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Andrea Shaw
Shaw describes her childhood in Bakersfield, California, her father's work with Harvey Dining Rooms and as a Christian Science Practitioner, early flight training in 1937-38 in a J-Cub. In 1943 Shaw was accepted into the WASP. Shaw describes her training and experiences while in training at Avenger Field, Sweetwater, Texas. Shaw served at a number of bases throughout California and Nevada, including Chico Army Air Force Base and the flexible gunnery school at Las Vegas where she attended B-26 school. Her duties included transportation flights, engineering test hops, and the delivery of military documents. Shaw also attended Officers Candidate School. After the deactivation of the Wasp in December 1944, Shaw served in the Air Force Reserves until 1951 when she applied for active service and served as a squadron leader over the housekeeping unit. She was then transferred and served in England as the Finance Officer for three years. Shaw left the service in 1958 and worked as a U.S. Customs Inspector in Anchorage, Alaska until she retired to Washington State.
The Embodiment of Disobedience
The Embodiment of Disobedience explores the ways in which the African Diaspora has rejected the West's efforts to impose imperatives of slenderness and mass market fat-anxiety.
Oh No! Two Snakes
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Working Juju
Working Juju examines how fantastical and unreal modes are deployed in portrayals of the Caribbean in popular and literary culture as well as in the visual arts. The Caribbean has historically been constructed as a region mantled by the fantastic. Andrea Shaw Nevins analyzes such imaginings of the Caribbean and interrogates the freighting of Caribbean-infused spaces with characteristics that register as fantastical. These fantastical traits may be described as magical, supernatural, uncanny, paranormal, mystical, and speculative. The book asks throughout, What are the discursive threads that run through texts featuring the Caribbean fantastic? In Working Juju, Nevins teases out the multilaye...
Seen That, Now What?
You've never used a video guide like this before. You loved Chariots of Fire and you want to see something like it. Where do you start? Look up Chariots of Fire in the index, and find it in Drama. There you'll see it listed under White Flannel Films: Welcome to the glory days of the British empire when the ruling class rode horses on large country estates, servants were in plentiful supply, and only an adulterous lover questioned the status quo. As in other costume dramas, the period details are celebrations of all that was brilliant and luxurious, with the camera sweeping over British, Indian, or African countryscapes and exquisite turn-of-the-century interiors. But all this lush upholstery...
New York Magazine
New York magazine was born in 1968 after a run as an insert of the New York Herald Tribune and quickly made a place for itself as the trusted resource for readers across the country. With award-winning writing and photography covering everything from politics and food to theater and fashion, the magazine's consistent mission has been to reflect back to its audience the energy and excitement of the city itself, while celebrating New York as both a place and an idea.
The Worst Years of Your Life
An anthology of short stories captures the humiliation, depression, angst, growing pains, first romance, embarrassment, and confusion of adolescence in a collection that features contributions by John Barth, Stanley Elkin, and AM Homes.
Your Own Worst Enemy
Do you suffer from any of the following? Procrastination Wide swings of mood and self-esteem Ambivalence in making decisions Dreaming big, but never following through If you or someone you love isn't living up to his or her potential -- and suffers from even one or two of the above feelings -- here is a program that can help. Your Own Worst Enemy is the first book devoted to the problem of adult underachievement, a problem stemming from common behavior patterns that can manifest itself in almost every walk of life -- from twentysomethings stuck in dead-end jobs to outwardly successful businesspeople who can't help feeling they've missed their true calling. In Your Own Worst Enemy, Dr. Kennet...
International Migration: Caring for Children and Families, An Issue of Pediatric Clinics of North America
In collaboration with Consulting Editor, Dr. Bonita Stanton, Drs. Stephen Ludwig, Andrew Steenhoff, and Julie M. Linton have assembled expert authors to bring current information to pediatricians on the timely topic of International Migration: Caring for Children and Families. The guest editors have addressed the societal issues, community response, and have provided clinical tools. Specific articles are devoted to the following topics: Concern for International Migration- Why Now?; Defining Size and Scope of the Problem; State of Health Services for Refugees and Immigrants; Intersection of Global and Urban; Developing a Community Response; Clinical Tools for Working Abroad with Migrants; Clinical Tools for Working at Home with Migrants; Advocacy Views from City Hall to Capitol Hill; Social, Educational and Psychological Development; Building on Resiliencies of Refugee Families; Overcoming Communication Barriers in Refuge Healthcare; and Building a Global Health Workforce. Readers will come away with the most current information on this important topic.
H.R. 3187, Aviation Safety Protection Act
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