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Literacy in the Mountains

Community, Newspapers, and Writing in Appalachia

By: Samantha NeCamp

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Literacy in the Mountains

Community, Newspapers, and Writing in Appalachia

By: Samantha NeCamp

After the 2016 presidential election, popular media branded Appalachia as "Trump Country," decrying its inhabitants as ignorant fearmongers voting against their own interests. And since the 1880s, there have been many, including travel writers and absentee landowners, who have framed mountain people as uneducated and hostile. These stereotypes ultimately ward off potential investments in the region's educational system and skew how students understand themselves and the place they call home. Attacking these misrepresentations head on, Literacy in the Mountains: Community, Newspapers, and Writing in Appalachia reclaims the long history of literacy in the Appalachian region. Focusing on five Kentucky newspapers printed between 1885 and 1920, Samantha NeCamp explores the complex ways readers in the mountains negotiated their local and national circumstances through editorials, advertisements, and correspondence. In local newspapers, community action groups announced meeting times and philanthropists raised funds for a network of hitherto unknown private schools. Preserved in print, these stories and others reveal an engaged citizenry specifically concerned with education. Combining literacy and journalism studies, NeCamp demonstrates that Appalachians are not—and never have been—an illiterate, isolated people.

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University Press of Kentucky

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0813178878

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Actual Malice

Civil Rights and Freedom of the Press in New York Times V. Sullivan

By: SAMANTHA. BARBAS

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Actual Malice

Civil Rights and Freedom of the Press in New York Times V. Sullivan

By: SAMANTHA. BARBAS

A heroic narrative."--One of The New Yorker's Best Books of 2023 "A detailed examination of . . . the landmark 1964 Supreme Court decision that defined libel laws and increased protections for journalists."--The New York Times Book Review A deeply researched legal drama that documents this landmark First Amendment ruling--one that is more critical and controversial than ever. Actual Malice tells the full story of New York Times v. Sullivan, the dramatic case that grew out of segregationists' attempts to quash reporting on the civil rights movement. In its landmark 1964 decision, the Supreme Court held that a public official must prove "actual malice" or reckless disregard of the truth to win a libel lawsuit, providing critical protections for free speech and freedom of the press. Drawing on previously unexplored sources, including the archives of the New York Times Company and civil rights leaders, Samantha Barbas tracks the saga behind one of the most important First Amendment rulings in history. She situates the case within the turbulent 1960s and the history of the press, alongside striking portraits of the lawyers, officials, judges, activists, editors, and journalists who brought and defended the case. As the Sullivan doctrine faces growing controversy, Actual Malice reminds us of the stakes of the case that shaped American reporting and public discourse as we know it.

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Univ of California Press

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0520409620

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9780520409620

Why

A Guide to Finding and Using Causes

By: Samantha Kleinberg

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Why

A Guide to Finding and Using Causes

By: Samantha Kleinberg

Can drinking coffee help people live longer? What makes a stock’s price go up? Why did you get the flu? Causal questions like these arise on a regular basis, but most people likely have not thought deeply about how to answer them. This book helps you think about causality in a structured way: What is a cause, what are causes good for, and what is compelling evidence of causality? Author Samantha Kleinberg shows you how to develop a set of tools for thinking more critically about causes. You’ll learn how to question claims, identify causes, make decisions based on causal information, and verify causes through further tests. Whether it’s figuring out what data you need, or understanding that the way you collect and prepare data affects the conclusions you can draw from it, Why will help you sharpen your causal inference skills.

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"O'Reilly Media, Inc."

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1491949627

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Framing Fat

Competing Constructions in Contemporary Culture

By: Samantha Kwan,Jennifer Graves

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Framing Fat

Competing Constructions in Contemporary Culture

By: Samantha Kwan,Jennifer Graves

According to public health officials, obesity poses significant health risks and has become a modern-day epidemic. A closer look at this so-called epidemic, however, suggests that there are multiple perspectives on the fat body, not all of which view obesity as a health hazard. Alongside public health officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are advertisers of the fashion-beauty complex, food industry advocates at the Center for Consumer Freedom, and activists at the National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance. Framing Fat takes a bird’s-eye view of how these multiple actors construct the fat body by identifying the messages these groups put forth, particularly where issues of beauty, health, choice and responsibility, and social justice are concerned. Samantha Kwan and Jennifer Graves examine how laypersons respond to these conflicting messages and illustrate the gendered, raced, and classed implications within them. In doing so, they shed light on how dominant ideas about body fat have led to the moral indictment of body nonconformists, essentially “framing” them for their fat bodies.

