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Outlaw

Come Home

By: Ruth Violette

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It is often the lowest road that leads us home! Cattle rustler and gunslinger Benjamin Hunter lived for only one reason: to thwart Deputy Marshal David Miller. Leader of an outlaw gang, he set out on a few daring escapades which soon dragged him and his men down an unexpected road. Before he knew it, the lawman's daughter and granddaughter were involved, and bloodthirsty bounty hunters were on their trail. Set in the early 1870s in the Colorado territory, this is a story of surrender and hope, where unconditional love leads the way home.

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Covenant Books, Inc.

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1640036369

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Picture Titles

How and Why Western Paintings Acquired Their Names

By: Ruth Bernard Yeazell

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Picture Titles

How and Why Western Paintings Acquired Their Names

By: Ruth Bernard Yeazell

How the practice of titling paintings has shaped their reception throughout modern history A picture's title is often our first guide to understanding the image. Yet paintings didn’t always have titles, and many canvases acquired their names from curators, dealers, and printmakers—not the artists. Taking an original, historical look at how Western paintings were named, Picture Titles shows how the practice developed in response to the conditions of the modern art world and how titles have shaped the reception of artwork from the time of Bruegel and Rembrandt to the present. Ruth Bernard Yeazell begins the story with the decline of patronage and the rise of the art market in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, as the increasing circulation of pictures and the democratization of the viewing public generated the need for a shorthand by which to identify works at a far remove from their creation. The spread of literacy both encouraged the practice of titling pictures and aroused new anxieties about relations between word and image, including fears that reading was taking the place of looking. Yeazell demonstrates that most titles composed before the nineteenth century were the work of middlemen, and even today many artists rely on others to name their pictures. A painter who wants a title to stick, Yeazell argues, must engage in an act of aggressive authorship. She investigates prominent cases, such as David’s Oath of the Horatii and works by Turner, Courbet, Whistler, Magritte, and Jasper Johns. Examining Western painting from the Renaissance to the present day, Picture Titles sheds new light on the ways that we interpret and appreciate visual art.

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Princeton University Press

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0691165270

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9780691165271

The Gardener's Wise Words and Country Ways

By: Ruth Binney

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The Gardener's Wise Words and Country Ways

By: Ruth Binney

Why should you throw washing-up water on lilies? Will gravel deter slugs and snails? Why is water the life and soul of the garden? Does a wet summer bring on tomato blight? The Gardener's Wise Words and Country Ways is a unique and captivating collection of accumulated wisdom, proverbs and superstitions, encapsulating everything that makes gardening so appealing. Ruth Binney beautifully conveys the emotions that gardens evoke, as well as addressing the practical tasks that gardeners undertake. Here you will find good old-fashioned advice, as well as plenty of up-to-date information on everything from being aware of the seasons and wildlife in your garden, to growing better fruit, vegetables, herbs and trees. Famous gardening names who share their knowledge include Vita Sackville-West, Gertrude Jekyll and Robert Thompson, but also presented are the voices of ordinary gardeners, whose experiences come alive in their sayings, prose and poetry.

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F+W Media, Inc.

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071533395X

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9780715333952

Noteworthy Francophone Women Directors

A Sequel

By: Janis L. Pallister,Ruth A. Hottell

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Noteworthy Francophone Women Directors

A Sequel

By: Janis L. Pallister,Ruth A. Hottell

Noteworthy Francophone women directors : a sequel is a comprehensive guide that acts as both a teaching tool and a directory for research. The book begins by following films released after the publication of Pallister and Hottell's last volume, Francophone women film directors, in 2005, and stops after the Cannes film festival in 2010."--Book cover.

