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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

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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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Rowman & Littlefield

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0762799323

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Muck Creek

By: Sandra Hartline

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Muck Creek

By: Sandra Hartline

In 1908, a man in dusty traveling clothes appears at Muck Creek Farm seeking news of his long lost father. There he meets a lonely young woman who finds solace in the root cellar, where she makes cherry cordial and is visited by the ghosts of Indigenous ancestral relations. Their story is part of a saga stretching over one hundred years, including characters both real and richly imagined. A west coast Nootka trader discovers an Ojibway girl on a river island, a girl who has crossed a continent in a series of gripping odysseys. A supply boat blows up and its owner disappears. A young woman nearly dies in obeying her great grandmother's last request. The settings stretch from the Great Lakes and interior rivers of North America to the west coast of Vancouver Island, from an earthquake in San Francisco to a fire in Seattle. Meanwhile, at Muck Creek Farm, a diverse group of settlers are living near an Indian reserve, where people in the Nisqually community struggle to maintain their history and survival. Muck Creek is a story rich in quest, in romance, and in historical embellishments - events that not only happened, but how they might have happened.

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FriesenPress

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1039154751

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9781039154759

Imagining Deliberative Democracy in the Early American Republic

By: Sandra M. Gustafson

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Imagining Deliberative Democracy in the Early American Republic

By: Sandra M. Gustafson

Deliberation, in recent years, has emerged as a form of civic engagement worth reclaiming. In this persuasive book, Sandra M. Gustafson combines historical literary analysis and political theory in order to demonstrate that current democratic practices of deliberation are rooted in the civic rhetoric that flourished in the early American republic. Though the U.S. Constitution made deliberation central to republican self-governance, the ethical emphasis on group deliberation often conflicted with the rhetorical focus on persuasive speech. From Alexis de Tocqueville’s ideas about the deliberative basis of American democracy through the works of Walt Whitman, John Dewey, John F. Kennedy, and Martin Luther King Jr., Gustafson shows how writers and speakers have made the aesthetic and political possibilities of deliberation central to their autobiographies, manifestos, novels, and orations. Examining seven key writers from the early American republic—including James Fenimore Cooper, David Crockett, and Daniel Webster—whose works of deliberative imagination explored the intersections of style and democratic substance, Gustafson offers a mode of historical and textual analysis that displays the wide range of resources imaginative language can contribute to political life.

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University of Chicago Press

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0226311295

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9780226311296

Reinventing Ourselves as Teachers

Beyond Nostalgia

By: Claudia Mitchell,Sandra Weber

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Reinventing Ourselves as Teachers

Beyond Nostalgia

By: Claudia Mitchell,Sandra Weber

Written for teaching professionals, this text helps novice and experienced teachers to reinterpret their working lives. Taking the reader on a personal exploration the text exceeds standard approaches, leading from the personal to the critical.

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Routledge

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113571486X

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Comparative Human Rights Law

By: Sandra Fredman

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Comparative Human Rights Law

By: Sandra Fredman

Courts in different jurisdictions face similar human rights questions. Does the death penalty breach human rights? Does freedom of speech include racist speech? Is there a right to health? This book uses the prism of comparative law to examine the fascinating ways in which these difficult questions are decided. On the one hand, the shared language of human rights suggests that there should be similar solutions to comparable problems. On the other hand, there are important differences. Constitutional texts are worded differently; courts have differing relationships with the legislature; and there are divergences in socio-economic development, politics, and history. Nevertheless, there is a growing transnational conversation between courts, with cases in one jurisdiction being cited in others. Part I sets out the cross-cutting themes which shape the ways judges respond to challenging human rights issues. It examines when it is legitimate to refer to foreign materials; how universality and cultural relativity are balanced in human rights law; the appropriate role of courts in adjudicating human rights in a democracy; and the principles judges use to interpret human rights texts. The book is unusual in transcending the distinction between socio-economic rights and civil and political rights. Part II applies these cross-cutting themes to comparing human rights law in the US, UK, South Africa, Canada, and India. Its focus is on seven particularly challenging issues: the death penalty, abortion, housing, health, speech, education and religion, with the aim of inspiring further comparative examination of other pressing human rights issues.

