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1) Tradition
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At Fullbrook Academy, where tradition reigns supreme, James Baxter and Jules Devereux take on privilege, sexism, and the importance of consent.
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"Jericho Brown's daring new book The Tradition details the normalization of evil and its history at the intersection of the past and the personal. Brown's poetic concerns are both broad and intimate, and at their very core a distillation of the incredibly human: What is safety? Who is this nation? Where does freedom truly lie? Brown makes mythical pastorals to question the terrors to which we've become accustomed, and to celebrate how we survive....
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"A landmark in the history of African-American fiction, this gripping 1901 novel was among the first literary challenges to racial stereotypes. Its tragic history of two families unfolds against the backdrop of the post-Reconstruction South and climaxes with a race riot based on an actual 1898 incident. One of America's first great African-American novelists, Charles W. Chesnutt (1858-1932) exposed the harsh dimensions of Southern prejudice before...
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"The Marrow of Tradition" is a 1901 historical novel written by the African-American author Charles W. Chesnutt. Set in 1898, it presents a fictionalised version of events related to the Wilmington Insurrection in Wilmington, a riot enacted by white supremacists in North Carolina. Charles Waddell Chesnutt (1858 –1932) was an African-American essayist, lawyer, author, and political activist most famous for his novels and short stories that deal with...
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Kanopy Streaming
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2016.
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This program explores the effects of mountain tourism on a small village in rural Nepal and the often ironic nature of the resulting cross-cultural encounters. Recommended for Asian Studies, Environmental Studies, The Anthropology of Tourism, Global Economics, and Mountaineering enthusiasts
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Shaw Sebring is sixteen and trying desperately to understand and accept his father's recent suicide. Moving with his mother halfway across the county in an effort to distance themselves from the awful truth, Shaw lands in a new school and finds that the ghost of his father, a best-selling author, has followed him. Determined that he will not follow in his father's footsteps Shaw tries to chart his own course, until circumstances force him to accept...
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Saint Francis of Assisi is one of the most beloved saints. His commitment to God's will, his yearning to embrace poverty, and his attentiveness to the Spirit's presence in his life continue to inspire Christians and non-Christians alike. The Franciscan Tradition highlights some of the most influential people in Franciscan history. Using the writings of men and women from the First, Second, and Third Orders, this volume shows the breadth and depth...
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St. Dominic, who died in 1221, took to heart Jesus' charge to make disciples of all nations. He founded a religious community, the Order of Preachers, which differed from most orders of his day. Dominic trained preachers who traveled anywhere and everywhere to spread the Gospel.The Dominicans continue to flourish today. The Dominican Tradition, the first in a spirituality anthology series, provides readers a window into Dominican spirituality. You...
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A delectable peek at the tradition of afternoon tea at the Fairmont Empress Hotel — and the enchanting history of taking tea
Muriel Moffat has been sipping tea at Victoria's storied Empress Hotel for 60 years — and sharing all those lovely cups with four generations of Moffats. When she poured her love of all things tea into a darling little book, it soon became a bestseller, with 30,000 copies sold from the shelves
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Evil is lurking in the dark and casting a shadow around the Devil's Knights. When that evil comes knocking on Luna's door, Detective Ransom has had enough. Luna is his and no one is going to take her away from him.Luna's been testing her limits from day one and is determined to be seen as an equal when it comes to not only the Devil's Knights but also the sexy detective who sets her panties on fire. If Detective Ransom really wants Luna, he's gonna...
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This book will help you: • to discover how Protestantism developed and spread from Europe to America • to appreciate the wide range of interpretations of Protestantism, and the core beliefs and practices shared by the principal Protestant Churches • to understand the special history of the Church of England • to gain a perspective on the evangelical movements of the twenty-first century.
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From the bestselling author Harry Turtledove comes a short story, "Manuscript Tradition."
Dr. Feyrouz Hanafusa is a curator at Yale in the 23rd century. Space exploration is still ongoing, and signs of life have been discovered on a planet near TRAPPIST-1. Signs, Dr. Hanafusa realizes, that suspiciously resemble drawings in the Voynich manuscript, which no one has been able to decipher in over eight-hundred years.
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The Great Courses
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2014.
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Liberty. Democracy. Rights. Community. Without even realizing it, we all use the fruits of political philosophy. The question is, are we using them well? This is your opportunity to navigate the labyrinth of Western political and social theory. Trace the rise of movements including capitalism, liberalism, conservatism, nationalism, socialism, and communism.
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The Great Courses
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2016.
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Inheriting the legacy of mystery and suspense from American writers, Europe took the genre far more seriously. Travel through France, Germany, Italy, and Spain to see how the genre manages to address location-specific issues and cultures, while maintaining the core elements of a successful mystery and suspense story.
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Young Teddie Crawford is dead from multiple stab wounds in a restaurant kitchen awash with blood. LAPD homicide detective Kate Delafield is relentless in her pursuit and capture of his killer. But bringing that killer to trial imperils Kate's professional standing and personal privacy - and her belief in the justice system to which she has devoted her life.
The suspect claims self-defense - that Teddie Crawford made a homosexual advance and backed...
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