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Lexington Books

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1611474434

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9781611474435

Fingerprint Development Techniques

Theory and Application

By: Stephen M. Bleay,Ruth S. Croxton,Marcel De Puit

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Fingerprint Development Techniques

Theory and Application

By: Stephen M. Bleay,Ruth S. Croxton,Marcel De Puit

A comprehensive review of the latest fingerprint development and imaging techniques With contributions from leading experts in the field, Fingerprint Development Techniques offers a comprehensive review of the key techniques used in the development and imaging of fingerprints. It includes a review of the properties of fingerprints, the surfaces that fingerprints are deposited on, and the interactions that can occur between fingerprints, surfaces and environments. Comprehensive in scope, the text explores the history of each process, the theory behind the way fingerprints are either developed or imaged, and information about the role of each of the chemical constituents in recommended formulations. The authors explain the methodology employed for carrying out comparisons of effectiveness of various development techniques that clearly demonstrate how to select the most effective approaches. The text also explores how techniques can be used in sequence and with techniques for recovering other forms of forensic evidence. In addition, the book offers a guide for the selection of fingerprint development techniques and includes information on the influence of surface contamination and exposure conditions. This important resource: Provides clear methodologies for conducting comparisons of fingerprint development technique effectiveness Contains in-depth assessment of fingerprint constituents and how they are utilized by development and imaging processes Includes background information on fingerprint chemistry Offers a comprehensive history, the theory, and the applications for a broader range of processes, including the roles of each constituent in reagent formulations Fingerprint Development Techniques offers a comprehensive guide to fingerprint development and imaging, building on much of the previously unpublished research of the Home Office Centre for Applied Science and Technology.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1119187443

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9781119187448

Dancing with the Nation

Courtesans in Bombay Cinema

By: Ruth Vanita

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Dancing with the Nation

Courtesans in Bombay Cinema

By: Ruth Vanita

Indian cinema is the only body of world cinema that depicts courtesans as important characters. In early films courtesan characters transmitted Indian classical dance, music and aesthetics to large audiences. They represent the nation's past, tracing their heritage to the fourth-century Kamasutra and to nineteenth-century courtly cultures, but they are also the first group of modern women in Hindi films. They are working professionals living on their own or in matrilineal families. Like male protagonists, they travel widely and develop networks of friends and chosen kin. They have relations with men outside marriage and become single mothers. Courtesan films are heroine-oriented and almost every major female actor has played this role. Challenging received wisdom, Vanita demonstrates that a larger number of courtesans in Bombay cinema are Hindu and indeterminate than are Muslim, and that films depict their culture as hybrid Hindu-Muslim, not Islamicate. Courtesans speak in the ambiguous voice of the modern nation, inviting spectators to seize pleasure here and now but also to search for the meaning of life. Vanita's groundbreaking study of courtesans and courtesan imagery in 235 films brings fresh evidence to show that the courtesan figure shapes the modern Indian erotic, political and religious imagination.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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1501334441

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9781501334443

French-speaking Women Documentarians

A Guide

By: Janis L. Pallister,Ruth A. Hottell

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French-speaking Women Documentarians

A Guide

By: Janis L. Pallister,Ruth A. Hottell

French-Speaking Women Documentarians is a guide for teachers of French and others interested in selecting and researching the work of female French-speaking documentarians. Represented in this book are filmmakers from Canada, various African nations, the Antilles, Lebanon, Switzerland, Belgium, and several other countries, with emphasis on Agnès Varda of France - arguably the greatest female documentarian of all. The book includes information on each filmmaker, classified by country of origin, and lists and describes her works, giving factual information such as date, duration, credits, and synopses, and pointing out critical treatments, both in English and in French, of her most important films. Shorts, docudramas, and works of animation are also discussed, as they, too, reflect history and culture. This guide will lead to the viewing of films that shed understanding on the culture being portrayed and to a greater appreciation of the contribution of French-speaking women filmmakers to this important, if not always objective, film genre.

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Peter Lang

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0820476145

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9780820476148

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

The Rough Guide to Paris

By: Rough Guides,Ruth Blackmore

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The Rough Guide to Paris

By: Rough Guides,Ruth Blackmore

The Rough Guide to Paris is the ultimate insider's guide to Europe's most elegant and romantic city. Inspirational photography, neighborhood-by-neighborhood accounts, and detailed, full-colour maps help you get the most out of a visit to Paris, whether that means the Eiffel Tower and a boat trip on the Seine, or visits to offbeat art galleries and hidden-away gardens. Frank, incisive reviews take you straight to the best of the city's cafés, restaurants and nightlife venues, from the ultra-stylish to the magnificently traditional, and tell-it-like-it-is listings help you find the right accommodation for your budget, whether that's a boutique design hotel on the Left Bank, a grand classic on the Right, or just a perfect budget hideaway. The Rough Guide to Paris is the perfect companion for a city break or a longer stay. Now available in ePub format.