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Oxford University Press

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0191003794

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9780191003790

Wings in the Storm

Hope & Healing through Brokenness: A Memoir

By: Sandra Grace

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Wings in the Storm

Hope & Healing through Brokenness: A Memoir

By: Sandra Grace

Not so long ago, Sandra knew the path her life would take. Housewife. Mother. A noble calling, yet predictable, ordinary. Then out of nowhere came a strange proposal. Abruptly, her course was altered: a new town, another life far from home. As she struggled to hold to her end of the agreement, she didn't see that all she loved was slowly crumbling. Wings in the Storm is the true story of mistakes realized too late, of everything lost, of the fight to get it back, and of rebuilding a life far different from before. It delves deep into frailties and vulnerabilities, yet it’s peppered with touching moments, valued friendships, and humorous stories. Throughout its pages is the unmistakable thread of God’s guiding hand, His care, and His comfort.

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FriesenPress

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1525589032

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Levon

From Down in the Delta to the Birth of THE BAND and Beyond

By: Sandra B. Tooze

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Levon

From Down in the Delta to the Birth of THE BAND and Beyond

By: Sandra B. Tooze

The life of the legendary drummer and singer is explored through extensive research and personal interviews with family, friends, and fellow musicians. In the Arkansas Delta, a young Levon Helm witnessed “blues, country, and gospel hit in a head-on collision,” as he put it. The result was rock 'n' roll. As a teenager, he joined the raucous Ronnie Hawkins and the Hawks, then helped merge a hard-driving electric sound with Bob Dylan's folk roots, and revolutionized American rock with the Band. Helm not only provided perfect “in the pocket” rhythm and unforgettable vocals, he was the soul of The Band. Levon traces a rebellious life on the road, from being booed with Bob Dylan to the creative cauldron of Big Pink, the Woodstock Festival, world tours, The Last Waltz, and beyond with the man Dylan called “one of the last true great spirits of my or any other generation.” Author Sandra B. Tooze digs deep into what Helm saw as a devastating betrayal by his closest friend, Band guitarist Robbie Robertson—and Levon’s career collapse, his near bankruptcy, and the loss of his voice due to throat cancer in 1997. Yet Helm found success in an acting career that included roles in Coal Miner’s Daughter and The Right Stuff. Regaining his singing voice, he made his last decade a triumph, opening his barn to the Midnight Rambles and earning three Grammys.

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Diversion Books

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1635767024

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Lights, Camera...Travel!

By: Alec Baldwin,Bruce Beresford,Sandra Bernhard,Richard E Grant,Neil LaBute,Andrew McCarthy,Paulina Porizkova,Brooke Shields

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Lights, Camera...Travel!

By: Alec Baldwin,Bruce Beresford,Sandra Bernhard,Richard E Grant,Neil LaBute,Andrew McCarthy,Paulina Porizkova,Brooke Shields

Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher* Since the ancient Greeks, actor's have been society's storytellers. And ever since Hollywood first left the backlot, these storytellers have been traveling to far-flung corners of the world to tell those tales. We decided to ask some of the most widely traveled people in the film industry to sit down and tell us their own stories - personal, inspiring, funny, embarrassing and human experiences from their time on the road. Lights, Camera ... Travel! includes 33 stories from screen stars including Alec Baldwin, Brooke Shields, Rolf de Heer, Paul Cox, Neil LaBute, Richard E Grant, Sandra Bernhard and Bruce Beresford. Edited by Andrew McCarthy and Don George About Lonely Planet: Started in 1973, Lonely Planet has become the world's leading travel guide publisher with guidebooks to every destination on the planet, as well as an award-winning website, a suite of mobile and digital travel products, and a dedicated traveller community. Lonely Planet's mission is to enable curious travellers to experience the world and to truly get to the heart of the places where they travel. TripAdvisor Travellers' Choice Awards 2012 and 2013 winner in Favorite Travel Guide category 'Lonely Planet guides are, quite simply, like no other.' - New York Times 'Lonely Planet. It's on everyone's bookshelves; it's in every traveller's hands. It's on mobile phones. It's on the Internet. It's everywhere, and it's telling entire generations of people how to travel the world.' - Fairfax Media (Australia) *#1 in the world market share - source: Nielsen Bookscan. Australia, UK and USA. March 2012-January 2013 Important Notice: The digital edition of this book may not contain all of the images found in the physical edition.

