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Most scientists and researchers aren't prepared to talk to the press or to policymakers - or to deal with backlash. And many researchers have the horror stories to prove it. As Nancy Baron points out, scientists who decide they want to inform those outside their own research arena and help guide public discourse need to learn a new set of skills. No matter what your scientific specialty is, writes Baron, the keys to success are thinking clearly, knowing what you want to say, understanding your audience, and using everyday language to get your main points across. Developing these skills is the object of this book. According to Baron, scientists, journalists and policymakers represent three very different cultures. Speaking effectively to journalists and policymakers - the people who make scientists' findings available to the general public - requires scientists to learn a new language. In this clear and understandable guide to 'communicating science', Baron explains to scientists how to engage an audience, how to tell why a particular finding matters, and how to describe research in an interesting way. She explains to journalists how to develop the same skills for explaining science. The book includes case studies from journalists and from some of the more than 4,000 scientists Baron has trained in communication workshops. Many of her trainees have gone on to become well-known spokespeople for science-related issues. The book is accompanied by an interactive website maintained by Baron herself.

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Colette Baron-Reid is an internationally renowned spiritual intuitive, psychic medium, educator and oracle expert. Her bestselling books and oracle cards are published worldwide in 27 languages. www.colettebaronreid.com

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Combining political theory and sociological interviews spanning four countries, Ilan Zvi Baron explores the Jewish Diaspora/Israel relationship and suggests that instead of looking at Diaspora Jews' relationship with Israel as a matter of loyalty, it is one of obligation.

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Colette Baron-Reid is an internationally respected spiritual intuitive, psychic medium, educator and oracle expert. Her bestselling books and oracle cards are published worldwide in 27 languages. www.colettebaronreid.com

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More number-based logic puzzles than you can count!The Puzzle Baron returns with a new kind of challenge: number logic puzzles. You'll discover a variety of puzzle types for hours of brain-challening fun! Mathdoku, Calcudoku, Sudoku, Fillomino, and Numberlink puzzles—they're all here for you and just waiting to be solved!And don't think these are your typical sudoku-shaped puzzles. The Puzzle Baron has puzzles of different shapes and sizes—great challenges for every kind of puzzle lover. Number Logic Puzzles includes these features: • 300+ number-based logic puzzles to solve• Explanations and instructions for the various puzzle types• Blank spaces for filling in your answers• Answer section for checking your answers—or peeking at when the going gets tough!If you've been waiting for a new puzzle-solving experience from the Puzzle Baron, this is just the book for you!

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This original and historically rich book examines the influence of gender in shaping the Egyptian nation from the nineteenth century through the revolution of 1919 and into the 1940s. In Egypt as a Woman, Beth Baron divides her narrative into two strands: the first analyzes the gendered language and images of the nation, and the second considers the political activities of women nationalists. She shows that, even though women were largely excluded from participation in the state, the visual imagery of nationalism was replete with female figures. Baron juxtaposes the idealization of the family and the feminine in nationalist rhetoric with transformations in elite households and the work of women activists striving for national independence.

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In this new book Simon Baron-Cohen summarizes the current understanding of autism and Asperger Syndrome. He explains the process of diagnosis, as well as the options for education and intervention for those with these conditions. Taking a lifespan approach, Professor Baron-Cohen considersa how the conditions affect very young children through to adulthood. He also outlines his new Empathizing-Systemizing (ES) theory, which aims to explain all of the psychological features of autistic-spectrum conditions. This book is designed firstly for people with these conditions and their families. It will be useful to clinicians, teachers, and other professionals involved in the care and support of people on the autistic spectrum. The book will also provide an invaluable introduction to the topic for students in the social and biological sciences.

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Would you read this book if a computer wrote it? Would you even know? And why would it matter? Today's eerily impressive artificial intelligence writing tools present us with a crucial challenge: As writers, do we unthinkingly adopt AI's time-saving advantages or do we stop to weigh what we gain and lose when heeding its siren call? To understand how AI is redefining what it means to write and think, linguist and educator Naomi S. Baron leads us on a journey connecting the dots between human literacy and today's technology. From nineteenth-century lessons in composition, to mathematician Alan Turing's work creating a machine for deciphering war-time messages, to contemporary engines like ChatGPT, Baron gives readers a spirited overview of the emergence of both literacy and AI, and a glimpse of their possible future. As the technology becomes increasingly sophisticated and fluent, it's tempting to take the easy way out and let AI do the work for us. Baron cautions that such efficiency isn't always in our interest. As AI plies us with suggestions or full-blown text, we risk losing not just our technical skills but the power of writing as a springboard for personal reflection and unique expression. Funny, informed, and conversational, Who Wrote This? urges us as individuals and as communities to make conscious choices about the extent to which we collaborate with AI. The technology is here to stay. Baron shows us how to work with AI and how to spot where it risks diminishing the valuable cognitive and social benefits of being literate.

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Sales teams have the potential to do great work. Most sales teams do not devote enough energy to meeting dynamics and process awareness. The skills related to this are critical components of effective teamwork, collaboration and innovation, both internally and externally. Innovative Team Selling places the focus squarely on what will actually make team selling work within organizations large and small. It outlines how to help your teams master new skills in five specific categories: interpersonal, communication, presentation, problem solving, and facilitation. Author Eric Baron also explores the challenging issue of leveraging resources to develop innovative solutions for clients in order to compete effectively in a globalized economy. Offers actionable strategies and techniques to improve collaboration, innovation and team processes Demonstrates how to put the right members on the sales call, and how to leverage their expertise before, during and after the call Explores in depth how teams can work effectively on a day-day-day basis to outperform their competition Author Eric Baron is founder of The Baron Group and is a highly acclaimed public speaker and has spoken to hundreds of organizations, trade associations and industry groups throughout his career; he is also an adjunct professor at Columbia Business School where he teaches his very popular course, Entrepreneurial Selling Skills to second year MBAs Innovative Team Selling shows you how to lead and participate in teams that work together effectively; strategize prior to the client meetings; make successful team sales calls; and debrief honestly to determine how to learn and grow from the experience.

