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Slave Life in Georgia

A Narrative of the Life, Sufferings, and Escape of John Brown, a Fugitive Slave, Now in England

Edited by Sidonia Serafini, Evan Leavitt ...

This edition recovers the extraordinary life of John Brown (ca. 1805–ca. 1876), a self-emancipated African American and victim of medical experimentation who fled enslavement in Georgia in the early 1840s and crossed the Atlantic to claim his future as a medical practitioner. After a dangerous 2,300-mile journey through the United States and Canada, Brown settled in England, where he became an ... Read more

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This edition recovers the extraordinary life of John Brown (ca. 1805–ca. 1876), a self-emancipated African American and victim of medical experimentation who fled enslavement in Georgia in the early 1840s and crossed the Atlantic to claim his future as a medical practitioner. After a dangerous 2,300-mile journey through the United States and Canada, Brown settled in England, where he became an
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A History of Women in Russia

From Earliest Times to the Present

by Barbara Evans Clements ...

A survey of the key political, economic, social, and cultural developments in Russian women's history from 900 to 2010, and their impact on the nation.Synthesizing several decades of scholarship by historians East and West, Barbara Evans Clements traces the major developments in the history of women in Russia and their impact on the history of the nation. Sketching lived experiences across the ... Read more

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A survey of the key political, economic, social, and cultural developments in Russian women's history from 900 to 2010, and their impact on the nation.Synthesizing several decades of scholarship by historians East and West, Barbara Evans Clements traces the major developments in the history of women in Russia and their impact on the history of the nation. Sketching lived experiences across the
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Transparency in Health and Health Care in the United States

Law and Ethics

Edited by Holly Fernandez Lynch, I. Glenn Cohen, Carmel Shachar, Barbara J. Evans ...

Transparency is a concept that is becoming increasingly lauded as a solution to a host of problems in the American health care system. Transparency initiatives show great promise, including empowering patients and other stakeholders to make more efficient decisions, improve resource allocation, and better regulate the health care industry. Nevertheless, transparency is not a cure-all for the ... Read more

$63.99 USD

Transparency is a concept that is becoming increasingly lauded as a solution to a host of problems in the American health care system. Transparency initiatives show great promise, including empowering patients and other stakeholders to make more efficient decisions, improve resource allocation, and better regulate the health care industry. Nevertheless, transparency is not a cure-all for the
... Read more
A new naval history

by Katherine Parker, Elaine Chalus, Evan Wilson, Barbara Korte, Cicely Robinson, Cindy McCreery, Ellie Miles, Mary A. Conley, Jonathan Rayner, Daniel Spence, Emma Hanna, Ulrike Zimmerman, Max Jones, Jan Rüger ...

Series series Cultural History of Modern War
A New Naval History brings together the most significant and interdisciplinary approaches to contemporary naval history. The last few decades have witnessed a transformation in how this field is researched and understood and this volume captures the state of a field that continues to develop apace. It examines – through the prism of naval affairs – issues of nationhood and imperialism; the legacy ... Read more

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A New Naval History brings together the most significant and interdisciplinary approaches to contemporary naval history. The last few decades have witnessed a transformation in how this field is researched and understood and this volume captures the state of a field that continues to develop apace. It examines – through the prism of naval affairs – issues of nationhood and imperialism; the legacy
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Neuropsychological Consequences of COVID-19

Life After Stroke and Balint's Syndrome

by Jwala Narayanan, Anjana Xavier, Jonathan Evans, Narinder Kapur, Barbara Wilson ...

