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Unconditional Surrender

The Impact of the Casablanca Policy Upon World War II

by Anne Armstrong ...

Did the concept of Unconditional Surrender announced by President Roosevelt at the conclusion of the Casablanca conference in 1943 actually prolong the Second World War?No question about Allied policy and conduct of the war has produced more debate, more expression of emotional and political bias—and less dispassionate judgment based upon the facts. This has been so partly because we have not had ... Read more

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Did the concept of Unconditional Surrender announced by President Roosevelt at the conclusion of the Casablanca conference in 1943 actually prolong the Second World War?No question about Allied policy and conduct of the war has produced more debate, more expression of emotional and political bias—and less dispassionate judgment based upon the facts. This has been so partly because we have not had
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Thistles in the Corn

by Anne Armstrong ...

When, in May 1835, the orphaned Will Smythe is sent from the Poor House to live and work at Stower Farm, it looks as if there could be a rosy future ahead of him. Elderly Farmer and Missus Stower are childless; and local folk speculate that Will may inherit the farm, one day. These imagined future prospects encourage the impoverished Wyles family to plan for the improvement of their own situation ... Read more

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When, in May 1835, the orphaned Will Smythe is sent from the Poor House to live and work at Stower Farm, it looks as if there could be a rosy future ahead of him. Elderly Farmer and Missus Stower are childless; and local folk speculate that Will may inherit the farm, one day. These imagined future prospects encourage the impoverished Wyles family to plan for the improvement of their own situation
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At the Center of Stillness

by Anne Armstrong, Jim Armstrong ...

Narrated by Michael Toms ...

Unabridged

56 min

Inspirational intuition is available to us all. Psychic extraordinaire Anne Armstrong says, “Most people who are successful in some activity are using their intuitive abilities…We don’t have to wait for it to ‘come to us’ either; we can invite it in.” Find out how to get intuition working in your life; the answers are closer than you think. ... Read more

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Inspirational intuition is available to us all. Psychic extraordinaire Anne Armstrong says, “Most people who are successful in some activity are using their intuitive abilities…We don’t have to wait for it to ‘come to us’ either; we can invite it in.” Find out how to get intuition working in your life; the answers are closer than you think.
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Awakening the Divine Within

Kundalini—The Gateway to Freedom

by Anne Armstrong, Jim Armstrong ...

Decades ago, Jim and Anne Armstrong were Iiving an ordinary American life. Not particularly interested in spiritual matters, Jim and Annes focus was on their careers and making ends meet. But when Anne began suffering from crippling headaches not cured by traditional medicine, she and her husband turned to hypnosis and made a discovery that would change their lives forever.After hypnosis sessions ... Read more

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Decades ago, Jim and Anne Armstrong were Iiving an ordinary American life. Not particularly interested in spiritual matters, Jim and Annes focus was on their careers and making ends meet. But when Anne began suffering from crippling headaches not cured by traditional medicine, she and her husband turned to hypnosis and made a discovery that would change their lives forever.After hypnosis sessions
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Communicating in the Anthropocene

Intimate Relations

by C. Vail Fletcher, Carol Adams, Paul Alberts, Katharina Alsen, Anne Armstrong, Christianna Bennett, Peggy Bowers, Suzanne Brant, Chelsea Call, Patricia Castello Branco, Amal Dissanayaka, Marybeth Holleman, Jessica Holmes, Kathy Isaacson, Deepani Jayantha, Michaela Keeble, Marianne Krasny, Todd LeVasseur, Lyn McGaurr, Anna Oehlkers, Peter Oehlkers, Elizabeth Oriel, Joshua Potter, Paul Pulé, Jenny Rock, Ellen Sima, Richard Stedman, Carie Steele, Mark Terry, Keith Williams, Çagri Yilmaz, Alexa M. Dare, Joshua Trey Barnett, laura c carlson, Madrone Kalil Schutten, Mariko Oyama Thomas, Catherine Sarah Young, Libby Lester, S. Marek Muller, Emily Plec ...

Series series Environmental Communication and Nature: Conflict and Ecoculture in the Anthropocene
The purpose of Communicating in the Anthropocene: Intimate Relations is to tell a different story about the world. Humans, especially those raised in Western traditions, have long told stories about themselves as individual protagonists who act with varying degrees of free will against a background of mute supporting characters and inert landscapes. Humans can be either saviors or destroyers, but ... Read more

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The purpose of Communicating in the Anthropocene: Intimate Relations is to tell a different story about the world. Humans, especially those raised in Western traditions, have long told stories about themselves as individual protagonists who act with varying degrees of free will against a background of mute supporting characters and inert landscapes. Humans can be either saviors or destroyers, but
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Navigating Systemic Barriers in Academia

by Ann Armstrong, Anne Steinhoff, Jason Walker, Deborah Circo, Hawwa Shiuna Musthafa, Lilya Shienko, Saoirse O'Shea, Giulia Giunti, Nicholous Deal, Fábio Moita Louredo, Sergio Wanderley, Paraskevi Dimakou, Jaime Andrés Bayona ...

Academics have long been calling for better ethics of care and more inclusive working environments, yet situational and structural barriers within academia are complex and often hidden. Advocating the need for diverse voices in discussions on systemic inequality, this edited volume provides a vital platform for sharing lived experiences of intersectional identities navigating systemic barriers ... Read more

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Academics have long been calling for better ethics of care and more inclusive working environments, yet situational and structural barriers within academia are complex and often hidden. Advocating the need for diverse voices in discussions on systemic inequality, this edited volume provides a vital platform for sharing lived experiences of intersectional identities navigating systemic barriers
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This Day and Time

A Critical Edition

by Anne W. Armstrong ...

