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The Chaperone

An enchanting Regency romance in the spirit of Georgette Heyer

By: Sophia Holloway

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The Chaperone

An enchanting Regency romance in the spirit of Georgette Heyer

By: Sophia Holloway

Sophy Hadlow does not want to return for another London Season. Her own debut into Society was marred by self-consciousness and her cringing embarrassment every time she was announced as 'The Lady Sophronia Hadlow'. Yet, much to her dismay, Sophy is back in London to oversee the debut of her younger sister and their wild cousin, Susan Tyneham, who risks ruining both her own and her innocent cousin's chances of marriage. Sophy, a most reluctant chaperone, is left to guide her sister and attempt to keep Susan from complete disaster, all whilst dealing with her own unexpected feelings for the disarming Lord Rothley.

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Allison & Busby Ltd

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074903095X

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9780749030957

Isabelle

A classic Regency romance in the spirit of Georgette Heyer

By: Sophia Holloway

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Isabelle

A classic Regency romance in the spirit of Georgette Heyer

By: Sophia Holloway

From the author of Kingscastle and The Season... Isabelle Wareham, whilst caring for her beloved widowed father, has not seen much of the world. After his death, Isabelle finds she is no longer her own mistress but under the guardianship of her unscrupulous brother-in-law, Lord Dunsfold, who sees her as a way to improve his own fortunes. The outlook is bleak until events throw Isabelle and the impoverished former soldier Lord Idsworth together. However, Dunsfold is determined to force her into a more lucrative match and Isabelle will need to rise above her circumstances to grasp her chance of happiness.

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Allison & Busby Ltd

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0749028947

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9780749028947

Kingscastle

A classic Regency romance in the tradition of Georgette Heyer

By: Sophia Holloway

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Kingscastle

A classic Regency romance in the tradition of Georgette Heyer

By: Sophia Holloway

It is a truth universally acknowledged that love is never smooth sailing. Captain William Hawksmoor of the Royal Navy never expected to inherit Kingscastle, his family's estate, and finds himself all at sea when he does so. Especially when he learns that he must marry within a year or be forever dealing with trustees. As the new Marquis of Athelney, the captain takes command of Kingscastle and discovers much to be done to set it in order. He must also contend with his aunt, Lady Willoughby Hawksmoor, who is determined that her daughter will be his wife. When she discovers he is far more interested in Eleanor Burgess, her underpaid and much put-upon companion, Lady Willoughby shows she will stop at nothing to keep them apart.

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Allison & Busby Ltd

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0749027886

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9780749027889

Common Sense

A Political History

By: Sophia Rosenfeld

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Common Sense

A Political History

By: Sophia Rosenfeld

Common sense has always been a cornerstone of American politics. In 1776, Tom Paine’s vital pamphlet with that title sparked the American Revolution. And today, common sense—the wisdom of ordinary people, knowledge so self-evident that it is beyond debate—remains a powerful political ideal, utilized alike by George W. Bush’s aw-shucks articulations and Barack Obama’s down-to-earth reasonableness. But far from self-evident is where our faith in common sense comes from and how its populist logic has shaped modern democracy. Common Sense: A Political History is the first book to explore this essential political phenomenon. The story begins in the aftermath of England’s Glorious Revolution, when common sense first became a political ideal worth struggling over. Sophia Rosenfeld’s accessible and insightful account then wends its way across two continents and multiple centuries, revealing the remarkable individuals who appropriated the old, seemingly universal idea of common sense and the new strategic uses they made of it. Paine may have boasted that common sense is always on the side of the people and opposed to the rule of kings, but Rosenfeld demonstrates that common sense has been used to foster demagoguery and exclusivity as well as popular sovereignty. She provides a new account of the transatlantic Enlightenment and the Age of Revolutions, and offers a fresh reading on what the eighteenth century bequeathed to the political ferment of our own time. Far from commonsensical, the history of common sense turns out to be rife with paradox and surprise.

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Harvard University Press

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0674057813

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9780674057814

Generalized Latent Variable Modeling

Multilevel, Longitudinal, and Structural Equation Models

By: Anders Skrondal,Sophia Rabe-Hesketh

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Generalized Latent Variable Modeling

Multilevel, Longitudinal, and Structural Equation Models

By: Anders Skrondal,Sophia Rabe-Hesketh

This book unifies and extends latent variable models, including multilevel or generalized linear mixed models, longitudinal or panel models, item response or factor models, latent class or finite mixture models, and structural equation models. Following a gentle introduction to latent variable modeling, the authors clearly explain and contrast a wide range of estimation and prediction methods from biostatistics, psychometrics, econometrics, and statistics. They present exciting and realistic applications that demonstrate how researchers can use latent variable modeling to solve concrete problems in areas as diverse as medicine, economics, and psychology. The examples considered include many nonstandard response types, such as ordinal, nominal, count, and survival data. Joint modeling of mixed responses, such as survival and longitudinal data, is also illustrated. Numerous displays, figures, and graphs make the text vivid and easy to read. About the authors: Anders Skrondal is Professor and Chair in Social Statistics, Department of Statistics, London School of Economics, UK Sophia Rabe-Hesketh is a Professor of Educational Statistics at the Graduate School of Education and Graduate Group in Biostatistics, University of California, Berkeley, USA.

