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West Virginia University Press Memoirs of the Life, Religious Experience,
Book SynopsisThe remarkable autobiography of a Black woman evangelist.As a young Black orphan indentured to a Quaker family in Bristol, Pennsylvania, Zilpha Elaw (c. 1793–1873) decided to join the upstart Methodists in 1808. She preached her first sermon a decade later, ignoring her husband and the many church leaders, clergy, and laity who tried to silence her. Elaw's memoir chronicles the first twenty years of her forty-year itinerant ministry during massive Protestant revivalism in the United States and England.Elaw preached from Maine to Virginia, attracting multiracial and multidenominational audiences that included powerful men, wealthy White women, poor families, and enslaved communities. She moved from Bristol to Burlington, New Jersey, then to Nantucket, Massachusetts, and finally, in 1840, to London's East End. In England, Elaw's celebrity expanded, and at least twice she drew crowds so large they caused human stampedes and multiple injuries.Blockett's introduction and extensive annotations draw on newly unearthed information about the entirety of Elaw's evangelism to provide context for this remarkable story of an antebellum Black woman's personal and professional mobility.Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Note on the Text Memoirs of the Life, Religious Experience, Ministerial Travels and Labours, of Mrs. Zilpha Elaw, An American Female of Colour Appendix A: Rebecca Elaw Pierce Crawford's Life Appendix B: Images and Archival Materials Timeline Notes Works Cited Select Bibliography
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West Virginia University Press Another Appalachia: Coming Up Queer and Indian in
Book Synopsis"Commands your attention from the first page to the last word." —Morgan JerkinsWhen Neema Avashia tells people where she's from, their response is nearly always a disbelieving "There are Indian people in West Virginia?" A queer Asian American teacher and writer, Avashia fits few Appalachian stereotypes. But the lessons she learned in childhood about race and class, gender and sexuality continue to inform the way she moves through the world today: how she loves, how she teaches, how she advocates, how she struggles.Another Appalachia examines both the roots and the resonance of Avashia's identity as a queer desi Appalachian woman, while encouraging readers to envision more complex versions of both Appalachia and the nation as a whole. With lyric and narrative explorations of foodways, religion, sports, standards of beauty, social media, gun culture, and more, Another Appalachia mixes nostalgia and humor, sadness and sweetness, personal reflection and universal questions.Table of Contents Directions to a Vanishing Place Chemical Bonds Nine Forms of the Goddess Be Like Wilt The Blue-Red Divide City Mouse/Country Mouse Finding the Holy in an Unholy Coconut Wine-Warmth Magic Dust A Hindu Hillbilly Elegy Neighbors The Hindu Hillbilly Spice Company Shame-Shame Our Armor A History of Guns Present-Life Hair Only-Generation Appalachian Thanks, Y'all
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West Virginia University Press Fierce and Delicate: Essays on Dance and Illness
Book SynopsisMemoir about ballet and illness from a creative writing teacher whose career as a ballerina was stopped by rheumatoid arthritis.RenÉe Nicholson’s professional training in ballet had both moments of magnificence and moments of torment, from fittings of elaborate platter tutus to strange language barriers and unrealistic expectations of the body. In Fierce and Delicate, she looks back on the often confused and driven self she had been shaped into—always away from home, with friends who were also rivals, influenced by teachers in ways sometimes productive and at other times bordering on sadistic—and finds beauty in the small roles she performed. When, inevitably, Nicholson moved on from dancing, severed from her first love by illness, she discovered that she retained the lyricism and narrative of ballet itself as she negotiated life with rheumatoid arthritis.An intentionally fractured memoir-in-essays, Fierce and Delicate navigates the traditional geographies of South Florida, northern Michigan, New York City, Milwaukee, West Virginia, and also geographies of the body—long, supple limbs; knee replacements; remembered bodies and actual. It is a book about the world of professional dance and also about living with chronic disease, about being shattered yet realizing the power to assemble oneself again, in a new way.Trade Review“Many dancers wrestle with one of the central questions of RenÉe Nicholson’s fabulous book: How does one live as an ex-dancer? The answers Nicholson explores will strongly resonate with those who long to lift the veil that shrouds creative pursuits in unnecessary mystique. I love Nicholson’s powerful prose: how the essays circle in and out of dance, the way movement comes alive on the page, and the articulate grace with which Nicholson writes about sudden disability. In Fierce and Delicate, Nicholson teaches us how to envelop our impossible dreams with gratitude for the life we have now.” RenÉe E. D’Aoust, author of Body of a Dancer “Lyrical and fascinating.”Buzzfeed NewsTable of ContentsPart I A Girl Who Wanted to Fly When I Was a Mouse Five Positions Never Famous Raked Stages: A Twelve-Step Program Coda: Partnering Out of the BluePart II A Woman Tethered to the Earth Hair: A Short History In Sickness A Royal in Appalachia Certified: Dancer Becomes a Teacher Claque Fierce and Delicate Six Impossible Things Before Breakfast Acknowledgments
