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Political Psychology And Foreign Policy

By: Eric Singer,Valerie M Hudson

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Political Psychology And Foreign Policy

By: Eric Singer,Valerie M Hudson

First published in 1992. One of the issues of particular interest to political psychologists centers around how foreign policy decisions are made. The psychological phenomena that political psychologists examine have to do with how individuals perceive, interpret, feel about, an d react to their environment. The political factors have to do with the activities involved in governing or the making of public policy— that is, with how the material and human resources of a collectivity are allocated. The research presented in this volume addresses 6 key questions that link psychological and political processes, and the chapters are organized a round three conceptual clusters: perception studies, personality studies, and studies of group dynamics.

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Routledge

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100030731X

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9781000307313

Becoming Mature

Childhood Ghosts and Spirits in Adult Life

By: Valerie Malhotra Bentz

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Becoming Mature

Childhood Ghosts and Spirits in Adult Life

By: Valerie Malhotra Bentz

Bentz (sociology, Texas Woman's University) presents an integrated theory of development and maturation focusing on the influence of childhood experiences on adult women. Draws on the theories of Mead, Habermas, and Schutz, and on narratives and group discussions to analyze case studies. Paper edition (unseen), $19.95. Annotation(c) 2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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Transaction Publishers

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0202364380

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9780202364384

Courage to heal and to let got

By: Valerie L. Harris

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Courage to heal and to let got

By: Valerie L. Harris

Life is full of sadness, anger and sorrow, but also full of love, hope and peace, if you know where to look. In many small anecdotes told by herself, one can follow Valerie's life journey, from a broken woman to someone who learned to love herself by being healed and letting go of the pain through the grace and the love of god.

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BoD – Books on Demand

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375834980X

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9783758349805

Swift in Print

Published Texts in Dublin and London, 1691-1765

By: Valerie Rumbold

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Swift in Print

Published Texts in Dublin and London, 1691-1765

By: Valerie Rumbold

Presenting a fresh perspective on one of the most celebrated print canons in literary history, Valerie Rumbold explores the expressive force of print context, format, typography, ornament and paratext encountered by early readers of Jonathan Swift. By focusing on the books, pamphlets and single sheets in which the Dublin and London book trades published his work, this revealing whole-career analysis, based on a chronology of publication that often lagged years behind dates of composition, examines first editions and significant reprints throughout Swift's lifetime, and posthumous first editions and collections in the twenty years after his death. Drawing on this material evidence, Rumbold reframes Swift's publishing career as a late expression of an early modern formation in which publishing was primarily an adjunct to public service. In an age of digital reading, this timely study invites a new engagement with the printed texts of Swift.

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Cambridge University Press

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1108875947

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9781108875943

Foreign Policy Analysis

Classic and Contemporary Theory

By: Valerie M. Hudson

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Foreign Policy Analysis

Classic and Contemporary Theory

By: Valerie M. Hudson

Aimed at advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate students, this book covers the theory of foreign policy analysis. Beginning with an overview, it then tackles theory and research at multiple levels of analysis, ending with an examination of the areas in which the next generation of foreign policy analysts can make important contributions.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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074251689X

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9780742516892

Altered States

The Globalization of Accountability

By: Valerie Sperling

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Altered States

The Globalization of Accountability

By: Valerie Sperling

Is globalization good for democracy? Or has it made our governing institutions less accountable to citizens? Located at the intersection of international relations and comparative politics, this book explores the effects of globalization on national governance. Under what circumstances do the transnational forces that embody globalization encourage or discourage political accountability? Among the transnational forces discussed in the book are the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, multinational corporations, the United Nations, private military contractors, peacekeepers, the European Court of Human Rights, and several transnational social movements. Using in-depth case studies of situations in which these transnational institutions interact with national governments and citizens, Valerie Sperling traces the impact of economic, political, military, judicial, and civic globalization on state accountability and investigates the degree to which transnational institutions are themselves responsible to the people whose lives they alter.

