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The Little Red Book of Musician's Wisdom

By: Sheila E. Anderson

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The Little Red Book of Musician's Wisdom

By: Sheila E. Anderson

Celebrating both the famous and the obscure from every genre of music—including classical, rock, Latin, country, blues, and hip-hop, The Little Red Book of Musician’s Wisdom offers a touching anecdote or pithy line for every musical occasion. Musicians, critics, DJs, and industry onlookers provide illuminating commentary on a wealth of topics: • Singing, rehearsing, and performing • Success, fame, and fortune • Failure and rejection • Music critics and industry bigwigs • Love, passion, and sex • Aging and death • Humor and wit • Religion and spirituality Individual sections pay particular homage to the words of Ron Carter, T. S. Monk, The Beatles, and Benny Golson. Musicians, music lovers, and those who love hearing from the talented and famous will savor this collection of provocative, mischievous, and profound words from musical personalities of the past and present. “Music is the divine way to tell beautiful, poetic things to the heart.”—Pablo Casals “No two people on earth are alike, and it’s got to be that way in music, or it isn’t music.”—Billie Holiday “Most of the times, once you’re out of the limelight is when you want to be in it.”—Tina Turner “The sign of a mature musician is knowing what not to play.”—Dizzy Gillespie

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Simon and Schuster

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162087749X

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9781620877494

Skirting Traditions: Arizona Women Writers and Journalists 1912-2012

By: Brenda Kimsey Warneka,Carol Hughes,Lois McFarland,June P. Payne,Sheila Roe,Pam Knight Stevenson

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Skirting Traditions: Arizona Women Writers and Journalists 1912-2012

By: Brenda Kimsey Warneka,Carol Hughes,Lois McFarland,June P. Payne,Sheila Roe,Pam Knight Stevenson

Women who skirt traditions, whether on the frontier of a young state or in a male-dominated profession, have relied on resilience, creativity, and grit to survive…and to flourish. These short biographies of twenty-eight female writers and journalists from Arizona span the one hundred years since Arizona became the forty-eighth state in the Union. They capture the emotions, the monumental and often overlooked events, and the pioneering spirit of women whose lives are now part of Arizona history. The remarkable women profiled in this anthology made the trek to Arizona from the big cities of Chicago, Los Angeles, and Washington, D.C.; from the green hills of Wisconsin, and from backwater towns in Oklahoma and Pennsylvania; by covered wagon, automobile, and, later, airplane. They came with their parents or their husbands, or as single women, with and without children. They came seeking health in the sun-blessed dryness of the desert, a job, a better lifestyle. What these women had in common was their love of writing and journalism, and their ability to use the written word to earn a living, to argue a cause, and to promote the virtues, beauty, history, and people of the Southwest. The narratives in Skirting Traditions move forward from the beginning of statehood to the modern day, describing daring feats, patriotic actions, and amazing accomplishments. They are women you won't soon forget.

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Wheatmark, Inc.

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1627874062

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9781627874069

Lost Souls

Soviet Displaced Persons and the Birth of the Cold War

By: Sheila Fitzpatrick

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Lost Souls

Soviet Displaced Persons and the Birth of the Cold War

By: Sheila Fitzpatrick

A vivid history of how Cold War politics helped solve one of the twentieth century’s biggest refugee crises When World War II ended, about one million people whom the Soviet Union claimed as its citizens were outside the borders of the USSR, mostly in the Western-occupied zones of Germany and Austria. These “displaced persons,” or DPs—Russians, prewar Soviet citizens, and people from West Ukraine and the Baltic states forcibly incorporated into the Soviet Union in 1939—refused to repatriate to the Soviet Union despite its demands. Thus began one of the first big conflicts of the Cold War. In Lost Souls, Sheila Fitzpatrick draws on new archival research, including Soviet interviews with hundreds of DPs, to offer a vivid account of this crisis, from the competitive maneuverings of politicians and diplomats to the everyday lives of DPs. American enthusiasm for funding the refugee organizations taking care of DPs quickly waned after the war. It was only after DPs were redefined—from “victims of war and Nazism” to “victims of Communism”—in 1947 that a solution was found: the United States would pay for the mass resettlement of DPs in America, Australia, and other countries outside Europe. The Soviet Union protested this “theft” of its citizens. But it was a coup for the United States. The choice of DPs to live a free life in the West, and the West’s welcome of them, became an important theme in America’s Cold War propaganda battle with the Soviet Union. A compelling story of the early Cold War, Lost Souls is also a rare chronicle of a refugee crisis that was solved.

