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The School of Life Press On Confidence
Book SynopsisWe often stay stuck with the level of confidence we have because we implicitly regard being confident as a matter of slightly freakish and unrepeatable good luck. In fact, as this essay charmingly shows, the opposite is true. Confidence is a skill based on a set of ideas about our place in the world - and its secrets can quietly be learnt.Table of ContentsIntroduction | Idiocy and Confidence | Impostor Syndrome | Trust in the System | History is Now | Experience | Death | Enemies | Self-Sabotage | Confidence in Confidence
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Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Policing the Crisis
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Law of Public Communication
Book SynopsisThis thoroughly updated classic textbook provides an overview of communication and media law, including the most current legal developments. It explains laws affecting the daily work of writers, broadcasters, public relations practitioners, photographers, bloggers and other public communicators.By outlining statutes and cases in an accessible manner, even to students studying law for the first time, the authors ensure that readers acquire a firm grasp of the legal issues affecting the media. The book examines legal topics such as libel, privacy, intellectual property, obscenity and access to information, considering the development and current standing of relevant laws and important cases. It examines how these laws affect public, political and commercial communication. The 13th edition covers contemporary U.S. Supreme Court cases, including the true threats case Counterman v. Colorado, the Andy Warhol fair use case and the Jack Daniel''s trademark parody case. It al
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Girl Question in Education RLE Edu F Vocational Education for Young Women in the Progressive Era Routledge Library Editions Education
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SPCK Publishing The Provocative Church
Book SynopsisThe Provocative Church offers a liberating understanding of evangelism as a corporate activity, in which all the gifts needed to enact the life of the Kingdom - to stir people into asking, 'What does this mean?' - are spread throughout the whole Church. It encourages the development of a theology of conversion.Trade ReviewThe Provocative Church is one of the best, most honest, most theologically grounded and therefore most practically helpful books on evangelism to have come out in recent years * Stephen Cottrell, Bishop of Chelmsford *
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The University of North Carolina Press A Field Guide to Gettysburg Experiencing the
Book SynopsisThis second, updated edition of the acclaimed A Field Guide to Gettysburg will lead visitors to every important site across the battlefield and also give them ways to envision the action and empathize with the soldiers involved and the local people into whose lives and lands the battle intruded.
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Bantam Books (Transworld Publishers a division of the Random House Group) Moving Mountains
Book SynopsisOne of the most enduring images of the Ethiopian famine that shocked the world in 1984 was that of the young International Red Cross nurse who, surrounded by thousands of starving people and with limited supplies, had the terrible task of choosing which children to feed, knowing that those she turned away might not last the night. That nurse was Claire Bertschinger, and those pictures inspired Live Aid, the biggest relief programme the world had ever seen. ''In her was vested the power of life and death,'' Bob Geldof said. ''She had become God-like, and that is unbearable for anyone.'' Michael Buerk, whose BBC documentary first showed those pictures, persuaded Claire to return to Ethiopia almost twenty years later. For all those years she had been haunted by the terrible choices she had been forced to make. But when she met them again, the survivors welcomed her back with open arms.Born in Essex, Claire Bertschinger had to overcome dyslexia to qualify as a nurse. When she joined the International Red Cross, she fulfilled a zest for adventure and a passionate vocation for relief work. She has worked with the war-wounded and hostages in Lebanon, with the Mujahidin in Afghanistan, and with victims of civil war and displaced persons in Uganda, Sierra Leone and the Sudan. Working in war zones she often came under fire herself while trying to save the lives of others.Trade ReviewThe story of the woman who inspired Live Aid, one of the true heroines of our times...An ordinary woman who did extraordinary things and really did move mountains * Michael Buerk *Her incredibly inspiring life story * Daily Express *A harrowing, emotionally charged account * Sunday Times *Brings to life the famine and wars most of us know only through the news media. Here is the reality of Africa * Nursing Standard *
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The University of North Carolina Press Petersburg to Appomattox The End of the War in
Book SynopsisThe last days of fighting in the Civil War's eastern theatre have been wrapped in mythology since the moment of Lee's surrender to Grant at Appomattox Court House. This volume of essays by leading scholars of the Civil War era offers a fresh and nuanced view of the eastern war's closing chapter, blending military, social, cultural, and political history to reassess the ways in which the war ended.