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Cambridge University Press

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1139478184

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9781139478182

Day of Reckoning

By: Valerie Massey Goree

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Day of Reckoning

By: Valerie Massey Goree

International Retrieval Organization Agent Lela Ortiz is assigned the kidnapping case of businessman, Chuck Davenport. When her boss allows Chuck's brother-in-law to assist, Lela accepts the help with reservations, especially when Jay Vashon, prays to God at the most inopportune times. Jay would do anything to help bring his brother-in-law home, even work with hesitant Agent Ortiz. As Jay helps Lela decipher the clues sent to Chuck's special-needs son, Jay begins to fall for the feisty IRO agent. Can Jay break through the barrier Lela has constructed around her heart? Will Lela be able to overcome her distrust of men and God? And what of Chuck? Can the pair locate him before the ransom deadline?

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Pelican Ventures Book Group

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1522302395

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9781522302391

The City of Wayne

By: Valerie Latzman

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The City of Wayne

By: Valerie Latzman

When settler George M. Johnson arrived in the area now known as Wayne, Michigan, in 1824, he may have only imagined that the site of his log cabin would later become home to a bustling, thriving, progressive city. Incorporated as the Village of Wayne in 1869 and the City of Wayne in 1960, its growth was heavily influenced by the development of railroads and the Chicago Turnpike, and it has evolved into a prosperous and multi-ethnic community. Through a collection of rare photographs drawn from the Wayne Historical Museum, author Valerie Latzman takes readers on a visual tour of Wayne's history, exploring the community's agricultural, industrial, commercial, and social origins. Discover the influential places, people, and events that have contributed to Wayne's unique heritage.

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Arcadia Publishing

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0738531774

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Change Agent Church in Black Lives Matter Times

Urgency for Action

By: Valerie A. Miles-Tribble

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Change Agent Church in Black Lives Matter Times

Urgency for Action

By: Valerie A. Miles-Tribble

Volatile social dissonance in America’s urban landscape is the backdrop as Valerie A. Miles-Tribble examines tensions in ecclesiology and public theology, focusing on theoethical dilemmas that complicate churches’ public justice witness as prophetic change agents. She attributes churches’ reticence to confront unjust disparities to conflicting views, for example, of Black Lives Matter protests as “mere politics,” and disparities in leader and congregant preparation for public justice roles. As a practical theologian with experience in organizational leadership, Miles-Tribble applies adaptive change theory, public justice theory, and a womanist communitarian perspective, engaging Emilie Townes’s construct of cultural evil as she presents a model of social reform activism re-envisioned as public discipleship. She contends that urban churches are urgently needed to embrace active prophetic roles and thus increase public justice witness. “Black Lives Matter times” compel churches to connect faith with public roles as spiritual catalysts of change.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1978701756

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9781978701755

Screening Morocco

Contemporary Depictions in Film of a Changing Society

By: Valerie Orlando

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Screening Morocco

Contemporary Depictions in Film of a Changing Society

By: Valerie Orlando

Screening Morocco' focuses on Moroccan films produced and distributed from 1999 to the present. Valerie K. Orlando introduces American readers to the richness in theme and scope of the cinematic production of Morocco.

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Ohio University Press

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0896802817

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9780896802810

Desire and Anxiety (Routledge Revivals)

Circulations of Sexuality in Shakespearean Drama

By: Valerie Traub

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Desire and Anxiety (Routledge Revivals)

Circulations of Sexuality in Shakespearean Drama

By: Valerie Traub

In both feminist theory and Shakespearean criticism, questions of sexuality have consistently been conflated with questions of gender. First published in 1992, this book details the intersections and contradictions between sexuality and gender in the early modern period. Valerie Traub argues that desire and anxiety together constitute the erotic in Shakespearean drama – circulating throughout the dramatic texts, traversing ‘masculine’ and ‘feminine’ sites, eliciting and expressing heterosexual and homoerotic fantasies, embodiments, and fears. This is the first book to present a non-normalizing account of the unconscious and the institutional prerogatives that comprise the erotics of Shakespearean drama. Employing feminist, psychoanalytic, and new historical methods, and using each to interrogate the other, the book synthesises the psychic and the social, the individual and the institutional.

