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You Had to Be There

From Web Town to Psych Ward - a Memoir

By: Terrence McCarthy

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You Had to Be There

From Web Town to Psych Ward - a Memoir

By: Terrence McCarthy

Terrence McCarthy was a newspaper reporter, then made a career change. He became an advertising copywriter and worked his way up to creative director. After working in journalism and advertising, McCarthy made another career change; he became a counselor on a locked psychiatric unit in Massachusetts. You Had To Be There chronicles how the author made those career changes. The book begins in McCarthy's hometown, a New England mill town whose nickname is Web Town, after the elastic once made in its mills. The author writes about growing up in that town, of the four years he served in the Air Force, his years as a reporter, and as an ad man. You Had To Be There takes readers behind the locked doors of a psych unit, one of the most dangerous workplaces in the United States. McCarthy describes how the unit on which he worked gained a reputation as a humane place where patients, whose diagnoses ranged from depression to schizophrenia, got treatment and, in most cases, got better. McCarthy also describes his struggle with depression and anxiety, and how he tried not to let those " issues " interfere with the arcs of his careers. There is much humor in this book. Much of the humor was found on the unit. Laughs and grins on a locked ward? You had to be there.

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145288434X

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9781452884349

Erin's Sons

Irish Arrivals in Atlantic Canada, 1751-1858. Volume III

By: Terrence M. Punch

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Erin's Sons

Irish Arrivals in Atlantic Canada, 1751-1858. Volume III

By: Terrence M. Punch

Volume III of Erin's Sons extends the period of coverage to 1858 and lists approximately 7,000 additional Irish-born residents of Atlantic Canada. Like the other volumes in the series, it is based on a wide variety of genealogical sources, including church records, cemetery inscriptions, marriage and burial records, newspapers, census records, and ships' passenger lists.

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Genealogical Publishing Com

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0806318058

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9780806318059

Reframing Organizations

Artistry, Choice, and Leadership

By: Lee G. Bolman,Terrence E. Deal

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Reframing Organizations

Artistry, Choice, and Leadership

By: Lee G. Bolman,Terrence E. Deal

In this fifth edition of the bestselling text in organizational theory and behavior, Bolman and Deal’s update includes coverage of pressing issues such as globalization, changing workforce, multi-cultural and virtual workforces and communication, and sustainability. A full instructor support package is available including an instructor’s guide, summary tip sheets for each chapter, hot links to videos & extra resources, mini-assessments for each of the frames, and podcast Q&As with Bolman & Deal.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1118573315

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9781118573310

The Computational Brain

By: Patricia Smith Churchland,Terrence Joseph Sejnowski

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The Computational Brain

By: Patricia Smith Churchland,Terrence Joseph Sejnowski

The Computational Brain addresses a broad audience: neuroscientists, computer scientists, cognitive scientists, and philosophers. It is written for both the expert and novice. A basic overview of neuroscience and computational theory is provided, followed by a study of some of the most recent and sophisticated modeling work in the context of relevant neurobiological research. Technical terms are clearly explained in the text, and definitions are provided in an extensive glossary. The appendix contains a précis of neurobiological techniques."--Jacket.

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MIT Press

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0262531208

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9780262531207

The Karamazov Case

Dostoevsky's Argument for His Vision

By: Terrence W. Tilley

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The Karamazov Case

Dostoevsky's Argument for His Vision

By: Terrence W. Tilley

This is a new interpretation of Dostoevsky's novel The Brothers Karamazov that scrutinizes it as a performative event (the “polyphony” of the novel) revealing its religious, philosophical, and social meanings through the interplay of mentalités or worldviews that constitute an aesthetic whole. This way of discerning the novel's social vision of sobornost' (a unity between harmony and freedom), its vision of hope, and its more subtle sacramental presuppositions, raises Tilley's interpretation beyond the standard “theology and literature” treatments of the novel and interpretations that treat the novel as providing solutions to philosophical problems. Tilley develops Bakhtin's thoughtful analysis of the polyphony of the novel using communication theory and readers/hearer response criticism, and by using Bakhtin's operatic image of polyphony to show the error of taking "faith vs. reason", argues that at the end of the novel, the characters learned to carry on, in a quiet shared commitment to memory and hope.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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0567704386

