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Under A Falling Star

By: Susan Cochran

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At 50, Claire Perry leads a charmed life. With a gorgeous pilot husband and three adult children, Claire is shocked when tragedy strikes and she discovers her husband has a second family. A family her children want to embrace. With her life in shambles, Claire struggles with the upheaval and escapes to her mountain cabin at Donner Lake and tries to pick up the pieces of her once happy world. After a distinguished career in the Marine Corps, veteran Dean Perry returns home and settles at his lakefront cabin on the family compound, the perfect place to fight his internal demons after living a lifetime in a war zone. The last person he expects to see is Claire, the woman he left behind. The woman his brother married. As Claire navigates the truth of her marriage, she must reach deep inside herself and find out if the hardest choice she's ever had to make is the right one. A novel about betrayal, family, and new beginnings.

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Appalachian Ohio and the Civil War, 1862-1863

By: Susan G. Hall

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Appalachian Ohio and the Civil War, 1862-1863

By: Susan G. Hall

The antebellum culture of Harrison County (birthplace of George Armstrong Custer) and the surrounding five-county area of Appalachian east Ohio was an outspoken, democratic society--and a way station of the Underground Railroad for escaping slaves. With the coming of the Civil War, this community faced momentous change and bitter divisions. This narrative history provides a portrait of the area and the ways in which the war affected everyone. Portions of letters and diaries from the soldiers and those who loved them, illustrations and maps are included.

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McFarland

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1476608342

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9781476608341

Phillips Academy, Andover

An Architectural Tour

By: Susan J. Montgomery,Roger G. Reed

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Phillips Academy, Andover

An Architectural Tour

By: Susan J. Montgomery,Roger G. Reed

The newest titles in our Campus Guide series are these guides to Phillips Academy, Andover and Duke University. They present architectural tours of two of America's finest campuses, revealing the stories behind the historic and contemporary campus buildings, gardens, and works of sculpture.Phillips Academy, founded in 1778, blends colonial, Federal, neo-Georgian, and modernist styles. Noted architects whose buildings appear on campus are Charles Bulfinch; Peabody and Stearns; McKim, Mead, and White; and Frederick Law Olmsted.Duke University was officially founded in 1924. Until 1950 it was designed primarily by Julian Abele, one of the few professional African-American architects working in the United States at that time. The campus architecture is best known for its medieval-style Gothic buildings, notably Duke Chapel.

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Princeton Architectural Press

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1568982305

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9781568982304

An Annotated Bibliography of Inuit Art

By: Richard C. Crandall,Susan M. Crandall

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An Annotated Bibliography of Inuit Art

By: Richard C. Crandall,Susan M. Crandall

Archaeological digs have turned up sculptures in Inuit lands that are thousands of years old, but "Inuit art" as it is known today only dates back to the beginning of the 1900s. Early art was traditionally produced from soft materials such as whalebone, and tools and objects were also fashioned out of stone, bone, and ivory because these materials were readily available. The Inuit people are known not just for their sculpture but for their graphic art as well, the most prominent forms being lithographs and stonecuts. This work affords easy access to information to those interested in any type of Inuit art. There are annotated entries on over 3,761 articles, books, catalogues, government documents, and other publications.

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1476607435

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Women's Mental Health, An Issue of Psychiatric Clinics of North America

By: Susan G. Kornstein,Anita H. Clayton

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Women's Mental Health, An Issue of Psychiatric Clinics of North America

By: Susan G. Kornstein,Anita H. Clayton

This issue of Psychiatric Clinics, edited by Drs. Susan G. Kornstein and Anita H. Clayton, will cover a wide arrange of topics in the field of Women’s Mental Health. Topics covered in this issue include, but are not limited to Psychopharmacology in Pregnancy and Breastfeeding; Binge Eating Disorder; Substance Abuse in Women; Dementia in Women; Neuroendocrine Networks and Functionality; Lesbian and Transgender Mental Health; and Reproductive Rights and Women’s Mental Health, among others.