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Princeton University Press

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069123003X

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9780691230030

Timelines Into the Future

Strategic Visioning Methods for Government, Business, and Other Organizations

By: Sheila R. Ronis

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Timelines Into the Future

Strategic Visioning Methods for Government, Business, and Other Organizations

By: Sheila R. Ronis

Timelines into the Future: Strategic Visioning Methods for Government, Business and Other Organizations argues that foresight is an important aspect of winning in the 21st Century. That includes countries, companies, and other organizations from universities to hospitals to non-profits. If the United States wants a future in which liberty, prosperity and peace are increasing throughout the world, the U.S. must remain a superpower. That requires planning, vision, and a grand strategy. Failure to develop a U.S. vision and national strategy that ensures our superpower status may yield a future where China or another emerging power will dictate the world. Every organization needs a vision, too-every company, non-profit, school, church, and government agency or department, whether they are local, state, national or global. The processes are all generally the same. This book addresses how to go about developing such foresight in establishing a grand strategy.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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0761836810

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9780761836810

In Search Of A Lost People; The Old And The New Poland

By: Joseph Tenenbaum,Sheila Tenenbaum

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In Search Of A Lost People; The Old And The New Poland

By: Joseph Tenenbaum,Sheila Tenenbaum

The heart-breaking story of Joseph Tenenbaum who visited Poland in 1945 after the end of the Second World War in search of his Jewish relatives. “I can only report fragments of what I saw and heard or read during my two and a half months abroad. But these fragments seem to me to be not only of moment to Jews. Despite all the investigating commissions and international committees on behalf of Jewry, the world knows little enough of the depths of human degradation or the great surges of spirit and individual flashes of heroic greatness that have been revealed. There is a clash of two worlds, a clash that has not ceased with the death of Hitler in the gasoline flames in the cellars of the German chancellery. The sparks from the body-burning stakes at the Janowska camp in Lwow, of the ovens at Majdanek, Treblinka and Belzec, and the flames of the chimneys at Birkenau, Sobibor, Oranienburg and Mauthausen, have seared the human soul and scarred the human conscience. We cannot avoid facing the truth simply by ignoring it or driving it underground. The sanity of man, his very soul, requires a thorough catharsis which can come only through frank discussion, through revealing the naked evil in all its deformity and horror. We must think through all the implications, past and present, and realize their full dimensions. Only thus can sanity and moral strength be preserved for future generations. In short, while this book aims at giving a frank presentation of facts and conditions, it is hoped that it may offer a modest educational contribution towards a better world.”—From the Author’s Introduction

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Pickle Partners Publishing

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1786257955

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Taking Back the River

By: Sheila A. O'Quirke

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Taking Back the River

By: Sheila A. O'Quirke

The river is within me. It is the life force that sustains me. For years...my grief, my rage, and other demons, kept the flow of my life force stagnant. It led me to some very dark and terrifying places. I didn't think I'd ever get off the merry-go-round of addiction and codependency. My PTSD was so severe I feared I'd never have a normal life...a life free of suicide attempts and overwhelming panic. But as I began the difficult work of healing and facing my demons, I came to see the value of having lived horrific life events. I truly believe that my life was spared, many times over, so that I could tell you my story. We are...all of us...here for a reas

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Lulu.com

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0615658822

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9780615658827

Show a Little Love 1

By: Charlotte African American Writers,Clayton F. Brown,Sheila E. Bell,Ulysses McDowell Jr.,Tony L. Bellamy