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1742208665

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Victims

Trauma, testimony and justice

By: Ross McGarry,Sandra Walklate

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Victims

Trauma, testimony and justice

By: Ross McGarry,Sandra Walklate

The study of victims of crime is a central concern for criminologists around the world. In recent years, some victimologists have become increasingly engaged in positivist debates on the differences between victims and non-victims, how these differences can be measured and what could be done to improve the victims' experience of the criminal justice system. Written by experts in the field, this book embraces a much wider understanding of social harms and asks which victims' voices are heard and why. McGarry and Walklate break new ground with this innovative and accessible book; it offers a broad discussion of social harms, the role of the victim in society and the inter-relationship between trauma, testimony and justice and asks: how has harm been understood and under what circumstances have those harms been recognised? how and under what circumstances are those harms articulated? how and under what circumstances are the voices of those who have been harmed listened to? Each chapter draws on case studies and a range of questions designed to assist in reflection and critical engagement. This book is perfect reading for students taking courses on victimology, victims and society, victims’ rights and criminal justice.

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Routledge

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1135005834

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Kingdoms of the Frozen Dead

A Teen Indie Sci-Fi Fantasy Novel

By: Sandra Vasher

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Kingdoms of the Frozen Dead

A Teen Indie Sci-Fi Fantasy Novel

By: Sandra Vasher

Do you know your true enemies? Until a few months ago, Carina was an orphan on the run. Now she’s the crown princess of North Kepler, and she has a lot to contend with. There's the elitist Royal Society of North Kepler and her dad, the king, who insists on a personal security team for Carina the size of a small army. But the princess can't defeat the patriarchy until she conquers her own magic. So when a trusted friend shows up and offers to train Carina, she should be thrilled. Problem is, her new teacher comes with two guys she never wanted to see again: her immortal ex-boyfriend and the crown prince of South Kepler. Speaking of which, Prince Nathanial, the new crown prince of South Kepler, is grieving his sister's death and hiding from his kingdom with his mentor, a fugitive who refuses to allow Nate to return home. All Nate wants is to abdicate his title to his brother and clear his mentor's name. After all, Nate can barely contain his own magic. He knows he's not king-material! What he doesn't know is the disturbing secret his brother is keeping locked in a tower in the castle at Alighieri. Or how he's going to stop his new immortal buddy Max from going after Princess Carina. (Doesn't Max know how dangerous that girl is?) With North and South Kepler both in disarray, how will either crown withstand mounting attacks from the Immortal Empire? Kingdoms of the Frozen Dead is Book Two of the Mortal Heritance, a light-hearted indie sci-fi/fantasy series for young adults.

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Mortal Ink Press, LLC

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1950989100

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9781950989102

Close-ups

Stories

By: Sandra Thompson

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Close-ups

Stories

By: Sandra Thompson

Short Stories. ђجA deft and vivid account of the emotional stages in a woman ́ђةs life . . . All in all, a strong, sometimes devastating but ultimately hopeful collection by an exciting and gifted writer.

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University of Georgia Press

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0820340820

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9780820340821

Middle Range Theories

Application to Nursing Research and Practice

By: Sandra Peterson,Timothy S. Bredow

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Middle Range Theories

Application to Nursing Research and Practice

By: Sandra Peterson,Timothy S. Bredow

The most complete and detailed book devoted to middle range theories, Middle Range Theories: Application to Nursing Research and Practice delivers expert advice on selecting the appropriate theory for a nursing research project and helps students develop the critical thinking skills needed to effectively critique theories. Each theory chapter details examples of the theory’s use in research and its application to clinical practice, as well as critical thinking exercises and a variety of essential tools for the nurse researcher. This Fifth Edition is updated with valuable project management guidance detailing everything students need to confidently plan, manage and evaluate a project. NEW! Project management chapter familiarizes students with the process and tools for successful project planning, management and evaluation. NEW! Project Management boxes demonstrate the effective application of theory to relevant research and practice projects. UPDATED! Using Middle Range Theories in Researchoutlines the research process and provides examples of the use of theory in published research. UPDATED! Using Middle Range Theories in Practice boxes help students apply theories to specific clinical scenarios. Using Middle Range Theories in Projects boxes prepare students to effectively apply theories in graduate programs and clinical practice. Critical Thinking Exercises at the end of each chapter engage readers in analysis of the theory and its application to practice. Key Terms clarify chapter concepts at a glance.

