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Chicago Review Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"A companion for anyone experiencing the effects of trauma, featuring true stories of survivors from a broad, inclusive range of backgrounds With Pleasure: Managing Trauma Triggers for More Vibrant Sex and Relationships is a companion for anyone experiencing the effects of trauma. Through true survivor stories, expert insight, writing prompts, and grounding exercises, it explores pleasure, relationships, and community as worthy and essential antidotes...
62) PEOPLE Frozen 2
Publisher
TI Inc. Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Anna, Elsa, Kristoff, Olaf and Sven are back! To celebrate the arrival of Frozen 2," the editors at People bring you a new special edition that's all about the sequel and the beloved original movie. In exclusive interviews, the cast (Idina Menzel, Kristen Bell, Josh Gad, Sterling K. Brown, Evan Rachel Wood, and Jonathan Groff) and creators share a peek at "Frozen 2" and the making of both films. Plus, the creative folks at Disney let us know what...
Publisher
TI Inc. Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
From the Editors of PEOPLE comes a beautifully illustrated history of The Beatles that takes you from their boyhoods and cavern days in Liverpool, to the Beatlemania era that swept from the UK around the world, to the Sgt. Pepper and Abbey Road years that pushed the boundaries of pop music, and finally to the making of their last album, 1970's Let It Be. As 2020 marks the 50th anniversary of the Beatles' break-up, People offers a loving look back...
Publisher
Wayne State University Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Transforming Harry: The Adaptation of Harry Potter in the Transmedia Ageis an edited volume of eight essays that look at how the cinematic versions of the seven Harry Potter novels represent an unprecedented cultural event in the history of cinematic adaptation. The movie version of the first Harry Potter book, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, premiered in 2001, in between publication of the fourth and fifth books of this global literary phenomenon....
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Publisher
Trine Day
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
The fact that governments lie is generally accepted today, but World War I was the first global conflict in which millions of young men were sacrificed for hidden causes. They did not die to save civilization; they were killed for profit and in the hopes of establishing a one-world government. By 1917, America had been thrust into the war by a President who promised to stay out of the conflict. But the real power behind the war consisted of the bankers,...
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Publisher
National Issues Forums Institute
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Immigration in America: How Do We Fix a System in Crisis? The costs and benefits of immigration have always been debated. But as we work our way out of a tough economic recession, some wonder whether newcomers, especially those arriving illegally, are compromising our quality of life, taking jobs away from those already here, and threatening our security and sovereignty as a nation. The question facing Americans today is how to create a system that...
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Publisher
Gatekeeper Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Just A Few Things That Need To Be Said is an ordinary American's commentary on today's society. Through both serious evaluation and humor, the author analyzes many current day issues such as the effect of digital technology on our culture, political correctness, political corruption, and the failure of our education system. On a lighter note, the author discusses the overall decline in basic manners and decorum in America. No group of people escapes...
Publisher
TI Inc. Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
In 1942, a young girl named Anne Frank was given a diary as a 13th birthday present. In it, she recorded her thoughts and experiences as her family-German Jews living in Amsterdam-went into hiding to attempt to escape the Nazi regime. They were finally found out and did not survive to the end of the war, but the subsequent publication of Anne's moving, mature and often beautiful diary made her into one of the most significant chroniclers of the Holocaust....
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Publisher
The History Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
The first Jews settled in Golders Green just before World War I, and by 1930 the suburb had been recognized for its significant Jewish community. By 1960 the Jewish population of Golders Green had tripled. A century after the arrival of the first Jewish families, the community remains very diverse and is growing rapidly. Golders Green is now the most Jewishly populous neighborhood in the country. Despite its prominence and its vibrancy, the Jewish...
Author
Publisher
Gatekeeper Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Men have largely lost their way in modern society. Our culture still prepares boys for manhood that is primarily based on the traditional roles of Hunter/Provider and Warrior/Protector from the Old World. These belief systems and behavior expectations -- commonly known as "toxic masculinity" -- once effectively protected our communities but are now creating significant problems of their own. "Toxic masculinity" teaches boys to "Man Up" to be "strong...
Publisher
G&D Media
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Think and Grow Through Art & Music is written for anyone who aspires to be or become a professional in the field of art and music. The Author's extensive experience has demonstrated that a person who possesses the burning desire to become a professional in the field of art and music, and not only reads, yet also applied these principles, will multiply his/her greater advantage of becoming successful by ten times or more. Just as Napoleon Hill made...
Author
Publisher
The History Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Amelia took her first flight as a passenger at an air show and that 10-minute experience sealed her future career. In 1921 she purchased her first aircraft, bright yellow, which she nicknamed the "Canary." She later sold it because it seemed unlikely she could make a living from flying, but in 1928 Amelia was invited to become the first woman to fly the Atlantic, following Charles Lindberg's solo transatlantic flight from in 1927. She jumped at the...
Publisher
Worth Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
So much to read, so little time? This brief overview of White Trash tells you what you need to know--before or after you read Nancy Isenberg's book. Crafted and edited with care, Worth Books set the standard for quality and give you the tools you need to be a well-informed reader. This short summary and analysis of White Trash includes: Historical context Chapter-by-chapter overviews Profiles of the main characters Detailed timeline of events Important...
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Publisher
The History Press
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
An insider's guide to the many links between Freemasonry, the Bible, and ChristianityMasonic "secrets" are of great interest to a wide audience, whether Freemasons or not, but there is no other book that offers any form of guide to the stories used in Masonic ritual and their links to the Bible and Christianity. New Masons are directed to a "serious contemplation of the Volume of the Sacred Law," and this book will enable initiates to understand the...
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English
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There exists, of course, few more famous figures in the field of psychology than Sigmund Freud. As the founding father of psychoanalysis, or the clinical method for treating psychopathology through dialogue between a patient and a psychoanalyst, his impact on the field of psychology cannot be overstated. In 1898 Sigmund Freud published a short essay on the psychology of forgetfulness. It is from this essay that the following work would grow out of....
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Publisher
Pen & Sword Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Great women are hidden behind great men, or so they say, and no man is greater than the king. For centuries, royal aunts, cousins, sisters and mothers have watched history unfold from the shadows, their battlefields the bedchamber or the birthing room, their often short lives remembered only through the lens of others. But for those who want to hear them, great stories are still there to be told: the medieval princess who was kidnapped by pirates;...
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Publisher
Demeter Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"The 2nd edition includes a new preface that considers how matricentric feminism in positioning mothering as a verb affords a gender-neutral understanding of motherwork and allows for an appreciation of how motherwork is deeply gendered and how this may be challenged and changed through empowered mothering The book argues that the category of mother is distinct from the category of woman, and that many of the problems mothers face are specific to...
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Series
Publisher
The History Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
This lively and entertaining collection of folk tales from the Scottish Borders is rich in stories tall and true, ancient and recent, dark and funny, powerful and fantastical. Here you will find tales of Thomas the Rhymer, Tam Linn, the Lochmabon Harper, Muckle Moued Meg, and Michael Scott the wizard. These familiar, well-loved, ancient, and magical stories-many of which are published here for the first time-are re-told in a lively, accessible, and...
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Publisher
Awa Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"In November 2008, near Kiribati in the Pacific Ocean, a Korean ship came upon a Taiwanese fishing boat. The Tai Ching 21 was eerily silent. The lifeboat and three rafts were missing, and so were all 29 Taiwanese officers and Chinese, Indonesian, and Filipino crew who had been aboard. A quest to discover the identities of the lost men led New Zealand journalist Michael Field into a dark world of foreign-flagged vessels fishing in the ocean as far...
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