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Like a salmon leaving the ocean and swimming upriver, we are on a journey in which we must learn how to fly, at least for brief intervals. As we navigate the rapids in life, we grow stronger and more skillful. If we don''t make it up the waterfall though, we swim in circles where cynics stagnate. Joy and clarity are ahead if we continue to progress. While every person''s journey is unique, it is also universal. Any path that involves honesty and integrity leads to the same destination. How you get there doesn''t matter, although your experiences do make for an interesting story. What are the phases of the journey as we progress in consciousness? What do the transition points involve? Here is a map for the human experience. Maps offer clear distinctions for discussing where we''ve been, where we are, and where we''re going. Maps help us navigate common challenges and avoid potential traps. Are you approaching the Waterfall of Being? What does spiritual mastery involve? This book is a fish ladder for the spiritual journey.

This novel follows the lives of three women through the decades from the twenties to the turn of the century and explores the changes that have occurred in both the expectations and experiences of women during these decades. There is Alice, a fun-loving flapper of the twenties, who marries Robert during the Depression years. She faces the difficulties of feeding and clothing her growing family during the years of war and resultant rationing but basically is happy in her life''s role as a wife and mother. Their third daughter Liz marries charismatic, ambitious Rod and gives up her teaching position when she becomes pregnant with their first child. She is a dependent wife and mother during the fifties and sixties but leaves the marriage to begin a new life of self-sufficiency in the country with a new love. Helen is her daughter and is quite seriously affected by her parent''s divorce. As she matures she becomes typical of the young women of her generation, in that she sees sexual freedom, independence and equality at work and in relationships as her right. A major theme is the importance the preparation and serving of food is in the lives of women and how shared meals are so much a part of celebratory times in one''s life. Many aspects of food preparation are covered including the difficulty of providing nourishing family meals when many food items are rationed, the fun of entertaining friends and family and the sharing of meals, the challenge of growing and collecting food as part of a self-sustainable lifestyle.

“The French Revolution comes alive through the eyes of six diverse and complex women, in the skilled hands of these amazing authors.”--Martha Hall Kelly, New York Times bestselling author of Lilac Girls A breathtaking, epic novel illuminating the hopes, desires, and destinies of princesses and peasants, harlots and wives, fanatics and philosophers—seven unforgettable women whose paths cross during one of the most tumultuous and transformative events in history: the French Revolution. Ribbons of Scarlet is a timely story of the power of women to start a revolution—and change the world. In late eighteenth-century France, women do not have a place in politics. But as the tide of revolution rises, women from gilded salons to the streets of Paris decide otherwise—upending a world order that has long oppressed them. Blue-blooded Sophie de Grouchy believes in democracy, education, and equal rights for women, and marries the only man in Paris who agrees. Emboldened to fight the injustices of King Louis XVI, Sophie aims to prove that an educated populace can govern itself--but one of her students, fruit-seller Louise Audu, is hungrier for bread and vengeance than learning. When the Bastille falls and Louise leads a women’s march to Versailles, the monarchy is forced to bend, but not without a fight. The king’s pious sister Princess Elisabeth takes a stand to defend her brother, spirit her family to safety, and restore the old order, even at the risk of her head. But when fanatics use the newspapers to twist the revolution’s ideals into a new tyranny, even the women who toppled the monarchy are threatened by the guillotine. Putting her faith in the pen, brilliant political wife Manon Roland tries to write a way out of France’s blood-soaked Reign of Terror while pike-bearing Pauline Leon and steely Charlotte Corday embrace violence as the only way to save the nation. With justice corrupted by revenge, all the women must make impossible choices to survive--unless unlikely heroine and courtesan’s daughter Emilie de Sainte-Amaranthe can sway the man who controls France’s fate: the fearsome Robespierre.

Men and women believe their mate is going to come prepackaged in perfection of love. However, this theory is far from the truth. It takes a conscious effort to build a solid foundation in any relationship and maintain the true essence of love. Donna Knight, founder of a nonprofit girl empowerment network, is a passionate advocate for love. While leading single love seekers on a journey of self-evaluation and exploration, she utilizes facts, case studies, Christian and New Age spirituality concepts, and personal commentary to analyze why and how we love; examine why marriage is misunderstood; and provide hope that it is possible to create lasting love within a fulfilling romantic relationship. Through it all, Knight teaches that we hold the power within ourselves to create the reality we want, not just in life but also in our relationships. Unlock the Mystery of Love provides step-by-step guidance that helps single people attain their relationship goals and find the kind of love that lasts a lifetime.

