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Belief in Marriage

The Evidence for Reforming Weddings Law

By: Rebecca Probert,Rajnaara C. Akhtar,Sharon Blake

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Belief in Marriage

The Evidence for Reforming Weddings Law

By: Rebecca Probert,Rajnaara C. Akhtar,Sharon Blake

EPDF and EPUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. In principle, couples getting married in England and Wales can choose to do so in a way that reflects their beliefs. In practice, the possibility of doing so varies considerably depending on the religious or non-religious beliefs they hold. To demonstrate this divergence, this book draws on the accounts of 170 individuals who had, or led, a wedding ceremony outside the legal framework. The authors examine what these ceremonies can tell us about how couples want to marry, and what aspects of the current law preclude them from doing so. This new evidence shows how the current law does not reflect social understandings of what makes a wedding meaningful. As recommended by the Law Commission, reform is urgently needed.

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149

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Policy Press

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1529230497

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9781529230499

Good Li’L Boys and Girls from the Lone Star State of Texas

Black Children Speak Series!

By: Sharon Kaye Hunt

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Good Li’L Boys and Girls from the Lone Star State of Texas

Black Children Speak Series!

By: Sharon Kaye Hunt

This book is one of twelve books of the Black Children Speak series. The books are compiled from the interviews taken from slaves by the interviewers of the Federal Writers Project of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in 19361938. Most of the ex-slaves giving the interviews were children during slavery and gave interviews of their experiences and insights about living on plantations. The ex-slaves answered questions on all aspects of the plantations in seventeen states of the United States before the Civil War. African-Americans were freed from slavery after the Civil War in 1865. The series is dedicated to all people.

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388

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Xlibris Corporation

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1524551864

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9781524551865

How a City Learned to Improve Its Schools

By: Anthony S. Bryk,Sharon Greenberg,Albert Bertani,Penny Sebring,Steven E. Tozer,Timothy Knowles

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How a City Learned to Improve Its Schools

By: Anthony S. Bryk,Sharon Greenberg,Albert Bertani,Penny Sebring,Steven E. Tozer,Timothy Knowles

A comprehensive analysis of the astonishing changes that elevated the Chicago public school system from one of the worst in the nation to one of the most improved. How a City Learned to Improve Its Schools tells the story of the extraordinary thirty-year school reform effort that changed the landscape of public education in Chicago. Acclaimed educational researcher Anthony S. Bryk joins five coauthors directly involved in Chicago’s education reform efforts, Sharon Greenberg, Albert Bertani, Penny Sebring, Steven E. Tozer, and Timothy Knowles, to illuminate the many factors that led to this transformation of the Chicago Public Schools. Beginning in 1987, Bryk and colleagues lay out the civic context for reform, outlining the systemic challenges such as segregation, institutional racism, and income and resource disparities that reformers grappled with as well as the social conflicts they faced. Next, they describe how fundamental changes occurred at every level of schooling: enhancing classroom instruction; organizing more engaged and effective local school communities; strengthening the preparation, recruitment, and support of teachers and school leaders; and sustaining an ambitious evidence-based campaign to keep the public informed on the progress of key reform initiatives and the challenges still ahead. The power of this capacity building is validated by unprecedented increases in benchmarks such as graduation rates and college matriculation. This riveting account introduces key actors within the schools, city government, and business community, and the partnerships they forged. It also reveals the surprising yet essential role of Chicago's innovative information infrastructure in aligning disparate initiatives. In making clear how elements such as advocacy, civic capacity, improvement research, and strong democracy contributed to large-scale progress in the system's 600-plus schools, the book highlights the greater lessons that the Chicago story offers for system improvement overall.

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258

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Harvard Education Press

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1682538230

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9781682538234

The Works of Mary Robinson, Part I Vol 3

By: William D Brewer,Daniel Robinson,Sharon M Setzer,Orianne Smith

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The Works of Mary Robinson, Part I Vol 3

By: William D Brewer,Daniel Robinson,Sharon M Setzer,Orianne Smith

Regularly the subject of cartoonists and satirical novelists, Mary Robinson achieved public notoriety as the mistress of the young Prince of Wales (George IV). Her association with figures such as William Godwin and Mary Wollstonecraft, and comparisons with Charlotte Smith, make her a serious figure for scholarly research.

