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Mary Lyon and the Mount Holyoke Missionaries (Hardcover)

American women played in important part in Protestant foreign missionary work from its early days at the beginning of the nineteenth century. This work allowed them to disseminate the Prostestant religious principles in which they believed,and by enabling them to acquire professional competence as teachers,to break into public life and create new opportunities for themselves and other women. No institution was more closely associated with women missionaries than Mount Holyoke College. In this book,Amanda

Mary: The Summoning (Hardcover)

There is a right way and a wrong way to summon her. Jess had done the research. Success requires precision: a dark room,a mirror,a candle,salt,and four teenage girls. Each of them--Jess,Shauna,Kitty,and Anna--must link hands,follow the rules... and never let go. A thrilling fear spins around the room the first time Jess calls her name: "Bloody Mary. Bloody Mary. BLOODY MARY." A ripple of terror follows when a shadowy silhouette emerges through the fog,a specter trapped be

The Great War and the Culture of the New Negro (Hardcover)

More than African American soldiers fought in World War I,and returning€troops frequently spoke of color-blind France. Such cosmopolitan experiences,along with the brutal,often desegregated no-man's-land between the trenches,forced African American artists and writers to reexamine their relationship to mainstream (white) American culture.€The war represented a seminal moment for African Americans,and in the s and s it became a touchstone for such diverse cul

The Magdalene Legacy: The Jesus and Mary Bloodline

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Gardner, Laurence, PUBLISHER: ThorsonsElement, A dynamic historical account of Mary Magdalene that challenges traditional Christian teaching and the Bible itself.

Fancy Nancy and the Wedding of the Century (Hardcover)

Fancy Nancy is back in New York Times bestselling team Jane O'Connor and Robin Preiss Glasser's tenth picture book,Fancy Nancy and the Wedding of the Century—all about weddings. Not only does Nancy help out the bride in this wonderful story,she also gets to attend a fabulous party reception! Fans of Fancy Nancy and weddings alike will laugh along with Nancy as she discovers how truly special even the simplest wedding can be. Little girls will delight in learning about bridal traditions

El nino y la bestia / The Child and the Beast (Hardcover)

A boy must cope when his mother turns into a monster,too unhappy to care for herself or pay attention to him,especially when he goes to see that other beast,his father,although things begin to change with time.

Flora and the Peacocks (Hardcover)

The darling,dancing Flora is back,and this time she's found two new friends: a pair of peacocks! But amidst the fanning feathers and mirrored movements,Flora realizes that the push and pull between three friends can be a delicate dance. Will this trio find a way to get back in step? In the third book featuring Flora and her feathered friends,Molly Idle's gorgeous art combines with clever flaps to reveal that no matter the challenges,true friends will always find a way to dance,leap,and soar—together.

Reuben and the Balloon (Hardcover)

Reuben is back and ready for another adventure in the latest book from bestselling duo Merle Good and P. Buckley Moss. Reuben loves to watch hot air balloons glide above his Amish farm. But he never imagined that a balloon might actually land in a nearby field. Will Reuben get a chance to ride in the balloon? What will the farm look like when he’s up in the sky? And what will his bossy sister,Annie,say about his latest adventure? Good’s story takes the reader into the wonderful world of Amish childre

Reuben and the Blizzard (Hardcover)

When the biggest blizzard in years sweeps across their farm,Reuben and his five sisters,his parents,and his grandfather all face new adventures and challenges. But the loss of electricity doesn’t affect his family since they never had any. And when their neighbor man can’t get his car out to take his wife to the hospital,Reuben and his father come to the rescue with their sleigh. This revised edition features updated text and newly designed pages.

Marco Polo and the Encounter of East and West (Hardcover)

Few figures from history evoke such vivid Orientalist associations as Marco Polo,the Venetian merchant,explorer,and writer whose accounts of the "Far East" sparked literary and cultural imaginations. The essays inMarco Polo and the Encounter of East and West challenge what many scholars perceived to be an opposition of "East" and "West" in Polo's writings. These writers argue that Marco Polo's experiences along the Silk Road should instead be considered a fertile

The Office: Procedures and Technology (Hardcover)

THE OFFICE is a comprehensive text for courses in the high school office technology curriculum. The course name can be Office Procedures,Administrative Procedures,Business and Computer Technology,etc. The target market is high school student preparing for entry-level position in an office setting. The text focuses on the necessary skills that range from using email and the Internet to the use of integrated application and office suites. It covers the soft skills including customer satisfaction ethics,an

The Warsaw Ghetto and Uprising (Hardcover)

Describes life in the Warsaw Ghetto and how conditions inside the ghetto and the treatment of Jews under Nazi occupation led to an uprising prior to the destruction of the ghetto in .