The Song of Deborah and Barak is a poetic depiction of the Kishon Battle, an Israelite military offensive against the forces of Northern Canaan. Featuring rare vocabulary and unique poetic elements, the song is preserved in the book of Judges after its narrative counterpart (4:1-24). The relative dating of the two accounts is debated, as is the song''s historical provenance and redactional history. However, in the last forty years, the diachronic inquiries that characterized Judges scholarship in the early twentieth century have been eclipsed by synchronic studies that demonstrate the selectivity and intentional arrangement of the book''s contents. Given the purposeful design of the overarching Judges narrative, an investigation of the function of the song in its literary context is warranted. To discern its narrative function, in this dissertation I will investigate the contribution of the Song of Deborah and Barak to the microplot (i.e., the Kishon Battle) and the macroplot (i.e., the book of Judges) in terms of plot development, characterization, and thematic emphases. Attributed to the prophet Deborah and Barak, the Israelite general, on the day of Israelite victory over Canaan, the song is not simply an imaginative duplicate of the prose-style battle report in Judges 4. Instead, the song consists of the pedagogically motivated reflections of a prophet, concerned to interpret recent events theologically for the battle-weary Israelite people. As a culminating moment in the Kishon Battle, the song heralds the righteous acts of YHWH, the Divine Warrior, who is able to overcome the strongest of opponents with the weakest of instruments. The song also evaluates Israel''s response to the muster, exposing the hesitancy of certain tribes as doubting YHWH''s saving power. Within the broader context of the book of Judges, the song underscores the celebratory tone of the first three narrative cycles, which highlight the mighty deeds of YHWH, and challenges the people to respond appropriately to their recent saving history. Israel''s utter failure to heed the prophet''s words in the subsequent cycles renders the song condemnatory; there, Israel''s faithful Sovereign gives them over to their own faithless impulses.

From the ashes, the phoenix shall rise again and set the world aflame...More Than a Fish --by Natalie RivenerWhen Myhrrl runs away from her arranged marriage and (sort of) into Eldvin''s arms, he can almost ignore the fact that they have been captured by pirates. Maybe this fisher boy is destined for more than gutting fish after all.Layers of Darkness --by Ann-Elize de RidderGrowing up with tales of great warriors taught Eveline one thing: When things get tough, a true knight will not ride off into the sunset with you. A true knight will stand by your side through the darkness.The Kobold Who Breathed Fire --by Richard T WheelerThe Eldkin told Kobold Nix that he''s to become a snatcher. He, however, is set on becoming a mysterious flametongue to impress enigmatic she-kobold Shi''zine. Nix''s a little greedy thing. Too bad kobolds define greediness as a four-letter yip.Dragon''s Breath --by Rob McShaneA dragon without fire? When Warheart is called to lead his house to war, he can hide the loss of his dragon''s breath no longer. Will he find his strength or is he doomed to fail and burn?Radiance --by Carmen Dominique TaxerFor six decades, Ka-Jyn has sworn to protect the people of Disara from pain and disease. But now, succumbing to the ravages of age, she must defy the laws of nature and seek help from an old friend.The Pirate Who Played with Fire --by Ryhen E KnightWhen magical fire and a drunk pirate collide, things go south and it is up to Tom and Elyan to set aside their wedding plans to rescue the situation. And maybe a cat.Ancient Ashes --by Minki PoolDell, a troublemaking heiress, is sent on an archaeological expedition to unearth an ancient religious relic. When it becomes clear that the relic has devastating secrets of its own, she must choose between betraying her family, or betraying everything she has come to believe in.What Remains --by Vittorio Leonardi"It''s amazing what you''ll agree to when you''re on fire."Cole has been haunted by his father''s words since the old man''s death. On the dark side of the moon, he''ll come closer to understanding them than he can imagine.

