Valerie A. Jackson's Books

Your Soul at a Crossroads

By: Valerie Harms

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YOUR SOUL AT A CROSSROADS When you are at a crossroads or crisis, you'll find your best path if you can connect with your inner resources. When feeling fear or dread, it's hard to think straight. But if you don't face your crisis, your life will stay stuck. Use the tools in this book to honor the integrity of your experiences, thoughts, feelings, intuitions, and dreams to find the paths just right for you. The writing exercises enable you to go from the dark night of the soul to the light of rebirth and renewal. Years of testimony from people in workshops verify how vital it is to tap into your personal sense of timing and explore the separate parts of your life through dialoguing. Then you find not only security and wisdom but also ideas for making your place in the world more meaningful. Also included are guides to symbols of renewal and the world's religions and myths. I am simply swept away with admiration for your approach. What you offer is a new paradigm for how I think emotionally. Thank you for your deeply challenging work. ~ a workshop participant Valerie is an expert who has the capacity to share great truths. ~ a reader

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147599852X

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Maternal Personality, Evolution and the Sex Ratio

Do Mothers Control the Sex of the Infant?

By: Valerie J. Grant

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Maternal Personality, Evolution and the Sex Ratio

Do Mothers Control the Sex of the Infant?

By: Valerie J. Grant

Women who are dominant are more likely to have sons. Demographic studies show that more male children are born after wars, yet most people believe that their baby's sex is a matter of chance - determined by the father's sperm. Valerie Grant presents evidence that the mother's personality - which is related to female testosterone levels - can actually influence which type of sperm fertilises the egg. Using data from human and animal studies Valerie Grant discusses the implications for human evolution, developmental psychology and reproductive biology. Her claims are controversial and the implications of her findings far reaching. Whether mothers have sons or daughters may not be a matter of chance. It may depend on which sex infant the mother is more suited to raise.

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Routledge

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1134724748

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9781134724741

Roughing it in the Suburbs

Reading Chatelaine Magazine in the Fifties and Sixties

By: Valerie J. Korinek

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Reading Chatelaine Magazine in the Fifties and Sixties

By: Valerie J. Korinek

Originally launched in 1928, by the 1950s and 1960s nearly two million readers every month sampled "Chatelaine" magazine's eclectic mixture of traditional and surprisingly unconventional articles and editorials. At a time when the American women's magazine market began to flounder thanks to the advent of television, "Chatelaine's" subscriptions expanded, as did the lively debate between its pages. Why? In this exhilarating study of Canada's foremost women's publication in the 50s and 60s, Valerie Korinek shows that while the magazine was certainly filled with advertisements that promoted domestic perfection through the endless expansion of consumer spending, a number of its sections – including fiction, features, letters, and the editor's column – began to contain material that subversively complicated the simple consumer recipes for affluent domesticity. Articles on abortion, spousal abuse, and poverty proliferated alongside explicitly feminist editorials. It was a potent mixture and the mail poured in – both praising and criticizing the new directions at the magazine. It was "Chatelaine's" highly interactive and participatory nature that encouraged what Korinek calls "a community of readers" – readers that in their very response to the magazine led to its success. "Chatelaine" did not cling to the stereotypical images of the era, instead it forged ahead providing women with a variety of images, ideas, and critiques of women's role in society. Chatelaine's dissemination of feminist ideas laid the foundation for feminism in Canada in the 1970s and after. Comprehensive, fascinating, and full of lively debate and history, "Roughing it in the Suburbs" provides a cultural study that weaves together a history of "Chatelaine's" producer's, consumers, and text. It illustrates how the structure of the magazine's production, and the composition of its editorial and business offices allowed for feminist material to infiltrate a mass-market women's monthly. In doing so it offers a detailed analysis of the times, the issues, and the national cross section of the women and, sometimes, men, who participated in the success of a Canadian cultural landmark. Winner of the Laura Jamieson Prize, awarded by the Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women

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University of Toronto Press

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1442658649

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9781442658646

Women and Aristocratic Culture in the Carolingian World

By: Valerie L. Garver

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Women and Aristocratic Culture in the Carolingian World