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Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

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1975108329

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9781975108328

Play Dirty

A Novel

By: Sandra Brown

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Play Dirty

A Novel

By: Sandra Brown

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Seeing Red delivers a gripping story of obsession and its deadly consequences—where nobody’s playing by the rules. After five long years in federal prison, Griff Burkett is a free man. But the disgraced quarterback can never return to life as he knew it before he was caught cheating. In a place where football is practically a religion, Griff committed a cardinal sin, and no one is forgiving. Foster Speakman, owner and CEO of SunSouth Airlines, and his wife, Laura, are a golden couple. Successful and wealthy, they lived a charmed life before fate cruelly intervened and denied them the one thing they wanted most—a child. It’s said that money can’t buy everything. But it can buy a disgraced football player fresh out of prison and out of prospects. The job Griff agrees to do for the Speakmans demands secrecy. But he soon finds himself once again in the spotlight of suspicion. An unsolved murder comes back to haunt him in the form of his nemesis, Stanley Rodarte, who has made Griff's destruction his life’s mission. While safeguarding his new enterprise, Griff must also protect those around him, especially Laura Speakman, from Rodarte’s ruthlessness. Griff stands to gain the highest payoff he could ever imagine, but cashing in on it will require him to forfeit his only chance for redemption...and love. Griff is now playing a high-stakes game, and at the final whistle, one player will be dead. Play Dirty is a wild ride, with hairpin turns all along the way. The clock is ticking down on a fallen football star, who lost everything because of the way he played the game. Now his future—his life—hinges on one last play.

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Pocket Books

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1982121114

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9781982121112

Spring Bride

By: Sandra Marton

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Spring Bride

By: Sandra Marton

You can get swept away once again by this powerful, sizzling, bestselling story from Sandra Marton. The billionaire’s captive After years of being dismissed as a ’pampered Landon princess’ Kyra Landon is enjoying her independence in the Caribbean—and then her bag is stolen! She’s relieved when a handsome businessman comes to her rescue, until she recognises him as Antonio Del Rey—the man who practically coined her nickname! For self-made tycoon Antonio everything has a price, and if Kyra wants his help she must work for him on his private island for a week. In the sultry heat of paradise the attraction between them reaches boiling point…and once Kyra succumbs to Antonio’s tantalising touch she knows she’ll never be free again… Book 4 in the Landon’s Legacy quartet Originally published in 1996.

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Harlequin

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1460398483

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Children's Emotional Lives

Sensitive Shadows in the Classroom

By: Sandra Leanne Bosacki

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Children's Emotional Lives

Sensitive Shadows in the Classroom

By: Sandra Leanne Bosacki

Drawing on evidence from a longitudinal study of Canadian children's emotional experiences within the grade-school classroom, this book considers the nature and significance of such experiences for children's development and well-being. Within the learning context of the classroom, the girls and boys share their experiences of self, emotional understandings, and social relations through interviews and social cognitive tasks. The chapters provide scholarly analysis and practical information for those who agree that emotions are paramount to children's comprehensive development. The book concludes by describing the practical implications and applications of its findings for parents, teachers, and caretakers of children, including how to help children learn about and negotiate emotions in themselves and in their interactions with others.

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Peter Lang

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0820488968

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9780820488967

The Trial on Trial: Volume 3

Towards a Normative Theory of the Criminal Trial

By: R A Duff,Lindsay Farmer,Sandra Marshall,Victor Tadros

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The Trial on Trial: Volume 3

Towards a Normative Theory of the Criminal Trial

By: R A Duff,Lindsay Farmer,Sandra Marshall,Victor Tadros

The criminal trial is under attack. Traditional principles have been challenged or eroded; in England and Wales the right to trial by jury has been restricted and rules concerning bad character evidence, double jeopardy and the right to silence have been substantially altered to "rebalance" the system in favour of victims. In the pursuit of security, particularly from terrorism, the right to a fair trial has been denied to some altogether. In fact trials have for a long time been an infrequent occurrence, most criminal convictions being the consequence of a guilty plea. Moreover, while this very public struggle over the future of the criminal trial is conducted, there is also a less publicly observed controversy about the significance of trials in modern society. Trials are under normative attack, their value being doubted by those who seek different kinds of process - conciliatory or restorative - to address the needs of victims and move away from the imposition of state power through trials and punishments. This book seeks to develop a normative theory of the criminal trial as a way of defending the importance of trials in our criminal justice system. The trial, it is suggested, calls defendants to answer a charge and, if they are criminally responsible, to account for their conduct. The trial is seen as a communicative process through which the defendant can challenge claims of wrongdoing made against him, including the norms in the light of which those claims are made. The book develops this communicative theory by first making a careful study of the history of trials, before moving on to outline the theory, which is then developed through chapters looking at the practices and principles of trials, alternative regulatory models, the roles of participants, the relationship between investigation and trial and trials as public fora.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1847313884

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9781847313881

Resilient Bodies, Residual Effects

Artistic Articulations of Borders and Collectivity from Lebanon and Palestine

By: Sandra Noeth

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Resilient Bodies, Residual Effects

