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A Cup of Comfort Book of Prayer

Stories and reflections that bring you closer to God

By: James Stuart Bell,Susan B Townsend

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A Cup of Comfort Book of Prayer

Stories and reflections that bring you closer to God

By: James Stuart Bell,Susan B Townsend

When life throws us curve balls, prayer is often our greatest consolation. In A Cup of Comfort Book of Prayer, ordinary people just like you share the prayers that have brought them closest to God. From Psalm 23 and the Sermon on the Mount to the inspiring words of Anne Bradstreet and St. Francis of Assisi, these are the prayers that people turn to when they most need God's help, people such as: Paula, who finds confidence in the Breton's Fisherman Prayer when she feels overwhelmed by her role as single mom Susan, whose chance encounter in a customer service line allows her to share the grace of An Old Irish Blessing with a heartbroken stranger Clement, who during Operation Desert Storm shared the hope of John Cosin's Lord, Be Thou a Light to My Eyes with a war-torn Kuwaiti family In this blessed little volume, bestselling authors James Stuart Bell and Susan B. Townsend have collected fifty heartwarming stories of the power of prayer in our lives—a power upon which you can draw to strengthen your resolve, lift your spirits, and sustain your faith, through good times and bad.

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Simon and Schuster

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1605503800

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The Media and Communications in Australia

By: Stuart Cunningham

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The Media and Communications in Australia

By: Stuart Cunningham

Traditional media are under assault from digital technologies. Online advertising is eroding the financial basis of newspapers and television, demarcations between different forms of media are fading, and audiences are fragmenting. We can podcast our favourite radio show, data accompanies television programs, and we catch up with newspaper stories on our laptops. Yet mainstream media remain enormously powerful. The Media and Communications in Australia offers a systematic introduction to this dynamic field. Fully updated and revised to take account of recent developments, this third edition outlines the key media industries and explains how communications technologies are impacting on them. It provides a thorough overview of the main approaches taken in studying the media, and includes new chapters on social media, gaming, telecommunications, sport and cultural diversity. With contributions from some of Australia's best researchers and teachers in the field, The Media and Communications in Australia is the most comprehensive and reliable introduction to media and communications available. It is an ideal student text, and a reference for teachers of media and anyone interested in this influential industry.

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ReadHowYouWant.com

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1459603850

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9781459603851

Below

By: Stuart Lee

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Below

By: Stuart Lee

Drawing inspiration from a chilling, real-life enigma of an airline crash in the Gulf of Mexico, this thriller plunges deep into the heart of the southern U.S. What dark secrets did the passenger on the ill-fated flight harbor, and what unspeakable terror was he transporting? Dive into a tale where every twist beckons a haunting question, pulling you deeper into the mystery.

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Austin Macauley Publishers

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9798889109204

The Development Potential of Precambrian Mineral Deposits

Natural Resources and Energy Division, U.N. Department of Technical Co-Operation for Development

By: Sam Stuart

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The Development Potential of Precambrian Mineral Deposits

Natural Resources and Energy Division, U.N. Department of Technical Co-Operation for Development

By: Sam Stuart

The Development Potential of Precambrian Mineral Deposits covers several aspects of Precambrian mineral resource potential and assessment towards mineral exploration and mineral reserves. This book contains 27 chapters and begins with an overview of the world production and consumption of certain minerals. The next chapters describe the physical and chemical characteristics of certain mineral ores, as well as the mineral content of certain rock assemblages. These topics are followed by discussions of the geographical distribution of some ores, including discovered metal bearing zones in Africa. Considerable chapters are devoted to exploration techniques in tropical, temperate, and sub-arctic Precambrian areas. The remaining chapters examine the action of metamorphic and other geological processes in mobilizing ore minerals. The book will prove useful to geologists, researchers, and geology students.

