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Academic Overtures

by Sharon Murphy ...

For twenty-five years, Lola has endured a tumultuous marriage marred by her husband Jack's infidelities and abuse. Despite his betrayals, she clung to the hope that things would change when Jack landed his dream job as university president.However, Jack's new position thrusts them into a sordid scandal involving the sexual exploitation of student athletes by the athletic director. Haunted by his ... Read more

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For twenty-five years, Lola has endured a tumultuous marriage marred by her husband Jack's infidelities and abuse. Despite his betrayals, she clung to the hope that things would change when Jack landed his dream job as university president.However, Jack's new position thrusts them into a sordid scandal involving the sexual exploitation of student athletes by the athletic director. Haunted by his
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Dark Visions: A Collection of Modern Horror - Volume Two

Dark Visions Series, #2

by Anthony Rivera, Sharon Lawson, John C. Foster, Carol Holland March, Chad McKee, J. Daniel Stone, David Blixt, David Siddall, C.M. Saunders, Jane Brooks, Peter Whitley, David Murphy, Kenneth Whitfield, AA Garrison, Rhesa Sealy, JC Hemphill, Trent Zelazny, Edward Morris, Grey Matter Press ...

Series Book 2 - Dark Visions Series
The journey into darkness continues in this, the second in the DARK VISIONS series and follow-up to the Bram Stoker Award® Nominated DARK VISIONS ONE.DARK VISIONS: A COLLECTION OF MODERN HORROR - Volume Two takes you far deeper into the twisted psyche of man with 14 psychological tales of creeping dread that explore the evil the lives inside all of mankind. The stories in DARK VISIONS TWO offer an ... Read more

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The journey into darkness continues in this, the second in the DARK VISIONS series and follow-up to the Bram Stoker Award® Nominated DARK VISIONS ONE.DARK VISIONS: A COLLECTION OF MODERN HORROR - Volume Two takes you far deeper into the twisted psyche of man with 14 psychological tales of creeping dread that explore the evil the lives inside all of mankind. The stories in DARK VISIONS TWO offer an
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Investing in Life

Insurance in Antebellum America

by Sharon Ann Murphy ...

Series series Studies in Early American Economy and Society from the Library Company of Philadelphia
A study of the early years of the life insurance industry in 19th century America.Investing in Life considers the creation and expansion of the American life insurance industry from its early origins in the 1810s through the 1860s and examines how its growth paralleled and influenced the emergence of the middle class.Using the economic instability of the period as her backdrop, Sharon Ann Murphy ... Read more

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A study of the early years of the life insurance industry in 19th century America.Investing in Life considers the creation and expansion of the American life insurance industry from its early origins in the 1810s through the 1860s and examines how its growth paralleled and influenced the emergence of the middle class.Using the economic instability of the period as her backdrop, Sharon Ann Murphy
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Tales from the Grave

by Zimbell House Publishing, Patrick Alven, Ross Baxter, Michelle Biddex-Simmons, Peter Cooper, Curtis & Janet Dewey, Shawn L. Dixon, E. W. Farnsworth, Sharon Frame Gay, David J. Gibbs, Lionel Ray Green, David Groveman, Couri Johnson, Mac Jones, B.T. Joy, David W. Landrum, Karly Malone, Bruce Markuson, Jason McDonald, Kip McKnight, Chad McLendon, Stephen McQuiggan, Melisa Meyers, Kristina R. Mosley, Kathleen Murphey, Jeremiah Murphy, John Robinson, Jon Shank, A. E. Santana, Parineeta Singh, Dawn Sooy, C.E. Stokes, DJ Tyrer, Alexandra L. Vogel, Matthew Wilson, Myles Wren ...

Tales From The Grave is a ghostly collection of short stories brought to you by Zimbell House Publishing, showcasing thirty-six new voices to tempt you.Some of these stories are sure to have you looking over your shoulder...Others will have you hiding under the covers...Some will simply haunt you to your grave. ... Read more

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Tales From The Grave is a ghostly collection of short stories brought to you by Zimbell House Publishing, showcasing thirty-six new voices to tempt you.Some of these stories are sure to have you looking over your shoulder...Others will have you hiding under the covers...Some will simply haunt you to your grave.
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Careers in International Affairs

Ninth Edition

by Laura E. Cressey, Barrett J. Helmer, Jennifer E. Steffensen, Michael Brannagan, Maryam Hensen, Lisa A. Keathley, Anne M. Steen, Rhiannon Davis0, Karen Courington1, Lisa Kubiske2, Robin Dunnigan3, Brent Woolfork4, Mary DeBree5, Taylor Stager6, Alexandra Riboul7, David A. Gutschmit8, Izumi Nakamitsu9, Cheikh Ousmane Toure0, Ernest J. Herold1, Shilpa Nadhan2, Alexandra Pugachevsky3, Thomas Pellerin4, David A. Weiss5, Maggie Dougherty6, Courtney C. Radsch7, Sarah Moran8, Sharon Rudy9, Michael Comstock0, Hernan Narea1, Richard Gallivan2, Miguel Estien3, Jill Johnson4, Sloan Mann5, Jordan Menzel6, Rich Millies7, Mathew Cahill8, Lisa M. Barry9, Jonathan Huneke0, John Murphy1, Audrey Bracey Deegan2, Marc A. Sorel3, Jackie Day4, Ayham Kamel5, Kaia Miller6, Shyam Sundaram7, Rebecca Bou Chebel-Macmillan8, Anna Tunkel9, Laura J. Mitchell0, Nicole Bibbins Sedaca1, Kevin Massy2, Sujata Thomas3, Allen Wan4, Rima Abushakra5, Nicolette Pizzitola6, Suzanne Petroni7 ...