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Lexington Books The TransAtlantic Drift Debates Proceedings from
Book SynopsisEmerging from discussion between the top American and European statesmen, policymakers, and officials in government, The TransAtlantic Drift Debates offers readers a bridge for the growing diplomatic divide between the United States and Europe.Table of ContentsChapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 Introductory Remarks Chapter 3 Panel I: Can Politcal/Military Tensions Lead to a Disruption of Economic Relations between the U.S. and Europe? Chapter 4 Panel II: Under What Conditions is a Transatlantic Political Consensus on the Use of Force Possible? Chapter 5 Panel III: What Role Has the Media Played in U.S.-European Relations? Chapter 6 Panel IV: Do Objective Differences in National Interests Dictate a Fundamental Shift in the U.S. European Relationship?
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Moral Curriculum A Sociological Analysis Routledge Library Editions Education
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The University of Chicago Press Unpopular Culture The Ritual of Complaint in a
Book SynopsisJohn R. Weeks based his study on long-term observations made at the British Armstrong Bank in the UK. Not one person, from the CEOs to the junior clerks had anything good to say about its corporate culture, yet the way things were done never seemed to alter.
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Independently Published Breaking The Spirit Of Poverty
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The University of North Carolina Press Resistance from the Right
Book SynopsisPivoting from studies that emphasize the dominance of progressivism on American college campuses during the late sixties and early seventies, Lauren Lassabe Shepherd positions conservative critiques ofmAmerican colleges as an essential dimension of a broader conversation of conservative backlash against liberal education.Trade ReviewA thoroughly researched, revelatory political history with abundant relevance for today. . . . Shepherd presents compelling evidence for the ways that these groups, although a minority on campus, have exerted long-lasting influence."—Kirkus Reviews (STARRED review) Any organization founded by William F. Buckley and M. Stanton Evans is not going to be supportive of free speech. As historian Lauren Lassabe Shepherd documents in Resistance from the Right, Young Americans for Freedom has been characterized from the start as a group of extremely pampered establishment scions who are prone to both self-pity and deploying their social and legal power to silence their political enemies."—Jeet Heer, The Nation A sobering and rigorous work of history, one with significant ramifications for the present. . . . Shepherd's account is a powerful corrective, a compelling narrative, and a frankly frightening parable."—Jacobin
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Springer Taking Menstruation to the Workplace
Book SynopsisIntroduction.- Theoretical Framework.- Methodology.- Results.- Discussion.- Conclusion and Recommendations.
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The University of Chicago Press Presidents Populism and the Crisis of Democracy
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Howell and Moe write with clarity and verve. . . . And it is hard to object to their overarching goals of institutionally reforming our dysfunctional politics and improving the quality of our governance." * Wall Street Journal *"In Presidents, Populism, and the Crisis of Democracy, William Howell and Terry Moe make important contributions to understanding political movements and institutions. The authors challenge scholars and practitioners to rethink the rise of President Trump and the role of the president in our ineffective system of government. . . . William Howell and Terry Moe provide a convincing and well-supported path to reform that emboldens the president and returns the Office of the President to a national institution of honor and integrity." * Congress & the Presidency *“This book highlights an important (and underappreciated) cause of the populism that threatens American democracy: ineffective government, or a political system that consistently fails to respond to our most important problems. Hard as it may be for Americans to accept, our constitutional system has grown dysfunctional. Howell and Moe propose clear constitutional solutions that break sharply with the conventional wisdom. We should take their ideas seriously. I recommend this book to anyone concerned about