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Discourse 2.0

Language and New Media

by Deborah Tannen, Anna Marie Trester, Susan C. Herring, Jannis Androutsopoulos, Carmen Lee, Jenna Mahay, Tuija Virtanen, Naomi S. Baron, Crispin Thurlow0, Hervé Varenne1, Stephen M. DiDomenico2, Laura West3, Cynthia Gordon4, Marianna Ryshina-Pankova5, Gillian "Gus" Andrews6, Jeffrey Boase7, Melissa Luke8, Jens Kugele9, Aaron Chia-Yuan Hung0, Sarah Wessler1 ...

Series series Georgetown University Round Table on Languages and Linguistics series
Our everyday lives are increasingly being lived through electronic media, which are changing our interactions and our communications in ways that we are only beginning to understand. In Discourse 2.0: Language and New Media, editors Deborah Tannen and Anna Marie Trester team up with top scholars in the field to shed light on the ways language is being used in, and shaped by, these new media ... Read more

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Our everyday lives are increasingly being lived through electronic media, which are changing our interactions and our communications in ways that we are only beginning to understand. In Discourse 2.0: Language and New Media, editors Deborah Tannen and Anna Marie Trester team up with top scholars in the field to shed light on the ways language is being used in, and shaped by, these new media
... Read more
Supernatural Encounters

Demons and the Restless Dead in Medieval England, c.1050–1450

by Stephen Gordon ...

Series series Studies in Medieval History and Culture
The belief in the reality of demons and the restless dead formed a central facet of the medieval worldview. Whether a pestilent-spreading corpse mobilised by the devil, a purgatorial spirit returning to earth to ask for suffrage, or a shape-shifting demon intent on crushing its victims as they slept, encounters with supernatural entities were often met with consternation and fear. Chroniclers, ... Read more

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The belief in the reality of demons and the restless dead formed a central facet of the medieval worldview. Whether a pestilent-spreading corpse mobilised by the devil, a purgatorial spirit returning to earth to ask for suffrage, or a shape-shifting demon intent on crushing its victims as they slept, encounters with supernatural entities were often met with consternation and fear. Chroniclers,
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Vigor Mortis

The Vitality of the Dead in Medieval Societies

Edited by Scott G. Bruce, Stephen Gordon ...

This volume explores the enduring presence and participation of the dead in the lives of premodern people from the Carolingian period to the end of the Middle Ages.Unlike modern states, which erect barriers to separate the dying and the deceased from their families, friends, and associates, premodern societies in western Europe fostered an on-going relationship between the living and the dead that ... Read more

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This volume explores the enduring presence and participation of the dead in the lives of premodern people from the Carolingian period to the end of the Middle Ages.Unlike modern states, which erect barriers to separate the dying and the deceased from their families, friends, and associates, premodern societies in western Europe fostered an on-going relationship between the living and the dead that
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The Oxford Handbook of Higher Education Systems and University Management

Edited by Gordon Redding, Antony Drew, Stephen Crump ...

Series series Oxford Handbooks
The world's systems of higher education (HE) are caught up in the fourth industrial revolution of the twenty-first century. Driven by increased globalization, demographic expansion in demand for education, new information and communications technology, and changing cost structures influencing societal expectations and control, higher education systems across the globe are adapting to the pressures ... Read more

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The world's systems of higher education (HE) are caught up in the fourth industrial revolution of the twenty-first century. Driven by increased globalization, demographic expansion in demand for education, new information and communications technology, and changing cost structures influencing societal expectations and control, higher education systems across the globe are adapting to the pressures
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Behind Sunset

by David Gordon ...

Narrated by Stephen Bowlby ...

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9 hours 59 min

For generations, Hollywood has attracted all sorts of dreamers―and then has slowly crushed their aspirations. Elliott Gross is one such case; fresh out of college, he moved west from New York with hopes of writing for the silver screen and living a life of fame and fortune. A couple of years later, he's writing for an adult magazine and living in a garage. The year is 1994 and, with the rise of ... Read more

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For generations, Hollywood has attracted all sorts of dreamers―and then has slowly crushed their aspirations. Elliott Gross is one such case; fresh out of college, he moved west from New York with hopes of writing for the silver screen and living a life of fame and fortune. A couple of years later, he's writing for an adult magazine and living in a garage. The year is 1994 and, with the rise of
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Confluence

A Gidon Aronson Thriller

by Stephen J. Gordon ...

The two men came at dinnertime on Friday night to murder a young rabbi and his family. They didn't say why. They didn't say who sent them. Fortunately, Gidon Aronson was at the right place at the right time. Gidon, a former member of an elite Israeli special operations unit, must not only protect the clergyman, but also peel back the layers of the man's personal and professional lives to get at a ... Read more

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The two men came at dinnertime on Friday night to murder a young rabbi and his family. They didn't say why. They didn't say who sent them. Fortunately, Gidon Aronson was at the right place at the right time. Gidon, a former member of an elite Israeli special operations unit, must not only protect the clergyman, but also peel back the layers of the man's personal and professional lives to get at a
... Read more
Bat Flip

The Greatest Toronto Blue Jays Stories Ever Told

by Keith McArthur, R.A. Dickey, Stacey May Fowles, Alison Gordon, Buck Martinez, Stephen Brunt, John Lott, Steve Clarke, Ian Hunter, Drew Fairservice, Gideon Turk, Shi Davidi ...