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Show a Little Love 1

By: Charlotte African American Writers,Clayton F. Brown,Sheila E. Bell,Ulysses McDowell Jr.,Tony L. Bellamy

Romance, good food and money in my pocket; what more could a woman need? So says 27 year old widow, Belinda Norris. After being a part of “The Game,” Belinda decides she wants, “No Mo Drama” in her life. While in the midst of having “A Good Night,” Belinda encounters an unexpected “Visitor,” and discovers “Nothing Stays the Same” in order to redeem herself from her unscrupulous behavior of the past. Using alcohol and sex to comfort her pain, Belinda faces a “Now or Never,” decision. Can the “Reunion,” of old friends put an end to Belinda’s appetite for self-destruction, or will death come prior to Belinda’s revelation that it’s “Time for a Change.”

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AuthorHouse

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1728351405

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9781728351407

Claiming Space

Performing the Personal through Decorated Mortarboards

By: Sheila Bock

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Claiming Space

Performing the Personal through Decorated Mortarboards

By: Sheila Bock

Claiming Space examines the growing tradition of decorating mortarboards at college graduations, offering a performance-centered approach to these material sites of display. Taking mortarboard displays seriously as public performances of the personal, this book highlights the creative, playful, and powerful ways graduates use their caps to fashion their personal engagement with notions of self, community, education, and the unknown future. Claiming the space of these graduation caps is a popular and widespread way that individuals make their voices heard, or rather seen, in the visual landscape of commencement ceremonies. The forms and meanings of these material displays take shape in relation to broader, ongoing conversations about higher education in the United States, conversations grounded in discourses of belonging, citizenship, and the promises of the American Dream. Integrating observational fieldwork with extensive interviews and surveys, author Sheila Bock highlights the interpretations of individuals participating in this tradition. She also attends to the public framings of this tradition, including how images of mortarboards have grounded online enactments of community through hashtags such as #LatinxGradCaps and #LetTheFeathersFly, as well as what rhetorical framings are employed in news coverage and legal documents in cases where the value of the practice is both called into question and justified. As university administrators and cultural commentators seek to make sense of the current state of higher education, these forms of material expression offer insight into how students themselves are grappling with higher ed's promises and shortcomings. Claiming Space is a meaningful contribution to folklore, cultural studies, media studies, and education.

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University Press of Colorado

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1646425251

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9781646425259

The Quotable Musician

From Bach to Tupac

By: Sheila E. Anderson

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The Quotable Musician

From Bach to Tupac

By: Sheila E. Anderson

In The Quotable Musician: From Bach to Tupac, music artists through the ages speak out in this illuminating collection of quotations. Both the famous and the obscure from every genre of music--including classical, rock, Latin, country, blues, and hip-hop–are celebrated in more than one thousand quotations sure to intrigue and delight. Quotes offer individual takes on the music world, other musicians, singing and “the song,” performing and rehearsing, success, fame, fortune, failure, and rejection. Readers will also see both the playful and serious sides of the music masters in sections on love, passion, relationships, and sex; aging and death; nature and healing; humor and witticisms; religion and spirituality; and much more. Special sections pay particular attention to the words of Ron Carter, T.S. Monk, the Beatles, and Benny Golson. Any musician or music lover will savor this collection of provocative, mischievous, and profound words from music personalities of the past and present. Allworth Press, an imprint of Skyhorse Publishing, publishes a broad range of books on the visual and performing arts, with emphasis on the business of art. Our titles cover subjects such as graphic design, theater, branding, fine art, photography, interior design, writing, acting, film, how to start careers, business and legal forms, business practices, and more. While we don't aspire to publish a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are deeply committed to quality books that help creative professionals succeed and thrive. We often publish in areas overlooked by other publishers and welcome the author whose expertise can help our audience of readers.

