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Johns Hopkins University Press Authoritarianism Goes Global The Challenge to
Book SynopsisContributors: Anne Applebaum, Anne-Marie Brady, Alexander Cooley, Javier Corrales, Ron Deibert, Larry Diamond, Patrick Merloe, Abbas Milani, Andrew Nathan, Marc F. Plattner, Peter Pomerantsev, Douglas Rutzen, Lilia Shevtsova, Alex Vatanka, Christopher Walker, and Frederic WehreyTrade ReviewThe contributions of this volume are good, and the book as whole represents a solid primer on this new, more authoritarian, world order.—International Studies ReviewTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart I: The Authoritarian "Big Five"Chapter 1. China's ChallengeChapter 2. Forward to the Past in RussiaChapter 3. Iran's Paradoxical RegimeChapter 4. Iran AbroadChapter 5. Autocratic Legalism in VenezuelaChapter 6. Saudi Arabia's Anxious AutocratsPart II: Arenas of "Soft-Power" CompetitionChapter 7. Countering Democratic NormsChapter 8. Election Monitoring vs. DisinformationChapter 9. The Leninist Roots of Civil Society RepressionChapter 10. Civil Society Under AssaultChapter 11. The Kremlin's Information WarChapter 12. China's Foreign Propaganda MachineChapter 13. Cyberspace Under SiegeChapter 14. Dealing with the Authoritarian ResurgenceAbout the AuthorsIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press Milk The Biology of Lactation
Book SynopsisThe first book to discuss milk from a comparative and evolutionary perspective, Power and Schulkin's masterpiece reveals the rich biological story of the common thread that connects all mammals.Trade ReviewThe book provides a unique lens for understanding milk and the processes involved in producing milk. It is well written and highly readable. It will be of value both to experts in the field as well as to novices looking for an encompassing overview.—The Quarterly Review of BiologyTable of ContentsPrefaceIntroductionPart I. The Birth of MilkChapter 1. Feeding Off springChapter 2. OriginsChapter 3. The Molecules of MilkChapter 4. Prolactin and OxytocinPart II. Milk as a FoodChapter 5. Not Quite PerfectionChapter 6. The Milk SpectrumChapter 7. Lactation StrategiesPart III. More Than Food8. Milk ProtectsChapter 9. Milk GuidesChapter 10. Milk RegulatesChapter 11. Developmental Origins of Health and DiseasePart IV. Our Mother's MilkChapter 12. Milk and Human EvolutionChapter 13. Breastfeeding, History, and HealthReferencesIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press Energy Humanities
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewEnergy Humanities is an ambitious and stimulating collection that will assist the reader in understanding the importance of explicitly engaging with energy across the arts, humanities and social sciences. It is equally suited for undergraduate students and advanced academics who are interested in exploring the fecundity of interdisciplinary discussion and creative critique.—Capitalism, Nature, SocialismWhile the collection serves scholars in offering an organization of a specific context that is still emerging, and will most likely keep growing in importance in the 21st century, this publication will most definitely prove useful as a way to introduce students to the questions of energy as a specific subfield of the arts, humanities and social sciences.—Center for Energy and Environmental Research in the Human SciencesExplore[s] ways of thinking and talking about the environment more creatively, aiming to circumvent our denial and despair, so that we may learn how to dwell on the things that are disappearing, and to carry on living in the world they leave behind.—Clare Saxby, Times Literary SupplementTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction: Imre Szeman and Dominic Boyer, "On the Energy Humanities" Opening Image Set: Judy Natal Amy De'Ath, "Institutional Critique" Part I Energy and Modernity: Histories and FuturesSection Intro 1. Dipesh Chakrabarty, "The Climate of History: Four Theses"2. Imre Szeman, "System Failure: Oil, Futurity, and the Anticipation of Disaster" 3. David Nye, "The Great White Way"4. Pablo Neruda, "Standard Oil Co."5. Italo Calvino, "The Petrol Pump"6. Stephen Collis, "Reading Wordsworth in the Tar Sands"7. Hermann Scheer, "The Visible Hand of the Sun."8. Naomi Oreskes and Erik M. Conway, "The Frenzy of Fossil Fuels"9. Paolo Bacigalupi, excerpt from The Windup Girl 10. Margaret Atwood, "It's Not Climate Change, It's Everything Change" Part II Energy, Power and Politics Section Intro11. Timothy Mitchell, "Carbon Democracy" 12. Dominic Boyer, "Energopower: An Introduction" 13. Jean-Francois Mouhot, "Past Connections and Present Similarities in Slave Ownership and Fossil Fuel Usage"14. Michael Watts, "Imperial Oil: The Anatomy of a Nigerian Oil