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My Family, My Relations, My Friends

by Frederick John Turner ...

Fred was unaware of the poverty he was exposed to while he was growing up. As far as he was concerned, this was normal. His mom, Irene, a single mother, made certain that his two boys, Fred and his older brother Leonard, were well taken care of. After being a captive of a residential school, she came back home to Sturgeon Lake not knowing where she belonged, or where to turn.Fred holds an ... Read more

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Fred was unaware of the poverty he was exposed to while he was growing up. As far as he was concerned, this was normal. His mom, Irene, a single mother, made certain that his two boys, Fred and his older brother Leonard, were well taken care of. After being a captive of a residential school, she came back home to Sturgeon Lake not knowing where she belonged, or where to turn.Fred holds an
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The Sacred and the Secular University

by Jon H. Roberts, James Turner ...

Series series The William G. Bowen Series
American higher education was transformed between the end of the Civil War and the beginning of World War I. During this period, U.S. colleges underwent fundamental changes--changes that helped to create the modern university we know today. Most significantly, the study of the sciences and the humanities effectively dissolved the Protestant framework of learning by introducing a new secularized ... Read more

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American higher education was transformed between the end of the Civil War and the beginning of World War I. During this period, U.S. colleges underwent fundamental changes--changes that helped to create the modern university we know today. Most significantly, the study of the sciences and the humanities effectively dissolved the Protestant framework of learning by introducing a new secularized
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Algedonic

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Algedonic is an aesthetic outlook on pain and pleasure. Complex emotions simplified into poetic interludes as only r.h. Sin can express. With his trademark of giving simplicity to some of the hardest of emotions, Sin reminds us all that there are often two sides to an emotional story and sometimes the pain transforms into something beautiful, something less problematic and maybe something that ... Read more

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Algedonic is an aesthetic outlook on pain and pleasure. Complex emotions simplified into poetic interludes as only r.h. Sin can express. With his trademark of giving simplicity to some of the hardest of emotions, Sin reminds us all that there are often two sides to an emotional story and sometimes the pain transforms into something beautiful, something less problematic and maybe something that
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Building a Bridge to the 18th Century

How the Past Can Improve Our Future

by Neil Postman ...

At a time when we are reexamining our values, reeling from the pace of change, witnessing the clash between good instincts and "pragmatism," dealing with the angst of a new millennium, Neil Postman, one of our most distinguished observers of contemporary society, provides for us a source of guidance and inspiration. In Building a Bridge to the Eighteenth Century he revisits the Enlightenment, that ... Read more

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At a time when we are reexamining our values, reeling from the pace of change, witnessing the clash between good instincts and "pragmatism," dealing with the angst of a new millennium, Neil Postman, one of our most distinguished observers of contemporary society, provides for us a source of guidance and inspiration. In Building a Bridge to the Eighteenth Century he revisits the Enlightenment, that
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Called to Pray

Astounding Stories of Answered Prayer

by Linda Shepherd ...

Most of us have felt it: that unexplained prompting in our hearts to stop and pray for a friend, a loved one, or even a stranger. Sometimes we dismiss the feeling as a stray thought about friends, families, or situations. Sometimes we are even awakened from a deep sleep with an even deeper need to go to God in prayer. Where do those urges come from? Are they truly from God? And do those prayers ... Read more

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Most of us have felt it: that unexplained prompting in our hearts to stop and pray for a friend, a loved one, or even a stranger. Sometimes we dismiss the feeling as a stray thought about friends, families, or situations. Sometimes we are even awakened from a deep sleep with an even deeper need to go to God in prayer. Where do those urges come from? Are they truly from God? And do those prayers
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The Toughest Indian in the World

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"Stunning" short stories by the National Book Award–winning author of The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven ( The Atlanta Journal-Constitution).In this bestselling volume of stories, National Book Award winner Sherman Alexie challenges readers to see Native American Indians as the complex, modern, real people they are. The tender and tenacious tales of The Toughest Indian in the World ... Read more

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"Stunning" short stories by the National Book Award–winning author of The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven ( The Atlanta Journal-Constitution).In this bestselling volume of stories, National Book Award winner Sherman Alexie challenges readers to see Native American Indians as the complex, modern, real people they are. The tender and tenacious tales of The Toughest Indian in the World
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Tradition and the Black Atlantic

Critical Theory in the African Diaspora

by Henry Louis Gates Jr ...