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Simon and Schuster

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1581157320

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9781581157321

Natural Treatments for Tics and Tourette's

A Patient and Family Guide

By: Sheila Rogers DeMare

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Natural Treatments for Tics and Tourette's

A Patient and Family Guide

By: Sheila Rogers DeMare

The practical guide to treating tics and Tourette syndrome using natural and alternative therapies, with a focus on environmental medicine and nutritional and dietary therapy Author Sheila Rogers DeMare discusses a range of categories of tics including spasmodic facial movements, eye blinking, mild sounds and vocalizations. She persuasively counters the medical establishment’s standard claim that such disorders are “mysterious” and based only in genetics. The dramatic spike in cases, she argues, belies this explanation. Natural Treatments for Tics and Tourette’s takes a closer look at the environmental factors and underlying physical imbalances that trigger these conditions’ symptoms, exploring the status of behavioral and counseling therapies, EEG biofeedback, homeopathy, bodywork, energy medicine, and Chinese medicine as approaches. In this second edition to Tics and Tourette's: Breakthrough Discoveries in Natural Treatments, DeMare offers a detailed natural treatment plan. No more will patients have to rely on traditional, drug-based treatments that often carry multiple side effects. In eight sections, the book offers advice from medical experts, the latest reports in medical research, a checklist of common tic triggers, inspirational stories from families who have successfully conquered tics and Tourette’s, and practical worksheets for readers to use in their treatment and research. Each of the 23 chapters includes a place for notes and “Takeaway Tips” summarizing key points.

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North Atlantic Books

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1583944389

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9781583944387

Icicle Falls Christmas Collection

An Anthology

By: Sheila Roberts

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Icicle Falls Christmas Collection

An Anthology

By: Sheila Roberts

Join bestselling author Sheila Roberts for the holidays in Icicle Falls, where life’s full of surprises, and happiness is just around the corner! Together for the first time in one box set, all the Christmas stories from her popular Life in Icicle Falls series: Merry Ex-Mas Cass Wilkes, owner of the Gingerbread Haus bakery, was looking forward to her daughter Danielle’s wedding—until Dani announced that she wants her father, Cass’s ex, to walk her down the aisle. Her friend Charlene Albach arrives at their weekly chick-flick night in shock. She’s just seen the ghost of Christmas past: her ex-husband, Richard, who left a year ago when he ran off with the hostess from her restaurant, Zelda’s. Now the hostess is history and he wants to kiss and make up. Hide the mistletoe! And bring out the hot buttered rum, because the holidays aren’t easy for Ella O’Brien, either. Ella, newly divorced, is still sharing the house with her ex while they wait for the place to sell. The love is gone. Isn’t it? But watch as Christmas brings all kinds of surprises…. Originally published in 2013 Christmas on Candy Cane Lane Everyone’s getting ready for Christmas in Icicle Falls, especially on Candy Cane Lane, where holiday decorating is taken very seriously. But this year, someone’s destroying the precious decorations! Thank goodness for the cop in their neighborhood. And while some town residents are excited to host their families for the holidays, others can sum up the holiday in two words: Bah, humbug. But despite family disasters, irritating ex-husbands and kitchen catastrophes, three women are going to find out that Christmas really is the most wonderful time of the year! Originally published in 2015 Christmas in Icicle Falls When Muriel Sterling released her new book, A Guide to Happy Holidays, she felt like the queen of Christmas. She’s thrilled when the new tree she ordered online arrives and is eager to show it off—until she gets it out of the box and realizes it’s a mangy dud. But rather than give up on the ugly tree, Muriel decides to make a project out of it. As she pretties up her tree, she realizes there’s a lesson to be learned: everything and everyone has potential. Maybe even her old friend Arnie, who’s loved her for years. Except, she’s not the only one seeing Arnie’s potential… Meanwhile, Muriel’s ugly-tree project has also inspired her friends. Sienna Moreno is trying to bring out the best in the grouchy man next door, who hates noise, hates kids and hates his new neighbors. And while Olivia Claussen would love to send her obnoxious new daughter-in-law packing, she’s adjusting her attitude and trying to discover what her son sees in the girl. If these women can learn to see the beauty in the “ugly trees” in their lives, perhaps this might turn out to be the happiest holiday yet. Originally published in 2018

