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Only Don't Know: Selected Teaching Letters of Zen Master

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Sahn, Seung / Seung / Sungsan, PUBLISHER: Shambhala Publications, Here is ong>theong> inimitable Zen Master Seung Sahn up close and personal--in selections from ong>theong> correspondence that was one ong>ofong> his primary modes ong>ofong> teaching. Seung Sahn received hundreds ong>ofong> ong>lettersong> per month, each ong>ofong> which he answered personally, and some ong>ofong> ong>theong> best ong>ofong> which are included here. His frank and funny style, familiar ong>toong> readers ong>ofong> "Dropping Ashes on ong>theong> Buddha, " is seen here in a most intimate form. ong>Theong> beloved Zen master not only answers questions on Zen teaching and practice, but applies an enlightened approach ong>toong> problems with work, relationships, suffering, and ong>theong> teacher-student relationship.

Women's Movement in: Kuwait, Egypt, Iran and the UK

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Alessa, Amani Saleh, PUBLISHER: Authorhouse, This book focus on ong>theong> hisong>toong>ry ong>ofong> mainly ong>theong> women's movement, it also reflects at ong>theong> same time ong>theong> domination ong>ofong> women through out hisong>toong>ry. It studies ong>theong> movement ong>ofong> three Middle Eastern countries, Kuwait, Egypt, and Iran ong>theong>n it shows ong>theong> experience ong>ofong> ong>theong> women's movement in ong>theong> UK as an example ong>ofong> a Western ong>societyong> ong>toong> distinguish ong>toong> what extent ong>theong>se societies appreciate women. Now ong>theong>re are some similarities as well as some differences between ong>theong> East and ong>theong> West which forms ong>theong> interesting part ong>toong> observe ong>theong> struggle ong>ofong> women in different cultures.

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More Letters to Rollins

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Overong>toong>n, R. K., PUBLISHER: Two Thirteen Sixty One Publications, In this long-awaited follow-up ong>toong> ong>Lettersong> ong>toong> Rollins, humorist R. K. Overong>toong>n presents anoong>theong>r assortment ong>ofong> hilarious ong>lettersong> sent ong>toong> performer Henry Rollins. This new collection brings back ong>theong> oddball cast ong>ofong> characters from ong>theong> first book and introduces a whole new crew ong>ofong> self-appointed pen pals. Wheong>theong>r ong>theong>y are real fan ong>lettersong> or not, ong>theong>se missives perfectly depict what it's like ong>toong> be on ong>theong> receiving end ong>ofong> fame and/or disdain.

Thomas Lawrence

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Ashong>toong>n, Geong>ofong>frey, PUBLISHER: Chaucer Press, Sir Thomas Lawrence painted some ong>ofong> ong>theong> best known and loved images ong>ofong> ong>theong> Regency period, Cherry Ripe, Pinkie and Master William Lambong>toong>n (ong>Theong> Red Boy) which became some ong>ofong> ong>theong> most famous images ong>ofong> Vicong>toong>rian and early twentieth century times. However, Lawrence's real genius was ong>toong> bring ong>toong> life a huge cross-section ong>ofong> late Georgian and Regency ong>societyong>. ong>Theong>se range from ong>theong> elderly and kindly Queen Charlotte, wife ong>ofong> George III, ong>toong> ong>theong> swashbuckling grandees ong>ofong> parliament and church. Lawrence had an uncanny ability ong>toong> bring ong>societyong> ong>toong> life, even when he was painting ong>theong> Archbishop ong>ofong> Canterbury. ong>Toong>day, he is also regarded as ong>theong> leading portrait painter ong>ofong> ong>theong> whole ong>ofong> Europe ong>ofong> his time, and is best seen in ong>theong> Waterloo Chamber at Windsor Castle, where ong>theong> Pope presides over ong>theong> allied monarchs ong>ofong> Europe who defeated Napoleon. This beautifully illustrated book contains some ong>ofong> his finest work.

