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Cosmos Crumbling American Reform and the Religious Imagination
In the forty years before the Civil War, America rang with the cry of reform. Abolitionists stormed against the cruelties of slavery. Temperance zealots hounded producers and consumers of strong drink. Sabbatarians fought to make Sunday an officially recognized sacred day. Women's rights activists proclaimed the case for sexual equality. Others offered programs of physiological and spiritual self-reform: phrenology, vegetarianism, the water-cure, spiritualism, and miscellaneous others. 'Even the insect world was to be defended', Emerson mused, 'and a society for the protection of ground-worms, slugs, and mosquitoes was to be incorporated without delay'. Cosmos Crumbling brilliantly reassesses the religious roots of these antebellum reform movements through a series of penetrating profiles of key men and women who sought to remake their worlds in sacred terms. Filled with vivid anecdotes and penetrating analysis, the book presents a genealogy of reform cosmology that begins with the American Revolution and ends with 'the woman question', the issue that drove a wedge between traditional evangelical reformers and the more radical reformers who questioned the very foundations of the conventional Christian cosmos. Here is the story of Declaration of Independence signer Benjamin Rush and his lifelong odyssey to bring together his unorthodox Christian ideals and his revolutionary republicanism. Other portraits highlight the guiding role of religion in the careers of the tireless abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison, the evangelical minister Lyman Beecher and his daughter, influential educational reformer Catharine Beecher, as well as of Angelina and Sarah Crimke, and Lydia Maria Child, fearlesswomen who made enormous strides in reimagining the spiritual and moral power of women and their place in society. There is also an intriguing chapter on leaders of the body reforms, including phrenologist Orson Squire Fowler, who began his career reading the heads of his fellow students at Amherst College for small change, and William Andrus Alcott, who advocated a bland vegetarian diet, cold water bathing, and a profusion of daily rituals to guide his followers through their every waking moment. Arguing that we cannot understand American reform movements unless we understand the sacred significance reformers bestowed on the worldly arenas of politics, society, and the economy, Abzug presents these men and women in their own words, placing their cherished ideals and their often heated squabbles within the context of their millennial and sometimes apocalyptic sense of America's role in the cosmic drama. Tracing the lasting impact of what began as a peculiarly Protestant, largely New England, style of social action on the uniquely American traditions of activism that flourish today, Cosmos Crumbling is a signal contribution to our understanding of the myriad ways in which the quest for enlightenment and salvation continues to shape American politics. - Category: Books/Reading - Misc. - New Item: 461717712
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Warpaths Invasions of North America
A history of the numerous attempts of European invaders to conquer North America details the successful efforts of the Native American peoples to repel these invasions - Category: Books/Reading - Misc. - New Item: 461717736
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Essentials of Tat and Other Storytelling Techniques Assessment
Provides quick-reference information for applying TAT, CAT, and other popular storytelling instruments in assessing personality using the popular Essentials of Psychological Assessment series format. - Category: Books/Reading - Misc. - New Item: 461718144
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Essentials of MMPI-A TM Assessment
The MMPI-A is the most frequently used objective personality instrument for adolescent psychopathology; it's based on the popular MMPI-2 for adults. Essentials of MMPI-A Assessment is the only comprehensive overview of this measure, packaged in a quick-reference format. It is a must for busy clinicians and students seeking valuable advice on administering, scoring, and interpreting this complex assessment tool. - Category: Books/Reading - Misc. - New Item: 461718149
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Essentials Of Neuropsychological Assessment
Essentials of Neuropsychological Assessment provides quick reference information on selecting, administering, and interpreting neuropsychological assessment instruments, including the Halstead-Reitan and Luria-Nebraska batteries and the Boston Process. It also discusses other types of neuropsychological assessment, such as Premorbid Assessment (e.g., WASI, K-BIT), Memory (e.g., WMS-III, CVLT-II), Language (e.g., BDAE, K-SEALS), and numerous others. - Category: Books/Reading - Misc. - New Item: 461718153
