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"Often cited as Campbell's best book, this classic study traces the story of the hero's journey and transformation through mythologies from across the world, revealing the one archetypal hero in them all. Originally published in 1949, it has inspired generations of students and has become enormously influential. It has sold nearly a million copies. ... Building on the ideas of Freud and Jung, Campbell uses myth, like dream, as a revelation of human...
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Vernon Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
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English
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"Millions of lives have been destroyed by addiction. 'The Recovery Handbook: Understanding Addictions and Evidenced-Based Treatment Practices' is a promising tool for those who care for individuals with addictions as well as those who are ready to make new choices for themselves. This practical guide offers a look at statistics, behaviors, short- and long-term effects as well as promising strategies, protocols and programs that can assist the recovering...
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California series in public anthropology volume 36
Publisher
University of California Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
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"Anthropologist Jason De LeÃçn sheds light on one of the most pressing political issues of our time--the human consequences of US immigration policy. The Land of Open Graves reveals the suffering and death that take place daily in the Sonoran Desert of Arizona as thousands of undocumented migrants attempt to cross from Mexico into the United States. Drawing on the four major fields of anthropology, De LeÃçn uses an innovative combination of ethnography,...
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Yale series of younger poets ; volume vv. 99
Publisher
Yale University Press
Pub. Date
©2005
Language
English
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"Richard Siken's Crush is a powerful new collection of poems driven by panic and obsession."--BOOK JACKET
Richard Siken’s Crush, selected as the 2004 winner of the Yale Younger Poets prize, is a powerful collection of poems driven by obsession and love. Siken writes with ferocity, and his reader hurtles unstoppably with him. His poetry is confessional, gay, savage, and charged with violent eroticism. In the world of American poetry, Siken's voice...
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Rowman & Littlefield
Pub. Date
2020.
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English
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"This book defines and explores the four fundamental elements of a community college business model, demonstrates the necessity and impacts of the model, and provides guidance on managing within, effectively developing, and successfully implementing an operational framework structured to enhance student learning and success"--
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Stylus Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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"This practical resource examines how colleges and universities foster sustainable faculty involvement in living learning communities (LLCs). This book demonstrates that faculty are key to creating equitable, engaging, and sustainable LLCs in diverse higher education settings"--
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Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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"Beyond Free College seeks greater investment in higher education by promoting a single metric-lower-cost-per-degree-granted-as the driver of a transfer pathway. The book aims to spur higher education advocates to reorganize the transfer function to serve neotraditional students in ways that advance completion, not just access to higher education"--
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CRC Press
Pub. Date
c2003
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English
Description
Develop easy-to-follow policies that apply to your department's needs. Every time an officer discharges his weapon, whether or not anyone is hit, there is an investigation. However, most police agencies have allowed their investigations to evolve and change as each incident occurs, causing public distrust, unnecessary litigation, and great harm to the agency's and officers' reputations. The book shows that consistent protocols for investigation help...
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University Press of Mississippi
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
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Describes the successful federal lawsuit against a Southern registrar in Forest County, Mississippi for voter discrimination against African Americans, a case which was influential in the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
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The University of Chicago Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
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The United States deported nearly two million illegal immigrants during the first five years of the Obama presidency-more than during any previous administration. President Obama stands accused by activists of being "deporter in chief." Yet despite efforts to rebuild what many see as a broken system, the president has not yet been able to convince Congress to pass new immigration legislation, and his record remains rooted in a political landscape...
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