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Penguin

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0241007771

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The Rough Guide to Paris

By: Ruth Blackmore,James McConnachie

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The Rough Guide to Paris

By: Ruth Blackmore,James McConnachie

Full-colour throughout, The Rough Guide to Paris is the ultimate travel guide to one of Europe's most elegant cities. With 30 years experience and our trademark 'tell it like it is' writing style Rough Guides cover all the basics with practical, on-the-ground details, as well as unmissable alternatives to the usual must-see sights. At the top of your to-pack list, and guaranteed to get you value for money, each guide also reviews the best accommodation and restaurants in all price brackets we know there are times for saving, and times for splashing out. In The Rough Guide to Paris: - Over 50 colour-coded maps featuring every listing - Area-by-area chapter highlights - New guidance for gastro-tourists - Top 5 boxes - Things not to miss section Make the most of your trip with The Rough Guide to Paris. Now available in ePub format.

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Rough Guides UK

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1405390247

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9781405390248

Napoleon: A Life Told in Gardens and Shadows

By: Ruth Scurr

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Napoleon: A Life Told in Gardens and Shadows

By: Ruth Scurr

Marking the 200th anniversary of his death, Napoleon is an unprecedented portrait of the emperor told through his engagement with the natural world. “How should one envisage this subject? With a great pomp of words, or with simplicity?” —Charlotte Brontë, “The Death of Napoleon” The most celebrated general in history, Napoleon Bonaparte (1769–1821) has for centuries attracted eminent male writers. Since Thomas Carlyle first christened him “our last Great Man,” regiments of biographers have marched across the same territory, weighing campaigns and conflicts, military tactics and power politics. Yet in all this time, no definitive portrait of Napoleon has endured, and a mere handful of women have written his biography—a fact that surely would have pleased him. With Napoleon, Ruth Scurr, one of our most eloquent and original historians, emphatically rejects the shibboleth of the “Great Man” theory of history, instead following the dramatic trajectory of Napoleon’s life through gardens, parks, and forests. As Scurr reveals, gardening was the first and last love of Napoleon, offering him a retreat from the manifold frustrations of war and politics. Gardens were, at the same time, a mirror image to the battlefields on which he fought, discrete settings in which terrain and weather were as important as they were in combat, but for creative rather than destructive purposes. Drawing on a wealth of contemporary and historical scholarship, and taking us from his early days at the military school in Brienne-le-Château through his canny seizure of power and eventual exile, Napoleon frames the general’s story through the green spaces he cultivated. Amid Corsican olive groves, ornate menageries in Paris, and lone garden plots on the island of Saint Helena, Scurr introduces a diverse cast of scientists, architects, family members, and gardeners, all of whom stood in the shadows of Napoleon’s meteoric rise and fall. Building a cumulative panorama, she offers indelible portraits of Augustin Bon Joseph de Robespierre, the younger brother of Maximilien Robespierre, who used his position to advance Napoleon’s career; Marianne Peusol, the fourteen-year-old girl manipulated into a Christmas-Eve assassination attempt on Napoleon that resulted in her death; and Emmanuel, comte de Las Cases, the atlas maker to whom Napoleon dictated his memoirs. As Scurr contends, Napoleon’s dealings with these people offer unusual and unguarded opportunities to see how he grafted a new empire onto the remnants of the ancien régime and the French Revolution. Epic in scale and novelistic in its detail, Napoleon, with stunning illustrations, is a work of revelatory range and depth, revealing the contours of the general’s personality and power as no conventional biography can.