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Martha Stuart's Better Than You at Entertaining Parody
The authors of Is Martha Stuart Living?, the bestselling lampoon of Martha Stewart's Living magazine, are back with a vengeance in this hilarious send-up of the Domestic Diva's exhausting entertainment books. Only slightly more impossible than the Hospitality Guru's own projects, this collection of recipes, dinner party plans, and home decorating ideas will keep legions of Martha fans roaring with delight. Color photos. - Category: Books/Reading - Misc. - New Item: 461568276
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The Sonnets and A Lover's Complaint
The New Penguin Shakespeare offers a complete edition of the plays and poems. Each volume has been prepared from the original texts and includes an introduction, a list of further reading, a full and helpful commentary, and a short account of the textual problems. - Category: Books/Reading - Misc. - New Item: 461569470
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Communicating In French (Novice Level)
The purpose of the series Communicating in French is to provide the learner with the language needed to survive in situations in which French must be used. The type of vocabulary found in this series is frequently not presented in basal textbooks. For this reason, many students of French are reduced to silence when they attempt to use the language to meet their everyday needs. (book & tape) - Category: Books/Reading - Misc. - New Item: 461660973
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The Sign on Rosie's Door
There was a sign on Rosie's door that said, 'If you want to know a secret, knock three times.' Kathy, Rosie's good friend, knocked three times and learned the secret-that Rosie was no longer Rosie, but Alinda, the lovely lady singer. Adventures with Alinda were fun for Kathy and Sal and Pudgy and Dolly. Even Lenny, who occasionally didn't believe in Alinda, was delighted by the Fourth of July celebration that Alinda, with the help of the Magic Man, held. At the end of the celebration, Alinda was gone forever, and Rosie had returned, but she soon found something else nice to be. Maurice Sendak, the well-known artist and author-illustrator of 'Kenny's Window and 'Very Far Away, has written a story of real children, playing as only children know how. Young readers will wish that Alinda lived next door to them. - Books/Reading - Misc. - New - 458512248
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The Winner's Guide to Optimist Sailing
Written by one of the best-known figures in all of sailing and a leading authority on Optimist sailing and racing, 'The Winner's Guide to Optimist Sailing is the ideal training manual for young skippers, their parents, and their coaches. The most comprehensive sailing guide to the International Optimist dinghy class features: Step-by-step instructions on every aspect of beginning sailing More than 100 stunning photographs and helpful illustrations Useful tips and winning tactics for competitive racing Special advice sections for parents and coaches - Books/Reading - Misc. - New - 458832278
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In The Interest Of Justice Great Opening And Closing Arguments Of The Last 100 Years
Introduces the most memorable opening and closing arguments from the past century of American legal battles in the courtroom, featuring more than two dozen selections that highlight diverse facets of the legal process, including such cases as Patty Hearst, Michael Skakel, Timothy McVeigh, Ethel Rosenberg, Karen Silkwood, and more. Reprint. 10,000 first printing. - Books/Reading - Misc. - New - 460671171
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Microbrewed Adventures A Lupulin-Filled Journey To The Heart And Flavor Of The World's Great Craft Beers
A guide to appreciating and brewing many of the world's top craft beers draws on the author's international travels and provides numerous original recipes from a range of U.S. and international micro-breweries, in a resource complemented by travel anecdotes. Original. 25,000 first printing. - Books/Reading - Misc. - New - 460671800
- Microbrewed Adventures A Lupulin-Filled Journey To The Heart And Flavor Of The World's Great Craft Beers
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Science 101 Ocean Science
Draws on cutting-edge research to present a detailed portrait of the world's ocean environments, offering biological and geological coverage for a wide range of topics from tides and underwater life to ecological issues and the contributions of famous ocean explorers. Original. - Books/Reading - Misc. - New - 460672072
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