Series series Appalachian Echoes
Considered by many scholars to be the first novel to realistically depict the Appalachian region and its people, Anne Armstrong’s This Day and Time (1930) follows a resilient young woman named Ivy, deserted by her husband and raising a young son in the mountains after having tried working factory jobs in town. With lyrical descriptions of the landscape and careful, if archaic, use of dialect, ... Read more

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Considered by many scholars to be the first novel to realistically depict the Appalachian region and its people, Anne Armstrong’s This Day and Time (1930) follows a resilient young woman named Ivy, deserted by her husband and raising a young son in the mountains after having tried working factory jobs in town. With lyrical descriptions of the landscape and careful, if archaic, use of dialect,
... Read more
Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Social Research

by Dr Prokopis A Christou, Dr Alexander N Hristov, Annita Antoniadou, Ann Armstrong, Anthi Avloniti, Pablo Burneo, Christos Christodoulou, Pedro António Costa, Jacqueline Edwards, Susanne Friese0, Albert J. Gale1, Sophie Goldingay2, Adyya Gupta3, Danielle Hitch4, J’Quen Johnson5, Evangelos Karapanos6, Rachel Knight7, Petros Kosmas8, Deana Kotiga9, Theodoros Kouros0, Eduardo Amadeu Dutra Moresi1, Xavier Barbosa Aline Muniz2, Genevieve Pepin3, Katerina Pericleous4, Isabel Pinho5, Kieva Richards6, Terrell L. Strayhorn7, Urvi Thanekar8, Christos Themistocleous9, Zenonas Theodosiou0 ...

The field of social research is characterized by its broad scope and interdisciplinary nature, encompassing the examination of human behaviour, societies, and various facets of social existence; however, it is influenced by numerous factors, including technological advancements. It is therefore no surprise that Artificial Intelligence (AI) has rapidly become a driving force, bringing about ... Read more

$93.59 USD

The field of social research is characterized by its broad scope and interdisciplinary nature, encompassing the examination of human behaviour, societies, and various facets of social existence; however, it is influenced by numerous factors, including technological advancements. It is therefore no surprise that Artificial Intelligence (AI) has rapidly become a driving force, bringing about
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Understanding the Social Economy

A Canadian Perspective, Second Edition

by Jack Quarter, Laurie Mook, Ann Armstrong ...

Suitable for courses addressing community economic development, non-profit organizations, co-operatives and the social economy more broadly, the second edition of Understanding the Social Economy expands on the authors’ ground-breaking examination of organizations founded on a social mission – social enterprises, non-profits, co-operatives, credit unions, and community development organizations ... Read more

$50.39 USD

Suitable for courses addressing community economic development, non-profit organizations, co-operatives and the social economy more broadly, the second edition of Understanding the Social Economy expands on the authors’ ground-breaking examination of organizations founded on a social mission – social enterprises, non-profits, co-operatives, credit unions, and community development organizations
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The Cornerstone of Development

Integrating Environmental, Social, and Economic Policies

by Jamie Schnurr, Susan Holtz, Greg Armstrong, Anne K Bernard, Idrc ...

"Sustainable development" quickly became the universal goal for environmentalists in the 1990s, motivated by the 1988 Brundtland Report and the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio. When the time came to bring theory into reality, sustainable development revealed far more complexity than first anticipated. To attain sustainable development in the full sense of the phrase"meeting present needs without ... Read more

$65.99 USD

"Sustainable development" quickly became the universal goal for environmentalists in the 1990s, motivated by the 1988 Brundtland Report and the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio. When the time came to bring theory into reality, sustainable development revealed far more complexity than first anticipated. To attain sustainable development in the full sense of the phrase"meeting present needs without
... Read more
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Little Heathens

Hard Times and High Spirits on an Iowa Farm During the Great Depression

by Mildred Armstrong Kalish ...

Narrated by Ruth Ann Phimister ...

Unabridged

9 hours 27 min

One of the 10 Best Books of 2007 (New York Times Book Review), Mildred Armstrong Kalish's Little Heathens is a compelling memoir of her hardscrabble life on an Iowa farm during the 1930s. With no electricity or indoor plumbing and with little heat or money on the farm, Mildred learns to find joy in the priceless blessings of life. "This . intelligent memoir . radiates the joy of a vanished way of ... Read more

$19.99 USD

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One of the 10 Best Books of 2007 (New York Times Book Review), Mildred Armstrong Kalish's Little Heathens is a compelling memoir of her hardscrabble life on an Iowa farm during the 1930s. With no electricity or indoor plumbing and with little heat or money on the farm, Mildred learns to find joy in the priceless blessings of life. "This . intelligent memoir . radiates the joy of a vanished way of
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The Armstrongs' A-Z Guide to Life

by John Armstrong, Ann Armstrong ...

Have you ever wondered how typewriters can rival commercial radio? Why, according to John, it's best to shave only once a week, and with old fashioned soap and water? And what the various repercussions of spring and its extra hour of daylight bring?The BBC created a fantastically cult television series when they filmed the daily operations of John and Ann's double glazing firm U-Fit, the third ... Read more

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Have you ever wondered how typewriters can rival commercial radio? Why, according to John, it's best to shave only once a week, and with old fashioned soap and water? And what the various repercussions of spring and its extra hour of daylight bring?The BBC created a fantastically cult television series when they filmed the daily operations of John and Ann's double glazing firm U-Fit, the third
... Read more

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