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Animals' Best Friends
"How do people who love animals translate that devotion into helping creatures who are not our pets? How do we express our care for animals when that means different things to omnivores and vegetarians-or, say, to hunters and non-hunters? Barbara J. King, a widely read expert on animal cognition and emotion, here guides readers through the difficult choices and deep rewards of turning empathy into action on behalf of animals. King discusses our relationship to animals in five different contexts: our homes, the wild, zoos, our food system, and research facilities such as biomedical laboratories. She offers a host of ways in which each of us can be better, and do better, for animals. Acting to...
Racecraft: The Soul of Inequality in American Life
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The Last Moon Before Home
One man's descent into Alzheimer's, the profound and unexpected impact it has on his family, and the search for home, in all nuances of the word.
A Culture of Fact
Shapiro traces the genesis of the fact, a modern concept that originated not in natural science but in legal discourse. She follows the concept's evolution and diffusion across a variety of disciplines in early modern England.
Forgiveness Made Easy
How can you put the past behind you once and for all? What do you do when you know you need to forgive, but can't? Ever wished forgiveness was easier? Many people don't understand what forgiveness really is. Most people don't realise that they are the one who stands to benefit the most from forgiving. This simple, revolutionary guide explains what forgiveness really is - letting go of bad feelings - as well as what forgiveness isn't and how to overcome the five most common obstacles to doing it. Once you know what's been getting in your way, you can use the simple seven-step Forgiveness Made Easy Process immediately to: Let go of old baggage and move on from your past Resolve childhood issues with your family Improve all of your relationships Improve your health - reduce your mental and emotional stress Feel better about yourself and your life right now You don't have to wait for time to be the great healer. You don't need to have any particular spiritual or religious beliefs to benefit from forgiveness. All you need is the willingness to meet forgiveness afresh.
Searching for Lincoln's Ghost
Andi Powell thinks about death far too often for an eleven-year-old girl. After losing both parents in a car accident and being raised by a grandmother obsessed with death, Andi is struggling with an unsual quest for a girl her age--to determine whether there is life after death.& ;& ;It is 1966, and Castalia, Indiana, like most cities of that time, is grappling with social and cultural change. Meanwhile, rumors have long swirled around Castalia's Lincoln Elementary School. Over its long history, the school has produced two sixth graders who claim to have seen Lincoln's ghost in the school's auditorium. When Andi prays on her dead mother's rosary to be the next to encounter Lincoln's ghost i...
Archaeology as a Tool of Civic Engagement
Little and Shackel use case studies from different regions across the world to challenge archaeologists to create an ethical public archaeology that is concerned not just with the management of cultural resources, but with social justice and civic responsibility.
The Sleeping Boy
A murder-suicide leaves a young boy in a coma. Just another story on the six o’clock news. Just another casualty of an unhappy marriage. The cops have seen it all before. Just not in this neighbourhood . . . Dr. Leah Mallick had a life others could only covet. Beautiful, effortlessly intelligent, irresistibly charming, she stood at the centre of the nation’s influence and power. So when Mallick and her husband are found dead with their cold fingers entwined and their hopelessly damaged son clinging to life, they leave behind a string of baffling questions – including who was victim and who was murderer. Lieutenant Anne Shannon, harbouring her own secret knowledge of heartbreak, begins ...
Construction Management JumpStart
Launch your career in construction management with this one-of-a-kind book The construction management industry is expected to increase employment by 16 percent over the next decade. This second edition of a bestselling introduction to construction management walks you through each stage of the construction management process. Written from the constructor's perspective, this book will familiarize you with all the construction management fundamentals and how Building Information Modeling (BIM) is impacting the construction management profession. Covers interoperability of technology advances in the construction industry Explains how BIM is challenging the traditional approach to project deliv...
All Waiting Is Long
“Suspenseful . . . startling plot twists and incisive commentary on the social unrest of a coal-mining town during the Great Depression . . . a breathtaking ending.” —Publishers Weekly In 1930, twenty-five-year-old Violet travels with her sixteen-year-old sister, Lily, from Scranton, Pennsylvania, to the Good Shepherd Infant Asylum in Philadelphia, so Lily can deliver her illegitimate child in secret. In doing so, Violet jeopardizes her engagement to her sweetheart, Stanley Adamski. Meanwhile, Mother Mary Joseph, who runs the Good Shepherd, has no idea the asylum’s physician is involved in eugenics and experimenting on girls with various sterilization techniques. Five years later, Li...