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The Court Jesters

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Dagan, Avigdor / Harshav, Barbara / Fischl, Vikong>toong>r, PUBLISHER: Jewish Publication ong>Societyong> ong>ofong> America, This engrossing novel tells ong>theong> song>toong>ry ong>ofong> four men, inmates in a Nazi concentration camp, who survive ong>theong>ir nightmarish ordeal by taking on ong>theong> roles ong>ofong> jesters, amusing ong>theong>ir ong>toong>rmenong>toong>rs.

Stories with a Moral

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Price, Michael E., PUBLISHER: University ong>ofong> Georgia Press, Song>toong>ries with a Moral is ong>theong> first comprehensive study ong>ofong> ong>theong> effects ong>ofong> plantation ong>societyong> on literature and ong>theong> influences ong>ofong> literature on social practices in nineteenth-century Georgia. During ong>theong> years ong>ofong> frontier settlement, ong>theong> Civil War, and Reconstruction, Georgia authors voiced ong>theong>ir support for ong>theong> slave system, ong>theong> planter class, and ong>theong> ideals ong>ofong> ong>theong> Confederacy, presenting a humorous, passionate, and at times tragic view ong>ofong> a rapidly changing world. Michael E. Price examines works ong>ofong> fiction, travel accounts, diaries, and personal ong>lettersong> in this thorough survey ong>ofong> King Cotong>toong>n's literary influence, showing how Georgia authors romanticized agrarian ong>theong>mes ong>toong> present an appealing image ong>ofong> plantation economy and social structure. Song>toong>ries with a Moral focuses on ong>theong> importance ong>ofong> literature as a mode ong>ofong> ideological communication. Even more significant, ong>theong> book shows how ong>theong> writing ong>ofong> one century shaped ong>theong> development ong>ofong> social practices and beliefs that persist, in legend and memory, ong>toong> this day.

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The Ecological Theater and the Evolutionary Play

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Hutchinson, G. Evelyn, PUBLISHER: Yale University Press, In ong>theong> three lectures which give ong>theong>ir title ong>toong> this delightful collection ong>ofong> esays, ong>theong> author ong>ofong> "ong>Theong> Enchanted Voyage" and "ong>Theong> Itinerate Ivory ong>Toong>wer" turns his attention ong>toong> ong>theong> influence ong>ofong> ong>theong> environment on ong>theong> course ong>ofong> evolution. ong>Theong> first lecture considers ong>theong> nature ong>ofong> ong>theong> terrestrial biosphere, both as a unique phenomenon on earth and as one ong>ofong> a class ong>ofong> possible spaces on oong>theong>r bodies; ong>theong> second examines ong>theong> nature ong>ofong> ong>theong> ecological niche; and ong>theong> third discusses some ong>ofong> ong>theong> possible environmental interactions ong>ofong> a single species, emphasis being placed on ong>theong> extremely recondite nature ong>ofong> ong>theong> selective forces that act on man, as on oong>theong>r animals. Anoong>theong>r ong>ofong> ong>theong> pieces deals with ong>theong> problem ong>ofong> ong>theong> relation ong>ofong> natural beauty ong>toong> works ong>ofong> art, particularly in ong>theong> context ong>ofong> ong>theong> similarities and differences apparent when natural hisong>toong>ry museums and art galleries are compared. ong>Theong> final essay, "ong>Theong> Cream in ong>theong> Gooseberry Fool," is an account ong>ofong> ong>theong> role ong>ofong> an English country clergyman and ong>ofong> ong>theong> European magpie most in one ong>ofong> ong>theong> most significant early discoveries ong>ofong> genetics. Acquista Ora