the fate of American democracy." -- Steven Levitsky, Harvard University, coauthor of How Democracies Die"Howell and Moe show that Trump’s aggressive demagoguery is a perverse symptom of an American problem of administrative weakness and explain how the presidency can be made more effective, powerful, and accountable at the same time. An original, insightful, and provocative picture of American politics in a populist era." -- Jeffrey K. Tulis, author of Legacies of Losing in American Politics"In this clarion call for institutional reform, Howell and Moe argue that populism is not the product of rampant polarization, political tribalism, or undemocratic features of our political system. Rather, the culprit is ineffective government. And the best antidote to populism, paradoxically, is the instrument that catapulted it to power: a reimagined presidency, one that is stronger in important respects, but weaker in others. The arguments are powerful, provocative, and sure to fuel debate over efforts to restore American democracy." -- Douglas L. Kriner, coauthor of The Myth of the Imperial Presidency"Howell and Moe make a compelling case about the relationship between ineffective government and populism, namely, that a lack of capable government gives rise to populist leaders who promise to fix the system. The authors propose a bold solution to the problem and—whether or not one agrees with all specifics—force the weight of the argument onto the question of what should be done rather than whether anything should be attempted. A must read for students and scholars interested in contemporary American politics as well as the rise of populism worldwide." -- Brandice Canes-Wrone, Princeton University"A timely, powerfully argued book about the dangers American democracy faces from populism—and how these dangers can be overcome by making government more potent and effective. The book is concise, accessible, and crisply written. It is sure to spark important debate." -- Eric M. Patashnik, author of Unhealthy Politics: The Battle over Evidence-Based Medicine“Blunt, lucid, and smart.” * Soonish Podcast *Table of ContentsIntroduction1 The Drivers of Populist Politics2 The Rise and Reign of an American Populist3 The Persistence of Ineffective Government4 A Presidency for Modern TimesAcknowledgments Notes Index
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The University of Chicago Press The Constitution in the Supreme Court The First
Book SynopsisA synthesis of legal analysis and narrative history that evaluates the Supreme Court's first hundred years.
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C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd Strange and Difficult Times: Notes on a Global
Book SynopsisA devastating critique of global inequities and prejudices exposed by Covid-19, and a vivid first-hand account of Africa’s pandemic. In this new collection, Nanjala Nyabola takes stock of a world in crisis. Her incisive yet moving prose unpacks the injustices shaping Covid’s starkly different outcomes between countries and communities, and reveals rich societies’ shockingly inaccurate view of how her home continent has fared. From the hidden truth of fast action, mutual aid and transnational cooperation in poorer countries to the widespread falsehoods of Western commentary, Nyabola exposes a global society scarred by colonial legacies, lazy narratives and ingrained biases. These essays are an inventory of the staggering political and social failures of our time, and the myths exposed in Covid’s wake. Watching coronavirus spread in Kenya and around the world, Nyabola reflects on a long history of onlookers denying the Global South’s agency and successes in times of emergency. Armed with her insider-outsider perspective, she reveals harsh truths about our broken system, and calls powerfully for a sincerely shared post-pandemic world—one where voices like hers can help to write a real global history.Trade Review‘An important body of work that highlights unforgivable injustices and the courageous systems and voices trying to counter them.’ -- African Arguments‘Nyabola paints a powerful picture of Nairobi, Kenya, in lockdown.’ -- The Round Table‘For the field of science and technology studies or the history of medicine, [Nyabola’s] thoughtful and thought-provoking essays offer various departure points for further research, especially in terms of learning from experiences of navigating the crisis in places beyond Euro-America.’ -- H-Net'A rapier-like voice in the wilderness of our uncertainties; eloquent and thorough. Beautifully delivered.' -- Yvonne Owuor, author of 'Dust' and 'The Dragonfly Sea''A disturbing indictment of the racialised injustices and profiteering inequity laid bare by Covid-19, and a stirring paean to the vital necessity of solidarity and sharing.' -- Priyamvada Gopal, author of 'Insurgent Empire''More than telling our story properly, Nyabola tells our story powerfully, beautifully, singularly. Her gift for connecting the dots across time and space, between people and places, is peerless. We are all richer for her voice in the world.' -- Panashe Chigumadzi, author of 'These Bones Will Rise Again''A thoughtful and powerful African perspective on Covid, reflecting on the unequal world in which we all live.' -- Hakim Adi, author of 'Pan-Africanism: A History''Nyabola is one of the most gifted, courageous, purpose-driven storytellers of our time. Rejecting the broken status quo and imagining a future of greater peace, she urges us to embrace the power of art to expose injustices and find solutions. A gift of a book.' -- Kumi Naidoo, human rights and environmental campaigner'Nanjala Nyabola is that rare voice who can bring insights from the Global South to bear upon the ironies and aspirations of our shared humanity, in a time of global pandemic.' -- Seyla Benhabib, political philosopher and author of 'Politics in Dark Times'
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The University of Chicago Press Armageddon in Waco Critical Perspectives on the
Book SynopsisAnalyzes the events in 1993 that led to the death of 74 men, women and children in the Waco religious community in Texas. Examining topics such as the media's role and the relation between religion and violence, the book discusses why the tragedy took place and whether it could have been avoided.Table of ContentsPreface Introduction: Another View of the Mt. Carmel Standoff Stuart A. Wright 1: An Age of Wisdom, An Age of Foolishness: The Davidians, Some Forerunners, and Our Age Robert S. Fogarty 2: Davidians and Branch Davidians: 1929-1987 William L. Pitts, Jr 3: The Davidian Tradition: From Patronal Clan to Prophetic Movement David G. Bromley, Edward D. Silver. 4: Construction and Escalation of a Cult Threat: Dissecting Moral Panic and Official Reaction to the Branch Davidians Stuart A. Wright 5: Self-Fulfilling Stereotypes, the Anticult Movement, and the Waco Confrontation James R. Lewis 6: "Babies Were Being Beaten": Exploring Child Abuse Allegations at Ranch Apocalypse Christopher G. Ellison, John P. Bartkowski. 7: Manufacturing Consent about Koresh: A Structural Analysis of the Role of Media in the Waco Tragedy James T. Richardson 8: Cops, News Copy, and Public Opinion: Legitimacy and the Social Construction of Evil in Waco Anson Shupe, Jeffrey K. Hadden. 9: Public Narratives and the Apocalyptic Sect: From Jonestown to Mt. Carmel John R. Hall 10: Sects and Violence: Factors Enhancing the Volatility of Marginal Religious Movements Thomas Robbins, Dick Anthony. 11: Religious Discourse and Failed Negotiations: The Dynamics of Biblical Apocalypticism in Waco James D. Tabor 12: Waco, Federal Law Enforcement, and Scholars of Religion Nancy T. Ammerman 13: Breaching the "Wall of Separation": The Balance between Religious Freedom and Social Order Rhys H. Williams 14: The Waco Tragedy: Constitutional Concerns and Policy Perspectives Edward McGlynn Gaffney, Jr 15: The Implosion of Mt. Carmel and Its Aftermath: Is It All Over Yet? Dean M. Kelley Appendix: Branch Davidians Who Died at Mt. Carmel List of Contributors Index
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Focus on the Family Publishing The Chosen Book Two: Come and See: A Novel Based
Book SynopsisAs Jesus? ministry grew, more and more people wanted to hear and be healed by this man claiming to be the Messiah. Some were eager; others were critical and reluctant. All, by encountering Jesus, were forever changed.Follow along with Jesus? disciples as they witness miraculous healings, confrontations with the religious establishment, growing concern among Roman officials over Jesus? popularity, and, most of all, love personified.Based on the acclaimed TV series, The Chosen, the most amazing story ever told?the life of Jesus?gets a fresh, new telling from New York Times bestselling author Jerry B. Jenkins.The Chosen: Come and See captures all the action and drama in season two of The Chosen TV series. But it does much more than reflect the show. It also takes us into the backstory, thoughts, and motivations of key characters like Simon (who will later be called Peter), Matthew, Philip, Mary Magdalene, Simon the Zealot, and others. It helps us see them even more as very real, very human, and very much like us.
