Noah's wife begins his story, revealing that her ancient husband (there's a 500-year age difference) is distant, domineering, and downright unpleasant. When he gets the call from God to build an ark and save humanity from the coming flood, the family reacts in a variety of ways, and the narrative bounces back and forth between them. It's his sons, ...
This work investigates the food and body-image disorders experienced by women whose fathers were physically or emotionally absent. It details the origins of the syndrome and its effect on the family, with new practical solutions to help dads and daughters understand and improve their relationships.
Sandy Maine turned her love of soapmaking into a $1 million business. Now she shares her business-building philosophy so others can make their dreams a reality. This inspiring book offers profiles of successful entrepreneurs in many areas, including aromatherapy and herbal bodycare, plus advice for marketing a product, employing others, and much ...
Written for activists and educators, this cultural critique of female body image discusses the topic as it relates to sports, fashion, advertising, and propaganda, and offers practical strategies for those willing to fight unhealthy or unrealistic female images in society. Original. Tour.
This work explores the ways in which fathers who withhold affection may have unintentionally contributed to their daughters' eating disorders. Drawing on case studies involving females who have suffered from anorexia and bulimia nervosa, the authors show how a girl's curious eating patterns can be traced to her father's behavior and explain how an ...
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Best known as a history of progress, Ancient Law is the enduring work of the 19th-century legal historian Henry Sumner Maine. Even those who have never read Ancient Law may find Maine's famous phrase "from status to contract" familiar. His narrative spans the ancient world, in which individuals were tightly bound by status to traditional groups, ...
Red Hat Linux is the most popular commercial distribution of the Linux operating system. This study guide includes step-by-step exercises and two-minute drills to help prepare candidates for the Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE) course and exam.
David Maine takes the Genesis story of Adam and Eve and runs with it, imagining the family's daily life--both the joy and the trouble and confusion of being the first people to live in the world, after their expulsion from the garden of Eden. The centerpiece of the novel is Cain's murder of his annoying brother, Abel, and the ways he finds to live ...
Like a breath of fresh air, this guide to home and personal care embraces the cleaning ritual as a necessary part of daily life and offers tips on how to make it remarkably stress-free and even enjoyable. By creating home-made cleaning products, soaps, and shampoos, harsh chemical cleaners, artificial scents, and allergy-inducing additives are ...
Sir Henry James Sumner Maine (1822-1888) was an English comparative jurist and historian, son of Dr James Maine, of Kelso, Borders, Scotland. He is famous for the thesis, outlined in Ancient Law (1861), that law and society developed "from status to contract." In the ancient world individuals were tightly bound by status to traditional groups, ...
Sir Henry Sumner Maine was one of the great intellects of the Victorian era. In "Popular Government" he examines the political institutions of men. He saw that popular governments, unless they are founded upon and consonant with the evolutionary development of a people, will crumble from their own excesses.
K. lives on an island in the South Pacific. Natives worship him, girls are sacrificed to him, legends surround him. A pleasurable life indeed! Until one day, a new kind of creature is left for him as sacrifice. She doesn't look like all the others - and those who came with her want her back. They want K. too, all forty feet of him, with his claws ...
In this brilliant debut novel, Noe's family - his wife, sons and daughters-in-law - tell what it's like to live with a man touched by God, while struggling against events that cannot be controlled or explained. For when Noe orders his sons to build an ark, he can't tell them where the wood will come from, just that God will provide. When he sends ...
"MAINE Ingredients" is a unique blend of sensational recipes inspired by Maine's finest and freshest ingredients. All of the fantastic recipes come with serving and wine suggestions. This book is a pleasure to browse through as the reader learns about Maine's history and life through its indigenous foods.
POPULAE G-OVEENMENT PBEFACE, THE four Essays which follow are connected with. studies to which, during much of my life, I have devoted such leisure as I have been able to command. Many years ago I made the attempt, in a work OB Ancient Law to apply the so-called Historical Method of inquiry to the private laws and institutions of Mankind. But, at ...
The chief object of the following pages is to indicate some of the earliest ideas of mankind, as they are reflected in Ancient Law, and to point out the relation of those ideas to modern thought.
This text/reader engages students in ethical reflection upon issues that arise in all aspects of the contemporary workplace. Featuring the theme of globalization, it provides an accessible and timely introduction to the discipline of business ethics.
These two resource guides for teachers use selected children's literature and a wide range of classroom activities to: -- Teach children the concepts of diversity, culture, community, the effects of prejudice, and human rights. -- Share a vision of a world where people are embraced for their similarities and appreciated for their differences. -- ...
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