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Bitter Grounds

A Novel

By: Sandra Benitez

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Bitter Grounds

A Novel

By: Sandra Benitez

Presents the saga of three generations of Salvadoran women whose lives are changed in unexpected ways by a letter that has lain unopened for twenty-six years.

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Macmillan

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0312195419

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9780312195410

A Place Where the Sea Remembers

By: Sandra Benitez

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A Place Where the Sea Remembers

By: Sandra Benitez

Winner, Discover Great New Writers Award. Winner, Minnesota Book Award for Fiction. "Profound.... a quietly stunning work that leaves soft tracks in the heart."--The Washington Post BookWorld "Merits placement beside some of the mesmerizing new literature with its roots in Latin America."--The New York Times Book Review

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Coffee House Press

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1566892848

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9781566892841

A Portrait of Assisted Reproduction in Mexico

Scientific, Political, and Cultural Interactions

By: Sandra P. González-Santos

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A Portrait of Assisted Reproduction in Mexico

Scientific, Political, and Cultural Interactions

By: Sandra P. González-Santos

This book paints a comprehensive portrait of Mexico’s system of assisted reproduction first from a historical perspective, then from a more contemporary viewpoint. Based on a detailed analysis of books and articles published between the 1950s and 1980s, the first section tells the story of how the epistemic, normative, and material infrastructure of the assisted reproduction system was built. It traces the professionalization process of assisted reproduction as a medical field and the establishment of its professional association. Drawing on ethnographic material, the second part looks at how this system developed and flourished from the 1980s up to 2010, its commercialization process, how the expansion of reproductive services took place, and the messages regarding reproductive technologies that circulated within a wide discursive landscape. Given its scope and methods, this book will appeal to scholars interested in science and technology studies, reproduction studies, history of medicine, medical anthropology, and sociology.

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307

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Springer

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3030230414

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9783030230418

The Fire Outside My Window

A Survivor Tells The True Story Of California's Epic Cedar Fire

By: Sandra Millers Younger

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The Fire Outside My Window

A Survivor Tells The True Story Of California's Epic Cedar Fire

By: Sandra Millers Younger

The Fire Outside My Window: A Survivor Tells the True Story of California's Epic Cedar Fire is both a poignant memoir and a veteran journalist's narrative nonfiction account of a catastrophic event that crippled postcard-perfect San Diego and dominated international headlines in October 2003. Author Sandra Millers Younger's miraculous saga of escape, ruin and renewal unifies a tapestry of experiences woven from more than 100 interviews with firefighters, survivors and the families of those who died. The fire itself, one of the biggest and most destructive in California history, is the main character in this epic story--a rampaging monster, framed within historical context, battled by understaffed, under-equipped firefighters, and confronted from the rare perspective of terrified civilians caught in its path. Timing, location and weather conspired against air tankers, fire engines and bulldozers, enabling a lost hunter's signal fire to gather strength in the mountains east of San Diego. Overnight, a swelling wind sent flames galloping toward the Pacific, killing 15 people, 12 of them the author's neighbors; incinerating more than 2,200 homes, including hers; and creating a lunarscape 20 times the size of Manhattan In this revealing narrative, Younger takes readers into the heart of an epic firefight, telling the stories of fire chiefs and air tanker pilots trying to combat a catastrophe bigger than they had ever imagined, and recounting both survivors' and victims' desperate efforts to escape flames moving faster than fire engines could drive. The Fire Outside My Window is a riveting and nuanced tale that captures the intensity of a runaway wildfire, honors those lost to its fury, and celebrates the human spirit's innate capacity to triumph over adversity.

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267

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Rowman & Littlefield

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0762799323

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9780762799329

Does Business Learn?

Tax Breaks, Uncertainty, and Political Strategies

By: Sandra L. Suárez

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Does Business Learn?

