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Being Muslim

A Cultural History of Women of Color in American Islam

By: Sylvia Chan-Malik

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Being Muslim

A Cultural History of Women of Color in American Islam

By: Sylvia Chan-Malik

Four american moslem ladies": early U.S. Muslim women in the Ahmadiyya Movement in Islam, 1920-1923 -- Insurgent domesticity: race and gender in representations of NOI Muslim women during the Cold War era -- Garments for one another: Islam and marriage in the lives of Betty Shabazz and Dakota Staton -- Chadors, feminists, terror: constructing a U.S. American discourse of the veil -- A third language: Muslim feminism in Smerica -- Conclusion: Soul Flower Farm

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NYU Press

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1479823422

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9781479823420

Tales of Two Cities

Women and Municipal Restructuring in London and Toronto

By: Sylvia Bashevkin

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Tales of Two Cities

Women and Municipal Restructuring in London and Toronto

By: Sylvia Bashevkin

How does reshaping local government affect citizen involvement in public life? As cities move between centralized and decentralized governance and conservative and progressive leadership, what brings out the best and the worst in civic engagement? In this thought-provoking book, Sylvia Bashevkin examines the consequences of divergent restructuring experiences in London and Toronto. By focusing on the forced amalgamation of local boroughs in Toronto and the creation of a new metropolitan authority in London, she explores the fallout for women as urban citizens. Ultimately, context is crucial to whether municipal change signals pessimism or promise.

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201

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UBC Press

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0774841133

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9780774841139

College Rodeo

From Show to Sport

By: Sylvia Gann Mahoney

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College Rodeo

From Show to Sport

By: Sylvia Gann Mahoney

Given in honor ofEmken and Sherilyn Lynton by the Aggieland Rotary Club of Bryan-College Station.

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Texas A&M University Press

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1603446311

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9781603446310

Secrets of a Summer Place

Secrets of Mustang Island

By: Sylvia McDaniel

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Secrets of a Summer Place

Secrets of Mustang Island

By: Sylvia McDaniel

Jennifer Moss is having a really bad day…. But it’s about to get even worse… In the tumult of Jennifer Moss's life, every blow seems to land harder than the last. Her son's grades plummet, her marriage feels distant, and a letter from the child she gave up for adoption threatens to unearth buried emotions. Then one night the police arrive on her doorstep. Forced to confront the shadows of her past, Jennifer retreats to the haunting shores of Mustang Island. Here, amidst the whispers of waves and the weight of memories, secrets long kept hidden begin to surface. As the layers unravel, the boy she left behind decades ago emerges as an unexpected ally. However, a looming question persists – will the revelation of their secret child jeopardize the fragile threads of connection they are attempting to rebuild? A heart-wrenching tale of resilience, redemption, and the transformative power of second chances.

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Virtual Bookseller, LLC

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1950858863

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9781950858866

A Season of Spells

By: Sylvia Izzo Hunter

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A Season of Spells

By: Sylvia Izzo Hunter

In a Britain where the study of magick inspires many a drawing-room debate, Magistra Sophie Marshall and her shapeshifting professor husband must bend all their learning toward saving the nation from ruin... Amid the bustle of Oxford University, Lady Morgan College has waited for two hundred years, its grounds overgrown, its buildings abandoned. Sophie Marshall is determined to revive magickal education for women in Britain, and where better than its first seat? The mystery of Lady Morgan’s closure has eluded everyone before her, but Sophie has unique advantages: a degree in magickal theory, a stomach for terrifying revelations—and a royal father who owes her a favor. For Sophie’s beloved husband Gray must leave her again, at the request of his king, to spy on a peculiar army massing at Britain’s borders. Led by the so-called Emperor of Gaul, the army wins its battles unopposed, absorbing enemies as if swallowing them whole. Gray fears the Emperor has rediscovered an ancient and deadly truth of the magick that connects their lands. They may all fall under such uncanny dominion—unless Sophie can unearth the secret and rush to Gray’s aid. And they’ll need all the help they can get... Praise for A Season of Spells: “Hunter’s characters and setting feel fully formed, and the story moves briskly through its twists and turns. This compelling blend of fantasy, intrigue, and Regency romance adds up to a thoroughly satisfying adventure.” — Publishers Weekly “Intriguing fantasy.” — Library Journal

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Jabberwocky Literary Agency, Inc.