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CRC Press

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1135443408

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9781135443405

Gurdjieff: The Key Concepts

By: Sophia Wellbeloved

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Gurdjieff: The Key Concepts

By: Sophia Wellbeloved

This unique book offers clear definitions of Gurdjieff's teaching terms, placing him within the political, geographic and cultural context of his time. Entries look at diverse aspects of his Work, including: * possible sources in religious, Theosophical, occult, esoteric and literary traditions * the integral relationships between different aspects of the teaching * its internal contradictions and subversive aspects * the derivation of Gurdjieff's cosmological laws and Ennegram * the passive form of "New Work" teaching introduced by Jeanne de Salzmann.

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Routledge

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1135132496

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9781135132491

A Parent's Guide to Autism Diagnosis

What to Expect and How to Support Your Child

By: Adele Devine,Sophia Mooncey

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A Parent's Guide to Autism Diagnosis

What to Expect and How to Support Your Child

By: Adele Devine,Sophia Mooncey

Autism diagnosis can be an overwhelming time for many families. This is an accessible, easy to navigate guide for parents, answering the questions they may have before, during and after diagnosis. Written by a highly experienced author team, this book will support parents from the moment somebody mentions autism, through the diagnosis process and beyond. It provides reliable advice on every stage, with guidance on what to do during the long wait for assessment and diagnosis. Working from a pro-neurodiversity perspective it encourages parents to see beyond the diagnosis and to celebrate each child's unique personality and strengths. Combining information on medical diagnosis, educational needs and more, the book shares case studies and direct quotes from families to help parents to give their children the best start following an autism diagnosis, and help them to achieve their full potential. There is also a bonus downloadable chapter with information from the key professionals involved in the diagnostic process, so you know who you can turn to for the support and help you need.

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Jessica Kingsley Publishers

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1787754251

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9781787754256

Teachers' Professional Development and the Elementary Mathematics Classroom

Bringing Understandings To Light

By: Sophia Cohen

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Teachers' Professional Development and the Elementary Mathematics Classroom

Bringing Understandings To Light

By: Sophia Cohen

This book illustrates the experiences of elementary school teachers across one year's time as they participated in a teacher development seminar focused on mathematics, and as a result changed their beliefs, their knowledge, and their practices. It explores these experiences as a means of understanding the learning that takes a teacher from a more traditional teaching practice to one that is focused on the ideas and understandings that students and teachers have of the subject matter. The work emerges from and reports on a unique data set from a two-year study of teacher learning that was funded by the Spencer and MacArthur foundations. The teachers, whose work is at the center of this study, were participants in the Developing Mathematical Ideas seminar (DMI), a mathematics teacher development seminar for elementary school teachers. This seminar is one example of intensive, domain-specific professional development. In this seminar teachers study elementary mathematics content to deepen their own understanding of it, they study the development among children of the ideas central to elementary mathematics, and they experience a teaching and learning environment consistent with the pedagogy envisioned by the National Council for Teachers of Mathematics' Principles and Standards for School Mathematics. The seminar is a nationally available teacher development curriculum, thus interested educators can gain access to the resources necessary to offer similar seminars in their own communities. Teachers' Professional Development and the Elementary Mathematics Classroom: Bringing Understandings to Light will be widely interesting to a broad audience, including mathematics teacher educators, teacher education researchers, policymakers, and classroom teachers. It will serve well as a text in a range of graduate courses dealing with teacher cognition/knowledge for teaching, mathematics methods, psychology of learning, and pedagogical theory.

