Sylvia Sham's Books

Mr. Fortune

By: Sylvia Townsend Warner

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SYLVIA TOWNSEND WARNER (1893–1978) was a poet, short-story writer, and novelist, as well as an authority on early English music and a member of the Communist Party. Her first novel, Lolly Willowes (available from New York Review Books), appeared in 1926 and was the first ever Book of- the-Month Club selection. Mr. Fortune’s Maggot, her second, followed a year later. The Salutation was the title novella of a 1932 collection. According to Warner’s biographer Claire Harman, it “was almost certainly begun in the expectation that it would grow into a full-length novel, a sequel, or an extended coda” to Mr. Fortune’s Maggot. Yet it also stands on its own, and Warner considered it “the purest, the least time-serving story I ever wrote.” Over the course of her long career, Sylvia Townsend Warner published five more novels, seven books of poetry, a translation of Proust, fourteen volumes of short stories, and a biography of T. H. White. NYRB also publishes Summer Will Show, Warner’s novel of the French Revolution of 1848. ADAM MARS-JONES was born in London, where he lives and works. His fiction includes Monopolies of Love (1992) and The Waters of Thirst (1993). He writes about films and books for London newspapers.

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New York Review of Books

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1590174038

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Mass Effect Omnibus Vol 1

By: M. Walters,Patrick Weekes,John Dombrow,Sylvia Feketekuty,John Jackson Miller,Jeremy Barlow

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Mass Effect Omnibus Vol 1

By: M. Walters,Patrick Weekes,John Dombrow,Sylvia Feketekuty,John Jackson Miller,Jeremy Barlow

Volume 1: story, Mac Walters, Patrick Weekes, John Dombrow, Sylvia Feketekuty; script, John Jackson Miller, Jeremy Barlow, Mac Walters; art, Omar Francia, Eduardo Francisco, Chris Staggs with Marc Deering, Garry Brown, Jean Diaz; colors, Michael Atiyeh; lettering, Michael Heisler.

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Dark Horse Comics

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1506702767

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9781506702766

Rebecca Temple Mysteries 3-Book Bundle

A Rebecca Temple Mystery

By: Sylvia Maultash Warsh

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Rebecca Temple Mysteries 3-Book Bundle

A Rebecca Temple Mystery

By: Sylvia Maultash Warsh

This three-book bundle presents all three novels in the Rebecca Temple Mystery series in a complete and authoritative edition. A must-read for fans of Sylvia Maultash Warsh and mystery lovers everywhere. "a good old-fashioned mystery and a historical novel rolled into one." — Canadian Book Review Annual Includes To Die in Spring Find Me Again Season of Iron

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Dundurn

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1459723589

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To Die in Spring

A Rebecca Temple Mystery

By: Sylvia Maultash Warsh

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To Die in Spring

A Rebecca Temple Mystery

By: Sylvia Maultash Warsh

Short-listed for the 2002 Arthur Ellis Award for Best First Novel Dr. Rebecca Temple has just returned to practice in an old converted house in the Kensington Market area of Toronto, six months after the death of her artist husband, when she’s confronted with the violent murder of a patient she had earlier diagnosed as paranoid. Sylvia Warsh’s accomplished first novel explores the decades-old deceptions and plots that go back to World War Two Poland and underlie the murder of Goldie. Even as Rebecca struggles with guilt over the misdiagnosis which may have led to her patient’s death, she becomes the killer’s next target.

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Dundurn

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177070020X

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Grand Pursuit

The Story of Economic Genius

By: Sylvia Nasar

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Grand Pursuit

The Story of Economic Genius

By: Sylvia Nasar

From the author of A Beautiful Mind, a sweeping history of the invention of modern economics that takes you from Dickens’ London to modern Calcutta.

