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Heroes of Africa

By: Vivian Ezeife Van Gorder

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This book focuses on the inspirational, dramatic stories of many important heroes of Africa. The goal of this book is to help people appreciate the effort and skill that has helped create all that is good in modern Africa. This book tells the vivid stories of courage and wisdom that will motivate and encourage future generations of Africans and those of the African diaspora. It also creates engaging activities to help us understand each hero. Our youth must continue to dream and add dedicated insight in the work of strengthening Mother Africa. In spite of all odds and opponents, Africans must look back in order to look forward. This book provides a creative and clear context for conversations about the rich diversity and noble character of the heroes Africans and those of the African diaspora.

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1546260641

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The Widows' Might

Widowhood and Gender in Early British America

By: Vivian Bruce Conger

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The Widows' Might

Widowhood and Gender in Early British America

By: Vivian Bruce Conger

In early American society, one’s identity was determined in large part by gender. The ways in which men and women engaged with their communities were generally not equal: married women fell under the legal control of their husbands, who handled all negotiations with the outside world, as well as many domestic interactions. The death of a husband enabled women to transcend this strict gender divide. Yet, as a widow, a woman occupied a third, liminal gender in early America, performing an unusual mix of male and female roles in both public and private life. With shrewd analysis of widows’ wills as well as prescriptive literature, court appearances, newspaper advertisements, and letters, The Widows’ Might explores how widows were portrayed in early American culture, and how widows themselves responded to their unique role. Using a comparative approach, Vivian Bruce Conger deftly analyzes how widows in colonial Massachusetts, South Carolina, and Maryland navigated their domestic, legal, economic, and community roles in early American society.

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NYU Press

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081471711X

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9780814717110

Being Made Strange

Rhetoric beyond Representation

By: Bradford Vivian

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Being Made Strange

Rhetoric beyond Representation

By: Bradford Vivian

By elaborating upon pivotal twentieth-century studies in language, representation, and subjectivity, Being Made Strange reorients the study of rhetoric according to the discursive formation of subjectivity. The author develops a theory of how rhetorical practices establish social, political, and ethical relations between self and other, individual and collectivity, good and evil, and past and present. He produces a novel methodology that analyzes not only what an individual says, but also the social, political, and ethical conditions that enable him or her to do so. This book also offers valuable ethical and political insights for the study of subjectivity in philosophy, cultural studies, and critical theory.

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State University of New York Press

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0791485390

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9780791485392

Creating Caring and Nurturing Educational Environments for African American Children

By: Vivian Morris,Curtis Morris

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Creating Caring and Nurturing Educational Environments for African American Children

By: Vivian Morris,Curtis Morris

The history of the education of African American children in one Alabama town is reconstructed over a period of 100 years, from the First Reconstruction period to the Second Reconstruction period (Governor George Wallace's stand in the schoolhouse door). Lessons learned from this case study, in addition to 15 years of desegregated education in the community, provides a perspective for educational policymakers to consider, as they attempt to plan effective schools in the 21st century for all children in America. Many have viewed segregated schools for African American students as dens of educational pathology with poor teachers and administrators, poorly operated academic programs and activities, dilapidated school buildings, and scarce resources. Until the last two decades, little had been written about the internal functioning of these schools or the positive impact of their efforts from the perspective of their students, families, teachers, or administrators. Despite being underfunded, understaffed, and issued second-hand books and equipment, this school and community worked together, as did many other African American schools and communities, to create effective schooling for children. This study addresses four major questions: (1) What kinds of educational experiences did teachers and principals view as important for the successful education of African American children? (2) How did the school interact with parents and the community? (3) How did the educational environment change when African American children began attending desegregated schools? (4) What can we learn from this successful school for African American children as well as their experiences in the desegregated setting that will provide a perspective for educational policymakers as we plan effective schools for all children in this country? The findings from this case study present a perspective on which educational policymakers can build as we plan caring, nurturing, and equitable learning environments for children in schools in all communities.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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0313001677

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9780313001673

Language and Society in Early Modern England

Selected Essays, 1981-1994

By: Vivian Salmon

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Language and Society in Early Modern England

Selected Essays, 1981-1994

By: Vivian Salmon

This volume brings together twelve previously published essays, divided into three sections: 1. Surveys of 16th- and 17th-Century Linguistic Scholarship, 2. The Study of Universal and Particular Traits of Language, and 3. Language Learning and Language Instruction. The volume is completed by an index of biographical names and an index of subjects and terms.

