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The handbook offers interreligious and multicultural perspectives on women's studies in religion alongside specific contextualized gender-biased justice challenges. Contributors address 25 current and trending themes from their diverse backgrounds. The handbook is practical, contemporary, and relevant as it moves theory to practical application.

We are commonly deceived by numbers and data in our everyday lives. From lotteries, product warranties, and weight-loss fads, to misleading headlines and social media posts. Data Duped helps you avoid common pitfalls and develop a sense of 'data defense' so you can discern fact from fiction.

Concrete Inferno details the 1964 coup that ousted President João Goulart of Brazil, leaving a brutal military dictatorship in power. It explores what drove the military coup, the subsequent rise of the armed Left, and the rise and fall of the insurgency, providing a complete and evenhanded portrait of the conflict.

This is the story of the last two northern white rhinos, Najin and Fatu, as the species has fallen victim to poaching, wars, climate change, and Asian economic boom to become functionally extinct, as well as the story of the scientists and conservationists around the world fighting to save the species through scientific innovation.

This edited volume transcends technological optimism and disciplinary captivity to develop a critical, broad, and diverse understanding of how science, technology, and engineering have transformed human experiences, practices, and values, with an emphasis on ethics, religion, and policy.

Readers will enjoy Teresa Yang's "practical approach to smile care" (Booklist) that will make "will make readers' next trip to the dentist a little less intimidating" (Publishers Weekly).Provides practical information and advice on topics related to dental and overall health.Have you ever visited a new dentist and been told you need a "smile makeover," with the implication that if your teeth were whiter and straighter, you would be more successful and happier? Or maybe you've never had a cavity - and now, suddenly, you have a half dozen that require immediate attention. Perhaps you've been told you need a root canal or a crown or implant. What are all these things? Which procedure is best for your situation?Did you leave those offices thinking, "It's not really bothering me. Do I need to get all this work done?"Nothing But the Tooth is a ready guide to dental health that answers all your questions and the ones you didn't even know to ask. It begins with the most important question: how to choose a competent and ethical dentist - and ends with a discussion about technological advances in the dental field. Topics such as the cost of dental treatment, pediatric and geriatric dental needs, and the link between sleep apnea and your mouth are covered. Most importantly, it guides readers to a better understanding of the link between dental and overall health.

Disneyland on the Mountain is an in-depth look at Walt Disney's last, unfinished project-Mineral King, a Disneyland-like ski resort-and the controversy that surrounded it, including the budding environmental movement that made sure the resort never saw the light of day.

Respiratory Therapists: A Practical Career Guide, which includes interviews with professionals in this field covers the following careers.Emergency respiratory therapyAdult respiratory therapyPediatric respiratory therapyGeriatric respiratory therapy

This is the most wide-ranging and provocative look at punk rock as a social change movement over the past forty-five years, told through first-hand accounts of roughly 250 musicians and activists. John Malkin brings together punk's most famous figures as well as underground vo...

Eldercare 101: A Practical Guide to Later Life Planning, Care, and Wellbeing is the key to making order and peace from chaos and crisis for our elders and their caregivers. Whether used for proactive planning or fast answers, this comprehensive resource offers the steppingstones needed to help a loved one live well through the later years.

Practice may be the most important predictive factor of athlete success in a sport. Designing and conducting effective practice sessions is therefore an essential element of all coach development efforts, and this bookis a practical guide to help coaches make the most of training in order to yield greater transfer to the game for their athletes.

"An essential read...." - Library Journal, Starred Review This cultural history is a fun yet meaningful examination of the beloved 1980s sitcom The Golden Girls, including how it tackled progressive social issues of its time and forever changed the way audiences view older women.

Egypt is the world's oldest continuous country, with a recorded past of over 6,000 years. Often invaded, conquered, and occupied by foreign armies, Egypt has never lost its identity. The Egyptians of today, although they have changed their language once and their religion twice, descend mainly from the Egyptians who built the Giza Pyramids and the Temple of Karnak, who served Alexander the Great and his heirs, who submitted to Augustus Caesar and raised much of the grain that fed the Roman Empire, who started Christian monasticism and the veneration of the Virgin Mary, and who advanced and sustained Muslim learning in what is now the world's oldest functioning university. It was and is one of the most important countries in the world.Historical Dictionary of Egypt, Fifth Edition contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has more than 600 cross-referenced entries on important personalities as well as aspects of the country's politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Egypt.

As membership in traditional religious institutions plummets, the meaning of marriage is changing rapidly. Numbers of those identifying as spiritual but not religious are on the rise, and Donna Schaper provides a roadmap to help readers understand this transition of marriage after culture and religion are no longer of one voice about its meaning.

Martin Luther King Jr.: A Reference Guide to His Life and Works captures his life, his works, and his legacy. The volume features a chronology, an introduction, a bibliography, and a cross-reference dictionary section that includes entries on people, places, and events related to him.

Historical Dictionary of Vaudeville contains a chronology, an introduction, an extensive bibliography, and the dictionary section has more than 1,000 cross-referenced entries on performing artists, managers and agents, theatre facilities, and the terminology central to the history of vaudeville.

This book will teach you additional information about your instrument that will help you better understand how it works, how to work it, care for it, and how to be a more knowledgeable cellist.