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Routledge

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1317619730

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9781317619734

Kissing Mr. Knightley

By: Valerie Bowman

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Kissing Mr. Knightley

By: Valerie Bowman

She’s all about work… When nurse practitioner Ellie Hoffman agrees to help her best friend’s newly rich and famous country music star brother, she’s not worried about falling for his legendary charm. Ellie’s known Luke Knightley since childhood, and she’s well aware of his reputation as a smooth-talking player. She’s not about to fall for his tricks – after all, she’s a certified player-hater through and through. He’s all about play… Luke may have it all – a sprawling mansion in Nashville, a private jet, a chart-topping album – but a recent betrayal has left him questioning who he can trust. When a tour bus accident leaves him in need of some serious TLC, Ellie, his childhood friend and eternal critic, is the first person he turns to. Can they find common ground with a kiss? But as Ellie tends to Luke’s wounds, sparks fly in unexpected ways. Can they keep their relationship strictly professional when kisses start to redefine the job description?

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June Third Enterprises, LLC

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1960015133

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9781960015136

Oh Sheet!

By: Valerie Crowe

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Oh Sheet!

By: Valerie Crowe

Finding the humor in everyday living, author Valerie Crowe presents a collection of essays that takes a look at the world from her point of view. From the problems a grandmother faces babysitting the grandchildren, to the trauma of attempting to fold a fitted sheet, to the issues of aging, Oh, Sheet! explores a range of topics as experienced by Crowe, a woman who has sailed through the sea of life and weathered a few storms. Offering sly insights in an intimate, conversational style, Crowe gives an entertianing and unique perspective on an array of subjects familiar to many. I know that it cannot just be me! I am totally convinced that my recent “Houdini” exploits in trying to fold a fitted sheet qualify as one of the most common complaints experienced by anyone who has to do a weekly load of laundry that involves bed linens. I have watched countless YouTube videos on the art of folding these seemingly innocent objects, but as soon as I’m confronted with the wretched things, the nightmare starts again. I’ve tried laying them out on the bed and stretching out the corners, but as soon as I think I have one side under control, the other side curls up into a ball, and it’s back to square one.

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Archway Publishing

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148087356X

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Names and Nunavut

Culture and Identity in Arctic Canada

By: Valerie Alia

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Names and Nunavut

Culture and Identity in Arctic Canada

By: Valerie Alia

...a thought-provoking book. Alia lays out the intricacies of Inuit naming so clearly, describes the Arctic environment so vividly, and conveys such a rich sense of Inuit values, concerns, and humour that readers are likely to hunger for more information and to pose ethnographic and on mastic questions that press forward the horizons of Inuit ethnography. Names and Nunavut is a welcome addition to Arctic ethnography and should be of interest not only to linguists and anthropologists working in the Arctic but to anyone interested in the relationship between onomasty, personhood, and cosmology and to anyone looking for fresh insights to the micropractices of linguistic and onomastic colonialism." - NAMES A Journal of Onomastics "Embedded within this nuanced and extraordinarily well-researched account of the political onomastics (the politics of naming) involved with Inuit (colonial) history are an abundance of theoretical, ethical and political insights into both the complex nature of the Inuit and their evolving engagement with Qallunaat (non-Inuit, Euro-Canadian), as well as the complex nature of engaging in such research. This publication, refreshing in its focus on extensive local community research, delves into the complicated dynamic between colonial administration and its effects on the culture and identity of the Inuits. - British Journal of Canadian Studies On the surface, naming is simply a way to classify people and their environments. The premise of this study is that it is much more - a form of social control, a political activity, a key to identity maintenance and transformation. Governments legislate and regulate naming; people fight to take, keep, or change their names. A name change can indicate subjugation or liberation, depending on the circumstances. But it always signifies a change in power relations. Since the late 1970s, the author has looked at naming and renaming, cross-culturally and internationally, with particular attention to the effects of colonisation and liberation. The experience of Inuit in Canada is an example of both. Colonisation is only part of the Nunavut experience. Contrary to the dire predictions of cultural genocide theorists, Inuit culture - particularly traditional naming - has remained extremely strong, and is in the midst of a renaissance. Here is a ground-breaking study by the founder of the discipline of political onomastics.