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John Benjamins Publishing

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9027245649

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Losing the Atmosphere, A Memoir

A Baffling Disorder, a Search for Help, and the Therapist Who Understood

By: Vivian Conan,Jeffery Smith, MD

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Losing the Atmosphere, A Memoir

A Baffling Disorder, a Search for Help, and the Therapist Who Understood

By: Vivian Conan,Jeffery Smith, MD

Born in 1940s Brooklyn to a father prone to rages and an emotionally erratic mother, Vivian Conan grew up in two different worlds: Outside and Inside. Outside, she had friends, excelled in school, and was close to her cousins and brother. Inside, she saw faces that weren't hers in her bedroom mirror and was surrounded by an invisible Atmosphere that bathed her in the love and understanding she craved. Moving between these worlds enabled Vivian to survive her childhood but limited her ability to live fully as an adult. To others, her life seemed rich with work, friends, music, and boyfriends. But her mind and soul were filled with chaos and pain. Neither she nor her therapists could figure out why. LOSING THE ATMOSPHERE is Vivian Conan's riveting account of her journey toward self-understanding and wholeness; her encounters with a string of more and less helpful therapists; and her unconventional relationship with the therapist who was finally able to guide her through the courageous, messy work healing required. Told with honesty, humor, and grace, LOSING THE ATMOSPHERE is a never-too-late story about the growth possible for anyone with the guts to pursue it, and a testament to the redemptive power of love: not the perfect kind Vivian experienced in her imaginary world, but the imperfect kind that connects us, flawed human being to flawed human being, in the real world she lives in now.

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Greenpoint

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1734674024

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Let the Walls Come Down

By: Vivian Jenkins

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Let the Walls Come Down

By: Vivian Jenkins

After a scarring teenage experience, Bethany Cary has erected walls around her heart. Doctor Luke Willoughs has done the same since his wife's death. Together, they can make the walls come tumbling down, but at what cost? Bethany is content with her life as a preschool teacher. She is certain she'll never marry, definitely never fall in love. Then she feels a call to work in Africa. She doesn't know when or how, but she begins preparations. As the school year progresses, she becomes close to four-year-old Jenny, who lost her mother at birth. Soon Bethany is babysitting Jenny, and she strikes up a friendship with Jenny's strikingly handsome father, a surgeon. Luke has been preparing to return to Africa to continue his mission work as a doctor, but he will not go without Jenny. Recognizing that Jenny needs a mother and that Bethany has become a good friend to him, he asks for Bethany's hand in marriage. With their hearts so firmly guarded, neither of them can contemplate ever falling in love, so it seems an ideal solution. When they arrive in Africa, Luke is forced to face haunting memories of the woman he still loves, and Bethany's world is turned upside down. Their walls are soon higher and stronger than ever before, driving them apart. Does God have a plan to bring them together, unguarded, or have they made the biggest mistake of their lives? Vivian Jenkins's own missionary experiences in Zimbabwe are woven into the story throughout, creating a spellbinding, poignant read. Let the Walls Come Down.

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1615668012

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Torn Between Two Bosses

A Hood Romance

By: Vivian Blue

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Torn Between Two Bosses

A Hood Romance

By: Vivian Blue

Loving a hustler is one thing. But what happens when you love two...and can't choose? Josephine (Josie) Anderson is a hustling hair dresser that slangs hairdos and boosted clothes with her little sister, Ashley. She works at a hair salon with her transgendered godmother, Leslie, who takes being Josie’s godmother very serious. So much so, she’s always in Josie’s business trying to hook her up with random guys. What she doesn't know is that Josie is screwing Leslie's brother, Kennedy, behind everyone's back. Kennedy is in love with Josie and wants to be in a committed relationship, but there’s one problem...Kennedy’s long time bottom bitch, Moni, who’s been around for years helping him to build his empire. And she’s NOT going anywhere. Even after Kennedy chooses Josie over her, it doesn’t matter because her love for him runs deep. And her loyalty runs even deeper. One day Josie’s jealousy causes her to put another player in the game named Russell. Russell's a big time dope dealer that has a reputation for being a ladies' man. He charms Josie with his smooth talking, good looks, and arrogance which are all the qualities Josie likes in a man. However, is this new lover going to cause Josie to be caught up in a deadly love triangle that causes one of her loved ones to lose their life? With love hanging in the balance, Josie has a decision to make and hopefully she doesn't catch heat for messing with the hearts of two thugs.