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Simon and Schuster

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0684872986

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9780684872988

The Delivery Room

A Novel

By: Sylvia Brownrigg

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The Delivery Room

A Novel

By: Sylvia Brownrigg

It is 1998. In the safe haven of her London office—a room her husband jokingly calls "The Delivery Room"—therapist Mira Braverman listens to the stories of her troubled patients, including an aristocratic woman going through an intense infertility drama, an American journalist who is eager to have a baby, and an irritable divorcé who likes to taunt Mira about her Serbian nationality. As the novel unfolds, Mira discovers she is not as distant from her patients' pain as she might once have been: her husband Peter struggles with illness, NATO's threats against her country grow more serious, and submerged truths from her own past seem likely to erupt. Compelling, complex, and always deeply human, The Delivery Room is an engaging examination of the incomplete understandings that course between therapist and patient, and a set of variations on the theme of motherhood—as well as a timely meditation on the meanings of wars fought from a distance, when ordinary citizens have to measure their personal griefs against the outrages experienced by those under attack.

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Catapult

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1582434247

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9781582434247

Sammy Spider's Hanukkah Fun Book

By: Sylvia A. Rouss

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Sammy Spider's Hanukkah Fun Book

By: Sylvia A. Rouss

Sammy Spider has fun playing games, solving puzzles, finding his way in a maze, finding menorahs and dreidels hidden in the drowings, and coloring pictures. All the activities take place during Hanukkah celebration.

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Kar-Ben Publishing

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1580130321

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9781580130325

Messiah

Hidden in the Ancient Feasts!

By: Dr. Sylvia Held

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Messiah

Hidden in the Ancient Feasts!

By: Dr. Sylvia Held

This book describes how Messiah fulfilled the spring feasts of the Lord at his first coming and how he will fulfill the fall feasts when he returns to earth at his second coming. It also discusses the importance of the Sabbath, the ancient Jewish wedding, the millennial reign, the marriage supper of the Lamb, and the Sabbath rest.

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WestBow Press

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1973606682

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9781973606680

Secrets & Mysteries of the World

By: Sylvia Browne

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Secrets & Mysteries of the World

By: Sylvia Browne

For those of us who have always been fascinated by the unexplained—or inadequately explained—secrets and mysteries of this world, Sylvia Browne now brings her great insight. Using a combination of information from her spirit guide Francine as well as her own incredible psychic powers, Sylvia augments current scientific research to provide us with detailed explanations about seeming inexplicable concepts. From the Great Pyramid to Stonehenge, Sylvia reveals amazing facts about some of the world’s most mysterious sites. The truth behind sacred and controversial objects such as the Shroud of Turin and the Holy Grail are brought to light; and fascinating and mystifying topics such as crop circles, the Lost Continent of Atlantis, UFOs, Easter Island, and much more are examined and clarified. Sylvia tears away the obscure and timeworn explanations that hide the underlying truths about these fascinating subjects.

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Hay House, Inc

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1401922503

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Grappling with Legacy

Rhode Island’S Brown Family and the American Philanthropic Impulse

By: Sylvia Brown

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Grappling with Legacy

Rhode Island’S Brown Family and the American Philanthropic Impulse

By: Sylvia Brown

This is a fascinating and intellectually honest work about a remarkable family that has played a major role in the history of Providence and Rhode Island. Sylvia Brown has made a tremendous contribution in writing this wonderful book. It is clearly a labor of love, and we should all be grateful to her for it. Vartan Gregorian, President of Carnegie Corporation of New York, former President of Brown University A splendid work of history---an honest, clearly written, and solidly based account of the private and public lives through four centuries of one of Americas most important and fascinating families. Gordon Wood, Pulitzer Prize for History, Alva O. Way University Professor and Professor of History Emeritus at Brown University What fuels a familys compulsion for philanthropy? Self-interest? A feeling of guilt? A sense of genuine altruism? Charitable giving is such an intrinsic part of American culture that its story deserves to be told, not in a dry, academic tome but through the tale of a colorful, multifaceted family. Since 1638, the Browns of Rhode Island have provided community leaders in one of the nations most idiosyncratic states. In the 18th century, they excelled at maritime commerce, were pioneers of the American industrial revolution, and adorned their hometown of Providence with public buildings, churches, and a university. In the 19th century, they pioneered the modern notion that universities can be forces for social good. And, in the 20th century, they sought to transform the human experience through great art and architecture. Over three hundred years, the Browns also wrestled with societys toughest issuesslavery, immigration, child labor, the dispossessedand with their own internal family tensions. Author Sylvia Brown tells the story of the ten generations of Browns that came before her with warmth and lucidity. Today, in an era of wealth creation and philanthropic innovation not seen since the Gilded Age, Grappling with Legacy provides fascinating insights into a unique aspect of Americas heritage.