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1625676697

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9781625676696

No Wasted Tears

By: Sylvia D. Carter

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No Wasted Tears

By: Sylvia D. Carter

Destiny took her seat, holding her hands tightly in her lap, trying to remain calm. The events of the day were catching up with her with lightning speed. She took a few slow, deep, calming breaths and let them out, hoping they would begin the boarding process soon. The fear of being caught lingered on her mind. If she let it, Destiny knew, it would take her over completely. Just thinking of Stanley, of everything that had happened, made her feel dizzy, and she forced herself to push it away. She couldn't wait to say one day that it was a lifetime ago. A lifetime she'd never forget. And a mistake she'd never make again...and certainly not with anyone like Stanley. Straightening, Destiny turned to face the boarding attendant. It was time to start her new life.

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Tate Publishing

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1620247410

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9781620247419

Cupid's Heart

Small Town Contemporary Romance

By: Sylvia McDaniel

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Cupid's Heart

Small Town Contemporary Romance

By: Sylvia McDaniel

One wants an everlasting love while the other only believes in the moment…. Preacher’s daughter Chloe Kilian’s luck with men has been less than inspirational. One was a cheater, two thought they were God’s gift to women, three had Mother Separation anxiety, and four had been chosen by her father. None of the odds were in her favor of meeting Mr. Right. Ready to flee Cupid, Texas to save her sanity, Chloe decides to give love one more chance. Attorney Drew Lawrence grudging agrees to fulfill an impulsive bet he made – one he is sure he will regret if he gets caught! A cynic, he doesn’t believe in true love, happily ever after, or the town’s silly Cupid superstition. The last thing he expects when he runs naked around the town statue to settle a wager is to bump into the preacher’s daughter! Caught in a compromising situation, Drew never thought a woman could intrigue him enough to think of happily-ever-after. Will Cupid’s arrow pierce Drew and Chloe’s hearts and build a lasting love, or will the two skeptics, both running from the truth of their emotional wounds, be more than even Cupid can heal? Return to Cupid, Texas Series Cupid Stupid -- Free Cupid Scores Cupid's Dance Cupid Help Me! Cupid Cures Cupid's Heart Cupid Santa Cupid Second Chance p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 16.0px; font: 14.0px Arial; color: #333333; -webkit-text-stroke: #333333; background-color: #ffffff} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; line-height: 14.0px; font: 12.0px Times; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000; background-color: #ffffff; min-height: 14.0px} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} Clean romance, Small town romance, cowboy romance, western contemporary, love story, western romance, contemporary romance, romantic comedy, sensual romance, USA Today Bestselling Author, steamy, Cupid, Valentine romance

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Virtual Bookseller, LLC

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1942608780

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9781942608783

Madness at Midnight Revenge

Revenge Never Dies

By: Sylvia A. Witmore

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Madness at Midnight Revenge

Revenge Never Dies

By: Sylvia A. Witmore

Erin Andrews met Logan Maxwell, III on a cruise ship the summer of 2011; they were married over the Christmas holidays and now are happily planning a honeymoon trip on another cruise ship out of Charleston, S.C; however unknown to them, they are being followed by a ruthless killer who is determined that they are not going to remain happy for very long; he is out for revenge and intends to end their lives tragically. Jess Reynolds is Erin's best friend but she has been a thorn in Logan's side for years; however he cannot make Erin see that Jess is a danger to both of them. She is determined to remain Jess's best friend regardless of the consequences. However, when Logan disappears, the police suspect Erin because Logan named her as beneficiary in his $100,000 double indemnity life insurance policy. If you like romantic intrigue and suspense at its best then pick up this book and take a cruise along with the newlyweds to Cozmel and Playa Del Carmen, Mexico, then enjoy the lovely Caribbean beaches around Freeport, Grand Bahamas. Authorhouse has also published seven other books by Sylvia: WHEELS OF DANGER, TREACHEROUS HEARTS, THE VOODOO DOLL, A STRANGE ENCOUNTER, ECHO OF FOOTSTEPS, MADNESS AT MIDNIGHT and WHITE IS FOR WEDDINGS. She is also working on an inspirational novel called: 2009 - A YEAR OF HEARTBREAK AND THE PROMISE OF RAINBOWS.