The Last Cannibals: A South American Oral History

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Basso, Ellen B., PUBLISHER: University ong>ofong> Texas Press, ong>Theong> Kalapalo are a Carib-speaking group ong>ofong> Brazilian Indians who live in ong>theong> Along>toong> (Upper) Xingu region around ong>theong> headwaters ong>ofong> ong>theong> Xingu River, a tributary ong>ofong> ong>theong> Amazon. In this major discourse-centered study ong>ofong> ong>theong>ir culture, Ellen Basso transcribes and analyzes nine traditional Kalapalo song>toong>ries ong>toong> ong>ofong>fer important insights inong>toong> Kalapalo hisong>toong>rical knowledge and ong>theong> performance ong>ofong> hisong>toong>rical narratives within ong>theong>ir nonliterate ong>societyong>. ong>Theong> song>toong>ries focus on ong>theong> biographies ong>ofong> exceptionally powerful warrior bowmen. Basso uses ong>theong>se song>toong>ries ong>toong> explore how ong>theong> Kalapalo remember and understand ong>theong>ir hisong>toong>ry and what specific linguistic, psychological, and ideological materials ong>theong>y employ ong>toong> construct ong>theong>ir narratives. This inquiry represents ong>theong> first comprehensive study ong>ofong> Amazonian Indian ethnohisong>toong>ry using indigenous oral documents and ong>theong> first attempt ong>toong> understand, though indigenous discourse, ong>theong> emergence ong>ofong> Upper Xingu ong>societyong>. It will be important reading in anthropology, linguistics, and South American studies.

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Slavery and Colonial Rule in Africa

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Miers, Suzanne / Klein, Martin A., PUBLISHER: Routledge, Colonial rule started with an endless succession ong>ofong> small, but ong>ofong>ten brutal, wars ong>ofong> conquest, ong>theong> moral justification for which was that ong>theong> European conquerors were bringing 'civilization' ong>toong> 'darkest Africa'. An intrinsic part ong>ofong> this so-called 'civilizing mission' was ong>theong> eradication ong>ofong> slave raiding, slave trading and slavery, all ong>ofong> which were widespread on ong>theong> continent. Some ong>ofong> ong>theong> studies in this book are on areas where ong>theong>re has been little research, such as ong>theong> German colonies and ong>theong> Algerian Sahara. Oong>theong>rs throw new light on questions already debated, such as emancipation on ong>theong> Gold Coast. Some focus on ong>theong> impact ong>ofong> abolition on particular groups ong>ofong> slaves. Among ong>theong> ong>theong>mes considered is ong>theong> role ong>ofong> slaves in ong>theong>ir own emancipation, ong>theong> short and long term results ong>ofong> abolition, ong>theong> role ong>ofong> ong>theong> League ong>ofong> Nations, and ong>theong> vestiges ong>ofong> slavery in Africa ong>toong>day.

Buildings, Finite Geometries and Groups: Proceedings of a

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Sastry, Narasimha / Sastry, N. S. Narasimha, PUBLISHER: Springer, This is ong>theong> Proceedings ong>ofong> ong>theong> ICM Satellite Conference on Buildings, Finite Geometries and Groups organized at ong>theong> Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore, during August . This is a collection ong>ofong> articles by some ong>ofong> ong>theong> currently very active research workers in several areas related ong>toong> finite simple groups, Chevalley groups and ong>theong>ir generalizations: ong>theong>ory ong>ofong> buildings, finite incidence geometries, modular representations, Lie ong>theong>ory, etc. ong>Theong>se articles reflect ong>theong> current major trends in research in ong>theong> geometric and combinaong>toong>rial aspects ong>ofong> ong>theong> study ong>ofong> ong>theong>se groups. ong>Theong> unique perspective ong>theong> authors bring in ong>theong>ir articles on ong>theong> current developments and ong>theong> major problems in ong>theong>ir area is expected ong>toong> be very useful ong>toong> research maong>theong>maticians, graduate students and potential new entrants ong>toong> ong>theong>se areas.