Insurgency"15. John McGrath, excerpt from The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil16. Gabrielle Hecht, "Nuclear Ontologies"17. Gokce Gunel, "A Dark Art: Field Notes on Carbon Capture and Storage Policy Negotiations at COP 17"18. Sheena Wilson, "Gendering Oil: Tracing Western Petrosexual Relations"19. Cymene Howe, "Anthropocenic Ecoauthority: The Winds of Oaxaca."20. Pope Francis, "Global Inequality"21. Ken Saro-Wiwa, "Night Ride" Part III Energy in Philosophy: Ethics, Politics, and BeingSection Intro22. Allan Stoekl, "Bataille's Ethics"23. Joseph Masco, "Atomic Health, Or How The Bomb Altered American Notions of Death"24. Laura Watts, "The Draukie's Tale"25. Timothy Morton, "A Quake in Being"26. Martin McQuillan, "Notes Toward a Post-Carbon Philosophy"27. Roy Scranton, "Learning to Die in the Anthropocene"28. Dale Jamieson, "Ethics for the Anthropocene" 29. Claire Colebrook, "We Have Always Been Post-Anthropocene"30. Karen Pinkus, excerpt from Fuel31. Reza Negarastani, excerpt from Cyclonopedia. Part IV The Aesthetics of PetroculturesSection Intro32. Amitav Ghosh. "Petrofiction: The Oil Encounter and the Novel." 33. Patricia Yaeger, "Literature in the Ages of Wood..."34. AbdulRahman Munif, Excerpt from Cities of Salt 35. Leslie Battler, poems from Endangered Hydrocarbons36. Julia Kasdorf, poems from Shale Play37. Stephanie LeMenager, "Petro-Melancholia: The BP Blowout and the Arts of Grief"38. Jennifer Wenzel, "Petro-Magic-Realism: Toward a Political Ecology of Nigerian Literature."39. Ursula Biemann and Andrew Pendakis, "This is Not a Pipeline: On the Politico-Aesthetics of Oil"40. Adam Dickinson, excerpt from The Polymers41. Warren Cariou, "An Athabasca Story"42. Barry Lord, "The Culture of Stewardship"43. Graeme MacDonald, "The Resources of Culture." Closing Image Set: Marina Zurkow References Index
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Johns Hopkins University Press Alien Universe
Book SynopsisWhether you are drawn to the psychological belief in Aliens, the history of our interest in life on other planets, or the scientific possibility of Alien existence, Alien Universe is sure to hold you spellbound.Trade ReviewRather than dismiss Alien life out of hand, he presents the historical and social reasons for the growth of our fascination with the possibility. After covering popular ideas, Lincoln then delves into what is scientifically possible, explaining the concepts beautifully and in layman's terms... This is a clear and clear-sighted look at Aliens by a man who would be delighted if one day they appeared. Publishers Weekly I immediately warmed to this book. It's not only written in terms the average lay person can understand but it follows a well structured theme that has a start, middle, and an end. I like that because it maintains order in a subject that deals mainly with a mix of confusing ideologies, fact and scientifically based interpretations. David Reneke's World of Space and Astronomy By combining the latest research with historical perception, Alien Universe successfully creates an outstanding inquiry highly recommended for any science-based collection looking for a blend of historical references and modern-day probes. Midwest Book Review The book is a level-headed fusion of pop culture and the latest scientific advances in the field of astrobiology, discussing the requirements for life on Earth. BBC Focus This book comes close to being the definitive guide to where we are in the search for extraterrestrials. CosmosTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsPROLOGUE1. BEGINNINGS2. ENCOUNTERS3. FICTIONS4. BLOCKBUSTERSInterlude5. LIFE-FORMS6. ELEMENTS7. NEIGHBORSEPILOGUESuggested ReadingIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press Streamliner
Book SynopsisThe true story of Raymond Loewy, whose designs are still celebrated for their unerring ability to advance American consumer taste. Born in Paris in 1893 and trained as an engineer, Raymond Loewy revolutionized twentieth-century American industrial design. Combining salesmanship and media savvy, he created bright, smooth, and colorful logos for major corporations that included Greyhound, Exxon, and Nabisco. His designs for Studebaker automobiles, Sears Coldspot refrigerators, Lucky Strike cigarette packs, and Pennsylvania Railroad locomotives are iconic. Beyond his timeless designs, Loewy carefully built an international reputation through the assiduous courting of journalists and tastemakers to become the face of both a new profession and a consumer-driven vision of the American dream. In Streamliner, John Wall traces the evolution of an industry through the lens of Loewy's eclectic life, distinctive work, and invented persona. How, he asks, did Loewy build a business while transfoTrade ReviewThis book adds another important chapter to the legendary work of the man who essentially created the field of industrial design, thus making the corpus of his career's work available to a new generation of readers.