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Routledge

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1135632251

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9781135632250

Black Woman Redefined

Dispelling Myths and Discovering Fulfillment in the Age of Michelle Obama

By: Sophia Nelson

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Black Woman Redefined

Dispelling Myths and Discovering Fulfillment in the Age of Michelle Obama

By: Sophia Nelson

It's time for a REDEFINITION among black women in America. In its 2011 hardcover release, Black Woman Redefined was a top-selling book and took home a 2011 Best Non-Fiction Book of the Year Award from the African American Literary Awards. Author Sophia A. Nelson won the 2012 Champions of Diversity Award, given each year by diversity business executives in Fortune 100 companies. Black Woman Redefined was inspired in part by what Nelson calls “open season on accomplished black women": from Don Imus's name-calling of black female basketball players in 2007 and a 2009 Yale University study titled “Marriage Eludes High-Achieving Black Women," to the more recent revelation that First Lady Michelle Obama is concerned about being painted as an “angry, black woman." In Black Woman Redefined, Nelson sets out to change this cultural perception, taking readers on a no-holds-barred journey into the hearts and minds of accomplished black women to reveal truths, tribulations, and insights like never before. This groundbreaking book provides black women of a new generation with essential career and life-coaching advice. Based on never-before-done research on college-educated, career-driven black women, Nelson offers her fellow “sisters"—and those who know, love, and work with them—a feel-good volume for personal and professional success that empowers them without tearing others down.

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BenBella Books, Inc.

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193666173X

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9781936661732

Semi-Presidentialism and Democracy

By: Sophia Moestrup

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Semi-Presidentialism and Democracy

By: Sophia Moestrup

Explores the effect of semi-presidentialism on newly-democratising countries. In recent years semi-presidentialism - the situation where a constitution makes provision for both a directly elected president and a prime minister who is responsible to the legislature - has become the regime type of choice for many countries.

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Springer

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023030642X

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9780230306424

The Making of Dr. Phil

The Straight-Talking True Story of Everyone's Favorite Therapist

By: Sophia Dembling,Lisa Gutierrez

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The Making of Dr. Phil

The Straight-Talking True Story of Everyone's Favorite Therapist

By: Sophia Dembling,Lisa Gutierrez

Award-winning authors Gutierrez and Dembling take readers inside the world of Dr. Phil McGraw and his media and self-help empire. Phil's true motivations and inner drives.

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John Wiley & Sons

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047146726X

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9780471467267

Harlequin Historical October 2018 - Box Set 1 of 2

By: Sophia James,Marguerite Kaye,Catherine Tinley

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Harlequin Historical October 2018 - Box Set 1 of 2

By: Sophia James,Marguerite Kaye,Catherine Tinley

Do you dream of wicked rakes, gorgeous Highlanders, muscled Viking warriors and rugged Wild West cowboys? Harlequin® Historical brings you three new full-length titles in one collection! A Proposition for the Comte Gentlemen of Honor by Sophia James (Regency) Threatened by her late husband’s enemies, cautious Lady Violet Addington needs the protection of the dangerous Comte de Beaumont. But what can she offer him in return…? His Rags-to-Riches Contessa Matches Made in Scandal by Marguerite Kaye (Regency) Conte Luca del Pietro needs Becky Wickes, London’s finest cardsharp, to help catch his father’s murderer. But as their chemistry burns hotter, the stakes of their dangerous game get higher! The Makings of a Lady The Chadcombe Marriages by Catherine Tinley Just as Lady Olivia thinks she’s found a suitable match in suave Mr. Manning, charismatic Captain Jem Ford, the subject of her childhood infatuation, returns. Dare she hope he’ll notice her as the lady she’s now become? Look for Harlequin® Historical’s October 2018 Box set 2 of 2, filled with even more timeless love stories!

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Harlequin

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1488087628

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9781488087622

Concise Guide to Group Psychotherapy

By: Sophia Vinogradov,Irvin D. Yalom

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Concise Guide to Group Psychotherapy

By: Sophia Vinogradov,Irvin D. Yalom

This guide examines the unique therapeutic value of group psychotherapy. Written for the clinician in need of concise, clinically relevant information, this book discusses how the patient-patient and the patient-therapist interactions in a group setting can affect changes in maladaptive behavior.

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American Psychiatric Pub

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088048327X

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9780880483278

Handbook of Statistical Analyses Using Stata, Fourth Edition

By: Brian S. Everitt,Sophia Rabe-Hesketh

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Handbook of Statistical Analyses Using Stata, Fourth Edition

By: Brian S. Everitt,Sophia Rabe-Hesketh

With each new release of Stata, a comprehensive resource is needed to highlight the improvements as well as discuss the fundamentals of the software. Fulfilling this need, A Handbook of Statistical Analyses Using Stata, Fourth Edition has been fully updated to provide an introduction to Stata version 9. This edition covers many new features of Stata, including a new command for mixed models and a new matrix language. Each chapter describes the analysis appropriate for a particular application, focusing on the medical, social, and behavioral fields. The authors begin each chapter with descriptions of the data and the statistical techniques to be used. The methods covered include descriptives, simple tests, variance analysis, multiple linear regression, logistic regression, generalized linear models, survival analysis, random effects models, and cluster analysis. The core of the book centers on how to use Stata to perform analyses and how to interpret the results. The chapters conclude with several exercises based on data sets from different disciplines. A concise guide to the latest version of Stata, A Handbook of Statistical Analyses Using Stata, Fourth Edition illustrates the benefits of using Stata to perform various statistical analyses for both data analysis courses and self-study.

