pIn emHopes and Dreamsem, 20 human rights defenders from Sub-Saharan Africa share their activist journeys and reveal what inspires their fight for LGBTIQ equality. Some are deeply personal stories of self-discovery and acceptance. Others chart the challenges LGBTIQ rights groups face in discriminatory environments. All carry messages of hope and dreams for a better tomorrow.ppQueer and ally artists

bRecent years have seen an explosion of interest in the use of computerized text analysis methods to address basic psychological questions. bThis comprehensive handbook brings together leading language analysis scholars to present foundational concepts and methods for investigating human thought, feeling, and behavior using language. Contributors work toward integrating psychological science and theory

How did ordinary people live through the extraordinary changes that have swept across modern China How did peasants transform themselves into urbanites How did the citizens of Shanghai cope with the epic upheavals-revolution, war, and again revolution-that shook their lives Even after decades of scholarship devoted to modern Chinese history, our understanding of the daily lives of the common people

Your Hair Is Your Crown is a picture book on self-love for young brown girls. It provides descriptions of textured hair and encourages girls in all shades of brown to embrace their natural hair. This is an unforgettable book filled with meaning and purpose, and it will be enjoyed by readers of all ages. br Through creative and poetic writing along with colorful illustrations, this book encourages young

Working from a writer\'s perspective, this book explores these Three Wells and helps you con-sciously draw from them to develop new scripts, or strengthen old ones. It includes 29 exercises and techniques that help you to write stories that contain fresh ideas, intriguing characters, original scenes, inventive dialogue, unique locations, and important themes.

Vanadium isotope ratios 51V50V have potential to provide information about changes in past ocean oxygen contents. The oxygen abundance sensitivity range of V isotopes suggests that this paleoproxy could be particularly useful in tracing marine oxygenation changes throughout the Phanerozoic and potentially beyond.

pstrongThis Is The 1 Guide for Juicing Smoothies - Includes 15 Steps to Get Started PLUS BONUS 145 Smoothie Recipes strongppFrom the best selling author, strongLinda Westwoodstrong, comes emBeginners Guide to Juicing Smoothies A 15-Step Guide On Juicing for Weight Loss How It Can Help Boost Health BONUS Includes Over 145 Smoothie Recipesem This book will help you change your life and your health

This story is a true, revealing, and sometimes shocking insight into the little known world of educational test publishing and the gamble that led the flamboyant Ethel Clark to become one of the industry\'s major players. How she grew the business once known as California Test Bureau, now CTBMcGraw-Hill and dealt with the IRS, the unions, the U.S. Army, and her scholarly husband, Willis, was far from

Discover the ancient history of the city of Bath in this book packed with puzzles and activities. Includes 50 stickers.

pThis book deals with the philosophy of Ibn Sina - Avicenna as he was known in the Latin West- a Persian Muslim who lived in the eleventh century, considered one of the most important figures in the history of philosophy. ppppAlthough much has been written about Avicenna, and especially about his major philosophical work, iAl-Shifa, ithis book presents the rationalist Avicenna in an entirely new light,

This book demonstrates that people\'s basic values and beliefs are changing, in ways that affect their political, sexual, economic, and religious behavior. These changes are roughly predictable because they can be interpreted on the basis of a revised version of modernization theory presented here. Drawing on a massive body of evidence from societies containing 85 of the world\'s population, the authors

pstrongOne man\'s irreverent, humorous, and hapless quest for love and purpose.strongppArnold Haus has always considered himself to be an extraneous person. After suffering an emotional breakdown, he is immobilized by depression and, when his money runs out, forced to move from his suburban apartment to a cheap residence hotel in the city, where he intends to rehabilitate himself and apply for disability

pThis detailed history of Sullivan and Sorrento, Maine, spans over 250 years of American history. With detailed information on the founding of the towns, their growth and development, and their role in the American Revolution and beyond, this book provides a fascinating look at small-town life in early America. A must-read for anyone interested in American history and the local history of the Northeast.ppThis

14 CFR Parts 1 to 59 covers many of the Federal Aviation Regulations FAR pertaining to airworthiness standards for large aircraft including balloons, propellers, aircraft engines, transport category airplanes, cargo air carriers, and more. This volume also includes the maintenance, preventive maintenance, building, and alterations to aircraft. Noise standards including aircraft type and certifications

pSam, a 95-year-old man of decades on the sea, receives one final summons from his first and decades-long true love, Macy. As he casts off on one last voyage across the Atlantic from South America back home to Hatteras Inlet, North Carolina, he remenisces on the many times over the decades he and Macy spent time together meeting and immediately falling in love, having a son always loving each other

p Turkey\'s bid to join the European Union has lent new urgency to the issue of the Armenian Genocide as differing interpretations of the genocide are proving to be a major reason for the delay of the its accession. This book provides vital background information and is a prime source of legal evidence and authentic Turkish eyewitness testimony of the intent and the crime of genocide against the Armenians.

pIn this one-of-a-kind study of race and class in the Bahamas, Gail Saunders shows how racial tensions were not necessarily parallel to those across other British West Indian colonies but instead mirrored the inflexible color line of the United States. Proximity to the U.S. and geographic isolation from other British colonies created a uniquely Bahamian interaction among racial groups. Focusing on

pGenesis is a divine revelation about the beginning of all that we observe-our world and the planet on which we live. It captured my heart because I wanted to know what God intended when He created everything that exists.pp The first two chapters of Genesis is a clear picture of God\'s intentions for the world He created. Humanity was to thrive and prosper in every sense. The good earth would yield

pIn this eye-opening look at the doctor-patient decision-making process, physician and law professor Jay Katz examines the time-honored belief in the virtue of silent care and patient compliance. Historically, the doctor-patient relationship has been based on a one-way trust--despite recent judicial attempts to give patients a greater voice through the doctrine of informed consent. Katz criticizes

To swither means to suffer indecision or doubt, but there is no faltering in these poems any uncertainty is not in the lines or the sounds or the images, but only in the themes of flux and change and transformation that thread their way through this powerful third collection. Robin Robertson has written a book of remarkable cohesion and range that calls on his knowledge of folklore and myth to fuse