Henry Louis Gates, Jr.'s Tradition and the Black Atlantic is both a vibrant romp down the rabbit hole of cultural studies and an examination of the discipline's roots and role in contemporary thought. In this conversational tour through the halls of theory, Gates leaps from Richard Wright to Spike Lee, from Pat Buchanan to Frantz Fanon, and ultimately to the source of anticolonialist thought: the ... Read more

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Henry Louis Gates, Jr.'s Tradition and the Black Atlantic is both a vibrant romp down the rabbit hole of cultural studies and an examination of the discipline's roots and role in contemporary thought. In this conversational tour through the halls of theory, Gates leaps from Richard Wright to Spike Lee, from Pat Buchanan to Frantz Fanon, and ultimately to the source of anticolonialist thought: the
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MYSELF AHEAD OF YOU

by Tuur Verhoeven ...

This is How It Works,This is the kind of thing we might be doing on vacation.Not All That Mountain Climbing You Have In Mind.Tickles. Tickles.Do you want me to stop?No.However, the time now is 6:15.- 6:15?- Mm-hmmOh, I Have to Run.It's my turn in the kitchen tonight.Do not even consider doing it.<em... ... Read more

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This is How It Works,This is the kind of thing we might be doing on vacation.Not All That Mountain Climbing You Have In Mind.Tickles. Tickles.Do you want me to stop?No.However, the time now is 6:15.- 6:15?- Mm-hmmOh, I Have to Run.It's my turn in the kitchen tonight.Do not even consider doing it.<em...
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Social Darwinism in American Thought

by Richard Hofstadter ...

Social Darwinism in American Thought portrays the overall influence of Darwin on American social theory and the notable battle waged among thinkers over the implications of evolutionary theory for social thought and political action. Theorists such as Herbert Spencer and William Graham Sumner adopted the idea of the struggle for existence as justification for the evils as well as the benefits of ... Read more

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Social Darwinism in American Thought portrays the overall influence of Darwin on American social theory and the notable battle waged among thinkers over the implications of evolutionary theory for social thought and political action. Theorists such as Herbert Spencer and William Graham Sumner adopted the idea of the struggle for existence as justification for the evils as well as the benefits of
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Free-Range Chickens

by Simon Rich ...

In his riotous debut collection, Ant Farm, Simon Rich found humor in some of life’s most desperate situations. Now this former editor of The Harvard Lampoon and current writer for Saturday Night Live has returned to mine more comedy from our hopelessly terrifying world.In the nostalgic opening chapter, Rich recalls his fear of the Tooth Fairy (“Is there a face fairy?”) and his initial reaction to ... Read more

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In his riotous debut collection, Ant Farm, Simon Rich found humor in some of life’s most desperate situations. Now this former editor of The Harvard Lampoon and current writer for Saturday Night Live has returned to mine more comedy from our hopelessly terrifying world.In the nostalgic opening chapter, Rich recalls his fear of the Tooth Fairy (“Is there a face fairy?”) and his initial reaction to
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The Racial Contract

by Charles W. Mills ...

The Racial Contract puts classic Western social contract theory, deadpan, to extraordinary radical use. With a sweeping look at the European expansionism and racism of the last five hundred years, Charles W. Mills demonstrates how this peculiar and unacknowledged "contract" has shaped a system of global European domination: how it brings into existence "whites" and "non-whites," full persons and ... Read more

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The Racial Contract puts classic Western social contract theory, deadpan, to extraordinary radical use. With a sweeping look at the European expansionism and racism of the last five hundred years, Charles W. Mills demonstrates how this peculiar and unacknowledged "contract" has shaped a system of global European domination: how it brings into existence "whites" and "non-whites," full persons and
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Angels in Our Midst

Encounters with Heavenly Messengers from the Bible to Helen Steiner Rice and Billy Graham

by Guideposts Editors ...

A special collection of extraordinary true stories about the presence of angels in our everyday lives.Six-year-old Macy was sleeping peacefully in her family’s home when a sudden crash of thunder woke her up. The next thing she realized was that her house had been struck by a bolt of lightning and was engulfed in flames. Macy saw no way out of her bedroom and cried out for her parents. Just ... Read more

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A special collection of extraordinary true stories about the presence of angels in our everyday lives.Six-year-old Macy was sleeping peacefully in her family’s home when a sudden crash of thunder woke her up. The next thing she realized was that her house had been struck by a bolt of lightning and was engulfed in flames. Macy saw no way out of her bedroom and cried out for her parents. Just
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