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The Brontes

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Gordon, Felicia, PUBLISHER: Addison Wesley Longman, Excellent introduction ong>toong> ong>theong> background ong>ofong> ong>theong> four Brontes Outlines ong>theong>ir lives and cultural background. Explores important places and people in lives ong>ofong> ong>theong> four Brontes and ong>theong> effect on ong>theong>ir writings. Examines four ong>ofong> ong>theong> Brontes' major works: "Jane Eyre, Vilette, ong>theong> Tennant ong>ofong> Wildfell Hall" and "Wuong>theong>ring Heights" ong>Theong> Brontes are a literary phenomenon. ong>Theong> novels, poetry and prose ong>ofong> Emily, Charlotte, Anne and Branwell have made a lasting contribution ong>toong> English literature. ong>Theong>ir brief lives, marred by illness, violence, and early death, have added ong>toong> ong>theong>ir fascination. Felicia Gordon's account provides an excellent introduction ong>toong> ong>theong> life and works ong>ofong> ong>theong> Brontes by examining in detail ong>theong>ir bleak and isolated childhood and its effect on ong>theong>ir writing, setting ong>theong> Brontes' work clearly in ong>theong> context ong>ofong> ong>theong>ir times. This sympaong>theong>tic account ong>ofong> ong>theong> harsh lives ong>theong> Brontes provides a fascinating and enlightening introduction ong>toong> those wanting ong>toong> read ong>theong>ir works. Felicia Gordon is at ong>theong> Cambridgeshire College ong>ofong> Arts and technology.

The Gulf of Mexico: A Treasury of Resources in the American

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Gore, Robert H., PUBLISHER: Pineapple Press (FL), - Only book available on this great body ong>ofong> water - Synopsis ong>ofong> ong>theong> hisong>toong>ry, geology, geography, oceanography, biology, ecology, and economics ong>ofong> ong>theong> Gulf - Traces ong>theong> economic use ong>ofong> ong>theong> Gulf from ong>theong> Mayans ong>toong> present-day ong>ofong>fshore oil companies - Explores every discrete ecological community in ong>theong> Gulf - For those who live or vacation on ong>theong> Gulf and wants ong>toong> know ong>theong> full song>toong>ry ong>ofong> ong>theong>ir watery backyard

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Seeking for the Kingdom of God: Origins of the Bruderhof

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Arnold, Eberhard / Arnold, Emmy, PUBLISHER: Plough Publishing House, A candid look at ong>theong> faith and daring that led ong>theong> Arnolds ong>toong> break away from ong>theong> established church ong>ofong> ong>theong>ir day. Contains ong>lettersong>, poems, and biographical and hisong>toong>rical material about ong>theong> beginnings ong>ofong> ong>theong> Bruderhong>ofong> movement.

Strictly Come Barking: Life Among the Dog People of

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Linick, Anthony, PUBLISHER: Authorhouse, ong>Theong> ong>societyong> in which we were now ong>toong> take our place is a unique one, an ever-changing kaleidoscope ong>ofong> dogs and ong>theong>ir owners. ong>Theong> dogs represent most ong>ofong> ong>theong> popular breeds and many ong>ofong> ong>theong> mutt-like mixtures - and so do ong>theong>ir accompanying humans, who come from diverse nationalities and from many walks ong>ofong> life: prong>ofong>essionals and job seekers, young and old, family members and loners. ong>Theong>y are united in ong>theong>ir love ong>ofong> dogs, and on ong>theong> central green ong>ofong> ong>theong> park, on its walkways and at ong>theong> caf where ong>theong>y gaong>theong>r after exercising ong>theong>ir animals, ong>theong>y ong>ofong>ten let this affection for dogs carry ong>theong>m inong>toong> ong>friendsong>hips that transcend park life and involve many ong>ofong> ong>theong>m in additional social activities.

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On the Winds of Love

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Leigh, Lori, PUBLISHER: Vintage Romance Publishing, ong>Theong>ir country teetered on ong>theong> edge ong>ofong> revolution, ong>theong>ir lives both destined ong>toong> play a part that would decide ong>theong> outcome. Somehow, ong>theong>y found love.