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Les Belles Lettres Xenophon, Memorables: Tome II, 1re Partie: Livres
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Diaphanes J'Étais Plus Américain Que Les Américains:
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Books on Demand Das Tagebuch von Isaac Newton: Von realer
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Hansebooks Baruch Spinoza's Leben und Charakter: Ein Vortrag
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Books on Demand Kanzler: Schätze
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Klaus Schwarz Göttliche Karriere Eines Syrischen Hirten
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Klaus Schwarz Abd Or-Rahim Han-E Hanan (964-1036 / 1556-1627):
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Klaus Schwarz Das Bild Afghanistans Im 20. Jahrhundert: Das
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Klaus Schwarz Nayeb Hossein Kashi - Straßenräuber Oder
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Anagrama Informe del Interior
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Sintesis Editorial Correspondencia
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Alpha Edition The table talk of Martin Luther
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University of Hawai'i Press Trial of Rizal
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University of the West Indies Press King Yellowman: Meaningful Bodies in Jamaican
Book SynopsisJamaican deejay Yellowman divided a country with his bawdy songs and his very body: he has been wildly popular among dancehall fans, yet widely despised by polite society. Even though his contribution to Jamaican musical culture is immense, scholars have ignored him and reggae histories have largely misunderstood him. King Yellowman: Meaningful Bodies in Jamaican Dancehall Culture is the first serious study of one Jamaica's most significant artists and dancehall’s first major international star. It is a critical biography designed to satisfy fans while furthering academic discourse on dancehall by offering a new perspective on the way Yellowman negotiates the slackness/culture binary in Jamaican music. Based on years of ethnographic fieldwork, Brent Hagerman begins with the compelling story of Winston Foster’s early life as an abandoned ghetto outcast and his hard-fought journey to become the King of Dancehall, then goes on to a critical exploration of the marginalization of people with albinism in Jamaica and the use of slackness in Caribbean music. Through slackness and his mobilization of Rastafarian symbols, Yellowman subverts embedded Jamaican cultural notions of sexuality, gender, and race to overcome his cultural displacement, promote his yellow body as sexually appealing and forge a place for himself among the Jamaican body politic.Table of ContentsPreface ix Acknowledgements xiii Introduction 1Part 1. The Life and Times of Yellowman1 Abandoned: The Early Life of Winston “Yellowman” Foster, 1957–1971 192 From Alpha to Eventide: The Teenage Years, 1971–1976 303 Ranking Dundus: Breaking into the Music Business, 1977–1978 464 Mad over Me: Tastee Talent Competition to Aces International, 1979–1981 745 Ram Jam Master, 1981 946 Jamaica Proud of Me, 1982 1277 King Yellowman, 1983–1984 1508 Can’t Hide from Jah: Encounters with Religion 1789 Sufferation, That’s All I Know: Cancer, 1985 19210 Message to the World: Prayer and More Slackness 200Part 2. Meaningful Bodies in Jamaican Dancehall Culture11 Yellowman, Race, Sex and Masculinity 22512 Yellowman in Reggae Histories and Scholarship 24813 Yellowman, Slackness and Social Critique 28614 Yellowman as Moral Regulator 29615 Yellowman, Sex and Religion 313Conclusion 335Appendix 1: “Galong Galong Galong” 339Appendix 2: Selected Album Covers 341Notes 347References 357Index 369
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University of the West Indies Press Stuart Hall
Book SynopsisA pioneer in the field of cultural studies, Stuart Hall produced an impressive body of work on the relationship between culture and power. His contributions to critical theory and the study of politics, culture, communication, media, race, diaspora and postcolonialism made him one of the great public intellectuals of the late twentieth century. For much of his career, Hall was better known outside the Caribbean than in the region. He made his mark most notably in the United Kingdom as head of the Birmingham Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies and at the Open University, where his popular lecture series was broadcast on BBC2. His influence expanded from the late 1980s onwards as the field of cultural studies gained traction in universities worldwide. Hall’s middle-class upbringing in colonial Jamaica and his subsequent experience of immigrant life in the United Kingdom afforded him a unique perspective that informed his groundbreaking work on the complex power dynamics of race, class and empire.This accessible, lively biography provides glimpses into Hall’s formative Jamaican years and includes segments from his hitherto unpublished early writing. Annie Paul gives us an engaging introduction to a globally renowned Caribbean intellectual.