—Ed Garten, Society of Automotive Historians JournalTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1. New Shores: Creating a Biography on the Fly Chapter 2. Portrait of the Young Engineer as an ArtistChapter 3. The Artist (and Others) Shape the Things to Come Chapter 4. Birth of a Salesman: Cold Calls, Clients, and Creativity Chapter 5. Big Engines: Emergence of a Design Genius Chapter 6. Constructing an Image while Building a Business Chapter 7. Engines of Industry: Tractors, Tour Buses, and Ships Chapter 8. Studebaker Beginnings: Internal Combustion, Internal Dissention, External Design Chapter 9. The Starliner Coupe: Studebaker’s Breakthrough Design Chapter 10. Avanti: Car Design Leaps Forward Chapter 11. Becoming a Businessman: Building an Industry Chapter 12. The Sales Curve Wanes Chapter 13. The Long Road Down Chapter 14. Legacy Notes Bibliography Index
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Johns Hopkins University Press The Maryland Amphibian and Reptile Atlas
Book SynopsisThe definitive resource for finding, identifying, and conserving Maryland's amphibians and reptiles. Naturalists, herpetologists, and ecologists alike agree that tracking herpetofauna is a challenging undertaking. Scientists are concerned about the decline of once-familiar species, but evidence has often been too anecdotal to support firm conclusions. To better understand the distribution of amphibians and reptiles in Maryland and forecast species' futures in a time of accelerated environmental threats, conducting a comprehensive statewide survey updating 1970s-era distribution maps seemed ideal. However, this endeavor was of an impossibly ambitious scope for scientists alone to tackle. Enter the Maryland Amphibian and Reptile Atlas project, comprising nearly a thousand dedicated citizen scientists who discovered and recorded the locations of herpetofauna throughout every corner of Maryland. In The Maryland Amphibian and Reptile Atlas, Heather R. Cunningham and Nathan H. Nazdrowicz pTrade ReviewA meticulously detailed guide, with lush color photos.—Chesapeake Bay MagazineTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Acronyms and Abbreviations Part I. Introduction Overview of Amphibians and Reptiles in Maryland The Maryland Amphibian and Reptile Atlas Project Citizen Science and Herpetological Research Goals of the Atlas Organization of the Atlas Part II. History of Herpetofaunal Distributions in Maryland. Charles A. Davis Discovery Collections and Descriptions Organizing for Discovery and the Early Amphibian and Reptile Collections Limitations and Challenges of Assessing Historical Ranges: Where Were the Rattlesnakes? Early Geographic Lists More Efforts to Organize Efforts to Update the Distributional Survey Challenges and Practices for Gathering Distributional Data Additional Institutional Efforts That Document Amphibian and Reptile Distributions Rare Species Surveys Increasing Access to Herpetofaunal Information Part III. Maryland's EnvironmentPhysiographic Provinces Habitat Types Climate Land Use Part VI. Conservation of Maryland's Herpetofauna. Lynn M. Davidson and Glenn D. Therres Legislation, Regulation, and Monitoring Programs Protected Lands Part V. Designing and Implementing the Atlas Project Coordination Survey Methodology The Volunteer Network Data Collection Data Management Part VI. Results of the Atlas Project Overall Results County-Level Results Volunteer Results Data Verification Taxonomic Results Part VII. Species Accounts Amphibians Reptiles Appendixes A. Quadrangle and Block Total Species Summary B. Quadrangle and Block Effort-Hours Summary C. County Summary D. Species Summary References Index
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Johns Hopkins University Press Moving Violations
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewMoving Violations is a superb history of automobile regulation in the United States from 1893 to the present, a case study of the relationship between regulation and technological change . . . Moving Violations will benefit all those with an interest in transportation history, regulatory history, technological history, innovation, and public policy and many others who will find something to savor in the details.—Louis Cain, Northwestern University, EH.NetTable of ContentsIntroductionPart I. StandardsChapter 1. The Auto World Gets Organized Chapter 2. Standardization Is the AnswerPart II. SafetyChapter 3. The Creation of CrashworthinessChapter 4. From Movement to Government AgencyChapter 5. The Limits of Federal Automotive Safety RegulationPart III. PollutionChapter 6. Discovering and (Not) Controlling Automotive Air PollutionChapter 7. Command and ControlChapter 8. Establishing the State of the ArtPart IV. BureaucracyChapter 9. The Bureaucratic Struggle over Fuel EconomyChapter 10. Deregulation and Its LimitsChapter 11. Indecision, Regulatory Uncertainty, and the Politics of PartisanshipConclusionAcknowledgmentsNotesBibliographyIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press Stories Are What Save Us