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Berghahn Books

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1845454138

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9781845454135

City Girls

The Nisei Social World in Los Angeles, 1920-1950

By: Valerie J. Matsumoto

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City Girls

The Nisei Social World in Los Angeles, 1920-1950

By: Valerie J. Matsumoto

Even before wartime incarceration, Japanese Americans largely lived in separate cultural communities from their West Coast neighbors. The first-generation American children, the Nisei, were American citizens, spoke English, and were integrated in public schools, yet were also socially isolated in many ways from their peers and subject to racism. Their daughters especially found rapport in a flourishing network of ethnocultural youth organizations. Until now, these groups have remained hidden from the historical record, both because they were girls' groups and because evidence of them was considered largely ephemeral. In her second book, Valerie Matsumoto has recreated this hidden world of female friendship and comradery, tracing it from the Jazz age through internment to the postwar period. Matsumoto argues that these groups were more than just social outlets for Nisei teenage girls. Rather, she shows how they were critical networks during the wartime upheavals of Japanese Americans. Young Nisei women helped their families navigate internment and, more importantly, recreated communities when they returned to their homes in the immediate postwar period. This book will be a considerable contribution to our understanding of Japanese life in America, youth culture, ethnic history, urban history, and Western history. Matsumoto has interviewed and gained the trust of many (now old) women who were part of these girls' clubs"--

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Oxford University Press

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0190655208

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9780190655204

Northern Roots

African Descended Pioneers in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan

By: Valerie Bradley-Holliday

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Northern Roots

African Descended Pioneers in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan

By: Valerie Bradley-Holliday

What does Sampson Noll, a desperate run-away slave who hit his master over the head with a wagon stave have in common with Charlotte Preston, a young woman, who was in the first graduating class at Northern State Normal School? The first part of the answer is that both of these individuals lived in a region known as the U.P., the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The second part is that both these individuals were Americans of African descent. What would bring Mr. Noll, Ms. Preston, and other individuals of African descent to an isolated area of the United States where winter snowfalls can reach 200 inches and temperatures can be so cold that they can cause fog to freeze? Can you imagine entering an unfamiliar isolated region during a May passage riding in a steamboat across the choppy waters of the Straits of Mackinac to get to the land mass known as the Upper Peninsula? And once you managed to cross into this region of the United States, enduring early spring to falls end, you now have to deal with mosquitoes, no-see-ums,deer flies, stable flies, black flies, wood ticks, and deer ticks. As the months progress, you have to face bitter cold winters with no kinship support(unless your family came with you) to comfort you, and with only your hopes, dreams, and self reliance to sustain you. A variety of individuals of African descent did just that and settled in the Upper Peninsula. Coming from a perspective of the main opportunities that drew most people to the area, this book discusses people from their areas of interest and employment: lumber, mining, hunting, fishing, education, and sports. In the end, the book reveals what these individuals have inspired by their incredible tenacity.

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Xlibris Corporation

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1453515909

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9781453515907

Demonic Classics

Once Upon a Debacle

By: Carlton Herzog,Jamie Zaccaria,Erika Lance,JM Paquette,Josh Pritchett,Kim Plasket,Larry Griffin,Jessica Chaleff,John Di Donna,Valerie Puri,Ross Ellison,Robert P. Ottone,Mike L Lane,Marta Špoljar,K. Walker

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Demonic Classics

Once Upon a Debacle

Readers Beware of these twisted literary pieces! Everyone knows the classics such as Peter Pan, Huckleberry Finn, and The Wizard of Oz. Have you ever thought about what would happen in those stories if they were written just a little differently... More wickedly... What if Tinkerbell defended her love for Peter Pan, at any costs including her soul? What if Huck’s adventure took him down a more dangerous side of the river? What if The Wizard of Oz was nothing more than a surreal nightmare? The authors within this tome have brought your classic and timeless books back to life with a demonic twist only found in the Demonic Anthology collection. Expect a very different impression of the stories everyone grew up to love, written in such a way they just might be changed in unforgettable ways.

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4 Horsemen Publications, Inc.

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1644506432

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9781644506431

Black Portsmouth

Three Centuries of African-American Heritage

By: Mark Sammons,Valerie Cunningham

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Black Portsmouth

Three Centuries of African-American Heritage

By: Mark Sammons,Valerie Cunningham

Few people think of a rich Black heritage when they think of New England. In the pioneering book Black Portsmouth, Mark J. Sammons and Valerie Cunningham celebrate it, guiding the reader through more than three centuries of New England and Portsmouth social, political, economic, and cultural history as well as scores of personal and site-specific stories. Here, we meet such Africans as the "likely negro boys and girls from Gambia," who debarked at Portsmouth from a slave ship in 1758, and Prince Whipple, who fought in the American Revolution. We learn about their descendants, including the performer Richard Potter and John Tate of the People’s Baptist Church, who overcame the tragedies and challenges of their ancestors’ enslavement and subsequent marginalization to build communities and families, found institutions, and contribute to their city, region, state, and nation in many capacities. Individual entries speak to broader issues—the anti-slavery movement, American religion, and foodways, for example. We also learn about the extant historical sites important to Black Portsmouth—including the surprise revelation of an African burial ground in October 2003—as well as the extraordinary efforts being made to preserve remnants of the city’s early Black heritage.

