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University of Toronto Press Evolution
Book SynopsisThe publication in 1859 of Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species touched off a violent controversy which, when the tumult had died down, left the theory of biological evolution firmly established. The success of the book was instantaneous, partly because the educated public was ready to listen to a reasonable explanation and parly because Thomas Huxley and Herbert Spencer were available and anxious to fight for the theory in the face of all opposition. The opposition was considerable but merely served to fan the flame of public interest. Hence the concept of descent with modification spread and widened and the doctrine of Evolution did more to revitalize human thinking during the past century than any other force. It is for this reason that the Royal Society of Canada commemorated the centenary of the publication of Darwin's book by organizing a symposium on Evolution at its annual meeting in June 1959. This volume consists of papers on geological, biological, ph
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University of Toronto Press The Lone Shieling
Book SynopsisThis book is a bit of literary detective work. A poem, which has endeared itself as perhaps no other to Scots away from their home country, appeared anonymously in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine for September, 1829, under the title “Canadian Boat-Song.” Since then a great number of attempts to ferret out the author have been made in books, review articles, and newspaper correspondence. Among those to whom it has been ascribed are the Earl of Eglinton, Sir Walter Scott, Christopher North, James Hogg, Lockhart, John Galt, and others. Recently, the guessing has included also Galt’s friend David Macbeth Moir. Professor Needler presents here the evidence that the poem, more appropriately called “The Lone Shieling,” forms a beautiful tie of sentiment between Upper Canada and the Scottish Highlands, as it was Galt’s work for the Canada Company that gave Moir the direct inspiration for the writing of it.
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MJ - Ohio University Press Rhetoric and Resistance
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John Wiley & Sons Aging and the Criminal Legal System Community
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MB - Cornell University Press Trade in War
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MB - Cornell University Press Seeds of Exchange
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U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum Ketubah Renaissance
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Johns Hopkins University Press The Chief Academic Officers Handbook
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Johns Hopkins University Press University Keywords
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The University of North Carolina Press The New SouthernLatino Table
Book SynopsisIn this splendid cookbook, bicultural cook Sandra Gutierrez blends ingredients, traditions, and culinary techniques, creatively marrying the diverse and delicious cuisines of more than twenty Latin American countries with the beloved food of the American South. The New Southern-Latino Table features 5 original and delightfully tasty recipes that combine the best of both culinary cultures. Gutierrez, who has taught thousands of people how to cook, highlights the surprising affinities between the foodways of the Latin and Southern regions including a wide variety of ethnic roots in each tradition and many shared basic ingredients while embracing their flavorful contrasts and fascinating histories. These lively dishes including Jalapeño Deviled Eggs, Cocktail Chiles Rellenos with Latin Pimiento Cheese, Two-Corn Summer Salad, Latin Fried Chicken with Smoky Ketchup, Macaroni con Queso, and Chile Chocolate Brownies promise to spark the imaginations and the meals of home cooks, seasoned or novice, and of food lovers everywhere. Along with delectable appetizers, salads, entrées, side dishes, and desserts, Gutierrez also provides a handy glossary, a section on how to navigate a Latin tienda, and a guide to ingredient sources. The New Southern-Latino Table brings to your home innovative, vibrant dishes that meld Latin American and Southern palates.