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Elsevier

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148319003X

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The Good Work of Non-Christians, Empowerment, and the New Creation

The Efficacy of the Holy Spirit’s Empowering for Ordinary Work

By: Stuart C. Weir

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The Good Work of Non-Christians, Empowerment, and the New Creation

The Efficacy of the Holy Spirit’s Empowering for Ordinary Work

By: Stuart C. Weir

Have you ever considered the ultimate purposes and consequences of good work performed by non-Christians? Have you ever theologically considered the work of non-Christians at all? Is it possible that God would ever give credence to, let alone honor the work of, non-Christians in an ultimate sense? Are you frustrated by theologies of work that are entirely protological in orientation? How do we make sense of biblical excerpts that talk of work being judged towards a particular outcome? The Good Work of Non-Christians, Empowerment, and the New Creation attempts to answer these questions in a manner that also challenges evangelical assumptions about the ultimate outcomes of working life. Drawing strength from eschatologically minded theologies by Miroslav Volf and Darrell Cosden, Weir seeks to replace protology with eschatology in a theology of work about non-Christians. The British evangelical tradition is specifically taken up here so as to make critical assessments of certain airtight theologies regarding human action with reference to the new creation. This book attempts to create a heuristic against unhelpful hermeneutical tendencies that inform evangelical theologies. This is a work that is not only theological, it is biblically, historically, and ethically rigorous.

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Wipf and Stock Publishers

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1498274293

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Harnessing Labour Confrontation

Shaping the Postwar Settlement in Canada, 1943-1950

By: Peter Stuart McInnis

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Harnessing Labour Confrontation

Shaping the Postwar Settlement in Canada, 1943-1950

By: Peter Stuart McInnis

A formative moment in Canadian history, the 1940s left as a legacy not only the welfare state but also the legal framework that has defined organized labour for five decades."--BOOK JACKET.

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University of Toronto Press

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0802084397

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The Bizarre World of Reality Television

By: Stuart Lenig

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The Bizarre World of Reality Television

By: Stuart Lenig

How do reality television programs shape our view of the world and what we perceive as real and normal? This book explores the bizarre and highly controversial world of reality television, including its early history, wide variety of subject matter, and social implications. In recent decades, reality television shows ranging from Keeping up with the Kardashians to Duck Dynasty have become increasingly popular. Why are these "unscripted" programs irresistible to millions of viewers? And what does the nearly universal success of reality shows say about American culture? This book covers more than 100 major and influential reality programs past and present, discussing the origins and past of reality programming, the contemporary social and economic conditions that led to the rise of reality shows, and the ways in which the most successful shows achieve popularity with both male and female demographics or appeal to specific, targeted niche audiences. The text addresses reality TV within five, easy-to-identify content categories: competition shows, relationship/love-interest shows, real people or alternative lifestyle and culture shows, transformation shows, and international programming. By examining modern reality television, a topic of great interest for a wide variety of readers, this book also discusses cultural and social norms in the United States, including materialism, unrealistic beauty ideals, gender roles and stereotypes in society, dynamics of personal relationships, teenage lifestyles and issues, and the branding of people for financial gain and wider viewership.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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9798216054146

Max Q Student Journal

By: Andy Stanley,Stuart Hall

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Max Q Student Journal

By: Andy Stanley,Stuart Hall

These companion books provide relevant resources for students and youth ministers to deal with Max Q--the maximum pressure that is a part of the lives of today's students.

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1582293619

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The Law of Real Property

By: Robert Megarry,William Wade,Charles Harpum,Stuart Bridge,Martin J. Dixon

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The Law of Real Property

By: Robert Megarry,William Wade,Charles Harpum,Stuart Bridge,Martin J. Dixon

Megarry and Wade : The Law of Real Property

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Sweet & Maxwell

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0414045963

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9780414045965

From the Library of C. S. Lewis

Selections from Writers Who Influenced His Spiritual Journey

By: James Stuart Bell,Anthony P. Dawson

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From the Library of C. S. Lewis

Selections from Writers Who Influenced His Spiritual Journey

By: James Stuart Bell,Anthony P. Dawson

“To truly know Lewis, one must become familiar with the body of literature that marked his life. Jim Bell and Tony Dawson give curious students of Lewis a glimpse of the books and authors that informed his life’s work and kindled his imagination.” --Jerry Root, coeditor of The Quotable C. S. Lewis and a C. S. Lewis scholar C. S. Lewis was one of the most influential thinkers and writers of the twentieth century. But who influenced C. S. Lewis? What were the sources of his inspiration? Who were his spiritual mentors? Drawn from Lewis’s personal library, annotations, and references from his writings, this book includes more than 200 selections from literary giants such as Dante, Augustine, and Chaucer, as well as more contemporary writers such as G. K. Chesterton, Dorothy L. Sayers, George MacDonald, and J.R.R. Tolkien, providing a vast array of inspiration from those who have shone forth as messengers of light in Lewis’s own thinking, writing, and spiritual growth. In this treasury, you will… · Glean wisdom on living a devout life from Andrew Murray and Brother Lawrence · Tap into fantasy and imagination with William Wordsworth and Geoffrey Chaucer · Ponder creation and poetry alongside Sir Walter Scott and Aristotle · And much more!