"May, 1536. The Queen is dead. Long live the Queen. When Anne Boleyn falls to the executioner''s ax on a cold spring morning, yet another Anne vows she will survive in the snake-pit court of Henry VIII. But at what cost? Lady Anne Seymour knows her family hangs by a thread. If her sister-in-law Jane Seymour cannot give the King a son, she will be executed or set aside, and her family with her. Anne throws herself into the deadly and intoxicating intrigue of the Tudor court, determined at any price to see the new queen''s marriage a success and the Seymour family elevated to supreme power. But Anne''s machinations will earn her a reputation as a viper, and she must decide if her family''s rise is worth the loss of her own soul ..."--Publisher description.

An introductory approach to the subject of large strains and large displacements in finite elements. Large Strain Finite Element Method: A Practical Course, takes an introductory approach to the subject of large strains and large displacements in finite elements and starts from the basic concepts of finite strain deformability, including finite rotations and finite displacements. The necessary elements of vector analysis and tensorial calculus on the lines of modern understanding of the concept of tensor will also be introduced. This book explains how tensors and vectors can be described using matrices and also introduces different stress and strain tensors. Building on these, step by step finite element techniques for both hyper and hypo-elastic approach will be considered. Material models including isotropic, unisotropic, plastic and viscoplastic materials will be independently discussed to facilitate clarity and ease of learning. Elements of transient dynamics will also be covered and key explicit and iterative solvers including the direct numerical integration, relaxation techniques and conjugate gradient method will also be explored. This book contains a large number of easy to follow illustrations, examples and source code details that facilitate both reading and understanding. Takes an introductory approach to the subject of large strains and large displacements in finite elements. No prior knowledge of the subject is required. Discusses computational methods and algorithms to tackle large strains and teaches the basic knowledge required to be able to critically gauge the results of computational models. Contains a large number of easy to follow illustrations, examples and source code details. Accompanied by a website hosting code examples.

If you are looking to improve your or your team''s communications skills, creativity, teamworking or leadership skills, and you want to have fun while doing so, then this is the book for you. It provides an introduction to improvisation at work with an emphasis on both practice and theory, and an up-to-date international reference list.

Pompeii was a lively resort flourishing in the shadow of Mount Vesuvius at the height of the Roman Empire. When Vesuvius erupted in an explosion of flame and ash, the entire town would be destroyed. Some of its citizens died in the chaos, some escaped the mountain''s wrath ... and these are their stories.

This is a cultural study on the dominance of whiteness and the exclusion of blackness in ballet. This research will focus on how the Anglo- European body image in ballet affects "the black dancing body" (Dixon Gottschild 2003), described in Brenda Dixon Gottschild''s The Black Dancing Body: A Geography from Coon to Cool. This research starts from cultural factors that contribute to why ballet has been traditionally viewed as a white upper-class art form, supported by material from Joann Kealiinohomoku''s An Anthropologist Looks at Ballet as an Ethnic Dance Form (1970), Jennifer Fisher''s "Ballet and Whiteness" (upcoming), and Cynthia Novack''s "Ballet, Gender, and Cultural Power" (1993).

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Institutional research is more relevant today than ever before as growing pressures for improved student learning and increased institutional accountability motivate higher education to effectively use ever-expanding data and information resources. As the most current and comprehensive volume on the topic, the Handbook describes the fundamental knowledge, techniques, and strategies that define institutional research. The book contains an overview of the profession and its history, examines how institutional research supports executive and academic leadership and governance, and discusses the varied ways data from federal, state, and campus sources are used by research professionals. With contributions from leading experts in the field, this important resource reviews the analytic tools, techniques, and methodologies used by institutional researchers in their professional practice and covers a wide range of topics such as: conducting institutional research; statistical applications; comparative analyses; quality control systems; measuring student, faculty, and staff opinions; and management activities designed to improve organizational effectiveness.

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Mechanics of Discontinua is the first book to comprehensively tackle both the theory ofthis rapidly developing topic and the applications that span a broad field of scientific and engineering disciplines, from traditional engineering to physics of particulates, nano-technology and micro-flows. Authored by a leading researcher who has been at the cutting edge of discontinua simulation developments over the last 15 years, the book is organized into four parts: introductory knowledge, solvers, methods and applications. In the first chapter a short revision of Continuum Mechanics together with tensorial calculus is introduced. Also, a short introduction to the finite element method is given. The second part of the book introduces key aspects of the subject. These include a diverse field of applications, together with fundamental theoretical and algorithmic aspects common to all methods of Mechanics of Discontinua. The third part of the book proceeds with the most important computational and simulation methods including Discrete Element Methods, the Combined Finite-Discrete Element Method, Molecular Dynamics Methods, Fracture and Fragmentation solvers and Fluid Coupling. After these the reader is introduced to applications stretching from traditional engineering and industry (such as mining, oil industry, powders) to nanotechnology, medical and science.