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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0323530303

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Questioning the Language of Improvement and Reform in Education

Reclaiming Meaning

By: Nicole Mockler,Susan Groundwater-Smith

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Questioning the Language of Improvement and Reform in Education

Reclaiming Meaning

By: Nicole Mockler,Susan Groundwater-Smith

Questioning the Language of Improvement and Reform in Education challenges the language used in education by linking the language of both the public and professional domains with the changing intentions of the governance of education. Exploring various issues, which embody the many manifestations of the manner in which strident, conservative language has captured the public view of education, the book covers topics such as the importance of language in the context of educational practice, the media's portrayal of teachers globally, the role of students in the face of curriculum reform and the language used in educational policy worldwide. The book addresses the ways in which the words ‘improvement’ and ‘reform’ have been appropriated and hollowed-out by policymakers in order to justify globalised education policies. Using international case studies and reports, the authors argue that the employment of specific words masks the reality that new educational policies are regressive and require re-examination, while perpetuating the illusion that progressive educational practice is being brought to the fore. Questioning the Language of Improvement and Reform in Education is a fascinating and original take on this topic, which will be of great interest to educational practitioners, policymakers and linguists.

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Routledge

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1315519550

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Family Honor

By: Susan Cochran

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Family Honor

By: Susan Cochran

What if the life you're meant to live is the one you've been running from? Nothing is more important to LAPD Detective Paige Garrison than her law enforcement career. Left reeling from her career imploding after a high school shooting, the detective returns home to the Bay Area. Paige finds herself at a crossroads as she wrestles with her darkest demons and faces the ghosts of her past. Paige never got over her father's death. When his killer vanishes, her family is high on the suspect list. FBI Special Agent Luca Morales is hell-bent on uncovering the truth, pushes all of Paige's buttons, and makes her temperature rise. Paige uncovers her deceased mother's journal and discovers everything is not as it seems. Family secrets unravel, a new danger erupts, and someone will go to deadly lengths for revenge, taking this romantic suspense on a thrill ride.

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Unconventional Warfare

Rebuilding U.S. Special Operation Forces

By: Susan Marquis

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Unconventional Warfare

Rebuilding U.S. Special Operation Forces

By: Susan Marquis

For four decades after World War II, U.S. Special Operations Forces—including Army Special Forces, Navy SEALs, Air Force special operations aircrews and Special Tactics Group—suffered from mistrust and inadequate funding from the military services. They were nearly eliminated from the active force following the Vietnam War. But in the past fifteen years, special operations forces have risen from the ashes of the failed 1980 rescue of American hostages in Iran to become one of the most frequently deployed elements of the U.S. military. They are now adequately funded, better-equipped, and well-trained. Special operations forces are often the nation's first military response when faced with a crisis in today's uncertain and unstable international security environment. What caused this dramatic turnaround? As this book shows, it was a long way from congressional outrage at TV images of burned bodies of U.S. servicemen in the Iranian desert to the establishment of a special operations force of nearly 45,000 active and reserve personnel. The drama of how this happened sheds light on how public policy is made and implemented. It illustrates the complex interaction between internal forces within the special operations community, as well as between the executive and legislative branches of the U.S. government. The implementation of legislation establishing a special operations capability is seen to rebuild and protect these forces to an extent never imagined by the early "quiet professionals." While offering insights into how the U.S. government makes policy, Susan Marquis also offers a revealing look at the special operations community, including their storied past, extreme training, and recent operational experience that continues to forge their distinctive organizational mission and culture. She describes the decade-long struggle to rebuild special operations forces, resulting in new SOF organizations with independence that is unique among U.S. militar