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NUS Press A Tiger Remembers: The Way We Were in Singapore
Book SynopsisBorn in the Year of the Fire Tiger, Ann Wee moved to Singapore in 1950 to marry into a Singaporean Chinese family, entering into a new world of cultural expectations and domestic rituals. She went on to become a pioneer in Singapore’s fledging social welfare department and is often described as the founding mother of social work in Singapore. In A Tiger Remembers, she draws on her decades of experience getting to know the many shapes and forms of the Singapore family and witnessing how they transformed since the ’50s. Wee’s talent is for remembering and paying homage to the things history books often deem insignificant—things that can contain some of the most illuminating details about the day to day inner workings of families from many backgrounds, such as terms of endearment; the emotional nuance in social relations; questions of hygiene; the stories of convicts; tales of ghost wives and changeling babies; anecdotes from rural clan settlements and migrant dormitories; and the migration of families from squatter settlements into public housing. Affectionately observed and wittily narrated, with a deep appreciation of how far Singapore has come, this book brings to life generations of social change through a focus on the institution of the family.Trade Review“In narrating the stories of people and places Wee encountered in her years of cross-cultural learning in Singapore and Malaya (now Malaysia), she unfolds untold stories of our past. They will be new to many young Singaporeans today. I am certain this memoir will stimulate important conversations about our past heritage and culture.”
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West Virginia University Press A Year without Months
Book SynopsisThis collection of fourteen essays by Charles Dodd White—praised by Silas House as "one of the best prose stylists of Appalachian literature"—explores the boundaries of family, loss, masculinity, and place. Contemplating the suicides of his father, uncle, and son, White meditates on what it means to go on when seemingly everything worth living for is lost. What he discovers is an intimate connection to the natural world, a renewed impulse to understand his troubled family history, and a devotion to following the clues that point to the possibility of a whole life.Avoiding easy sentiment and cliché, White's transformative language drives toward renewal. A Year without Months introduces lively and memorable characters, as the author draws on a wide range of emotions to analyze everything, including himself.Trade ReviewA beautiful, powerful book. Read it and be changed."- Jim MinickTable of Contents Preface Groupings Coaster King The Cabin Bethlehem Bottoms Southern Man Apart Why I Don't Hunt Anymore What We Gain in the Hurt Human Animals Self-Taught on the Tuck Those Boys Learning a Place by Its Waters Under Weight A Year without Months Acknowledgments
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West Virginia University Press The In-Betweens: A Lyrical Memoir
Book SynopsisThe biracial coming-of-age journey of a boy from Black and Jewish families—a “brilliant, devastating book.”The In-Betweens tells the story of a biracial boy becoming a man, all the while trying to find himself, trying to come to terms with his white family, and trying to find his place in American society. A rich narrative in the tradition of Justin Torres’s We the Animals and Bryan Washington’s Memorial, Davon Loeb’s memoir is relevant to the country’s current climate and is part of the necessary rewrite of the nation’s narrative and identity. The son of a Black mother with deep family roots in Alabama and a white Jewish man from Long Island, Loeb grows up in a Black family in the Pine Barrens of New Jersey as one of the few nonwhite children in their suburban neighborhood. Despite his many and ongoing efforts to fit in, Loeb acutely feels his difference—he is singled out in class during Black History Month; his hair doesn’t conform to the latest fad; coaches and peers assume he is a talented athlete and dancer; and on the field trip to the Holocaust Museum, he is the Black Jew. But all is not struggle. In lyrical vignettes, Loeb vibrantly depicts the freedom, joys, and wonder of childhood; the awkwardness of teen years, first jobs, first passions. Loeb tells an individual story universally, and readers, regardless of subjectivity and relation, will see themselves throughout The In-Betweens.Trade ReviewUtterly captivating and resonant, The In-Betweens deserves a top spot on your bookshelf."