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Archway Publishing

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1480844187

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9781480844186

Starlight Surrender

By: Sylvia McDaniel

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Starlight Surrender

By: Sylvia McDaniel

On trial for murdering ruthless New Orleans shipping tycoon Jean Cuvier, Layla DuChampe, Cuvier's third "widow," finds her heart, and her very life, in the hands of a firebrand attorney. Original.

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Zebra Books

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0821775197

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9780821775196

Social Work and Mental Health

Evidence-Based Policy and Practice

By: Sylvia I. Mignon, MSW, PhD

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Social Work and Mental Health

Evidence-Based Policy and Practice

By: Sylvia I. Mignon, MSW, PhD

Clear, comprehensive, and accessible, this textbook presents an overview of the contemporary American mental health system and its impact on clients and social workers. The failure of the system to provide quality care for the mentally ill is explored, including issues and policies that social workers face in accessing mental health care for their clients, while also discussing the ways in which social workers can improve the overall functioning of the system and promote the development and expansion of policy and practice innovations. This is the first textbook to examine the lack of understanding of the roots of mental illness, the challenges in classification of mental disorders for social workers, and difficult behavioral manifestations of mental illness. By looking at the flaws and disparities in the provision of mental health services, especially in relation to the criminal justice system and homelessness and mental illness, social work students will be able to apply policy and practice to improve mental health care in their everyday work. A focus on the lived experiences of the mentally ill and their families, along with the experiences of social workers, adds a unique, real-world perspective. Key Features: Delivers a clear and accessible overview and critique of social work in the broader context of mental health care in the US Reviews historical and current mental health policies, laws, and treatments, and assesses their impact on social services for the mentally ill Investigates racial and ethnic disparities in mental health provision Incorporates the experiences of people with mental illness as well as those of social workers Offers recommendations for future social work development of mental health policies and services Includes Instructors Manual with PowerPoint slides, chapter summaries and objectives, and discussion questions Addresses CSWE core competency requirements

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Springer Publishing Company

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0826164439

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9780826164438

Freedom's Pragmatist

Lyndon Johnson and Civil Rights

By: Sylvia Ellis

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Freedom's Pragmatist

Lyndon Johnson and Civil Rights

By: Sylvia Ellis

History has labeled Lyndon B. Johnson "Lincoln's successor." But how did a southern president representing a predominately conservative state, with connections to some of the nation's leading segregationists, come to play such an influential role in civil rights history? In Freedom's Pragmatist, Sylvia Ellis tracks Johnson's personal and political civil rights journey, from his childhood and early adulthood in Texas to his lengthy career in Congress and the Senate to his time as vice president and president. Once in the White House, and pressured constantly by grassroots civil rights protests, Johnson made a major contribution to the black freedom struggle through his effective use of executive power. He provided much-needed moral leadership on racial equality; secured the passage of landmark civil rights acts that ended legal segregation and ensured voting rights for blacks; pushed for affirmative action; introduced antipoverty, education, and health programs that benefited all; and made important and symbolic appointments of African Americans to key political positions. Freedom's Pragmatist argues that place, historical context, and personal ambition are the keys to understanding Johnson on civil rights. And Johnson is key to understanding the history of civil rights in the United States. Ellis emphasizes Johnson's complex love-hate relationship with the South, his innate compassion for the disadvantaged and dispossessed, and his political instincts and skills that allowed him to know when and how to implement racial change in a divided nation.

