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Violence against Women

by Dawn Beichner, Spencer E. Cahill, Martin Daly, Erika Davis-Frenzel, Kirsten Dellinger, R Emerson Dobash, Russell P. Dobash, Robert M. Emerson, Kathleen J. Ferraro, Kerry O. Ferris, Patricia Gagné, Carol Brooks Gardner, Demie Kurz, Donileen R. Loseke, Joseph Marolla, Diana Scully, Cassia Spohn, Kathleen J. Tierney, Christine L. Williams, Margo Wilson, Patricia Yancey Martin ...

Series series Understanding Social Problems: An SSSP Presidential Series
Research and advocacy aimed at understanding and ending violence against women had its beginning in the early 1970s, emerging as a central concern of the feminist movement. This work has expanded exponentially over the past three decades to influence practice and policy at the local, state, and federal levels. Many of the most influential articles in the field were published in Social Problems. ... Read more

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Research and advocacy aimed at understanding and ending violence against women had its beginning in the early 1970s, emerging as a central concern of the feminist movement. This work has expanded exponentially over the past three decades to influence practice and policy at the local, state, and federal levels. Many of the most influential articles in the field were published in Social Problems.
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The Cambridge Medieval History - Book IV

The Fall of the Western Roman Empire

by F.J. Haverfield, F. Beck, Ernest Barker, Maurice Dumoulin, E.W. Brooks, Alice Gardner, E.C. Butler, Paul Vinogradoff, H.F. Stewart, W.R. Lethaby, J.B. Bury-020edt ...

This process of history may be said to have entered on its effective stage in the West with Alaric's invasion of Italy. But it had been present, as a potentiality and a menace, for many years before Alaric heard the voice that drew him steadily towards Rome. The frontier war along the limes was as old as the second century. The pressure of the population of the German forests upon the Roman world ... Read more

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This process of history may be said to have entered on its effective stage in the West with Alaric's invasion of Italy. But it had been present, as a potentiality and a menace, for many years before Alaric heard the voice that drew him steadily towards Rome. The frontier war along the limes was as old as the second century. The pressure of the population of the German forests upon the Roman world
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Possessions

by Judith Michael ...

Narrated by Stan Adams, Marla Freeman, Brooks Gardner, Catherine Stewart, Mike Wise ...

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17 hours 33 min

She thought she knew her husband. She thought she knew herself. She was mistaken on both counts....When Katherine Fraser's husband vanishes, she discovers that he has hidden his past from her...but when his wealthy family finds her and sweeps her into a world of power and luxury, the fearful, dependent wife is gradually transformed into a vibrant, glamorous woman. From San Francisco to Paris to ... Read more

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She thought she knew her husband. She thought she knew herself. She was mistaken on both counts....When Katherine Fraser's husband vanishes, she discovers that he has hidden his past from her...but when his wealthy family finds her and sweeps her into a world of power and luxury, the fearful, dependent wife is gradually transformed into a vibrant, glamorous woman. From San Francisco to Paris to
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The Genesis Project

by Gardner Brooks ...

Elik Mangor has a huge problem: his three-yearproject is in danger of being cancelledbecause it isn't meeting the goals originallyset out for it. If he's forced to shut it down,billions of people will die in a heartbeat.Libby Burgess, the executive editor of a NYCpublishing house, has a huge problem, too.God, or at least some dude claiming to beour Creator, has mysteriously contacted her,asking ... Read more

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Elik Mangor has a huge problem: his three-yearproject is in danger of being cancelledbecause it isn't meeting the goals originallyset out for it. If he's forced to shut it down,billions of people will die in a heartbeat.Libby Burgess, the executive editor of a NYCpublishing house, has a huge problem, too.God, or at least some dude claiming to beour Creator, has mysteriously contacted her,asking
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Dangerous Affairs

by Gardner Brooks ...

Dangerous Affairs is an historical novel inspired by the true stroy of a pair of young children who were kidnaped by their father from his estranged wife and spirited aboard the Titanic, heading for a new life in America.Starting with that idea, the author creates a fictionalized background in this compelling story, which brings the slim facts to life. In the process, the author adds depth and ... Read more

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Dangerous Affairs is an historical novel inspired by the true stroy of a pair of young children who were kidnaped by their father from his estranged wife and spirited aboard the Titanic, heading for a new life in America.Starting with that idea, the author creates a fictionalized background in this compelling story, which brings the slim facts to life. In the process, the author adds depth and
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A Taste of Honey & more

Eight BBC Radio Full-Cast Productions

by Shelagh Delaney ...

Narrated by Siobhan Finneran, Barbara Marten, Susan Twist, Beth Squires, Eileen O'Brien, Kay Purcell, Thomas Sangster, Nicola Gardner, Daniel Hanbridge, Brooke Vincent, Linda Polan, Full Cast ...

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6 hours 39 min

A collection of plays by the trailblazing dramatist Shelagh Delaney'The fact is, Miss Delaney is not only a shrewd and penetrating observer; she is a very delicate artist.' Bernard LevinShelagh Delaney was just 19 when her debut play, A Taste of Honey, premiered in 1958. One of the great ‘kitchen sink dramas’, it was ground-breaking in its portrayal of working-class Northern women, gay and Black ... Read more

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A collection of plays by the trailblazing dramatist Shelagh Delaney'The fact is, Miss Delaney is not only a shrewd and penetrating observer; she is a very delicate artist.' Bernard LevinShelagh Delaney was just 19 when her debut play, A Taste of Honey, premiered in 1958. One of the great ‘kitchen sink dramas’, it was ground-breaking in its portrayal of working-class Northern women, gay and Black
... Read more
The Cambridge Medieval History - Book I

From the Rise of Constantine to the Death of Julian

by H.M. Gwatkin, J.S. Reid, Norman Baynes ...