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Asia/Pacific Research Center, Div of The Institute for International Studies Hard Choices: Security, Democracy, and
Book SynopsisSoutheast Asia faces hard choices. The region’s most powerful organization, ASEAN, is being challenged to ensure security and encourage democracy while simultaneously reinventing itself as a model of Asian regionalism.Should ASEAN’s leaders defend a member country’s citizens against state predation for the sake of justice—and risk splitting ASEAN itself? Or should regional leaders privilege state security over human security for the sake of order—and risk being known as a dictators’ club? Should ASEAN isolate or tolerate the junta in Myanmar? Is democracy a requisite to security, or is it the other way around? How can democratization become a regional project without first transforming the Association into a “people centered” organization? But how can ASEAN reinvent itself along such lines if its member states are not already democratic?How will its new Charter affect ASEAN’s ability to make these hard choices? How is regionalism being challenged by transnational crime, infectious disease, and other border-jumping threats to human security in Southeast Asia? Why have regional leaders failed to stop the perennial regional “haze” from brush fires in democratic Indonesia? Does democracy help or hinder nuclear energy security in the region?In this timely book—the second of a three-book series focused on Asian regionalism—ten analysts from six countries address these and other pressing questions that Southeast Asia faces in the twenty-first century.Trade ReviewIn this delightful volume, a diverse, fresh, and talented group of authors shed new light on Southeast Asia and speak engagingly to wider scholarly questions. Emmerson's introduction sets the tone for an unusually creative edited collection. -- Andrew MacIntyre, Australian National UniversityIn Hard Choices, Donald Emmerson has brought together a remarkable group of leading young scholars to write on Southeast Asian regionalism from political-security, economic, and sociological perspectives. His introductory chapter defines the dimensions of regionalism on which the other contributors elaborate in a series of fine essays examining ASEAN’s past, present, and alternative futures. Hard Choices is a landmark study that will be consulted for years to come by scholars and practitioners. Highly recommended. -- Sheldon Simon, Arizona State University
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The University of Chicago Press The Big Tomorrow Hollywood and the Politics of
Book SynopsisLary May offers a reexamination of the connections between national politics and Hollywood movies, and an interpretation of American culture from the New Deal through the Cold War.Trade Review"The most exhilarating work of revisionist film history since Pauline Kael's 'Citizen Kane'... It's been a long time since the world of film has received as invigoratingly coherent an overview as May's." - Jay Carr, Boston Globe "One of the best books ever written about the movies." - Tom Ryan, The Age "A startling, revisionist history of Hollywood's impact on politics and American culture.... A convincing and important addition to American cultural criticism." - Publishers Weekly
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The Good Book Company The Lords Prayer Talking to Our Father
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The University of Alabama Press Selling The Dream The Gulf American Corporation and the Building of Cape Coral Florida
Trade Review"Dodrill highlights the role of the brothers Leonard and Julius Rosen, creators of the company.... Through vision, audacity, and aggressive sales techniques, the Rosens made their company into the largest land sales organization in the country by the mid-1960s." - Journal of American History
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The University of Chicago Press Picturing Political Power Images in the Womens
Book SynopsisLange's examination of the fights that led to the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment in 1920 reveals the power of images to change history.Trade Review"...a digital collection of historical portraits and artifacts that tells a more inclusive story of the women's suffrage movement with a spotlight on the less familiar stories of Black women's activism throughout this period."-- "Forbes" "Lange offers an overdue and compelling account of the visual campaigns disseminated by national suffragists."-- "The Annals of Iowa" "An in-depth look at how American suffragists fought to control their own image in the long battle for the vote and political representation. Long before the pantsuit, American women were fighting to tell their story, their way. Lange's book is a story of historical courage whose ramifications still echo today."--Former US senator Barbara Mikulski, longest-serving woman in congressional history "By considering visual images of women from the 18th to the 20th century, this engaging book is more than just a study of women's suffrage, offering a breadth of coverage with wonderful classroom value. Lange instructs on how to read the visual images that most people barely notice. The book is likely to inspire much classroom discussion and further research."