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The Nigger in You

Challenging Dysfunctional Language, Engaging Leadership Moments

By: J. W. Wiley

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The Nigger in You

Challenging Dysfunctional Language, Engaging Leadership Moments

By: J. W. Wiley

Embrace Leadership to Combat All Forms of PrejudiceIs there a “nigger” in you? If you have attempted to avoid and/or escape oppression, been made to feel as if you are a problem, been treated as “lesser than” or even like a criminal, all just because you are different in a given context, then what Dr. J. W. Wiley asserts through the title of this book inescapably applies to you. Through any of our multiple identities—stereotyped, marginalized, or ostracized by our socio-economic class, level of education, gender, disability, age, race, sexual orientation, or religion—we are all potential victims as well as perpetrators of denigrating language and discrimination. Dr. Wiley borrows the agency of nigger, arguably the quintessential, most universally known term of disparagement of those negatively considered the Other, to re-frame the word as no longer just a racial term but one that symbolizes many of the ways we disrespect or bully one another, are inconsiderate of one another, prejudge one another, and internalize our demonization. He defines the word in a way that demonstrates its equivalence to other dysfunctional language (retard, bitch, fag, trailer trash, etc.) that suggests that those so targeted are unworthy of consideration in our society. By creating a conversation around such language, Dr. Wiley challenges us to recognize that, when we give in to our prejudices and stereotypes, the “nigger in you” is what we are apt to see when we encounter those different from ourselves.The author, who is Director of the Center for Diversity, Pluralism, and Inclusion for the State University of New York–Plattsburg, a Lecturer in Philosophy and Interdisciplinary Studies, and president of his own consulting business, engages diversity in a uniquely inclusive way and as inseparable from social justice. By dissecting the offensive language we often use, consciously or unconsciously, Dr. Wiley provokes us to recognize that, since every one of us has multiple identities beyond just the color of our skin, it is virtually impossible for most of us not to have felt the sting of oppression, or the power of privilege that some of those same multiple identities may confer on us. Consequently, it is morally incumbent on us to contest and ultimately transcend oppression wherever we encounter it, to respect the humanity of those different from us, and become allies in the war to protect and advance people’s right to be different.Through personal stories, scholarship, poetry, commentary on current affairs, lyrics, and his experiences as a Black man both rooted in African American culture and the culture of the academy who daily has to navigate and negotiate multiple worlds, Dr. Wiley leads us on a journey toward social justice. In doing so, he empowers us—in whatever sphere, private or public, in which we have some agency—to embrace our leadership moments by engaging those who would perpetrate dysfunctional language or behavior, and help create a world in which differences are respected and validated.

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Taylor & Francis

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1000980995

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Over Or Under

By: Wiley Blevins

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Over Or Under

By: Wiley Blevins

What does the little bear cub climb over? What's hiding under a rock? Look inside this book to find out!

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1977107184

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Push Or Pull?

By: Wiley Blevins

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Push Or Pull?

By: Wiley Blevins

Discusses forces such as push or pull in an easy-to-read text that incorporates phonics instruction and rebuses.

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Who Am I?

By: Wiley Blevins

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Who Am I?

By: Wiley Blevins

Phonics Readers is a recognized leader in helping you teach phonics and phonemic awareness, within the context of content-area reading. Content area focus: Jobs; Phonics Skills: short a, f, m, t

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Can You See It?

By: Wiley Blevins

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Can You See It?

By: Wiley Blevins

Phonics Readers is a recognized leader in helping you teach phonics and phonemic awareness, within the context of content-area reading. Content area focus: Camouflage Phonics Skills: short e, r-blends

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Mapping the World

By: Wiley Blevins

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Mapping the World

By: Wiley Blevins

Phonics Readers is a recognized leader in helping you teach phonics and phonemic awareness, within the context of content-area reading. Content area focus: Geography Phonics Skills: endings -ed, -ing, with spelling changes

