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Recent events in the United States have demonstrated the urgent need not only to discuss issues of racism in this country but to move toward meaningful antiracist work. Protestors in the street demand demonstrable change, and around the country, pastors, congregations, and other concerned Christians are looking for ways to clarify terms and issues around racism and discern how to respond.
Originally published in 2016 as Race in a Post-Obama America),...
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"Articles Too Dangerous For Weak Minds" stands as a captivating and intellectually stimulating compilation, meticulously curated by the insightful editors Dakota Frandsen and Sara Larson on behalf of Bald and Bonkers Network LLC. This collection ventures into the uncharted territories of thought, delving into controversial and challenging topics that push the boundaries of conventional discourse. Each essay within the compilation is presented as the...
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En el marco de los desafíos que enfrenta la Argentina en términos de construcción de un sistema de protección integral para la infancia, el libro reúne un conjunto de trabajos de investigadores de diferentes disciplinas y países de la región en torno a aspectos esenciales al desarrollo de la infancia temprana. Se estima que los aportes aquí reunidos pueden contribuir a una mejor definición del fenómeno y orientar acciones en la construcción...
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New and exclusive short stories and poems inspired by bad mothers from some of today' s fiercest women in horror. Featuring Rachel Harrison, Gwendolyn Kiste, Kristi DeMeester, and Kelsea Yu, edited by Lindy Ryan with a foreword by Sadie " Mother Horror" Hartmann.
From mama trauma to smother mother, this all-new women in horror anthology features stories about the scariest monster of them all- our mothers....
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Archives bring to mind rooms filled with old papers and dusty artifacts. But for scientists, the detritus of the past can be a treasure trove of material vital to present and future research: fossils collected by geologists; data banks assembled by geneticists; weather diaries trawled by climate scientists; libraries visited by historians. These are the vital collections, assembled and maintained over decades, centuries, and even millennia, which...
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This book is the seventh and final volume in the Global Story of Christianity series. The volume's chapters, written by major scholars in the field, spotlight vital episodes and themes for understanding the historical development of Christianity in the United States and Canada. Serving as an accessible text for students and an informative volume for scholars, the book provides new insights into Christianity's development in North America, offering...
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La problemática del sexo comercial ocupa un espacio privilegiado en la agenda pública. No se trata tan sólo de los debates en torno a la restitución de derechos de personas en situación de prostitución, sino también de aquellos que refieren a las posibilidades de legalización de la actividad, una demanda permanente de quienes se reconocen como trabajadoras sexuales.
Las distintas posiciones respecto de la prostitución ocupan hoy, además,...
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100 Jewish Brides: Stories from Around the World features stories of Jewish brides from six continents, highlighting diverse customs and rituals related to weddings now and in the past. The stories, written by brides, their relatives, clergy, and other intimates, cover similarities and differences across the Jewish diaspora, from courtship and betrothal to pre-wedding customs, the wedding ceremony, and beyond.
With stories from Afghanistan to...
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La obra má s completa de Martí n Lutero acerca de la justificació n por la fe, su Comentario sobre la Epí stola de San Pablo a los Gá latas, se ha traducido y editado desde el latí n a un estilo vivaz, equivalente a sus conferencias orales. El fundamento bí blico para la crucial doctrina de la justificació ...
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In early June 1964, the Benevolent Home for Necessitous Girls burns to the ground, and its vulnerable residents are thrust out into the world. The orphans, who know no other home, find their lives changed in an instant. Arrangements are made for the youngest residents, but the seven oldest girls are sent on their way with little more than a clue or two to their past and the hope of learning about the families they have never known. On their own for...
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La Fundació Escola Cristiana de Catalunya aplega en aquest llibre un conjunt d'escrits elaborats des del Departament de Pastoral en els darrers anys a mode de llocs de reflexió compartida sobre el diàleg entre l'Educació i l'Evangelització com a motor i raó de ser del quotidià dels centres educatius que en formen part. És un llibre destinat a tota la comunitat educativa, especialment als equips docents, direcció de centres, equips de titularitat...
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Poet, novelist, and essayist, the legendary Erica Jong-whose novel Fear of Flying opened eyes and broke down walls-offers us a provocative collection of essays about sex from some of the most respected female authors writing today. "Real Women Write about Real Sex" in Sugar in My Bowl, as such marquee names as Gail Collins, Eve Ensler, Daphne Merken, Anne Roiphe, Liz Smith, Naomi Wolf, and Jennifer Weiner, to name but a few, join together to speak...
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¿De qué manera la Covid-19 y las medidas estatales para combatirla afectan los derechos humanos? ¿Cuáles son los grupos más golpeados por la pandemia, el ASPO y la recesión económica? ¿De qué modo las desigualdades persistentes agravan los efectos de la crisis sanitaria y económica? ¿Por qué las mujeres padecen con mayor dureza los efectos de la crisis? ¿Cuáles son las prescripciones que los derechos humanos imponen al Estado al diseñar...
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Bodies from the Library brings into the daylight the forgotten, the lost and the unknown, and the 2023 volume is another indispensable collection for crime fans.
The sixth volume of “Bodies from the Library” includes the usual eclectic mix of pre-and post-war stories by classic crime and thriller writers. Unearthed from ephemeral publications, newspapers and magazines, some of these 'lost' stories are by authors who have appeared in previous...
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Hunting Polar Bear in the Winter is a guide to hunting one of the most important game animals for Inuit. This book includes advice on preparing for the hunt, avoiding detection by the polar bear, skinning the animal, preserving the meat, and staying safe on the hunt. It also includes information about traditional Inuit hunting methods and reflections on ethical and environmentally friendly hunting.
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Read about Ten Years of City Creatures at the Center for Humans and Nature
We usually think of cities as the domain of humans-but we are just one of thousands of species that call the urban landscape home. Chicago residents knowingly move among familiar creatures like squirrels, pigeons, and dogs, but might be surprised to learn about all the leafhoppers and water bears, black-crowned night herons and bison, beavers and massasauga rattlesnakes that...
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An Indigenous oral history collection featuring traditional Dene stories and personal stories from a Dene elder.
Our parents always taught us well. They told us to look on the good side of life and to accept what has to happen.
The Man Who Lived with a Giant is a collection of traditional and personal stories told by Johnny Neyelle, a Dene Elder from Déline, Northwest Territories. Johnny used storytelling to teach Dene youth and others to understand...
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Imagine the twentieth century without photography and film. Its history would be absent of images that define historical moments and generations: the death camps of Auschwitz, the assassination of John F. Kennedy, the Apollo lunar landing. It would be a history, in other words, of just artists' renderings and the spoken and written word. To inhabitants of the twenty-first century, deeply immersed in visual culture, such a history seems insubstantial,...
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This multidisciplinary volume, the first of its kind, presents an account of China's contemporary transformation via one of its most important yet overlooked cities: Shenzhen, located just north of Hong Kong. In recent decades, Shenzhen has transformed from an experimental site for economic reform into a dominant city at the crossroads of the global economy. The first of China's special economic zones, Shenzhen is today a UNESCO City of Design and...