--C. E. Neumann "Choice" "In this richly researched and lavishly illustrated book, Lange argues that the American suffragists were successful in their battle for the vote in part because they used images to transform the public's notion of political womanhood. She takes special care to address how women of color developed activist visual campaigns. Linking power with visibility and weaving history with visual culture, Lange narrates a fascinating take on the history of the Nineteenth Amendment."--Kate Clarke LeMay, National Portrait Gallery "Picturing Political Power cogently delineates the intrinsic role of visual media in the struggle for women's rights. Lange shows how we cannot truly grasp the causes of and conflicts over women's suffrage without addressing its visual record. Sensitive to gender, class, and race, this groundbreaking book demonstrates the importance of rigorous engagement with visual evidence to uncover new insights about the past."--Joshua Brown, Graduate Center, City University of New YorkTable of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1. Setting the Standards Chapter 2. Dominant Images of Gender and Power in Antebellum America Chapter 3. Portraits as Politics Chapter 4. A “Fine Looking Body of Women”: Female Political Leaders on the Rise Chapter 5. Competing Visual Campaigns Chapter 6. White Public Mothers and Militant Suffragists Win the Vote Epilogue Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index
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The University of Chicago Press Anger The Struggle for Emotional Control in
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Legacy Lit The Conjuring of America
Book SynopsisThe Conjuring of America tells the epic story of conjure women, who, through a mix of spiritual beliefs, herbal rituals, and therapeutic remedies gave rise to the rich tapestry of American culture we see today. Feminist philosopher, Lindsey Stewart, tells the stories of Negro Mammies of slavery; the Voodoo Queens and Blues Women of Reconstruction; and the Granny Midwives and textile weavers of the Jim Crow era. These women, in secrecy and subterfuge, courageously and devotedly continued their practices and worship for centuries and passed down their traditions. Emerging first in the American South during slavery, these women were thrust into the heart of national conflicts over generations of African American life. They combined ancestral magic and hyperlocal resources to respond to Black struggles in real time, forging a secret well of health and power hidden to their oppressors. As a result, conjure informs our lives in ways remarkable and ordinary-from traditional medicines that informed the creation of Vicks VapoRub and the rise of Aunt Jemima''s Pancake Mix, to the original magic of Disney''s The Little Mermaid (2023), and the true origins of the all-American classic blue jean.From the moment enslaved Africans first arrived on these shores, conjure was heavily regulated and even outlawed. Now, Stewart uncovers new contours of American history, sourcing letters from the enslaved, dispatches from the lore of Oshun and other African mystics. The Conjuring of America is a love letter to the real magic Black women used, their magic Black women, their herbs, food, textiles, song, and dance, used to sow rebellion, freedom, and hope.
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Chewing the Cud Publications Still Following: A Year of Daily Devotions
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The History Press Ltd The Coal Black Sea
Book SynopsisThis book reveals for the first time the extraordinary true story of the worst naval catastrophe of the First World War and how Churchill covered it up
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Harper Collins Publ. USA The MAGA Doctrine
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The Library of America The Top Of His Game: The Best Sportswriting of W.
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Createspace Independent Publishing Platform Curse of the Condor
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The University of Michigan Press Generational Politics in the United States
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The University of Chicago Press The Channels of Student Activism How the Left
Book SynopsisTrade Review"What drives student politics at the American university? And why do so many students-on both sides of the political aisle-seem to shout past each other? Amy Binder and Jeff Kidder have produced a fresh set of answers. Whether you sit on the left or the right-or somewhere in between-you should read this smart book. It might change where you stand." -- Jonathan Zimmerman, author of The Amateur Hour: A History of College Teaching in AmericaTable of Contents1 The Channels of Student Activism 2 Generation Z and Campus Politics (with Ellen Stolzenberg) 3 Doing Campus Politics 4 The Conservative Channel—Pulled Outside from the Right (with Zosia Sztykowski) 5 The Progressive Channel—Pushed Inside from the Left 6 The Politics of Speech on Campus 7 Genuine Openness in Polarizing Times and a Look toward the Future Acknowledgments Notes References Index
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The New Press The New Jim Crow 10th Anniversary Edition
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The History Press Ltd Letters from the Blitz
Book SynopsisWhen Britain stood alone in the early years of the Second World War, a British woman began a letter-writing campaign to prove her nation remained strong in the face of adversity