Artistic Articulations of Borders and Collectivity from Lebanon and Palestine

By: Sandra Noeth

What does it take to cross a border, and what does it take to belong? Sandra Noeth examines the entangled experiences of borders and of collectivity through the perspective of bodies. By dramaturgical analyses of contemporary artistic work from Lebanon and Palestine, Noeth shows how borders and collectivity are constructed and negotiated through performative, corporeal, movement-based, and sensory strategies and processes. This interdisciplinary study is made urgent by social and political transformations across the Middle East and beyond from 2010 onwards. It puts to the fore the residual, body-bound structural effects of borders and of collectivity and proceeds to develop notions of agency and responsibility that are immanently bound to bodies in relation.

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transcript Verlag

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3839443636

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Oscar Wilde in Vienna

Pleasing and Teasing the Audience

By: Sandra Mayer

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Oscar Wilde in Vienna

Pleasing and Teasing the Audience

By: Sandra Mayer

Oscar Wilde in Vienna is the first book-length study in English of the reception of Oscar Wilde’s works in the German-speaking world. Charting the plays’ history on Viennese stages between 1903 and 2013, it casts a spotlight on the international reputation of one of the most popular English-language writers while contributing to Austrian cultural history in the long twentieth century. Drawing on extensive archival material, the book examines the appropriation of Wilde's plays against the background of political crises and social transformations. It unravels the mechanisms of cultural transfer and canonisation within an environment positioned — like Wilde himself — at the crossroads of centre and periphery, tradition and modernity.

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BRILL

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9004370463

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9789004370463

Traversing the Fantasy

The Dialectic of Desire/Fantasy and the Ethics of Narrative Cinema

By: Sandra Meiri,Odeya Kohen-Raz

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Traversing the Fantasy

The Dialectic of Desire/Fantasy and the Ethics of Narrative Cinema

By: Sandra Meiri,Odeya Kohen-Raz

Traversing the Fantasy: The Dialectic of Desire/Fantasy proposes a new and comprehensive model of spectatorship at the heart of which it draws an analogy between the ethics of Lacanian psychoanalysis and the ethics of narrative film. It demonstrates how spectators engage with narrative film, undergoing unconscious processes that generate a shift in the adherence to fantasies that impede assuming responsibility for one's fate and well being. The authors discuss the affinities that the ontology and aesthetics of narrative film share with subjective, unconscious processes, offering new insights into the popular appeal of narrative film, through three film corpora, analyzed at length: body-character-breach films; dreaming-character films; and gender-crossing films. With a range of case studies from the old (Rebecca, Vertigo, Some Like it Hot) to the new (Being John Malkovich, A Fantastic Woman), Sandra Meiri and Odeya Kohen Raz build on psychoanalytic ideas about the cinema and take them in a completely new direction that promises to be the basis for further developments in the field.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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1501328719

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9781501328718

Contradictions of Terrorism

Security, risk and resilience

By: Sandra Walklate,Gabe Mythen

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Contradictions of Terrorism

Security, risk and resilience

By: Sandra Walklate,Gabe Mythen

Over the last fifteen years there has been a significant growth in literature dealing with terrorism. Nevertheless, scholars within mainstream criminology have only recently begun to grapple with the problem of terrorism in a sustained fashion. In this provocative book the authors provide both an exposition of the contradictions that have emerged around the regulation of terrorism and an incisive analysis of the questions that the management of terrorism poses for the discipline. Focusing primarily on the processes and practices that have emerged in the United States and the United Kingdom, the book provides a critical account of the political construction, mediation and regulation of terrorist threat since the events of 9/11. The authors explore the ways in which new institutional modes of risk assessment based on the principle of pre-emption have impacted on individuals targeted by them. Noting the dilemmas produced by the pre-emptive turn, the authors also elucidate more recent moves to develop the idea of resilience in counter-terrorism and security policy. This book will be suitable for academics and students interested in political violence, terrorism, geopolitics and risk, as well as for practitioners and experts working in the security industries.