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“[Baron] Wormser is a beautiful writer of the meditative-narrative poem in the compassionate and lucid style of Frost, Hayden Carruth, and Donald Hall. Like those writers, his poems dignify rural lives, but also explore the national soul with particularly American integrity and frankness. Conversational, civilizing, thoughtful, and often funny, too, there are many extraordinary poems in these Scattered Chapters.”—Tony Hoagland Baron Wormser is the author of seven books of poetry, a collection of short stories, and a memoir. He directs the Frost Place Conference and teaches in the Stonecoast MFA Program. He served as Poet Laureate of Maine and now lives in Vermont.

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First published in 2005. Baron Brisse is one of the great names and authorities of European cuisine. His book, whose carefully selected recipes come from many schools of cookery and include dishes to suit every occasion, is essential reding for anyone interested in food, cooking and its history. Menus are presented in French and English, allowing cooks to appreciate the importance of traditional English techniques and recipes as well as the profound influence of French cookery.

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A pocket-sized, portable version of Colette Baron-Reid's wildly popular oracle deck, featuring stunning artwork and messages to help us connect with the archetypal energies of living beings that share our planet-as sacred teachers, healers, and allies.One of Hay House's best-selling decks now comes pocket-sized! The Spirit Animal Pocket Oracle is a compact, travel-sized edition of Colette Baron-Reid's beloved deck, packaged in a keepsake tin perfect for your on-the-go spiritual journey.The Spirit Animal Pocket Oracle reveals spirits residing in the natural world that have much to share, and the secrets of their forgotten language are now available to you through this oracle deck. They urge us to reclaim our essential Truth--that we are one in Spirit, connected to every living thing on this earth in a unified consciousness. With the draw of a card, you can share in this wisdom and better navigate your life, move beyond the obstacles of your perceived limitations, and tune in to your infinite potential.Represented in the 68 cards of this beautifully illustrated oracle card deck are the Higher Spirits of different animals, insects, fish, and birds. Every animal has a transcendent archetypal symbolism, a universal meaning holding a message of deep, enduring truth. With guidance from intuitive master and oracle expert Colette Baron-Reid, you can now awaken to your partnership with Spirit to co-create your reality in service to the world.

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Simon Baron-Cohen's The Essential Difference: Men, Women and the Extreme Male Brain is an unflinching look at the scientific evidence behind the innate sex differences of the mind. Men and women have always seemed to think in entirely different ways, from conversation and communication to games and gadgets. But are these differences created by society, or do our minds come ready-wired one way or another, with female brains tending towards interaction and male towards organisation? And could this mean that autism - rather than being a mental anomaly - is in fact simply an extreme male brain? Why are female brains better at empathasing? How are male brains designed to analyse systems? And what really makes men and women different? Simon Baron-Cohen explores list-making, lying and two decades of research in a ground-breaking examination of how our brains can be male or female but always completely fascinating. 'Compelling ... Inspiring' Guardian 'This is no Mars/Venus whimsy, but the conclusion from twenty years of experiment' Evening Standard 'A devastating contribution to the gender debate' Mail on Sunday 'A fascinating, thought-provoking book' Observer Simon Baron-Cohen is Professor at Cambridge University in the fields of psychology and psychiatry. He is also the Director of Cambridge's internationally renowned Autism Research Centre. He has carried out research into social neuroscience over a career spanning twenty years. He is the author of Mindblindness and Zero Degrees of Empathy.

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'Celebrates human cognitive diversity, and is rich with empathy and psychological insight' Steven Pinker 'Bold, intriguing, profound' Jay Elwes, Spectator Why can humans alone invent? In this book, psychologist and world renowned autism expert Simon Baron-Cohen puts forward a bold new theory: because we can identify patterns, specifically if-and-then patterns. Baron-Cohen argues that the genes for this unique ability overlap with the genes for autism and have driven human progress for 70,000 years. From the first musical instruments to the agricultural, industrial, and digital revolutions, Pattern Seekers links one of our greatest human strengths with a condition that is so often misunderstood and challenges us to think differently about those who think differently.

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Cynthia Baron is Professor of Theatre and Film at Bowling Green State University, USA. She is co-author of Reframing Screen Performance (2008) and Appetites and Anxieties: Food, Film, and the Politics of Representation (2014), co-editor of More Than a Method: Trends and Traditions in Contemporary Film Performance (2004), editor of The Projector: A Journal on Film, Media and Culture.

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This book offers a radical reframing of the idea of political obligation that uses the Jewish diaspora as its case study. Combining political theory and sociological interviews spanning four countries, Ilan Zvi Baron explores the Jewish Diaspora/Israel relationship and suggests that instead of looking at Diaspora Jews' relationship with Israel being a matter of loyalty, it is one of obligation. Baron develops an outline for a theory of transnational political obligation and, in the process, provides an alternative way to understand and explore the Diaspora/Israel relationship than one mired in partisan debates about whether or not being a good Jew means supporting Israel. He concludes by arguing that critique of Israel is not just about Israeli policy, but about what it means to be a Diaspora Jew. It establishes a theoretical framework for the analysis of diaspora politics. It looks at the Jewish diaspora and the Israel relationship as an example of international political obligation.

