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  Racial Justice and the Catholic...

  Bryan N. Massingale

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  Confronting racism is difficult but essential work if we are to heal the brokenness in our society and our church. In the author's words, "We all are wounded by the sin of racism . . . How can we struggle together against an evil that harms us all?" 
   
   
   
  Racial Justice and the Catholic Church examines the presence of racism in America from its early history through the Civil Rights Movement and the election of Barack Obama. It also explores how Catholic social teaching has been used—and not used—to promote reconciliation and justice. 
   
   
   
  Massingale writes from an abiding conviction that the Catholic faith and the black experience make essential contributions in the continuing struggle against racial injustice that is the work of all people. His book is a must-listen for all those concerned with justice and healing in our world.

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  Gender History - A Very Short...

  Antoinette Burton

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  This volume introduces the field of gender history—its origins, development, reception, recalibrations, and frictions. It offers a set of working definitions of gender as a descriptive category and as a category of historical analysis, tracing the emergence, usage, and applicability of these entwined subjects. 
   
   
   
  Inevitably political, gender history has taken aim at the broader field of historical narrative by asking who counts as a historical subject, what difference gender makes, and how attention to it subverts reigning assumptions of what power, culture, economics, and identity have been in the past—and what they are today. The book explores how gender analysis has changed interpretations of the histories of slavery, capitalism, migration, and empire. 
   
   
   
  As a field, gender history has been extraordinarily influential in shaping several generations of scholars and students. And, as part of the movement toward gender equality that is key to modern western progress, gender history has been caught up in the culture wars that continue to shape post-global society. The practice of gender history has always run up against the forces of race, class, and sexuality that challenge the singularity of gender itself as an explanatory category of historical analysis. That powerful, unruly tension is at the heart of this Very Short Introduction.

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  20 Battles - Searching for a...

  Evert Kleynhans, David Brock Katz

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  Favouring manoeuvre over attrition and often punching above their weight, South African soldiers have become known for their tenacity, dash and ability to defy the odds. Their unique directive command style has also helped them to excel in defining battles and operations, from the campaign in German South West Africa in 1915 to the cross-border operations in Angola during the Border War.
  In 20 Battles, military historians Evert Kleynhans and David Brock Katz investigate the evolution of South Africa's armed forces over a century from 1913 to 2013. They track the evolution of the doctrine and structure of the defence force, uncovering historical continuity and the lessons learned from past battles and operations.
  What is clear is that when South African soldiers have the freedom to operate according to their manoeuvre doctrine, as they had in East Africa in 1916 and southern Ethiopia in 1941, they can achieve stunning results. But when hemmed in by rigid doctrine and a top-down command style, as at Delville Wood in 1916 and Tobruk in 1942, the results can be tragic.
  20 Battles combines both battlefield drama and crisp analysis and in the process provides a much-needed perspective on the South African way of war.

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  Mi A Talk (I Am Talking) - An...

  Cherry Brown-Graham

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  Mi A Talk (I Am Talking) is a poetry collection echoing the author's diverse life seasons. These verses, born from a passion for writing, provide insight and inspiration. Uniquely, this collection offers poetic utterances inviting relaxation and meditation. 
  Order your copy of this one-of-a-kind book today!

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  The 5 Love Languages

  Gary Chapman

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  Falling in love is very easy. But keeping love alive is a real challenge. How to maintain strong and harmonious relationships despite conflicts and daily challenges?This audiobook will reveal to you a secret that has already helped a huge number of people around the world improve their relationships. Regardless of how strong your bond is, Gary Chapman's method will help you achieve another level of relationship and experience all the joy of mutual love!After listening, you will learn:how to determine which love language you and your partner speak;what factors influence the formation of a love language;how to learn to understand and listen to each other;how to avoid psychological difficulties and build happy relationships.The approaches proposed by the author are universal. They can be used not only in marriage and romantic relationships, but also in building communication with children and loved ones.Falling in love is very easy. But keeping love alive is a real challenge. How to maintain strong and harmonious relationships despite conflicts and daily challenges?This audiobook will reveal to you a secret that has already helped a huge number of people around the world improve their relationships. Regardless of how strong your bond is, Gary Chapman's method will help you achieve another level of relationship and experience all the joy of mutual love!After listening, you will learn:how to determine which love language you and your partner speak;what factors influence the formation of a love language;how to learn to understand and listen to each other;how to avoid psychological difficulties and build happy relationships.The approaches proposed by the author are universal. They can be used not only in marriage and romantic relationships, but also in building communication with children and loved ones.

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  From Swamp to Wetland - The...

  Chris Wilhelm

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  This book chronicles the creation of Everglades National Park, the largest subtropical wilderness in the United States. Prior to the park's creation, the Everglades was seen as a reviled and useless swamp, unfit for typical recreational or development projects. 
   
   
   
  Park advocates drew on new ideas concerning the value of biota and ecology, the importance of wilderness, and the need to protect habitats, marine ecosystems, and plant life to redefine the Everglades. Using these ideas, the Everglades began to be recognized as an ecologically valuable and fragile wetland—and thus a region in need of protective status. 
   
   
   
  While these new ideas foreshadowed the later emergence of modern environmentalism, tourism and the economic desires of Florida's business and political elites also impacted the park's future. These groups saw the Everglades' unique biology and ecology as a foundation on which to build a tourism empire. 
   
   
   
  Yet, even after the park's creation, conservative landowners successfully fought to limit the park and saw it as a threat to their own economic freedoms. The battle to save the swamp's biodiversity continues, and Everglades Park stands at the center of ongoing restoration efforts.

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