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9780567704382

Beyond Global Crisis

Remedies and Road Maps by Daisaku Ikeda and His Contemporaries

By: Terrence Edward Paupp

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Beyond Global Crisis

Remedies and Road Maps by Daisaku Ikeda and His Contemporaries

By: Terrence Edward Paupp

In this volume, Terrence Paupp critically describes the various dimensions of today's global crisis. Among other things, this volume analyzes nuclear weapons proliferation climate change, and international lawlessness in the form of wars of aggression. Paupp argues that much human conflict and environmental degradation is the direct consequence of poverty and inequality. Until these issues are addressed, many of the world's problems will remain. Paupp asserts that around the world, peoples and nations are becoming more open to a strategy and culture of peace that evolves through discovering a commonality of interests, the value of mutual cooperation, and the desirability of forging consensus. By using various road maps and remedies supplied by noted Japanese peace activist Daisaku Ikeda and his contemporaries, viable solutions will emerge. In this new endeavor, equipped with some of the proposed solutions and strategies that this book provides, humanity will collectively become engaged in remaking the character of global governance in order to build a global culture of peace.

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Routledge

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1351313959

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9781351313957

Fine Lines and Distinctions

Murder, Manslaughter and the Unlawful Taking of Human Life

By: Terence Morris,Louis Blom-Cooper

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Fine Lines and Distinctions

Murder, Manslaughter and the Unlawful Taking of Human Life

By: Terence Morris,Louis Blom-Cooper

A most powerful commentary on the law of murder (and other unlawful killings), its history, modern-day development, wholesale deficiencies and unjust penal consequences.

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Waterside Press

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1904380662

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9781904380665

Gandhi and Jesus

The Saving Power of Nonviolence

By: Terrence J. Rynne

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Gandhi and Jesus

The Saving Power of Nonviolence

By: Terrence J. Rynne

At a time when so many insist on countering violence with violence, this exploration of the life of Jesus and the (often misunderstood) teachings of Gandhi puts nonviolent action at the very heart of Christian salvation.

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Orbis Books

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1608334104

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9781608334100

Fighting for the Forty-Ninth Star

C. W. Snedden and the Crusade for Alaska Statehood

By: Terrence Cole

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Fighting for the Forty-Ninth Star

C. W. Snedden and the Crusade for Alaska Statehood

By: Terrence Cole

When Alaskans in the 1950s demanded an end to "second-class citizenship" of territorial status, southern powerbrokers on Capitol Hill were the primary obstacles. They feared a forty-ninth state would tip the balance of power against segregation, and therefore keeping Alaska out of the Union was simply another means of keeping black children out of white schools. C.W. "Bill" Snedden, the publisher of America's farthest north daily newspaper, the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, helped lead the battle of the Far North against the Deep South. Working behind the scenes with his protege, a young attorney named Ted Stevens, and a fellow Republican newspaperman, Secretary of Interior Fred Seaton, Snedden's "magnificent obsession" would open the door to development of the oil fields at Prudhoe Bay, inspire establishment of the Arctic Wildlife Range (now the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge), and add the forty-ninth star to the flag. Fighting for the Forty-Ninth Star is the story of how the publisher of a little newspaper four thousand miles from Washington, D.C., helped convince Congress that Alaskans should be second-class citizens no more.

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University of Alaska Press

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1883309077

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9781883309077

DAIRY FARMING WITH REGISTERED HOLSTEINS IN LIVINGSTON COUNTY, NEW YORK

By: Terrence Grant

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DAIRY FARMING WITH REGISTERED HOLSTEINS IN LIVINGSTON COUNTY, NEW YORK

By: Terrence Grant

Since 1821 dairy farming has been a major industry in Livingston County, New York and since the early 1900's registered Holsteins have been the breed of choice for many farmers in the county. This is the story of the breeders, their farms and their Holsteins.