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New York University Press Three Speeches That Saved the Union
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U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum Baseball in the Roaring Twenties The Yankees the
Book SynopsisIn the mid-1920s, America was in the throes of exuberant excess and clashing social change. It was the era of Prohibition and speakeasies; the reemergence of the Ku Klux Klan; popular evangelists, including ex-ballplayer Billy Sunday; a fascination with dangerous stunts like pole-sitting and wing-walking; incredible personal feats and new personalities such as Charles Lindbergh, Gertrude Ederle, and Mae West; and the advancement of innovative forms of entertainment-jazz, motion pictures, the radio. It was the Golden Age of Sports. But it was also a decade of corruption amid the ominous signs of economic collapse. In 1926 baseball stars of an earlier era still played major roles in the game: Veteran pitcher Grover Cleveland Alexander was the hero of the 1926 World Series; Ty Cobb and Tris Speaker faced explosive allegations of game-fixing; Babe Ruth's mysterious illness and dismal 1925 season convinced many observers that Ruth was finished-over the hill. Meanwhile, new stars like Tony Lazzeri and Lou Gehrig had arrived on the scene, and the Negro Leagues were at the height of their popularity and success with Rube Foster's Chicago American Giants winning the Colored World Series of 1926. One of America's most ardent fans cheered from the White House-not the taciturn president, Calvin Coolidge, but his vibrant and well-liked wife, Grace. Focusing on the Cardinals and Yankees and their dramatic seven-game battle in the 1926 World Series, Baseball in the Roaring Twenties tells the story of key players such as Babe Ruth and Rogers Hornsby, the Negro Leagues season, and how baseball and the inextricably linked aspects of American life-Prohibition, the Jazz Age, and the rise of sports gambling-converged that year.
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John Wiley & Sons Buddhist Psychotherapy
Book SynopsisA rich resource enabling therapists to bring Buddhist philosophy to modern psychotherapy. Mindfulness-based interventions have become popular mental health treatments in recent years, but these interventions are typically applied by practitioners who lack knowledge of the interventions' Buddhist origins. The historical, religious, and philosophical foundations of mindfulness offer essential insights for clinicians and researchers alike. This book, a collaboration between two practicing psychologists and an ordained Buddhist nun, examines the early Buddhist philosophical roots of mindfulness and provides a model for modern psychotherapy.In Buddhist psychotherapy, the therapist listens to a client discuss their concerns, considers how the client' s suffering can be conceptualized from a Buddhist worldview, and uses mindfulness and other techniques taught by the Buddha to address the source of their suffering. This framework does not rely on any specific spiritual belief, but instead seeks to alleviate client suffering in a world where everything is ultimately impermanent and impersonal. Amply illustrated with quotes from early Buddhist literature as well as modern clinical examples, this rich volume will help modern psychotherapists deepen their understanding of mindfulness and enrich their practice.
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ML - Temple University Press Race Real Estate and Education Inventing Gentrification in Philadelphia 19602020
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ML - Temple University Press Chasing Change in Camden Police Reform in One of Americas Most Violent Cities
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University of Toronto Press Law Debt and Merchant Power
Book SynopsisIn the early history of Halifax (1749-1766), debt litigation was extremely common. People from all classes frequently used litigation and its use in private matters was higher than almost all places in the British Empire in the 18th century. In Law, Debt, and Merchant Power, James Muir offers an extensive analysis of the civil cases of the time as well as the reasons behind their frequency. Muir’s lively and detailed account of the individuals involved in litigation reveals a paradoxical society where debtors were also debt-collectors. Law, Debt, and Merchant Power demonstrates how important the law was for people in their business affairs and how they shaped it for their own ends. Trade Review'At the higher methodological level, the work both fascinates and provokes... Muir's book is an interesting, original, and important work, part of the new wave of regional scholarship that integrates greater Nova Scotia into the history of the eighteenth-century British Atlantic.' -- Barry Cahill Acadiensis February 2017Table of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Halifax, a community of litigants Chapter 3: Initiating Actions Chapter 4: Avoiding Trial Chapter 5: Going to Trial Chapter 6: Ending the Action Chapter 7: Appeals and Other Courts Chapter 8: Conclusion Appendix 1: Sources and Methods Appendix 2: Interpreting Occupational and Status Data Bibliography
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University of Toronto Press The Death Penalty and Sex Murder in Canadian History