Book SynopsisA seasoned writer and teacher of memoir explores both the difficulties inherent in writing about personal trauma and the techniques for doing so in a compelling way. Since 2013, David Chrisinger has taught military veterans, their families, and other trauma survivors how to make sense of and recount their stories of loss and transformation. The lessons he imparts can be used by anyone who has ever experienced trauma, particularly people with a deep need to share that experience in a way that leads to connection and understanding. In Stories Are What Save Us, Chrisinger showsthrough writing exercises, memoir excerpts, and lessons he's learned from his studentsthe most efficient ways to uncover and effectively communicate what you've learned while fighting your life's battles, whatever they may be. Chrisinger explores both the difficulties inherent in writing about personal trauma and the techniques for doing so in a compelling way. Weaving together his journey as a writer, editor, andTrade ReviewI was thoroughly engaged both by Chrisinger's stories of his family and friends, as well as his journey to craft his experiences into stories.—John Capecci, Living Proof AdvocacyTable of ContentsForeword, by Brian TurnerAcknowledgmentsIntroduction. AtonementPart I. The SearchingChapter 1. Finding Your Story of TransformationChapter 2. Uncovering Your Object of DesireChapter 3. Recognizing the Story underneath Your StoryChapter 4. Turning Yourself into a CharacterPart II. The StructureChapter 5. Incorporating the Five Essentials of StorytellingChapter 6. Starting with One True ThingPart III. The StoryChapter 7. Crafting Immersive ScenesChapter 8. Using Fiction to Tell the TruthChapter 9. Telling Your Story to Build Connection and UnderstandingAfterword, by Angela RickettsStorytelling ExercisesSuggested Further ReadingAbout the AuthorIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press The Invention of the Modern Dog
Book SynopsisThe story of the thoroughly Victorian origins of dog breeds. For centuries, different types of dogs were bred around the world for work, sport, or companionship. But it was not until Victorian times that breeders started to produce discrete, differentiated, standardized breeds. In The Invention of the Modern Dog, Michael Worboys, Julie-Marie Strange, and Neil Pemberton explore when, where, why, and how Victorians invented the modern way of ordering and breeding dogs. Though talk of breed was common before this period in the context of livestock, the modern idea of a dog breed defined in terms of shape, size, coat, and color arose during the Victorian period in response to a burgeoning competitive dog show culture. The authors explain how breeders, exhibitors, and showmen borrowed ideas of inheritance and pure blood, as well as breeding practices of livestock, horse, poultry and other fancy breeders, and applied them to a species that was long thought about solely in terms of work andTrade ReviewCharles Darwin, Charles Dickens and P. T. Barnum walk into a pub . . . a classic comic set-up that can only lead to one punch line: The Invention of the Modern Dog. This chronicle—by science historians Michael Worboys and Neil Pemberton and historian Julie-Marie Strange—charts the confluence of biology, class, and popular entertainment that resulted in an unprecedented burst of nineteenth-century canine breeding. That tumult, they argue, stares out at us today from the eyes of our dogs.—NatureReveals how the Victorians invented the modern way of ordering and breeding man's best friend.—The Sunday PostIn The Invention of the Modern Dog, the authors show how our modern attitudes to breeds have been shaped by Victorian cultural ideals. The book makes for a fascinating read for anyone interested in the origins of today's dog breeds.—Pets MagazineWorboys, Strange and Pemberton have produced a magnificent book . . . a wonderfully lively text that traces the sources of our own obsession with doggy design and offers a gentle warning about what is at stake when we fiddle too far.—The GuardianHighly entertaining and plentifully illustrated.—Times Literary SupplementTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction Part I. 1800-1873Chapter 1. Before Breed, 1800-1860 Chapter 2. Adopting Breed, 1860-1867 Chapter 3. Showing Breed, 1867-1874 Part II. 1873-1901Chapter 4. Governing Breed Chapter 5. Improving Breed I: Experience Chapter 6. Improving Breed II: Science Chapter 7. Whither Breed Conclusion. The Present in the Past Notes Index Color plates appear following page XX