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Lulu.com

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1312862033

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9781312862036

The Computational Brain, 25th Anniversary Edition

By: Patricia S. Churchland,Terrence J. Sejnowski

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The Computational Brain, 25th Anniversary Edition

By: Patricia S. Churchland,Terrence J. Sejnowski

An anniversary edition of the classic work that influenced a generation of neuroscientists and cognitive neuroscientists. Before The Computational Brain was published in 1992, conceptual frameworks for brain function were based on the behavior of single neurons, applied globally. In The Computational Brain, Patricia Churchland and Terrence Sejnowski developed a different conceptual framework, based on large populations of neurons. They did this by showing that patterns of activities among the units in trained artificial neural network models had properties that resembled those recorded from populations of neurons recorded one at a time. It is one of the first books to bring together computational concepts and behavioral data within a neurobiological framework. Aimed at a broad audience of neuroscientists, computer scientists, cognitive scientists, and philosophers, The Computational Brain is written for both expert and novice. This anniversary edition offers a new preface by the authors that puts the book in the context of current research. This approach influenced a generation of researchers. Even today, when neuroscientists can routinely record from hundreds of neurons using optics rather than electricity, and the 2013 White House BRAIN initiative heralded a new era in innovative neurotechnologies, the main message of The Computational Brain is still relevant.

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MIT Press

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0262339668

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9780262339667

Creed and Culture

The Place of English-Speaking Catholics in Canadian Society, 1750-1930

By: Terrence Murphy,Gerald Stortz

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Creed and Culture

The Place of English-Speaking Catholics in Canadian Society, 1750-1930

By: Terrence Murphy,Gerald Stortz

The essays in Creed and Culture combine narrative elements with historical analysis to examine the experience of English-speaking Catholics in the light of social categories such as ethnicity, gender, and class. The Catholicism of English Canada is set in context by comparisons with broader Canadian developments and with the history of Catholicism in the English-speaking world. The authors discuss not only institutional history and church-state relations but also popular piety and lay involvement in religious affairs. The complexity and diversity of the experience of anglophone Catholics is highlighted through accounts of relations with their French-speaking counterparts and Protestant compatriots, European Catholic immigrants, and ecclesiastical authorities in Quebec, Ireland, Scotland, and Rome.

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0773563679

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9780773563674

Where the Hell is Middle America?

(And I’m Not Talking About Kansas)

By: Terrence Stone

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Where the Hell is Middle America?

(And I’m Not Talking About Kansas)

By: Terrence Stone

Are you tired of the political discord between the two major political parties and feel a deep rift among the electorate? Well, the author does and dives into our current divisive political climate and its impact on our social climate. And he places much of the blame on our politicians for this disharmony. While self-identifying as fiscally conservative but more socially liberal, the author previously felt he was a lifelong moderate Republican. However, he has become disenchanted with the GOP of late. He examines many of the typically divisive topics that often distinguish Republicans and Democrats. Exploring other political parties was also enlightening and now realizes he is more moderate/centrist than previously thought. Today’s politicians often pander to their extremist ends, rarely considering the middle third of the electorate that identify as moderate. If a formidable moderate/centrist candidate could wrest away the dominance of the two major parties by providing some competition, it could force the Republican and Democratic politicians to act better. After all, competition in the marketplace can help bring down prices for our betterment: wouldn’t more competition in the political arena also be for our betterment? The author shows that some middle ground may be met by offering some simple solutions to often complex political topics. If more of the electorate could lean towards the middle, further away from the far right and left extremist ends, then we could gain additional support for more moderate major party candidates or even prevalent third-party candidates.

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Archway Publishing

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1665764627

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9781665764629

A History of American Consumption

Threads of Meaning, Gender, and Resistance

By: Terrence H. Witkowski

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A History of American Consumption

Threads of Meaning, Gender, and Resistance

By: Terrence H. Witkowski

The United States has been near the forefront of global consumption trends since the 1700s, and for the past century and more, Americans have been the world’s foremost consuming people. Informed and inspired by the literature from consumer culture theory, as well as drawing from numerous studies in social and cultural history, A History of American Consumption tells the story of the American consumer experience from the colonial era to the present, in three cultural threads. These threads recount the assignment of meaning to possessions and consumption, the gendered ideology and allocation of consumption roles, and resistance through anti-consumption thought and action. Brief but scholarly, this book provides a thought provoking, introduction to the topic of American consumption history informed by research in consumer culture theory. By examining and explaining the core phenomenon of product consumption and its meaning in the changing lives of Americans over time, it provides a valuable contribution to the literature on the subjects of consumption and its causes and consequences. Readable and insightful, it will be of interest to scholars and advanced students in consumer behaviour, advertising, and marketing and business history.

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Routledge

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131738542X

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9781317385424

The Parameters of Urban Fiscal Policy

Socioeconomic Change and Political Culture in San Francisco, 1860-1906

By: Terrence J. McDonald

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The Parameters of Urban Fiscal Policy

Socioeconomic Change and Political Culture in San Francisco, 1860-1906

By: Terrence J. McDonald

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1986.