Disasters and the Networked Economy (Hardcover)

Mainstream quantitative analysis and simulations are fraught with difficulties and are intrinsically unable to deal appropriately with long-term macroeconomic effects of disasters. In this new book,J.M. Albala-Bertrand develops the themes introduced in his past book,The Political Economy of Large Natural Disasters (Clarendon Press,),to show that societal networking and disaster localization constitute part of an essential framework to understand disaster effects and responses.The au

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Mary Queen of Scotland and the Isles

Mary Queen of Scotland and the Isles by Margaret George Paperback book In very good condition Ad ID: Delivery Service Consumer Credit

Elegance and Enigma: The Quantum Interviews (Hardcover)

Quantum mechanics is one of mankind's most remarkable intellectual achievements. Stunningly successful and elegant,it challenges our deepest intuitions about the world. In this book,seventeen physicists and philosophers,all deeply concerned with understanding quantum mechanics,reply to Schlosshauer's penetrating questions about the central issues. They grant us an intimate look at their radically different ways of making sense of the theory's strangeness. What is quantum mechanics about? What is it t

Cronus and the Threads of Dread (Hardcover)

Zeus and the Olympians must deal with monstrous spiders and dangerous webs in this Heroes in Training adventure. A giant spiderweb in the sky with the words “Surrender Olympians” shows Zeus and his friends that they are in for another battle. Dodging the silky and sticky webs,the Olympians find themselves scattering in all directions to avoid getting caught. But those dangerous webs actually contain a hidden gem—Athena’s magical object. And the Olympians soon discover that the Threads of Drea

Government,Business,And the American Economy (Hardcover)

Integrating approaches from political science,the study of business,and economics into a unified whole,Government,Business,and the American Economy,second edition,explores the many ways in which governments and the business world are interconnected.

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Fellow-Feeling and the Moral Life (Hardcover)

How do our feelings for others shape our attitudes and conduct towards them? Is morality primarily a matter of rational choice,or instinctual feeling? Joseph Duke Filonowicz takes the reader on an engaging,informative tour of some of the main issues in philosophical ethics,explaining and defending the ideas of the early-modern British sentimentalists. These philosophers - Shaftesbury,Hutcheson,Hume,and Smith - argued that it is our feelings,and not our 'reason',which ultimately determine how we judg

Ladybug Girl and the Bug Squad (Hardcover)

The Bug Squad is back in a story about playing together,problem solving,and saying you’re sorry in this hardcover picture book from theNew York Times bestselling Ladybug Girl series. This book was a Jumpstart Read for the Record Book. The Bug Squad – Bumblebee Boy,Dragonfly Girl,and Butterfly Girl – are coming to Lulu’s house for a play date and she know exactly what they are going to do all day. They use their big imaginations to create their own fun g

The Brain: Big Bangs,Behaviors,and Beliefs (Hardcover)

After several million years of jostling for ecological space,only one survivor from a host of hominid species remains standing: us. Human beings are extraordinary creatures,and it is the unprecedented human brain that makes them so. In this delightfully accessible book,the authors present the first full,step-by-step account of the evolution of the brain and nervous system.Tapping the very latest findings in evolutionary biology,neuroscience,and molecular biology,Rob DeSalle and Ian Tattersa

The Rites and Wrongs of Janice Wills (Hardcover)

For anyone who's ever survived a rite of passage or performed a mating dance at Prom... The Japanese hold a Mogi ceremony for young women coming of age. Latina teenagers get quinceaneras. And Janice Wills of Melva,NC... has to compete in the Miss Livermush pageant. Janice loves anthropology--the study of human cultures--and her observations help her identify useful rules in the chaotic world of high school. For instance: Dancing is an effective mating ritual--but only if you're goo

Micro- and Nanoengineering of the Cell Surface (Hardcover)

Micro- and Nanoengineering of the Cell Surface explores the direct engineering of cell surfaces,enabling materials scientists and chemists to manipulate or augment cell functions and phenotypes. The book is accessible for readers across industry,academia,and in clinical settings in multiple disciplines,including materials science,engineering,chemistry,biology,and medicine. Written by leaders in the field,it covers numerous cell surface engineering methods along with their current and pote

Marley and the Great Easter Egg Hunt (Hardcover)

The day of the annual town Easter Egg Hunt has arrived,and Marley and his family are ready to find the biggest,most eggstravagant egg! Marley is great at spotting the eggs in trees and behind plants,but he just can't seem to get the eggs to Cassie or Baby Louie before someone else snatches them up. So,in true Marley fashion,Marley decides to forge his own path... right through the doors of the town shops. Stopping into the grocery,the bakery,and the party store,Marley creates calamity

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