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Starving For Salvation The Spiritual Dimensions of Eating Problems among American Girls and Women
In recent years, eating disorders among American girls and women have become a subject of national concern. Conventional explanations are generally framed in the language of psychology, feminism, sociology, or medicine. Although they differ in theory and approach, they are all linked by one common assumption -- that the female preoccupation with food and weight is an essentially secular phenomenon. In Starving for Salvation, Michelle Lelwica challenges traditional theories by introducing and exploring the spiritual nature of anorexia, bulimia, and related problems. Drawing on a range of sources that include interviews with sufferers of eating disorders, she offers an incisive analysis of American culture, arguing that our social values and patriarchal religious legacies produce feelings of pain and emptiness in women. She predicts that until these religious and cultural forces are contested, many women will turn to the only symbolic and ritual resources available to them -- food and their bodies -- in order to satiate their profound spiritual hunger. - Category: Books/Reading - Misc. - New Item: 461403151
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Noche Buena Hispanic American Christmas Stories
Noche Buena brings us all the magic of the Christmas season as seen through the eyes of the Hispanic Americans who celebrate it. Christmas is at times a universal story, and many of the images here are recognizable across cultures: we hear and see joyful singing; the adoration of the Infant Jesus; and the peaceful strains of Adeste Fidelis. But here as well are the rich traditions and legends specific to the Hispanic culture, such as the celebration of the posadas for nine nights leading up to Christmas, with candy raining down from colorful swinging pinatas, egg shells filled with confetti, and beautiful paper lanterns crafted to illuminate the town on Christmas Eve. And in the 'Legend of the Poinsettia', a poor child, embarrassed by the modesty of his gift for the Christ Child, sheds tears on the dull green leaves of the familiar plant, thereby miracuLousLy transforming them to a brilliant red. Thirty-six inspiring literary selections comprise this enchanting collection of works from Mexican, Colombian, Cuban, and Puerto Rican writers -- writers who represe - Category: Books/Reading - Misc. - New Item: 461403177
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The Generations of Corning The Life and Times of a Global Corporation
From producing Edison's light bulbs to the creation of fiber optics, this volume tells the 150-year story of one of America's most inventive and enduring industrial companies. 47 halftones. - Category: Books/Reading - Misc. - New Item: 461403201
- The Generations of Corning The Life and Times of a Global Corporation
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The Country Captain
This is the first modern edition of Cavendish's comedy from the Harleian MS since A. H. Bullen included it in his A Collection of Old English Plays (1882-5). - Category: Books/Reading - Misc. - New Item: 461403441
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The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri Volume 2 Purgatorio
Presented with both Italian and English text, this version of Dante's classic follows the poet's journey through Purgatory under the guidance of Virgil in search of Beatrice. - Category: Books/Reading - Misc. - New Item: 461114878
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Power Failure New York City Politics and Policy Since 1960
New York City's municipal government is the largest and most complex the nation, perhaps in the world. Its annual operating budget is now a staggering $29 billion a year, and it has a capital budget of $4 billion more. The city and its various agencies employ approximately 360,000 full-time workers. The Office of the Mayor alone employs some 1,600 people (and spends some $135 million). And the Police Department boasts a small army of over 25,000 officers, with a budget of $1.5 billion. Anyone wanting to make sense of an organization this vast needs an excellent guide. In Power Failure, Charles Brecher and Raymond Horton provide a complete guidebook to the political workings of New York City. Ranging from 1960 to the present, the authors explore in depth the political machinery behind City Hall, from electoral politics to budgetary policy to the delivery of city services. They examine the operation of the Office of the Mayor and the City Council, covering everything from the number of members and their annual salaries (Council Members receive $55,000 per year, the Council President $105,000) to the mayoral races of John V. Lindsay, Abraham Beame, and Edward I. Koch. Much of this encyclopedic work focuses on New York's ever-present financial woes, including the financial crisis of the mid-1970s, when the city had an unaudited deficit of over a billion dollars and the public credit markets closed their doors. They examine the repeated failure of collective bargaining to set wage policy before the annual operating budget is set (which undermines the integrity of the budgetary process), and they look at the main source of revenue, the property tax (homeowners pay 84 cents per hundred dollarsof market value, commercial property owners pay $4.31, a politically motivated imbalance which the authors find economically harmful and grossly unfair to renters and businesses). Finally, they examine service delivery and discover, not surprisingly, that the highest local taxes in the nation are not spent efficiently. The authors offer detailed looks at the uniformed services (police, fire, sanitation, corrections), the Department of Parks and Recreation, and the Health and Hospitals Corporation (which operates the country's largest municipal hospital system), revealing which departments are run well and which are not. For New York City residents, this is an essential volume for understanding City Hall. Indeed, anyone interested in big city government - whether you live in New York or in any major metropolis - will find in this volume a wealth of information on how to run a city well, and how to run it into the ground. - Category: Books/Reading - Misc. - New Item: 461114750
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GOOSE AND DUCK
A young boy becomes the 'mother' to a goose, who becomes 'mother' to a duck, as they learn about the rhythms of nature together. - Books/Reading - Misc. - New - 461568341
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Microsoft Office Access 2003 QuickSteps
An illustrated guide to Microsoft Access 2003 covers such topics as creating a database, modifying tables, retrieving information, creating forms, and security. - Books/Reading - Misc. - New - 461568643
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Forest of Secrets
The warrior cat Fireheart's determination to uncover the truth about another warrior's death leads him deep into danger, and reveals secrets that test the strength of clan loyalties. - Books/Reading - Misc. - New - 461660292
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The Important Book
The important thing about The Important Book is that you let your child tell you what is important about the sun and the moon and the wind and the rain and a bug and a bee and a chair and a table and a pencil and a bear and a rainbow and a cat (if he wants to). - Books/Reading - Misc. - New - 461660349
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The Night Before Christmas
A retelling of a classic Christmas poem, eight tiny reindeer, St. Nick and all, offers enchanting illustrations by an acclaimed illustrator that brings the action to life. 40,000 first printing. - Books/Reading - Misc. - New - 461660371
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