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University Press of Florida

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0813047188

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9780813047188

A Stranger With a Bag

And Other Stories

By: Sylvia Townsend Warner

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A Stranger With a Bag

And Other Stories

By: Sylvia Townsend Warner

This, arguably Sylvia Townsend Warner's most luminous collection of stories, was first published in 1966 and includes 'A Love Match', hailed by the Los Angeles Times as 'a supreme example of her technique.' It is the tale of Celia and Justin Tizard, sister and war-scarred brother, whose uncommon closeness becomes the talk of a small English village.'Sylvia Townsend Warner was one of the most talented and well-respected British authors of the twentieth century. Today she is shamefully under-read. Her short stories have been particularly neglected - and yet, intelligent, lyrical, beautifully crafted, they constitute some of the very best of her work. It is wonderful to see so many of them being made available again by Faber Finds.' Sarah Waters

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Faber & Faber

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0571280110

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9780571280117

Dreams So Fleeting

By: Sylvia Halliday

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Dreams So Fleeting

By: Sylvia Halliday

“Sylvia Halliday spins a marvelous tale." —RT BOOK REVIEWS Born the illegitimate daughter of a great French nobleman, Ninon knew only a harsh life of cruelty and hardship. It isn't until the dashing Count of Froissart, Philippe, whisks her off to a different world that she begins to hope for a better future. But she soon learns her new life is hollow, promising unhappiness, not joy. A slave to his powerful title and an unbreakable marriage vow, Philippe’s love remains just beyond Ninon’s reach. In despair, she runs away and joins a traveling acting company. Can she dare give her heart to Valentin, the handsome and cunning rogue and actor who rules the troupe?

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Diversion Books

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1626815410

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9781626815414

Contemporary Australian Business Law

By: Mark Giancaspro,Gabrielle Golding,Beth Nosworthy,David Brown,Jessica Viven-Wilksch,Alexandra Wawryk,Sylvia Villios,Paula Zito

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Contemporary Australian Business Law

By: Mark Giancaspro,Gabrielle Golding,Beth Nosworthy,David Brown,Jessica Viven-Wilksch,Alexandra Wawryk,Sylvia Villios,Paula Zito

Contemporary Australian Business Law makes key legal concepts accessible to business students, while maintaining academic rigour.

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Cambridge University Press

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1108984673

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A Scarlet Bride

By: Sylvia McDaniel

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A Scarlet Bride

By: Sylvia McDaniel

From USA Today Bestselling Author Sylvia McDaniel A Marriage Built on Lies, a Love That Defies All Alexandra Thurston’s life was shattered when her husband branded her a scarlet woman, accusing her of infidelity and divorcing her in disgrace. Now, she’s determined to clear her name and live on her terms—never to be tied down by marriage again. But her father has other plans. Desperate for an heir to his banking fortune, he’s determined to marry her off. When Alexandra is unexpectedly caught in a compromising situation with the dashing plantation owner, Connor Manning, her fate takes a turn she never imagined. Connor Manning has only one love: his beloved River Bend plantation. Facing ruin at the hands of the taxman, he’s willing to do anything—even marry for money—to save it. But when he agrees to wed the fiercely independent Alexandra, he doesn’t expect the fiery beauty to capture his heart. As passion ignites between them, both must confront the truth of their marriage—built on secrets and a betrayal that could destroy them both. Will their desire for each other be enough to bridge the gap, or will the foundation of lies tear them apart? Fans of Shirlee Busbee and Merry Farmer will enjoy this tale of a scorned woman.

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Virtual Bookseller, LLC

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0991623851

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9780991623853

Find Me Again

A Rebecca Temple Mystery

By: Sylvia Maultash Warsh

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Find Me Again

A Rebecca Temple Mystery

By: Sylvia Maultash Warsh

Winner of the 2004 Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Paperback Original, short-listed for the 2004 Anthony Award for Best Paperback Original and for Best Historical Mystery Still coming to terms with the death of her husband, Dr. Rebecca Temple tries to continue her practice and carry on with life as usual. She meets a charming Polish count who has written a historical novel based on his own family. During a visit to his home, she discovers a murder and soon realizes that the count’s manuscript may contain clues to the killer’s identity. Frustrated by the inaction of a skeptical police department, she scours the manuscript for answers. As she reads, she journeys back to Enlightenment Europe and uncovers the true story of a love affair between the girl who would become Catharine the Great, and the young man who would become the last king of Poland. In this eagerly anticipated sequel to the acclaimed To Die in Spring, Sylvia Maultash Warsh engages readers in an enthralling mystery that spans three centuries.