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This will solve your desire for endless logic puzzles! If you’ve bought any of the Puzzle Baron’s previous puzzle books—on logic puzzles, sudoku, cryptograms, number logic puzzles, acrostics, or picture puzzles—you know just what to expect from the great puzzlemaker. If this is your first time getting to know the Puzzle Baron, you’re in for an adventure. Among the 600+ puzzles in this book, not only will you find the classic grid-based puzzles and sudoku, but you can also try calcudoku, lasergrids, skyscrapers, campsite puzzles, and many other different kinds of logic puzzles. Plus, there’s an answer section for all the puzzles, which can also help with hints. If you’ve been wanting to try the myriad types of logic puzzles or if you need new challenges from the Puzzle Baron, this is the book for you!

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Hans Baron was one of the many great German emigre scholars whose work Princeton brought into the Anglo-American world. His Crisis of the Early Italian Renaissance has provoked more discussion and inspired more research than any other twentieth-century study of the Italian Renaissance. Baron's book was the first historical synthesis of politics and humanism at that momentous critical juncture when Italy passed from medievalism to the thought of the Renaissance. Baron, unlike his peers, married culture and politics; he contended that to truly understand the Renaissance one must understand the rise of humanism within the political context of the day. This marked a significant departure for the field and one that changed the direction of Renaissance studies. Moreover, Baron's book was one of the first major attempts of any sort to ground intellectual history in a fully realized historical context and thus stands at the very origins of the interdisciplinary approach that is now the core of Renaissance studies. Baron's analysis of the forces that changed life and thought in fifteenth-century Italy was widely reviewed domestically and internationally, and scholars quickly noted that the book "will henceforth be the starting point for any general discussion of the early Renaissance." The Times Literary Supplement called it "a model of the kind of intensive study on which all understanding of cultural process must rest." First published in 1955 in two volumes, the work was reissued in a one-volume Princeton edition in 1966.

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NEW YORK TIMES, WALL STREET JOURNAL, AND USA TODAY BESTSELLER "This book will shine new light on your journey, ignite your practice with new power, inspire new possibilities for growth, and infuse your life with the grace and confidence you seek." —Baron Baptiste A little over a decade ago, Baron Baptiste published his seminal book, Journey into Power. The first of its kind, it introduced the world to Baptiste Yoga, his signature method that marries a lifetime of studying with some of the world’s most renowned yoga masters with his uniquely powerful approach to inner and outer transformation. Since then, yoga has steadily moved into the mainstream in our culture, and Baron’s unique contribution has played a key role. As millions of participants incorporate yoga into their daily lives, Baron’s teachings have evolved to bring them even deeper into their own transformative possibilities. Perfectly Imperfect: The Art and Soul of Yoga Practice takes readers beyond the foundations of the practice by speaking to everything that happens in their bodies and minds after they get into a yoga pose. That is where the true transformation occurs, and where much rich spiritual and emotional growth is available. Readers will learn how to move through their lives with grace and flow, begin again when a situation becomes difficult, "be a yes" for their innermost desires, give up what they must, follow their intuition, and find their truth north. With his signature blend of boldness, insightfulness, humor, and warmth, Baron offers what is destined to be an instant classic in the yoga and meditation world. With Perfectly Imperfect, he proves once again to be a true yoga master for the modern world.

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In Zero Degrees of Empathy: A New Theory of Human Cruelty and Kindness Simon Baron-Cohen takes fascinating and challenging new look at what exactly makes our behaviour uniquely human. How can we ever explain human cruelty? We have always struggled to understand why some people behave in the most evil way imaginable, while others are completely self-sacrificing. Is it possible that - rather than thinking in terms of 'good' and 'evil' - all of us instead lie somewhere on the empathy spectrum, and our position on that spectrum can be affected by both genes and our environments? Why do some people treat others as objects? Why is empathy our most precious resource? And does a lack of it always mean a negative outcome? From the Nazi concentration camps of World War Two to the playgrounds of today, Simon Baron-Cohen examines empathy, cruelty and understanding in a groundbreaking study of what it means to be human. 'Fascinating ... dazzling ... a full-scale assault on what we think it is to be human' Sunday Telegraph 'Highly readable ... this is a valuable book' Charlotte Moore, Spectator 'Important ... humane and immensely sympathetic' Richard Holloway, Literary Review Simon Baron-Cohen is Professor at Cambridge University in the fields of psychology and psychiatry. He is also the Director of the Autism Research Centre there. He has carried out research into social neuroscience over a 20 year career. His popular science book entitled The Essential Difference has been translated in over a dozen languages, and has been widely reviewed.

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An engaging and authoritative guide to the impact of reading medium on learning, from a foremost expert in the field We face constant choices about how we read. Educators must select classroom materials. College students weigh their textbook options. Parents make decisions for their children. The digital revolution has transformed reading, and with the recent turn to remote learning, onscreen reading may seem like the only viable option. Yet selecting digital is often based on cost or convenience, not on educational evidence. Now more than ever it is imperative to understand how reading medium actually impacts learning--and what strategies we need in order to read effectively in all formats. In How We Read Now, Naomi Baron draws on a wealth of knowledge and research to explain important differences in the way we concentrate, understand, and remember across multiple formats. Mobilizing work from international scholarship along with findings from her own studies of reading practices, Baron addresses key challenges--from student complaints that print is boring to the hazards of digital reading for critical thinking. Rather than arguing for one format over another, she explains how we read and learn in different settings, shedding new light on the current state of reading. The book then crucially connects research insights to concrete applications, offering practical approaches for maximizing learning with print, digital text, audio, and video. Since screens and audio are now entrenched--and invaluable-platforms for reading, we need to rethink ways of helping readers at all stages use them more wisely. How We Read Now shows us how to do that.