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CRC Press

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1584887567

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9781584887560

Interdependency and Care Over the Lifecourse

By: Sophia Bowlby,Linda McKie,Susan Gregory,Isobel Macpherson

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Interdependency and Care Over the Lifecourse

By: Sophia Bowlby,Linda McKie,Susan Gregory,Isobel Macpherson

This book focuses on the ‘informal care’ provided by family members, neighbours and friends, exploring the ways in which it is woven into the organization of people’s everyday lives.

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Routledge

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1135281076

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9781135281076

Medicine Morning Report - E-Book

By: Raj Dasgupta,Sophia Li,Darren W. Wong,Hui Yi Shan

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Medicine Morning Report - E-Book

By: Raj Dasgupta,Sophia Li,Darren W. Wong,Hui Yi Shan

Medicine Morning Report Subspecialties: Beyond the Pearls is a case-based reference that covers the key material included on USMLE and shelf exams. Focusing on the practical information you need to know, it teaches how to analyze a clinical vignette in the style of a morning report conference, sharpening your clinical decision-making skills and helping you formulate an evidence-based approach to realistic patient scenarios. This subspecialties volume expands on Dr. Dasgupta's popular Medicine Morning Report with more comprehensive coverage of internal medicine topics that you will encounter in clerkship and on exams. - Each case has been carefully chosen and covers scenarios and questions frequently encountered on board exams, shelf exams, and clinical practice, integrating both basic science and clinical pearls. - "Beyond the Pearls tips and secrets (all evidence-based with references) provide deep coverage of core material. - "Morning Report/Grand Rounds format begins with the chief complaints to the labs, relevant images, and includes a "pearl" at the end of the case. Questions are placed throughout the case to mimic practical decision making both in the hospital and on the board exam. - Written and edited by experienced teachers and clinicians; each case has been reviewed by board certified attending/practicing physicians.

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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0323831370

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9780323831376

Compliance and Financial Crime Risk in Banks

A Practitioners Guide

By: Sophia Beckett Velez

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Compliance and Financial Crime Risk in Banks

A Practitioners Guide

By: Sophia Beckett Velez

US and global banking regulators have enforced compliance laws to minimise money laundering, terrorist funding, human trafficking, fraudulent banking activities, and bad mortgage loans that expose banks to significant risks and losses. Author Sophia Beckett Velez offers an original contribution to the field of banking.

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Emerald Group Publishing

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1835490417

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9781835490419

Multilevel and Longitudinal Modeling Using Stata, Second Edition

By: Sophia Rabe-Hesketh,Anders Skrondal

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Multilevel and Longitudinal Modeling Using Stata, Second Edition

By: Sophia Rabe-Hesketh,Anders Skrondal

This textbook looks specifically at Stata’s treatment of generalized linear mixed models, also known as multilevel or hierarchical models. These models are "mixed" because they allow fixed and random effects, and they are "generalized" because they are appropriate for continuous Gaussian responses as well as binary, count, and other types of limited dependent variables.

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Stata Press

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1597180408

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9781597180405

The Absence of Myth

By: Sophia Heller

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The Absence of Myth

By: Sophia Heller

In this provocative work, Sophia Heller challenges the assumption that we cannot be without myth, that myth is necessary to vital, soulful living. Indeed, Heller argues, we have been living in a world without myth for a long time. The Absence of Myth examines the loss of a religious mode of being-in-the-world and demonstrates how theorists who insist on the presence of myth deny its historical end. Absence of myth may seem obvious: evidenced by our lack of cult and ritual, and by our de-animated natural world, as well as in the emergence of conceptual thought and psychological awareness, which could only arise with the dissolution of a prereflective (mythic) mode of being-in-the-world. But what appears to be straightforward becomes complicated when myth is intentionally conflated with thought and reflection, usually in the attempt to cultivate a "mythic consciousness" that aims to restore meaning to life and assuage the spiritual malaise of contemporary culture. Myth cannot rest in peace. It must be continually unearthed, redefined, and recontextualized such that modern and postmodern notions of myth are made to substitute for something that has never been experienced, only imagined.

