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Community Organizing and Community Building for Health and Social Equity, 4th edition

by Meredith Minkler, Patricia Wakimoto, Lionel J. Beaulieu, Adam B. Becker, Lynn Blanchard, Anne Bluethenthal, Frances Dunn Butterfross, Lisa Cacari Stone, Caricia Catalani0, Charlotte Yu-Ting Chang1, Roxana Chen2, Wayland X. Coleman3, Chris M. Coombe4, Jason Corburn5, Lori Dorfman6, Eugenia Eng7, Nancy Epstein8, Jessica Estrada9, Jennifer Falbe0, Stephanie A. Farquhar1, Prisila Gonzalez2, Joseph Griffin3, Leslie Grover4, Lorraine Gutiérrez5, Trevor Hancock6, Susana Hennesey Laverty7, Reva Hines8, Mark S. Homan9, Lili Farhang0, Solange Gould1, Cheryl A. Hyde2, Barbara A. Israel3, Anthony B. Iton4, Whitney Johnson5, Michelle C. Kegler6, Josh Kirschenbaum7, John P. Kretzmann8, Ronald Labonté9, Blishda Lacet0, Pam Tau Lee1, Edith A. Lewis2, Jennifer Lifshay3, Laura Linnan4, Shaw San Liu5, Shaddai Martinez Cuestas6, Marty Martinson7, John L. McKnight8, Christine Mitchell9, Rachel Morello-Frosch0, Mary Anne Morgan1, Angela Ni2, Barack Obama3, Edith A. Parker4, Susan Racine Passmore5, Manuel Pastor6, Amber Akemi Piatt7, Cheri A. Pies8, Clara Pinsky9, R. David Rebanal0, Kathleen M. Roe1, Zachary Rowe2, Alicia L. Salvatore3, Shannon Sanchez-Youngman4, Amy J. Shulz5, Rinku Sen6, Lee Staples7, Celina Su8, Makani Themba9, Stephen B. Thomas0, Maria Elena Torre1, Evan Vandommelen-Gonzalez2, Dierde Visser3, Nina Wallerstein4, Tom Wolff5, Kirsten Wysen6, Marisa Ruiz Asari7, Nickie Bazell8, Derek M Griffith9, Heather Came0 ...

The fourth edition of Community Organizing and Community Building for Health and Social Equity provides both classic and recent contributions to the field, with a special accent on how these approaches can contribute to health and social equity. The 23 chapters offer conceptual frameworks, skill- building and case studies in areas like coalition building, organizing by and with women of color, ... Read more

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The fourth edition of Community Organizing and Community Building for Health and Social Equity provides both classic and recent contributions to the field, with a special accent on how these approaches can contribute to health and social equity. The 23 chapters offer conceptual frameworks, skill- building and case studies in areas like coalition building, organizing by and with women of color,
... Read more
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The Devil's Library

A Secret History of the World's Most Dangerous Books

by ASIF SHAH ...

Narrated by iP95p4xoKVk53GoZ742B ...

Unabridged

12 hours 5 min

What if every book burned was a book worth saving?For seventeen centuries, certain books have been considered too dangerous to keep on the shelf. They have been confiscated, smuggled, encrypted, hidden under temple floors, sealed in clay jars, locked in monastic vaults, looted by emperors, sold at auction, scanned by hobbyists, and stolen by the truckload. They have killed, or have been blamed for ... Read more

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What if every book burned was a book worth saving?For seventeen centuries, certain books have been considered too dangerous to keep on the shelf. They have been confiscated, smuggled, encrypted, hidden under temple floors, sealed in clay jars, locked in monastic vaults, looted by emperors, sold at auction, scanned by hobbyists, and stolen by the truckload. They have killed, or have been blamed for
... Read more
Skies of Parchment, Seas of Ink

Jewish Illuminated Manuscripts

by Eva Frojmovic, Jenna Siman Jacobs, Hartley Lachter, Shalom Sabar, Raymond P. Scheindlin, Ágnes Vető, Susan Vick, Barbara Wolff, Diane Wolfthal ...