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A reappraisal on the emphasis on duty in Immanuel Kant's ethics is long overdue. Marcia W. Baron evaluates and for the most part defends Kantian ethics against two frequent criticisms: that duty plays too large a role, leaving no room for the supererogatory; and that Kant places too much value on acting from duty. The author first argues that Kant's distinction between perfect and imperfect duties provides a plausible and intriguing alternative to contemporary approaches to charity, self-sacrifice, heroism, and saintliness. She probes the differences between the supererogationist and the Kantian, exploring the motivation between the former's position and bringing to light sharply divided views on the nature of moral constraint and excellence. Baron then confronts problems associated with Kant's account of moral motivation, she argues that the value that Kant attaches to acting from duty attaches primarily to governing ones conduct by a commitment to doing what morality asks. Thus understood, Kant's ethics steers clear of the most serious criticism. Of special interest is her discussion of overdetermination. Clearly written and cogently argued, Kantian Ethics Almost without Apology takes on the most philosophically intriguing challenges to Kantian ethics and subjects them to a rigorous yet sympathetic assessment. Readers will find here original contributions to the debate over impartial morality.

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An engaging and authoritative guide to the impact of reading medium on learning, from a foremost expert in the field We face constant choices about how we read. Educators must select classroom materials. College students weigh their textbook options. Parents make decisions for their children. The digital revolution has transformed reading, and with the recent turn to remote learning, onscreen reading may seem like the only viable option. Yet selecting digital is often based on cost or convenience, not on educational evidence. Now more than ever it is imperative to understand how reading medium actually impacts learning--and what strategies we need in order to read effectively in all formats. In How We Read Now, Naomi Baron draws on a wealth of knowledge and research to explain important differences in the way we concentrate, understand, and remember across multiple formats. Mobilizing work from international scholarship along with findings from her own studies of reading practices, Baron addresses key challenges--from student complaints that print is boring to the hazards of digital reading for critical thinking. Rather than arguing for one format over another, she explains how we read and learn in different settings, shedding new light on the current state of reading. The book then crucially connects research insights to concrete applications, offering practical approaches for maximizing learning with print, digital text, audio, and video. Since screens and audio are now entrenched--and invaluable-platforms for reading, we need to rethink ways of helping readers at all stages use them more wisely. How We Read Now shows us how to do that.

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Renowned authority on shamanic healing, Alberto Villoldo, and best-selling oracle expert, Colette Baron-Reid, pair up again to create this vibrantly illustrated oracle that taps into the shamanic dream world of archetypes and symbolic consciousness.The dream world has long captivated the human psyche. Ancient mystics, early religious texts, and even modern psychoanalysis describe the power of dreams as a way to understand the deeper layers of our lives. The mythic landscapes and spirit beings that we encounter in this sacred realm shape and create our experiences in the waking world. We are all sacred dreamers, dreaming the world into being-what will you dream?The Shaman's Dream Oracle is a powerful collaboration between master teachers Alberto Villoldo and Colette Baron-Reid, bringing together the wisdom of his rich shamanic lineage with her expertise in oracle creation. The imagery and the insight in this oracle draw from the shamanic dream world of archetypes and magic and offer fresh, contemporary interpretations. This oracle will reveal how your dreamscapes guide you to co-create your world and manifest your most precious intentions.

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In the summer of 1878 three ruthless and brilliant scientists raced to Wyoming and Colorado to observe a total solar eclipse. One sought to discover a new planet. Another fought to prove that science was not an anathema to femininity. And a young, megalomaniacal inventor sought to test his bona fides and light the world through his revelations. David Baron brings to life these three competitors—James Craig Watson, Maria Mitchell and Thomas Edison—re-creating the jockeying of nineteenth-century astronomy. With accounts of train robberies and Indian skirmishes, the last days of the Wild West come alive. A magnificent portrayal of America’s dawn as a superpower, American Eclipse depicts a nation looking to the skies to reveal its ambition and expose its genius.

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When residents of Boulder, Colorado, suddenly began to see mountain lions in their backyards, it became clear that the cats had returned after decades of bounty hunting had driven them far from human settlement. In a riveting environmental tale that has received huge national attention, journalist David Baron traces the history of the mountain lion and chronicles one town's tragic effort to coexist with its new neighbors. As thought-provoking as it is harrowing, The Beast in the Garden is a tale of nature corrupted, the clash between civilization and wildness, and the artificiality of the modern American landscape. It is, ultimately, a book about the future of our nation, where suburban sprawl and wildlife-protection laws are pushing people and wild animals into uncomfortable, sometimes deadly proximity.

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Spend hours solving over 400 various puzzles in the Puzzle Baron's largest offering yet!The Puzzle Baron is at it again—creating puzzles his puzzle followers crave. Puzzle Baron's Big Book of Puzzles provides puzzlers hours of entertainment with 400 assorted popular puzzles, including logic puzzles, crosswords, cryptograms, acrostics, word search puzzles, and more!Each puzzle type includes statistics—such as the average completion time, the record completion time, and the percentage of puzzlers who can complete the puzzle—to bring out the competitor in puzzlers and better inform them on how easy/difficult each puzzle is to do.So grab your pencil and see how you stack up to the competiton!