By: Valerie L. Garver

Despite the wealth of scholarship in recent decades on medieval women, we still know much less about the experiences of women in the early Middle Ages than we do about those in later centuries. In Women and Aristocratic Culture in the Carolingian World, Valerie L. Garver offers a fresh appraisal of the cultural and social history of eighth- and ninth-century women. Examining changes in women's lives and in the ways others perceived women during the early Middle Ages, she shows that lay and religious women, despite their legal and social constrictions, played integral roles in Carolingian society. Garver's innovative book employs an especially wide range of sources, both textual and material, which she uses to construct a more complex and nuanced impression of aristocratic women than we've seen before. She looks at the importance of female beauty and adornment; the family and the construction of identities and collective memory; education and moral exemplarity; wealth, hospitality and domestic management; textile work, and the lifecycle of elite Carolingian women. Her interdisciplinary approach makes deft use of canons of church councils, chronicles, charters, polyptychs, capitularies, letters, poetry, exegesis, liturgy, inventories, hagiography, memorial books, artworks, archaeological remains, and textiles. Ultimately, Women and Aristocratic Culture in the Carolingian World underlines the centrality of the Carolingian era to the reshaping of antique ideas and the development of lasting social norms.

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Cornell University Press

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0801460174

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9780801460173

Protecting Our Ports

Domestic and International Politics of Containerized Freight Security

By: Rebecca J. Cruise,Valerie J. D'Erman,Professor Suzette R Grillot

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Protecting Our Ports

Domestic and International Politics of Containerized Freight Security

By: Rebecca J. Cruise,Valerie J. D'Erman,Professor Suzette R Grillot

Since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, there has been much discussion of the security of borders and ports of entry in the United States and around the world. Ports of entry, particularly sea ports, are viewed as one of the most defenceless targets for a terrorist attack. In response to this perceived vulnerability, a number of port security initiatives have been implemented both on both a domestic and international level. This timely project investigates a number of issues surrounding the container security issue. It examines the scope of containerized freight security, analyzes cooperation between agents in the United States and abroad, explores the politics of port security, and provides an assessment of 17 of the world's sea ports. The work sheds light on the container security threat and the domestic and international responses that have emerged, as well as those steps that still must be taken.

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Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.

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1409499758

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9781409499756

Really Managing Health Care

By: Valerie Iles

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Really Managing Health Care

By: Valerie Iles

Praise for the first edition: "Valerie Iles has such a sensitive no-nonsense style that she easily succeeds in seducing the reader to accept her arguments about what is going so badly wrong with management in health care ... The case studies can only be described as 'gems'... But perhaps the greatest message this book can give to the NHS, and health care managers in particular, is that change is unstoppable. All organisms must adapt with their environment or die."- Health Service Journal "Yes! This is a book that draws heavily on real-life observations with an appropriate balance of theory and pragmatism. It tackles the challenges we all face in our everday work - managing people, change, money, ourselves and organisations."- Nursing Times "... anyone who has a part to play in managing health services would benefit from reading it."- British Medical Journal Much has been made of the distinction between management and leadership, but in health care this separation is unhelpful. Like the first edition, this completely revised edition of Really Managing Health Care describes a model, real management that brings the two elements together and demonstrates its application in health care settings. Drawing on theory across a wide range of management disciplines and illustrating these with practical examples, Valerie Iles succinctly answers three crucial questions: How can I manage clinical professionals? How can I increase the influence of my service? What changes do I need to introduce to improve the quality of care my service is offering? Written specifically for people suspicious of management jargon, Really Managing Health Care is designed for service leaders from across health and social care, and introduces ways of approaching the management task which recognize the particular dynamics of this field.

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McGraw-Hill Education (UK)

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033522587X

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9780335225873

Children's and Young People's Nursing in Practice

A Problem-Based Learning Approach

By: Valerie Coleman,Lynda Smith,Maureen Bradshaw

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Children's and Young People's Nursing in Practice

A Problem-Based Learning Approach

By: Valerie Coleman,Lynda Smith,Maureen Bradshaw

This innovative textbook uses a problem-based learning (PBL) approach to cover content that is most common to child branch nursing courses. The evidence-based PBL 'triggers' are grounded in the reality of everyday contemporary nursing practice, and readers are engaged in an active learning process in order to develop key skills for clinical practice and life long learning. The book features individual chapters focusing on the different care environments that student nurses experience when caring for children, young people and families within health and social care. It is not necessary for readers to be undertaking a PBL structured course in order to use, and benefit from, this text.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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135031093X