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Re-imagining Milk

Cultural and Biological Perspectives

By: Andrea S. Wiley

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Re-imagining Milk

Cultural and Biological Perspectives

By: Andrea S. Wiley

Milk is a fascinating food: it is produced by mothers of each mammalian species for consumption by nursing infants of that species, yet many humans drink the milk of another species (mostly cows) and they drink it throughout life. Thus we might expect that this dietary practice has some effects on human biology that are different from other foods. In Re-imagining Milk Wiley considers these, but also puts milk-drinking into a broader historical and cross-cultural context. In particular, she asks how dietary policies promoting milk came into being in the U.S., how they intersect with biological variation in milk digestion, how milk consumption is related to child growth, and how milk is currently undergoing globalizing processes that contribute to its status as a normative food for children (using India and China as examples). Wiley challenges the reader to re-evaluate their assumptions about cows' milk as a food for humans. Informed by both biological and social theory and data, Re-imagining Milk provides a biocultural analysis of this complex food and illustrates how a focus on a single commodity can illuminate aspects of human biology and culture.

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Routledge

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1317403045

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9781317403043

Tools Scientists Use

By: Wiley Blevins

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Tools Scientists Use

By: Wiley Blevins

Phonics Readers is a recognized leader in helping you teach phonics and phonemic awareness, within the context of content-area reading. Content area focus: Technology and Science Phonics Skills: irregular plurals; plurals with spelling changes

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0736839593

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Remember, You Are a Wiley

By: Maya Wiley

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Remember, You Are a Wiley

By: Maya Wiley

A moving, politically-charged memoir of surviving trauma and the power of activism from MSNBC legal analyst, professor, civil rights lawyer and former New York City Mayoral candidate Maya Wiley. Born in a country that has repeatedly traumatized her and her loved ones, Maya Wiley grew up in a household that prioritized activism, hope, and resilience above all else. This attitude landed her father on President Nixon’s enemies list as her mother organized third-party political platforms. Still, they modeled hope for their children. In the decades since, she has borne witness as presidents and political figures used racism and fascism to gain power, and as cities have again and again elected white men, effectively shutting out people of color and women from having a political voice. As a result, she has been forced, time after time, to confront death, injustice, and indifference—just as her Civil Rights activist parents did before her. After a mayoral race that further exposed our country’s deep divisions, Maya is ready to share her story and that of her parents: one of passion, possibility, and compassion in the face of fear and injustice. She takes readers through her unconventional upbringing, her father George Wiley‘s tragic death and the resulting trauma, as well as how her experiences spoke to racial, gender, and class identity. Against this painful backdrop, Maya charts her journey of coming into herself and finding hope in a dire political landscape. She also digs into how her previous struggles informed her platform, driving her to represent those who have similarly felt voiceless or ignored. In facing and sharing her own past, Maya shows readers how they too can remain optimistic in the face of adversity.

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Grand Central Publishing

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153873995X

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9781538739952

Maps

By: Wiley Blevins

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Maps

By: Wiley Blevins

Phonics Readers is a recognized leader in helping you teach phonics and phonemic awareness, within the context of content-area reading. Content area focus: Maps; Phonics Skills: review long a, e, i, o, u; infl. ending -ing

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The Household and the War for the Cosmos

Recovering a Christian Vision for the Family

By: C.R. Wiley

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The Household and the War for the Cosmos

Recovering a Christian Vision for the Family

By: C.R. Wiley

Your household is not just a shelter from a war zone; it is the command center from where you launch your attacks. It's this vision of the world, with the Christian family at the heart, that modern parents desperately need to recover.

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Canon Press & Book Service

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1947644912

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9781947644915

Parts of a Plant

By: Wiley Blevins

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Parts of a Plant

By: Wiley Blevins

Shows the parts of a plant in an easytoread text that incorporates phonics instruction.

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A Land More Kind Than Home

By: Wiley Cash

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A Land More Kind Than Home

By: Wiley Cash

One Sunday, nine-year-old Jess Hall watches in horror as his autistic brother is smothered during a healing service in the mountains of North Carolina. The unimaginable violence that follows must be untangled by a local sheriff with his own tragic past." --Publisher description.