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AuthorHouse

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1477210679

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9781477210673

Ventures Level 2 Teacher's Edition with Assessment Audio CD/CD-ROM

By: Gretchen Bitterlin,Dennis Johnson,Donna Price,Sylvia Ramirez

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Ventures Level 2 Teacher's Edition with Assessment Audio CD/CD-ROM

By: Gretchen Bitterlin,Dennis Johnson,Donna Price,Sylvia Ramirez

Ventures 2nd Edition is a six-level, standards-based ESL series for adult-education ESL. The Ventures 2nd Edition interleaved Level 2 Teacher's Edition includes easy-to-follow lesson plans for every unit. It offers tips and suggestions for addressing common areas of difficulty for students, as well as suggested expansion activities for improving learner persistence. The Teacher's Edition also explains where to find additional practice in other Ventures components such as the Workbook, Online Teacher's Resource Room, and Student Arcade. Multi-skill unit, midterm, and final tests are found in the back of the Teacher's Edition. Also includes an Assessment CD/CD-ROM which contains audio for each test as well as all the tests in a customizable format.

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Cambridge University Press

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1107665795

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9781107665798

The Corner That Held Them

By: Sylvia Townsend Warner

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The Corner That Held Them

By: Sylvia Townsend Warner

A unique novel about life in a 14th-century convent by one of England's most original authors. Sylvia Townsend Warner’s The Corner That Held Them is a historical novel like no other, one that immerses the reader in the dailiness of history, rather than history as the given sequence of events that, in time, it comes to seem. Time ebbs and flows and characters come and go in this novel, set in the era of the Black Death, about a Benedictine convent of no great note. The nuns do their chores, and seek to maintain and improve the fabric of their house and chapel, and struggle with each other and with themselves. The book that emerges is a picture of a world run by women but also a story—stirring, disturbing, witty, utterly entrancing—of a community. What is the life of a community and how does it support, or constrain, a real humanity? How do we live through it and it through us? These are among the deep questions that lie behind this rare triumph of the novelist’s art.

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New York Review of Books

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1681373882

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9781681373881

500 Little-Known Facts About Nauvoo

By: George W. Givens,Sylvia Givens

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500 Little-Known Facts About Nauvoo

By: George W. Givens,Sylvia Givens

In this newest addition to the popular 500 Little-Known Facts series, George Givens offers answers to the questions most often asked by visitors to Nauvoo, such as, What is the difference between a blacksmith and a whitesmith? Did you know that one of the first recorded cases of artificial resuscitation happened in Nauvoo and that it saved Brigham Young's life? What are the rules for playing Old Cat - Containing everything from trivia about popular songs and games to information about religious practices and architectural symbolism, this is the perfect treasure for anyone who is interested in the early Saints and the difficult but spiritually rich time they spent in their beloved City Beautiful.

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318

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Cedar Fort Publishing & Media

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1462100333

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9781462100330

Fullerton:

The Boom Years

By: Sylvia Palmer Mudrick, Debora Richey & Cathy Thomas

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Fullerton:

The Boom Years

By: Sylvia Palmer Mudrick, Debora Richey & Cathy Thomas

America enjoyed newfound prosperity in the decades following World War II, and Southern California was an epicenter of postwar growth. Among the many Orange County communities that grew and flourished in this hopeful and exciting era, Fullerton led the way. Join authors Sylvia Palmer Mudrick, Debora Richey and Cathy Thomas as they recount Fullerton's boom years. It was a time characterized by economic growth, vibrant development and engaged civic participation. From the founding of the world-famous Fender guitar company to the establishment of Fullerton's first university, discover the events and people that transformed Fullerton from a small town to a thriving city.

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Arcadia Publishing

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1626193193

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9781626193192

The Shadow System

Mass Incarceration and the American Family

By: Sylvia A. Harvey

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The Shadow System

Mass Incarceration and the American Family

By: Sylvia A. Harvey

From an award-winning journalist, a searing exposé of the effects of the mass incarceration crisis on families -- including the 2.7 million American children who have a parent locked up. In The Shadow System, award-winning journalist Sylvia A. Harvey follows the fears, challenges, and small victories of three families struggling to live within the confines of a brutal system. In Florida, a young father tries to maintain a relationship with his daughter despite a sentence of life without parole. In Kentucky, where the opioid epidemic has led to the increased incarceration of women, many of whom are white, one mother fights for custody of her children. In Mississippi, a wife steels herself for her husband's thirty-ninth year in prison and does her best to keep their sons close. Through these stories, Harvey reveals a shadow system of laws and regulations enacted to dehumanize the incarcerated and profit off their families -- from mandatory sentencing laws, to restrictions on prison visitation, to astronomical charges for brief phone calls. The Shadow System is an eye-opening account of the way incarceration has impacted generations of American families; it delivers a galvanizing clarion call to fix this broken system.