—Chicago Review of Books"This gorgeously told 'lyrical memoir' recounts Loeb's curious, difficult, joyous journey to find a place in the world in light of his Southern Black and Long Island-Jewish heritage."—Philadelphia Inquirer"Resonant. . . .Engagingly delivered, candid reflections on heritage and identity."—Kirkus Reviews"[Loeb] dances to a slow, beautiful ballad on every page. His story will move any reader, but it's the craft of his work that truly shines."—Debutiful"Rich, evocative, and surprising."—Marissa Higgins, Daily Kos"While the memoir is masterfully told—Loeb employs a variety of craft techniques that have a powerful effect—what makes The In-Betweens so special is the thoughtfulness Loeb brings to his work."—The Rumpus"Loeb's debut memoir crackles with light, breaking open each superb chapter to uncover a memorable and gripping origin story."—Aimee Nezhukumatathil, author of World of Wonders"Sentence to sentence, The In-Betweens is awake to the awe of being in a body and the danger of negotiating a culture that wants to drive space between us, inside us. Davon Loeb is writing to stay alive under the harshest conditions, and he has given us a brilliant, devastating book."—Paul Lisicky, author of Later: My Life at the Edge of the World"Confession, manifesto, bildungsroman, and prayer, The In-Betweens is a meditation on bruise and healing. Loeb's struggles become snapshots of how transformation occurs even where shards have been piled, where one waits 'for something to happen, like flashes of red and blue and sirens pulsing.' A truly extraordinary new voice."—Roy G. Guzmán, author of Catrachos"Loeb's debut memoir crackles with light, breaking open each superb chapter to uncover a memorable and gripping origin story."—Aimee Nezhukumatathil, author of World of Wonders"Sentence to sentence, The In-Betweens is awake to the awe of being in a body and the danger of negotiating a culture that wants to drive space between us, inside us. Davon Loeb is writing to stay alive under the harshest conditions, and he has given us a brilliant, devastating book."—Paul Lisicky, author of Later: My Life at the Edge of the World"Confession, manifesto, bildungsroman, and prayer, The In-Betweens is a meditation on bruise and healing. Loeb's struggles become snapshots of how transformation occurs even where shards have been piled, where one waits 'for something to happen, like flashes of red and blue and sirens pulsing.' A truly extraordinary new voice."—Roy G. Guzmán, author of Catrachos"Rich, evocative, and surprising."—Marissa Higgins, Daily KosTable of Contents A Love Story On I-85 South My Mother’s Mother Bath Time The Reconstruction of a Slave At Church Like Gladiators Drinking a Colt 45 Throw the Football A Roll of Duct Tape Summer Thunderstorms Aunt Sammy Alabama Fire Ants Don’t Open the Door The Settlers Inn To Be a Man Patricide and Boot Shines With My Dad Fighting for the Tree Weekend Weather O. J. and the Wax Museum Steve Urkel, Kick the Ball Before Cell Phones Between Walls at a Friend’s House But I Am Not Toby Thoughts on Hair The Angels of the Paint Suicide on the Triples Shopping with Kris The Jumps Not the Worst of Boys 5-Series BMW A Back Seat and a Fire Pit Morning Noise Quitting Meant Back to Babysitting After-School Basketball Game The Best Dancer The Black Jew Something about Love Visitations with My Father For My Brother Living in a Studio Apartment The Makings of a Gym Rat In-Between Sirens A Small Lesson on Loitering On the Confederate Flag Retirement Acknowledgments
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Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag GmbH Meine Ungeschriebenen Memoiren
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Books on Demand Tausche Haare gegen Charakter: Wie mir der Krebs
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Debolsillo El color de la libertad
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Information Age Publishing As He Saw It: Contributions, Memories and
