Rebecca: 4598 books
Faith, Politics, and Power
The Politics of Faith-Based Initiatives
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2010
During the 2000 presidential campaign, George W. Bush made faith-based social services one of the centerpieces of his domestic agenda. These "faith-based initiatives," supporters argued, would reduce poverty, ease the strain on an overburdened welfare system, and prove more effective than...
The Return of the Native
Indians and Myth-Making in Spanish America, 1810–1930
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2007
Why does Argentina’s national anthem describe its citizens as sons of the Inca? Why did patriots in nineteenth-century Chile name a battleship after the Aztec emperor Montezuma? Answers to both questions lie in the tangled knot of ideas that constituted the creole imagination in nineteenth-century...
The Challenge to Change
Reforming Health Care on the Front Line in the United States and the United Kingdom
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2016
There is constant pressure on hospitals to improve health care delivery and increase cost effectiveness. New initiatives are the order of the day in the dramatically different health care systems of the United States and Great Britain. Often, as we know all too well, these efforts are not successful....
50 Yards of Fun
Knitting Toys from Scrap Yarn
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2013
Rebecca Danger, best-selling author of Knit a Monster Nursery and The Big Book of Knitted Monsters, presents a delightful collection of over 30 irresistible toys--a terrific value. And each project uses only about 50 yards of yarn!
Stitch five basic body shapes, each shown in several variations,...
Applied Statistics
From Bivariate Through Multivariate Techniques
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2012
Rebecca M. Warner's Applied Statistics: From Bivariate Through Multivariate Techniques, Second Edition provides a clear introduction to widely used topics in bivariate and multivariate statistics, including multiple regression, discriminant analysis, MANOVA, factor analysis, and binary logistic regression....
Harlequin Romance January 2015 Box Set
An Anthology
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2015
Harlequin Romance brings you four new titles for one great price, available now! Experience the rush of falling in love! This Harlequin Romance bundle includes His Very Convenient Bride by Sophie Pembroke, Taming the French Tycoon by Rebecca Winters, The Heir's Unexpected Return by Jackie Braun and...
Harlequin Romance March 2017 Box Set
An Anthology
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2017
Harlequin® Romance brings you a collection of four new titles, available now! Experience the rush of falling in love! This Harlequin® Romance box set includes:
#4559 RETURN OF HER ITALIAN DUKE
The Billionaire's Club
by Rebecca Winters
Pastry chef Gemma Rizzo never expected to return...
Literacy as a Moral Imperative
Facing the Challenges of a Pluralistic Society
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 1999
In this important new book on literacy and teaching practices, education scholar and former schoolteacher Rebecca Powell argues that the decisions we make about literacy in a pluralistic society are fundamentally moral ones, either supporting inequitable power relationships, or seeking to transform...
Handmade Hostess
12 Imaginative Party Ideas for Unforgettable Entertaining 36 Sewing & Craft Projects • 12 Desserts
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2013
In this book, Kelly and Rebecca have captured the heart of social gatherings for special occasions—expressing your love for family and friends in the DIY spirit of decorating, baking, and sewing. Discover how easy it can be to plan and create stylishly themed parties for all ages without breaking the...
Modern Rainbow
14 Imaginative Quilts That Play with Color
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2015
Showcase a spectrum of color with striking quilts that breathe new life into the lucky rainbow. Fourth-generation quilter Rebecca Bryan shares 14 modern quilt patterns that take their cues from the color wheel. Ranging from modern-traditional to improvisational, Bryan's rainbow quilts look stunning in...
by Rebecca Andrews
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2017
THIS BOOK HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED as the 'Millennium Phrase Book' It's filled with the same great content just a NEW updated title. 'The Contemporary Phrase Book'.
Inside this exhaustive treasury you'll find fifteen wonderful categories intended for the hard working novelist, neatly...
Displacing Whiteness
Essays in Social and Cultural Criticism
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 1997
Displacing Whiteness makes a unique contribution to the study of race dominance. Its theoretical innovations in the analysis of whiteness are integrated with careful, substantive explorations of whiteness on an international, multiracial, cross-class, and gendered terrain. Contributors localize whiteness,...
by Rebecca Fitzgerald
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2011
Tarot cards can provide answers to many everyday questions. What can you expect the next six months to look like? Should you explore a different career? Should you begin a new relationship? Is this a good time to travel? Divagating through The Tarot provides information on the origin of the cards...
by Rebecca Lloyd Waller
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2014
Time plays many crucial roles in Descartes’ physics, metaphysics, and epistemology, but has been an understudied area of his philosophy. Rebecca Lloyd Waller argues for a new interpretation of Descartes’ account of time in light of the views held by his major predecessors. By studying Descartes’...