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Harper Collins

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0062258877

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9780062258878

Now and Long Ago

By: Wiley Blevins

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Now and Long Ago

By: Wiley Blevins

Briefly introduces ways in which life was different in the past, such as farmers using handheld plows instead of tractors, in a text that incorporates phonics instruction.

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The Table

By: Winsome Bingham,Wiley Blevins

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The Table

By: Winsome Bingham,Wiley Blevins

Two families—both filled with love, both encountering hardship and joy, both living in the same place—and the one simple table that connects them all. For years, a mining family’s life revolves around their table. It’s where they eat, read, sew, laugh, and pay the bills; it’s stained with easter egg paint, warmed by fresh biscuits and the soft morning sun. Outside the house, though, Appalachia changes. The coal mine closes, and the bills keep coming. Eventually, there’s no choice but to move on— and to say goodbye to the table. But then: When a young girl’s father sees the table by the road, he slams on the brakes. A lifelong carpenter, he can see it’s something special. They bring it home and clean it up; sitting around it, they eat and work and laugh. The girl wonders if another child once sat there, if they were anything like her. She’ll never know . . . but the table remembers. The Table is a stirring contemplation on the similarity between even people whose lives are entirely different. The details of these different lives take many forms, but the love underlying both of these families makes them much more similar than they are different. The center of this book is family love, and the many important connections we share with the family we live with. Even in strife, this book shows, love provides a literal support. Expressively illustrated by Caldecott Honoree Jason Griffin, the story is deeply personal to coauthors Wiley Blevins, raised in West Virginia, and Winsome Bingham, who immigrated as a child from Jamaica to the U.S. South. A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection

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Holiday House

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082346153X

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9780823461530

Move It!

By: Wiley Blevins

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Move It!

By: Wiley Blevins

In this book, readers discover what it takes to have a job where workers are responsible for moving things and people from one place to another, such as truck drivers, train conductors, and subway drivers.

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1634408462

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Short Vowels

By: Wiley Blevins

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Short Vowels

By: Wiley Blevins

Vowels can say their names: A-E-I-O-U. These vowel sounds can be spelled many different ways, including vowel teams. Discover how these long vowels and vowel teams can be used to build words.

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1634405536

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Big Box of Shapes

By: Wiley Blevins

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Big Box of Shapes

By: Wiley Blevins

Triangles, circles, squares. To most of us, these are just simple shapes. But in the imaginations of Lulu and Max, these shapes found in a box take on exciting new meanings. What will you see?

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1634404173

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The Bell Irvin Wiley Reader

By: Hill Jordan,James I. Robertson, Jr.,J. H. Segars

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The Bell Irvin Wiley Reader

By: Hill Jordan,James I. Robertson, Jr.,J. H. Segars

For countless readers, the books of Bell Irvin Wiley (1906–1980) remain a high-water mark in historical writing on the American Civil War. The Life of Billy Yank, The Life of Johnny Reb, The Road to Appomattox, Southern Negroes, 1861–1865, all are classics in the field, and Wiley’s influence on contemporary Civil War scholarship has been immeasurable. The Bell Irvin Wiley Reader offers for the first time many lesser known and unpublished writings of this eminent historian and provides an intimate portrait of the man Life magazine once hailed as “the nation’s foremost authority of soldier life during the Civil War.” Culled from a trove of 176 boxes of Wiley’s personal papers at the Emory University archives, the selections in this collection present a broad cross section of his work, both oral and written, and focus on the professor’s favorite subjects. Among the documents are speeches and articles, such as “The Road to War,” “Lincoln, Plain Man of the People,” “Life on the Confederate Home Front,” “The Collapse of the Confederacy,” “American History and Racial Understanding,” “Historians and the National Register,” and “Why Teach the Civil War?” Also included are lecture outlines, one of Wiley’s infamous final exams, and an oral history interview with the historian. Each piece reveals Wiley’s immense talent as a historian, communicator, and educator, as well as his continuing power to enlighten and inspire readers and students alike. Buttressed with an excellent introduction by editors Hill Jordan and J. H. Segars and biographical notations and section introductions by James I. Robertson Jr.—one of Wiley’s best students—this anthology shows Wiley to be an enigma: a distinguished scholar who enjoyed the company of ordinary people; a staunch advocate for civil rights who would not agree to ease university admission standards for blacks; a master teacher who declined departmental chairmanships. He was, indeed, the uncommon “common man” of which he wrote so often, and his work continues to provide us with a clearer understanding of our great American heritage. With previously unpublished family photographs and a complete bibliography of Wiley’s books and articles, The Bell Irvin Wiley Reader will fascinate all Civil War enthusiasts, introducing new readers to and reacquainting old friends with the life and works of this unsurpassed scholar.