Book SynopsisIn April 2020, middle level education lost one of its most ardent and influential advocates with the passing of Dr. John H. Lounsbury. His career of more than 70 years focused on providing young adolescents with a developmentally appropriate educational program. He is recognized as one of the founders of the modern middle school movement and a founding member of the National Middle School Association, now the Association for Middle Level Education. Through his efforts as an educator, writer, editor, and researcher, John served as a mentor and inspiration to many. John's writings and mentorship continue to influence generations of middle level teachers, colleagues, researchers, and advocates. His legend lives on as we continue his work to improve the lives and educational experiences of young adolescents. This tribute volume is a collection of stories, anecdotes, vignettes, and defining moments that the contributors want to share about Dr. John Lounsbury.Table of Contents Memories and Reflections in Honor of John. H. Lounsbury - Steven B. Mertens and Micki M. Caskey John H. Lounsbury: Conscience of the Middle School Movement - J. Howard Johnston John Lounsbury: Your Influence Is Alive and Evident in My Hometown - Sherrel Bergmann Working With John - Edward N. Brazee Lounsbury's Light - Judith Allen Brough John Lounsbury: Using Shadow Studies to Assess Developmental Responsiveness in Middle Level Schools - Sally N. Clark and Donald C. Clark John H. Lounsbury: The Man With a Magnificent Obsession - Nancy M. Doda Recognition for a Great Educational Leader and Personal Friend - Tom Gatewood A Long Highway - Paul S. George Three Life Lessons Learned From Someone Who Did Not Know He Was Teaching Me Anything - J. Howard Johnston Memories of John - Sue Swaim and John Swaim Minutes and Moments - Jack Berckemeyer Dr. John Lounsbury: My Mentor, My Hero, My FRIEND - Neila A. Connors John Lounsbury, A Beacon of Inspiration - Linda Hopping A Man for All Seasons - David L. Hough A Tribute to Our Mentor, John Lounsbury - Barbara A. Kalina and Elliot Y. Merenbloom Thoughts About John Lounsbury - Pam Millikan Reflections on an Icon - Mary Mitchell Being John's Colleague and Friend - Fran Salyers My Time With John - April Tibbles Dr. John Lounsbury: The Most Important Lesson - P. Gayle Andrews John H. Lounsbury: My Champion, My Ally, My Friend - Micki M. Caskey John Lounsbury—Friend of All, Mentor to Me - Douglas D. Hatch John Lounsbury: Wise Educator or Wizard of the Organization? - Daniel L. Kain and Karen Weller Swanson Support From a Giant: My Friendship With John Lounsbury - Steven B. Mertens My Tribute to Dr. John H. Lounsbury - Sara Davis Powell As We See Him: 51+ Collective Years of Tribute to and Work With John H. Lounsbury - Joanne L. Previts, Karynne L. M. Kleine, Nancy B. Mizelle, and Dan Bauer John Lounsbury: The Heart and Soul of Middle Level Education, Nancy Ruppert John H. Lounsbury: A Mentor to Mentors - Tracy W. Smith John Helped Me Find My Way as a Middle Level Educator - Holly Thornton A Curator and a Catalyst: Reflections on the Editorial Work of John Lounsbury - David C. Virtue How Do We Thank Oxygen? Reflecting on John Lounsbury - Rick Wormeli Quotes of Note - Kristina N. Falbe A Legacy of Leadership and Mentorship - Stacie K. Pettit Putting It in Writing - Amanda Wall Capturing John's Voice in Selected Publications - Micki M. Caskey and Steven B. Mertens About the Editors
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Information Age Publishing As He Saw It: Contributions, Memories and
Book SynopsisIn April 2020, middle level education lost one of its most ardent and influential advocates with the passing of Dr. John H. Lounsbury. His career of more than 70 years focused on providing young adolescents with a developmentally appropriate educational program. He is recognized as one of the founders of the modern middle school movement and a founding member of the National Middle School Association, now the Association for Middle Level Education. Through his efforts as an educator, writer, editor, and researcher, John served as a mentor and inspiration to many. John's writings and mentorship continue to influence generations of middle level teachers, colleagues, researchers, and advocates. His legend lives on as we continue his work to improve the lives and educational experiences of young adolescents. This tribute volume is a collection of stories, anecdotes, vignettes, and defining moments that the contributors want to share about Dr. John Lounsbury.Table of Contents Memories and Reflections in Honor of John. H. Lounsbury - Steven B. Mertens