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Productivity and Social Organization The Ahmedabad experiment technical innovation work organization and management
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The University of Chicago Press The Hollow Hope Can Courts Bring About Social
Book SynopsisTrade Review"The third edition is a major revision, updating, revising, and expanding the material on civil rights, abortion, women’s rights, and marriage equality. In particular, it analyzes the resegregation of public schools, showing how the conditions necessary for courts to produce progressive change waned, limiting judicial efficacy." * Law & Courts Newsletter *Table of ContentsList of Tables and Figures Preface to the Third Edition Preface to the Second Edition Preface to the First Edition Introduction 1: The Dynamic and the Constrained Court Part 1: Civil Rights 2: Bound for Glory? Brown and the Civil Rights Revolution 3: Constraints, Conditions, and the Courts 4: Planting the Seeds of Progress? 5: The Current of History Part 2: Abortion and Women’s Rights 6: Transforming Women’s Lives? The Courts and Abortion 7: Liberating Women? The Courts and Women’s Rights 8: The Court as Catalyst? 9: The Tide of History Part 3: Marriage Equality 10: You’ve Got That Loving Feeling? The Litigation Campaign for Marriage Equality 11: What a Long, Strange Trip It’s Been: Mobilization, Countermobilization, and State Action 12: The Times They Are a-Changing 13: Conclusion: The Fly-Paper Court Epilogue Appendixes 1. Black Children in Elementary and Secondary School with Whites, State-by-State Breakdown, 1954–1972 2. Blacks at Predominantly White Public Colleges and Universities: State-by-State Breakdown 3. Black Voter Registration in the Southern States, Pre– and Post–Voting Rights Act, State-by-State Breakdown 4. Data Correction for Table 2.5 5. Laws and Actions Designed to Preserve Segregation 6. Method for Obtaining Information for Table 4.1 and Figure 4.1 7. Illegal Abortions 8. Method for Obtaining Information for Tables 8.1a, 8.1b, 8.2a, and 8.2b, and for Figures 8.1 and 8.2 9. Make Change, Not Lawsuits 10. Coding Rules and Method for Obtaining Information for Tables 12.2, 12.3, 12.4, 12.5, and 12.6 Case References References Index
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The University of Alabama Press Origins of the TVA The Muscle Shoals Controversy 19201932 Library of Alabama Classics
Trade ReviewPeculiarly a feature of the 1920s, the Muscle Shoals controversy neatly spans the time between World War I and the New Deal. [What was] a wartime nitrate facility underwent a tortured evolution, through several stages of development, to become the Tennessee Valley Authority.... Professor Hubbard pursues the fantastic controversy, step by detailed step, in this solid book. He tells the story quietly and with admirable detachment, [although] a story involving Henry Ford, Calvin Coolidge, Herbert Hoover, George Norris, and Gifford Pinchot could not make solemn history. - Mississippi Valley Historical Review
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The University of Chicago Press The Nation Takes Shape 17891837 The Chicago
Book SynopsisMarcus Cunliffe, whom the Washington Post and Times Herald calls a master historian capable of seeing his subject whole, has written a cogent and revealing study of America's first half-century under the federal Constitution. Bounded by the first Washington Administration and the last Jackson Administration, this is the period in which democracy grew and shaped the nation. It witnessed the launching of the federal government; the expansion of the frontier; the establishment of a party system; the enunciation of a foreign policy; the manufacture of the symbols of nationalism; and the forging of the arguments of sectionalism. Most important, Mr. Cunliffe writes, the American character seems to have been formed in essence within a generation of George Washington's accession to the Presidency. An urbane, stimulating, and admirably proportioned analysis. . . .Alexander DeConde, Wisconsin Magazine of History What [Mr. Cunliffe] has done is to weave together and show the fertile interplay of
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The University of Chicago Press From Power to Prejudice The Rise of Racial
Book SynopsisAmericans believe strongly in the socially transformative power of education, and the idea that we can challenge racial injustice by reducing white prejudice has long been a core component of this faith. How did we get here? In this first-rate intellectual history, Leah N. Gordon jumps into this and other big questions about race, power, and social justice. To answer these questions, From Power to Prejudice examines American academia both black and white in the 1940s and '50s. Gordon presents four competing visions of the race problem and documents how an individualistic paradigm, which presented white attitudes as the source of racial injustice, gained traction. A number of factors, Gordon shows, explain racial individualism's postwar influence: individuals were easier to measure than social forces; psychology was well funded; studying political economy was difficult amid McCarthyism; and individualism was useful in legal attacks on segregation. Highlighting vigorous midcentury debate over the meanings of racial justice and equality, From Power to Prejudice reveals how one particular vision of social justice won out among many contenders.
