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Success is fleeting, nobody knows this better than lawyer Amanda Jaffe, She had been the undisputed rising star of Portland's legal community, but in a cruel twist of irony, the same case that put her on the map -- the Cardoni trial, which pitted Amanda against a brilliant sociopath (in the New York Times bestseller Wild Justice) -- had left her traumatized, doubting her instincts, and shunning the limelight.This reticence ends when Amanda agr...

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Local experience, Doukas finds, has shaped an American culture of strongly egalitarian ideals. From this perspective, the region's present plight appears, to many in the region, as a betrayal of American values. Knitting together the ethnographic present, the remembered past and the historical past, the author tracks today's discontent to the dawn of the modern corporate era for a revealing and intimate look at the rise of a new political and ...

Fond, funny, and sometimes frightening memories exude from this 104page book. The entrepreneurial and innovative approach to life shown bythe author's parents, Howard and Hazel Gunter, are told inconversational style. In addition, early chapters tell of thepioneering great grandparents of the 1850's while later chapters includememoirs and sometimes secrets of the author's own childhood and teendays in the 1940's to 1960's. The family names Gun...

Die Gruppe läßt sich in der Kunsttherapie auf besondere Weise nutzen. Das zeigt die Autorin an der Technik des Resonanzbildes und der Anwendung zahlreicher therapeutischer Strategeme. Die Autorin, die sich in drei vorausgegangenen Büchern zum psychoanalytischen und systemischen Ansatz in der Kunsttherapie und zur Symbolik geäußert hat, beschäftigt sich hier auf originelle Weise mit dem schöpferischen Beitrag, den die Kunsttherapeutin im Umgan...

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In his pioneering new book, respected pop culture historian Anthony Slide resurrects fifty early 20th-century novels with gay themes or characters and discusses them in carefully researched, engaging prose. For each novel, Slide presents you with a detailed discussion of plot and characters, a summary of how critics reacted to it, and biographical information on the often-obscure writer. In Lost Gay Novels, another aspect of gay life and socie...

Gay Men and Anal Eroticism: Tops, Bottoms, and Versatiles is a remarkably candid collection of frank and forthright interviews with 21 gay men on one of society's most persistent taboos. Ranging in age from 21 to 65, the men talk about the role anal sex plays in their lives and relationships and their choices to act as insertive (top) or receptive (bottom) partnersor both (versatile). They discuss the reasons behind (and consequences of) their...

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The first of its kind and a powerful challenge to customary views of gender and sexuality in the life and literature of Mexico, this book traces literary representations of masculinity in Mexico from independence in 1810 to the 1960s, and shows how these intersect with the constructions of nation and nationality. The rhetoric of "Mexicanness" makes constant use of images of masculinity, though it does so in shifting and often contradictory way...

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The German Army conducted offensive military operations more effectively than any other in the twentieth century. Its unparalleled tactical and operational virtuosity is obscured by the politically conditioned circumstance of its defeat in the centurys two great wars. Writers on the Second World War compound the obscuration by thin treatment of the early German victories and exaggerated emphasis on the ponderous Allied trek to victory later in...

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Although little known today, John R. Covert (1882-1960) played a pivotal role in the development of American modernism. He was a founder of the Society of Independent Artists, an active participant in the Societe Anonyme, and produced innovative paintings and collage-constructions that reflect his experiences of the renowned art collection of his cousin, Walter Arensberg. Yet, in 1923, Covert broke off his association with key modernists like ...

Editing Today Workbook, Second Edition provides practical exercises to sharpen student skill and complements Editing Today, Second Edition

Jon and Will are two brothers and policemen who have been on a search for a mysterious and disguised killer for quite a while. When the killer murders their father, the chief of police, they vow to capture him for good and bring him to justice at last. But to their surprise, he suddenly disappears and is never heard from again...

An original, comprehensive survey on the complex relationship between plastics and the environment Plastics offer a variety of environmental benefits. However, their production, applications, and disposal present many environmental concerns. Plastics and the Environment provides state-of-the-art technical and research information on the complex relationship between the plastic and polymer industry and the environment, focusing on the sustaina...

Morality and the Mail in Nineteenth-Century America explores the evolution of postal innovations that sparked a communication revolution in nineteenth-century America. Wayne E. Fuller examines how evangelical Protestants, the nation's dominant religious group, struggled against those transformations in American society that they believed threatened to paganize the Christian nation they were determined to save. Drawing on House and Senate docum...