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1648403409

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The Rebels

By: Vivian Stuart

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The Rebels

By: Vivian Stuart

The sixth book in the dramatic and intriguing story about the colonisation of Australia: a country built on blood, passion, and dreams. Twenty thousand kilometres and four months of sailing are what stands between England and the colony of Australia. In his struggles to bring order in the colony, and to protect its settlers from abuse of power, and injustice, Governor Bligh is up against some powerful enemies and mischievous schemers. Three strong-minded governors have failed to complete the task before him ... And England seems to have had enough of the war against France. Rebels and outcasts, they fled halfway across the earth to settle the harsh Australian wastelands. Decades later — ennobled by love and strengthened by tragedy — they had transformed a wilderness into a fertile land. And themselves into The Australians.

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Jentas Ehf

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9979642319

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Talawa Theatre Company

A Theatrical History and the Brewster Era

By: David Vivian Johnson

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Talawa Theatre Company

A Theatrical History and the Brewster Era

By: David Vivian Johnson

This book discusses the theatrical history of Talawa, the work of Dr Yvonne Brewster OBE, her contribution to the genre of contemporary black British theatre generally, and her founding and subsequent directing of Talawa from 1986 to 2001. The analysis details how Brewster's theatre helped forge a black British identity in Britain, both on and off the British stage, through its strategic presentation of black language and culture in performance. Following explanations of definitions and sociolinguistic methodology in Chapter One: Voicing an Identity, Talawa's theatrical roots are shown in Chapter Two: Post Traumatic Slavery Disorder, to have begun in Africa, developed in Jamaica and further progressed by British Caribbean post war artists in Britain. In Chapter Three: A Stanger in Non-Paradise, Brewster's early life, her significant contribution to contemporary black British theatre, her founding of Talawa and the company's three year residency in the West End are discussed. Talawa's work is then explored by genre as follows; Chapter Four: The Island Plays highlights Talawa's Caribbean productions. These are; An Echo In The Bone, Maskarade, The Black Jacobins, The Dragon Can't Dance, The Lion and Beef No Chicken. In Chapter Five: The Black South, Talawa's American productions; The Love Space Demands, From The Mississippi Delta and Flyin' West point to the relevance of African American work to Talawa's audience. Chapter Six: Stay in Your Box illustrates Brewster's ground breaking work in the British classical genre. The productions discussed are; Anthony and Cleopatra, King Lear, Tis Pity She's a Whore, The Importance of Being Earnest and Othello. The book ends with Chapter Seven: Don't Tell Massa. Brewster and her work at Talawa are summed up, followed by an insight into her final attempt to secure a permanent home for black theatre in Britain.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1350107980

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Keeping the Immigrant Bargain

The Costs and Rewards of Success in America

By: Vivian Louie

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Keeping the Immigrant Bargain

The Costs and Rewards of Success in America

By: Vivian Louie

Most nineteenth and early-twentieth-century European immigrants arrived in the United States with barely more than the clothes on their backs. They performed menial jobs, spoke little English, and often faced a hostile reception. But two or more generations later, the overwhelming majority of their descendants had successfully integrated into American society. Today's immigrants face many of the same challenges, but some experts worry that their integration, especially among Latinos, will not be as successful as their European counterparts. Keeping the Immigrant Bargain examines the journey of Dominican and Colombian newcomers whose children have achieved academic success one generation after the arrival of their parents. Sociologist Vivian Louie provides a much-needed comparison of how both parents and children understand the immigrant journey toward education, mobility, and assimilation. Based on Louie's own survey and interview study, Keeping the Immigrant Bargain examines the lives of thirty-seven foreign-born Dominican and Colombian parents and their seventy-six young adult offspring—the majority of whom were enrolled in or had graduated from college. The book shows how they are adapting to American schools, jobs, neighborhoods, and culture. Louie discovers that before coming to the United States, some of these parents had already achieved higher levels of education than the average foreign-born Dominican or Colombian, and after arrival many owned their own homes. Significantly, most parents in each group expressed optimism about their potential to succeed in the United States, while also expressing pessimism about whether they would ever be accepted as Americans. In contrast to the social exclusion experienced by their parents, most of the young adults had assimilated linguistically and believed themselves to be full participants in American society. Keeping the Immigrant Bargain shows that the offspring of these largely working-class immigrants had several factors in common that aided their mobility. Their parents were highly engaged in their lives and educational progress, although not always in ways expected by schools or their children, and the children possessed a strong degree of self-motivation. Equally important was the availability of key institutional networks of support, including teachers, peers, afterschool and other enrichment programs, and informal mentors outside of the classroom. These institutional networks gave the children the guidance they needed to succeed in school, offering information the parents often did not know themselves. While not all immigrants achieve such rapid success, this engrossing study shows how powerful the combination of self-motivation, engaged families, and strong institutional support can be. Keeping the Immigrant Bargain makes the case that institutional relationships—such as teachers and principals who are trained to accommodate cultural difference and community organizations that help parents and children learn how to navigate the system—can bear significantly on immigrant educational success.