Aging Is Living: Myth-Breaking Stories from Long-Term Care

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Borins Ash, Irene / Ash, Irv, PUBLISHER: Dundurn Group, Through ong>theong> inspirational, wise, and informative song>toong>ries ong>ofong> ong>theong> residents, eiong>theong>r in ong>theong>ir own words or based on interviews, and environmental phoong>toong>graphs ong>ofong> each, this book focuses on various residents ong>ofong> long-term care facilities and especially on ong>theong> positive facets ong>ofong> ong>theong>ir life, ong>theong>ir thoughts, and ong>theong>ir feelings. ong>Theong> only issue that reaches ong>theong> media about nursing homes is ong>theong> negative and unfortunate events that sometimes occur, but ong>theong>re is so much more ong>toong> ong>theong> song>toong>ry. Most people are afraid ong>ofong> long-term care homes because ong>theong>y recognize that it is ong>theong> last phase in ong>theong>ir life - it is ong>theong> step before death. But some people have years from ong>theong> time ong>theong>y enter ong>theong> home until ong>theong>y die. This book shows how many men and women make ong>theong> best ong>ofong> ong>theong>ir situation - ong>ofong>ten leaving a positive legacy for family and ong>friendsong> - and how ong>theong>se can be fulfilling and quality years.

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Jack Kerouac: Selected Letters: Volume 2

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Charters, Ann / Kerouac, Jack, PUBLISHER: Viking Books, ong>Theong> first volume ong>ofong> Jack Kerouac's selected ong>lettersong>, published in , was hailed as an important and revealing addition ong>toong> Kerouac scholarship. This second and final volume ong>ofong> ong>lettersong>, written between , ong>theong> year On ong>theong> Road was published, ong>toong> one day before his death in at age forty-seven, tell Kerouac's life song>toong>ry through his candid correspondence with ong>friendsong>, confidants, and ediong>toong>rs -- among ong>theong>m Allen Ginsberg, William Burroughs, Philip Whalen, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Joyce Johnson, and Malcolm Cowley. Documenting his continuing development as a writer, his travels, love affairs, and complicated family life, ong>theong> ong>lettersong> also reveal Kerouac's amazing courage in ong>theong> face ong>ofong> criticism and his never-ending quest ong>toong> be ong>theong> best writer possible. Jack Kerouac: Selected ong>Lettersong> ong>ofong>fers unparalleled insight inong>toong> ong>theong> life and mind ong>ofong> this giant ong>ofong> ong>theong> American literary landscape.

American Revolution: People and Perspectives

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Frank, Andrew K., PUBLISHER: ABC-CLIO, "American Revolution" looks at one ong>ofong> ong>theong> most significant eras in American hisong>toong>ry through ong>theong> eyes ong>ofong> its least famous, least studied citizens. It is an eye-opening collection ong>ofong> essays demonstrating how ong>theong> wrenching transformation from English colonies ong>toong> an emerging nation affected Americans from all walks ong>ofong> life. "American Revolution" features ong>theong> work ong>ofong> 14 accomplished social hisong>toong>rians, whose findings are adding new dimensions ong>toong> our understanding ong>ofong> ong>theong> Revolutionary era. But some ong>ofong> ong>theong> most fascinating contributions ong>toong> this volume come from ong>theong> people ong>theong>mselves-ong>theong> anecdotes, ong>lettersong>, diaries, journalism, and oong>theong>r documents that convey ong>theong> experiences ong>ofong> ong>theong> full spectrum ong>ofong> American ong>societyong> in ong>theong> mid- ong>toong> late-18th century (including women, African Americans, Native Americans, immigrants, soldiers, children, laborers, Quakers, sailors, and farmers).

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The Problems of Living in Society

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Hussey, Mark / Brownstein, Henry H., PUBLISHER: Allyn & Bacon, This text adds a "human face" ong>toong> social problems by looking at ong>theong>m from ong>theong> perspective ong>ofong> ong>theong> individual, and ong>theong> problems we face in everyday life as members ong>ofong> ong>societyong>. This book is designed ong>toong> provoke discussion and critical thinking by focusing on everyday issues that virtually all readers can relate ong>toong>: forming ong>friendlyong> or intimate relationships; moving through ong>theong> educational system; leaving home; finding a job and career, growing old; living with serious illness and death; etc. Anyone interested in ong>theong> subject matter, or those in ong>theong> field ong>ofong> sociology.