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Brookings Institution Press

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0815720297

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Get the Truth

Former CIA Officers Teach You How to Persuade Anyone to Tell All

By: Philip Houston,Michael Floyd,Susan Carnicero

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Get the Truth

Former CIA Officers Teach You How to Persuade Anyone to Tell All

By: Philip Houston,Michael Floyd,Susan Carnicero

Getting someone to tell the truth is an essential skill that very few people possess. In the boardroom, classroom, or our own homes, every day we interact with others and try to get the truth from them. People are often untruthful out of fear of negative consequences associated with divulging information. But if a person is made to forget the long-term outcomes of lying, he or she can be influenced to disclose sensitive information that's being withheld. The aim is to encourage the person to remain in short-term thinking mode, shifting focus away from the long-term ramifications of telling the truth. As former CIA agents and bestselling authors of Spy the Lie, Philip Houston, Mike Floyd, and Susan Carnicero are among the world's best at detecting deceptive behavior and eliciting the truth from even the most accomplished liars. Get the Truth is a step-by-step guide that empowers readers to elicit the truth from others. It also chronicles the fascinating story of how the authors used a methodology Houston developed to elicit the truth in the counterterrorism and criminal investigation realms, and how these techniques can be applied to our daily lives. Using thrilling anecdotes from their careers in counterintelligence, and with easy-to-follow instructions, the authors provide a foolproof means of getting absolutely anybody to give an honest answer. Get the Truth is the easy and effective way to learn how to get the truth every time.

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St. Martin's Press

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1466841397

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American Flygirl

By: Susan Tate Ankeny

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American Flygirl

By: Susan Tate Ankeny

One of WWII’s most uniquely hidden figures, Hazel Ying Lee was the first Asian American woman to earn a pilot’s license, join the WASPs, and fly for the United States military amid widespread anti-Asian sentiment and policies. Her singular story of patriotism, barrier breaking, and fearless sacrifice is told for the first time in full for readers of The Women with Silver Wings by Katherine Sharp Landdeck, A Woman of No Importance by Sonia Purnell, The Last Boat Out of Shanghai by Helen Zia, Facing the Mountain by Daniel James Brown and all Asian American, women’s and WWII history books. In 1931, Hazel Ying Lee, a nineteen-year-old American daughter of Chinese immigrants, sat in on a friend’s flight lesson. It changed her life. In less than a year, a girl with a wicked sense of humor, a newfound love of flying, and a tough can-do attitude earned her pilot’s license and headed for China to help against invading Japanese forces. In time, Hazel would become the first Asian American to fly with the Women Airforce Service Pilots. As thrilling as it may have been, it wasn’t easy. In America, Hazel felt the oppression and discrimination of the Chinese Exclusion Act. In China’s field of male-dominated aviation she was dismissed for being a woman, and for being an American. But in service to her country, Hazel refused to be limited by gender, race, and impossible dreams. Frustrated but undeterred she forged ahead, married Clifford Louie, a devoted and unconventional husband who cheered his wife on, and gave her all for the cause achieving more in her short remarkable life than even she imagined possible. American Flygirl is the untold account of a spirited fighter and an indomitable hidden figure in American history. She broke every common belief about women. She challenged every social restriction to endure and to succeed. And against seemingly insurmountable obstacles, Hazel Ying Lee reached for the skies and made her mark as a universal and unsung hero whose time has come.