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Russell Sage Foundation

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1610447794

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Garbage In, Garbage Out

Solving the Problems with Long-Distance Trash Transport

By: Vivian E. Thomson

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Garbage In, Garbage Out

Solving the Problems with Long-Distance Trash Transport

By: Vivian E. Thomson

Your garbage is going places you’d never imagine. What used to be sent to the local dump now may move hundreds of miles by truck and barge to its final resting place. Virtually all forms of pollution migrate, subjected to natural forces such as wind and water currents. The movement of garbage, however, is under human control. Its patterns of migration reveal much about power sharing among state, local, and national institutions, about the Constitution’s protection of trash transport as a commercial activity, and about competing notions of social fairness. In Garbage In, Garbage Out, Vivian Thomson looks at Virginia’s status as the second-largest importer of trash in the United States and uses it as a touchstone for exploring the many controversies around trash generation and disposal. Political conflicts over waste management have been felt at all levels of government. Local governments who want to manage their own trash have fought other local governments hosting huge landfills that depend on trash generated hundreds of miles away. State governments have tried to avoid becoming the dumping grounds for cities hundreds of miles away. The constitutional questions raised in these battles have kept interstate trash transport on Congress’s agenda since the early 1990s. Whether the resulting legislative proposals actually address our most critical garbage-related problems, however, remains in question. Thomson sheds much-needed light on these problems. Within the context of increased interstate trash transport and the trend toward privatization of waste management, she examines the garbage issue from a number of perspectives--including the links between environmental justice and trash management, a critical evaluation of the theoretical and empirical relationship between economic growth and environmental improvement, and highlighting the ways in which waste management practices in the US differ from those in the European Union and Japan. Thomson then provides specific, substantive recommendations for our own policymakers. Everything eventually becomes trash. As we explore the long, often surprising, routes our garbage takes, we begin to understand that it is something more than a mere nuisance that regularly "disappears" from our curbside. Rather, trash generation and management reflect patterns of consumption, political choices over whether garbage is primarily pollution or commerce, the social distribution of environmental risk, and how our daily lives compare with those of our counterparts in other industrialized nations.

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University of Virginia Press

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0813928710

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9780813928715

Children’s Daily Prayer 2016-2017

By: Margaret Burk,Vivian E. Williams

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Children’s Daily Prayer 2016-2017

By: Margaret Burk,Vivian E. Williams

This book contains an order of prayer for each day of the school year; it is organized for easy use, and is a great catechetical tool.

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LiturgyTrainingPublications

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1616712643

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Young Doctor Mason

By: Vivian Stuart

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Young Doctor Mason

By: Vivian Stuart

INTRIGUE. TENSION. LOVE AFFAIRS: In The Historical Romance series, a set of stand-alone novels, Vivian Stuart builds her compelling narratives around the dramatic lives of sea captains, nurses, surgeons, and members of the aristocracy. Stuart takes us back to the societies of the 20th century, drawing on her own experience of places across Australia, India, East Asia, and the Middle East. Young Doctor Mason was dedicated, sympathetic, and a very good doctor. When Kate Cluny came to assist him in his practice she knew she was going to enjoy her work, even though, in off-duty moments, Joe Mason was cool and distant to her. And then one day Barbie Ryker walked into the surgery and asked to see Joe Mason again ... Barbie Ryker who was beautiful and clever, and who had broken Joe's heart once before. Kate didn't know just how Barbie was going to win Joe back again, but she knew the lovely, scheming woman was going to try ...