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Bold Type Books

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1568588828

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9781568588827

Cupid Santa

Small Town Western Contemporary Romance

By: Sylvia McDaniel

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Cupid Santa

Small Town Western Contemporary Romance

By: Sylvia McDaniel

An imperfect man and a desperate woman. Driven to find her perfect match, Brie Simpson sets out for Cupid, Texas to test the superstition of dancing naked around the statue to discover true love. Only, to learn destiny betrayed her when she gets handcuffed. After complaints about people dancing naked around the statue, Deputy Stephen Austin is determined to arrest anyone he catches. With good reason he doesn’t believe in the magic of Cupid. When he finds himself in a jam, with no one to help plan the annual Christmas party, he’s forced to turn to his prisoner. Can Cupid bring two troubled souls together for the sake of the children and the magic of Christmas heal them? Return to Cupid Series Cupid Stupid Cupid Scores Cupid's Dance Cupid Help Me Cupid Cures Cupid's Heart Cupid Santa Cupid's Second Chance p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 16.0px; font: 14.0px Arial; color: #333333; -webkit-text-stroke: #333333; background-color: #ffffff} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; line-height: 14.0px; font: 12.0px Times; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000; background-color: #ffffff; min-height: 14.0px} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} Small town romance, cowboy romance, western contemporary, love story, western romance, contemporary romance, romantic comedy, sensual romance, USA Today Bestselling Author, Cupid, Valentine romance, Christmas romance

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Virtual Bookseller, LLC

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1942608829

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9781942608820

Family Resource Management

By: Tami James Moore,Sylvia M. Asay

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Family Resource Management

By: Tami James Moore,Sylvia M. Asay

Conversational in style and rich in application and discussion, Family Resource Management shows students how to apply knowledge and theory to the study of how families manage their resources for both survival and fulfillment. Multiple perspectives are used to broaden the base of understanding in a contemporary environment. The book unlocks the complexity of family decision making, enabling students to grasp both the concepts and the underlying explanations of family behavior. A strong theory base and the organization of material within the decision-making process framework facilitate understanding and retention. The Third Edition has been enhanced through surveys of educational professionals and extensive research of contemporary challenges emerging post 2008 recession and the 2016 election.

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SAGE Publications

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1483383156

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9781483383156

Bumpy Road

The Making, Flop, and Revival of Two-Lane Blacktop

By: Sylvia Townsend

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Bumpy Road

The Making, Flop, and Revival of Two-Lane Blacktop

By: Sylvia Townsend

Bumpy Road: The Making, Flop, and Revival of “Two-Lane Blacktop” chronicles the genesis, production, box-office debacle, resurrection, near-canonization, and lasting influence of director Monte Hellman’s 1971 existentialist car-racing movie. Hellman’s unconventional choices for the film included casting three nonactors—musicians James Taylor and Dennis Wilson, as well as his girlfriend, Laurie Bird—in lead roles; shooting the movie in sequence from west to east on Route 66; and refusing to show the actors the full script, instead giving each his or her lines for the day. Before its release, Esquire put the film on its cover as the magazine’s choice for movie of the year and printed the entire screenplay, leading moviegoers to expect a crowd-pleaser. Audiences anticipated that Two-Lane Blacktop would be an action-packed car-racing movie and were disappointed when nobody won or even finished the race, no one got the girl, the two leading men barely spoke, and the leading lady was foul-mouthed and promiscuous. Universal Studios Chairman Lew Wasserman found the film subversive and refused to release it on video. Years after it flopped, however, the movie soared in stature, and it is now revered by such contemporary directors as Quentin Tarantino and Richard Linklater. It was included in the National Film Registry and was released on DVD and Blu-ray by the prestigious Criterion Collection and the highly regarded Masters of Cinema series. Author Sylvia Townsend conducts a comprehensive examination of the film, its reception, and the resurgence of interest it has more recently generated. Interviewing individuals involved in and influenced by the film, including James Taylor, Richard Linklater, Gary Kurtz, and scriptwriter Rudy Wurlitzer, Townsend provides an inside look at the cult classic.