and Micki M. Caskey John H. Lounsbury: Conscience of the Middle School Movement - J. Howard Johnston John Lounsbury: Your Influence Is Alive and Evident in My Hometown - Sherrel Bergmann Working With John - Edward N. Brazee Lounsbury's Light - Judith Allen Brough John Lounsbury: Using Shadow Studies to Assess Developmental Responsiveness in Middle Level Schools - Sally N. Clark and Donald C. Clark John H. Lounsbury: The Man With a Magnificent Obsession - Nancy M. Doda Recognition for a Great Educational Leader and Personal Friend - Tom Gatewood A Long Highway - Paul S. George Three Life Lessons Learned From Someone Who Did Not Know He Was Teaching Me Anything - J. Howard Johnston Memories of John - Sue Swaim and John Swaim Minutes and Moments - Jack Berckemeyer Dr. John Lounsbury: My Mentor, My Hero, My FRIEND - Neila A. Connors John Lounsbury, A Beacon of Inspiration - Linda Hopping A Man for All Seasons - David L. Hough A Tribute to Our Mentor, John Lounsbury - Barbara A. Kalina and Elliot Y. Merenbloom Thoughts About John Lounsbury - Pam Millikan Reflections on an Icon - Mary Mitchell Being John's Colleague and Friend - Fran Salyers My Time With John - April Tibbles Dr. John Lounsbury: The Most Important Lesson - P. Gayle Andrews John H. Lounsbury: My Champion, My Ally, My Friend - Micki M. Caskey John Lounsbury—Friend of All, Mentor to Me - Douglas D. Hatch John Lounsbury: Wise Educator or Wizard of the Organization? - Daniel L. Kain and Karen Weller Swanson Support From a Giant: My Friendship With John Lounsbury - Steven B. Mertens My Tribute to Dr. John H. Lounsbury - Sara Davis Powell As We See Him: 51+ Collective Years of Tribute to and Work With John H. Lounsbury - Joanne L. Previts, Karynne L. M. Kleine, Nancy B. Mizelle, and Dan Bauer John Lounsbury: The Heart and Soul of Middle Level Education, Nancy Ruppert John H. Lounsbury: A Mentor to Mentors - Tracy W. Smith John Helped Me Find My Way as a Middle Level Educator - Holly Thornton A Curator and a Catalyst: Reflections on the Editorial Work of John Lounsbury - David C. Virtue How Do We Thank Oxygen? Reflecting on John Lounsbury - Rick Wormeli Quotes of Note - Kristina N. Falbe A Legacy of Leadership and Mentorship - Stacie K. Pettit Putting It in Writing - Amanda Wall Capturing John's Voice in Selected Publications - Micki M. Caskey and Steven B. Mertens About the Editors
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Texas A&M University Press El Curso de la Raza: The Education of Aurelio
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Liverpool University Press Watkin Path: An Approach to Belief
Book Synopsis"The Watkin Path: An Approach to Belief" is a panorama of twentieth-century social and political history seen through the life of E. I. Watkin (1888-1981). The interplay of love, friction, war, politics and money, together with a relentless search for religious truth, makes this book read more like a novel than a biography. Watkin was the only child of Emmeline Paxton Ingram, a daughter of Herbert Ingram, the founder of the Illustrated London News. His father was the nephew of Sir Edward Watkin, the Liberal MP and railway magnate, who started to build the first Channel Tunnel and later a tower to rival Eiffel's where Wembley Stadium now stands. At birth Watkin was handed over to his Ingram grandmother, an old lady who lived alone in a mansion by the river at Walton-on-Thames. He met few other children, and his strange childhood may account for some of his eccentricities. Watkin became a Roman Catholic when he was at Oxford. His experience as one of the inner circle of Catholic writers is revealing: He was allowed to publish his books on philosophy, history or literature, but when it came to the interpretation of the Catholic faith he was persistently harassed by the censors. Although Watkin was one of the foremost English precursors of the Second Vatican Council, he deeply deplored some of its consequences. His extraordinary life experiences were many and varied: from sitting on Mrs Gladstone's lap at the ceremonial opening of the Watkin Path up Snowdon, to falling instantly in love with Helena Shepheard at a party in 1912, at which point he stopped his diary writing. The story of that marriage, and the Watkin family's engagement with politicians and theologians about the political and social issues of the time, make for a truly fascinating biography of a most extraordinary man.