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WaterBrook

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0307730824

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Mentoring, Learning and Assessment in Clinical Practice

A Guide for Nurses, Midwives & Other Health Professionals

By: Ci Ci Stuart

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Mentoring, Learning and Assessment in Clinical Practice

A Guide for Nurses, Midwives & Other Health Professionals

By: Ci Ci Stuart

This is a 'how to do it', practice-centred book, providing workable educational strategies to assist busy practitioners supervise and support the learning and assessment of learners during clinical placements, to achieve valid and reliable assessments. All strategies are underpinned by a solid theoretical and evidence base. The complexity and challenges of mentoring, learning and assessing in the clinical setting are specifically addressed. - particular focus on the management of the non-achieving and failing student, with reference to extensive, recent work on mentoring, learning and assessment of clinical practice - critical exploration of professional accountability and associated legal ramifications surrounding learning and assessment of clinical practice - detailed consideration of how to use a model for learning from experience as a framework to facilitate experience-based learning - extensive reference to the legislation, standards and guidelines on pre-registration health care education published by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) and the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) - additional material on the monitoring and assessment of professional conduct and behaviours. - direct reference to the mentoring and assessment of health care students in professions regulated by the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) - reference to the Disability Act of 2010, and more detailed discussion on how to meet the needs of students with special needs, in particular students with dyslexia - new appendix providing a comprehensive list of professional behaviours for assessment.

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0702047031

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Portrait of a Party

The Conservative Party in Britain 1918-1945

By: Stuart Ball

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Portrait of a Party

The Conservative Party in Britain 1918-1945

By: Stuart Ball

The Conservative Party is the least investigated and understood of British political parties, despite its long record of success. Using an original approach and an unparalleled range of sources, Stuart Ball analyses the nature and working of the Conservative Party during one of the most significant and successful periods in its history. The creation of a democratic franchise in 1918 was followed by nearly three decades of Conservative dominance: it was the largest party in the House of Commons and in government for almost 25 years between 1918 and 1945. Stuart Ball explores this remarkable record in a different way, by taking a thematic rather than a chronological approach. He begins with the foundations of Conservative principles, attitudes, and identities, and examines the nature of the party's electoral support. He investigates the Conservative Party as an organism, uncovering the composition, roles, and relationships of every level from the constituency grass-roots, through the party machine and the parliamentary ranks, to the Cabinet Ministers and the Party Leader. Portrait of a Party is based upon a wide range of archives - including the personal papers of all five Party Leaders, nearly 50 Cabinet Ministers and 85 backbench MPs, party officials and others - combined with the rich resources of the national and regional records at the Conservative Party Archive, and a major investigation to locate all the significant collections of local Conservative Association records in England, Scotland, and Wales: a total of 215 constituencies, from Truro to Inverness. These sources shed new light on topics which are essential to an understanding of British history in the inter-war period and the development the Conservative Party to the present day.

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OUP Oxford

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0191644838

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9780191644832

Key Concepts in Medieval Literature

By: Elizabeth Solopova,Stuart Lee

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Key Concepts in Medieval Literature

By: Elizabeth Solopova,Stuart Lee

Key Concepts in Medieval Literature introduces students to the major authors, themes and genres of the English Middle Ages. These are discussed in concise focused essays, accompanied by summaries and recommendations for further reading, highlighting the need to see texts in context, both historically and linguistically.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1350310336

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The Politics of Consumer Credit in the UK, 1938-1992

By: Stuart Aveyard,Paul Corthorn,Sean O'Connell

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The Politics of Consumer Credit in the UK, 1938-1992

