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A History of Personal Hygiene and Purity

By: Virginia Smith

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A History of Personal Hygiene and Purity

By: Virginia Smith

Why do we still have nits? What exactly are 'purity rules'? And why have baths scarcely changed in 200 years? The long history of personal hygiene and purity is a fascinating subject that reveals how closely we are linked to our deeper past. In this pioneering book, Virginia Smith covers the global history of human body-care from the Neolithic to the present, using first-hand accounts and sources. From pre-historic grooming rituals to New Age medicine, from ascetics to cosmetics, Smith looks at how different cultures have interpreted and striven for personal cleanliness and shows how, throughout history, this striving for purity has brought great social benefits as well as great tragedies. It is probably safe to say that no-one who reads this book will look at his or her body (or bathroom) in quite the same way again.

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OUP Oxford

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0191579939

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9780191579936

I Heard Their Cry

By: Ray and Virginia Canfield

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I Heard Their Cry

By: Ray and Virginia Canfield

The Chortí, a small Mayan tribe, had been living isolated on the steep, eroded mountainsides of eastern Guatemala for centuries. As the country developed around them, they had become a downtrodden people. With overpopulation and no more land available, they had become a violent people. Fierce fighting often would break out between families to protect their meager resources. Droughts and crop failures were common, diseases and infant mortality were astronomical, and education was not available. Fear from the dark world shaped their culture and permeated their lives with stoicism and despair. They felt their cry for help was silenced--until God heard their cry. An adventure began when Ray and Virginia Canfield, along with their three young children, responded to God's call to go. They relocated forty-five Chortí families to a jungle village and lived among them, offering agricultural and medical help. Would these people be able to change and adopt new ways to improve their existence? Would they be willing to break away from centuries of traditions that held them hostage to despair and hopelessness? Would this daring relocation project succeed? God began to work in miraculous ways as the Chortí opened their hearts to Jesus. While the missionaries poured their lives into helping them improve their physical and material lives, God extended a new hope to His people. And He had even greater plans for the future of His Chortí followers.

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307

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WestBow Press

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1490820965

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Death in Bloodhound Red

By: Virginia Lanier

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Death in Bloodhound Red

By: Virginia Lanier

The heroine is bloodhound trainer Joe Beth Sidden who normally helps police find missing persons and suspects. On this occasion the suspect is herself--she is accused of attempted murder after her husband, a recently released convict, was nearly beaten to death. Joe Beth must use her talents to clear her name. The setting is the Okefenokee Swamp in Georgia.

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Pineapple Press Inc

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156164076X

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9781561640768

Leading From the Inside Out

A Coaching Model

By: Virginia E. Bianco-Mathis,Lisa K. Nabors,Cynthia H. Roman

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Leading From the Inside Out

A Coaching Model

By: Virginia E. Bianco-Mathis,Lisa K. Nabors,Cynthia H. Roman

This book defines one of the latest methods used by human resource managers and team leaders. It looks at what coaching is and describes and illustrates the key steps in the coaching process including establishing the coaching relationship, collecting and analyzing data, and evaluating performance. Focusing on the key aspects of coaching from the perspective of both the coach and the leader, it contains worksheets and other `hands-on′ materials that the reader can use with others or for his or her own personal development. This model focuses on four key aspects of coaching: - Coaching the Leader Within - coaching a leader on the alignment of who and what he/she is and wants to be - Coaching the Leader with Others - the leader in relationship with others - Coaching the Leader with the Organization - coaching the leader to lead change and transform the organization - Coaching the Leader with the Community - coaching the leader to leave an intentional legacy

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250

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SAGE

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0761923926

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9780761923923

Health and Society in Britain Since 1939

By: Virginia Berridge

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Health and Society in Britain Since 1939

By: Virginia Berridge

British health policy has undergone enormous change in the post-war era. The NHS established in the post-war period has been constantly reorganised, and the role of doctors and associated medical professions has radically changed. This book considers the changes in health policy and in the service provided by the NHS, and examines in detail the 'mixed economy' of health care and the role of different providers of health care, as well as their relationships both with recipients of care and the state. In doing so, Professor Berridge sheds light on the increasingly important part that lay people, especially women, have played in the provision of health care and looks at community care and the shifting balance of power within the medical profession. The book provides a guide to changes in health and health policy during and since World War II, giving an authoritative analysis of the most recent research.

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148

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Cambridge University Press

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0521576415

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9780521576413

Ancestral Passions

The Leakey Family and the Quest for Humankind's Beginnings

By: Virginia Morell

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Ancestral Passions

The Leakey Family and the Quest for Humankind's Beginnings

By: Virginia Morell

This biography of the "First Family" of anthropology reveals how their discoveries, collaborations, and rivalries contributed to our own knowledge of the origins of humankind. In this fascinating and authoritative work, acclaimed science writer Virginia Morell brings to vivid life the famous and infamous Leakey family, pioneers in the field of paleoanthropology: Louis Leakey, the patriarch, who persisted through initial scientific failures and scandal-ridden divorce to achieve spectacular success in digs throughout East Africa; Mary, his second wife, who worked alongside Louis as they made their outstanding discoveries at Olduvai Gorge and elsewhere; and Richard, their son, who ascended to the top of the field in his parents’ wake, only to be threatened with both near-fatal illness and fierce professional rivalry. Morell transports us into the world of these compelling personalities, demonstrating how a small clan of highly talented and fiercely competitive people came to dominate an entire field of science and to contribute immeasurably to our understanding of the origins of humanity.

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644

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Simon and Schuster

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1439143870

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9781439143872

Content Area Literacy for Diverse Learners

By: Virginia McCormack

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Content Area Literacy for Diverse Learners

By: Virginia McCormack

... contains useful information and concepts that teachers can apply in the classroom and other instructional settings. ... There is also a detailed resource section listing children's literature and websites that can enhance your instructional practice ... This helpful and comprehensive resource can be used by preservice teachers, by experienced teachers and administrators, for development of staff at all levels, and by individuals in Alternate Route Teacher Certification programs."--Page 4 of cover

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262

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Wheatmark, Inc.

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1604941413

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9781604941418

The Lawn

A History of an American Obsession

By: Virginia Jenkins

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The Lawn

A History of an American Obsession

By: Virginia Jenkins

Lawns now blanket thirty million acres of the United States, but until the late nineteenth century few Americans had any desire for a front lawn, much less access to seeds for growing one. In her comprehensive history of this uniquely American obsession, Virginia Scott Jenkins traces the origin of the front lawn aesthetic, the development of the lawn-care industry, its environmental impact, and modern as well as historic alternatives to lawn mania.

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273

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Smithsonian Institution

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1588345165

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9781588345165

Taking the Wheel

Women and the Coming of the Motor Age

By: Virginia Scharff

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Taking the Wheel

Women and the Coming of the Motor Age

By: Virginia Scharff

Though millions of women drive regularly, the image of the flighty "woman driver" continues to stigmatize their abilities. Scharff travels back in time to explore how the first automobiles collided with cultural and sexual notions of feminine nature and how women have influenced the car industry as a whole.

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248

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UNM Press

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0826313957

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9780826313959

Book's by Virginia Oakley

Clean

Clean

I Heard Their Cry

I Heard Their Cry

Death in Bloodhound Red

Death in Bloodhound Red

Leading From the Inside Out

Leading From the Inside Out

Health and Society in Britain Since 1939

Health and Society in Britain Since 1939

Ancestral Passions

Ancestral Passions

Content Area Literacy for Diverse Learners

Content Area Literacy for Diverse Learners

The Lawn

The Lawn

Taking the Wheel

Taking the Wheel

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