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Feminism, Self-Presentation, and Pinterest: The Labor of Wedding Planning argues that Pinterest, which has been largely criticized for perpetuating vapid stereotypical gender roles, is actually a dynamic digital curation tool that facilitates meaning-making around the important cultural event of the Western wedding. Emily S. Johnson, through a thorough examination of how aspiring brides use the platform to plan their weddings, found that Pinte...

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This book explores the journey of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) as it is interpreted and translated from International Human Rights Law into domestic law and policy in different cultural contexts. Beginning with reflections on 'culture', 'disability' and 'human rights' from different disciplinary perspectives, the work is then organised as 'snapshots' of the journey of the CRPD from the interna...

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A New Hope Second Chances and a Forgotten Boy Sixth Edition Emily Stalder Johnson Young Dublin Pearson's tumultuous life is suddenly changed for the better one day when a man he's never met rescues him from his abusive father. Andy Caldwell takes the boy in as his own son and shows him love and kindness, teaching him about his horses and of God. But when tragedy strikes months later, Dublin must decide for himself if he can trust in the Lord.

A New Hope Second Chances and a Forgotten Boy Sixth Edition Emily Stalder Johnson Young Dublin Pearson's tumultuous life is suddenly changed for the better one day when a man he's never met rescues him from his abusive father. Andy Caldwell takes the boy in as his own son and shows him love and kindness, teaching him about his horses and of God. But when tragedy strikes months later, Dublin must decide for himself if he can trust in the Lord.

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Evangelical women have been national leaders in the New Christian Right since its ascendancy in the 1970s. This book focuses on four women - Marabel Morgan, Anita Bryant, Beverly LaHaye, and Tammy Faye Bakker - and traces their legacies in the twenty-first century careers of Sarah Palin and Michele Bachmann.

Excerpt from Flint and FeatherAbout the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as...

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Always searching for signs since the night her mother died, 11-year-old Maddie finds a balloon with an address inside, and strikes up a pen-pal relationship with fourteen-year-old Pearl. Pearl's letters comfort Maddie, especially when her father begins dating, and eventually becomes engaged, to a women so unlike her mother! But Pearl later makes a startling revelation of her own.

This groundbreaking reference offers mental health professionals a rigorous, nuanced guide to working with abuse survivors with disabilities in religious communities. Expert contributors unravel complex intersections of disability, religion, and identity in the context of gender violence (including spotlights on racial, gender, and sexual minorities, Deaf persons, and men), and offer survivor-centered best practices for intervention. Chapters ...

If you are a Quaker, you will naturally want to read this portrayal of the remarkable woman—teacher, minister, writer—whose life was synonymous with the Philadelphia Race Street Yearly Meeting and the Friends General Conference. Quaker or not, you will find deep interest and everything to admire in the record of a personality so matter-of-factly devoted to religious tolerance and social progress. Jane Rushmore's life covers nearly three-quarte...

Excerpt from Flint and FeatherAbout the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as...

Man nennt sie Loopers. Sie sind die gut bezahlten Auftragskiller einer verbrecherischen Organisation in der Zukunft, in der Zeitreisen zwar möglich, aber illegal sind. Das Syndikat nutzt die Technologie und beseitigt seine Opfer, in dem es sie dreißig Jahre zurück in die Vergangenheit schickt, wo ein Looper wartet und die Zielperson erschießt. Die Morde sind ebenso kaltblütig wie perfekt. Joe (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) ist so ein Looper und er ist...