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They Won't Show Up at a Shelter!: The Invisible Population of LGBT Teens Experiencing Homelessness

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Sample As the principal investigator of a community-wide research project to uncover systems dynamics that had the potential to reduce or even eliminate homelessness, Alexa often found herself meeting with directors of social service organizations in order to create opportunities to interview the...

A Lexicon of Religious Facts and Figures

Author(s): John Knox

A Lexicon of Religious Facts and Figures provides an overarching summary of religious theories, terms, events, and important people in Christian History, from the first century through postmodernity. The story of the ancient and contemporary Jesus movement is categorically imparted to readers, chapt...

Behavioral Deception Detection: A Criminal Case Study

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Sample Deception—a deliberate attempt to mislead others—is a common communication device (DePaulo et al., 1996). People admit to telling lies in 27% of face-to-face conversations, 37% of phone calls, and 14% of the emails they send (Hancock et al., 2004). These lies commonly serve to grease the w...

Hassan, Ami, and Dalia's Mom: Narrative Medicine in Pediatrics

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Sample Communication among human beings has become increasingly mediated by technology in many areas, including medicine, where the mediation has moved doctors and patients apart. Physician-patient communication has been studied from various perspectives, including Narrative Medicine, which deals...

Western Humanities and Christian Thought

Author(s): Joshua Kira, Sandra S. Yang

Western Humanities and Christian Thought is an introduction to the philosophy, visual arts, music, and theatre of Western civilization from Ancient Greece to our own times. This book is unique among surveys of humanities in several ways.First and foremost, it has a level of Christian thought permeat...

Your Story Matters: An Anthology of Resiliency

Author(s): Jennifer Clark

In Your Story Matters, a group of individuals are featured who have had varying struggles throughout their lives that they've faced with grace and dignity. It wasn't always easy, but they have come out on the other side stronger and better individuals.  Some people have said that it's in our suff...

Writing for the Health Professions, second edition

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Writing for the Health Professions is an ideal companion for students in allied health programs, and a valuable reference guide for health professionals. The book assumes the reader has a working knowledge of basic language skills and builds on those skills with a functional approach to grammar, usa...

Business Entity Taxation

Author(s): RYAN PACE

Business Entity Taxation rejects the traditional textbook method of providing the student with an onslaught of detail and complication. Rather, the focus is on a strong presentation of the fundamentals. To use a basketball analogy, a player must first develop a strong ability to pass, dribble and sh...