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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
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The Ancient Mediterranean World From the Stone Age to A.D. 600
The Ancient Mediterranean World provides a concise overview of the growth of Mediterranean civilizations from Paleolithic times through the rise of Muhammad in the 7th century A.D. The book surveys ancient Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, and Rome, and examines life in various Roman provinces, such as Judaea and Britain. It ends with a discussion of the rise of Christianity in the late Antique world. - Category: Books/Reading - Misc. - New Item: 461662766
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Europe 1648-1815 From the Old Regime to the Age of Revolution
Europe, 1648-1815 is a concise narrative of this fascinating epoch in European history. Framing the events of the period in terms of twoi successive movements--the search for order and the pursuit of reform--it surveys the political, economic, social, and cultural events of the period. The book features numerous selections from primary sources, a detailed and updated bibliography, a chronology of the period, and several illustrations. - Category: Books/Reading - Misc. - New Item: 461717840
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Temporal Logic Mathematical Foundations and Computational Aspects Volume 2
Presents volume two of temporal logic monograph. Covers more or less the material promised in the tentative table of contents given in volume one. Progresses in the direction of temporal databases, temporal execution and programming, actions and planning. - Category: Books/Reading - Misc. - New Item: 461403731
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Riding the Yellow Trolley Car Selected Nonfiction
A dazzling collection of essays, profiles, and interviews from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Ironweed and Very Old Bones. Spanning 40 years of writing this selection of non-fiction is 'graced with an emotionally satisfying arrangement and a deep appreciation for life's variety'.--The Washington Post. Photos. - Books/Reading - Misc. - New - 461507106
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The Tao of Pooh the Te of Piglet
Who would have though that Winnie-the-Pooh and Piglet, A.A. Milne's beloved storybook characters, would cause such a stir demonstrating the fundamentals of Taoist philosophy? Now, in time for the holiday season, these two phenomenal paperback bestsellers are available for the first time in an elegantly packaged boxed set. Illustrated throughout. - Books/Reading - Misc. - New - 461717352
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Hollywood Station
Under the leadership of their sergeant, known as The 'Oracle,'the crew of the LAPD's Hollywood Station--cantankerous veteran Fausto Gamboa, his enthusiastic young partner Budgie Polk, single mother Andi McCrea, and the other colorful misfits--take on their toughest case yet as they deal with the Russian mob, diamonds, counterfeiting, and grenades. (Suspense) - Books/Reading - Misc. - New - 461718105
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A Perfect Red Empire Espionage and the Quest for the Color of Desire
A history of the red dye cochineal cites its role in building the empires of monopoly holders in ancient Mexico and sixteenth-century Spain, tracing the efforts of European pirates, explorers, alchemists, scientists, and spies to discover the dye's origins. 35,000 first printing. - Books/Reading - Misc. - New - 458512472
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With No One As Witness
When an adolescent boy is found murdered under bizarre circumstances, New Scotland Yard acting superintendent Thomas Lynley and his colleagues tie the crime to a series of killings but find the case complicated by racial issues. By the author of A Place of Hiding. (Mystery) - Books/Reading - Misc. - New - 460671805
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