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335

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Routledge

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1000749541

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9781000749540

Everyday Magicians

Legal Records and Magic Manuscripts from Tudor England

By: Sharon Hubbs Wright,Frank Klaassen

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Everyday Magicians

Legal Records and Magic Manuscripts from Tudor England

By: Sharon Hubbs Wright,Frank Klaassen

Most of the women and men who practiced magic in Tudor England were not hanged or burned as witches, despite being active members of their communities. These everyday magicians responded to common human problems such as the vagaries of money, love, property, and influence, and they were essential to the smooth functioning of English society. This illuminating book tells their stories through the legal texts in which they are named and the magic books that record their practices. In legal terms, their magic fell into the category of sin or petty crime, the sort that appeared in the lower courts and most often in church courts. Despite their relatively lowly status, scripts for the sorts of magic they practiced were recorded in contemporary manuscripts. Juxtaposing and contextualizing the legal and magic manuscript records creates an unusually rich field to explore the social aspects of magic practice. Expertly constructed for both classroom use and independent study, this book presents in modern English the legal documents and magic texts relevant to ordinary forms of magic practiced in Tudor England. These are accompanied by scholarly introductions with original perspectives on the subjects. Topics covered include: the London cunning man Robert Allen; magic to identify thieves; love magic; magic for hunting, fishing and gambling, and magic for healing and protection.

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Penn State Press

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0271094990

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9780271094991

British Sporting Literature and Culture in the Long Eighteenth Century

By: Sharon Harrow

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British Sporting Literature and Culture in the Long Eighteenth Century

By: Sharon Harrow

Sport as it is largely understood today was invented during the long eighteenth century when the modern rules of sport were codified; sport emerged as a business, a spectacle, and a performance; and gaming organized itself around sporting culture. Examining the underexplored intersection of sport, literature, and culture, this collection situates sport within multiple contexts, including religion, labor, leisure time, politics, nationalism, gender, play, and science. A poetics, literature, and culture of sport swelled during the era, influencing artists such as John Collett and writers including Lord Byron, Jonathan Swift, and Henry Fielding. This volume brings together literary scholars and historians of sport to demonstrate the ubiquity of sport to eighteenth-century life, the variety of literary and cultural representations of sporting experiences, and the evolution of sport from rural pastimes to organized, regular events of national and international importance. Each essay offers in-depth readings of both material practices and representations of sport as they relate to, among other subjects, recreational sports, the Cotswold games, clothing, women archers, tennis, celebrity athletes, and the theatricality of boxing. Taken together, the essays in this collection offer valuable multiple perspectives on reading sport during the century when sport became modern.

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249

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Routledge

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1317171438

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9781317171430

The School Recruitment Handbook

A Guide to Attracting, Selecting and Keeping Outstanding Teachers

By: Sharon Crabtree,Russell Hobby,Jennifer Ibbetson

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The School Recruitment Handbook

A Guide to Attracting, Selecting and Keeping Outstanding Teachers

By: Sharon Crabtree,Russell Hobby,Jennifer Ibbetson

Good teachers are distinguished by their characteristics - passion, integrity, initiative, confidence and more - yet recruitment tends to focus on skills and knowledge. Skills are vital, but are not the whole picture. This handbook provides a comprehensive technique for spotting and assessing the deeper characteristics of outstanding teachers during interview, using the Hay McBer research into effective teaching. Spotting an outstanding teacher, however, is wasted if they are not attracted to the school. Included in this guide is a means of evaluating, improving and communicating a school's attractiveness to candidates and existing staff. Providing a pathway through the complex recruitment process - from defining the school's needs to welcoming the new recruit into the school - this book includes: research into teacher effectiveness critical incident interviews definition and attraction assessment induction. Presenting surveys, original research into effective teaching, and interviews with recruiters and recruits, this lively guide offers practical advice for all schools.

