women from around the world & their work. Wherever possible, entries include dates, brief biographies, descriptions & brief critical analyses.

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Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press

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083864046X

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9780838640463

Managing Group Risk Attitude

By: Ruth Murray-Webster,David Hillson

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Managing Group Risk Attitude

By: Ruth Murray-Webster,David Hillson

This book builds on the authors' previous title Understanding and Managing Risk Attitude but this time looks exclusively at the challenges of understanding and managing those attitudes adopted by groups of people when faced with making decisions that they perceive as risky and important. The book makes the link between risk management and decision-making explicit, building on existing work from the economic and risk psychology schools but taking a pragmatic, practitioner-focused approach that is relevant to all decision-making groups in any situation. The insights in Managing Group Risk Attitude are derived from the authors' own applied research. Details of the research methods and findings are included in the book in support of a practical model and steps to manage risk attitude using applied emotional literacy. Ruth Murray-Webster and David Hillson have written a practical book for all decision-makers, supported by actual research by practitioners and underpinned by the seminal research of leading academics.

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1317101626

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A Fence Around the Cuckoo

Text Classics

By: Ruth Park

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A Fence Around the Cuckoo

Text Classics

By: Ruth Park

The first volume of autobiography by celebrated writer Ruth Park, author of The Harp in the South, and winner of the Miles Franklin Award, the Age Book of the Year and the Colin Roderick Award.

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The Making of Mr Gray's Anatomy

Bodies, books, fortune, fame

By: Ruth Richardson

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The Making of Mr Gray's Anatomy

Bodies, books, fortune, fame

By: Ruth Richardson

Gray's Anatomy is probably one of the most iconic scientific books ever published: an illustrated textbook of anatomy that is still a household name 150 years since its first edition, known for its rigorously scientific text, and masterful illustrations as beautiful as they are detailed. The Making of Mr Gray's Anatomy tells the story of the creation of this remarkable book, and the individuals who made it happen: Henry Gray, the bright and ambitious physiologist, poised for medical fame and fortune, who was the book's author; Carter, the brilliant young illustrator, lacking Gray's social advantages, shy and inclined to religious introspection; and the publishers - Parkers, father and son, the father eager to employ new technology, the son part of a lively circle of intellectuals. It is the story of changing attitudes in the mid-19th century; of the social impact of science, the changing status of medicine; of poverty and class; of craftsmanship and technology. And it all unfolds in the atmospheric milieu of Victorian London - taking the reader from the smart townhouses of Belgravia, to the dissection room of St George's Hospital, and to the workhouses and mortuaries where we meet the friendless poor who would ultimately be immortalised in Carter's engravings. Alongside the story of the making of the book itself, Ruth Richardson reflects on what made Gray's Anatomy such a unique intellectual, artistic, and cultural achievement - how it represented a summation of a long half century's blossoming of anatomical knowledge and exploration, and how it appeared just at the right time to become the 'Doctor's Bible' for generations of medics to follow.

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0191623385

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Tom Cruise

Performing Masculinity in Post Vietnam Hollywood

By: Ruth O'Donnell

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Tom Cruise

Performing Masculinity in Post Vietnam Hollywood

By: Ruth O'Donnell

Tom Cruise is a Hollywood superstar like no other. World famous since his debut in the 1980s, he remains among the highest paid actors. Why has his persona resonated so powerfully with millions of viewers? Using psychoanalytic theory, "Tom Cruise: Performing Masculinity in Post Vietnam Hollywood" demonstrates how his star persona sublimates anxieties about masculinity. Amid Reagan-era military jingoism and concern over declining industrial labour, he represented a new model of American masculinity based on white-collar upward mobility. Spanning blockbuster films such as Risky Business (1983), Jerry Maguire (1996) and the Mission: Impossible series (1996 - 2011), this book illustrates how his characters exemplify entrepreneurialism, charisma, technological gadgetry and verbal acuity to redefine male success. His newly emotive type - 'help me help you' - also successfully overcomes interpersonal conflicts with patriarchal authority and senior women in the workplace, and navigates race relations. The first scholarly study of Tom Cruise's celebrity, this book surveys his entire career and builds on Richard Dyer's 'star theory.' It develops the core dynamic of his star persona, a mix of projected character traits and 'real life' trivia or gossip, and establishes that his box office success reflects his persona's ability to work through the psychodynamic preoccupations of his films. This exceptional appeal evolved, at times characterised by complicity with 1980s materialistic hedonism (Taps, 1981), male spectacle (Magnolia, 1999), or his use of martial technology (War of the Worlds, 2005), and their attendant psychic meanings. Recent shifts in American culture, however, in tandem with Tom Cruise's growing evangelism for the Church of Scientology, may be threatening his appeal. Ultimately, this book offers a picture of how stars reflect the values and crises of their societies, and fills a substantial gap in scholarship on celebrity studies, critical cultural analysis, masculinity studies, and film theory.

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0857727281

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In the Picture

Production Stills from the TCM Archives

By: Alexa L. Foreman,Ruth A. Peltason,Turner Classic Movies,Mark A. Vieira

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In the Picture

Production Stills from the TCM Archives

By: Alexa L. Foreman,Ruth A. Peltason,Turner Classic Movies,Mark A. Vieira

A unique photographic book unto itself from the commanding archives of Turner Classic Movies, "In the Picture" collects 150 disarming and fascinating documentary images, imparting the delight of vintage Hollywood as well as a wealth of details for all movie lovers. 150 tritone/duotone images.

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0811844161

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Hu Feng

A Marxist Intellectual in a Communist State, 1930–1955

By: Ruth Y. Y. Hung

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Hu Feng

A Marxist Intellectual in a Communist State, 1930–1955

By: Ruth Y. Y. Hung

In this book, Ruth Y. Y. Hung provides a study of Hu Feng (1902–1985) as a critic, writer, and editor within the context of the People's Republic of China's political ascendancy. A member of the Japanese Communist Party and the Chinese Communist Party, Hu rose to fame in the 1940s and became a representative persecuted intellectual soon after 1949. "The Hu Feng Case" of 1955—more than a decade before the Cultural Revolution—was a significant, large-scale campaign of intellectual persecution. Hung examines Hu's work as a literary critic in this context, and examines the intricate historical and sociopolitical forces against which intellectuals in his milieu in twentieth-century China adopted Marxism as a measure of their critical position. She demonstrates how this first generation of modern Chinese literary critics practiced criticism, examining the skills and arguments they used to negotiate their institutional and ideological relations with state-party power. This exceptional case of intellectual engagement offers broader insight on critical literature's humanistic aims and methods in the context of intellectual globalization and changing political climates.

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1438479557

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