Peasants and Imperial Rule: Agriculture and Agrarian Society

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Charlesworth, Neil, PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, This book is a detailed hisong>toong>rical study ong>ofong> agriculture and agrarian ong>societyong> in a major province ong>ofong> British India, ong>theong> Bombay presidency. Its objective is ong>toong> examine ong>theong> impact ong>ofong> British rule on ong>theong> Indian peasantry, and ong>theong> changes it brought. Among ong>theong> specific issues discussed by ong>theong> author are ong>theong> development ong>ofong> ong>theong> British land revenue system, ong>theong> pattern ong>ofong> expansion in commercial agriculture and ong>theong> consequences in terms ong>ofong> ownership and organisation ong>ofong> land and agrarian social structure. Dr Charlesworth goes on ong>toong> look at ong>theong> role ong>ofong> government policy, ong>theong> nature ong>ofong> peasant protest movements and ong>theong> effects ong>ofong> ong>theong> interwar depression. He concludes that significant long-term economic and social change did occur but that ong>theong> highly 'differential' pattern ong>toong> commercialisation prevented any structural transformation in ong>theong> peasant economy and ong>societyong>.

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Resources & Population

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: MacFarlane, Alan / MacFarlane / Fortes, Meyer, PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, In many areas ong>ofong> ong>theong> world destruction ong>ofong> natural resources and ong>theong> rapid growth ong>ofong> populaong>toong>n are among ong>theong> most important problems facing individuals and governments. This book, first published in , utilises ong>theong> ong>toong>ols ong>ofong> social anthropology and population studies in an attempt ong>toong> see some ong>ofong> ong>theong> causes and consequences ong>ofong> populations growth and some ong>ofong> ong>theong> effects ong>ofong> change on natural resources. It analyses a particular 'community' in ong>theong> Annapurna range ong>ofong> ong>theong> central Himalayas during this century, and investigates how ong>theong> destruction ong>ofong> forests and ong>theong> growth ong>ofong> settled rice cultivation have occurred, and some ong>ofong> ong>theong> consequences. ong>Theong> Gurungs are famous as recruits ong>toong> ong>theong> Gurkha regiments ong>ofong> ong>theong> British and Indian armies, and ong>theong> demographic and economic effects ong>ofong> foreign mercenary labour are among ong>theong> ong>toong>pics examined.

The Peasant and the Raj: Studies in Agrarian Society and

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Song>toong>kes, Eric / Song>toong>kes, E. T., PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, ong>Theong>se twelve essays explore ong>theong> nature ong>ofong> south Asian agrarian ong>societyong> and examine ong>theong> extent ong>toong> which it changed during ong>theong> period ong>ofong> British rule. ong>Theong> central focus ong>ofong> ong>theong> book is directed ong>toong> peasant agitation and violence and four ong>ofong> ong>theong> studies look at ong>theong> agrarian explosion that formed ong>theong> background ong>toong> ong>theong> Mutiny. ong>Theong> essays give a coherent hisong>toong>rical treatment ong>ofong> ong>theong> Indian peasant world, and ong>theong> paperback edition ong>ofong> this successful book will be ong>ofong> interest ong>toong> ong>theong> student ong>ofong> peasant studies and ong>toong> ong>theong> sociologist as well as ong>toong> development economists and agronomists generally.

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Unsex'd Revolutionaries: Five Women Novelists of the 's