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State University of New York Press

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0791482553

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9780791482551

Poetry Writers' Handbook

A Practical Guide to Getting Your Poetry Noticed, Published and Performed

By: Sophia Blackwell

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Poetry Writers' Handbook

A Practical Guide to Getting Your Poetry Noticed, Published and Performed

By: Sophia Blackwell

Poetry is increasingly democratic in its use of different formats, but it can be difficult to know how to navigate the range of options available. In a competitive field, this information is not always easy to access, and many poets make mistakes. This handbook is here to help. How do you make the finances work? Should you release a pamphlet or a full collection? Which promoters should you work with? How can you get your work reviewed? How do you maintain a public profile if performance isn't for you? What mentoring and publication options are open for mid-career poets? The Poetry Writers' Handbook will answer all these questions and more. It provides: - practical advice on managing income and funding a career - detailed information on printing and distribution, marketing and publicity, and submission to editors, reviewers and prizes - up-to-date contacts for funding organisations, prizes, publishers and magazines for poets and their work. It gives a clear and up-to-date picture of what poets should focus on at different stages in their career.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1399404091

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9781399404099

Operational Risk Management in Banks and Idiosyncratic Loss Theory

A Leadership Perspective

By: Sophia Beckett Velez Ph.D.

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Operational Risk Management in Banks and Idiosyncratic Loss Theory

A Leadership Perspective

By: Sophia Beckett Velez Ph.D.

Operational Risk Management in Banks and Idiosyncratic Loss Theory: A Leadership Perspective offers consensus considerations that could bolster effective risk management practices in enterprise-wide risk, thereby helping to control fraud and go beyond the minimum risk assessment requirements set forth by the banking regulators.

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Emerald Group Publishing

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1804552232

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Banking and Effective Capital Regulation in Practice

A Leadership Perspective

By: Sophia Velez

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Banking and Effective Capital Regulation in Practice

A Leadership Perspective

By: Sophia Velez

Due to a historical lack of attention to the importance of modelling, measuring and managing risk, senior bank leaders are struggling to implement unified practices within their financial institutions that could address the gaps posed by risky management behaviour, rogue trading, liquidity crises, prohibited investments in mortgage-backed securities, and default risks aligned with loans. This book discusses the theories at play between bank agents (bank managers) and their principals (shareholders), a topic which has gained importance as a result of the banking crisis, and similarly, governed the need for more efficient risk management and ethical managerial practices. The author worked with a senior bank leadership team to identify and describe effective capital regulation practices that can lead to a reduction in loss and risky management behavioural practices. The book offers consensus on a number of activities that bank managers can implement to address bank risk. It analyses the relevant factors that determine the necessity for banking regulation and the important role of regulation in managing banking crises. The author’s analysis of the important regulatory aspects in developed countries such as the US, offers a useful conceptual framework for creating an adequate banking regulatory environment in developing countries. This book offers an original contribution to the field of banking that undergraduate, masters, PhD students, academics and researchers can use to gain a deeper understanding of the constructs at play in the banking industry.

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Routledge

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1000180042

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9781000180046

Love in Condition Yellow

A Memoir of an Unlikely Marriage

By: Sophia Raday

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Love in Condition Yellow

A Memoir of an Unlikely Marriage

By: Sophia Raday

As an activist, Raday ran away from cops dressed in riot gear. Then, much to her surprise, she fell in love with one. "Love in Condition Yellow" tells the story of their uncommon marriage.

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Beacon Press

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0807072834

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9780807072837

Friction

How Radicalization Happens to Them and Us

By: Clark McCauley,Sophia Moskalenko

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Friction

How Radicalization Happens to Them and Us

By: Clark McCauley,Sophia Moskalenko

This accessible book identifies twelve mechanisms of political radicalization that can move individuals, groups, and the masses to increased sympathy and support for political violence. Terrorism is an extreme form of radicalization, and the book describes pathways to terrorism to demonstrate the twelve mechanisms at work. Written by two psychologists who are acknowledged radicalization experts and consultants to the Department of Homeland Security, Friction draws heavily on case histories. The case material is wide-ranging - drawn from Russia in the late 1800s, the US in the 1970s, and the radical Islam encouraged by the fall of the Soviet Union in the 1990s. Taken together, the twelve mechanisms show how unexceptional people are moved to exceptional violence in the conflict between states and non-state challengers. Captivating, and with psychological overtones, this timely book covers one of the most pressing issues of our time.