Book SynopsisFrom Confederation to the partial abolition of the death penalty a century later, defendants convicted of sexually motivated killings and sexually violent homicides in Canada were more likely than any other condemned criminals to be executed for their crimes. Despite the emergence of psychiatric expertise in criminal trials, moral disgust and anger proved more potent in courtrooms, the public mind, and the hearts of the bureaucrats and politicians responsible for determining the outcome of capital cases. Wherever death has been set as the ultimate criminal penalty, the poor, minority groups, and stigmatized peoples have been more likely to be accused, convicted, and executed. Although the vast majority of convicted sex killers were white, Canada’s racist notions of the Indian mind meant that Indigenous defendants faced the presumption of guilt. Black defendants were also subjected to discriminatory treatment, including near lynchings. In debates about capital punishmenTrade Review"Strange has not only offered a challenging, thoughtful, and often unsettling work, but has done so in a fashion solidifying her place as one of this nation’s very best historians." -- Jonathan Swainger, University of Northern British Columbia * Labour/Le Travail *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1. The Politics of the Death Penalty and the Problem of Sex Murder 2. Sex Fiends and the Death Penalty at the Turn of Canada’s Century 3. Contesting Convictions and Questioning Culpability: Sex Murder between the Wars 4. Sexual Psychopathy and Penal Severity in the Post-War Era 5. Sexual Psychopathy, Insanity, and the Death Penalty under Scrutiny in the 1950s 6. Sex Murder in the Sixties and the Demise of the Death Penalty Epilogue: The Problem of Sex Murder in the Shadow of Abolition Note on Sources and Methods
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MB - Cornell University Press Resurrecting the Past
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MB - Cornell University Press The Politics of Sanctuary
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John Wiley & Sons Gilded Age Entrepreneur
Book SynopsisSimon Cordery's Gilded Age Entrepreneur illuminates the fascinating and chaotic business world of Albert Pullman. The influential but little-known older brother of George Pullman and the craftsman of the family, Albert designed the first luxurious Pullman railroad cars and hosted promotional trips to show them off. In those heady early days, he met national business and political leaders and hired the first Pullman porters. Albert and George made a formidable team, but as the Pullman Company grew, Albert's role shrank. He turned to his own investment portfolio, often with disastrous results. Beginning with the industrial laundry that cleaned sleeping-car linens, Albert appeared before the Supreme Court after a catastrophic insurance investment, ran afoul of federal banking regulations, and failed in an attempt to corner wheat futures. With evermore unsuccessful speculations, Albert was tempted by extralegal land sales and entered the silver-mining game. Finally, his own family in crisis and his relationship with George shattered, Albert Pullman launched into one last round of adventurous investments with mixed results. Gilded Age Entrepreneur demonstrates that Albert Pullman embodied the small-time investors who were legion after the Civil War. From banking and insurance to manufacturing and mining, a host of hopeful dreamers like Albert Pullman fueled the circulation of capital by forging political connections, creating and losing businesses, issuing shares, and longing for profit.
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MP-NCA Uni of North Carolina The Spanish Civil War Revolution and Counterrevolution
Book SynopsisOffers a comprehensive history and analysis of Republican political life during the Spanish Civil War. Completed by Burnett Bolloten just before his death in 1987 and first published in English in 1991, The Spanish Civil War is the culmination of fifty years of dedicated and painstaking research and is the most exhaustive study on the subject in any language.
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University of Texas Press Inside Abstraction
Book SynopsisIlluminating the abstract art of the Inka, what it conveys about Inka values, and its relationship to those who view it. Inka visual culture is unusual in its tendency toward abstraction. Public stonework, vessels used at state feasts, garments worn by the imperial elite-these objects announcing status and power are adorned with geometric designs that refuse figuration. After searching in vain for hidden referents, many scholars have resigned themselves to the unsatisfying conclusion that the designs are merely decorative. Inside Abstraction develops a novel interpretation. Eminent art historian Carolyn Dean proposes that Inka geometries are neither ornamental nor coded depictions of other objects. Rather, Dean shows that in the Andean world, the designs were functionally self-aware, possessing perspectives of their own, quite literally looking back at and addressing viewers directly. Further, Dean contends that these agent-abstractions were teachers, conveying particular messages concerning social hierarchy: the relations among geometries and colors instructed viewers as to their own proper social relations. Inka designs thereby served imperial aims by wordlessly communicating the state's values and demands for submission. Extensively illustrated and rigorously argued, Inside Abstraction is a dramatic step forward in our understanding of Inka art and political order.
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John Wiley & Sons Party at the Ballot Box Mobilizing Black Women Voters
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University of Toronto Press Scaling Up Health Innovations in Africa
Book SynopsisDrawing from evidence-based global health innovations, this book elucidates how implementation science can support the scale-up of innovations in Africa.