Tax Breaks, Uncertainty, and Political Strategies

By: Sandra L. Suárez

Rare in-depth consideration of the development of business lobbying strategies, revealing the extent and limits of business influence over government policy

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212

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University of Michigan Press

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0472111191

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9780472111190

The News Media in Puerto Rico

Journalism in Colonial Settings and in Times of Crises

By: Federico A. Subervi-Vélez,Sandra Rodríguez-Cotto,Jairo Lugo-Ocando

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The News Media in Puerto Rico

Journalism in Colonial Settings and in Times of Crises

By: Federico A. Subervi-Vélez,Sandra Rodríguez-Cotto,Jairo Lugo-Ocando

The News Media in Puerto Rico offers a synopsis as well as a critical analysis of the Island’s news media system, with emphasis on the political and economic factors that most influence how the media operate. The authors also document the impact of Hurricane Maria on the media structures and the changing media landscape given the political, economic and colonial strictures. Building on interviews with news media professionals, the book further presents detailed insights about journalism and journalism education in these times of crises. The final chapters include theoretical frameworks and methodological guidelines for the analysis of other colonial, post-colonial and neo-colonial media systems, with research recommendations valuable for future studies of the Island’s media as well as for cross-national comparisons. This book will be an essential read for students and scholars interested in learning not only about the Puerto Rican and Latin American mass media, but also the media systems of other colonial/neo-colonial countries.

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208

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Routledge

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1000208656

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9781000208658

Seeing Human Rights

Video Activism as a Proxy Profession

By: Sandra Ristovska

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Seeing Human Rights

Video Activism as a Proxy Profession

By: Sandra Ristovska

As video becomes an important tool to expose injustice, an examination of how human rights organizations are seeking to professionalize video activism. Visual imagery is at the heart of humanitarian and human rights activism, and video has become a key tool in these efforts. The Saffron Revolution in Myanmar, the Green Movement in Iran, and Black Lives Matter in the United States have all used video to expose injustice. In Seeing Human Rights, Sandra Ristovska examines how human rights organizations are seeking to professionalize video activism through video production, verification standards, and training. The result, she argues, is a proxy profession that uses human rights videos to tap into journalism, the law, and political advocacy. Ristovska explains that this proxy profession retains some tactical flexibility in its use of video while giving up on the more radical potential and imaginative scope of video activism as a cultural practice. Drawing on detailed analysis of legal cases and videos as well as extensive interviews with staff members of such organizations as Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, WITNESS, the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), and the International Criminal Court (ICC), Ristovska considers the unique affordances of video and examines the unfolding relationships among journalists, human rights organizations, activists, and citizens in global crisis reporting. She offers a case study of the visual turn in the law; describes advocacy and marketing strategies; and argues that the transformation of video activism into a proxy profession privileges institutional and legal spaces over broader constituencies for public good.

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289

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MIT Press

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0262365391

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9780262365390

Methamphetamine Use

Clinical and Forensic Aspects, Second Edition

By: Sandra B. McPherson,Harold V. Hall,Errol Yudko

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Methamphetamine Use

Clinical and Forensic Aspects, Second Edition

By: Sandra B. McPherson,Harold V. Hall,Errol Yudko

Updated and expanded to reflect changes in recent years, this second edition covers virtually every aspect of this dangerous drug, including history, pharmacology, pathology, physiology, treatment, clinical and forensic psychology, and legal aspects. This edition features new chapters on criminal- and civil-forensic applications including an in-depth discussion of recent laws. Pointing out important cases, articles, and statistics, the text also presents chapters on neuropsychological testing; normative data on risk analysis and violence prediction; the physiology of tweaking, the most dangerous stage of the meth cycle; and the efficacy of treatment programs including examples from newly established drug courts.

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408

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CRC Press

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1420006991

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9781420006995

Night of the Radishes

By: Sandra Benitez

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Night of the Radishes

By: Sandra Benitez

Annie Rush has it all. A loving husband, adoring sons, an interesting job. But tragedy haunts her. Her identical twin sister died in a horrifying farm accident when the girls were nine years old, and in the wake of the grief and guilt that followed, her older brother left home for good. The death of her mother prompts Annie to seek her brother and revisit her long-lost past. Her search takes her to Oaxaca, where her brother was last seen, during the vibrant Christmas celebrations and the colorful Night of the Radishes festival; and ultimately, deep within herself.

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292

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Hyperion

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1401307825

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9781401307820

Bitter Grounds

A Novel

By: Sandra Benitez

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Bitter Grounds

A Novel

By: Sandra Benitez

Presents the saga of three generations of Salvadoran women whose lives are changed in unexpected ways by a letter that has lain unopened for twenty-six years.