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Oxford University Press

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0199845441

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9780199845446

To Catch a Husband

The heart-warming Regency romance from the author of Kingscastle

By: Sophia Holloway

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To Catch a Husband

The heart-warming Regency romance from the author of Kingscastle

By: Sophia Holloway

Gloucestershire, 1813. Miss Mary Lound of Tapley End would be the first to say that she demonstrates more grace with a fishing rod in her hand than she might ever twirling in a ballroom. This was not, however, a problem until her ne'er-do-well brother sold the family estate, leaving Mary and her mother in very straitened circumstances. When the new owner, Sir Rowland Kempsey, takes up residence, Mary decides to direct her energies into recovering her beloved home by catching a husband. Promisingly, Sir Rowland thinks Miss Lound is a breath of fresh air. But with awkward attempts at flirtation, a duplicitous predator at large in the neighbourhood and the emergence of feelings that complicate her pragmatic goal, Mary discovers that landing the man she wants is more difficult than she had anticipated.

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Allison & Busby Ltd

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0749031921

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9780749031923

Celia

A classic Regency romance in the spirit of Georgette Heyer

By: Sophia Holloway

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Celia

A classic Regency romance in the spirit of Georgette Heyer

By: Sophia Holloway

First published as Bless Thine Inheritance by Sophia Holloway. Celia Mardham's first London Season should have been a great success, but a near fatal riding accident has left her with a pronounced limp which means she cannot even curtsy, let alone dance. Condemned it seems to spinsterhood, her mother Lady Mardham makes one last effort. She draws up a list of guests for a country house party, picking only young ladies who will not be rivals, as well as some potential suitors. Among the gentlemen is Lord Levedale and when he meets Celia he sees her, not the limp. However, a number of accidents, misunderstandings and spiteful interventions litter the path ahead, and may succeed in driving them apart for good.

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Allison & Busby Ltd

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0749030577

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9780749030575

The Social Context of Technology

Non-ferrous Metalworking in Later Prehistoric Britain and Ireland

By: Leo Webley,Sophia Adams,Joanna Bruck

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The Social Context of Technology

Non-ferrous Metalworking in Later Prehistoric Britain and Ireland

By: Leo Webley,Sophia Adams,Joanna Bruck

The Social Context of Technology explores non-ferrous metalworking in Britain and Ireland during the Bronze and Iron Ages (c. 2500 BC to 1st century AD). Bronze-working dominates the evidence, though the crafting of other non-ferrous metals – including gold, silver, tin and lead – is also considered. Metalwork has long played a central role in accounts of European later prehistory. Metals were important for making functional tools, and elaborate decorated objects that were symbols of prestige. Metalwork could be treated in special or ritualised ways, by being accumulated in large hoards or placed in rivers or bogs. But who made these objects? Prehistoric smiths have been portrayed by some as prosaic technicians, and by others as mystical figures akin to magicians. They have been seen both as independent, travelling ‘entrepreneurs’, and as the dependents of elite patrons. Hitherto, these competing models have not been tested through a comprehensive assessment of the archaeological evidence for metalworking. This volume fills that gap, with analysis focused on metalworking tools and waste, such as crucibles, moulds, casting debris and smithing implements. The find contexts of these objects are examined, both to identify places where metalworking occurred, and to investigate the cultural practices behind the deposition of metalworking debris. The key questions are: what was the social context of this craft, and what was its ideological significance? How did this vary regionally and change over time? As well as elucidating a key aspect of later prehistoric life in Britain and Ireland, this important examination by leading scholars contributes to broader debates on material culture and the social role of craft.

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Handbook of Statistical Analyses Using Stata

By: Sophia Rabe-Hesketh,Brian Everitt

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Handbook of Statistical Analyses Using Stata

By: Sophia Rabe-Hesketh,Brian Everitt

The powerful statistical software Stata has streamlined data analysis, interpretation, and presentation for researchers and statisticians around the world. But because of its power and plethora of features, particularly in version 8, Stata manuals are usually quite extensive and detailed. The third edition of the Handbook of Statistical Analyses Using Stata describes the features of Stata version 8 in the same concise, convenient format that made the previous editions so popular. But the revisions updating the handbook to version 8 are not all this edition has to offer: the authors also added important material in three all-new chapters and focused more attention on Stata's improved graphical features. More Highlights of the Third Edition Ö Updates in all chapters that reflect the features of Stata 8 Ö A new chapter on random effects models Ö A new chapter on generalized estimating equations Ö A new chapter on cluster analysis Ö Increased emphasis on diagnostics Each chapter deals with a particular data set, identifies the appropriate analysis for it, and while it includes a brief account of the statistical background of the technique applied, the primary focus remains firmly on using Stata 8 and interpreting its results. Ideal for researchers, statisticians, and students alike, this handbook forms a perfect complement to the Stata manuals, by giving new users a head start on using the program and providing experienced users with a handy quick reference.