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On a sweltering June morning in 1933 a fifteen-year-old Muslim orphan girl refused to rise in a show of respect for her elders at her Christian missionary school in Port Said. Her intransigence led to a beating—and to the end of most foreign missions in Egypt—and contributed to the rise of Islamist organizations. Turkiyya Hasan left the Swedish Salaam Mission with scratches on her legs and a suitcase of evidence of missionary misdeeds. Her story hit a nerve among Egyptians, and news of the beating quickly spread through the country. Suspicion of missionary schools, hospitals, and homes increased, and a vehement anti-missionary movement swept the country. That missionaries had won few converts was immaterial to Egyptian observers: stories such as Turkiyya's showed that the threat to Muslims and Islam was real. This is a great story of unintended consequences: Christian missionaries came to Egypt to convert and provide social services for children. Their actions ultimately inspired the development of the Muslim Brotherhood and similar Islamist groups. In The Orphan Scandal, Beth Baron provides a new lens through which to view the rise of Islamic groups in Egypt. This fresh perspective offers a starting point to uncover hidden links between Islamic activists and a broad cadre of Protestant evangelicals. Exploring the historical aims of the Christian missions and the early efforts of the Muslim Brotherhood, Baron shows how the Muslim Brotherhood and like-minded Islamist associations developed alongside and in reaction to the influx of missionaries. Patterning their organization and social welfare projects on the early success of the Christian missions, the Brotherhood launched their own efforts to "save" children and provide for the orphaned, abandoned, and poor. In battling for Egypt's children, Islamic activists created a network of social welfare institutions and a template for social action across the country—the effects of which, we now know, would only gain power and influence across the country in the decades to come.

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Like trigger warnings and gender-neutral bathrooms, pronouns spark debate, prompting new policies about what pronouns to use. More than a by-product of the culture wars, gender-neutral pronouns are, however, nothing new. Pioneering linguist Dennis Baron puts them in historical context, noting that Shakespeare used singular they, women invoked the generic use of he to assert the right to vote (while those opposed to women’s rights asserted that he did not include she) and people have been coining new gender pronouns for centuries. An essential work in understanding how 21st century culture has evolved, What’s Your Pronoun? chronicles the story of the role pronouns have played—and continue to play—in establishing both our rights and our identities.

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Like trigger warnings and gender-neutral bathrooms, pronouns spark debate, prompting new policies about what pronouns to use. More than a by-product of the culture wars, gender-neutral pronouns are, however, nothing new. Pioneering linguist Dennis Baron puts them in historical context, noting that Shakespeare used singular they, women invoked the generic use of he to assert the right to vote (while those opposed to women’s rights asserted that he did not include she) and people have been coining new gender pronouns for centuries. An essential work in understanding how 21st century culture has evolved, What’s Your Pronoun? chronicles the story of the role pronouns have played—and continue to play—in establishing both our rights and our identities.

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Connect to your deepest self with this illustrated guided journal that uses daily oracle card readings in a 40-day process toward profound personal growth.Write, reflect, and create as you discover the power of oracle cards for personal growth and for reclaiming your magical connection to the universe.International best-selling author Colette Baron-Reid guides you through all you need to know about choosing and using oracle cards, and how they facilitate your dialogue with the universe. The elegantly illustrated guided journal offers a 40-day process based on daily oracle card readings to facilitate your personal growth and search for meaning. In the end, you will find your relationship to the universe strengthened, achieve greater access to the hidden realms, and deepen your own self-knowledge.

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Encuadernación: Rústica con solapasColección: Alianza EnsayoTrastorno límite de la personalidad. Psicopatía. Narcisismo. Autismo y el síndrome de Asperger. Las personas que presentan estas enfermedades tienen algo en común: la falta de empatía. En algunos casos, esto puede dar lugar a situaciones peligrosas (recuérdese la tragedia del Instituto Colombine), pero en otros tan sólo significa una forma diferente de interpretar el mundo (como Kim Peek, inspirador de la película "Rainman"). "Los crímenes espeluznantes nos hielan la sangre y nos dejan un deseo de venganza. Simon Baron-Cohen nos lleva más allá de esas deficiencias mentales. En este libro, proponiendo una nueva forma de reflexión sobre las personas malvadas y la empatía, asienta el fundamento científico para una futura y brillante ciencia para comprender la cara oscura de la condición humana." Michael Gazzaniga, Profesor de Psicología en la University of California, Santa Barbara

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Formally innovative poems that engage with history and the individual. In his eleventh poetry collection, Baron Wormser offers the wide range of subjects and imaginative approaches that his readers have come to expect. Touching on topics such as the Jewish resistance, Godard films, and the National Football League, The History Hotel opens the door to both political and personal histories. This collection also introduces us to unforgettable characters—we follow alongside speakers as they drive through Kansas, as they memorize Shakespeare sonnets, and as they rehearse a love affair that went south. As Wormser’s collection reminds us, the historical circumstances that touch, strengthen, or shatter a life are also key to understanding it. We all live in the History Hotel, where love, betrayal, hope, and despair go hand in hand. Showing those entangled hands is the work of these poems—poems that are alive to tradition but consistently inventive along the way.

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In good times and bad, our best friends are there for support, therapy, and unconditional love. Especially now—where would we be without our dogs? Although the so-called modernists of Palm Springs embrace the serenity of life in post-WWII America, the sometimes-harsh realities of contemporary life are impossible to ignore. These mid-twentieth-century reenactors are often transplants, enjoying the Palm Springs lifestyle with their dogs and friends as their chosen family. The beautiful climate, wide-open spaces, and clean decor make the perfect home for their desert pets, which are as lovingly groomed and cared for as their surroundings. In these photographs, Nancy Baron puts these four-legged Palm Springs residents into the spotlight, where they add the same warmth and life to the image as they do to their homes.