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Liverpool University Press Grafton Elliot Smith, Egyptology & the Diffusion
Book SynopsisGrafton Elliot Smith rose from a colonial Australian background to dizzying heights in the British scientific establishment. He became a world authority on neuroanatomy and human prehistory, holding chairs at Cairo, Manchester and University College, London. He was best known publicly for his challenging theory of cultural diffusion, crossing the boundaries of anthropology, archaeology and history, stemming from his expert knowledge of evolution. Most controversy raged about his "Egyptian" theory, which placed ancient Egypt as the dynamic source from which major elements of civilisation were spread by the migration of peoples and mores. This vision stemmed from his ground-breaking dissection of thousands of mummies in Egypt during the great excavations of the 1900s. His speculations, made in association with thinkers such as W H R Rivers and W J Perry, bore fruit in a spate of publications that sparked global debate, arousing particular anger from American ethnologists opposed to ideas of foreign influence upon Mesoamerican cultures. Elliot Smith's ideas were regarded at the time as authentic, if problematic, approaches to important issues in human history. They were subsequently to be caricatured or ignored in anthropological and archaeological disciplines that had moved on to other paradigms. Paul Crook shows how his ideas were developed in the context of his life and times, examining the debates they aroused, his attempts to incorporate anthropology within a broader interdisciplinary school under his leadership in London, and his opposition to Nazi race theory in the 1930s. There has been no full-scale biography of Elliot Smith and little of substance analysing his works. Despite shortcomings, his theory and reputation deserve rehabilitation. An Afterword brings general readers up to date about the whole "diffusion" debate.Trade Review"This short volume presents a useful summary of Smiths career" - Robin Derricourt, School of History & Philosophy, University of New South Wales, Australia, Antiquity (86) 2012
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Future Horizons Incorporated A Thorn In My Pocket: Temple Grandin’s Mother
Book SynopsisA Thorn in My Pocket is Eustacia Cutler's story of raising her daughter, Temple Grandin, in the conservative "Leave-it-to-Beaver" world of the fifties: a time when children with autism were routinely diagnosed as infant schizophrenics and banished to institutions. She tells of her fight to keep Temple in the mainstream of family, community and school life, how Temple responded and went on to succeed—as Ms. Cutler puts it, "beyond my wildest dreams." Ms. Cutler also explores the nature of the autism disorder as doctors understand it today, and how its predominant characteristics reflect our own traits in an exaggerated form.Table of Contents Prologue Chapter 1: And Baby Makes Three Chapter 2: As the Twig Is Bent Chapter 3: Childhood Chapter 4: The Separate Worlds Begin Chapter 5: Things Fall Apart Chapter 6: And Start All Over Again Chapter 7: The End of Childhood Chapter 8: Then What Happened? Chapter 9: Looking for the Source Chapter 10: The Legacy of Genes Chapter 11: What It Means to Be HumanAcknowledgements
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Books on Demand Island: Ein mythologischer Führer
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Books on Demand Karow-Süd in den 1950er Jahren: - Geschichte
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Brill Martin Bucer Briefwechsel/Correspondance: Band XI
Book SynopsisDer Band bietet 94 Briefe aus der Korrespondenz Bucers von Januar bis Juli 1534 und setzt die internationale Perspektive fort, die seit Mitte 1533 zu beobachten ist. Die evangelischen Korrespondenten betrachten die europapolitische Bündnispolitik skeptisch. Regen Anteil nimmt Bucer an der Entwicklung eines evangelischen Bildungswesens und der Einführung der Reformation in Württemberg. Seltene Einblicke gewährt die Korrespondenz in Bucers Familienleben.