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CRC Press

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1439832358

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Drawing Closer to God

How to Seek Christ Through Relationship Desires

By: Sophia Allison

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Drawing Closer to God

How to Seek Christ Through Relationship Desires

By: Sophia Allison

Drawing Closer to Guys is a book that revolves around the main message of singleness, struggle, and the hidden blessing that singleness can be. Through twelve chapters, you will find yourself inching closer and closer to the incredible plan and purpose that God has for you and your singleness. Whether its sexual sin, the ever-wishing desire for a boyfriend, problems in relationships, or the need of a strong foundation in Christ, this book goes through the struggles and temptations that come with singleness within the teenage years and how to combat them and have victory over them. Through awkward and confusing guy friendships to life-changing testimony of God's greatness, each chapter reflects a different aspect of God's incredible workings that He can do and will do in every teenage girls' life, told by a teenage girl herself. Though singleness is hard, and struggle can be unbearable, Drawing Closer to Guys presses the message that it is possible to be single, joy filled, and passionate about purity. From struggle to tears to God's faithfulness to perseverance, endurance to weariness, but God's never-failing love, it is all found within these pages and it is all found within the life of one teenage girl's ongoing experience of it all.

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Covenant Books, Inc.

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1638140227

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Social Psychology in Sport

By: Sophia Jowett,David Lavallee

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Social Psychology in Sport

By: Sophia Jowett,David Lavallee

The book is designed to allow readers to study issues in isolation or as part of a course or a module. The five main parts are Relationships in Sport, Coach Leadership and Group Dynamics, Motivational Climate, Key Social and Cognitive Processes in Sport, and The Athlete in the Wider Sport Environment. Each chapter is cross-referenced and provides a clear description of the topic and a concise theoretical overview along with a discussion of existing research. The chapters also introduce new research ideas, suggest practical research applications, and conclude with summaries and questions to help instructors engage the class in discussion and to help students follow the key points."--Publisher's website.

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Human Kinetics

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0736057803

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Be the One You Need

21 Life Lessons I Learned While Taking Care of Everyone But Me

By: Sophia A. Nelson

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Be the One You Need

21 Life Lessons I Learned While Taking Care of Everyone But Me

By: Sophia A. Nelson

From acclaimed journalist Sophia A. Nelson, the bestselling author of The Woman Code, comes a poignant, powerful, and revealing memoir providing life lessons that emphasize the importance of self-care, self-love, and self-understanding that will lead to freedom, healing from the past, and a better future. Sophia A. Nelson is a highly accomplished woman. Yet following a bout with Covid-19, caretaking for a sick parent during the pandemic, running a business, and being a mainstay on national television as a political pundit and legal analyst on CNN, MSNBC, the BBC, and Sirius XM, she realized that she was struggling internally even as she maintained her breakneck schedule. Like so many others, as an adult child of an alcoholic Nelson struggled with self-love and knowing her value despite her successes. As she came to learn, it was when she stopped feeling guilty and neglecting herself emotionally and started understanding the importance of self-care and nurturance that she found the freedom to truly live and thrive. Her message, Be the One You Need, reveals lessons illuminating for readers that the answers we seek are always within us. Nelson's call does not mean we do not need other people--quite to the contrary--but that our first love and our priority must be to self. Good emotional health. Good physical health. Good spiritual health. Good relational health. The earlier we can figure this out and take care of these basic needs--love, connection, faith, and success--the better chance we have of a balanced, fulfilled life. In this thought-provoking book--at times sobering yet also uplifting and encouraging--Nelson speaks to readers from all walks of life: young people just starting out; those at mid-life trying to wrestle with what she calls "your second life"; and readers in their later years who still have time to forgive themselves and seek forgiveness where needed. Her purpose in this book is to encourage men and women alike to practice meaningful self-contemplation, self-care, and self-love. This book is for anyone who is still fighting demons from their childhood. For anyone who has been hurt too many times to count. For anyone who desperately wants a roadmap to break free from toxic family ties. Or simply for those who need to be reminded that until you take care of yourself first, you will have little to nothing of yourself to give to others. As the old saying goes: It's never too late to have a life, and it's never too late to change one.