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Johns Hopkins University Press Modernizing Medicare
Book SynopsisTop policy experts offer Medicare reform solutions for the millions of seniors whose health care depends on America's fastest growing federal entitlement. In Modernizing Medicare, editors Robert Emmet Moffit and Marie Fishpaw bring together a rare combination of leading scholars and policy practitioners to outline a vision for Medicare reform and provide solutions for the millions of seniors whose health care depends on it. Contributors include a former Medicare trustee, a former Medicare administrator, and a former director of the Congressional Budget Office. Detailing Medicare's biggest problems, this team of top policy experts offer solutions based on personal freedom of choice, transparency of price and performance, and market competition among health plans and providers that will secure patients more affordable, more accountable, and higher quality medical care. They also address Medicare's reform needs and analyze the promising performance of the Medicare Advantage program. The
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Johns Hopkins University Press How Are Marine Robots Shaping Our Future
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Johns Hopkins University Press Teaching with AI A Practical Guide to a New Era of Human Learning
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Gibbs M. Smith Inc Literary Bookmark Box
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Outskirts Press Trivia from a Galaxy Far Far Away
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Crossway Books Feelings and Faith
Book SynopsisThis practical theology of the emotions explores what the Bible teaches about our emotions and their relationship to our walk of faith.
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SPCK - Crossway The Psalms Rejoice the Lord Is King Volume 2
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Crossway Books Biblical Theology
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Crossway Books Redeeming Money
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Crossway Books The New Creation and the Storyline of Scripture
Book SynopsisIn this addition to the Short Studies in Biblical Theology series, Frank Thielman traces the theme of the new creation through Scripture, from God's promise in Genesis to redeem the world to the culmination of this promise in the book of Revelation.
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Crossway Books Sermons and Tracts from the Civil Wars Volume 18
Book SynopsisVolume 18 includes5sermons that Owen delivered at a time of civil war, addressing matters such as providence and toleration.It has been edited for modern readers by Martyn C. Cowan.
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Crossway Books The Psalms
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Crossway Books The Existence and Attributes of God
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Crossway Books The Wisdom Pyramid
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Crossway Books What the Bible Says about How to Know Gods Will
Book SynopsisDrawn from extensive study on biblical ethics, Grudem helps readers stop overcomplicating God's will and instead embrace the different ways in which they acquire wisdom for various situations in their lives.
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Crossway Books Faith in the Son of God
Book SynopsisAcademically rigorous and pastorally wise, this is a helpful academic introduction of the faith in Christ (pistis Christou) debate, showing the centrality of faith in salvation as the church brings the good news of the gospel to the world.
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Crossway Books 10 Questions Every Teen Should Ask about
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Crossway Books How Can I Support International Missions
Book SynopsisIn this concise booklet, Mark Collins demonstrates the essential role Christians play in furthering global missions, offering 9 helpful ways for Christians to participate in making disciples of all nations. Part of the Church Questions series.
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Crossway Books God Has Spoken
Book SynopsisIn this repackaged edition of God Has Spoken, late theologian J. I. Packer mounts a formative defense of the inerrancy of the Bible, calling readers to reclaim the unity between inspiration (how God has spoken) and revelation (what God has spoken).