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Routledge

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1136240802

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9781136240805

The Conservation Program Handbook

A Guide for Local Government Land Acquisition

By: Sandra Tassel

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The Conservation Program Handbook

A Guide for Local Government Land Acquisition

By: Sandra Tassel

Between 1996 and 2007, voters approved almost $24 billion for local government park, open space, and other conservation purposes. Despite this substantial sum for land protection, there was at that time no book available to guide officials as they implemented voters’ mandates. The Conservation Program Handbook was written in response to numerous requests to The Trust for Public Land for exactly this type of guidance from community leaders who wanted to know how to effectively conserve their iconic landscapes. In addition, in November 2008, despite massive doses of terrible financial news, voters across the U.S. approved land conservation funding measures. It was a record-breaking year for land protection financing, with voters demonstrating substantial support for open space ballot measures despite the economic and fiscal crisis of the time. The Conservation Program Handbook is a manual that provides all of the information—on a broad spectrum of topics—that conservation professionals are likely to encounter. It compiles and distills advice from professionals based on successful conservation efforts across the country, including a list of “best practices” for the most critical issues conservationists can expect to face. By providing information on how to do conservation work in the best possible manner, The Conservation Program Handbook has the goal of increasing the amount, quality, and pace of conservation being achieved by local governments throughout the nation.

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Island Press

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1610911296

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That's Funny You Don't Look Like A Teacher!

Interrogating Images, Identity, And Popular Culture

By: Sandra J Weber,Claudia Mitchell

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That's Funny You Don't Look Like A Teacher!

Interrogating Images, Identity, And Popular Culture

By: Sandra J Weber,Claudia Mitchell

How children and popular culture perceive the teacher.

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1135718717

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Choctaw County

By: Sandra Jenkins Little

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Choctaw County

By: Sandra Jenkins Little

Choctaw County, one of Alabama's largest counties by area at 909 square miles, is also one of the smallest in population. Established at the end of 1847 by taking land from Sumter and Washington Counties, Choctaw County today is a recognized leader in the pulpwood industry and renowned for its hunting and fishing. Cattle farming and agriculture also play a large role in daily life and economics, and residents take pride in having the first producing oil well in the state of Alabama. Choctaw County is even home to the remains of the historic healing waters of the former Bladon Springs Hotel, and a curious connection with the basilosaurus cetoides, a prehistoric sea mammal found near Melvin, currently on display in the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.

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Leicestershire & Rutland Walks with Children

By: Paul A. Biggs,Sandra Biggs

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Leicestershire & Rutland Walks with Children

By: Paul A. Biggs,Sandra Biggs

The 20 walks in this book have been planned with children in mind, and the book details places of interest to see along the way. There are general knowledge and observation questions, plus information on refreshment stops.

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1850587701

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A House of My Own

Stories from My Life

By: Sandra Cisneros

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A House of My Own

Stories from My Life

By: Sandra Cisneros

Winner of the PEN Center USA Literary Award for Creative Nonfiction • From the celebrated bestselling author of The House on Mango Street: "This memoir has the transcendent sweep of a full life.” —Houston Chronicle From Chicago to Mexico, the places Sandra Cisneros has lived have provided inspiration for her now-classic works of fiction and poetry. But a house of her own, a place where she could truly take root, has eluded her. In this jigsaw autobiography, made up of essays and images spanning three decades—and including never-before-published work—Cisneros has come home at last. Written with her trademark lyricism, in these signature pieces the acclaimed author of The House on Mango Street and winner of the 2019 PEN/Nabokov Award for Achievement in International Literature shares her transformative memories and reveals her artistic and intellectual influences. Poignant, honest, and deeply moving, A House of My Own is an exuberant celebration of a life lived to the fullest, from one of our most beloved writers.

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0385351348

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The Time of Your Life

By: Sandra Kitt

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The Time of Your Life

By: Sandra Kitt

Second chances always lead to a new beginning! When Everett Nicholls died, he left his millions to the two people he cared about most—the young law student he was mentoring, and his beloved stepson. Eden Marsh and Beck Dennison are instantly suspicious of each other. Suddenly, with all this money at their fingertips, family problems they've each been ignoring can no longer be swept under the rug. Beck and his mother have had a strained relationship since tragedy befell the family when he was a young teen, and Eden knows it's long past time to forge a new relationship with her demanding younger sister. As they begin to confide in each other—and to have fun together—their friendship is an anchor in a stormy new life... Praise for Winner Takes All: "Heartwarming, life-affirming, page-turning romance at its best!"—BRENDA NOVAK, New York Times bestselling author "Sandra Kitt's storytelling takes you on a soul-satisfying journey to what really matters in life. The perfect combination of fun and heart."—SUSAN ELIZABETH PHILLIPS, New York Times bestselling author "You'll fall in love with Sandra Kitt's Millionaire's Club series. Sandra Kitt is a master at weaving a deep love story. A delight to read."—JODI THOMAS, New York Times bestselling author "Sandra Kitt writes beautiful stories about fascinating characters I would love to know in real life...romantic, tender, emotional, and compelling."—RAEANNE THAYNE, New York Times bestselling author