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Citadel Press

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0806542845

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Patriotism and Profit

Washington, Hamilton, Schuyler & the Rivalry for America's Capital City

By: Susan Nagel

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Patriotism and Profit

Washington, Hamilton, Schuyler & the Rivalry for America's Capital City

By: Susan Nagel

The untold story of how America’s beloved first president, George Washington, borrowed, leveraged, and coerced his way into masterminding the key land purchase of the American era: the creation of the nation’s capital city. Contrary to the popular historical record, Thomas Jefferson was not even a minor player at The Dinner Table Bargain, now known as The Compromise of 1790. The real protagonists of the Dinner Table Bargain were President George Washington and New York Senator Philip Schuyler, who engaged in the battle that would separate our financial capital from our political seat of power. Washington and Schuyler’s dueling ambitions provoked an intense decades-long rivalry and a protracted crusade for the location of the new empire city. Alexander Hamilton, son-in-law to Schuyler and surrogate son to George Washington, was helplessly caught in the middle. This invigorating narrative vividly depicts New York City when it was the nation’s seat of government. Susan Nagel captures the spirit, speech, and sensibility of the era in full and entertaining form—and readers will get to know the city’s eighteenth-century movers, shakers, and power brokers, who are as colorful and fascinating as their counterparts today. Delicious political intrigue and scandalous gossip between the three competing alpha personalities—George Washington, Philip Schuyler, and Alexander Hamilton—make this a powerful and resonant history, reminding us that our Founding Fathers were brilliant but often flawed human beings. They were avaricious, passionate, and visionary. They loved, hated, sacrificed, and aspired. Even their most vicious qualities are part of the reason why, for better or worse, the United States became the premier modern empire, born from figures carving their legacies into history. Not only the dramatic story of how America’s beloved first president George Washington created the nation’s capital city, Patriotism & Profit serves as timely exposé on issues facing America today, revealing the origins behind some of our nation’s most pressing problems.

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Simon and Schuster

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1643137093

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Race with the Devil

Gene Vincent's Life in the Fast Lane

By: Susan VanHecke

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Race with the Devil

Gene Vincent's Life in the Fast Lane

By: Susan VanHecke

Famous for his classic hit 'Be-Bop-A-Lula,' Gene Vincent was one of the most influential rock 'n' roll artists of all time. This is the first American biography written of this rock pioneer and the most comprehensive account of his career and turbulent personal life. Adored by British and European fans, Gene Vincent moved to the UK in 1959 where his leather-clad, street-tough persona met with instant acclaim. The survivor of the crash that killed Eddie Cochran, his closest friend, he was to die himself at just 36, a victim of torment and tragedy. Illustrated.

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Macmillan

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0312262221

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Person-Environment Practice

The Social Ecology of Interpersonal Helping

By: Susan P. Kemp,James K. Whittaker,Elizabeth M. Tracy

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Person-Environment Practice

The Social Ecology of Interpersonal Helping

By: Susan P. Kemp,James K. Whittaker,Elizabeth M. Tracy

The primary audience for Person-Environment Practice is the great majority of social workers whose helping efforts extend to individuals, families, groups, and neighborhoods. Its primary aim is to examine each of these levels critically, through the prism of "environment," and to offer practical suggestions for both assessment and intervention.

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Transaction Publishers

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0202367843

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Pediatric Nursing Care

Best Evidence-Based Practices

By: Susan L. Ward

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Pediatric Nursing Care

Best Evidence-Based Practices

By: Susan L. Ward

This concise guide delivers all the practical information you need to care for children and their families in diverse settings. It clearly explains what to say and what to do for a broad range of challenges you may encounter in clinical practice.

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F.A. Davis

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0803640552

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Transforming Teacher Education for Social Justice

By: Patricia Clark,Eva Zygmunt,Jon Clausen,Wilfridah Mucherah,Susan Tancock

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Transforming Teacher Education for Social Justice

By: Patricia Clark,Eva Zygmunt,Jon Clausen,Wilfridah Mucherah,Susan Tancock

Transforming Teacher Education for Social Justice offers teacher educators a new way to think about the development of culturally responsive educators. The authors identify the core components needed to restructure and reorient programs of teacher education to adequately prepare new teachers for the racially, culturally, and linguistically diverse communities they will serve upon graduation. They propose a new model of teacher preparation that capitalizes on the strengths of programs evidencing important outcomes. Chapters address the notion of situated learning embedded in communities, the need for extensive clinical experience in authentic teaching situations, strategies for interweaving theory, content, pedagogy, and classroom practice, the importance of student engagement and motivation, and the implementation of critical service learning. Key policy implications of this model are also discussed within the current landscape of teacher education reform. The book features: a specific approach for realizing the promise of culturally responsive teaching; a flexible model for a community-engaged leader preparation that is accessible for a variey of university and community settings; compelling data on student learning outcomes based on university/school/community collaboration as evidence of eliminating the acheivement gap.