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Macmillan

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0312195419

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9780312195410

A Place Where the Sea Remembers

By: Sandra Benitez

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A Place Where the Sea Remembers

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Coffee House Press

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1566892848

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A Chance to See Egypt

By: Sandra Scofield

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A Chance to See Egypt

By: Sandra Scofield

Winner of the 1997 Texas Institute of Letters Fiction Award, "A Chance to See Egypt" tells a magical story of love's illuminating and uplifting power. When Tom Riley's wife dies, her passing leaves him "tilting, out of balance". On a trip to Mexico, he meets an American expatriate writer, a woman escaping her own painful past, who gives him some curious but thought-provoking advice: "Change the plot. Introduce new characters".

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276

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Harper Perennial

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0060927887

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9780060927882

Calculator Applications for Business

By: Lovern,Sandra Yelverton,H. Mark Lovern

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Calculator Applications for Business

By: Lovern,Sandra Yelverton,H. Mark Lovern

Speed and accuracy are emphasized as students learn to use the ten-key numeric touch system. Includes realistic problems and 42 applications. Completion time: 15 hours.

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196

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South Western Educational Publishing

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0538603186

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9780538603188

The Book of Lists for Kids

By: Sandra Choron,Harry Choron

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The Book of Lists for Kids

By: Sandra Choron,Harry Choron

Presents more than 300 lists about everything from freckles to video games, money to amusement parks, and breakfast cereals to rock music.

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416

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Mariner Books

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039570815X

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9780395708156

Tempest in Eden

By: Sandra Brown

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Tempest in Eden

By: Sandra Brown

Opposites attract when a nude art model sets out to seduce a conservative minister who disapproves of her profession but can't seem to resist her. Renowned artist's model Shay Morrison thinks nothing of exposing her body to inspire great works of art. But hidden inside her, where no one can see, is the pain of a failed marriage. Then, while visiting a weekend cabin, she accidentally walks in on Ian Douglas as he steps out of the shower. Every gorgeous bit of him is immediately apparent -- as is his disapproval of Shay. What isn't so obvious is his profession: Ian is a minister in a straitlaced community. Challenged and hurt, Shay decides to seduce him. But waiting for her are the traps of her own weaknesses and the potent force of attraction . . . as a woman with a troubled past tries to understand a man different from anyone she has known before, and new feelings rise from her heart

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144

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Grand Central Publishing

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0446553301

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9780446553308

Where There's Smoke

By: Sandra Brown

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Where There's Smoke

By: Sandra Brown

When a determined doctor meets the rebellious heir to a Texas oil dynasty, sparks fly . . . but the flames of passion blazing between them could destroy an empire. No one knows why Dr. Lara Mallory opened up her medical practice in the rowdy Texas town controlled by Tackett Oil. But everyone remembers her role in the well-publicized scandal that caused the downfall of White House hopeful Senator Clark Tackett. Now the iron-fisted matriarch of Tackett Oil intends to use her money and power to drive Lara out of town . . . especially when Lara meets Key, the hell-raising -- and handsome -- youngest Tackett son. Following a cataclysmic meeting, this determined doctor and brash, daring pilot find themselves hurtling on a dangerous quest for the one secret that can destroy the Tackett empire -- and anyone who dares to challenge its power. But Lara decides to find the truth behind the corruption in town, even if it costs her everything.

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Grand Central Publishing

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1455546461

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9781455546466

Book's by Sandra Benitez

Bitter Grounds

Bitter Grounds

A Place Where the Sea Remembers

A Place Where the Sea Remembers

A Portrait of Assisted Reproduction in Mexico

A Portrait of Assisted Reproduction in Mexico

The Fire Outside My Window

The Fire Outside My Window

Does Business Learn?

Does Business Learn?

The News Media in Puerto Rico

The News Media in Puerto Rico

Seeing Human Rights

Seeing Human Rights

Methamphetamine Use

Methamphetamine Use

Night of the Radishes

Night of the Radishes

Bitter Grounds

Bitter Grounds

A Place Where the Sea Remembers

A Place Where the Sea Remembers

A Chance to See Egypt

A Chance to See Egypt

Calculator Applications for Business

Calculator Applications for Business

The Book of Lists for Kids

The Book of Lists for Kids

Tempest in Eden

Tempest in Eden

Where There's Smoke

Where There's Smoke

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