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Dundurn

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1770701583

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9781770701588

Amberlight

By: Sylvia Kelso

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Amberlight

By: Sylvia Kelso

A CITY . . . Amberlight, the ruler of the Riverworld. A MYSTERY . . . Qherrique, the foundation of Amberlight's wealth. Amberlight's unique possession, whose mother-lodes keep Riverworld rulers on their thrones. AN IMPOSSIBLE LOVE AFFAIR . . . She leads the most powerful House in Amberlight. He's an amnesiac mugging victim, found bleeding to death on the street. So why should it matter, if he dies? What he's forgotten could be the city's deadliest danger. What he shows her changes her life. What she means to him changes his own life. But intrigue and insurrection and brutal warfare threaten any future for their love. “Amberlight is peopled with vivid characters that stormed up off the page into permanent residence in my mind and memory, in a unique world, and driving an original plot. If some writers' prose sings, Kelso's is an opera.” Lois McMaster Bujold, Author of Paladin of Souls “Sumptuous, sensuous, and passionate, Amberlight is completely delightful. Sylvia Kelso is a master of world-building, beautiful prose, and sheer romance.” Delia Sherman, co-author of The Fall of the Kings

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Wildside Press LLC

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1479426997

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Living Christianly

Kierkegaard's Dialectic of Christian Existence

By: Sylvia Walsh

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Living Christianly

Kierkegaard's Dialectic of Christian Existence

By: Sylvia Walsh

The pseudonymous works Kierkegaard wrote during the period 1843–46 have been responsible for establishing his reputation as an important philosophical thinker, but for Kierkegaard himself, they were merely preparatory for what he saw as the primary task of his authorship: to elucidate the meaning of what it is to live as a Christian and thus to show his readers how they could become truly Christian. The more overtly religious and specifically Christian works Kierkegaard produced in the period 1847–51 were devoted to this task. In this book Sylvia Walsh focuses on the writings of this later period and locates the key to Kierkegaard’s understanding of Christianity in the “inverse dialectic” that is involved in “living Christianly.” In the book’s four main chapters, Walsh examines in detail how this inverse dialectic operates in the complementary relationship of the negative qualifications of Christian existence—sin, the possibility of offense, self-denial, and suffering—to the positive qualifications—faith, forgiveness, new life/love/hope, and joy and consolation. It was Kierkegaard’s aim, she argues, “to bring the negative qualifications, which he believed had been virtually eliminated in Christendom, once again into view, to provide them with conceptual clarity, and to show their essential relation to, and necessity in, securing a correct understanding and expression of the positive qualifications of Christian existence.”

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Penn State Press

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027107597X

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9780271075976

Los Angeles Times Sunday Crossword Omnibus, Volume 6

By: Sylvia Bursztyn,Barry Tunick

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Los Angeles Times Sunday Crossword Omnibus, Volume 6

By: Sylvia Bursztyn,Barry Tunick

The latest compilation of 200 fun-filled, pun-filled puzzles from the pages of the Los Angeles Times. Edited with care by renowned puzzlers Sylvia Bursztyn and Barry Tunick, who have been puzzle-writing partners since 1980 and have written nearly 1,500 Sunday crosswords for the Los Angeles Times.

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Random House Puzzles & Games

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0375722483

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Los Angeles Times Sunday Crossword Puzzles

By: Sylvia Bursztyn,Barry Tunick

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Los Angeles Times Sunday Crossword Puzzles

By: Sylvia Bursztyn,Barry Tunick

This latest volume of the successful LA Times Sunday Crossword Puzzles series includes 50 new, large, Sunday-size puzzles. Authors Sylvia Bursztyn and Barry Tunick are renowned for their trademark wit and wordplay, and the laid-back, breezy crosswords in this book are sure to keep you entertained and engaged.