This is the essential resource and job-hunting guide for all those interested in international careers in the US government, multinational corporations, banks, consulting companies, international and nongovernmental organizations, the media, think tanks, universities, and more. Careers in International Affairs, now in its ninth edition, provides up-to-date insights about the range of possibilities ... Read more

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This is the essential resource and job-hunting guide for all those interested in international careers in the US government, multinational corporations, banks, consulting companies, international and nongovernmental organizations, the media, think tanks, universities, and more. Careers in International Affairs, now in its ninth edition, provides up-to-date insights about the range of possibilities
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The Flesh of the Matter

A Critical Forum on Hortense Spillers

by Amaris Brown, Thadious M. Davis, Alexis Pauline Gumbs, Sharon P. Holland, Ra Malika Imhotep, Deborah E. McDowell, Fred Moten, Kiana T. Murphy, Kevin Quashie, Anthony Reed, Shoniqua Roach, Nicole A. Spigner, Hortense Spillers ...

PROSE Awards Category Winner—Media and Cultural Studies, 2025Hortense Spillers is one of the most important literary critics and Black feminist scholars of the last fifty years. Her 1987 scholarly article “Mama’s Baby, Papa’s Maybe: An American Grammar Book” is one of the most-cited essays in African American literary studies.Edited by Margo Natalie Crawford and C. Riley Snorton, The Flesh of the ... Read more

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PROSE Awards Category Winner—Media and Cultural Studies, 2025Hortense Spillers is one of the most important literary critics and Black feminist scholars of the last fifty years. Her 1987 scholarly article “Mama’s Baby, Papa’s Maybe: An American Grammar Book” is one of the most-cited essays in African American literary studies.Edited by Margo Natalie Crawford and C. Riley Snorton, The Flesh of the
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Sense-Making and Shared Meaning in Language and Literacy Education

Designing Research-Based Literacy Programs for Children

by Sharon Murphy ...

This textbook provides a framework for teaching children’s language and literacy and introduces research-based tactics for teachers to use in designing their literacy programs for children. Exploring how sense-making occurs in contemporary literacy practice, Murphy comprehensively covers major topics in literacy, including contemporary multimodal literacy practices, classroom discourse, literacy ... Read more

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This textbook provides a framework for teaching children’s language and literacy and introduces research-based tactics for teachers to use in designing their literacy programs for children. Exploring how sense-making occurs in contemporary literacy practice, Murphy comprehensively covers major topics in literacy, including contemporary multimodal literacy practices, classroom discourse, literacy
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Anglo-American Life Insurance, 1800-1914 Volume 1

by Timothy Alborn, Sharon Ann Murphy ...

By the eve of the Great Depression, there existed in America the equivalent of a policy for every man, woman and child, and in Britain it grew from its narrow aristocratic base to cover all social classes. This primary resource collection is the first comparative history of British and American life insurance industries. ... Read more

$70.99 USD

By the eve of the Great Depression, there existed in America the equivalent of a policy for every man, woman and child, and in Britain it grew from its narrow aristocratic base to cover all social classes. This primary resource collection is the first comparative history of British and American life insurance industries.
... Read more
Anglo-American Life Insurance, 1800–1914 Volume 2

by Timothy Alborn, Sharon Ann Murphy ...

By the eve of the Great Depression, there existed in America the equivalent of a policy for every man, woman and child, and in Britain it grew from its narrow aristocratic base to cover all social classes. This primary resource collection is the first comparative history of British and American life insurance industries. ... Read more

$70.99 USD

By the eve of the Great Depression, there existed in America the equivalent of a policy for every man, woman and child, and in Britain it grew from its narrow aristocratic base to cover all social classes. This primary resource collection is the first comparative history of British and American life insurance industries.
... Read more
Other People's Money

How Banking Worked in the Early American Republic

by Sharon Ann Murphy ...

Series series How Things Worked
How the contentious world of nineteenth-century banking shaped the United States.Pieces of paper that claimed to be good for two dollars upon redemption at a distant bank. Foreign coins that fluctuated in value from town to town. Stock certificates issued by turnpike or canal companies—worth something . . . or perhaps nothing. IOUs from farmers or tradesmen, passed around by people who could not ... Read more

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How the contentious world of nineteenth-century banking shaped the United States.Pieces of paper that claimed to be good for two dollars upon redemption at a distant bank. Foreign coins that fluctuated in value from town to town. Stock certificates issued by turnpike or canal companies—worth something . . . or perhaps nothing. IOUs from farmers or tradesmen, passed around by people who could not
... Read more
Heroines of Comic Books and Literature

Portrayals in Popular Culture

by Caryn E. Neumann, Sandra J. Lindow, Tricia Clasen, Lauren Lemley, Adina Schneeweis, Christina M. Smith, Mauricio Espinoza, Itir Erhart, Hande Eslen-Ziya, Christopher Paul Wagenheim, Anita McDaniel, Sharon Zechowski, Trina Robbins, April Jo Murphy, Roy Cook, T. Keith Edmunds, Fernando Gabriel Pagnoni Berns, Michael R. Kramer, Joseph J. Darowski, K. A. Laity, Nathan Miczo ...

Despite the growing importance of heroines across literary culture—and sales figures that demonstrate both young adult and adult females are reading about heroines in droves, particularly in graphic novels, comic books, and YA literature—few scholarly collections have examined the complex relationships between the representations of heroines and the changing societal roles for both women and men ... Read more

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Despite the growing importance of heroines across literary culture—and sales figures that demonstrate both young adult and adult females are reading about heroines in droves, particularly in graphic novels, comic books, and YA literature—few scholarly collections have examined the complex relationships between the representations of heroines and the changing societal roles for both women and men
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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

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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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