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Where are Poor People to Live?: Transforming Public Housing Communities

Transforming Public Housing Communities

by Larry Bennett, Janet L. Smith, Patricia A Wright ...

This groundbreaking book shows how major shifts in federal policy are spurring local public housing authorities to demolish their high-rise, low-income developments, and replace them with affordable low-rise, mixed income communities. It focuses on Chicago, and that city's affordable housing crisis, but it provides analytical frameworks that can be applied to developments in every American city. ... Read more

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This groundbreaking book shows how major shifts in federal policy are spurring local public housing authorities to demolish their high-rise, low-income developments, and replace them with affordable low-rise, mixed income communities. It focuses on Chicago, and that city's affordable housing crisis, but it provides analytical frameworks that can be applied to developments in every American city.
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The Starlight Barking

The Sequel to The Hundred and One Dalmatians

by Dodie Smith ...

Illustrated by Janet Grahame-Johnstone, Anne Grahame-Johnstone ...

The long-forgotten sequel to The Hundred and One Dalmatians, the classic adapted by Disney, presents a thrilling adventure for Pongo and his family.As the story opens, every living creature except dogs is gripped by an enchanted sleep. One of the original Dalmatian puppies, all grown up since the first novel, is now the Prime Minister's mascot. Relying on her spotted parents for guidance, she ... Read more

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The long-forgotten sequel to The Hundred and One Dalmatians, the classic adapted by Disney, presents a thrilling adventure for Pongo and his family.As the story opens, every living creature except dogs is gripped by an enchanted sleep. One of the original Dalmatian puppies, all grown up since the first novel, is now the Prime Minister's mascot. Relying on her spotted parents for guidance, she
... Read more
Listen to Me Good

The Story of an Alabama Midwife

by MARGARET CHARLES SMITH, Linda Janet Holmes ...

Series series WOMEN & HEALTH C&S PERSPECTIVE
Margaret Charles Smith, a ninety-one-year-old Alabama midwife, has thousands of birthing stories to tell. Sifting through nearly five decades of providing care for women in rural Greene County, she relates the tales that capture the life-and-death struggle of the birthing experience and the traditions, pharmacopeia, and spiritual attitudes that influenced her practice. She debunks images of the ... Read more

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Margaret Charles Smith, a ninety-one-year-old Alabama midwife, has thousands of birthing stories to tell. Sifting through nearly five decades of providing care for women in rural Greene County, she relates the tales that capture the life-and-death struggle of the birthing experience and the traditions, pharmacopeia, and spiritual attitudes that influenced her practice. She debunks images of the
... Read more
Hani

A Life too Short

by Janet Smith, Beauregard Tromp ...

'This is an excellent portrayal of the Chris I knew. Not one word of exaggeration, so large was Chris. His contribution to our freedom is inestimable.' – Mavuso Msimang, ANC veteran and former member of the military high command of uMkhonto we Sizwe Chris Hani's assassination in 1993 gave rise to two of South Africa's greatest political questions. If he had survived, what impact would he have had ... Read more

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'This is an excellent portrayal of the Chris I knew. Not one word of exaggeration, so large was Chris. His contribution to our freedom is inestimable.' – Mavuso Msimang, ANC veteran and former member of the military high command of uMkhonto we Sizwe Chris Hani's assassination in 1993 gave rise to two of South Africa's greatest political questions. If he had survived, what impact would he have had
... Read more
SURRENDERING INTO SOUL

A Heroine's Journey

by Dr. Janet Smith Warfield ...

A Heroine's Journey is the story of one woman's journey through a multitude of life-changing, transformational experiences. Yet, one woman's journey is also an archetype of every woman's journey.When a woman is thrust out of the safety and security of her conditioned, known world and descends into the unknown world of betrayal, shame, terror, and rage, who is there to guide and support her? Who ... Read more

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A Heroine's Journey is the story of one woman's journey through a multitude of life-changing, transformational experiences. Yet, one woman's journey is also an archetype of every woman's journey.When a woman is thrust out of the safety and security of her conditioned, known world and descends into the unknown world of betrayal, shame, terror, and rage, who is there to guide and support her? Who
... Read more
Helen Taylor and her Fight for the People

Education Reformer, Feminist and Pioneer of the Labour Movement

by Janet Smith ...

Despite being hailed as 'the foremost woman of her time' in the 1880s, Helen Taylor's legacy has largely been overshadowed, often reduced to her role as John Stuart Mill's stepdaughter and a divisive figure within the Victorian women's suffrage movement. However, this biography seeks to rediscover the complex woman behind the often-deserved label of 'difficult to work with,' exploring the politics ... Read more

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Despite being hailed as 'the foremost woman of her time' in the 1880s, Helen Taylor's legacy has largely been overshadowed, often reduced to her role as John Stuart Mill's stepdaughter and a divisive figure within the Victorian women's suffrage movement. However, this biography seeks to rediscover the complex woman behind the often-deserved label of 'difficult to work with,' exploring the politics
... Read more
Annapurna: The First Conquest of an 8,000-Meter Peak

The First Conquest of an 8,000-Meter Peak

by Maurice Herzog ...