A superbly illustrated history of five centuries of Jewish manuscriptsThe love of books in the Jewish tradition extends back over many centuries, and the ways of interpreting those books are as myriad as the traditions themselves. Skies of Parchment, Seas of Ink offers the first full survey of Jewish illuminated manuscripts, ranging from their origins in the Middle Ages to the present day. ... Read more

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A superbly illustrated history of five centuries of Jewish manuscriptsThe love of books in the Jewish tradition extends back over many centuries, and the ways of interpreting those books are as myriad as the traditions themselves. Skies of Parchment, Seas of Ink offers the first full survey of Jewish illuminated manuscripts, ranging from their origins in the Middle Ages to the present day.
... Read more
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Designing Victory

The Architect Who Dared, Dreamed, and Achieved International Acclaim

by Robert P. Madison, Carlo Wolff ...

Narrated by Robert P. Madison, Carlo Wolff, Leon Bibb ...

Unabridged

8 hours 23 min

As a decorated member of the historic Buffalo Soldiers, Second Lieutenant Robert P. Madison decided to enroll in the architecture program at Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, only to be summarily denied access based on his race. He returned in full dress uniform, with his Purple Heart from an injury sustained in Italy in World War II, and declared they could not keep him out of ... Read more

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As a decorated member of the historic Buffalo Soldiers, Second Lieutenant Robert P. Madison decided to enroll in the architecture program at Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, only to be summarily denied access based on his race. He returned in full dress uniform, with his Purple Heart from an injury sustained in Italy in World War II, and declared they could not keep him out of
... Read more
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THE TONGUE OF SHADOWS

by ASIF SHAH ...

Narrated by iP95p4xoKVk53GoZ742B ...

Unabridged

11 hours 16 min

Can the dead speak?Almost every civilization that has ever existed answered yes. Almost every civilization developed a class of professionals to handle the conversation. The professionals were called by different names — *goēs* in Greek, *baalat ob* in Hebrew, *itako* in Japanese, *babalawo* in Yoruba — but the job description was the same: the person who stands at the membrane between the living ... Read more

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Can the dead speak?Almost every civilization that has ever existed answered yes. Almost every civilization developed a class of professionals to handle the conversation. The professionals were called by different names — *goēs* in Greek, *baalat ob* in Hebrew, *itako* in Japanese, *babalawo* in Yoruba — but the job description was the same: the person who stands at the membrane between the living
... Read more
We've Been Trumped!

by Ring Bunsen, Pat Anne Sirs, Rachel Cassidy, Khomans Ens, TL Snow, Kaye George, Andrew Garvey, Michael Guillebeau, JoAnne Lucas, Paul Alan Fahey, KB Inglee, Diane A. Hadac, Craig Faustus Buck, Ross Baxter, Brian Asman, Zev Lawson Edwards, Caroline Taylor, RJ Meldrum, Katherine Tomlinson, Robert S. Levinson, Warren Bull, Manuel Alex Moya, Tamar Auber, Ronald P. Wolff, Don Noel, Timonthy O'Leary, Anne-Marie Sutton, Joshua James Jordan ...

Twenty-one short stories - sometimes satirical, sometimes, frightening, and mostly humorous, imagining of life under President Donald Trump! ... Read more

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Twenty-one short stories - sometimes satirical, sometimes, frightening, and mostly humorous, imagining of life under President Donald Trump!
... Read more
Cognition and Motor Processes

by D.A. Allport, W. Prinz, P. Bach-y-Rita, R.B. Jr. Freeman, D. Gopher, L. Hay, H. Heuer, B.G. Hughes, H.H. Kornhuber0, D.M. MacKay1, G.W. McKonkie2, D.J.K. Mewhorst3, O. Neumann4, R.W. Pew5, H.L. Jr. Pick6, D.A. Rosenbaum7, E. Saltzmann8, A.F. Sanders9, E. Scheerer0, W.L. Shebilske1, G.E. Stelmach2, C. Trevarthen3, P. Wolff4, D. Zola5 ...

Series series Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
The issue of the relationship between cognition and motor processes can be - and has been - raised at different levels of analysis. At the neurophysiological level it refers to the interactions between afferent and efferent information. At the neurological and neuropsychological level it relates to the mutual dependencies between the sensory and the motor part of the brain, or, more precisely, ... Read more

$49.99 USD

The issue of the relationship between cognition and motor processes can be - and has been - raised at different levels of analysis. At the neurophysiological level it refers to the interactions between afferent and efferent information. At the neurological and neuropsychological level it relates to the mutual dependencies between the sensory and the motor part of the brain, or, more precisely,
... Read more
Looking Beyond Suppression

Community Strategies to Reduce Gang Violence

by Carolyn Boyes-Watson, Anthony A. Braga, Ellen Foley, David M. Hureau, Erin McLaughlin, Nicole Rivers-Kustanovitz, Laurie Ross, Kim Tobin, Russell Wolff, Jack McDevitt, Sean P. Varano ...