By: Stuart Aveyard,Paul Corthorn,Sean O'Connell

As early as the 1930s, Britain had a highly innovative and profitable mortgage sector that promoted a major extension in home ownership. These controversial and risky offerings had an equivalent in numerous hire purchase agreements, with which new homes were furnished. Such developments were forerunners of the 'easy credit' regime more commonly associated with the 1980s. Taking a long-term perspective on this issue indicates that Britain's departure from European models of consumer credit markets was not simply a by-product of neoliberalism's influence on the Thatcher administration, and this book offers a much fuller explanation to the phenomenon. It explores debates within and between the major political parties; reveals the infighting amongst civil service departments over management of consumer demand; charts the varying degrees of influence wielded by the Bank of England and finance capital, as opposed to that of consumer durable manufacturers; reviews the perspectives of consumers and their representatives; and explains the role of contingency and path dependency in these historical events. The central focus of this book is on consumer credit, but this subject provides a case study through which to explore numerous other important areas of British history. These include debates on the issues of post-war consensus, the impact of rising home ownership and its impact on consumer credit and personal finance markets, the management of consumer society, political responses to affluence, the development of consumer protection policy, and the influence of neoliberalism.

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Oxford University Press

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0191046108

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The Black Death in Egypt and England

A Comparative Study

By: Stuart J. Borsch

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The Black Death in Egypt and England

A Comparative Study

By: Stuart J. Borsch

Throughout the fourteenth century AD/eighth century H, waves of plague swept out of Central Asia and decimated populations from China to Iceland. So devastating was the Black Death across the Old World that some historians have compared its effects to those of a nuclear holocaust. As countries began to recover from the plague during the following century, sharp contrasts arose between the East, where societies slumped into long-term economic and social decline, and the West, where technological and social innovation set the stage for Europe's dominance into the twentieth century. Why were there such opposite outcomes from the same catastrophic event? In contrast to previous studies that have looked to differences between Islam and Christianity for the solution to the puzzle, this pioneering work proposes that a country's system of landholding primarily determined how successfully it recovered from the calamity of the Black Death. Stuart Borsch compares the specific cases of Egypt and England, countries whose economies were based in agriculture and whose pre-plague levels of total and agrarian gross domestic product were roughly equivalent. Undertaking a thorough analysis of medieval economic data, he cogently explains why Egypt's centralized and urban landholding system was unable to adapt to massive depopulation, while England's localized and rural landholding system had fully recovered by the year 1500.

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University of Texas Press

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0292783175

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9780292783171

Facing Extinction

The world's rarest birds and the race to save them: 2nd edition

By: Paul Donald,Nigel Collar,Stuart Marsden,Debbie Pain

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Facing Extinction

The world's rarest birds and the race to save them: 2nd edition

By: Paul Donald,Nigel Collar,Stuart Marsden,Debbie Pain

An authoritative study of extinction in birds, with case studies of 20 critically endangered species and the research initiatives designed to save them. Almost two hundred species of birds have become extinct in the past 400 years, and a similar number today are in imminent danger of following them. The world's conservationists are leading the fight to prevent the demise of these remaining critically endangered birds, with a fair degree of success. This new book examines the process and issues concerning extinction - how and why it happens and what can be done about it. Whilst man is to blame for many of the causes, such as persecution and habitat loss, species have become extinct on a regular basis since life began. After several thought-provoking introductory chapters, the book showcases about 20 species on the brink of extinction from around the world and describes the work that is being undertaken to save them. Some are success stories, but a few are not. This is a subject close to the hearts of all birders and ornithologists and this book, written by a team of leading conservationists, will strike a chord in most of them.

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A&C Black

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140813909X

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9781408139097

Fundamentals of Corporate Finance

By: Robert Parrino,David S. Kidwell,Thomas Bates,Stuart L. Gillan

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Fundamentals of Corporate Finance

By: Robert Parrino,David S. Kidwell,Thomas Bates,Stuart L. Gillan

Fundamentals of Corporate Finance, 5th Edition develops the key concepts of corporate finance with an intuitive approach while emphasizing computational skills. This course helps students develop an intuitive understanding of key financial concepts and provides them with problem-solving and decision-making skills. Using an intuitive approach, students develop a richer understanding of corporate finance concepts while also enabling them to develop the critical judgments necessary to apply financial tools in real-world decision-making situations. Corporate Finance, 5e offers a level of rigor that is appropriate for both business and finance majors and yet presents the content in a manner that students find accessible.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1119795435