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Liveright Publishing

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163149242X

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9781631492426

In Transit

Narratives of German Jews in Exile, Flight, and Internment During "The Dark Years" of France

By: Ruth Schwertfeger

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In Transit

Narratives of German Jews in Exile, Flight, and Internment During "The Dark Years" of France

By: Ruth Schwertfeger

Contents: The title of the book 'In Transit'-as a reference to the novel written by Anna Seghers-functions on two levels: On a narrative level, it is a primary metaphor for the fate of all German Jews who fled from the Third Reich and found themselves in France doubly stigmatized as Germans-the despised boches-and as juifs. On another level, 'In Transit' offers perspectives on the Occupation of France and the Vichy regime-the so-called Dark Years-that have not been part of the Vichy debate. So how did German Jews who fled from Nazi Germany to France narrate and document their experiences? This book tells their stories, and in a sense brings them back home to Germany, where they always wanted to belong. It is high time to bring these narratives out of exile and place them firmly on the ground of the Vichy regime. The Author: Ruth Schwertfeger is Professor of German at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Her dissertation at Oxford on the German Expressionist Georg Kaiser led to her engagement with exile studies and with the Holocaust. Schwertfeger is the author of Women of Theresienstadt and Else Lasker-Sch ler, both published by Berg Publishers, Oxford and The Wee Wild One: Stories of Belfast and Beyond, published by the University of Wisconsin Press.

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Frank & Timme GmbH

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3865963846

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9783865963840

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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1925774201

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9781925774207

Tennis

A History from American Amateurs to Global Professionals

By: Greg Ruth

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Tennis

A History from American Amateurs to Global Professionals

By: Greg Ruth

Analyzing how tennis turned pro The arrival of the Open era in 1968 was a watershed in the history of tennis--the year that marked its advent as a professionalized sport. Merging wide-angle history with individual stories of players and off-the-court figures, Greg Ruth charts tennis’s evolution into the game we watch today. His vivid account moves from the cloistered world of nineteenth-century lawn tennis through the longtime amateur-professional divide and the battles over commercialization that raged from the 1920s until 1968. From there, Ruth details the post-1968 expansion of the game as it was transformed by bankable superstars, a popular women’s tour, rival governing bodies, and sponsorship money. What emerges is a fascinating history of the economics and politics that made tennis a decisive, if unlikely, force in the creation of modern-day sports entertainment. Comprehensive and engaging, Tennis tells the interlocking stories of the figures and factors that birthed the professional game.

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University of Illinois Press

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025205279X

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9780252052798

Harvest for Profit

By: Ruth Linton

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Harvest for Profit

By: Ruth Linton

Inspired by growing fruit for nearly two centuries, Harvest for Profit is an important book for small farms. Ruth Linton is a 6th generation farmer who has developed her small acreage family farm to achieve consistent profitability while farming sustainably. Fine tuning her growing practices on the family farm, Ruth Linton has focused on fruit that is beneficial for growers on 3 acres or less. With decades of experience in direct-to-consumer sales, she walks the growers through how to grow, how to harvest at the correct time, how to store and for how long, and then how to sell these unusual fruits for a good profit. By minimizing the labor required to grow and maintain the fruit, the farmer can then improve profits with sales that benefit the farm and the customer. Harvest for Profit is ideal for young farmers just starting out or for established farmers who want to expand into more productive growing. This is a practical guide to taking steps to increase the profit for the small farm. Harvest for Profit’s goal: Grow more profit with fewer work hours.

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Ruth Linton

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1959987003

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Women and Sport

Interdisciplinary Perspectives

By: D. Margaret Costa,Sharon Ruth Guthrie

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Women and Sport

Interdisciplinary Perspectives

By: D. Margaret Costa,Sharon Ruth Guthrie

Study of the past, present, and future of women in sport.

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Human Kinetics

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0873226860

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9780873226868

Joyce's Grand Operoar

Opera in Finnegans Wake

By: Matthew John Caldwell Hodgart,Ruth Bauerle

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Joyce's Grand Operoar

Opera in Finnegans Wake

By: Matthew John Caldwell Hodgart,Ruth Bauerle

In Joyce's Grand Operoar, two internationally respected Joyce scholars join forces to present over 3,000 of Joyce's opera allusions as they appear in Finnegans Wake. Ruth Bauerle's long, richly detailed, and often amusing introduction critically interprets Joyce's life and work in terms of its operatic and literary interconnections. The resulting volume will delight both opera lovers and Joyceans.