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Skinnbok

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9979644842

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9789979644842

Whom God Loves

By: Vivian Hollis Mayne

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Whom God Loves

By: Vivian Hollis Mayne

As a member of the Kimmage Garrison (comprised of exiles from England) WILLE MacNAMEE fought in the General Post Office in the 1916 EASTER RISING. Through a strange quirk of fate he was one of the very few volunteers from that garrison to survive. Meanwhile, in Parnell Street (around the corner from the G.P.O.) while the City of Dublin burned, the widow MARY O'DWYER, grappled with hoards of stockpiling customers in her FAMILY DAIRY. Until shortages and the threatening flames forced its closure. Thankfully the dairy escaped unharmed. And Mary thanked the Good Lord for his blessings which included the non involverment of any of her seven offsprings in the Rising. However, on the day of the surrender two incidents associated with the RISING brought immeasurable sorrow to Mary and her family. Later as a P.O.W. in the Frongoch Camp in Wales, Wille became friendly with Mary's son, Peter. As members of the IRB (The Irish Replican Brotherhood) both men joined Collins' secret 'net work.' Shortly afterwards Peter introduced Willie to his two younger sisters, NANCY and JANE, when they came to visit from Dublin. For Willie and Jane it was love at first sight. During the rest of their stay in Frongoch, Willie and Peter, together with many other nationalists, became immersed in Collins' secret plans to wage guerilla warfare in Ireland after their release, which occurred on the 22nd December. However, Willie's clandestine association with Collins afterwards caused great unhappiness in his romance with Jane. Foremost was the mother's intolerance and prejudice against the renegade republican, Willie, keeping company with her daughter. Eventually Willie had to make a choice.

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Trafford Publishing

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1425193455

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Historic Dekalb County

An Illustrated History

By: Vivian Price

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Historic Dekalb County

An Illustrated History

By: Vivian Price

An illustrated history of DeKalb County, Georgia, paired with histories of the local companies.

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HPN Books

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1893619893

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Advanced Fitness Assessment and Exercise Prescription

By: Ann L. Gibson,Dale R. Wagner,Vivian H. Heyward

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Advanced Fitness Assessment and Exercise Prescription

By: Ann L. Gibson,Dale R. Wagner,Vivian H. Heyward

Advanced Fitness Assessment and Exercise Prescription is the definitive resource for learning testing protocols for five physical fitness components--cardiorespiratory capacity, muscular fitness, body composition, flexibility, and balance--and designing personalized exercise programs based on assessment outcomes.

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Human Kinetics

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1718216114

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Americans in Egypt, 1770-1915

Explorers, Consuls, Travelers, Soldiers, Missionaries, Writers and Scientists

By: Cassandra Vivian

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Americans in Egypt, 1770-1915

Explorers, Consuls, Travelers, Soldiers, Missionaries, Writers and Scientists

By: Cassandra Vivian

The voices of Americans have long been absent from studies of modern Egypt. Most scholars assume that Americans were either not in Egypt in significant numbers during the nineteenth century or had little of importance to say. This volume shows that neither was the case by introducing and relating the experiences and attitudes of 15 American personalities who worked, lived, or traveled in Egypt from the 1770s to the commencement of World War I. Often in their own words, explorers, consuls, tourists, soldiers, missionaries, artists, scientists, and scholars offer a rare American perspective on everyday Egyptian life and provide a new perspective on many historically significant events. The stories of these individuals and their sojourns not only recount the culture and history of Egypt but also convey the domination of the country by European powers and the support for Egypt by a young American nation.

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McFarland

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078646304X

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9780786463046

The Study of Language in 17th-century England

By: Vivian Salmon

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The Study of Language in 17th-century England

By: Vivian Salmon

This volume brings together a number of papers by Vivian Salmon, previously published in various journals and collections that are unfamiliar, and perhaps even inaccessible, to historians of the study of language. The central theme of the volume is the study of language in England in the 17th century. Papers in the first section treat aspects of the history of language teaching. The second section consists of three articles on the history of grammatical theory. The papers in the third and final section deal with the search for the universal language .