Neuropsychological Consequences of COVID-19 focuses on Anjana’s journey as a COVID survivor following a brain injury that left her with a very rare neuropsychological syndrome called Balint’s syndrome, a disorder associated with difficulties in visual and spatial coordination. It is also the first book of its kind to provide a first-hand account from India on surviving brain injury, from diagnosis ... Read more

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Neuropsychological Consequences of COVID-19 focuses on Anjana’s journey as a COVID survivor following a brain injury that left her with a very rare neuropsychological syndrome called Balint’s syndrome, a disorder associated with difficulties in visual and spatial coordination. It is also the first book of its kind to provide a first-hand account from India on surviving brain injury, from diagnosis
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ZNB Presents: Year One

by Marie Brennan, Crystal Sarakas, Alma Alexander, Desmond Astaire, Jason Palmatier, Brian Crenshaw, P.A. Cornell, Brian Hugenbruch, Barbara Ashford, Diana A. Hart, Evan Marcroft, Cislyn Smith, Hazel King, Ryan T. McFadden, Maria Z. Medina, Adria Bailton, Marc Fleury, Anaea Lay, A. Katherine Black, Antony Paschos, Jack Gallegos, Chloie Piveral, Evergreen Lee, L.D. Colter ...

Welcome to the first year’s worth of stories from the new online magazine ZNB Presents published by the small press Zombies Need Brains. In these pages, you will find original science fiction and fantasy stories of awe and wonder, darkness and light, ranging through all of the subgenres, including urban fantasy, alternate history, space opera, fairy tales, and more. They come from the most ... Read more

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Welcome to the first year’s worth of stories from the new online magazine ZNB Presents published by the small press Zombies Need Brains. In these pages, you will find original science fiction and fantasy stories of awe and wonder, darkness and light, ranging through all of the subgenres, including urban fantasy, alternate history, space opera, fairy tales, and more. They come from the most
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Hope by Terry Fox

by Barbara Adhiya ...

Narrated by Sarah Wilson, Evan Mackenzie ...

Unabridged

9 hours 37 min

Featuring excerpts from Terry’s very own Marathon of Hope journal, Hope by Terry Fox shares the untold story of a well known hero — the goofy, resilient, and courageous 21-year-old who rallied a nation behind his mission.In 1976, when Terry Fox was just eighteen years old, he was diagnosed with osteosarcoma and his right leg was amputated just above the knee. It quickly became his mission to help ... Read more

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Featuring excerpts from Terry’s very own Marathon of Hope journal, Hope by Terry Fox shares the untold story of a well known hero — the goofy, resilient, and courageous 21-year-old who rallied a nation behind his mission.In 1976, when Terry Fox was just eighteen years old, he was diagnosed with osteosarcoma and his right leg was amputated just above the knee. It quickly became his mission to help
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Rednock School

by Barbara Skal, David Evans ...

In 2009 secondary education in Dursley entered a new and exciting phase. In September of that year a new school opened for pupils in the area. It is of modern design, using the latest in technological and ecological engineering and encompassing new educational ideas. The huge investment this involved came about for two main reasons: the previous buildings were no longer fit for purpose and the ... Read more

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In 2009 secondary education in Dursley entered a new and exciting phase. In September of that year a new school opened for pupils in the area. It is of modern design, using the latest in technological and ecological engineering and encompassing new educational ideas. The huge investment this involved came about for two main reasons: the previous buildings were no longer fit for purpose and the
... Read more
Yoga Exercises for Teens

Developing a Calmer Mind and a Stronger Body

by Helen Purperhart ...

Illustrated by Barbara van Amelsfort ...

Series series SmartFun Activity Books
Yoga provides not only an excellent, low-impact workout, it also helps young people in key areas such as body awareness, flexibility, concentration, stress reduction, and self-expression. The exercises and games in this easy-to-follow guide are specifically designed to fit the needs of teenagers and to show teens how to work out and train their bodies in a relaxed way. It requires no advance ... Read more

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Yoga provides not only an excellent, low-impact workout, it also helps young people in key areas such as body awareness, flexibility, concentration, stress reduction, and self-expression. The exercises and games in this easy-to-follow guide are specifically designed to fit the needs of teenagers and to show teens how to work out and train their bodies in a relaxed way. It requires no advance
... Read more
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Death Magic [Dramatized Adaptation]

World of the Lupi 8

by Eileen Wilks ...