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Teachers College Press

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080775708X

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The Banking Crisis of 1933

By: Susan Estabrook Kennedy

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The Banking Crisis of 1933

By: Susan Estabrook Kennedy

On March 6, 1933, Franklin D. Roosevelt, less than forty-eight hours after becoming president, ordered the suspension of all banking facilities in the United States. How the nation had reached such a desperate situation and how it responded to the banking "holiday" are examined in this book, the first full-length study of the crisis. Although the 1920s had witnessed a wave of bank failures, the situation worsened after the 1929 stock market crash, and by the winter of 1932-1933, complete banking collapse threatened much of the nation. President Hoover's stopgap measures proved totally inadequate, the author shows, and by March 4, the day of Roosevelt's inauguration, thirty-four states had declared banking moratoriums. Of special interest in this study is Ms. Kennedy's examination of relations between Herbert Hoover and Franklin D. Roosevelt.

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University Press of Kentucky

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0813163307

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American Legal English, 2nd Edition

Using Language in Legal Contexts

By: Debra S. Lee,Charles Hall,Susan M. Barone

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American Legal English, 2nd Edition

Using Language in Legal Contexts

By: Debra S. Lee,Charles Hall,Susan M. Barone

Students can becomve familiar with legal syntax and legal vocabulary in this introduction to basic legal information and the U.S. legal system.

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University of Michigan Press

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0472032062

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Tin Can Sailor

Life Aboard the USS Sterett, 1939-1945

By: Susan Cosentino

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Tin Can Sailor

Life Aboard the USS Sterett, 1939-1945

By: Susan Cosentino

More than eight hundred sailors served aboard the Sterett during her hazardous and demanding duties in World War II. This is the story of those men and their beloved ship, recorded by a junior officer who served on the famous destroyer from her commissioning in 1939 to April 1943, when he was wounded at the Battle of Tulagi. Peppered with the kind of vivid, authentic details that could only be provided by a participant, the book is the saga of a gallant fighting ship that earned a Presidential Unit Citation for her part in the Third Battle of Savo Island, where she took on a battleship, cruiser, and destroyer and was the last to leave the fray. Calhoun's gripping and colorful account tells what it was like to be there during those furiously fought, close-range engagements. When published in hardcover in 1993, the book was widely praised as a good read loaded with rich and interesting details.

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Naval Institute Press

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1612515673

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Beyond Marriage

Continuing Battles for LGBT Rights

By: Susan Gluck Mezey

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Beyond Marriage

Continuing Battles for LGBT Rights

By: Susan Gluck Mezey

In this book, Susan Gluck Mezey examines LGBT policymaking over the last several decades, highlighting advances in LGBT rights as well as formidable challenges that still confront the LGBT community. With an emphasis on courts, she traces developments in the struggles for LGBT rights in the United States and abroad. The chapters focus on employment discrimination, transgender rights, marriage equality, and the ongoing battles over discrimination against same-sex couples and transgender persons in education, employment, and public accommodations. It also adds a global perspective by appraising issues affecting LGBT rights in other parts of the world, discussing claims of discrimination in the Canadian and South African courts as well as in the European Court of Human Rights. Mezey provides a succinct and accessible guide to the debates over sexual orientation and gender identity, evaluating the roles played by state and federal courts, legislatures, and chief executives in formulating and implementing LGBT policy. Suitable as an up-to-date resource for anyone interested in LGBT rights, Beyond Marriage will also help students in upper-level classes focusing on judicial politics, public policymaking, family law, civil rights, gender policy, and minority group politics understand ways forward for the LGBT community in the political realm.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1442248637

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Big Fish, Little Fish

Teaching and Learning in the Middle Years

By: Susan Groundwater-Smith,Nicole Mockler

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Teaching and Learning in the Middle Years

By: Susan Groundwater-Smith,Nicole Mockler

This text prepares pre-service teachers to best meet the needs of students entering the challenging middle years of their education.