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The University of Chicago Press The Limits of Rationality
Book SynopsisPrevailing economic theory presumes that agents act rationally when they make decisions, striving to maximize the efficient use of their resources. Psychology has repeatedly challenged the rational choice paradigm with persuasive evidence that people do not always make the optimal choice. Yet the paradigm has proven so successful a predictor that its usecontinues to flourish, fueled by debate across the social sciences over why it works so well. Intended to introduce novices to rational choice theory, this accessible, interdisciplinary book collects writings by leading researchers. The Limits of Rationality illuminates the rational choice paradigm of social and political behavior itself, identifies its limitations, clarifies the nature of current controversies, and offers suggestions for improving current models. In the first section of the book, contributors consider the theoretical foundations of rational choice. Models of rational choice play an important role in providing a standar
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The University of Chicago Press The Constitution in Congress Democrats and Whigs
Book SynopsisFeatures an examination of the role that the legislative and executive branches have played in the development of constitutional interpretation. This title covers the political events of the period leading up to the start of the Civil War, showing how the slavery question, although seldom overtly discussed in the debates.Trade Review"David P. Currie's discussion is meticulous and informative. It is difficult to believe that he leaves unaddressed anything that would shed light on American constitutional development." (Journal of Interdisciplinary History) "The Constitution in Congress: Democrats and Whigs is a first-rate descriptive account of constitutional debates during the middle part of the nineteenth century." (Law and Politics Book Review) "Historians will benefit from this legal scholar's lively perspective on antebellum constitutional controversies. This volume is a treasure trove of insights on fundamental questions of national development as well as minor issues that often mean much to the people and the states." (Historian)"
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Focus on the Family Publishing The Chosen: I Have Called You by Name (Revised &
Book SynopsisBased on the acclaimed video series The Chosen, the most amazing story ever told?the life of Jesus?gets a fresh, new telling from New York Times bestselling author Jerry B. Jenkins. What was it like to encounter Jesus face-to-face? How would he have made you feel, changed your way of thinking about God? Would he have turned your world upside down? Journey to Galilee in the first century. See the difference he made in the lives of those he called to follow him and how they were forever transformed. Experience the life and power of the perfect Son of God as never before?through the eyes of everyday people just like you.SPECIAL FEATURES? The official novel based on Season 1 of the immensely popular TV series, which has been seen in every country in the world, with over 85 million views? The latest fiction from Jerry Jenkins, perhaps the bestselling Christian novelist of recent times? Jacketed hardcover with spot gloss
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Simon & Schuster Somewhere Toward Freedom
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The University of Chicago Press Obamas Race The 2008 Election and the Dream of a
Book SynopsisBarack Obama's presidential victory naturally led people to believe that the United States might finally be moving into a post-racial era. This title argues that the 2008 election was more polarized by racial attitudes than any other presidential election on record.Trade Review"Obama's Race is a timely, provocative, and important book that anyone with even a passing interest in politics simply must read. In their careful and detailed analysis, Tesler and Sears make a persuasive case for why Obama's election does not represent a fundamental sea change in how people think about politics. The results are striking, sobering, and deeply revealing." - Cindy D. Kam, Vanderbilt University"
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University Press of the Pacific Atlantic Bridge The Official Account of RAF Transport Commands Ocean Ferry
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Basic Books Endurance
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Creative Media Partners, LLC Letter From the Secretary of the Treasury Transmitting Report of Special Commission of Experts
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