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Simon and Schuster

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075732407X

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The Woman Code

20 Powerful Keys to Unlock Your Life

By: Sophia A. Nelson

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The Woman Code

20 Powerful Keys to Unlock Your Life

By: Sophia A. Nelson

A powerful, no-nonsense guide for women that provides them the keys to unlock a fulfilling life. Every woman lives by a code, whether she realizes it or not. It informs how she treats others and herself, how much she expects of herself, and how far she is willing to go in order to find success. But is the code we're living by truly helping us create the lives of purpose and fulfillment we desire? Or are we sacrificing the deeper things for mere achievement? In this inspiring book—updated with new insights from the profound economic and societal shifts that have changed our world with the advent of the global pandemic—Sophia A. Nelson calls women to live out a powerful life code that will lead them to purposeful and successful lives. With the wisdom that comes from experience, Nelson reveals to women: The true meaning of “having it all" How to take better care of their minds, bodies, and souls How to discover new reserves of strength The importance of having courageous conversations to build relationships How to achieve professional excellence without compromising their values How to find lasting love and purpose in life beyond their accomplishments How to navigate the sisterhood of women, to build collaboration rather than competition How to heal from past hurts, rejection, and life's inevitable storms The Woman Code is a way of living, of navigating life's challenges, and of interacting positively with other women. It's a way of pursuing our dreams and our deepest desires. It reveals a universal and timeless set of principles of the mind, body, and spirit that help women balance the demands of work, home, family, and friendship. The Woman Code not only calls on women to practice purpose in their lives, it shows them how to do it with grace.

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0757324088

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The Age of Choice

A History of Freedom in Modern Life

By: Sophia Rosenfeld

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The Age of Choice

A History of Freedom in Modern Life

By: Sophia Rosenfeld

Today choice is often taken to be a synonym for freedom. In much of the world, but especially in the United States, having both more occasions to make choices and more options to choose from are familiar political, personal, and economic goals. We are urged to consider our preferences and then to select from menus of options covering almost every element of our lives, including what to buy, where to live, whom to love, what profession to practice, and even what to believe. We like to think that when we determine our preferences among them, we are engaged in the business of self-realization. And yet, everybody from marketing gurus to psychologists to philosophers has also been warning us about the many negative consequences stemming from our obsession with individualized choice-making. Not only are we not very good at realizing our personal desires, but we are also overwhelmed with too many possibilities, anxious about what best to pick and seemingly unable to muster the same enthusiasm for collective decision making as we do for choices about ourselves. Further, our relentless focus on the responsibility for making good ones has stigmatized those without many options, mainly the poor. How did this happen? Drawing on sources as varied as novels, questionnaires, and restaurant menus, The Choice is Yours tells the long history of the invention of choice as the modern form of freedom. Sophia Rosenfeld pays particular attention to women and the halting emergence of feminism in order to demonstrate how choice was, from the start, stigmatized and turned into a horizon for liberty. Thus, this is also a story about constraints, from formal laws to social customs, that have always worked to limit choice-who gets to do it, when and how they do so, what the choices are-in ways that are often invisible and yet central to the role that choice plays in the modern world. Rosenfeld begins in the early modern Western world, with the contemporaneous invention of shopping as an activity focused on the selection of goods and of religious freedom, in addition to freedom of expression as a matter of being able to pick one's convictions. Moving into the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, she explores choice in romantic life, choice in politics, and sciences of choice. She takes up the work of contemporary psychologists, economists, and other theorists and offers a new perspective on how to think about choice now-based on a new reading of the past. An epilogue centers on the rise of reproductive choice and its consequences since the 1970s. Ultimately, The Choice is Yours is an argument for the necessity of rethinking the meaning of choice today, including its promise and its limitations, within the contours of modern liberalism"--

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0691164711

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Letting Go of Literary Whiteness

Antiracist Literature Instruction for White Students

By: Carlin Borsheim-Black,Sophia Tatiana Sarigianides

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Letting Go of Literary Whiteness

Antiracist Literature Instruction for White Students

By: Carlin Borsheim-Black,Sophia Tatiana Sarigianides

Rooted in examples from their own and others’ classrooms, the authors offer discipline-specific practices for implementing antiracist literature instruction in White-dominant schools. Each chapter explores a key dimension of antiracist literature teaching and learning, including designing literature-based units that emphasize racial literacy, selecting literature that highlights voices of color, analyzing Whiteness in canonical literature, examining texts through a critical race lens, managing challenges of race talk, and designing formative assessments for racial literacy and identity growth. “Sophia and Carlin’s book is startling in how openly and honestly it takes up the problem of how to teach about racism, using literature, in White schools. As I read, I kept marveling at how courageous and direct and clear their writing is.” —From the Foreword by Timothy J. Lensmire, University of Minnesota “Letting Go of Literary Whiteness unpacks the necessary responsibility of exploring race for all teachers. Borsheim-Black and Sarigianides center this work in English classrooms, exploring the kinds of literature, discussions, and difficult instructional decisions that teachers make every day. This book emphasizes that racial justice is a shared responsibility for teachers today and, through myriad practical examples, offers guidance for centering equity in schools.” —Antero Garcia, Stanford Graduate School of Education

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0807777625

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