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MIRA

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1488050198

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9781488050190

Porth's Pathophysiology

Concepts of Altered Health States

By: Sheila Grossman

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Porth's Pathophysiology

Concepts of Altered Health States

By: Sheila Grossman

Featuring brilliant art, engaging new case studies, and dynamic new teaching and learning resources, this 9th edition of Porth’s Pathophysiology: Concepts of Altered Health States is captivating, accessible, and student-friendly while retaining the comprehensive, nursing-focused coverage that has made it a market leader. The book’s unique emphasis on “concepts" of altered health states, as opposed to factual descriptions of diseases and disorders, helps students grasp both the physical and psychological aspects of altered health. Drawing on the expertise of new co-author Sheila Grossman, the Ninth Edition maintains its comprehensive depth, while paring down content where appropriate and replacing descriptive content with striking art. (Approximately 600 illustrations are new or have been re-rendered in a consistent modern style.) Also new to this edition are advanced 3D narrated animations that address the most clinically relevant and difficult to understand disorders, engaging unit-opening case studies that reinforce critical thinking and set the tone for the content to come, and a wide range of built-in study tools. Now, for the first time, Porth’s Pathophysiology is supported by PrepU, an adaptive learning system that help students learn more, while giving instructors the data they need to monitor each student’s progress, strengths, and weaknesses.

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Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

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1469832070

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9781469832074

Christmas on Candy Cane Lane

By: Sheila Roberts

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Christmas on Candy Cane Lane

By: Sheila Roberts

Now a Great American Family Christmas Movie! www.SheilasPlace.com Icicle Falls is the place to be at Christmas... Everyone's getting ready for Christmas in Icicle Falls, especially on Candy Cane Lane, where holiday decorating is taken very seriously. Tilda Morrison, town cop, is looking forward to celebrating Christmas in her first house...until she discovers that she's expected to "keep up" with the neighbors, including Maddy Donaldson, the inspiration behind the whole extravaganza. But this year, someone's destroying Maddie's precious candy canes! Thank goodness for the cop in their neighborhood. Tilda already has her hands full trying to sort out her love life and fix up her fixer-upper. Oh, and won't it be fun to have the family over for Christmas dinner? Not really... Then there's her neighbor, Ivy Bohn. As a newly single mom, Ivy can sum up the holiday in two words: Bah, humbug. But she's determined to give her kids a perfect Christmas. Despite family disasters, irritating ex-husbands and kitchen catastrophes, these three women are going to find out that Christmas really is the most wonderful time of the year!

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0778318354

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Intimacy

By: Sheila G Rucker

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Intimacy

By: Sheila G Rucker

Calvin, CJ, and Jeff have been best of friends since sixth grade, where they played together on the same little league baseball team. They have seen the best and worst of times growing up in the inner city. High school is challenging, and at least two of them are anticipating and preparing for their future anxiously. Calvin is perturbed after learning what CJ is doing to procure his future. A desperate attempt to coerce CJ back on course, in time leads to an ill-omened night that concludes in a haunting twist of fate for all three.

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1079989862

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The Little Red Book of Musician's Wisdom

The Little Red Book of Musician's Wisdom

Skirting Traditions: Arizona Women Writers and Journalists 1912-2012

Skirting Traditions: Arizona Women Writers and Journalists 1912-2012

Lost Souls

Lost Souls

Timelines Into the Future

Timelines Into the Future

In Search Of A Lost People; The Old And The New Poland

In Search Of A Lost People; The Old And The New Poland

Taking Back the River

Taking Back the River

Show a Little Love 1

Show a Little Love 1

Claiming Space

Claiming Space

The Quotable Musician

The Quotable Musician

Natural Treatments for Tics and Tourette's

Natural Treatments for Tics and Tourette's

Icicle Falls Christmas Collection

Icicle Falls Christmas Collection

Porth's Pathophysiology

Porth's Pathophysiology

Christmas on Candy Cane Lane

Christmas on Candy Cane Lane

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