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0375721762

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The Gravity of Weight

A Clinical Guide to Weight Loss and Maintenance

By: Sylvia R. Karasu,T. Byram Karasu

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The Gravity of Weight

A Clinical Guide to Weight Loss and Maintenance

By: Sylvia R. Karasu,T. Byram Karasu

The Gravity of Weight: A Clinical Guide to Weight Loss and Maintenance, by Sylvia R. Karasu, M.D., and T. Byram Karasu, M.D., is a scholarly and critical inquiry into the field of overweight and obesity. Reviewing more than 900 publications, from some of the early classical papers to the most recent research, the authors have integrated the complex psychological and physiological aspects of the mind, brain, and body to explain why the control of body weight is so daunting for so many people. Written primarily for clinicians in all health-related fields, including physicians, psychologists, nurses, social workers, and nutritionists, as well as for their intellectually curious patients, The Gravity of Weight explores the controversy regarding obesity as a disease with morbidity and mortality, as well as the complex methodological issues involved in obesity research. The authors delineate the extraordinary metabolic complexities implicated in weight control as well as the importance of circadian rhythms and sleep as they relate to weight and even disorders such as the night eating syndrome. They also investigate the psychological aspects of overweight and obesity, including discrimination against the obese and the fat acceptance movement, and they discuss some of the most common diets as well as the psychotherapeutic, pharmacological, and surgical treatment options currently available for these patients.The Gravity of Weight: A Clinical Guide to Weight Loss and Maintenance is a comprehensive, multidisciplinary text that synthesizes some of the most essential information for successful weight control: The role of the environment, including diet, disordered eating, and portion control, in weight management The National Weight Control Registry and the study of those successful at weight control The importance of differentiating weight loss from weight loss maintenance The qualitative and quantitative measurements of physical activity, including the role of exercise for maintenance of weight loss The contribution of genetics to "the obesities" Depression and obesity: cause or consequence? Psychotherapeutic strategies, including cognitive behavioral therapy Medical and surgical treatment approaches and their effectiveness Drs. Karasu have drawn from both professional and personal experience to write The Gravity of Weight: A Clinical Guide To Weight Loss and Maintenance. Both had fathers who suffered from morbid obesity. One died at the age of 56, while the other lived to be 91. The authors' professional curiosity led them to question how differences in environment, genetics, and overall physical and psychological health can affect one person's longevity and another's early passing. In searching for the answers to some of the most perplexing questions regarding weight, the authors have created what is perhaps the most comprehensive exploration of the relationship of the mind, brain, body and our environment to overweight and obesity. The resulting text deserves a prominent place in the library of those who work in this field.

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American Psychiatric Pub

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1585629324

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Los Angeles Times Sunday Crossword Omnibus, Volume 1

By: Sylvia Bursztyn,Barry Tunick

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Los Angeles Times Sunday Crossword Omnibus, Volume 1

By: Sylvia Bursztyn,Barry Tunick

An extra-value collection featuring two hundred witty, punny, Sunday crosswords from Tinseltown's Bursztyn & Tunick.

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Random House Puzzles & Games

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0812927583

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9780812927580

When Hens Begin To Crow

Gender And Parliamentary Politics In Uganda

By: Sylvia Tamale

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When Hens Begin To Crow

Gender And Parliamentary Politics In Uganda

By: Sylvia Tamale

Among African countries, Uganda is unique in its affirmative action program for women. In the late 1980s, President Yoweri Museveni announced his belief that Uganda's successful development depended on increased gender equity and backed his opinions by setting several women-centered policies in motion, including a 1989 rule that at least 39 seats in the Ugandan parliament be reserved for women.In this fascinating study, based on in-depth interviews with both male and female parliamentarians, women in nongovernmental organizations, and rural residents of Uganda, Sylvia Tamale explores how women's participation in Ugandan politics has unfolded and what the impact has been for gender equity. The book examines how women have adapted their legislative strategies for empowerment in light of Uganda's patriarchal history and social structure. The author also looks at the consequences and implications of women's parliamentary participation as a result of affirmative action handed down by the president, rather than pushed up from a grassroots movement.Although focusing on Uganda, Tamale's study is relevant to other African and non-African countries grappling with the twin challenges of democracy and development.