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Simon Baron-Cohen resume en este nuevo libro el estado actual de los estudios sobre autismo y síndrome de Asperger. Explica cómo se obtiene un diagnóstico y describe las opciones pedagógicas existentes para mejorar la situación de los afectados por estos trastornos. El autor adopta un enfoque a largo plazo, estudiando a personas desde la más temprana infancia hasta la edad adulta. Nos ofrece asimismo un esquema de su nueva Teoría de la empatía-sistematización (ES) con la que intenta explicar todos y cada uno de los rasgos psicológicos del espectro autista. Este libro está pensado, sobre todo, para las personas que padecen los síntomas del autismo y sus familias. Pero puede resultar igualmente útil para médicos clínicos, docentes y otro tipo de profesionales involucrados en el cuidado y apoyo a quienes padecen autismo. Es, asimismo, una muy valiosa introducción al tema para estudiantes de ciencias sociales y biológicas.

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The Shema (Deut 6:4-5) is the lens through which Lori A. Baron explores Johannine Christology and the fraught relationship between John's Gospel and Judaism. She begins by examining the use of the Shema in the Hebrew Bible and Second Temple literature, where it is frequently evoked in scenes of covenant renewal; to support adherence to Jewish law; and in prophetic oracles of restoration. The Shema functions similarly in John's Gospel, where Jesus' unity with God is expressed in terms of the "oneness” of the Shema (e.g., 10:30; 17:21-23): Jesus is within the divine unity. While the Synoptic Gospels cite the Shema explicitly and while Paul uses the Shema Christologically, in John, the Shema is an apologetic foil against accusations of bitheism; it is used polemically against Jesus' opponents; and it signals that followers of Jesus represent the promised restoration of Israel.

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On a sweltering June morning in 1933 a fifteen-year-old Muslim orphan girl refused to rise in a show of respect for her elders at her Christian missionary school in Port Said. Her intransigence led to a beating—and to the end of most foreign missions in Egypt—and contributed to the rise of Islamist organizations. Turkiyya Hasan left the Swedish Salaam Mission with scratches on her legs and a suitcase of evidence of missionary misdeeds. Her story hit a nerve among Egyptians, and news of the beating quickly spread through the country. Suspicion of missionary schools, hospitals, and homes increased, and a vehement anti-missionary movement swept the country. That missionaries had won few converts was immaterial to Egyptian observers: stories such as Turkiyya's showed that the threat to Muslims and Islam was real. This is a great story of unintended consequences: Christian missionaries came to Egypt to convert and provide social services for children. Their actions ultimately inspired the development of the Muslim Brotherhood and similar Islamist groups. In The Orphan Scandal, Beth Baron provides a new lens through which to view the rise of Islamic groups in Egypt. This fresh perspective offers a starting point to uncover hidden links between Islamic activists and a broad cadre of Protestant evangelicals. Exploring the historical aims of the Christian missions and the early efforts of the Muslim Brotherhood, Baron shows how the Muslim Brotherhood and like-minded Islamist associations developed alongside and in reaction to the influx of missionaries. Patterning their organization and social welfare projects on the early success of the Christian missions, the Brotherhood launched their own efforts to "save" children and provide for the orphaned, abandoned, and poor. In battling for Egypt's children, Islamic activists created a network of social welfare institutions and a template for social action across the country—the effects of which, we now know, would only gain power and influence across the country in the decades to come.

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Internationally acclaimed oracle expert with over a million oracle decks sold and best-selling author of “The Map” Colette Baron-Reid presents The Good Tarot, a modern tarot with positive affirmations and the four elements as the suits—Air, Water, Earth, and Fire.When Colette Baron-Reid first began doing professional oracle and tarot card readings almost 30 years ago, she used the traditional tarot as a source of intuitive guidance. Now she has taken the classical form and given it a modern twist, with suits and card meanings that are focused on transformation and personal growth. This beautiful tarot deck is:· grounded in a divination system that dates back centuries· all about goodness and birthing our awareness of our true selves · rooted in contemporary positive psychology· divinely inspired and aimed at the expression of our gifts for the highest good for all The 78 cards in the deck are beautifully illustrated by Jena DellaGrottaglia and read as archetypal aspects of the human experience that we may encounter within ourselves, with others, or in the world. Example Tarot cards include: Strength—Endurance—I can go the distance and know that everything occurs in divine appropriate timing. Star—Inspiration—I am hopeful and inspired by life right now, and everything that is happening points to a renewed sense of encouragement. Sun—Abundance—At this time, everything is possible and everything I need to know is illuminated.The suits in The Good Tarot are the four elements, with Air standing in for the traditional Swords, Water replacing Cups, Earth for Pentacles, and for Wands, Fire. A crucial difference from traditional decks is that the cards’ messages are all written as positive affirmations in the present tense, rather than forecasts, instructions, or warnings. Even so, traditional tarot enthusiasts can still apply their favorite spreads to this deck as its formation doesn’t stray too far from what is already familiar. "Everyone wants guidance during times of uncertainty, a light shining in the dark, The Good Tarot is especially helpful when you feel lost, want confirmation about a direction you’re heading in, are concerned about the results of choices you’ve made, or seek greater understanding of your circumstances. Love, ColetteThe Good Tarot are positive tarot cards that will help you live with more happiness, compassion, love, and faith, regardless of temporary outer conditions.