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The Book of Mars

An Anthology of Fact and Fiction

By: Stuart Clark

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The Book of Mars

An Anthology of Fact and Fiction

By: Stuart Clark

From myth to Musk, astrology to astronomy, Dr Stuark Clark selects the very best writing about the Red Planet. From its very first sighting, Mars has been a source of fascination for humanity. Named for the Roman god of war, this red planet has been explored more than any other beyond Earth and continues to occupy a distinctive place in our imagination. It's an environment that may even foster life. In The Book of Mars, Dr Stuart Clark selects one hundred pieces of writing about the planet. It is a collection that brings together fact and fiction, dreams and fears, centuries of observation and more recent feats of interstellar exploration. From classic writers of science fiction – Stanley G. Weinbaum, Arthur C. Clarke, H.G. Wells, Ray Bradbury, Pamela Sargent, Roger Zelazny – to distinguished experts in astronomy, astrobiology and aerospace engineering; from Hugo and Nebula Award-winning authors – Kim Stanley Robinson, Mary Robinette Kowal – to trail-blazing journalists and science communicators; from Andy Weir's The Martian to Elon Musk's SpaceX programme, The Book of Mars is an extraordinary overview both of the Red Planet and of the way scientific investigation diffuses into culture.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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180110929X

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9781801109291

Make Art Or Die Trying

The Only Art Book You’ll Ever Need If You Want to Make Art That Changes the World

By: Stuart Semple

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Make Art Or Die Trying

The Only Art Book You’ll Ever Need If You Want to Make Art That Changes the World

By: Stuart Semple

Learn to make art that can change the world.

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0760387036

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Performing the testimonial

Rethinking verbatim dramaturgies

By: Amanda Stuart Fisher

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Performing the testimonial

Rethinking verbatim dramaturgies

By: Amanda Stuart Fisher

Providing one of the first critically sustained engagements with the new forms of verbatim and testimonial theatre that emerged in the late 1990s and early 2000s, this book examines what distinguishes verbatim theatre from the more established documentary theatre traditions developed initially by Peter Weiss, Bertolt Brecht and Erwin Piscator. Examining a wide range of verbatim and testimonial plays from around the world, this book looks beyond the discourses of the real that have tended to dominate scholarship in this area and instead argues that this kind of theatre engages in acts of truth telling. Through its analysis of a range of international plays from UK, Germany, America, Australia and South Africa, the book explores theatre’s dramaturgical interrogation of testimony and how the act of witnessing itself is reconfigured when relocated outside of the psychoanalytic frame and positioned as contributing to a decolonisation of testimony.

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Manchester University Press

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1526145731

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9781526145734

Creating Value Through Corporate Restructuring

Case Studies in Bankruptcies, Buyouts, and Breakups

By: Stuart C. Gilson

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Creating Value Through Corporate Restructuring

Case Studies in Bankruptcies, Buyouts, and Breakups

By: Stuart C. Gilson

An updated look at how corporate restructuring really works Stuart Gilson is one of the leading corporate restructuring experts in the United States, teaching thousands of students and consulting with numerous companies. Now, in the second edition of this bestselling book, Gilson returns to present new insight into corporate restructuring. Through real-world case studies that involve some of the most prominent restructurings of the last ten years, and highlighting the increased role of hedge funds in distressed investing, you'll develop a better sense of the restructuring process and how it can truly create value. In addition to "classic" buyout and structuring case studies, this second edition includes coverage of Delphi, General Motors, the Finova Group and Warren Buffett, Kmart and Sears, Adelphia Communications, Seagate Technology, Dupont-Conoco, and even the Eurotunnel debt restructuring. Covers corporate bankruptcy reorganization, debt workouts, "vulture" investing, equity spin-offs, asset divestitures, and much more Addresses the effect of employee layoffs and corporate downsizing Examines how companies allocate value and when a corporation should "pull the trigger" From hedge funds to financial fraud to subprime busts, this second edition offers a rare look at some of the most innovative and controversial restructurings ever.