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0520329996

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9780520329997

I Don't Want to Talk About It

Overcoming the Secret Legacy of Male Depression

By: Terrence Real

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I Don't Want to Talk About It

Overcoming the Secret Legacy of Male Depression

By: Terrence Real

Overcoming the secret legacy of male depression.

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Simon and Schuster

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0684835398

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9780684835396

Two Guys Read the Obituaries

By: Steve Chandler,Terrence N. Hill

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Two Guys Read the Obituaries

By: Steve Chandler,Terrence N. Hill

Each author combed the obituary pages for a calendar year. They wrote about the Reaper's usual harvest--the famous, the infamous and the fascinating.

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Author's Choice Publishing

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1931741794

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9781931741798

Joe Fafard

By: Terrence Heath,National Gallery of Canada

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Joe Fafard

By: Terrence Heath,National Gallery of Canada

Few contemporary artists have worked in the sheer variety of styles that Joe Fafard has perfected -- and won such acclaim for their efforts. Born in 1942 in a remote farming hamlet in Saskatchewan, the idiosyncratic artist early on chose a radically different direction from the prevailing modernistic aesthetic of the early 1960s, boldly exploring new media and new imagery. Gaining fame initially as a ceramic sculptor of oversize animals and people, in the early 1980s he turned to laser-steel and bronze work, along the way adding painting to his repertoire. This dual biography and critical study features a wealth of illustrations from Fafard's long career, generously sampling both the monumental sculptures done as public and private commissions, and the more intimate studies of people and prairie that reside in museums worldwide and in the private collections of Oprah Winfrey, Bill Cosby, and others.

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Douglas & McIntyre

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1553652215

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9781553652212

Corporate Celebration

Play, Purpose, and Profit at Work

By: Terrence E. Deal,M. K. Key

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Corporate Celebration

Play, Purpose, and Profit at Work

By: Terrence E. Deal,M. K. Key

How ceremonies can be used to build relationships, relieve tension, level the hierarchy, create excitement, transform losses into gains, and provide access to life's deeper lessons."--Cover.

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Berrett-Koehler Publishers

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1576750132

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9781576750131

The Deep Learning Revolution

By: Terrence J. Sejnowski

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The Deep Learning Revolution

By: Terrence J. Sejnowski

How deep learning—from Google Translate to driverless cars to personal cognitive assistants—is changing our lives and transforming every sector of the economy. The deep learning revolution has brought us driverless cars, the greatly improved Google Translate, fluent conversations with Siri and Alexa, and enormous profits from automated trading on the New York Stock Exchange. Deep learning networks can play poker better than professional poker players and defeat a world champion at Go. In this book, Terry Sejnowski explains how deep learning went from being an arcane academic field to a disruptive technology in the information economy. Sejnowski played an important role in the founding of deep learning, as one of a small group of researchers in the 1980s who challenged the prevailing logic-and-symbol based version of AI. The new version of AI Sejnowski and others developed, which became deep learning, is fueled instead by data. Deep networks learn from data in the same way that babies experience the world, starting with fresh eyes and gradually acquiring the skills needed to navigate novel environments. Learning algorithms extract information from raw data; information can be used to create knowledge; knowledge underlies understanding; understanding leads to wisdom. Someday a driverless car will know the road better than you do and drive with more skill; a deep learning network will diagnose your illness; a personal cognitive assistant will augment your puny human brain. It took nature many millions of years to evolve human intelligence; AI is on a trajectory measured in decades. Sejnowski prepares us for a deep learning future.

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MIT Press

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026203803X

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9780262038034

The Soap Maker

By: Terrence Pershall

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The Soap Maker

By: Terrence Pershall

Anton is a boy of twelve when World War II turns his life upside down. He discovers his first love and soul mate when he finds Marie in the midst of the Nazi occupation of France. Though his mettle is severely tested as he experiences the tragic loss of everything he loves, he perseveres. From the French Resistance to the liberation of Paris, to the high-fashion industry in America in the 1950s, and to the bucolic valley of Sonoma, California, Anton comes full circle. Through tragedy, loss, love, revenge, and finally, a life fulfilled, The Soap Maker will make you cry, laugh, and eventually, smile.