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Converse directly with Spirit, communicate with the forces of nature and speak with the great archetypes to find inspiration, hope and illuminating opportunities. Three master teachers and healers - Alberto Villoldo, Colette Baron-Reid and Marcela Lobos - have brought their wisdom and talents together to create this gorgeously packaged oracle deck. Alberto and Marcela contribute their decades of knowledge and experience with indigenous shamanic practices; Colette offers her extensive expertise with divination tools. The result is a deck unlike any other, featuring powerful beings, animals and natural forces from cultures across the globe.

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A 54-Card Enchanting Oracle Deck for Living a Purposeful Life Filled with Love and Happiness from internationally acclaimed oracle expert with over a million decks sold and best-selling author of The Map, Colette Baron-Reid.What do fate, destiny, and Spirit have in store for you? These beautiful oracle cards were designed to empower you to find answers to these questions… and more.Using this magical oracle card deck by Colette Baron-Reid will:· Guide you as you travel along on the journey of your life. · Show you some of the places you’ll visit, and the allies and challengers you’ll meet on your path.· Help you navigate a metaphoric map of your life’s journey.· The enclosed oracle card guidebook will help you ask the right questions and interpret the messages in your readings.Example Oracle Card Meanings Include: Golden Palace – There is always enough. You’re entering a time of happiness that’s long overdue. The message here is that self-worth comes from what you are, how authentically you’re living your life, and how much love you’re willing to share. Stuck in the Mud – You’re being invited to stop and savor the wonder of your life. Becoming stuck is sometimes the only way to trick yourself into slowing down and looking around you. Now is not the time to move forward, but to observe. Clarity about your circumstances will come a little later. Ride the Wave – Right now, success is easy and effortless.You can be assured that you’re entering a time when you can ride the wave of abundance. The tide has turned, and you can put your “surfing” skills to the test!“The Enchanted Map oracle cards are a magical and unique tool to explore your life’s journey and gain wisdom and insight about where you’ve been, where you are now, and where you’re heading. Although I created The Enchanted Map oracle system as a companion to my book The Map, it can also be used as a stand-alone intuitive-guidance tool. It’s my intention that these cards guide you into that Enchanted Map so that you’ll never be lost again. May this deck show you how to find the magic and meaning in the story of your life and empower you to create your best life now… so that your future is one of inspiration, authenticity, wisdom, and love! Your destiny awaits!”In love, gratitude, and service,Colette Baron-ReidThe Enchanted Map Oracle Cards were created to help you to chart a course for a life of deep purpose, true prosperity, and vibrant love. Step into the Enchanted Map… and watch the magic come alive!

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An exploration of the innovations that have shaped the American West from Jefferson’s election in 1800 to today, this groundbreaking book shines a light on the stories and places integral to the development of America. From land settlement to the politics that form with new cultures, The Light Shines from the West provides an insightful perspective of Western history, including innovation in business, ranching, and farming, education, politics, and medicine. Robert C. Baron has been joined by five others in writing this important book. Contributors include Elizabeth Darby, Page Lambert, Dr. Bruce Paton, Daniel Wildcat, and Donald A. Yale..

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A beautiful 58-card oracle card deck to guide you with the divine wisdom of Avalon from world-renowned oracle card expert with over a million decks sold, best-selling author, and internationally acclaimed spiritual teacher Colette Baron-Reid.Once upon a time, as legend has it, there was a sacred isle in ancient Britain called Avalon, where priestesses studied the laws of Spirit and honored the Goddess and the Divine Force within all things.For a very long time, until the Romans came and their Christian churches replaced the OldWays of Druid, the Goddess ruled, and the priestesses of Avalon—their foreheads paintedwith the sign of a blue crescent moon—kept the Goddess’s ways sacred. It was believedthat only the priestesses could part the veils of the ethereal magical mist that rose above thewaters that once existed there... to find their way to Avalon’s shores. Now, with the Wisdom of Avalon oracle cards, Avalon, and the Goddess “she” served, may have faded into the mist, but still, she remains in Spirit, to share her wisdom with those who truly seek her sacred counsel. These beautiful oracle cards are designed to help you get in touch with the patterns that have manifested in your life. They’ll show you what influences have brought you to your current state, and will shed light on the potential direction of future experiences based on the path you’re currently on.Example Oracle Card Meanings:The High Priestess— Go beyond the ordinary, past the chaos of modern life, and trust your inner vision to guideyou on your path. The Owl— The Owl lends you eyes that you need in order to see in the dark around you. The Owl cancut through the shadows to illuminate the real truth. The Water Faery—When the Water Faery swims up to you with her liquid magic, she reminds you thatemotions and feelings may be running the show.Letting Go—Releasing attachments, expectations, and desires yet unfulfilled—these are some of theaspects of this card. “I designed these cards to introduce you to the magical mythological characters of Avalon.They will symbolically guide you and link you to your greater purpose, help you manifest yourheart’s desires, and encourage you to gain greater self-knowledge. To divine means to connect to your soul, so may this divination tool bless you and keep you in the sacred love of the Goddess. Blessed be.”—All my love,Colette Baron-ReidMay you enjoy the wisdom that Avalon brings you!