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Rutgers University Press

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0813560934

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9780813560939

New York State of Mind

5 Matches Made in Manhattan

By: Melinda Dozier,Dorothy Fletcher,Samantha Anne,Rina Gray,Susan Conley

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New York State of Mind

5 Matches Made in Manhattan

By: Melinda Dozier,Dorothy Fletcher,Samantha Anne,Rina Gray,Susan Conley

From Broadway to the Battery, from Brooklyn to the Bronx, the bright lights of New York City make the perfect backdrop for love. Five couples search for their soul mates amid Manhattan's hustle and bustle in this fun Big Apple bundle. New York Minute: When rock star Diego Diaz flashes his bedroom eyes at shy accountant Veronica Bass during a wedding reception, she invents a cover story and leads him to the nearest hotel room. But Diego's secrets are poised to blow up any chance at a real relationship. Is their attraction destined to last for only a New York minute? Company Ink: Violet Young fought hard to land her position with Wynne's Kitchen, New York City's world-renowned bakery at Rockefeller Center. Unfortunately, she's asked to train her new boss, sexy Ben Preston, who could cost her the next promotion she needs. Will Ben and Violet turn up the heat, or do their careers take the cake? Fool for You: Sports journalist Melanie Foster is loving her New York lifestyle and high-flying career, but there's still one goal on her list: convince her best friend, Damien Richards, to slide a ring on her finger. But Damien's in crisis mode, trying to save the non-profit where he volunteers, even if it means sacrificing his personal happiness. When he finally realizes Mel is the girl for him, has time run out or can he convince her he's now worth the risk? That Magic Mischief: When her boyfriend dumps her out of the blue, Annabelle's hopes of walking down the aisle seem lost--until the metaphysical takes matters in hand. After all, what's the point of being a witch if you can't manage a spell to fix your broken heart? Luckily, transplanted Irishman Jamie Flynn is more than ready to be charmed when he meets this native New Yorker off-off-off-off Broadway. New Yorker Nurse: Nurse Dinah Mason is deeply satisfied with her job caring for private patients in glamorous New York City. Then she meets handsome jet-setter Dick Claiborne, and for the first time in her life she knows what love is. But this whirlwind Manhattan romance could leave Dinah with a broken heart... Sensuality Level: Sensual

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Simon and Schuster

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1507203578

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9781507203576

The Housing Divide

How Generations of Immigrants Fare in New York's Housing Market

By: Emily Rosenbaum,Samantha R. Friedman

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The Housing Divide

How Generations of Immigrants Fare in New York's Housing Market

By: Emily Rosenbaum,Samantha R. Friedman

This is an examination of the generational patterns in New York City's housing market and neighbourhoods along the lines of race and ethnicity. The text provides an analysis of many immigrant groups in New York, providing an understanding of the opportunities and discriminatory practices at work from one generation to the next.

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NYU Press

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081477590X

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9780814775905

Reclaiming Motherhood from a Culture Gone Mad

By: Samantha N. Stephenson

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Reclaiming Motherhood from a Culture Gone Mad

By: Samantha N. Stephenson

In the midst of a culture that is increasingly confused about sexuality, love, life, and our very identity as persons, the Church offers us the truth of who we are. For women, this truth is rooted in motherhood — not just biological but, even more, spiritual — because women are the bearers and nurturers of life. Yet it’s difficult to understand and defend the true value of motherhood when the lies that permeate secular culture have seeped into our own way of thinking, even in the Church. Reclaiming Motherhood from a Culture Gone Mad helps Catholics to peel back societal assumptions to understand the fundamental misconceptions fueling our culture’s attacks on marriage, motherhood, and the family. Examining current practices in light of these faulty assumptions will empower women in their own motherhood and equip Catholics to combat the culture of confusion by boldly proclaiming God’s vision for our lives. This book offers a deep dive into what the Church teaches on motherhood and its dignity, equipping us to understand the WHY behind those teachings. It is only by living within a vision that honors the self-gift of motherhood as the pinnacle of womanhood that love, and not self-interest, can begin to reorder our lives.