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1728270243

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Marriage on the Edge

By: Sandra Marton

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Marriage on the Edge

By: Sandra Marton

Read this classic romance by bestselling author Sandra Marton, now available for the first time in e-book! Reclaiming his wife… Gage Baron has made it on his own. He’s wealthy, and his marriage seems successful, too—until Natalie leaves him. Then Gage receives an invitation to his father’s Texas estate; Jonas obviously has more on his mind than just his eighty-fifth birthday celebration. But the possibility he might inherit Espada is less important to Gage than the opportunity to win back Natalie. Jonas will expect to see her, so Gage must ensure that his wife is back by his side, still married to him—for convenience’s sake… Book 1 in The Barons miniseries Originally published in 1998

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148805004X

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Murder at the Blue Oyster Grill

By: Sandra Madden

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Murder at the Blue Oyster Grill

By: Sandra Madden

Reporter Honey Mayhew lost dream job, boyfriend, savings, and self-respect. She returns to her Florida Panhandle hometown to work for her family’s print newspaper. It’s embarrassing—not that she’d admit that. When a popular chef is murdered, the story could catapult Honey back into the big time, but Honey has avoided Sheriff Eli Gibson, her jilted high school sweetheart. Eli, a former major league baseball star, needs to solve this case for the town to take him seriously. He has sworn to protect and serve, even Honey, who won’t stop bugging him about the murder case. More murders pile up and danger looms. How the heck can they solve the murder and fight their growing attraction?

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The Wild Rose Press Inc

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1509251863

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Nothing Left Behind

By: Sandra Horton

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Nothing Left Behind

By: Sandra Horton

Throughout life, Sara had heard very little about her grandparents’ journey to America—only the few scattered stories her mother told. Those great unknowns had always made Sara hesitant to discuss her roots. As she grows older, even her truest relationships become more unstable and seem to unravel. Looking for answers, she begins a quest to discover her lineage and her purpose. As a lover of history, and with God guiding her, she asks the question: How did my family history shape who I am and how has it helped me survive? With characters drawn with a fine-tip brush, each compelling and unique, Nothing Left Behind discloses that not everyone gets a happy ending, for time and chance happen to them all, Solomon wrote over two thousand years ago.

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1666701203

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Chemistry for Cooks

An Introduction to the Science of Cooking

By: Sandra C. Greer

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Chemistry for Cooks

An Introduction to the Science of Cooking

By: Sandra C. Greer

A fun approach to teaching science that uses cooking to demonstrate principles of chemistry for undergraduate students who are not science majors, high school students, culinary students, and home cooks. How does an armload of groceries turn into a culinary masterpiece? In this highly accessible and informative text, Sandra C. Greer takes students into the kitchen to show how chemistry—with a dash of biology and physics—explains what happens when we cook. Chemistry for Cooks provides all the background material necessary for nonscientists to understand essential chemical processes and to see cooking as an enjoyable application of science. Greer uses a variety of practical examples, including recipes, to instruct readers on the molecular structure of food, the chemical reactions used in cooking to change the nature of food, and the essentials of nutrition and taste. She also offers kitchen hints and exercises based on the material in each chapter, plus do-it-yourself projects to encourage exploration of the chemistry that takes place when we cook food. Features Perfect for science courses aimed at non–science majors: does not require prior knowledge of chemistry, physics, or biology Equally useful for general readers, home and professional cooks, and culinary students Topics include what matter is made of, how the structure of matter is altered by heat, how we treat food in order to change its microscopic structure, why particular procedures or methods are used in the kitchen, and how to think critically about various cooking methods A reference section at the end of each chapter points readers to resources for further study Additional online resources include a solutions manual, a sample syllabus, and PowerPoint slides of all tables and figures

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MIT Press

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0262372592

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Unearthly

By: Sandra Zeller

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Unearthly

By: Sandra Zeller

Something in Southern Florida has been killing and mutilating pets, livestock, and now people. Tabloid reporter, Chris Spencer, has been assigned to cover the story. He and his partner, Crasher, have enlisted the aid of two Native American guides to take them into the murky and deadly Florida swamps. One of the guides, Samantha, is as beautiful as she is mysterious and Chris quickly falls for her. He hopes that, with Sam's help, he'll be able to discover what sort of strange and unknown creature makes the desolate woods and marshland its home. Sam is moody and secretive throughout the trip, leaving Chris to wonder whether or not he can trust her. She says she believes that the legendary chupacabra is responsible for the mutilations, while Chris leans more towards the possibility of some other new and deadly species being the cause. Sam knows more than she's telling however, and Chris is about to have the shock of his life because the cause of these mutilations is something he could never have imagined. Something is out there... Something unnatural... Something deadly... Something...unearthly.