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Routledge

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0429982712

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9780429982712

If You Could See What I See

The Tenets of Novus Spiritus

By: Sylvia Browne

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If You Could See What I See

The Tenets of Novus Spiritus

By: Sylvia Browne

This enlightening work by renowned psychic Sylvia Browne contains the Gnostic tenets of her church, the Society of Novus Spiritus, and is a map of our charts - regardless of what spiritual path we follow. It has taken many years of research to put together these seemingly simple tenets, but as we go deeper, we can see that this book carries within it the very heart of humankinds search for our own spirituality. Sylvia has also included many details from her own personal journey, which she feels is comparable to the quest that each of us follows to find our own God-center. As we travel on this road, we can realize that long-forgotten yet inherent goal of viewing our life on Earth as our path to God. This is a valuable book that provides long-awaited answers to some of humankinds most persistent questions . . . done in the way only Sylvia can.

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1458724700

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The Bipolar II Disorder Workbook

Managing Recurring Depression, Hypomania, and Anxiety

By: Stephanie McMurrich Roberts,Louisa Grandin Sylvia,Noreen A. Reilly-Harrington

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The Bipolar II Disorder Workbook

Managing Recurring Depression, Hypomania, and Anxiety

By: Stephanie McMurrich Roberts,Louisa Grandin Sylvia,Noreen A. Reilly-Harrington

Most people have heard of bipolar disorder, a mental health condition that is marked by manic episodes and periods of intense depression. Bipolar II disorder differs from bipolar I in that sufferers may never experience a full manic episode, although they may experience periods of high energy and impulsiveness (hypomania), as well as depression and anxiety. If you have been diagnosed with bipolar II, or even if you think that you may have this disorder, you may be frightened by the highs and lows of your intense emotions. Fortunately, there are proven-effective treatments that can help you find a sense of calm and peace of mind. Written by an extremely accomplished team of bipolar experts, The Bipolar II Disorder Workbook is designed to help you manage the recurring depression, hypomania, and anxiety that can arise as a result of your condition. The convenient workbook format combines evidence-based cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT), and other mindfulness-based exercises to help you manage your emotions, track your progress, and ultimately live a happy and more productive life. This is the first self-help workbook available specifically for individuals diagnosed with bipolar II disorder.

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Teaching Literacy to Learners with Dyslexia

A Multi-sensory Approach

By: Kathleen Kelly,Sylvia Phillips

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Teaching Literacy to Learners with Dyslexia

A Multi-sensory Approach

By: Kathleen Kelly,Sylvia Phillips

The Second Edition of this bestselling book provides a structured multi-sensory programme for teaching literacy to children and young people from 5-18 with dyslexia and other specific literacy difficulties. Supported by a wealth of resources available online and updated throughout, the new edition now includes a brand new section on Implementing the Accelerated Programme for learners who have already acquired some literacy skills. This includes: A placement test to indicate whether the programme is appropriate A diagnostic assessment procedure to determine where the learner should begin on the Accelerated Programme Examples of lesson plans, reading cards and spelling cards to help teachers prepare resources for their students With tried and tested strategies and activities this book continues to provide everything you need to help improve and develop the literacy skills of learners in your setting including; the rationale for a structured multi-sensory approach the development of phonological, reading, writing and spelling skills working with learners who have English as an Additional Language (EAL) lesson structure and lesson-planning alphabet and dictionary skills memory work and study skills teaching the programme to groups ideas for working with young children.

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1473967945

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Children of the Star: The Complete Trilogy

By: Sylvia Engdahl

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Children of the Star: The Complete Trilogy

By: Sylvia Engdahl

An omnibus edition containing the complete trilogy This Star Shall Abide (known in the UK as Heritage of the Star), Beyond the Tomorrow Mountains, and The Doors of the Universe. Noren can see that his world is not as it should be--it is wrong that only the Scholars, and their representatives the Technicians, can use metal tools and Machines. It's wrong that only those few have access to the impenetrable City, which he has always longed to enter. Above all, it is wrong for the Scholars to have sole power over the distribution of knowledge. Unable to believe in the Prophecy that promises these restrictions will someday end, he declares it to be a fraud and defies the High Lew under which they are enforced. His family and the girl to whom he is betrothed reject him. Yet he cannot turn back from the path that leads him to the mysterious fate awaiting heretics. But the more he learns of the grim truth about his people's deprivations, the less possible it seems that their world can be changed. And once he discovers what really happened in their past, he becomes convinced that it is up to him to restore their rightful heritage. To do so, however, will mean giving up all else that matters to him, for it will demand more drastic steps than anyone has imagined.