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Ty, Eleanor, PUBLISHER: University ong>ofong> ong>Toong>ronong>toong> Press, Women had been writing long before ong>theong> French Revolution, but ong>theong> reactionary character ong>ofong> ong>theong> s infused ong>theong>ir work with a public importance and an urgency. ong>Theong> decade was one ong>ofong> intense argument and reflection on ong>theong> role ong>ofong> women in ong>societyong>. Eleanor Ty studies ong>theong> ways in which five women writers ong>ofong> ong>theong> s politicized ong>theong> domestic or sentimental novel in response ong>toong> oppression and exclusion. Influenced by radical post-revolution thinkers, Mary Wollsong>toong>necraft, Mary Hays, Helen Maria Williams, Elizabeth Inchbald, and Charlotte Smith wrote fiction that questioned existing social, economic, legal and cultural practices as ong>theong>y related ong>toong> women. In particular, ong>theong>y dealt with hisong>toong>rically specific gender issues such as female education, ong>theong> rights and 'wrongs' ong>ofong> woman, and ong>theong> duties ong>ofong> a wife. Using hisong>toong>rical and feminist psycho-linguistic studies as a base, Ty explores some ong>ofong> ong>theong> complexities encountered in ong>theong> writings ong>ofong> ong>theong>se five women. Through ong>theong>ir challenge ong>toong> Edmund Burke's patriarchal ideas, ong>theong>y discovered strategies ong>ofong> writing based on ong>theong> maternal or female aesong>theong>tic. For ong>theong>se 'unsex'd revolutionaries, ' sentimental or domestic fiction was not just about courtship, love, and romance. ong>Theong>ir writings interrogate ong>theong> structures ong>ofong> ong>societyong>, and criticize and make relevant ong>theong> connections between ong>theong> personal and ong>theong> political, ong>theong> domestic and ong>theong> public sphere.

The Courage to Lead: Transform Self, Transform Society

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Stanfield, R. Brian / Stanfield, Brian, PUBLISHER: New ong>Societyong> Publishers, ong>Theong> complexity ong>ofong> our world can paralyze even ong>theong> most committed individuals in ong>theong>ir efforts ong>toong> bring about social change. But being an agent ong>ofong> change does not mean we have ong>toong> start a revolution-it can be done in small ways, wherever and whenever. "ong>Theong> Courage ong>toong> Lead" provides a matrix for examining one's relationship ong>toong> life, self, ong>theong> world, and ong>societyong> in order ong>toong> become effective leaders. Filled with amusing and moving anecdotes, this empowering work will appeal ong>toong> all seeking a better understanding ong>ofong> social change pioneering. R. Brian Stanfield is ong>theong> Direcong>toong>r ong>ofong> Research at ong>Theong> Canadian Institute ong>ofong> Cultural Affairs and ong>theong> author ong>ofong> "ong>Theong> Art ong>ofong> Focused Conversation" (New ong>Societyong> Publishers). He lives in ong>Toong>ronong>toong>, Ontario.

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Understanding Police and Police Work: Psychological Issues

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Yarmey, A. Daniel / Harrison, Marina / Rosenfeld, Lucy, PUBLISHER: New York University Press, According ong>toong> social psychologist A. Daniel Yarmey, police ong>ofong>ficers find ong>theong> nature ong>ofong> ong>theong>ir work necessitates that ong>theong>y behave ong>toong> some extent like applied psychologists. Many police ong>ofong>ficers, ong>ofong> course, do not have any special training in this or any allied field, nor do ong>theong>y have an understanding ong>ofong> what cognitive or social psychology might be able ong>toong> tell ong>theong>m about ong>theong> behavior ong>ofong> those with whom ong>theong>y are likely ong>toong> deal in ong>theong>ir daily work. Similarly, psychologists are habitually asked by ong>theong> courts ong>toong> present research regarding eyewitness testimony, forensic evidence, and competency ong>toong> stand trial, yet psychologists frequently lack any real awareness ong>ofong> policing or ong>ofong> police ong>ofong>ficers. "Understanding Police and Police Work," ong>theong> first systematic an comprehensive review ong>ofong> ong>theong> psychology ong>ofong> police and ong>theong>ir work, focuses on ong>theong> psychological basis ong>ofong> police ong>ofong>ficers' interactions with ong>societyong>. It shows how psychology and oong>theong>r social sciences can contribute ong>toong> an understanding ong>ofong> police behavior as well as ong>theong> behavior ong>ofong> citizens and oong>theong>r prong>ofong>essionals with whom ong>theong> police are involved.

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