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Page Publishing Inc

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9798886549751

The Historic Turn in the Human Sciences

By: Terrence J. McDonald

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The Historic Turn in the Human Sciences

By: Terrence J. McDonald

Eleven essays that probe the historical project in a wide range of disciplines

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University of Michigan Press

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0472066323

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9780472066322

Améliorer le leadership dans les services de santé au Canada

La preuve en oeuvre

By: Terrence Sullivan,Jean-Louis Denis

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Améliorer le leadership dans les services de santé au Canada

La preuve en oeuvre

By: Terrence Sullivan,Jean-Louis Denis

Building Better Health Care Leadership for Canada explains the development and implementation of the Executive Training in Research Application (EXTRA) program. Managed and funded by the Canadian Health Services Research Foundation in partnership with the Canadian Medical Association, the Canadian Nursing Association, and the Canadian College of Health Care executives, EXTRA is a two-year national fellowship program that uses the principles of adult learning theory as well as practical projects to educate senior health care leaders in making more consistent use of research evidence in their management roles. Fellows apply the theory learned in residency sessions and educational activities to projects within their home organizations. The authors identify the imperative for better use of evidence, outline the core elements of the curriculum, and capture the real-world experience of regional leaders and fellows involved in making specific changes informed by research-based evidence within their organization. Contributors include Jean-Louis Denis (École nationale d'administration publique), Terrence Sullivan (Cancer Care Ontario), Owen Adams (Canadian Medical Association), Malcolm Anderson (Queen's University), Lynda Atack, Robert Bell (University Health Network), Sam G Campbell (Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre), Sylvie Cantin (Régie régionale de la santé et des services sociaux de la Montérégie), Ward Flemons (Calgary Health Region), Dorothy Forbes, J. Sonja Glass (Grey Bruce Health Services), Paula Goering (Centre for Addiction & Mental Health, Toronto), Karen Golden-Biddle (Boston University School of Management), Jeffrey S. Hoch (University of Toronto), Paul Lamarche (Université de Montréal), Ann Langley (École des hautes études commerciales), John N. Lavis (McMaster University), Jonathan Lomas (Canadian Health Services Research Foundation), Margo Orchard (Ministry of Health and Long Term Care, Ontario), Raynald Pineault (University of Montreal), Brian D. Postl (Winnipeg Regional Health Authority), Christine Power (Capital District Health Authority, Halifax), Trish Reay (University of Alberta), Jean Rochon (National Public Health Institute of Quebec), Denis A. Roy (Agence de la santé et des services sociaux de la Montérégie Longueuil), Andrea Seymour (Government of New Brunswick), Samuel B. Sheps (University of British Columbia), Micheline Ste-Marie (McGill University Health Centre), Nina Stipich (Canadian Health Services Research Foundation), David Streiner (Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care, Toronto), Carl Taillon (Centre hospitalier universitaire de Québec), and Muriah Umoquit (Cancer Care Ontario).

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0773587527

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9780773587526

The Symbolic Species

The Co-evolution of Language and the Brain

By: Terrence William Deacon

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The Symbolic Species

The Co-evolution of Language and the Brain

By: Terrence William Deacon

Discusses the evolution of language from the viewpoint of symbolic reference as opposed to the conventional grammar-based theories.

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W. W. Norton & Company

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0393317544

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9780393317541

Integrating Civilian Agencies in Stability Operations

By: Thomas S. Szayna,Derek Eaton,James E. II Barnett,Brooke Stearns Lawson,Terrence K. Kelly

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Integrating Civilian Agencies in Stability Operations

By: Thomas S. Szayna,Derek Eaton,James E. II Barnett,Brooke Stearns Lawson,Terrence K. Kelly

How can the Army help make key civilian agencies more capable partners in stability, security, transition, and reconstruction (SSTR) operations? The authors identify the civilian agencies that should be involved in such operations, then locate the necessary skill sets. They then assess the capacity of the civilian agencies to participate in SSTR operations and analyze the recurring structural problems that have plagued their attempts to do so.