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Cambridge University Press

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1107432316

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Using the National Gifted Education Standards for University Teacher Preparation Programs

By: Susan K. Johnsen,Joyce L. VanTassel-Baska,Ann Robinson

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Using the National Gifted Education Standards for University Teacher Preparation Programs

By: Susan K. Johnsen,Joyce L. VanTassel-Baska,Ann Robinson

This guidebook helps university personnel design or revise teacher preparation courses in gifted education to align with the new standards required by NCATE for program accreditation.

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Corwin Press

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Life Studies

Stories

By: Susan Vreeland

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Life Studies

Stories

By: Susan Vreeland

With her richly textured novels Susan Vreeland has offered pioneering portraits of the artist’s life. Now, in a collection of profound wisdom and beauty, she explores the transcendent power of art through the eyes of ordinary people. Life Studies begins with historic tales that, rather than focusing directly on the great Impressionist and Post-Impressionist masters themselves, render those on the periphery—their lovers, servants, and children—as their personal experiences play out against those of Manet, Monet, van Gogh, and others. Vreeland then gives us contemporary stories in which her characters—a teacher, a construction worker, and an orphan for example—encounter art in meaningful, often surprising ways. A fascinating exploration of the lasting strength of art in everyday life, Life Studies is a dazzling addition to Vreeland’s outstanding body of work.

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Penguin

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0143036106

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Luigi Pirandello in the Theatre

By: Susan Bassnett,Jennifer Lorch

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Luigi Pirandello in the Theatre

By: Susan Bassnett,Jennifer Lorch

First Published in 1993. Contemporary Theatre Studies is a book series of special interest to everyone involved in theatre. This collection of documents is the first attempt in English to bring together a body of material on Luigi Pirandello as multi-faceted man of the theatre. Because relatively few of his works have been easily available to English language readers, he is thought of most frequently as a playwright, the author of Six Characters in Search of an Author and Henry IV in particular, and his contribution to theatre, both in theory and in practice, has tended to be overlooked. Emphasising his role as a director, the book traces the rise and fall of his own theatre company, the Teatro d’Arte where he struggled to instil new practices and comments on Pirandello’s attempts during the years of Fascism to give Italy a national theatre in a European context.

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Routledge

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1134351143

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Researching edTPA Promises and Problems

Perspectives from English as an Additional Language, English Language Arts, and World Language Teacher Education

By: Peter B. Swanson,Susan A. Hildebrandt

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Researching edTPA Promises and Problems

Perspectives from English as an Additional Language, English Language Arts, and World Language Teacher Education

By: Peter B. Swanson,Susan A. Hildebrandt

Teacher effectiveness and licensure in the United States continue to be scrutinized at the state and national levels. At present, 40 states plus the District of Columbia have adopted edTPA to inform initial teacher licensure and/or certification decisions (American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, n.d.). edTPA is designed to measure novice teachers’ readiness to teach their content area, with a focus on student learning and principles from research and theory (SCALE, 2015). Composed of planning, instruction, and assessment tasks, edTPA portfolios seek to provide evidence of teacher candidate readiness in three areas: (1) intended teaching, (2) enacted teaching, and (3) the impact of teaching on student learning. Specifically, edTPA measures teacher candidates’ ability to: • develop knowledge of subject matter, content standards, and subject-specific pedagogy • develop and apply knowledge of varied students’ needs • consider research and theory about how students learn • reflect on and analyze evidence of the effects of instruction on student learning (p. 1) Teacher candidates create extensive portfolios that include written commentaries explaining each task and video excerpts of a recorded teaching event. Teacher candidates must submit evidence to show their teaching prowess and pay $300, at present, to Pearson Education for their portfolio to be evaluated by external reviewers. In this volume, researchers share their experiences working with edTPA in three areas of language learning: English Language Arts, English to Speakers of Other Languages, and World Languages. The volume provides empirical research in the areas of multicultural perspectives, pedagogical practices, and edTPA (in)compatibility. Findings are of interest to multiple stakeholders such as teacher candidates, mentor teachers, teacher preparation faculty members and program coordinators, and administrators.