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UPNE

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1584652896

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9781584652892

Ending slavery in Mauritania: The impact of legal advocacy and strategic litigation from 2010 to 2020

By: Valerie Couillard

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Ending slavery in Mauritania: The impact of legal advocacy and strategic litigation from 2010 to 2020

By: Valerie Couillard

This report, Ending slavery in Mauritania: The impact of legal advocacy and strategic litigation from 2010 to 2020, provides an assessment of the activities undertaken by Minority Rights Group (MRG), Anti-Slavery International (ASI) and SOS-Esclaves in the decade 2010–20, focusing on strategic litigation activities, domestic-level litigation and international litigation. The organizations have worked closely together during this time to campaign for an end to slavery in Mauritania, a practice that continues despite being criminalized. First, the report presents key events that have supported the change in the legal landscape in Mauritania and offers an overview of the roles played by organizations involved in the fight against descent-based slavery. Second, it looks at the theories of change of the different stakeholders involved in action to define the impact of advocacy and strategic litigation activities. It then goes on to analyse the impact and outcomes of the use of judicial and quasi-judicial mechanisms. The final section offers items for reflection, discussion and strategic planning.

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Minority Rights Group

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1912938774

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9781912938773

From Girl to Goddess

The Heroine's Journey through Myth and Legend

By: Valerie Estelle Frankel

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From Girl to Goddess

The Heroine's Journey through Myth and Legend

By: Valerie Estelle Frankel

Many are familiar with Joseph Campbell's theory of the hero's journey, the idea that every man from Moses to Hercules grows to adulthood while battling his alter-ego. This book explores the universal heroine's journey as she quests through world myth. Numerous stories from cultures as varied as Chile and Vietnam reveal heroines who battle for safety and identity, thereby upsetting popular notions of the passive, gentle heroine. Only after she has defeated her dark side and reintegrated can the heroine become the bestower of wisdom, the protecting queen and arch-crone. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.

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McFarland

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0786457899

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9780786457892

A History of the African American Novel

By: Valerie Babb

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A History of the African American Novel

By: Valerie Babb

A History of the African American Novel offers an in-depth overview of the development of the novel and its major genres. In the first part of this book, Valerie Babb examines the evolution of the novel from the 1850s to the present, showing how the concept of black identity has transformed along with the art form. The second part of this History explores the prominent genres of African American novels, such as neoslave narratives, detective fiction, and speculative fiction, and considers how each one reflects changing understandings of blackness. This book builds on other literary histories by including early black print culture, African American graphic novels, pulp fiction, and the history of adaptation of black novels to film. By placing novels in conversation with other documents - early black newspapers and magazines, film, and authorial correspondence - A History of the African American Novel brings many voices to the table to broaden interpretations of the novel's development.

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Cambridge University Press

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1108210279

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9781108210270

Columbia

By: Valerie Battle Kienzle,The State Historical Society of Missouri

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Columbia

By: Valerie Battle Kienzle,The State Historical Society of Missouri

Columbia has distinguished itself as a leader in educational excellence since its 1826 incorporation. Early residents so valued education that three institutions of higher learning were established there by the mid-19th century: Stephens College, Columbia College (formerly Christian College), and the University of Missouri. Located in the states center, this Midwestern city with a small-town feel has witnessed a nonstop influx of people since its first years. The Boones Lick Trail passed through Columbia, connecting the early National Road with the Santa Fe and Oregon Trails. The flow of settlers migrating west led to Columbias rapid growth, as stores and businesses were established to provide needed supplies. Numerous battles were fought in Missouri during the Civil War, but none in or near Columbia. The group that protected Columbia against possible encroachers was called the Columbia Tigers Company. The Tigers was the name later adopted by the universitys athletic teams.