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LSU Press

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0807125792

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9780807125793

Homegrown

By: DeAnn Wiley

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Homegrown

By: DeAnn Wiley

A touching and stunningly illustrated ode to the homes—and loved ones—that raise us, perfect for fans of Black Is a Rainbow Color, Saturday, and Last Stop on Market Street. While her mother puts the finishing touches on her twists, a young girl asks what it means to be "homegrown". Touring precious memories and lively rooms warmed by family, Mama and Granny explain that home isn't just a place, but rather a reflection of people who support and love one another. With lush, cozy illustrations, Homegrown is a beautiful author-illustrator debut picture book that reminds us to lift up the places—and people—we call home.

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Henry Holt and Company (BYR)

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1250365937

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Long Vowels

By: Wiley Blevins

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Long Vowels

By: Wiley Blevins

Vowels can say their names: A-E-I-O-U. These vowel sounds can be spelled many different ways, including vowel teams. Readers discover how these long vowels and vowel teams can be used to build words."--

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1634403398

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Horses on Patrol

By: Wiley Blevins

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Horses on Patrol

By: Wiley Blevins

You know that pets can be fun. But some dogs, horses, pigs, and more have important jobs to do. With Animals That Help Us young readers will discover how animals help us stay safe. In New York City, and many other locations, horses are a valuable part of the police department. With Horses on Patrol, readers will learn how the NYC Mounted Police Unit lives and works to keep the city safe."--

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Life Now and Long Ago

By: Wiley Blevins

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Life Now and Long Ago

By: Wiley Blevins

Have you ever wondered what life was like before there were computers, or cars, or even telephones? In Life Now and Long Ago, you will learn how life now compares to what it was like long ago. You'll also get to practice some key phonics skills at the same time.

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Capstone Classroom

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1625219768

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9781625219763

Original Sin

Origins, Developments, Contemporary Meanings

By: Tatha Wiley

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Original Sin

Origins, Developments, Contemporary Meanings

By: Tatha Wiley

Explores the origins, development and interpretations¿past and present¿of this conflicting yet fundamental Christian doctrine .

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Paulist Press

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0809141280

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9780809141289

Ullmann's Food and Feed, 3 Volume Set

By: Wiley-VCH

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Ullmann's Food and Feed, 3 Volume Set

By: Wiley-VCH

A compilation of 58 carefully selected, topical articles from the Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry, this three-volume handbook provides a wealth of information on economically important basic foodstuffs, raw materials, additives, and processed foods, including a section on animal feed. It brings together the chemical and physical characteristics, production processes and production figures, main uses, toxicology and safety information in one single resource. More than 40 % of the content has been added or updated since publication of the 7th edition of the Encyclopedia in 2011 and is available here in print for the first time. The result is a "best of Ullmann's", bringing the vast knowledge to the desks of professionals in the food and feed industries.