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IAP

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1641132361

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9781641132367

Sweet Summer Breezes: A Romance Sampler

By: Susan Mallery,Heather Graham,Lori Foster,RaeAnne Thayne,Sheila Roberts,Sarah Morgan,JoAnn Ross,Gena Showalter

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Sweet Summer Breezes: A Romance Sampler

By: Susan Mallery,Heather Graham,Lori Foster,RaeAnne Thayne,Sheila Roberts,Sarah Morgan,JoAnn Ross,Gena Showalter

Enjoy this FREE sampling of some of the most romantic and unputdownable stories available this summer! Dive into the first chapters of these eight unforgettable stories. There’s something for everyone in this sampler featuring top authors, swoon-worthy tales, secrets and lies, and undeniable chemistry. From small-town romance to paranormal escapades, kick back and let the love flow. Featuring extended excerpts from When We Found Home by Susan Mallery, Fade to Black by Heather Graham, Cooper’s Charm by Lori Foster, The Cottages on Silver Beach by RaeAnne Thayne, Welcome to Moonlight Harbor by Sheila Roberts, How to Keep a Secret by Sarah Morgan, Herons Landing by JoAnn Ross and The Darkest Warrior by Gena Showalter.

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1488086060

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9781488086069

Twilight Zones

The Hidden Life of Cultural Images from Plato to O.J.

By: Susan Bordo

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Twilight Zones

The Hidden Life of Cultural Images from Plato to O.J.

By: Susan Bordo

Considering everything from Nike ads, emaciated models, and surgically altered breasts to the culture wars and the O.J. Simpson trial, Susan Bordo deciphers the hidden life of cultural images and the impact they have on our lives. She builds on the provocative themes introduced in her acclaimed work Unbearable Weight—which explores the social and political underpinnings of women's obsession with bodily image—to offer a singularly readable and perceptive interpretation of our image-saturated culture. As it becomes increasingly difficult to distinguish between appearance and reality, she argues, we need to rehabilitate the notion that not all versions of reality are equally trustworthy. Bordo writes with deep compassion, unnerving honesty, and bracing intelligence. Looking to the body and bodily practices as a concrete arena where cultural fantasies and anxieties are played out, she examines the mystique and the reality of empowerment through cosmetic surgery. Her brilliant discussion of sexual harassment reflects on the Clarence Thomas/Anita Hill controversy as well as the film Disclosure. She suggests that sexuality, although one of the mediums of harassment, is not its essence, and she calls for the recasting of harassers as bullies rather than sex fiends. Bordo also challenges the continuing marginalization of feminist thought, in particular the failure to read feminist work as cultural criticism. Finally, in a powerful and moving essay called "Missing Kitchens"—written in collaboration with her two sisters—Bordo explores notions of bodies, place, and space through a recreation of the topographies of her childhood. Throughout these essays, Bordo avoids dogma and easy caricature. Consistently, and on many levels, she demonstrates the profound relationship between our lives and our theories, our feelings and our thoughts.