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Rand Corporation

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0833048953

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9780833048950

My Green Age

By: Keough Terrence Keough

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My Green Age

By: Keough Terrence Keough

The middle years of the twentieth century were a time of profound and rapid change. The world had recently experienced the Great Depression and World War II. Nothing could be quite the same again-and, in fact, nothing was. In My Green Age, author Terrence Keough not only recounts his life as an ordinary person, but he also provides a perspective on the years between 1935 and 1963. A series of vignettes interspersed throughout the memoir add piquancy to the comments on the nature of the times. A summer memory: My birthday, June 14, 1940. I heard from my upstairs bedroom my mother talking to Mr. Olson on the doorstep below. "Paris has fallen to the Germans," he said. The Reverend R. MacDonald's Religion 5C class: "If you mow your lawn for up to a half hour on Sunday," he contended, "you have committed a venial sin. If you mow it for more than a half hour, that's a mortal sin." One evening, we took the tube to Knightsbridge to go to my favourite restaurant, Luba's Bistro, just down the street from Harrods and the Brompton Oratory, on Yeoman's Row.

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Trafford Publishing

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1426923228

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9781426923227

The Meaning of Superhero Comic Books

By: Terrence R. Wandtke

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The Meaning of Superhero Comic Books

By: Terrence R. Wandtke

For decades, scholars have been making the connection between the design of the superhero story and the mythology of the ancient folktale. Moving beyond simple comparisons and common explanations, this volume details how the workings of the superhero comics industry and the conventions of the medium have developed a culture like that of traditional epic storytelling. It chronicles the continuation of the oral/traditional culture of the early 20th century superhero industry in the endless variations on Superman and shows how Frederic Wertham's anti-comic crusade in the mid-1950s helped make comics the most countercultural new medium of the 20th century. By revealing how contemporary superhero comics, like Geoff Johns' Green Lantern and Warren Ellis's The Authority, connect traditional aesthetics and postmodern theories, this work explains why the superhero comic book flourishes in the "new traditional" shape of our acutely self-conscious digital age.

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McFarland

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0786490152

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9780786490158

Postmodern Theologies

The Challenge of Religious Diversity

By: Terrence W. Tilley,John Christopher Edwards,Tami England,H. Frederick Felice,Stuart Kendall

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Postmodern Theologies

The Challenge of Religious Diversity

By: Terrence W. Tilley,John Christopher Edwards,Tami England,H. Frederick Felice,Stuart Kendall

An introduction and evaluation of contemporary approaches to theology, 'Postmodern Theologies' sets out to discern movements shaping the postmodern study of religion in a unique collaborative venture born of a postgraduate seminar at Florida State University. While some might say that theology after the death of God is like biology after the end of life - a discipline without a subject - 'Postmodern Theologies' identifies four general patterns of postmodernisms in theology today: constructive theologies (with Helmut Peukert, David Ray Griffin, and David Tracy cited as examples); postmodernisms of dissolution (Thomas J. J. Altizer, Mark C. Taylor, and Edith Wyschogrod); postliberal theologies (George Lindbeck); and communal praxis (exemplified by Gustavo Gutierrez and other Latin American theologians, and James Wm. McClendon and Sharon Welch among North Americans). These theologies eschew debates on traditional religious foundations to define true religion as the result of - rather than the impetus to - living one's beliefs. As these disparate approaches to theology are not directly comparable, the final chapter of 'Postmodern Theologies' instead analyzes how each one accounts for the plurality of religions. Exploring the postmodern strategies for coping with one of the most difficult questions in any theological age offers a fascinating way to assess their inherent strengths and weaknesses.

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The Wisdom of Religious Commitment

By: Terrence W. Tilley

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The Wisdom of Religious Commitment

By: Terrence W. Tilley

By exploring a practical, rather than propositional, understanding of religious belief, this book provides a new construct through which to view philosophy of religion. Terrence W. Tilley shifts the focus of debate from the justification of rational belief to the exercise of wisdom in making or maintaining a commitment to religious practices. It is through practices, Tilley concludes, that religious belief is formed. After analyzing the strengths and limitations of the modern approaches, Tilley applies the concept of wisdom to the process of making a religious commitment. Wisdom, as explored by Aristotle, St. Thomas Aquinas, and John Henry Newman, may be thought of as the bridge between intellectual and moral virtues. Roughly, it can be described as the ability to put intellect into action in a context. Because wisdom is a virtue requiring concrete display, the book discusses the wisdom of commitment to specific religious practices of a range of traditions. These examples demonstrate the issues and complexities involved in the wisdom of making a religious commitment. This important challenge to contemporary philosophy of religion will be of special interest to students and teachers of theology and philosophy of religion.

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