This edited book significantly contributes to the knowledge on how to address gang problems from a broad community perspective, which takes into account criminal justice agencies, social service providers, and community leaders, along with police, who have implemented collaborative anti-gang policies and practices. As community-wide efforts become more common, it is increasingly important to ... Read more

$47.99 USD

This edited book significantly contributes to the knowledge on how to address gang problems from a broad community perspective, which takes into account criminal justice agencies, social service providers, and community leaders, along with police, who have implemented collaborative anti-gang policies and practices. As community-wide efforts become more common, it is increasingly important to
... Read more
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Coincidence

Why the Universe Keeps Winking and What It Means

by ASIF SHAH ...

Narrated by iP95p4xoKVk53GoZ742B ...

Unabridged

5 hours 36 min

Put twenty-three strangers in a room, and the universe has already decided that two of them share a birthday. You just haven't been introduced to it yet.We've all felt it. You think of an old friend, and the phone rings. You learn a strange new word, and it follows you for a week. You open a book you've never touched and find a dead relative staring back from the page. For half a second, the spine ... Read more

$9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Put twenty-three strangers in a room, and the universe has already decided that two of them share a birthday. You just haven't been introduced to it yet.We've all felt it. You think of an old friend, and the phone rings. You learn a strange new word, and it follows you for a week. You open a book you've never touched and find a dead relative staring back from the page. For half a second, the spine
... Read more
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Echoes Beyond the Veil

A Speculative Journey Through Interdimensional Realities

by ASIF SHAH ...

Narrated by iP95p4xoKVk53GoZ742B ...

Unabridged

12 hours 30 min

Look up from this page and take in the room you are in. It feels complete. Finished. Solid.It is the most ordinary lie you will ever be told — and you tell it to yourself every waking minute.Right now, particles from the sun are passing through your body and out the other side. The same dark matter that holds the galaxies together is drifting through your chair, unfelt. By our best physics, the ... Read more

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Look up from this page and take in the room you are in. It feels complete. Finished. Solid.It is the most ordinary lie you will ever be told — and you tell it to yourself every waking minute.Right now, particles from the sun are passing through your body and out the other side. The same dark matter that holds the galaxies together is drifting through your chair, unfelt. By our best physics, the
... Read more
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ALCHEMY: THE BOOK

by ASIF SHAH ...

Narrated by iP95p4xoKVk53GoZ742B ...

Unabridged

6 hours 35 min

A Chinese emperor swallows mercury and calls it immortality. Isaac Newton fills private notebooks with dragon symbols. A modern wellness brand sells monoatomic gold to people who distrust their doctors. The furnace has changed shape. The hunger has not.This is a speculative history of the world's most dangerous idea — that matter hides powers invisible to ordinary sight, and that the right ... Read more

$9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

A Chinese emperor swallows mercury and calls it immortality. Isaac Newton fills private notebooks with dragon symbols. A modern wellness brand sells monoatomic gold to people who distrust their doctors. The furnace has changed shape. The hunger has not.This is a speculative history of the world's most dangerous idea — that matter hides powers invisible to ordinary sight, and that the right
... Read more
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BLACKMAGIC

The Science of Curses

by ASIF SHAH ...

Narrated by iP95p4xoKVk53GoZ742B ...

Unabridged

9 hours 28 min

In 1929, a construction crew in Athens broke through the foundation of an ancient well and found dozens of lead tablets, each folded, pierced with iron nails, and inscribed with the names of the dead. They were curse tablets — and they were everywhere in the ancient world.Three thousand years later, someone is asking a stranger on the internet how to hex an ex-lover. Someone else is answering with ... Read more

$9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

In 1929, a construction crew in Athens broke through the foundation of an ancient well and found dozens of lead tablets, each folded, pierced with iron nails, and inscribed with the names of the dead. They were curse tablets — and they were everywhere in the ancient world.Three thousand years later, someone is asking a stranger on the internet how to hex an ex-lover. Someone else is answering with
... Read more

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