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Crossway Books The Sabbath as Rest and Hope for the People of
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SPCK - Crossway Living Faith A Theology of James
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Crossway Books Pollution and the Death of Man
Book SynopsisIn Pollution and the Death of Man, Francis A. Schaeffer looks at contemporary ecological crises through the lens of theology and Scripture, arguing that Christians must return to a profoundly biblical understanding of God's relationship to the earth and his divine mandate to exercise dominion over it.
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Crossway Books Confronting Jesus
Book SynopsisIn this follow-up toConfronting Christianity, Rebecca McLaughlin shares important biblical context to help all readers explore who Jesus really is and understand why the Gospels should be taken seriously as historical documents.
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Crossway Books Christ Crucified
Book SynopsisThis addition to the New Testament Theology series focuses on the specific teachings of Galatians to remind readers of the truth of the gospel and the only possible path to salvationJesus Christ.
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Crossway Books Romans
Book SynopsisIn this 10-week Bible study for women, Lydia Brownback explores Romans' core themes and important doctrines of the faith, including justification, propitiation, and redemption, on a practical and accessible level.
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SPCK - Crossway Essentials of Reformed Systematic Theology
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SPCK - Crossway Desiring God Meditations of a Christian Hedonist
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SPCK - Crossway Sonia and the Biggest Block Tower Ever
Book SynopsisSonia and the Biggest Block Tower Ever teaches kids ages 37 that their worth is not found in the approval of others or the success of their actions but in the love of God and their identity in Christ.
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Crossway Books The Biggest Story Bible Storybook Large Format
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SPCK - Crossway ESV Journaling Study Bible Artist Series
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SPCK - Crossway A Little Theology of Exercise Enjoying Christ in
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Crossway Books The Dream Keeper Saga Set 5 Volumes
Book SynopsisMixing fantasy with Christian themes, the Dream Keeper Saga takes middle-grade readers on an adventure steeped in magic, mystery, and glimmers of hope. This set includes all 5 books in the series by Kathryn Butler.
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SPCK - Crossway ESV Womens Study Bible Artist Series Cloth over
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MX - APA Publishing Visiting Feelings
Book SynopsisGold Medal, 2013 Mom''s Choice Awards Silver Medal, 2014 Nautilus AwardsDo you have a feeling that''s visiting today? Can you open your door and invite it to play? Visiting Feelings harnesses a young child?s innate capacity to fully experience the present moment. Rather than labeling or defining specific emotions and feelings, Visiting Feelings invites children to sense, explore, and befriend any feeling with acceptance and equanimity. Children can explore their emotions with their senses and gain an understanding of how feelings can lodge in the body, as conveyed by common expressions like ?a pit in the stomach? or ?lump in the throat.? Children can cultivate this emotional intelligence and nurture a sense of mindfulness. In essence, mindfulness is tuning into yourself and paying attention to the present moment without judging or analyzing what you are thinking or feeling. Practicing mindfulness can enhance many aspects of a person?s well-being, help develop insight and empathy, and enhance resiliency. Taking the time to practice mindfulness as a family is a remarkable gift for parents to give to their children, and will help children as they navigate the teen years and adulthood. Includes a "Note to Parents? to provide more information about emotional awareness, and suggests ways to seamlessly incorporate mindfulness practices into your child and family''s daily routines. Trade ReviewGold Medal, 2013 Mom's Choice Awards Silver Medal, 2014 Nautilus Awards “Visiting Feelings presents an exquisite lesson in mindfulness and dealing with emotions by letting children know it’s OK to feel however they may and simply embrace the experience. The book stresses that feelings are neither bad nor good, they just are. Welcoming your feelings in, and actually making friends with them, is the best way to learn more about yourself and what your emotions are trying to teach you. The lesson is simple yet deep and playfully accessible for children and adults alike.”