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Univ. Press of Mississippi

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149682086X

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9781496820860

The Collected Prose of Sylvia Plath

By: Sylvia Plath

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The Collected Prose of Sylvia Plath

By: Sylvia Plath

The complete edition of Sylvia Plath's prose including much unpublished and previously uncollected material, edited by Peter K. Steinberg. The Collected Prose stands alongside the Journals (2000) and the two volume Letters (2017 and 2018) to support a more complete understanding of Sylvia Plath's ambition and achievement as a writer. Expanding on the selection published as Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams (1977), this volume draws together all of Sylvia Plath's shorter prose, much of which is previously uncollected and unpublished. The volume embraces her experiments with the short story and pieces of non-fiction from the 1940s through to her more polished compositions of the fifties and early sixties, including fragments of fiction as well as her journalism and book reviews. Themes and associations become apparent as the volume offers new, intertextual ways of reading across Plath's oeuvre, colouring and shading our understanding and appreciation of her extraordinary talent. From reviews of The Letters of Sylvia Plath, Volume I: 1940-1956 and Volume II: 1956-1963: 'Sylvia Plath was not only a great poet, she also forged some of the best prose of the twentieth century. . . she wrote letters of extraordinary wit and vivacity. Their publication is a major literary event.' The Times 'These letters are by turns poignant, revelatory, banal, hilarious and self-absorbed, documenting as they do the changing moods, ambitions and intellectual and creative development of one of the twentieth century's most celebrated poets. ' Evening Standard 'Such was the impact of [Plath's] exploration of both inner and outer landscapes in staggeringly intense, brutal and lyrical language that her loss to the literary world has been mourned ever since.' Financial Times

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880

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Faber & Faber

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0571377661

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9780571377664

The Classicist Writings of Thomas Walsingham

'worldly Cares' at St Albans Abbey in the Fourteenth Century

By: Sylvia Federico

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The Classicist Writings of Thomas Walsingham

'worldly Cares' at St Albans Abbey in the Fourteenth Century

By: Sylvia Federico

A comparative reading of the "literary" works of Thomas Walsingham, highlighting his reaction to contemporary historical events.

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Boydell & Brewer

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1903153638

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9781903153635

Beckoned by the Sea

Women at Work on the Cascadia Coast

By: Sylvia Taylor

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Beckoned by the Sea

Women at Work on the Cascadia Coast

By: Sylvia Taylor

A rich and diverse tapestry weaving together the many voices, narratives, skills, and talents of women up and down the coastal Pacific Northwest who devote their lives and careers to the sea. Beckoned by the Sea celebrates coastal women from northern BC to northern California who work on or with the sea. The twenty-four women featured in this inspiring and fascinating book represent a variety of industries—from conservation, commercial fishing, and marine biology to safety and rescue, tourism, and the arts. Weaving together elements of social history, culture, geography, and environmentalism, author Sylvia Taylor draws on in-depth interviews, meticulous research, and her own experience as a deckhand on a commercial fishing boat. Beckoned by the Sea investigates the myriad ways in which women have contributed to the marine industries that sustain the people and shape the culture of North America’s west coast—and reveals how the sea itself has touched the lives of these women by giving them not just a livelihood but an infinite source of inspiration and personal fulfillment.

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Heritage House Publishing Co

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1772031801

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9781772031805

Quality Human Resources Leadership

A Principal's Handbook

By: David L. Weller, Jr.,Sylvia Weller

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Quality Human Resources Leadership

A Principal's Handbook

By: David L. Weller, Jr.,Sylvia Weller

Marrying theory and practice, this volume will help principals to maximize human potential, promote quality educational outcome, and practice effective leadership skills. This practical, research-based book provides case studies and addresses the more recent responsibilities and demands placed on principals in site-based managed schools. Placing many of the traditional practices of personnel administration into a new conceptual framework, this book is a must-read for principals at all levels.