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John Wiley & Sons

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3527339906

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9783527339907

Never Shut Up

The Life, Opinions, and Unexpected Adventures of an NFL Outlier

By: Marcellus Wiley

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Never Shut Up

The Life, Opinions, and Unexpected Adventures of an NFL Outlier

By: Marcellus Wiley

Ex-NFL player, gentleman scholar, and Fox Sports personality Marcellus Wiley sucks you into a world of inner-city violence, Ivy League intrigue, and pro-football escapades that's one part touching, one part hilarious, and all parts impossible to put down. Marcellus Wiley has never had a problem expressing his opinion, whether it was growing up in Compton with a football tucked under his arm, or going to college at Columbia University, where he learned to survive Advanced Calculus and self-important pseudo-intellectuals. Or making it to the NFL against all odds, where he put together a ten-year career of massive paydays, massive painkillers, and massive sacks of everyone from Steve Young to Peyton Manning. Now, in Never Shut Up, Fox Sports' hottest rising persona doesn't hold back as he goes off on everything that's controversial with the game today, from concussions to political protests to inherent violence that's worse than the hood he grew up in. Not because he hates football, but because he wants to save it. Marcellus has never held back, even when a lot of people wanted him to. Now, he's letting it all hang out--right there on each page. Way more than just another book about the latest NFL scandals, this warm, moving, and genuinely funny story of awkward transitions, family loyalty, fame, fortune, and failure will make you fall in love with Marcellus--and football--all over again. In Never Shut Up, Marcellus will take you on a truly unique journey from Crenshaw to Broadway to the Buffalo Bills and back again, sometimes making you laugh, sometimes making you cry, but always leaving you entertained.

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Penguin

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1524743240

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Complex Vowels

By: Wiley Blevins

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Complex Vowels

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Vowel teams can make both long and complex vowel sounds. The special complex vowel teams can be spelled in many different ways. They can be used to build common words we use every day. Readers discover what these complex vowels can do."--

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When We Fell Apart

A Novel

By: Soon Wiley

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When We Fell Apart

A Novel

By: Soon Wiley

ONE OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF 2022: Harper’s Bazaar • Vogue • Good Housekeeping • CrimeReads • BookBub • Veranda • Shondaland • Debutiful • PureWow • and more! A profoundly moving and suspenseful drama that untangles the complicated ties that bind families together—or break them apart—as a young Korean American man’s search for answers about his girlfriend’s mysterious death becomes a soul-searching journey into his own bi-cultural identity When the Seoul police inform Min that his girlfriend Yu-jin has committed suicide, he’s sure it can't be true. She was successful, ambitious, happy, just on the cusp of graduating from university and claiming the future she’d always dreamed of. Min, on the other hand, born to an American father and Korean mother, has never felt quite the same certainty as Yu-jin about his life’s path. After growing up in California, where he always felt “too Korean” to fit in, he’s moved to Seoul in the hope that exploring his Korean heritage will help him find a sense of purpose. And when he meets Yu-jin, little does he know that their carefree relationship will set off a chain of events with tragic consequences for them both. Devastated by Yu-jin’s death, Min throws himself into finding out why she could have secretly wanted to die. Or did she? With a controlling and powerful government official father, and a fraught friendship with her alluring and destructive roommate So-ra, Yu-jin’s life was much more complex than she chose to reveal to Min. And the more he learns about her, the more he begins to doubt he ever really knew her at all. As Yu-jin’s story—a fraught exploration of selfhood, coming-of-age, and family expectations—collides with Min’s, the result is an engrossing page-turner that poses powerful, urgent questions about cultural identity, family bonds, secrets, and what it truly means to belong. "Transportive and poignant." —Susie Yang "Spellbinding." —Jamie Ford "A young writer to watch." —Jess Walter "Unforgettable." —Abi Daré "The most compelling debut novel I've read in years." —Alexander Chee "Heart-stopping and exquisitely plotted." —Patricia Engel "Will stay with me for a long time."—Angie Kim "Gorgeous." —Julia Phillips

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0593185153

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9780593185155

Salt of the Earth, Conscience of the Court

The Story of Justice Wiley Rutledge

By: John M. Ferren,Wiley Rutledge

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Salt of the Earth, Conscience of the Court

The Story of Justice Wiley Rutledge

By: John M. Ferren,Wiley Rutledge

In this analysis of Supreme Court Justice Wiley Rutledge's life and judicial decision making, the author highlights the development of American common law and legal education and the evolution of the American court system.