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Nimbus Publishing (CN) Westray: My Journey from Darkness to Light
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Nimbus Publishing (CN) Saltwater Chronicles: Notes on Everything Under
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Acorn Press More Bygone Days: Moonshine, Dancing' & Romancin'
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Nimbus Publishing Limited A Matter of Equality: The Life's Work of Senator
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Christian Focus Publications Ltd God of All Grace: Preacher & Teacher
Book SynopsisJ. Douglas MacMillan was born in Scotland in 1933. He grew up in Argyllshire and later worked as a shepherd on the family croft. This inauspicious start in life foreshadowed the role he was to play in becoming the shepherd to a much wider flock as a preacher and teacher, as pastor and professor. When Douglas Macmillan died he left fond memories in people's hearts and a legacy of changed lives. We trust that this collection of articles, lectures, sermons, and his testimony, will give you the flavour of what made Douglas such a special encourager, and clear thinker, to so many.Trade Review"The God of All Grace is a wonderful collection of sermons, together with Douglas MacMillan's personal testimony and thirteen collected articles. These range over subjects as varied as grace, evangelistic preaching, three on matters to do with eldership, John Knox-Preacher of the Word and Calvin, Geneva and Christian Mission." -- Evangelical Magazine of Wales"He has a most interesting way of taking verses of scripture and almost putting them under the microscope, while at the same time showing how they fit in with God's broader plan...Christ-centred and most readable it provides a feast of hearty spiritual nourishment." -- CLC Book Reviews
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Christian Focus Publications Ltd Ten Boys Who Changed the World
Book Synopsis George Muller was a thief when he was younger and spent time in jail for his crimes. Brother Andrew grew up in Holland during the second World War and played tricks on German soldiers. Nicky Cruz grew up in a family where spirit worship was a regular occurrence. He became a very angry young man, out to cause trouble. John Newton was captured at a young age and forced to join Her Majesty’s Navy, leaving his friends and family behind. What happened to these young boys and how did God make them into men who changed their world? Read how George Muller was finally trusted with millions of pounds. Discover how Brother Andrew grew up to be a smuggler of Bibles. Read how Nicky Cruz was rescued from self–destruction and eventually went on to begin one of the largest youth organisations reaching out to hurt and confused young people throughout the world. David Livingstone (Missionary in Africa) Nicky Cruz (Evangelist) Brother Andrew (Smuggler for God in Communist Countries) George Muller (Founder of Children’s Homes) William Carey (Missionary in India) John Newton (Minister and reformer) Adoniram Judson (Missionary in Burma) Billy Graham (Evangelist) Luis Palau (Evangelist) Eric Liddell (Athlete and Missionary in China) Trade Review"This is a wonderful book - in fact it's a wonderful series. Irene Howat writes with a real warmth and insight. People that you have never met come alive on the page. Christian legends and unsung heroes all become friends you can understand and look up to.In a world where role models of real integrity are few and far between the Lightkeeper's series fills the gap!" -- Catherine Mackenzie, CF4K Editor (Author and CF4K Editor)
£9.90
Christian Focus Publications Ltd Bill Bright: Dare to be Different
Book Synopsis There were seven kids in the Bright family so every morning fourteen tackety boots would march off down the lane to the one roomed school house and then later in the afternoon the same scruffy boots would meander back again. At the back of the group a young lad would dawdle curious, quiet and a little shy ... his name was Bill. Few would have thought that this scruffy little rancher's son would grow up to be a smart, confident, well spoken young gentleman. Nobody would have thought that he would grow up to head up one of the biggest missions that America, or the world had ever known. Campus Crusade was just the beginning though. Soon there were missions to students, the military, athletes and Hollywood actors - and then Bill was involved in making a film himself - a film about the one he loved above all else - Jesus.
£10.54
Pottersfield Press Year of the Horse: A Journey of Healing and
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£20.85
Islandport Press How to Cook a Moose: A Culinary Memoir
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£23.70
Little Creek Press Infamous Mothers
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£42.46
Schaffner Press Agnes Martin: Pioneer, Painter, Icon
Book SynopsisThis is an intimate and revealing biography of Agnes Martin, renowned American painter, considered one of the great women artists of the 20th and 21st Century. A resident of both New Mexico and New York City, Martin has always remained an enigma due to her fiercely guarded private life. Henry Martin, award-winning writer, and art scholar, having access to those who were close to Agnes Martin—friends, family, former lovers—gives us a full portrait of this universally revered artist. Readers will learn of her bouts with mental illness, her several significant lesbian relationships, and her lifelong yearning for recognition despite her reclusive lifestyle and need for privacy. Arriving in the wake of major international retrospective exhibitions of her work from London's Tate Modern, LACMA in Los Angeles, and the Guggenheim in New York City, this book provides a perspective of Agnes Martin that has not been seen in earlier, more academic works or fine-art monographs. Certain to be a mainstay for readers of the arts, and admirers of the creative spirit, this book also includes rare photographs from Martin's family and friends, many of which have never appeared in a book before.
£17.99
Schaffner Press Anything That Burns You: A Portrait of Lola
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£17.99
Islandport Press The Ghosts of Walter Crockett
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£999.99
Pottersfield Press It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time: Ten Years
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£18.95
Pottersfield Press Daniel Paul: Mi'kmaw Elder
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£18.95
