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After 9/11, research on the perceived threat of terrorism moved in several directions. Some scholars examined the social construction of terrorism, scrutinizing the political rhetoric and media coverage associated with the threat. Other researchers investigated the public’s elevated worries about terrorism and their effect on public opinion, while still other analysts elucidated the post-9/11 changes in U.S. foreign and domestic policies. In Freaking Out: A Decade of Living with Terrorism, Joshua Woods unites these areas of research, interweaving the sociology and psychology of terrorism, to create a broader and more compelling explanation of how the attacks on 9/11 have changed American s...
Heartbreak gave Tatiana the nudge she needed to return home. That and her best friend didn’t give her a choice. The realization that home is where the heart is makes it an easy pill to swallow and eases the sadness inside. Tatiana decides she needs to stay busy and now has plans to put into motion. An ice cream store that needs a facelift and many ideas to make it the newest hot spot on Morbank Island. But she is roped into organizing the Halloween Haunted House out at The Manor, to give its poor frazzled owner Regan a break. Regan is at his wit's end with staffing issues and a new realm holidays venture coming together so he jumps at the chance for her help. It doesn’t hurt that she’s staying in the Manor only a few feet away from him. Work issues are not the only thing keeping him up at night.
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"Contacts between Indigenous Australians and outsiders - Macassans, Portuguese, Dutch, English, French, Americans and others - are known to have occurred for 400 years. This book explores these diverse, subtle, dynamic and volatile first encounters from Indigenous and non-Indigenous perspectives. It also looks at the myriad elements of these cross-cultural exchanges, which resulted in profound outcomes for the First Australians. Strangers on the Shore: A Conference on Early Coastal Contacts with Australia was a landmark conference held at the National Museum of Australia on 30-31 March 2006"--Provided by publisher
Today, freedom is so closely associated with the United States that most people still view America as the ultimate symbol of freedom. This is one reason why the desire to immigrate to the United States from almost anywhere in the world has not waned for more than a century. Because of this image, the idea that Americans are constrained by restrictive ordinances and rules seems contrary and therefore difficult for most citizens to accept.Vladimir Shlapentokh and Eric Beasley argue that the idea of basing American society upon unadulterated freedom in all spheres of life is both unrealistic and simplistic. The authors define freedom as the ability to choose one of many available alternatives. ...