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Univ of North Carolina Press

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0807828661

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9780807828663

Phylogenetics

Theory and Practice of Phylogenetic Systematics

By: E. O. Wiley,Bruce S. Lieberman

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Phylogenetics

Theory and Practice of Phylogenetic Systematics

By: E. O. Wiley,Bruce S. Lieberman

The long-awaited revision of the industry standard on phylogenetics Since the publication of the first edition of this landmark volume more than twenty-five years ago, phylogenetic systematics has taken its place as the dominant paradigm of systematic biology. It has profoundly influenced the way scientists study evolution, and has seen many theoretical and technical advances as the field has continued to grow. It goes almost without saying that the next twenty-five years of phylogenetic research will prove as fascinating as the first, with many exciting developments yet to come. This new edition of Phylogenetics captures the very essence of this rapidly evolving discipline. Written for the practicing systematist and phylogeneticist, it addresses both the philosophical and technical issues of the field, as well as surveys general practices in taxonomy. Major sections of the book deal with the nature of species and higher taxa, homology and characters, trees and tree graphs, and biogeography—the purpose being to develop biologically relevant species, character, tree, and biogeographic concepts that can be applied fruitfully to phylogenetics. The book then turns its focus to phylogenetic trees, including an in-depth guide to tree-building algorithms. Additional coverage includes: Parsimony and parsimony analysis Parametric phylogenetics including maximum likelihood and Bayesian approaches Phylogenetic classification Critiques of evolutionary taxonomy, phenetics, and transformed cladistics Specimen selection, field collecting, and curating Systematic publication and the rules of nomenclature Providing a thorough synthesis of the field, this important update to Phylogenetics is essential for students and researchers in the areas of evolutionary biology, molecular evolution, genetics and evolutionary genetics, paleontology, physical anthropology, and zoology.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1118017870

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9781118017876

Serenity

A Boxing Memoir

By: Ralph Wiley

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Serenity

A Boxing Memoir

By: Ralph Wiley

This is a surprising book, a terrific book. It's not about boxing, but about an odd, demanding world in which boxing is the thread, the key to existence. Wiley deftly broadens the delineation of this world and its people. Perceptive reporting is the foundation and perceptive reporting is rare enough. Wiley enhances it with clear, quick writing laced with humor and with a sensitivity that lends brilliance to this impressive work."-Robert W. Creamer, author of Baseball and Other Matters in 1941. "Ralph Wiley, with Serenity, has produced an original book about the ring. . . . He can dig beneath the surface and show us what really happened in a bout: why Thomas Hearns, with too much faith in his powerful right hand, lost to Sugar Ray Leonard in their first match. . . . Or why Roberto Durn was acting out of prudence, not cowardice, when he quit in his second fight against Leonard. . . . Yet the book is not really about boxing. Boxing in Serenity is what T. S. Eliot, speaking of plot, called the meat a burglar brings to distract the watchdog. The book is really about growing up in a world where you had to defend yourself physically to survive."-New York Times. "Wiley's rapport with boxers is profound."-Publisher's Weekly. "Wiley is one writer who really knows his way around a boxing ring. . . . [He writes] with passion and understanding about complex, violent men and their oddly redemptive sport."-Booklist. Ralph Wiley is the author or coauthor of several works, most recently Born to Play: The Eric Davis Story.

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U of Nebraska Press

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ISBN 10

0803298161

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9780803298163

This Dark Road To Mercy

By: Wiley Cash

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This Dark Road To Mercy

By: Wiley Cash

Winner of the CWA Gold DaggerWade disappeared on us when I was nine years old, and then he showed up out of nowhere the year I turned twelve...After their mother unexpectedly dies, Easter Quilby and her six-year-old sister, Ruby, are stolen away from their foster home by the father they haven't seen in years.Brady Weller, their court-appointed guardian, goes after them, suspecting Wade of having taken part in a recent high-profile robbery. But he's not the only one on their tail, as Robert Pruitt, a mercurial and deadly hunter, is determined to get to them first and claim his due.

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Faber & Faber

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0571373488

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9780571373482

Phonics from A to Z

A Practical Guide

By: Wiley Blevins

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Phonics from A to Z

A Practical Guide

By: Wiley Blevins

Provides an explanation of phonics, a method of reading instruction that focuses on the relationship between sounds and their spellings, and features over one hundred activities for the classroom, as well as sample lessons, word lists, and teaching strategies.

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