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Univ of California Press

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0520919971

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9780520919976

Phil Stone of Oxford

A Vicarious Life

By: Susan Snell

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Phil Stone of Oxford

A Vicarious Life

By: Susan Snell

William Faulkner is Phil Stone's contribution to American literature, once remarked a mutual confidant of the Nobel laureate and the Oxford, Mississippi, attorney. Despite his friendship with the writer for nearly fifty years, Stone is generally regarded as a minor figure in Faulkner studies. In her biography Phil Stone of Oxford, Susan Snell offers the first complete critical assessment of Stone's role in the transformation of Billy Falkner, a promising but directionless young man, into William Faulkner, arguably the greatest American novelist of the twentieth century. In the first decades of their friendship, Stone served Faulkner in many ways--as mentor, muse, patron, editor, agent, and publicist. Later, Stone was among Faulkner's first biographers and was a source of archival, biographical, and critical information for such Faulkner scholars as James B. Meriwether and Carvel Collins. Ironically, the most intriguing aspect of Stone's relationship with Faulkner has until now been the least studied. Stone was one of Faulkner's principal character studies, and from his life came the raw material out of which Faulkner constructed a good part of his fictional Yoknapatawpha County. Stone's Ivy League education, his friendships with gamblers and prostitutes, his family's hunting excursions, even his family's antebellum mansion only begin to suggest the borrowings from Stone's life found in books ranging from The Sound and the Fury and Go Down, Moses to the Snopes trilogy. Faulkner also appropriated Stone's personality and profession to mirror--and sometimes mask--his own insecurities. Such characters as Quentin Compson, Darl Bundren, Horace Benbow, and Gavin Stevens owe much to the author himself but also recall Stone in often subtle ways. The fraternal rivalries for their mother's love that consume Darl Bundren and Quentin Compson, for example, are based on Stone's own unhappy family life. Bundren's and Compson's mothers more closely resemble Stone's mother than Faulkner's. In Stone, Faulkner saw the Old South confronting its twentieth-century crucibles--the teeming, rapacious white lower classes; the Great Depression; and the first stirrings of the civil rights and women's movements. In the 1930s, Faulkner recurrently dealt with the region's decadence and the fall of old patriarchies like the Compson and Sartoris families. During these years, Faulkner's fortunes rose steadily as Stone's declined, but it is Stone's story--not his own--that he chose to tell. Snell says that in a sense Faulkner usurped Stone's place in the South's social order, building his reputation and acquiring real estate as personal and financial failures nearly overwhelmed Stone. Stone's transparent jealousy of Faulkner, personality flaws, and mental instability in his final years have engendered skepticism about his claims concerning the years he had spent "fooling with Bill." But, to hastily relegate Stone to the marginalia of Yoknapatawpha County, Snell suggests, is to leave untapped a rich source of information.Phil Stone of Oxford tells the tragic story of a talented, complex man, bred for power in the declining era of southern patriarchy, yet compelled to pursue the Muse vicariously.

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University of Georgia Press

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0820333662

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9780820333663

Treatments for Skin of Color E-Book

By: Susan C. Taylor,Raechele C. Gathers,Valerie D. Callender,David A. Rodriguez,Sonia Badreshia-Bansal

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Treatments for Skin of Color E-Book

By: Susan C. Taylor,Raechele C. Gathers,Valerie D. Callender,David A. Rodriguez,Sonia Badreshia-Bansal

Written to address conditions specifically associated with ethnic disparities in skin types, Treatments for Skin of Color, by Susan C. Taylor, Sonia Badreshia, Valerie D. Callender, Raechele Cochran Gathers and David A. Rodriguez helps you effectively diagnose and treat a wide-range of skin conditions found in non-white patients. Presented in an easy-to-use, templated format, this new reference encompasses medical dermatology and cosmetic procedures and provides you with evidence-based first and second line treatment options. Practical tips and other highlighted considerations minimize the risk of potential pitfalls. A dedicated section examines alternative therapies, some of which have cultural significance and may impact medical outcomes. An abundance of vivid color images and photos provide unmatched visual guidance for accurate diagnosis and treatment. Get information not found in mainstream dermatology references. Essential medical dermatology and cosmetic procedures as well as evidence-based first and second line treatment options provide you with specific information to treat a full range of conditions found in skin of color. Offer your patients the best care and avoid pitfalls. Evidence-based findings and practical tips equip you with the knowledge you need to recommend and discuss the most effective treatment options with your patients. Broaden your understanding of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) used by your patients. A special section examines the cultural significance and impact on medical outcomes caused by these alternative therapies. Spend less time searching with easy-to-use, templated chapters focused on visual identification and diagnosis of diseases across all skin tones, and recommended treatment options. Make rapid, confident decisions on diagnosis and treatment by comparing your clinical findings to the book’s extensive collection of 270 detailed illustrations.

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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1437736165

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9781437736168

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