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Denounces the ideological destruction of personal virtue, and remakes the link, unfashionable since the 1960s, between sex and society. This book argues that in the context of promiscuity, sex trafficking and social chaos, chastity can herald a different sexual freedom, and a recovery of community.

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Surveys the first century of African American Methodism from its emergence in the 1860s through the changes wrought by the Civil War. From the beginning of Methodism in the United States, African Americans appropriated Methodism, helped transform it from a revitalization movement into an evangelical church.

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Sometimes called the American Shakespeare, William Faulkner is known for providing poignant and accurate renderings of the human condition, creating a world of colorful characters in his fictional Yoknapatawpha County, and writing in a style that is both distinct and demanding.

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This reference book is a guide to Maugham's life and career. The volume begins with a brief discussion of Maugham's life and work, followed by a chronology of important biographical and literary events.

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Because the foundation of the social studies curriculum is the family, A Window into History gives teachers an engaging method for introducing students to books that are structured as personal narratives of family histories.

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A Winter of Discontent addresses both the broad spectrum of movement activity and the political context surrounding it.

The text explores the challenge of the nuclear freeze movement to the content of United States national security policy and the policy making process.

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Debates concerning the federal role in regulating industry and in managing the nation's public lands are becoming increasingly contentious.

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Play script, including biographical notes, textual details and information about the staging of the play.

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A play about adultery, guilt and forgiveness. It concerns an act of sexual betrayal that precipitates not only the collapse of a marriage but a series of moral struggles in which every character is caught up, and which result in the suicide of the adulterous wife.

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Play script, including biographical notes, textual details and information about the staging of the play.

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This study assembles the evidence in search of an integrated view of royal women's position and power in critical functions of monarchy, challenging customary assumptions about women's place in the royal harem.

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Through history, interviews, anecdotes, and popular culture, this book examines pregnancy from all angles, covering changing expectations for pregnancy; new definitions of when fatherhood begins; the implications of new, earlier connections to the fetus; and the political, economic, and social consequences to the public.

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"The only academic book to discuss the Beatles and their social and cultural impact as understood through the experiences and lives of women"--

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Tracing public and critical responses to TV from its pioneering days, this work gathers and gives context to the reactions of those who saw television's early broadcasts. It also shows how social and media critics, literary and visual artists, and others expressed their charmed or chagrinned responses to television in its earliest decades.

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his Workbook teaches the tools essential to analyzing and understanding the meaning of nonfiction texts that assert arguments.

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In this study of the life and work of Saint-Nazaire's shipbuilding workers in the 30 years before World War I, Schuster shows that the consequences of industrial production for workers differed sharply according to their resources and experiences.

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In A Working People, historian Steven A. Reich examines the economic, political and cultural forces that have built and broken America's black workforce for centuries. From the abolition of slavery through the Civil Rights Movement and Great Recession, African Americans have b...

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Often called the Pulp Era, the years between the two World Wars have seen a tremendous surge in interest among wargamers. This title captures the adventurous nature of the time period to present a fun, fast-paced set of tabletop miniatures rules that can handle the many diverse conflicts of the period.

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In this candid and sobering account, former Russian premier Yevgeny M. Primakov considers the threats posed by independent terrorist organisations to the security of the global community. He recommends that the global community develop a comprehensive Charter on Terrorism to facilitate criminal prosecution of terrorism. And he urges Russia and the United States to join forces.

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"First published in 2016 in Germany as Zwischen Hafen und Horizont."

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