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R&L Education

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1461734525

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9781461734529

My Sister's Boyfriend

By: Sylvia McDaniel

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My Sister's Boyfriend

By: Sylvia McDaniel

The trouble with identical twins… He's back. The one guy she never wanted to see again. Her high school indiscretion, Brent Moulton, has returned to Tyler, Texas. Only Jennifer Riley knows the truth about that night so long ago when she switched places with her twin sister, Julie, and gave her virginity along with her heart, to her sister's boyfriend in the backseat of his father's Mustang. …they look alike. Fifteen years later, life has thrown them back together. Will Brent realize he slept with the wrong twin? Will he overcome his commitment issues and realize that Jennifer just might be the right twin for him.

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215

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Virtual Bookseller, LLC

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0990635937

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9780990635932

Blacks on Television

A Selectively Annotated Bibliography

By: George H. Hill,Sylvia Saverson Hill

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Blacks on Television

A Selectively Annotated Bibliography

By: George H. Hill,Sylvia Saverson Hill

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Scarecrow Press

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0810817748

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9780810817746

Living Poetically

Kierkegaard's Existential Aesthetics

By: Sylvia Walsh

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Living Poetically

Kierkegaard's Existential Aesthetics

By: Sylvia Walsh

Living Poetically is the first book to focus primarily on Kierkegaard's existential aesthetics as opposed to traditional aesthetic features of his writings such as the use of pseudonyms, literary techniques and figures, and literary criticism. Living Poetically traces the development of the concept of the poetic in Kierkegaard's writings as that concept is worked out in an ethical-religious perspective in contrast to the aesthetics of early German romanticism and Hegelian idealism. Sylvia Walsh seeks to elucidate what it means, in Kierkegaard's view, to be an authentic poet in the form of a poetic writer and to clarify his own role as a Christian poet and writer as he understood it. Walsh shows that, in spite of strong criticisms made of the poetic in some of his writings, Kierkegaard maintained a fundamentally positive understanding of the poetic as an essential ingredient in ethical and religious forms of life. Walsh thus reclaims Kierkegaard as a poetic thinker and writer from those who would interpret him as an ironic practitioner of an aestheticism devoid of and detached from the ethical-religious as well as from those who view him as rejecting the poetic and aesthetic on ethical or religious grounds. Viewing contemporary postmodern feminism and deconstruction as advocating a romantic mode of living poetically, Walsh concludes with a feminist reading of Kierkegaard that affirms both individuality and relatedness, commonalities and differences between the self and others, men and women, for the fashioning of an authentic mode of living poetically in the present age.

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313

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Penn State Press

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0271041226

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9780271041223

Aristotle on the Sources of the Ethical Life

By: Sylvia Berryman

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Aristotle on the Sources of the Ethical Life

By: Sylvia Berryman

Aristotle on the Sources of the Ethical Life challenges the common belief that Aristotle's ethics is founded on an appeal to human nature, an appeal that is thought to be intended to provide both substantive ethical advice and justification for the demands of ethics. Sylvia Berryman argues that this is not Aristotle's intent, while resisting the view that Aristotle was blind to questions of the source or justification of his ethical views. She interprets Aristotle's views as a 'middle way' between the metaphysical grounding offered by Platonists, and the scepticism or subjectivist alternatives articulated by others. The commitments implicit in the nature of action figure prominently in this account: Aristotle reinterprets Socrates' famous paradox that no-one does evil willingly, taking it to mean that a commitment to pursuing the good is implicit in the very nature of action.

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Oxford University Press

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0192571923

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9780192571922

Multicultural Picturebooks

Art for Illuminating Our World

By: Sylvia S. Marantz,Kenneth A. Marantz

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Multicultural Picturebooks

Art for Illuminating Our World

By: Sylvia S. Marantz,Kenneth A. Marantz

Picturebook," spelled as a single word to identify its unique qualities and to differentiate the genre from other books with illustrations, is one that tells a story either in pictures alone or in almost equal partnership with text. The picturebook has great potential for bridging the differences among us; the concept of a story is one common to all, a shared experience that sets the stage for communication. And the goal of multiculturalism is to emphasize the positive attributes of human society, the outstanding, rather than the stereotype. Because children born today will interact with people from different cultures much more than previous generations, it is important that they are taught about other cultures, starting at a young age. Multicultural picturebooks are, therefore, an excellent teaching tool for meeting this educational challenge. The picturebooks profiled are appropriate for children in grades K - 4 but can be used with older children, depending on the curriculum and the students' comprehension level. Books covering Asia and the Pacific, The Middle East, Africa, South America, North America (Native Americas, Inuit, etc.), and books specific to the immigrant experience are profiled. Each book is described in one paragraph that includes an engaging review of the story line, special features of the content, the look and style of the artwork, interior design, and layout of the book. The authors emphasize that the visual qualities of picturebooks affect their ability to tell stories about people whose values and behaviors are different from those of the reader. The analyses, therefore, used in selecting the books include not only the informational content, but also the emotional content--the feelings generated by the text and art. In choosing books for this volume, the authors have used the following criteria: ]Does the book tell an engaging story?]Do the illustrations convincingly portray and represent humans, animals, and objects?]Is the use of the media consistent?]Do the text and the pi