Ted Gregory is a stock-broker barely hanging in with the flow of life. A morning ride to work turns into a trip that takes Ted back in time to visit an old diner which he had not been in for decades. The diner still exists, almost as in a time warp. A series of impulsive decisions sends Ted off on a new journey, both physically and metaphorically. The Mystic is a stranger sitting alone in a coffee shop waiting for Ted, or anyone, to engage him in conversation. The mystic who teaches others has to be a master of using metaphor and parable to explain concepts. Mystery surrounds mysticism, but in reality, it can help provide a practical guide for positive transformation in any person''s life. Mysticism has room for sceptics and scientists. In fact, the scientists with great new ideas and theories have to walk the mystic''s path into the realms of the metaphysical.

Provides an account of the hardships endured by American patriot troops during the Revolutionary War while wintering at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, under the command of George Washington.

Thirty-eight years after the end of World War II, detective Leopold Czernik is hired by a Holocaust survivor to try to track down art works stolen from his family by the Nazis. His investigations lead him into a tangled web of violence, treachery and murder.

Chaque annee, lors de la grande procession de Lille, une dizaine de mystere etaient joues du haut de chariots qui tenaient lieu de scene. Les acteurs appartenaient aux compagnies de quartier qui se disputaient les prix accordes aux meilleures pieces. Composes et joues tout au long du XVe siecle, ces mysteres inedits sont heureusement connus par un manuscrit, helas unique, conserve a la Herzog August Bibliothek, a Wolfenbuettel. La plupart des soixante-douze textes dramatiques qu''il contient sont des pieces bibliques d''une longueur moyenne de cinq cent cinquante vers. Vingt-et-un sont des mysteres inspires du Nouveau Testament et quarante-trois de l''Ancien Testament, dont une partie traite de motifs inconnus du Mistere du Viel Testament. Les quelque autres traitent de l''histoire romaine et du legendier chretien. Ce premier tome renferme les douze pieces qui, inspirees du Pentateuque, representent l''histoire sainte depuis la creation d''Adam et d''Eve jusqu''a la remise des Tables de la Loi a Moise. Les mysteres suivants paraitront dans les quatre tomes a venir."

Le tome II des Mystères de la procession de Lille contient l''édition critique de seize pièces dramatiques inspirées de l''Ancien Testament. Ces mystères sont connus par un manuscrit unique conservé à la Herzog August Bibliothek à Wolfenbuettel, qui renferme en tout soixante-douze mystères joués à Lille à l''occasion de la grande procession annuelle de cette ville. Les pièces présentées dans ce tome traitent de l''histoire biblique depuis le livre de Josué jusqu''au deuxième livre de Samuel. Deux de ces mystères sont consacrés à Josué et deux autres pièces mettent en scène les guerres de Sauel. On trouvera aussi l''histoire de Gédéon et de la toison ainsi que le mariage de Booz et de Ruth. Le tome se clôt sur une série de neuf pièces qui traitent de la vie et du règne de David. Les mystères suivants paraîtront dans les trois tomes à venir.

Since the early 1960s, James Turrell has used light and space as his primary mediums. His site-specific artworks, from the ambitious and on-going Roden Crater, a natural cinder volcano situated in the Arizona desert which Turrell is transforming into a naked-eye observatory, to his Skyspace series, make manifest the physical presence of light and heighten the viewer''s visual perception. This unique, limited edition, case-bound publication, signed by the artist, printed on archival paper, and with 14 individual color plates suitable for framing, provides an overview of both of these projects as well as Turrell''s room-size light works in which forms seem to float in air and spaces gradually fill with mysterious light. The color and materials used to fabricate James Turrell: Infinite Light reflect the natural texture and palette of Roden Crater, and iconic symbols related to the crater''s underground chambers are embossed and die-cut into the folios of each section.

Describes the lives and occupations of the inhabitants of an early eighteenth-century New Jersey farming village.

These histories use an exciting story to teach young readers about life during the colonization of America.

An aged Indian chief fears that white strangers who have visited his village will return to destroy the Indian way of life.