—AnxietyFreeChild.com “This lyrically illustrated beauty of a book is the doorway into accepting feelings that arise and accepting oneself for experiencing those feelings. From the first page through the last, a light-hearted, rhyming poem encourages the young reader to welcome and listen to feelings, as though they are visitors, inquiring into shape, color image,location in the body, and the origin of the feeling. In the author’s note to parents, she includes activities adults and children can do together to increase meaning and connection between them, along with breathing and self-awareness exercises. Written by a psychologist and yoga teacher, this book belongs on the shelf of everyone who serves children—parents, grandparents, therapists, aunts, uncles and teachers."—LifeForce Yoga “Through a poetic text, children are encouraged to identify and explore their emotions. Readers are asked to embrace their feelings, to treat them like friends…The full-page, digitally created illustrations feature hand-painted textures and overlays. They have a dreamy quality as the feelings swirl around the youngsters in soft pastel colors...The high-quality, appealing art will hold the attention of younger children…The book has a lot of potential for teaching students how to describe their reactions to different situations.”—School Library Journal “A beautifully illustrated children’s book; a soft poem that is a lullaby to children in preschool or primary grades that takes a “mindfulness-based” approach to the many feelings that children will experience. Visiting Feelings is one of those books you can cuddle up and read with a child on the couch or before bedtime. It opens the door to an adult talking to a child about the many feelings that are inside of us, and that even the painful ones are not bad. Feelings are simply feelings, and if we are aware of them and can talk about them, we won’t be frightened of them.”—NEA Vice President Lily Ekelsen Garcia "I wish every child could benefit from the wise and loving guidance offered in Visiting Feelings. This beautiful book offers our children (and their parents as well!) a mindfulness-based approach to navigating strong emotions that can directly strengthen resiliency, happiness and capacity to establish loving relationships with others."—Tara Brach, author of Radical Acceptance and True Refuge: Finding Peace & Freedom in Your Own Awakened Heart "Visiting Feelings is not just for children, as we all need this gentle reminder to love ourselves, our feelings, and accept and embrace who we really are."—Elephant Journal "This gorgeous book is a wonderful gift for the children in your life."—Little Flower Yoga
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American Psychological Association Chronic Pain and Opioid Management
Book SynopsisThis book presents an integrated healthcare team approach for helping patients manage opioid use in a structured, safe, and supportive environment while also exploring all of the factors that impact the patients' pain experience.Table of ContentsForeword, by David J. Tauben Preface IntroductionI. Foundations Chapter 1: Chronic Pain and Opioids Chapter 2: Treatment Approaches: The Evidence Chapter 3: The Patient-Provider RelationshipII. Phase 1: Preparing for Change Chapter 4: Evaluate the Patient’s Functioning and Well-Being Chapter 5: Exchange Expectations and Address ResistanceIII. Phase 2: Engaging in Strategies Chapter 6: Develop Goals and Treatment Plan Chapter 7: Practice Helpful Strategies Chapter 8: Address Common Barriers Chapter 9: Monitor and Manage SymptomsIV. Phase 3: Maintaining Gains Chapter 10: Develop a Maintenance Plan Chapter 11: Address Setbacks Chapter 12: Reinforce Resources Afterword: Conclusions
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American Psychological Association Raising a Resilient Child in a World of Adversity
Book SynopsisParenting doesn’t always come naturally. This book offers expert guidance for caregivers who struggle withparenting because of adversity in their own lives, or simply because they are raising kids in an increasingly stressfulworld. As parents and caregivers we want to help our kids through everything, including difficult or disturbing experiences. But if we or our child have experienced adversity or trauma, this can be especially challenging. How do we know whether we are providing our child or teen with too much structure or not enough? How do we provide discipline that is effective but not overly harsh? How do we teach our kids to be resilient and manage their feelings when we have trouble managing our own? Drawing on their extensive knowledge of ACEs (adverse childhood experiences) and PACEs (protective childhood experiences), psychologists Morris and Hays-Grudo describe a balanced parenting approach to help parents manage these Table of ContentsDedication Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1. Balanced Parenting: The Secret to Raising Resilient Children Chapter 2. ACEs and PACEs: How Adverse and Protective Experiences Affect You and Your Child Chapter 3. Babies and Toddlers: Balancing Safety and Exploration Chapter 4. Early Childhood: Balancing Control and Choice Chapter 5. Middle Childhood: Balancing Limits and Independence Chapter 6. Tweens and Young Teens: Balancing Boundaries and Autonomy Chapter 7: Older Teens and Young Adults: Balancing Letting Go and Staying Involved Chapter 8. Becoming a Resilient Parent: It’s All About Balance! References Index About the Authors
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