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237

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Routledge

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1134349629

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9781134349623

Best Friends

By: Sharon J. Wohlmuth,Carol Saline

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Best Friends

By: Sharon J. Wohlmuth,Carol Saline

In thirty-four essays with photographs, best friends describe how they met and the qualities that make their relationships strong.

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168

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Doubleday Books

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0385481268

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9780385481267

Schroeder's Antiques Price Guide

By: Sharon Huxford,Bob Huxford

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Schroeder's Antiques Price Guide

By: Sharon Huxford,Bob Huxford

Once again, over 50,000 listings from reliable sources are included and carefully checked by an authority on the subject. More than 400 expert advisors make sure only the best and most accurate data remains. Hundreds of sharp photographs accompany the 500+ categories -- glass and porcelain, match holders, purses, cookie jars, jewelry, advertising, furniture, dolls, records -- you name it, Schroeder's has it! History and other pertinent facts complement the descriptive listings, which reflect the current market and developing trends.

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614

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1574324780

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9781574324785

Huxford's Old Book Value Guide

By: Bob Huxford,Sharon Huxford

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Huxford's Old Book Value Guide

By: Bob Huxford,Sharon Huxford

This totally new fourth edition is intended to be a companion volume. Over 25,000 listings are included with current values. More than just a price guide, you'll also find scores of buyers listed by the type of subject matter they are looking for, so it's a selling guide as well.

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0891455035

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9780891455035

1997 Toys and Prices

By: Sharon Korbeck

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1997 Toys and Prices

By: Sharon Korbeck

Toys are fun, but prices are for real when it comes to the toys you want to buy or sell. When values are on the line, collectors can rely on this accurate, newly updated price guide. The book features up to three grades of value for toys from the 1840s to the present, including banks, action figures, classic tin, toy guns, model kits, and Marx, Barbie and character toys. 500 b&w photos. 20 color photos.

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0873414470

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9780873414470

Sharon

By: Sharon Historical Society

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Sharon

By: Sharon Historical Society

At the turn of the 20th century, Sharons very existence was threatened by the collapse of the local iron industry as the towns economy and population began to decline. However, the popularity of automobile transportation and Sharons accessible distance from New York attracted a class of wealthy visitors who fell in love with the rolling hills and quiet valleys. This new weekend population purchased land and built stately country homes, reigniting interest in the area. Steady growth in construction provided much-needed work, and commerce began to thrive again. Early businesses expanded, and new operations opened. Local residents could shop at stores run by the Gillette brothers and A.R. Woodward, fill their tanks at Herman Middlebrooks gas station, and have their health care needs attended to by doctors at the state-of-the-art Sharon Hospital, built in 1916. Eastern Europeans became the towns newest residents, taking advantage of the affordable, cleared land to fuel a large number of highly successful farms. Sharons residents thrived as they reshaped their town, welcoming newcomers and nurturing a community of inclusion that lasts to the present day.

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Arcadia Publishing

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1439646651

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9781439646656

Book's by Sharon Watkin

Belief in Marriage

Belief in Marriage

Good Li’L Boys and Girls from the Lone Star State of Texas

Good Li’L Boys and Girls from the Lone Star State of Texas

How a City Learned to Improve Its Schools

How a City Learned to Improve Its Schools

The Works of Mary Robinson, Part I Vol 3

The Works of Mary Robinson, Part I Vol 3

Everyday Magicians

Everyday Magicians

British Sporting Literature and Culture in the Long Eighteenth Century

British Sporting Literature and Culture in the Long Eighteenth Century

The School Recruitment Handbook

The School Recruitment Handbook

Best Friends

Best Friends

Schroeder's Antiques Price Guide

Schroeder's Antiques Price Guide

Huxford's Old Book Value Guide

Huxford's Old Book Value Guide

1997 Toys and Prices

1997 Toys and Prices

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