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John Benjamins Publishing

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9027245355

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The Art of William Sidney Mount: Long Island People of Color on Canvas

By: Katherine Kirkpatrick and Vivian Nicholson-Mueller

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The Art of William Sidney Mount: Long Island People of Color on Canvas

By: Katherine Kirkpatrick and Vivian Nicholson-Mueller

From farmers cutting hay with scythes to dancers jigging to fiddle music on barn floors, artist William Sidney Mount's paintings reveal a seldom recognized world on the North Shore of Long Island. At a time when racist caricatures were the norm, Mount portrayed people of color in his mid-nineteenth-century works with great humanity."--

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Arcadia Publishing

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1467152234

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The Warriors

By: Vivian Stuart

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The Warriors

By: Vivian Stuart

The tenth book in the dramatic and intriguing story about the colonisation of Australia: a country built on blood, passion, and dreams. Not only Englishmen come to the new country of Australia. A young American, the only survivor of a shipwreck, has also ended up there. She stands alone in this new and completely foreign world. Another American, who served in the British army against Bonaparte, has arrived as well — voluntarily. In this melting pot, everyone must establish a life for themselves. The obstacles are many, but the future is still bright ... Rebels and outcasts, they fled halfway across the earth to settle the harsh Australian wastelands. Decades later — ennobled by love and strengthened by tragedy — they had transformed a wilderness into a fertile land. And themselves into The Australians.

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9979642351

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Postcolonial Screen Adaptation and the British Novel

By: Vivian Y. Kao

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Postcolonial Screen Adaptation and the British Novel

By: Vivian Y. Kao

This book brings film adaptation of literature to bear on the question of how nineteenth-century imperial ideologies of progress continue to inform power inequalities in a global capitalist age. Not simply the promotion of general betterment for all, improvement in the British colonial context licensed a superior “master race” to “uplift” its colonized populations—morally, socially, and economically. This book argues that, on the one hand, film adaptations of nineteenth-century novels reveal the arrogance and coercive intentions that underpin contemporary notions of development, humanitarianism, and modernity—improvement’s post-Victorian guises. On the other hand, the book also argues that the films use their nineteenth-century source texts to criticize these same legacies of imperialism. By bringing together film adaptation, postcolonial theory, and literary studies, the book demonstrates that adaptation, as both method and cultural product, provides a way to engage with the baggage of ideological heritage in our contemporary global media environment.

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Springer Nature

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3030545806

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Torn Between Two Bosses 4

A Hood Romance

By: Vivian Blue

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Torn Between Two Bosses 4

A Hood Romance

By: Vivian Blue

Levi helps Josie decide to marry him, which lights a match to an emotional fire storm. They both come face to face with Russell and Catherine at the reception, which causes them to face their jilted lovers. Russell threatens to kill everyone involved, as Catherine decides to hit Levi where it hurts. Josie is having second thoughts about marrying Levi, because he doesn't want to talk about what happened between him and Catherine. And, when she runs into Russell at the elevator, Frank sees the venerable effect Russell has over Josie. Frank over steps his boundaries by telling Josie she's a problem, causing a riff between the two of them. And, when Frank states his opinion to Levi about Josie, Levi reminds him that he's got a handle over all it.

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1648403433

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The Expansionists

By: Vivian Stuart

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The Expansionists

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The twenty-fourth, and final, book in the dramatic and intriguing story about the colonisation of Australia: a country made of blood, passion, and dreams. Finally the end has been reached as the Australians look towards the future. The Australians have reached a time of technological advance that features steam power of ships and auto mobiles becoming the preferable personal transportation for the wealthy Australians. Australia becomes Australia as we know it today.

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9979642491

ISBN 13

9789979642497

Stories of My Aunt Greta

By: Vivian Lerner

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Stories of My Aunt Greta

By: Vivian Lerner

My Aunt Greta was a fascinating woman. She was born in Vienna, Austria and wrote stories about her life as a small child growing up in pre-Nazi Austria. She recounts a life full o beautiful memories and experiences until 1939 when everything changed with the Nazi annexation of Austria. Suddenly, families and friends were forced to say goodbye and leave behind their homes, their lives forever changed. My aunt's family found themselves emigrating to Lima, Peru and there she recounts her experiences as a teenager in a strange new world - new customs, new language. She tells us with honesty and humor about her attempts to adapt which did not always succeed. Then as a brazen 21 year-old, she leaves her new adopted home and heads to New York on a scholarship. She shares her stories of her professional life, her friends and many fascinating experiences in Manhattan. Again, with a delightful sense of humor she tells us about her life - sometimes sad, sometimes humorous. But, always, she was a survivor and leaves us with beautiful memories of a life well lived.

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