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University of Illinois Press

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0252065573

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9780252065576

Antioxidants in Higher Plants

By: Ruth G. Alscher,John L. Hess

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Antioxidants in Higher Plants

By: Ruth G. Alscher,John L. Hess

Antioxidants in Higher Plants provides a unique blend of molecular and biochemical approaches to cover the state of the art in antioxidant function. The chemistry and protective potential of sulfhydryl and hydroxyl compounds are emphasized. Interesting perspectives are presented regarding the response of antioxidant metabolism to interactions among environmental pollutants, illumination, temperature, and water availability. The book also discusses how tools of molecular biology may further clarify antioxidant function and response to stress. Antioxidants in Higher Plants will be an excellent reference for plant physiologists, biochemists, molecular biologists, ecologists, and students.

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CRC Press

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1351369148

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9781351369145

Passionate Work

Choreographing a Dance Career

By: Ruth Horowitz

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Passionate Work

Choreographing a Dance Career

By: Ruth Horowitz

Corps de ballet literally means the "body" of the ballet company, and it refers to the group of dancers who are not principals. Another large group of dancers puts together portfolios of work, often across several dance companies. These categories of dancers typically don't have name recognition and yet comprise the majority of professional dancers today. The ways that they stitch together careers, through dedication, grit, and no small amount of skill – and the reasons they have for doing so without the promise of fame or fortune – are telling of broader trends that shape the precarious labor of professional dance, and creative careers more generally. In Passionate Work, dance hobbyist and sociologist, Ruth Horowitz captures their stories. When creative labor is studied, it is often thought of in opposition to more conventional work, and the primary metric that distinguishes them is passion. Professional creatives are not working in the traditional sense because they are following their passion. By tracing the careers of such dancers, Horowitz troubles the binary understanding of passion and work. A career in dance requires both, and approaching her subjects through this lens allows her to explore their strategies for sustaining passion through the ups and downs of a career. Horowitz explores how dancers evaluate the rewards and challenges of a notoriously underpaid, and uncertain profession. Horowitz considers major dimensions of a career in a performing art, documenting each stage in a dancer's life. Above all, she shines a light on the strategies used to achieve a sense of biographical continuity in a world often marked by discontinuity and rupture.

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Stanford University Press

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1503639614

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9781503639614

The Invitation: Rich and Raw Conversations about Aging, Dying & Death

By: Ruth Tamari

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The Invitation: Rich and Raw Conversations about Aging, Dying & Death

By: Ruth Tamari

Ruth Tamari's interview project invites adults over 21 to share their thoughts about aging, dying and death. Speaking about these taboo topics with a rare openness and honesty, participants share their beliefs, fears, and wisdom. When her own dad became ill Ruth felt overwhelmed and unprepared, and was surprised to realize how the interviewees had given her the courage and strength she needed for what she was about to experience. The Invitation weaves Ruth's experiences and the interviewees' personal stories in a compelling way that will engage and absorb you. A special chapter includes the interview questions and creative ways to explore them yourself.

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Lulu.com

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0995976708

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9780995976702

The Orion Center Bibliography of the Dead Sea Scrolls and Associated Literature

2000-2006

By: Ruth Anne Clements,Nadav Sharon

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The Orion Center Bibliography of the Dead Sea Scrolls and Associated Literature

2000-2006

By: Ruth Anne Clements,Nadav Sharon

This book presents the authoritative print bibliography of current scholarship on the Dead Sea Scrolls, Qumran, and related fields (including New Testament studies); source, subject, and language indices facilitate its use by scholars and students within and outside the field.

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BRILL

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9004164375

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9789004164376

The Promise of Things

By: Ruth Quibell

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The Promise of Things

By: Ruth Quibell

Some of our strongest, most lasting relationships are hidden in plain view—those we have with objects. What do our possessions do for us? And how do they do it? In The Promise of Things, Ruth Quibell explores what our possessions say about us: who we think we are, what we long for and struggle against. It invites us to think about how we use things, what makes them precious, and why we find it so hard to throw these objects away.

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0522870694

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