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Beyond Blame

Child Abuse Tragedies Revisited

By: Dr Peter Reder,Sylvia Duncan,Moira Gray

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Beyond Blame

Child Abuse Tragedies Revisited

By: Dr Peter Reder,Sylvia Duncan,Moira Gray

What can we learn from inquiries into cases of fatal child abuse? Beyond Blame offers a new way of looking at such cases and shows that it is possible to draw important lessons from them. The authors, all three experienced in child protection work, summarise thirty-five major inquiries since 1973, setting them in their social context and discussing the implications both for practical work in the field and for future inquiries. They stress the need for those who work day to day in child protection to develop and apply a more sophisticated level of analysis to assessment and intervention. They identify common themes within abusing families, in the relationships between members of the professional networks, and in the interactions between the families and the professionals.

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Routledge

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1134919131

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Grand Pursuit

The Story of Economic Genius

By: Sylvia Nasar

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The Story of Economic Genius

By: Sylvia Nasar

An instant "New York Times" bestseller, from the author of "A Beautiful Mind": a sweeping history of the invention of modern economics that takes readers from Dickens' London to modern Calcutta.

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Simon and Schuster

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0684872994

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9780684872995

Bioethics in Singapore

The Ethical Microcosm

By: John Elliott,W. Calvin Ho,Sylvia S. N. Lim

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Bioethics in Singapore

The Ethical Microcosm

By: John Elliott,W. Calvin Ho,Sylvia S. N. Lim

This book provides an analysis of the ways in which the BAC has established an ethical framework for biomedical research in Singapore, following the launch of the Biomedical Sciences Initiative by the Singapore Government. The editors and authors have an intimate knowledge of the working of the BAC, and the focus of the book includes the ways in which international forces have influenced the form and substance of bioethics in Singapore. Together, the authors offer a comparative account of the institutionalisation of biomedical research ethics in Singapore, considered in the wider context of international regulatory efforts. The book reviews the work of the BAC by placing it within the broader cultural, social and political discourses that have emerged in relation to the life sciences since the turn of the 21st century. This book is not primarily intended to be a retrospect or an appraisal of the contribution of the BAC, though this is one aspect of it. Rather, the main intention is to make a substantive contribution to the rapidly emerging field of bioethics. Ethical discussions in the book include consideration of stem cell research and cloning, genetics and research with human participants, and focus on likely future developments as well as the past.Many of the contributors of the book have been personally involved in this work, and hence they write with an authoritative first-hand knowledge that scholars in bioethics and public policy may appreciate. As indicated above, the book also explains the way in which ethics and science ? international and local ? have interacted in a policy setting. Scholars and policy makers may find the Singaporean experience to be a valuable resource, as the approach has been to make the ethical governance of research in Singapore consistent with international best practice while observing the requirements of a properly localised application of universally accepted principles. In addition, at least three chapters (the first three chapters in particular) are accessible to the lay reader interested in the development of bioethics and biomedical sciences, both inside and outside Singapore, from 2000 (the year in which the BAC was established). Both scholars and interested lay readers are therefore likely to find this publication a valuable reference.

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World Scientific

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9814327115

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Speaking for Nature

Women and Ecologies of Early Modern England

By: Sylvia Bowerbank

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Speaking for Nature

Women and Ecologies of Early Modern England

By: Sylvia Bowerbank

The book contains perceptions of nature and ecology in writings by English women authors from the sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth centuries. Includes discussion of works by the writers: Mary Wroth (ca. 1586-ca. 1640), Margaret Cavendish (1624?-1674), Mary Rich Warwick (1625-1678), Catherine Talbot (1721-1770), Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797).

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0801878721

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