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Native Agency

Indians in the Bureau of Indian Affairs

By: Valerie Lambert

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Native Agency

Indians in the Bureau of Indian Affairs

By: Valerie Lambert

What happens when American Indians take over an institution designed to eliminate them? The Bureau of Indian Affairs was hatched in the U.S. Department of War to subjugate and eliminate American Indians. Yet beginning in the 1970s, American Indians and Alaska Natives took over and now run the agency. Choctaw anthropologist Valerie Lambert argues that, instead of fulfilling settler-colonial goals, the Indians in the BIA have been leveraging federal power to fight settler colonialism, battle white supremacy, and serve the interests of their people. Although the missteps and occasional blunders of the Indians in the BIA have at times damaged the federal–Indian relationship and fueled the ire of their people, and although the BIA is massively underfunded, Indians began crafting the BIA into a Native agency by reformulating the meanings of concepts that lay at its heart—concepts such as tribal sovereignty, treaties, the trust responsibility, and Indian land. At the same time, they pursued actions to strengthen and bolster tribes, to foster healing, to fight the many injustices Indians face, and to restore the Indian land base. This work provides an essential national-level look at an intriguing and impactful form of Indigenous resistance. It describes, in great detail, the continuing assaults made on Native peoples and tribal sovereignty in the United States during the twenty-first century, and it sketches the visions of the future that Indians at the BIA and in Indian Country have been crafting for themselves.

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U of Minnesota Press

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1452968225

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Surgical Technology Review

Certification & Professionalism

By: Karen L. Chambers,Valerie Roche

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Certification & Professionalism

By: Karen L. Chambers,Valerie Roche

THE BEST!!! “I wish our instructor would have given us this to study with... Passed my exam with a 90% and felt VERY prepared!”—Pam L., Online Reviewer Be prepared for certification exam success. A concise outline format reviews the essential content on The National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting (NBSTSA) Certification Examination for Surgical Technology (CST), and the Tech in Surgery–Certified (TS-C) exam administered by the National Center for Competency Testing (NCCT). Reinforce and test your knowledge with more than 1,600 practice questions with detailed rationales. You’ll be ready to meet the growing demand for certified surgical technologists. Now with online Q&A practice in Davis Edge! Purchase a new, print copy of the text and receive a FREE, 1-year subscription to Davis Edge, the online Q&A program with more than 1,000 questions. Davis Edge helps you to create quizzes in the content areas you choose to focus on, build simulated practice exams, and track your progress every step of the way. The Text Expanded! Content on laparoscopic and robotics procedures More! Photographs that reflect current practice and advances in the field More questions! 640 questions at the recall, problem-solving, and application levels New! Comprehensive rationales for correct and incorrect responses for all practice questions Updated! The latest advances in surgical technology, including minimally invasive surgery and the use of robotics in surgery Brief content outlines for each chapter 40 review questions at the end of each chapter, followed by the answer key and rationales 150 line drawings and photographs precisely illustrating anatomy, positioning, and instruments “Tidbit” boxes highlighting important content for exams and practice Davis Edge Online Q&A—NEW! FREE, 1-year access with purchase of new, print text Online Q&A quizzing platform features 1,000+ questions “Comprehensive Exam Builder” creates practice tests that simulate a certification exam experience. “Quiz Builder” feature lets you select practice questions by exam section or topic area. Rationales for correct and incorrect responses provide immediate feedback. “Student Success Center” dashboard monitors your performance over time, helping to identify areas for additional study. Access from laptop, tablet, and mobile devices makes study on the go easy