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John Wiley & Sons

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0470503521

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Life in the Market Ecosystem

By: Stuart K. Hayashi

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Life in the Market Ecosystem

By: Stuart K. Hayashi

Life in the Market Ecosystem, the second book inthe Nature of Liberty trilogy, confronts evolutionary psychology head on. It describes the evolutionary psychologists’ theory of gene-culture co-evolution, which states that although customs and culture are not predetermined by anyone’s genetic makeup, one’s practice of a custom can influence the likelihood of that person having children and grandchildren. Therefore, according to the theory, customs count as evolutionary adaptations. Extending that theory further, as entire systems of political economy—capitalism, socialism, and hunter-gatherer subsistence—consist of multiple customs and institutions, it follows that an entire political-economic system can likewise be classified as an evolutionary adaptation. Considering that liberal-republican capitalism has, insofar as the system has been implemented, done more to reduce the mortality rate and secure human fertility than other models of societal structure, it stands to reason that liberal-republican capitalism is itself a beneficent evolutionary adaptation. Moreover, as essential tenets of Rand’s Objectivism—individualism, observation-based rationality, and peaceable self-interest—have been integral to the development of the capitalist ecosystem, important aspects of the Objectivism are worthwhile adaptations as well. This book shall uphold that position, as well as combat critiques by evolutionary psychologists and environmentalists who denounce capitalism as self-destructive. Instead, capitalism is the most sustainable and fairest political model. This book argues that of all the philosophies, Objectivism is the one that is most fit for humanity.

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Lexington Books

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0739186698

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Never Trust a Local

Inside the Nixon White House

By: Charles Edward Stuart

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Never Trust a Local

Inside the Nixon White House

By: Charles Edward Stuart

The agony and excitement of the 2004 Presidential campaign between Bush and Kerry echoed the mad frenzy of earlier, "low-tech" campaigns. In important ways, little has really changed in the fundamental nature of presidential campaigns, presidential politics, and presidential lives. In these pages, a Nixon man shares incidents and anecdotes that illuminate the inner workings of a presidential campaign and life in the White House, revealing touching moments and flashes of personality from the controversial Nixon years. These are small items, some serious, some humorous; telling little moments not likely to be addressed in the writings of more famous authors. This is a collection of the stories that contribute to the drama of a campaign, of views from Pennsylvania Avenue, and with them some opinions on several White House personalities. * Charles Stuart joined Richard Nixon's campaign staff in 1967 and toured the US, hunting up voters to win his candidate the election. (He has since then hunted big game in many of the Western states, British Columbia and Mongolia.) He was invited in 1968 to join the White House staff, where he served as assistant to President Nixon's adviser John Ehrlichman and later to his chief of staff, H.R. "Bob" Haldeman; his wife, Connie, was Mrs. Nixon's Staff Director and Press Secretary. After the heady life of political speculation, Stuart settled down and became a land developer. He has owned several companies and helped found a bank. The Stuarts live in a Maryland manor house constructed by George Washington's personal physician. * "Charles Stuart writes with heart and humor an insider's account of what it is like to be at the center of a campaign and apresidency." Julie Nixon Eisenhower

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Algora Publishing

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087586399X

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9780875863993

Peasant Perceptions of Landscape

Ewelme Hundred, South Oxfordshire, 500-1650

By: Stephen Mileson,Stuart Brookes

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Peasant Perceptions of Landscape

Ewelme Hundred, South Oxfordshire, 500-1650

By: Stephen Mileson,Stuart Brookes

Peasant Perceptions of Landscape marks a change in the discipline of landscape history, as well as making a major contribution to the history of everyday life. Until now, there has been no sustained analysis of how ordinary medieval and early modern people experienced and perceived their material environment and constructed their identities in relation to the places where they lived. This volume provides exactly such an analysis by examining peasant perceptions in one geographical area over the long period from AD 500 to 1650. The study takes as its focus Ewelme hundred, a well-documented and archaeologically-rich area of lowland vale and hilly Chiltern wood-pasture comprising fourteen ancient parishes. The analysis draws on a range of sources including legal depositions and thousands of field-names and bynames preserved in largely unpublished deeds and manorial documents. Archaeology makes a major contribution, particularly for understanding the period before 900, but more generally in reconstructing the fabric of villages and the framework for inhabitants' spatial practices and experiences. In its focus on the way inhabitants interacted with the landscape in which they worked, prayed, and socialised, Peasant Perceptions of Landscape supplies a new history of the lives and attitudes of the bulk of the rural population who so seldom make their mark in traditional landscape analysis or documentary history.

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0192894897

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