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MJ - Ohio University Press PoleJew
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MJ - Ohio University Press National Liberation and the Political Life of Exile
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Johns Hopkins University Press Deployed A Physician on the Front Lines of Global Health
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University of Toronto Press Redesigning Value
Book SynopsisRedesigning Value is an inspiring and practical road map for how leaders can unleash the power of design to deliver new forms of value for organizations and for society.
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University of Toronto Press Poutine Nation
Book SynopsisPoutine Nation traces the evolution of poutine from its origins in rural Quebec to its status as a global phenomenon. Though it was once dismissed as lowbrow junk food, poutine has now earned a place in fine dining, fast food chains, and global pop culture.Through a mix of history, cultural analysis, and personal anecdotes, Poutine Nation examines the social and economic forces behind food trends, exploring why some dishes fade into obscurity while others, like poutine, become beloved worldwide.With a keen eye for detail and a touch of humour, leading food scientist Dr. Sylvain Charlebois investigates poutine’s role in Quebec’s cultural identity, its place in Canada’s culinary landscape, and the politics surrounding its success. He also explores the evolution of food trends, the psychology of taste, and the ways in which poutine’s global popularity reflects broader changes in how we eat and connect through food.
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MY - University of Toronto Press At the Limits of Care
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University of Toronto Press Crossing the Phantom Pass
Book SynopsisIn this poignant and riveting personal narrative, Julia Kwong, distinguished professor emerita of sociology, explores her own experience of receiving a breast cancer diagnosis while her father is in the last stage of metastasized prostate cancer. In Crossing the Phantom Pass, she reflects on the medical process and her own emotional roller coaster in encountering this daunting illness in a dual sense. With academic rigour and accessible prose, Kwong documents the ordinary fears, worries, and urgencies of cancer treatment. She takes readers through the emotional turmoil of her experiences as she undergoes complex surgery and radiation treatment. Kwong manages to complete her treatment just in time to return to Hong Kong and see her father one last time.Crossing the Phantom Pass explores the uniqueness, as well as the commonalities, embedded in each cancer patient’s experience. Centring knowledge as power and resilience, Kwong integrates practical information and unfiltered realities into the emotional narrative of the book. Questions of hope, death, and grief intertwine with critiques and commentary on the healthcare system, offering an honest portrayal of one woman’s journey – and a source of solace for others facing similar trials.
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ME - Fordham University Press Trials
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MP - University Of Minnesota Press Hermes III Volume 78 Translation
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MD - Duke University Press The Brummer Collection of Medieval Art Duke University Museum of Art
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ME - Fordham University Press Literature and the Remains of the Death Penalty
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John Wiley & Sons Quagmires and Quandaries Understanding Journalism Ethics
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MP-KST Kent State Uni A New Book of the Grotesques Contemporary Approaches to Sherwood Andersons Early Fiction
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MP-WIS Uni of Wisconsin Against Academia
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MY - University of Toronto Press Red Missionaries
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Johns Hopkins University Press The Adjuncts Handbook
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Johns Hopkins University Press The Medical Students Field Guide to Research
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American Mathematical Society Advanced Modern Algebra
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U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum Inca Garcilaso de la Vega Literary Genealogies of an Indigenous Intellectual in NineteenthCentury Peru
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John Wiley & Sons Hot Stone Massage A ThreeDimensional Approach Enhanced Edition
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John Wiley & Sons Friis Essentials of Environmental Health
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John Wiley & Sons Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Certification Review Guide Primary Care
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Not Stated Armstrongs Handbook of Human Resource Managemen A Guide to the Theory and Practice of People Management
Book SynopsisMichael Armstrong is the UK's bestselling author of HRM books. With over a million copies sold, his books have been translated into 21 languages. Based in London, UK, he is managing partner of E-Reward and was previously a chief examiner of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD). Stephen Taylor, Chartered CCIPD, is a senior lecturer in Human Resource Management at the University of Exeter Business School and a chief examiner for the CIPD.
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Johns Hopkins University Press PlaceBased Solutions
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