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0595355749

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Rough and Ready

Viking Navy SEALs, Book 3

By: Sandra Hill

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Rough and Ready

Viking Navy SEALs, Book 3

By: Sandra Hill

SHE’S ROUGH… After being terrorized by an evil tyrant, Hilda Berdottir, a no-nonsense Viking woman, established a Dark Age sanctuary for abused women.. And they are not only surviving, but have been thriving for five years now. Everything is perfect, except that the women have begun to yearn for the one thing that is a danger to their lives. Men! Oh, not for their companionship, but for their seed…as in children. They want to bed them, then shed them, not wed them. Holy Thor! Good thing there are no men around. Until… HE’S READY… Torolf Magnusson and his team of Navy SEALs are cruising along a Norwegian fjord like bleepin’ tourists when their reproduction Viking longship wrecks, and they somehow find themselves back in the tenth century outside a medieval version of a woman’s shelter. And the females women there are trying everything in their erotic repertoire to lure the men into their bed furs. Hoo-yah! Except for Hilda who wants nothing to do with Torolf. Until… TOGETHER, THEY’RE A MATCH… After Torolf and his comrades-in-arms rid the old Norse world of the villainous Steinolf, they return to present-day California. But oops! Somehow, Torolf accidentally brings Hilda along for the ride through time and space. What’s a guy to do when suddenly responsible for a reluctant girlfriend who is being stalked by a mad scientist bent on dissecting her thousand-year-old body? Especially when said body is so hot it’s making him think they were meant to be together, ready or not. Booklist Top Ten Romance Novel for 2006!! Winner of the Hughie Award for Best Time Travel Finalist for the PRISM Award in the Time Travel Category Finalist for the P.E.A.R.L. Award

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1941528945

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The Visible Self

Global Perspectives on Dress, Culture and Society

By: Joanne B. Eicher,Sandra Lee Evenson

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The Visible Self

Global Perspectives on Dress, Culture and Society

By: Joanne B. Eicher,Sandra Lee Evenson

This anthropological investigation of dress featuring selected scholarly readings is ideal for courses focused on global perspectives and cultural aspects of dress.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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1609018702

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Mountain Mafia

Organized Crime in the Rockies

By: Betty L. Alt,Sandra K. Wells

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Mountain Mafia

Organized Crime in the Rockies

By: Betty L. Alt,Sandra K. Wells

MOUNTAIN MAFIA IS A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE BLACK HAND AND MAFIA in the Rocky Mountain region. It brings to life some of the more colorful leaders in the West's organized crime operations throughout the 20th century, including Roma, Colletti, and the Smaldones. Especially examined is the famous court case of "Scotty" Spinuzzi, who was acquitted of murder "because no one saw the bullet leave the gun." Also mentioned is the connection these western mobsters had with notorious crime members in New York, Chicago, Detroit, Las Vegas and Los Angeles.

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Xlibris Corporation

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1984585207

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9781984585202

Eloquence Is Power

Oratory and Performance in Early America

By: Sandra M. Gustafson

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Eloquence Is Power

Oratory and Performance in Early America

By: Sandra M. Gustafson

Oratory emerged as the first major form of verbal art in early America because, as John Quincy Adams observed in 1805, "eloquence was POWER." In this book, Sandra Gustafson examines the multiple traditions of sacred, diplomatic, and political speech that flourished in British America and the early republic from colonization through 1800. She demonstrates that, in the American crucible of cultures, contact and conflict among Europeans, native Americans, and Africans gave particular significance and complexity to the uses of the spoken word. Gustafson develops what she calls the performance semiotic of speech and text as a tool for comprehending the rich traditions of early American oratory. Embodied in the delivery of speeches, she argues, were complex projections of power and authenticity that were rooted in or challenged text-based claims of authority. Examining oratorical performances as varied as treaty negotiations between native and British Americans, the eloquence of evangelical women during the Great Awakening, and the founding fathers' debates over the Constitution, Gustafson explores how orators employed the shifting symbolism of speech and text to imbue their voices with power.

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UNC Press Books

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0807839140

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