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Arcadia Publishing

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1439648832

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9781439648834

Public Memory and the Television Series Outlander

By: Valerie Lynn Schrader

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Public Memory and the Television Series Outlander

By: Valerie Lynn Schrader

Using rhetorical criticism as a research method, Public Memory and the Television Series Outlander examines how public memory is created in the first four seasons of the popular television show Outlander. In this book, Valerie Lynn Schrader discusses the connections between documented history and the series, noting where Outlander's depiction of events aligns with documented history and where it does not, as well as how public memory is created through the use of music, language, directorial and performance choices, and mise-en-scéne elements like filming location, props, and costumes. Schrader also explores the impact that Outlander has had on Scottish tourism (known as the “Outlander effect”) and reflects on whether other filming locations or depicted locations may experience a similar effect as Outlander’s settings move from Scotland to other areas of the world. Furthermore, Schrader suggests that the creation of public memory through the television series encourages audiences to learn about history and reflect on current issues that are brought to light through that public memory.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1793602751

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9781793602756

The House of Lanyon

By: Valerie Anand

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The House of Lanyon

By: Valerie Anand

When two ambitious families occupy the same patch of English soil, rivalry is sure to take root and flourish. A glimmer of initiative swells into blind desire, and minor hurts, nursed with jealousy, fester into a malignant hatred. When a bitter feud is born, the price for this wild and beautiful piece of ground will take more than three generations to settle. Richard Lanyon answers to no one save the aristocratic Sweetwater family, owners of the land he farms. His bitter resentment is legend within the bounds of their tiny Exmoor community, but as their tenant, Richard must do their bidding. Still, even noblemen don't have the power to contain ruthless ambition, and the Sweetwaters are no exception. Driven to succeed, Richard is prepared to take what is not his, and to forfeit the happiness of his family to claim the entitlements he lusts for. In this epic story Valerie Anand creates a vivid portrait of fifteenth-century English life that resonates with the age-old themes of ambition, power, desire and greed.

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MIRA

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1426821360

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9781426821363

If These Walls Could Talk

Victoria's Houses from the Past

By: Valerie Green

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If These Walls Could Talk

Victoria's Houses from the Past

By: Valerie Green

How many times have you walked by or through an interesting old house, wondering about its past and what tales its walls could whisper if they could answer your questions? Although many of Victoria's heritage homes have disappeared, some remain—some rich and elegant and some working class. All have stories to tell. Valerie Green offers the stories of fifty houses and the people who lived, loved and died in them. The homes are illustrated by architectural artist Lynn Gordon-Findlay in exquisite detail. In If These Walls Could Talk, Valerie and Lynn celebrate Victoria's splendid old houses and the history of another era. They include only those residences still standing. The time span ranges from the 1850s to the 1930s and covers a wide spectrum; there are stories about famous houses of historical importance as well as some less familiar, like the Rockland home that rocked with scandal and a farmhouse with a connection to Harrod's, the famous London retailer. Maps have been included to show exact location.

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TouchWood Editions

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0920663788

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9780920663783

An Introduction to Williamsburg

By: Valerie Tripp

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An Introduction to Williamsburg

By: Valerie Tripp

Published in cooperation with the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.

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Pleasantry Press, Incorporated

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0932407005

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Cartographies of Tsardom

The Land and Its Meanings in Seventeenth-century Russia

By: Valerie Ann Kivelson

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Cartographies of Tsardom

The Land and Its Meanings in Seventeenth-century Russia

By: Valerie Ann Kivelson

By studying 17th century maps Kivelson sheds light on Muscovite Russia - the relationship of state and society, the growth of an empire, the rise of serfdom and the place of Orthodox Christianity in society"-OCLC

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Cornell University Press

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0801472539

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Roman Death

The Dying and the Dead in Ancient Rome

By: Valerie M. Hope

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Roman Death

The Dying and the Dead in Ancient Rome

By: Valerie M. Hope

An original study of the role and rituals of death in Roman civilization. Death never ceases to fascinate the living and in roman society, where the mortality was high, people were forced to confront the brevity of life and the impact of death. What did death mean and symbolize to the Romans? What does 'roman death' tell the modern reader about ancient society? This accessible and engaging book ranges from suicides, funeral feasts, necromancy and Hades to mourning, epitaphs and posthumous damnation. Impressive in its broad scope and fascinating in the level of detail, Valerie Hope presents the first survey to study death in ancient Rome in such an approachable and authoritative style.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1441113657