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198

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Our Sunday Visitor

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1681927764

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9781681927763

The Family Chao: A Novel

By: Lan Samantha Chang

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The Family Chao: A Novel

By: Lan Samantha Chang

One of Literary Hub's and The Millions' Most Anticipated Books of 2022 A Goodreads Readers' Most Anticipated Mystery of 2022 An acclaimed storyteller returns with “a gorgeous and gripping literary mystery” that explores “family, betrayal, passion, race, culture and the American Dream” (Jean Kwok). The residents of Haven, Wisconsin, have dined on the Fine Chao restaurant’s delicious Americanized Chinese food for thirty-five years, content to ignore any unsavory whispers about the family owners. Whether or not Big Leo Chao is honest, or his wife, Winnie, is happy, their food tastes good and their three sons earned scholarships to respectable colleges. But when the brothers reunite in Haven, the Chao family’s secrets and simmering resentments erupt at last. Before long, brash, charismatic, and tyrannical patriarch Leo is found dead—presumed murdered—and his sons find they’ve drawn the exacting gaze of the entire town. The ensuing trial brings to light potential motives for all three brothers: Dagou, the restaurant’s reckless head chef; Ming, financially successful but personally tortured; and the youngest, gentle but lost college student James. As the spotlight on the brothers tightens—and the family dog meets an unexpected fate—Dagou, Ming, and James must reckon with the legacy of their father’s outsized appetites and their own future survival. Brimming with heartbreak, comedy, and suspense, The Family Chao offers a kaleidoscopic, highly entertaining portrait of a Chinese American family grappling with the dark undercurrents of a seemingly pleasant small town.

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W. W. Norton & Company

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0393868087

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9780393868081

Mediation for Lawyers

By: Samantha Hardy,Olivia Rundle

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Mediation for Lawyers

By: Samantha Hardy,Olivia Rundle

The focus of this book is on practical application of theory. The book is founded in current mediation theory relating to the range of models used in Australia, and includes detailed contextual information including the legislative frameworks for mediation in different jurisdictions. 'Mediation for Lawyers' provides practical advice and tools (checklists) for legal practitioners who represent clients in mediation.

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CCH Australia Limited

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1921485698

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9781921485695

With Shaking Hands

Aging with Parkinson's Disease in America's Heartland

By: Samantha Solimeo

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With Shaking Hands

Aging with Parkinson's Disease in America's Heartland

By: Samantha Solimeo

Far from celebrity media spotlight, ordinary individuals, many older and less advantaged, suffer the disabling pain of Parkinson's disease (PD), an illness whose progressive symptoms often mimic old age and cause mobility impairment, communication barriers, and social isolation. At the heart of With Shaking Hands is the account of elder Americans in rural Iowa who have been diagnosed with PD. With a focus on the impact of chronic illness on an aging population, Samantha Solimeo combines clear and accessible prose with qualitative and quantitative research to demonstrate how PD accelerates, mediates, and obscures patterns of aging. She explores how ideas of what to expect in older age influence and direct interpretations of one's body. This sensitive and groundbreaking work unites theories of disease with modern conceptions of the body in biological and social terms. PD, like other chronic disorders, presents a special case of embodiment which challenge our thinking about how such diseases should be researched and how they are experienced.

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Rutgers University Press

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0813547121

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9780813547121

Love It Or Leave It

How to Be Happy at Work

By: Samantha Clarke

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Love It Or Leave It

How to Be Happy at Work

By: Samantha Clarke

Samantha has a unique power in helping people unlock their potential. In a world of endless social media posts, Samantha helps to quieten that noise, zone in on your inner truths and pinpoint a clear direction. She has helped countless people in person (including me) and now we all get to experience her guidance with her brilliant new book." Emma Gannon, author of The Multi-Hyphen Method "Samantha helped me to see I am more in control of how I react to the working day than I first thought. Her words completely changed my attitude to work." Natasha Lunn, Red Magazine "Love It Or Leave It is a relatable, juicy and inspiring read. I particularly enjoyed the practical reflection exercises for self-insight. This is a great resource to help you carve a career you love compatible with a life you love. It's a fantastic resource." Suzy Reading Say goodbye to the dread of Monday morning. In Love It Or Leave It, expert 'work happiness' coach Samantha Clarke will help you figure out ways to find that work-life balance and be happier and more fulfilled at work. If you are struggling to find motivation, or questioning changes to your job, this inspiring guide is full of vital tips and tools that will help you: LOVE IT - find ways to get more out of the job you have, improve your working relationships and boost your sense of wellbeing and worth. OR LEAVE IT - work out the skills you have to offer and identify the steps you need to take, whether that's looking for a new job, starting a portfolio career or testing a new business idea. Love It Or Leave It is for anyone: *Stuck in a job they hate *Wanting a flexible working routine *Trying to gain some work-life balance *Thinking about a career change *Who has landed their dream job but is struggling with toxic colleagues *Who wants to find a more fulfilling role that brings them joy