When Jose Bautista homered and flipped his bat in the 2015 playoffs, Blue Jays frenzy reached a fever pitch not seen since Joe Carter’s 1993 World Series home run.Those two home runs still bring tears and chills to Jays fans. And each season, each game, each at bat holds triumphs, heartbreaks and surprises of its own.In Bat Flip, editor Keith McArthur curates the very best writing about the ... Read more

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When Jose Bautista homered and flipped his bat in the 2015 playoffs, Blue Jays frenzy reached a fever pitch not seen since Joe Carter’s 1993 World Series home run.Those two home runs still bring tears and chills to Jays fans. And each season, each game, each at bat holds triumphs, heartbreaks and surprises of its own.In Bat Flip, editor Keith McArthur curates the very best writing about the
... Read more
Off the Record

What Wall Street Doesn't Want You to Know

by Craig Gordon, Stephen Kindel ...

A Wall Street maverick shows investors how to find the next Home Depot, Cisco, or Microsoft -- before the Wall Street establishment.When it comes time to making a major purchasing decision -- a car or house, say -- most people will do their homework and find sources of independent information to help determine whether it's a good buy. The same is true when you face a serious medical decision. ... Read more

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A Wall Street maverick shows investors how to find the next Home Depot, Cisco, or Microsoft -- before the Wall Street establishment.When it comes time to making a major purchasing decision -- a car or house, say -- most people will do their homework and find sources of independent information to help determine whether it's a good buy. The same is true when you face a serious medical decision.
... Read more
Developing Successful Schools

A Holistic Approach

by Stephen P. Gordon ...

Series series Education (R0)
This book identifies and emphasizes the need for a holistic approach to school improvement when it comes to both the development of the whole child and the relationships among student, family, and community development. In recent years, the emphasis in PK-12 education in the United States has been on the measurement of student and school performance by high-stakes achievement tests. This emphasis ... Read more

$179.99 CAD

This book identifies and emphasizes the need for a holistic approach to school improvement when it comes to both the development of the whole child and the relationships among student, family, and community development. In recent years, the emphasis in PK-12 education in the United States has been on the measurement of student and school performance by high-stakes achievement tests. This emphasis
... Read more
The Student

A Gidon Aronson Thriller

by Stephen J. Gordon ...

Steve Gordon, the author of the Gidon Aronson series, was born and raised in Baltimore. For many years he taught American history and ancient world cultures in a local middle school. His writing credits also include a memoir for Good Housekeeping and television series work for Maryland Public Television. ... Read more

$8.99 CAD

Steve Gordon, the author of the Gidon Aronson series, was born and raised in Baltimore. For many years he taught American history and ancient world cultures in a local middle school. His writing credits also include a memoir for Good Housekeeping and television series work for Maryland Public Television.
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The Suffering Servant

Isaiah 53 for the Life of the Church

by J. Gordon McConville, Stephen Chapman ...

Series series Touchstone Texts
The description of the Suffering Servant in Isaiah 53 is a beloved biblical text with an unshakable place in the theology and self-understanding of the church. Since New Testament times, this text has fed the church's thinking about the person and work of Jesus Christ.Leading Old Testament theologian Gordon McConville offers a lively exposition of Isaiah 53 that is at once true to its Old ... Read more

$19.99 CAD

The description of the Suffering Servant in Isaiah 53 is a beloved biblical text with an unshakable place in the theology and self-understanding of the church. Since New Testament times, this text has fed the church's thinking about the person and work of Jesus Christ.Leading Old Testament theologian Gordon McConville offers a lively exposition of Isaiah 53 that is at once true to its Old
... Read more
In the Name of God

A Gidon Aronson Thriller

by Stephen J. Gordon ...

Gidon Aronson just wants to be left alone. His training as a special forces operative makes him unique, but now he just wants solace. When the Guardians of Heaven set their sights on an Israeli diplomat, Gidon does just enough to save their target. But when they kill a friend, he steps into a conspiracy that runs from upscale neighborhoods of Baltimore to the ancient streets of Jerusalem and the ... Read more

$15.99 CAD

Gidon Aronson just wants to be left alone. His training as a special forces operative makes him unique, but now he just wants solace. When the Guardians of Heaven set their sights on an Israeli diplomat, Gidon does just enough to save their target. But when they kill a friend, he steps into a conspiracy that runs from upscale neighborhoods of Baltimore to the ancient streets of Jerusalem and the
... Read more

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