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This collection breaks new ground in four key areas of feminist social thought: the sex/gender debates, challenges to liberalism/equality, feminist ethics, and feminist perspectives on global ethics and politics in the 21st century. Altogether, the essays provide an innovative look at feminist philosophy while making substantive contributions to current debates in gender theory, ethics, and political thought.

Rachel Rose follows her award-winning first book with a dazzling, urgent collection of new poems that look unflinchingly at our errors and our longings, in images that range from the disturbing to the spectacular. Anchoring the collection is a rich, unsentimental suite of lyrics on the journey of pregnancy and new motherhood. These poems are humanist, lushly imagined, and compellingly voiced.

Diverse", is the book A Gift of a Child. This anthology of poetry talks about everything from love, to fame, to everyday life struggles. Geovens' point of view goes from a black woman's perspective like in "Momma I'm in Love with a White Man" to a man that gave up his love like in "When a Man Cries". "The strength of a man isn't on how hard he hits, but how tender he touches." (1). Words like these that touch your heart and your soul are found...

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Central Asia is a key theater in the war on terrorism where fragile new states are attempting to consolidate political power, build legitimacy, and stoke economic development at the same time that they face a range of threats with security forces badly in need of reform. While the United States has recognized the pivotal role of Central Asia and greatly expanded its activities there, this is a new venue for America. U.S. policymakers are learn...

Warren Romanow has been in the interconnect industry since 1984, selling, distributing and networking telecommunications equipment. He constructs systems inclusive of, the telephone (VoIP), voice mail system, unified messaging, screen synchronization, database look-up, facsimile networks, LAN/WAN, data & desk top environments, pricing for local service, lata, 1+ dialing, T1/T3 and point-to-point communications. Warren explains, "There were fou...

Essays by Gilles Deleuze on the search for a new empiricism.

The User's Guide to Marine Corps Values is to be used as a tool to help ensure that the values of the Corps continue to be reinforced and sustained in all Marines after being formally instilled in entry level training. This document is a compendium of discussion guides developed and used by Marine Corps formal schools. The guides are part of the formal inculcation of values in young Marines, enlisted and officer, during the entry level trainin...

A Book on Books, has been prepared to provide a guide for the United States Marine Corps Professional Reading Program.Read to Lead in Today's Corps. This publication is directed to all Marines, as we are all bound by a common pursuit of professional knowledge. Our profession is warfighting, and, therefore, the emphasis of the professional reading program is on books that will make the individual Marine a better warfighter. This is not homework...

This manual provides technical background and guidance for computing basin snowmelt runoff as is necessary in the design and operation of water control projects. This manual discusses the basic theoretical principles of snow hydrology and the practical applications of this theory in forecasting and design. It summarizes several important snowmelt runoff models and offers guidelines for model selection.

The Corps of Engineers played an important part in winning World War II. Its work included building and repairing roads, bridges, and airfields, laying and clearing minefields, establishing and destroying obstacles, constructing training camps and other support facilities, building the Pentagon, and providing facilities for the development of the atomic bomb. In addition to their construction work, engineers engaged in combat with the enemy in...

The former enlisted Marines whose stories you will read in this book have a common thread. The common thread is that they became one of the few, the proud, the Marines. They joined and entered the Vietnam war when their country called. They fought and returned home to adjust to normal lives by themselves. These are the life stories, told in their own words, of how Marine Corps vets came home, built families, businesses and are living the Ameri...

The former enlisted Marines whose stories you will read in this book have a common thread. The common thread is that they became one of the few, the proud, the Marines. They joined and entered the Vietnam war when their country called. They fought and returned home to adjust to normal lives by themselves. These are the life stories, told in their own words, of how Marine Corps vets came home, built families, businesses and are living the Ameri...

`This is one of those books that, researchers, students and teachers want to have on their desks, because it answers questions, clarifies confusing areas, and provides accessible overviews of sometimes technical work - and all in prose that is unpretentious and engaging' - British Journal of Sociology `There is no doubt that conversation analysis (CA) is an impressive and valuable approach to studying discourse, and Wooffitt does an excellent...

Thomas Merton played a critical role in facilitating and embodying a revolutionary paradigm shift in Catholic life and thought. His public grappling with the issues raised by this shift in the life of the Catholic Church provided a vocabulary with which a generation of seekers has attempted to frame an on-going discussion regarding the future of the Catholic Church. Consequently Merton's life and thought continue to be guideposts for spiritual...

Prout's still indispensable work is profusely illustrated with musical examples woven directly into the text. Strict Counterpoint is the preliminary technical work for actual musical composition.At the time of original publication, Ebenezer Prout was Professor of Harmony and Composition at the Royal Academy of Music.

Unlike biblical times, many Christians do not dance before the Lord. Some believe dance is unscripted and others believe it's scriptural, but only the liturgical or praise dancers (ones who are called to the ministry of dance) should dance. The word liturgical means public worship unto God. It can consist of body movements such as - the waving of hands, clapping, twirling, jumping, or stomping of the feet. This is the dance God speaks of in Ps...

Can you trust your GP? A simple question but an imperative one. Doctors have always occupied a position of power and authority within society, and are entrusted with their patients' health, well-being, and even their lives. But are we right to lend them such kudos? Read Wood's revealing account, and you're in for an unpleasant surprise. Her experiences and her ongoing battle with public sector organisations have opened up a whole can of...

In 1998, "Clark Schpiell productions" was founded as an online humor magazine. For nearly two years, its writers published cartoons, humorous essays and the occasional movie review. After the 2000 elections, this exceedingly silly site began to transform as its writers became aware of the potential impact of George W. Bush's policies on the future of the United States of America, her people, and the world. With the 9/11 terrorist attacks and t...

Marriage as an institution faces many challenges today. This volume presents essential wisdom from the 2000 year-old Christian tradition that is as true and valuable today as it always was. The readings present positive resources for understanding the sacrament of marriage as a beautiful and sacred Christian vocation, a context in which difficult times can be worked through with grace. Marriage also involves family, even if the couple has no c...