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9781441113658

Just Peace Theory Book One

Spiritual Morality, Radical Love, and the Public Conversation

By: Valerie Elverton Dixon

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Just Peace Theory Book One

Spiritual Morality, Radical Love, and the Public Conversation

By: Valerie Elverton Dixon

In these essays I often refer to social contracts such as the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution of the United States, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and other international conventions that describe a vision of just human relations, especially in the area of culture and health care. We do not live behind a veil of ignorance where we enter into contemplation of questions of right and wrong without an awareness of our own particularities. Moreover, we do not always determine what is right based on reason. But, we do make decisions every day about how we will live within the social contracts that govern our lives. Many of us go along to get along with a lets-not-rock-the-boat-preserve-the-status-quocaution. Then there are those of us who use the documents of our social contracts to secure more justice and more peace. The purpose is to rock the boat and to disrupt the status quo when it is unjust. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I understand Christ as a title not as a person. It is a designation of an anointing. This, in my opinion, is the anointing of radical love. Christ is the human incarnation of divine love. We each ought to strive to become this whether or not we are Christian, whether or not we are even believers. Those of us who are Christians believe that Jesus paid it all. There is no more need for blood-shed sacrifice. Murder is never holy. God does not need it or want it. Our work now is to become living sacrifices that will redeem this world through justice and peace. That is the meaning of these essays. (From the Introduction)

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iUniverse

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1475952635

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9781475952636

Fruit of the Spirit

Eleven Stories to Transform Your Life

By: Valerie Maryman,Keith Grant

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Fruit of the Spirit

Eleven Stories to Transform Your Life

By: Valerie Maryman,Keith Grant

Keith Grant and Valerie Maryman know that a meaningful life rests largely upon ones capacity for hope. Our fears and lack of trust in ourselves and others can keep us from leading a purposeful life. Find hope in the commentary of eleven interviewees who share their insights regarding difficult situations and how these situations helped them persevere and lead them to greater meaning in their lives. Embrace compelling interviews of Henry McClendon, Director of New Detroit Rev. Dr. Shelia BrownBurrell, Life Challenge Erminina Ramirez, Chief Executive Officer of CHASS Janis McFaul, PhD, General Motors Heaster Wheeler, Executive Director of NAACP (Detroit Branch) Adolphus Cast, Bishop of Life Applications Church, Warren, Michigan Edward Wingard, PhD, Retired Vice President of Academic Affairs Union Institute and University Damon Keith, Judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit Rosalind Andrews Worthy, Founder of Gospel Against AIDS Jamie Kjos, Pastor of Brightmoor Christian Church, Novi, Michigan Marjorie Harris, PhD, Retired President of Lewis College of Business Let Fruit of the Spirit provide you with inspiration to help you persevere and develop more hope, resilience, and faith to live a more meaningful life.

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iUniverse

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0595627668

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9780595627660

The Mysterious Affair at Redfield

By: Valerie Christie

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The Mysterious Affair at Redfield

By: Valerie Christie

What happens when Thrse MacNab investigates the mysterious death of the wealthy Delores Valdez from foxglove poisoning and crushed emeralds? Suspects abound: Deloress adventurous biker friends, the gardener who stands to inherit in her will, two neglected daughters, a chic and crafty sister, and the Colombian maid with a taste for revenge. As Thrse discovers the dead body of Delores Valdez in a plush mansion throbbing with the beauty of precious family gems, the riveting mystery begins. By books end, with the help of her grey Angora cats, Thrse stumbles upon clues that lead her to a clever murderer. The 4 star review by reader from Southern,CA This elegantly written little book gave me many hours of reading pleasure. It has a finely crafted murder, a bunch of suspicious characters, lots of chocolates, and a cook who presents little treats in his creations. Lacking explicit violence and blush-inducing sex. The author provides descriptive passages on several interesting subjects, including Native- American customs, preparing meals, caring for flowers, and koi fish. I enjoyed the book and gleaned a lot of information on various subjects. A little jewel of a book which will hopefully be enjoyed by many. And dont forget to drink your coffee within 20 minutes of brewing it.

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Xlibris Corporation

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1465330976

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9781465330970

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