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Have you ever wanted to receive a personal message from the Other Side? Now you can! These beautiful Postcards from Spirit will inspire and motivate you from world-renowned oracle card expert with over a million decks sold, best-selling author, and internationally acclaimed spiritual teacher Colette Baron-Reid. Imagine traveling to a sacred place where you are able to receive communication from your loved ones who have passed on, your ancestors, your spirit guides, or even your guardian angels. What if they knew what you needed to know about every aspect of your life’s journey? What if, when you asked for advice or a sign about your direction, you could receive it in the form of a postcard from Spirit?Example Postcard From Spirit:“Dear You, There is only one you and you have a unique place in the universe. Sometimes situations come up that challenge you to be authentic, and that means you have to be fully yourself and let go of being what you think others may want. Now is not the time to conform to other people’s standards or expectations. Be proud of who you are and be courageous— stand tall in your convictions! Being yourself is a powerful statement and will only lead you to success and ultimately happiness.Don’t compare yourself to other people. Want what you have, choose what your heart wants, and know that your purpose is yours alone—no one else can claim your magic nor take it away. When you place authenticity and originality high on your list of priorities and give them a prominent place in your awareness, extraordinary things happen. Your life is a beautiful one. Love you always and forever . . .” Colette Baron-Reid has created this original and unique oracle card system to open a portal to the "other side" of the veil. Through a compassionate and sometimes playful chorus of voices, it’s as if you were receiving a postcard just for you from another dimension—a message that carries profound meaning as well as practical advice.Ask your loved ones, spirit guides, or guardian angels to help guide you in all of life’s issues. Pose a question and a postcard from Spirit will show up with just the right answer!

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For courses in Social Psychology Show how the ever-changing field of Social Psychology is useful in students everyday lives Social Psychology, 15th Edition retains the hallmark of its past success: up-to-date coverage of the quickly evolving subject matter written in a lively manner that has been embraced by thousands of students around the world. Authors Nyla Branscombe and Robert Baron both respected scholars with decades of undergraduate teaching experience generate student excitement by revealing the connections between theory and real-world experiences. The 14th Edition offers updated content to engage students, as well as new What Research Tells Us About sections in each chapter that illustrate how research findings help answer important questions about social life.

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Human Capital Management (HCM) has recently been described as a high-level strategic issue that seeks to analyze, measure and evaluate how people policies and practices create value. Put simply, HCM is about creating and demonstrating the value that great people and great people management add to an organization. This unique book describes how HCM provides a bridge between human resource management and business strategy. It also demonstrates how organizations can use the concepts of human resource management and the processes involved to enhance the value they obtain from people while continuing to meet their aspirations and needs. Baron and Armstrong explain how to achieve these objectives using various approaches including describing the concept of HCM and how the process works, discussing its application in numerous areas within an organization and examining the role of HR in HCM and the future of the concept. It also contains a toolkit which organizations can use to develop their own HCM policies and practices.

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A beautiful 44-card oracle card deck to guide you with wisdom from the magical hidden realms from world-renowned oracle card expert with over a million decks sold, best-selling author, and internationally acclaimed spiritual teacher Colette Baron-Reid.These oracle cards feature Divine guides from the hidden realms to help you manifest your dreams and connect you to your true purpose, peace, and happiness. Mystics have passed down stories of magical realms hidden from mortal sight, bridging the world of Nature and Spirit. Even before the written word, the ancients established a Divine partnership between humans and these Hidden Realms. Both agreed to form an eternal Sacred Alliance to establish harmony and balance between the material and the spiritual. The Alliance ensured that when we asked for guidance in manifesting our reality, they would help us find our way to the highest good for all. But in time, humanity turned itself away from the natural world as a source for the Divine and forgot about the realms in the Unseen realities. These cards represent some of those realms and their Queens and Kings, Princes, and other magical helpers. Let the Swan Queen point the way to transformation, the Arrow Master help you reach your goals, the Sun Dancers herald your victories, and the Sacred Union speak to the depth of your longing for love. Ask and ye shall receive, for the Highest Good is their motto. If you call upon them, they will answer.Example Oracle Cards and Meanings Include: The Winged Wise OnesAlways Allies and never Challengers, the Winged Wise Ones represent the aid of all the angels. When you enter their realm, know that your sincere prayers will be answered according to the will of the Divine. The Resting TreeResting Tree is a sign for you to stop focusing and planning and be at peace in the moment. This is the representative of nonaction and relaxation. The Eagle KingThe Eagle King is a sign that your highest destiny is within reach. You’re on the right path now, even if you can’t see where you’re going. “I created these cards with the magical symbolism and images given to me in a series of dreams among the red rocks of spiritual Sedona, Arizona.Every person who fulfills his or her highest personal destiny creates a shift of healing for all living things. Be reminded of the truth of unity in Spirit and among us all. All my blessings and hope that you maybenefit from the wisdom hidden deep within you and reflected in the mirror of these cards.” Love,Colette Baron-ReidInvoke the Wisdom of the Hidden Realms oracle cards’ Divine power and use them well—only and always for the highest good—and they will help show you the way to the Divine path for your destiny.

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A new edition of an evergreen back-to-nature book in the tradition of Thoreau. For nearly twenty-five years, poet Baron Wormser and his family lived in a house in Maine with no electricity or running water. They grew much of their own food, carried water by hand, and read by the light of kerosene lamps. They considered themselves part of the “back to the land” movement, but their choice to live off the grid was neither a statement nor a protest: they simply had built their house too far from the road and could not afford to bring in power lines. Over the years, they settled into a life that centered on what Thoreau would have called “the essential facts.” In this graceful meditation, Wormser similarly spurns ideology in favor of observation, exploration, and reflection. “When we look for one thread of motive,” he writes, “we are, in all likelihood, deceiving ourselves.” His refusal to be satisfied with the obvious explanation, the single thread of motive, makes him a keen and sympathetic observer of his neighbors and community, a perceptive reader of poetry and literature, and an honest and unselfconscious analyst of his own responses to the natural world. The result is a series of candid personal essays on community and isolation, nature, civilization, and poetry. Lovely and rich, The Road Washes Out in Spring is an immersive read. A new preface by the author rounds out this new edition.

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