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Endeavour

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1913068234

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9781913068233

Be Decent

Environmental Activism 2.0

By: Samantha Joule Fow

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Be Decent

Environmental Activism 2.0

By: Samantha Joule Fow

Be Decent: Environmental Activism 2.0 By: Samantha Joule Fow Climate change, pollution, extinction, and other serious environmental problems are making us all a little sicker and a little sadder every day. Our leaders are doing very little – and often, nothing at all – to stop our most threatening environmental hazards from getting worse. Our centralized institutions are failing us in this regard, and we can no longer trust them to act in the public benefit. But we are finding ways to harness decentralized technologies (aka “decent tech”) for ourselves in a manner that helps us protect our communities and ourselves. Decent tech in the hands of decent people can save our planet - all we have to do is Be Decent. "Be Decent is an in-depth and through resource for the betterment of our society and the future health of the environment." - Nadine N., Environmental Attorney

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Dorrance Publishing

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1639371680

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9781639371686

The Insiders' Guide to North Carolina's Southern Coast and Wilmington

By: Deborah Daniel,Samantha Fey

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The Insiders' Guide to North Carolina's Southern Coast and Wilmington

By: Deborah Daniel,Samantha Fey

This enticing section of North Carolina's Southern Coast, often referred to as the Cape Fear Coast, finds the luckiest, if not the most sagacious, of explorers flocking to its pristine beaches year after golden year. Whether planning a weekend jaunt or settling in permanently, the coastline is thoroughly detailed in this definitive guide.

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Falcon Guides

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1573801291

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9781573801294

Pull the Trigger

Blacktop Brethren MC

By: Samantha Conley

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Blacktop Brethren MC

By: Samantha Conley

Levi "Trigger" Jameson I used to be the best fighter in Blacktop Brethren MC. Until I killed someone, and that ended my fighting days. Now, I serve my club however needed and the people of our town through my father's garage. He's my vice president, too, so there isn't much difference between the club and work. My free time is just that- free. Mostly spend enjoying clubwhores until I get bored. Then Sheridan walks into the garage after her car is towed and gives me something most other women don't- a challenge. She's a single mother with a baby daddy full of drama, and the last thing she needs is me and my club making it worse. But I'm not one of those men that give up on something I want... and want her in ways I can't even understand. Just as I get her to admit she wants me, too, my past comes back to bite us both. Her baby daddy is a member of the club that wants vengeance. I might refuse to get in the ring again, but with love comes weakness, and they aren't afraid to use their own to get it. If getting back in the fight keeps Sheridan and her daughter safe, that's exactly what I'll do. But I promise they're going to regret the very moment they threatened what is mine. Because in or out of the ring, I will slaughter anyone who stands between me and Sheridan... and I mean anyone.

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Samantha Rozell

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1963866053

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Storm Reid

By: Samantha S. Bell

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Storm Reid

By: Samantha S. Bell

Presents the life of the American actress, describing her childhood, from her early success in television movie to the fantasy film "A Wrinkle in Time.

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Influential People

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1543560350

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Flirting with celebrity

By: Samantha Joyce

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Flirting with celebrity

By: Samantha Joyce

À tout juste 19 ans, Elise est l'auteur d'une saga romanesque qui fait un véritable carton. Mais elle fait tout pour rester dans l’ombre du succès. Des années plus tôt, elle a eu un grave accident qui lui a laissé de profondes et visibles cicatrices. Depuis, elle fait tout pour garder son anonymat... Mais son éditeur l’oblige à suivre en personne le tournage du film adapté de ses livres. Un blockbuster dans lequel Gavin Hartley, son acteur préféré, sera le héros ! Alors, pour ne pas dévoiler son secret, elle demande à une doublure, Veronica, de jouer son rôle d'auteur à succès, tandis qu'elle fera semblant d’être son assistante. Mais ce petit jeu énerve assez vite Elise, car c'est Veronica qui récolte tous les honneurs. Pour conquérir le beau Gavin, Elise va devoir assumer sa véritable identité. Au risque de perdre ses fans et d’exhumer les lourds secrets de son enfance... Pour conquérir le garçon qu'elle aime, elle va enfin devoir s'assumer...

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Literacy in the Mountains

Literacy in the Mountains

Actual Malice

Actual Malice

Why

Why

Framing Fat

Framing Fat

New York State of Mind

New York State of Mind

The Housing Divide

The Housing Divide

Reclaiming Motherhood from a Culture Gone Mad

Reclaiming Motherhood from a Culture Gone Mad

The Family Chao: A Novel

The Family Chao: A Novel

Mediation for Lawyers

Mediation for Lawyers

With Shaking Hands

With Shaking Hands

Love It Or Leave It

Love It Or Leave It

Be Decent

Be Decent

The Insiders' Guide to North Carolina's Southern Coast and Wilmington

The Insiders' Guide to North Carolina's Southern Coast and Wilmington

Pull the Trigger

Pull the Trigger

Storm Reid

Storm Reid

Flirting with celebrity

Flirting with celebrity

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