THE first question that has to be considered in laying down the plan of a Medieval History is, Where to begin? Where shall we draw the line that separates it from Ancient History? Some would fix it at the death of Domitian, others at that of Marcus. Some would come down to Constantine, to the death of Theodosius, to the great barbarian invasion of 406, or to the end of the Western Empire in 476; ... Read more

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THE first question that has to be considered in laying down the plan of a Medieval History is, Where to begin? Where shall we draw the line that separates it from Ancient History? Some would fix it at the death of Domitian, others at that of Marcus. Some would come down to Constantine, to the death of Theodosius, to the great barbarian invasion of 406, or to the end of the Western Empire in 476;
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The Cambridge Medieval History - Book XIV

The Eastern Roman Empire from Leo III to the Macedonian Dynasty

by Charles Diehl, E.W. Brooks, Albert Vogt, Frederic Macler, J.B. Bury-020edt ...

THE history of the Byzantine Empire under the rule of the Isaurian dynasty is one of the periods in the prolonged evolution of the monarchy least easy of comprehension. The work of the sovereigns usually called the Iconoclast Emperors has been, in fact, recorded for us practically only by opponents or victims, and their impassioned reports have obviously no claim to be considered strictly ... Read more

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THE history of the Byzantine Empire under the rule of the Isaurian dynasty is one of the periods in the prolonged evolution of the monarchy least easy of comprehension. The work of the sovereigns usually called the Iconoclast Emperors has been, in fact, recorded for us practically only by opponents or victims, and their impassioned reports have obviously no claim to be considered strictly
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The Cambridge Medieval History - Book VIII

The Arab-Byzantine Wars and the Early Middle Ages

by T. Peisker, E.W. Brooks, Camile Jullian, F.E. Warren, W.J. Corbett ...

The Arabs first invaded Asia Minor during the commotions of 641. In 642 a plan of Valentine for a combined attack on them was frustrated by his defeat; but Theodore and Procopius penetrated as far as Batnae, and an Armenian force occupied Amida and nearly reached Edessa before they were routed. In 643, Valentine having returned to Constantinople, the enemy again entered Asia Minor, and Arabissus ... Read more

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The Arabs first invaded Asia Minor during the commotions of 641. In 642 a plan of Valentine for a combined attack on them was frustrated by his defeat; but Theodore and Procopius penetrated as far as Batnae, and an Armenian force occupied Amida and nearly reached Edessa before they were routed. In 643, Valentine having returned to Constantinople, the enemy again entered Asia Minor, and Arabissus
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The Cambridge Medieval History - Book V

Justinian and the Imperial Restoration in the West

by Charles Diehl, H.J. Roby, J.B. Bury-020edt ...

ON 9 July 518 the Emperor Anastasius died, leaving nephews only as his heirs. The succession was therefore quite undecided. An obscure intrigue brought the Commander-in-Chief of the Guard, the comes excubitorum Justin, to the throne. This adventurer had found his way to Constantinople from the mountains of his native Illyricum in search of fortune, and now became, at the age of almost seventy ... Read more

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ON 9 July 518 the Emperor Anastasius died, leaving nephews only as his heirs. The succession was therefore quite undecided. An obscure intrigue brought the Commander-in-Chief of the Guard, the comes excubitorum Justin, to the throne. This adventurer had found his way to Constantinople from the mountains of his native Illyricum in search of fortune, and now became, at the age of almost seventy
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The Cambridge Medieval History - Book XI

The Holy Roman Empire Triumphant

by C.W. Previte-Orton, Austin Poole, Edwin Holthouse, Caroline Ryley ...

“THE future of the realm”, Conrad is said to have declared with his dying words, “lies with the Saxons”, and he bade his brother Everard to bear the royal insignia to Henry, the Saxon Duke, as the one man capable of restoring the glory of the German name. The union of Frank and Saxon had given the throne to Conrad on the death of Louis the Child; the same alliance was responsible for the ... Read more

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“THE future of the realm”, Conrad is said to have declared with his dying words, “lies with the Saxons”, and he bade his brother Everard to bear the royal insignia to Henry, the Saxon Duke, as the one man capable of restoring the glory of the German name. The union of Frank and Saxon had given the throne to Conrad on the death of Louis the Child; the same alliance was responsible for the
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The Cambridge Medieval History - Book XIII

Learning and Literature in the Early Middle Ages

by Louis Halphen, Paul Vinogradoff, W.R. Lethaby, Montague James ...

The alluring dream of Charles the Great has vanished; after his death no temporal prince was found capable of carrying on his work, and it fell to ruins. Nevertheless, the root idea which had inspired him still persisted: the idea of the unity of the Christian world, bound together and grouped round a single head, ready to give battle to the infidel, and to undertake the conversion of the ... Read more

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The alluring dream of Charles the Great has vanished; after his death no temporal prince was found capable of carrying on his work, and it fell to ruins. Nevertheless, the root idea which had inspired him still persisted: the idea of the unity of the Christian world, bound together and grouped round a single head, ready to give battle to the infidel, and to undertake the conversion of the
... Read more