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1719648964

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The Devil at His Elbow

Alex Murdaugh and the Fall of a Southern Dynasty

By: Valerie Bauerlein

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The Devil at His Elbow

Alex Murdaugh and the Fall of a Southern Dynasty

By: Valerie Bauerlein

“Valerie Bauerlein’s blistering, unforgettable account of the Murdaugh saga leaves no stone unturned, helping us finally truly understand the man at the center of one of the century’s wildest crime stories.”—Robert Kolker, author of Hidden Valley Road and Lost Girls Power, privilege, and blood—this is the definitive and thrilling true story of Alex Murdaugh’s violent downfall, from a veteran Wall Street Journal reporter who has become an authority on the case. Alex Murdaugh was a benevolent dictator—the president of the South Carolina trial lawyers’ association, a political boss, a part-time prosecutor, and a partner in his family’s law firm. He was always ready with a favor, a drink, and an invitation to Moselle, his family’s 1,700-acre hunting estate. The Murdaugh name ignited respect—and fear—for a hundred miles. When he murdered his wife, Maggie, and son Paul at Moselle on a dark summer night, the fragile façade of Alex’s world could no longer hold. His forefathers had covered up a midnight suicide at a remote railroad crossing, a bootlegging ring run from a courthouse, and the attempted murder of a pregnant lover. Alex, too, almost walked away from his unspeakable crimes with his reputation intact, but his downfall was secured by a twist of fate, some stray mistakes, and a fateful decision by an old friend who’d finally seen enough. Why would a man who had everything kill his wife and grown son? To unwind the roots of Alex’s ruin, award-winning journalist Valerie Bauerlein reported not just from the courthouse every day but also along the backroads and through the tidal marshes of South Carolina’s Lowcountry. When the jurors made their pilgrimage to the crime scene, trying to envision Maggie and Paul’s last moments, she walked right behind them, sensing the ghosts that haunt the Murdaughs’ now-shattered legacy. Through masterful research and cinematic writing, The Devil at His Elbow is a transporting journey through Alex’s life, the night of the murders, and the investigation that culminated in a trial that held tens of millions spellbound. With her stunning insights and fearless instinct for the truth, Bauerlein uncovers layers of the Murdaugh murder case that have not been told.

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Random House

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059350058X

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9780593500583

Charles C. Painter

The Life of an Indian Reform Advocate

By: Valerie Sherer Mathes

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Charles C. Painter

The Life of an Indian Reform Advocate

By: Valerie Sherer Mathes

Charles Cornelius Coffin Painter (1833–89), clergyman turned reformer, was one of the foremost advocates and activists in the late-nineteenth-century movement to reform U.S. Indian policy. Very few individuals possessed the influence Painter wielded in the movement, and Painter himself published numerous pamphlets for the Indian Rights Association (IRA) on the Southern Utes, Eastern Cherokees, California Indians, and other Native peoples. Yet this is the first book to fully consider his unique role and substantial contribution. Born in Virginia, Painter spent most of his life in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, commuting to New York City and Washington, D.C., initially as an agent of the American Missionary Association (AMA), later as an appointed member of the Board of Indian Commissions (BIC), and, most significant, as the Indian Rights Association’s D.C. agent. In these capacities he lobbied presidents and Congress for reform, conducted extensive investigations on reservations, and shaped deliberations in such reform bodies as the BIC and the influential Lake Mohonk conferences. Mining an extraordinary wealth of archival material, Valerie Sherer Mathes crafts a compelling account of Painter as a skilled negotiator with Indians and policymakers and as a tireless investigator who traveled to far-flung reservations, corresponded with countless Indian agents, and drafted scrupulously researched reports on his findings. Recounted in detail, his many adventures and behind-the-scenes activities—promoting education, striving to prevent the removal of the Southern Utes from Colorado, investigating reservation fraud, working to save the Piegans of Montana from starvation—afford a clear picture of Painter’s importance to the overall reform effort to incorporate Native Americans into the fabric of American life. No other book so effectively captures the day-to-day and exhausting work of a single individual on the front lines of reform. Like most of his fellow advocates, Painter was an unapologetic assimilationist, a man of his times whose story is a key chapter in the history of the Indian reform movement.

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0806168196

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Your Soul at a Crossroads

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Maternal Personality, Evolution and the Sex Ratio

Roughing it in the Suburbs

Roughing it in the Suburbs

Women and Aristocratic Culture in the Carolingian World

Women and Aristocratic Culture in the Carolingian World

Protecting Our Ports

Protecting Our Ports

Really Managing Health Care

Really Managing Health Care

Children's and Young People's Nursing in Practice

Children's and Young People's Nursing in Practice

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Surgical Technology Review

The Devil at His Elbow

The Devil at His Elbow

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