Translated by Nea Morin, Janet Adam Smith ...

Mountaineer Maurice Herzog gives a gripping firsthand account of one of the most daring climbing expeditions in historyAnnapurna I is the name given to the 8,100-meter mountain that ranks among the most forbidding in the Himalayan chain. Dangerous not just for its extreme height but for a long and treacherous approach, its summit proved unreachable until 1950, when a group of French mountaineers ... Read more

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Mountaineer Maurice Herzog gives a gripping firsthand account of one of the most daring climbing expeditions in historyAnnapurna I is the name given to the 8,100-meter mountain that ranks among the most forbidding in the Himalayan chain. Dangerous not just for its extreme height but for a long and treacherous approach, its summit proved unreachable until 1950, when a group of French mountaineers
... Read more
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Unsteady Dating

Resisting the Rush to Romance

by Jeanette G. Smith ...

Narrated by Jessica Mortimer ...

Unabridged

3 hours 20 min

The lingo might change, but today's teens are just as excited about dating as their parents and grandparents were before them. Unfortunately, the world they're growing up in is far more subtly dangerous than it ever was in times past.That's why popular speaker JeaNette G. Smith is here to help. With her signature humor and entertaining, real-life anecdotes, she covers the perils and pitfalls of ... Read more

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The lingo might change, but today's teens are just as excited about dating as their parents and grandparents were before them. Unfortunately, the world they're growing up in is far more subtly dangerous than it ever was in times past.That's why popular speaker JeaNette G. Smith is here to help. With her signature humor and entertaining, real-life anecdotes, she covers the perils and pitfalls of
... Read more
Gather

Casual Cooking from Wine Country Gardens

by Janet Fletcher, Meg Smith ...

James Beard Award–winning author Janet Fletcher presents a wine country cookbook that celebrates sustainable garden-to-table dining.Some of the tastiest California cooking today comes from wineries with edible gardens, and now you can take a visual tour of these magical culinary green spaces, peek inside the winery kitchens that reap the harvest, and bring sun-ripened flavors into your own home ... Read more

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James Beard Award–winning author Janet Fletcher presents a wine country cookbook that celebrates sustainable garden-to-table dining.Some of the tastiest California cooking today comes from wineries with edible gardens, and now you can take a visual tour of these magical culinary green spaces, peek inside the winery kitchens that reap the harvest, and bring sun-ripened flavors into your own home
... Read more
Psalm 49 and the Path to Redemption

by Janet Smith ...

In Psalm 49 and the Path to Redemption, Janet Smith revisits her PhD dissertation, Dust or Dew: Immortality in the Ancient Near East and in Psalm 49, reconfiguring the book for a general audience and expanding it to focus on a theme of biblical redemption. The new work takes the reader through the development of Israel's belief in an afterlife, both the positive hope but also the negative fate of ... Read more

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In Psalm 49 and the Path to Redemption, Janet Smith revisits her PhD dissertation, Dust or Dew: Immortality in the Ancient Near East and in Psalm 49, reconfiguring the book for a general audience and expanding it to focus on a theme of biblical redemption. The new work takes the reader through the development of Israel's belief in an afterlife, both the positive hope but also the negative fate of
... Read more
Illusions of Reform

Responses to Cavadini, Healy, and Weinandy in Defense of the Traditional Mass and the Faithful Who Attend It

by Peter A Kwasniewski, Janet E Smith, Gregory DiPippo ...

Series Book 4 - Os Justi Studies in Catholic Tradition
Between September and November 2022, Church Life Journal published a series of articles on liturgical reform, coauthored by Drs. John Cavadini, Mary Healy, and Thomas Weinandy. With its rosy view of the Liturgical Movement, its caricature of the Catholic faithful prior to Vatican II, its forensically questionable affirmation of Sacrosanctum Concilium's paternity of the Novus Ordo (not to mention ... Read more

$9.99 USD

Between September and November 2022, Church Life Journal published a series of articles on liturgical reform, coauthored by Drs. John Cavadini, Mary Healy, and Thomas Weinandy. With its rosy view of the Liturgical Movement, its caricature of the Catholic faithful prior to Vatican II, its forensically questionable affirmation of Sacrosanctum Concilium's paternity of the Novus Ordo (not to mention
... Read more
The Legacy of Alexey Navalny Russia

Untold story of a legendary political prisoner exposing the shadow side of politics and world's call for Justice

by Janet Smith ...

Enter the compelling story of Alexei Navalny, a modern-day hero whose unflinching heroism and unrelenting pursuit of justice captivated the globe. This book explores the life of Navalny, the daring opposition leader, lawyer, and anti-corruption campaigner from Russia. From modest beginnings to becoming the voice of millions, Navalny's story reflects the enduring fight for democracy and freedom ... Read more

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Enter the compelling story of Alexei Navalny, a modern-day hero whose unflinching heroism and unrelenting pursuit of justice captivated the globe. This book explores the life of Navalny, the daring opposition leader, lawyer, and anti-corruption campaigner from Russia. From modest beginnings to becoming the voice of millions, Navalny's story reflects the enduring fight for democracy and freedom
... Read more

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