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The Far Side of Evil

By: Sylvia Engdahl

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The Far Side of Evil

By: Sylvia Engdahl

On completion of her training as an agent of the interstellar federation's Anthropological Service, Elana is sent to a world whose people may soon destroy their civilization. Since not enough is understood about the situation to justify any interference with their evolution, the Service has no power to act; its agents must go as helpless observers, posing as natives, in the hope of gaining knowledge that may help to save other worlds. This passive role proves intolerable to the young, inexperienced agent assigned to the same city as Elana, a city under totalitarian rule. After falling in love with a local girl who has become Elana's closest friend, he identifies too completely with the natives and unwittingly endangers the entire world by a well-meant but ill-advised attempt to intervene. Forced to assume responsibility for undoing the damage, Elana finds that only she—at great cost—can prevent an immediate war of annihilation. Although this novel has the same heroine as the author's Newbery Honor book Enchantress from the Stars, it is not a sequel but a completely separate—and very different—story not intended for readers below high school age, which is also enjoyed by adults. The two books are in no way dependent on each other and can be read in either order.

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Sylvia Engdahl

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Mr. Fortune's Maggot

And, The Salutation

By: Sylvia Townsend Warner

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Mr. Fortune's Maggot

And, The Salutation

By: Sylvia Townsend Warner

After a decade in one South Seas mission, a London bank-clerk-turned-minister sets his heart on serving a remote volcanic island. Fanua contains neither cannibals nor Christians, but its citizens, his superior warns, are like children—immoral children. Still, Mr. Timothy Fortune lights out for Fanua. Yet after three years, he has made only one convert, and his devotion to the boy may prove more sensual than sacred.Mr. Fortune’s Maggot, Sylvia Townsend Warner’s second novel, is lyrical, droll, and deeply affecting, and her missionary captivated his creator as much as he did her readers. Long after the book's publication, Warner began the novellaThe Salutation. Now adrift and starving on the Brazilian pampas, Mr. Fortune is rescued by an elderly widow, who delights in having an Englishman about the house. Her heir, however, may beg to differ. Brilliant and subversive,Mr. Fortune's Maggotand its sequel are now available for the first time ever in one volume. They show Sylvia Townsend Warner at the height of her powers.

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New York Review of Books

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0940322838

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Colossians Remixed

Subverting the Empire

By: Brian J. Walsh,Sylvia C. Keesmaat

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Colossians Remixed

Subverting the Empire

By: Brian J. Walsh,Sylvia C. Keesmaat

Have we really heard the message of Colossians? Is this New Testament book just another religious text whose pretext is an ideological grab for dominating power? Reading Colossians in context, ancient and contemporary, can perhaps give us new ears to hear. In this innovative and refreshing book Brian J. Walsh and Sylvia C. Keesmaat explain our own sociocultural context to then help us get into the world of the New Testament and get a sense of the power of the gospel as it addressed those who lived in Colossae two thousand years ago. Their reading presents us with a radical challenge from the apostle Paul for today. Drawing together biblical scholarship with a passion for authentic lives that embody the gospel, this groundbreaking interpretation of Colossians provides us with tools to subvert the empire of our own context in a way that acknowledges the transforming power of Jesus Christ.

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InterVarsity Press

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0830899936

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9780830899937

World Poverty

By: Sylvia Whitman

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World Poverty

By: Sylvia Whitman

Examine the situations in the United States, India, Syria, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Guatemala, and the Ukraine, and investigate the strategies that these national governments have adopted to fight poverty.

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1438109067

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