Narrated by A Full Cast, Colleen Delany, Nanette Savard, Eric Singdahlsen, Matthew Bassett, Tara Giordano, Christopher Graybill, Nick DePinto, Kurt Elftman, David Jourdan, Bradley Smith, Deidra Starnes, Ken Jackson, Terence Aselford, Patrick Bussink, James Konicek, Kimberly Gilbert, Michael Glenn, David Harris, Jacob Yeh, Margie Tompros, David Coyne, Gabriela Fernandez-Coffey, Casie Platt, Dylan Lynch, Jonathon Church, Thomas Hogan, Sunny Lasskey, Barbara Pinolini, Evan Casey, Gary Telles, Patrick Stratton, Elliott Dash ...

Series series World of the Lupi
Unabridged

6 hours 5 min

DEATH MAGIC opens with Special Agent Lily Yu in Washington, D.C. with her fiancE—lupi prince Rule Turner—to testify before a Senate subcommittee about her role in the magical collapse of a mountain last month. She is not there to tell them about the strange legacy she carries from that event—or about the arcane bond between her and Rule--or what her boss in Unit Twelve of the FBI's Magical Crimes ... Read more

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DEATH MAGIC opens with Special Agent Lily Yu in Washington, D.C. with her fiancE—lupi prince Rule Turner—to testify before a Senate subcommittee about her role in the magical collapse of a mountain last month. She is not there to tell them about the strange legacy she carries from that event—or about the arcane bond between her and Rule--or what her boss in Unit Twelve of the FBI's Magical Crimes
... Read more
Queering Elementary Education

Advancing the Dialogue about Sexualities and Schooling

by Kathy Bickmore, Perry Brass, Betsy Cahill, Kevin Colleary, Greg Curran, Barbara Danish, James Earl Davis, Kate Evans, Karen Glasgow, Pat Hulsebosch, Kevin Jennings0, Gigi Kaeser1, James R. King2, Rita Kissen3, Mari E. Koerner4, Kevin K. Kumashiro5, Glorianne Leck6, William J. Letts IV7, Rita M. Marinoble9, Gregory Martinez0, Wayne Martino1, Margaret Mulhern2, Sharon Murphy3, Maria Pallotta-Chiarolli4, Eric Rofes5, Daniel Ryan6, Mara Sapon-Shevin7, Jennifer Jasinski Schneider8, Rachel Theilheimer9, LisaWeems.0 ...

Series series Curriculum, Cultures, and (Homo)Sexualities Series
Queering Elementary Education is not about teaching kids to be gay, lesbian, bisexual, or straight. It's not part of a sinister stratagem in the “gay agenda.” Instead, these provocative and thoughtful essays advocate the creation of classrooms that challenge categorical thinking, promote interpersonal intelligence, and foster critical consciousness.Queer elementary classrooms are those where ... Read more

$44.59 USD

Queering Elementary Education is not about teaching kids to be gay, lesbian, bisexual, or straight. It's not part of a sinister stratagem in the “gay agenda.” Instead, these provocative and thoughtful essays advocate the creation of classrooms that challenge categorical thinking, promote interpersonal intelligence, and foster critical consciousness.Queer elementary classrooms are those where
... Read more
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Rooms

A Novel

by Lauren Oliver ...

Narrated by Orlagh Cassidy, Barbara Caruso, Elizabeth Evans, Noah Galvin, Cynthia Darlow, Courtney Shaw ...

Unabridged

9 hours 20 min

The New York Times bestselling author of Before I Fall and the Delirium trilogy makes her brilliant adult debut with this mesmerizing story in the tradition of The Lovely Bones, Her Fearful Symmetry, and The Ocean at the End of the Lane—a tale of family, ghosts, secrets, and mystery, in which the lives of the living and the dead intersect in shocking, surprising, and moving ways.Wealthy Richard ... Read more

$28.99 USD

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The New York Times bestselling author of Before I Fall and the Delirium trilogy makes her brilliant adult debut with this mesmerizing story in the tradition of The Lovely Bones, Her Fearful Symmetry, and The Ocean at the End of the Lane—a tale of family, ghosts, secrets, and mystery, in which the lives of the living and the dead intersect in shocking, surprising, and moving ways.Wealthy Richard
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