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The essays in Archaeology and History in Roman, Medieval and
Post-Medieval Greece honor the contributions of Timothy E. Gregory
to our understanding of Greece from the Roman period to modern
times. Evoking Gregory's diverse interests, the volume brings
together anthropologists, art historians, archaeologists,
historians, and philologists to address such contested topics as
the end of Antiquity, the so-called Byzantine Dark Ages, the
contours of the emerging Byzantine civilization, and identity in
post-Medieval Greece. These papers demonstrate the continued
vitality of both traditional and innovative approaches to the study
of material culture and emphasise that historical interpretation
should be the product of methodological self-awareness. In
particular, this volume shows how the study of the material culture
of post-Classical Greece over the last 30 years has made
significant contributions to both the larger archaeological and
historical discourse. The essays in this volume are organized under
three headings - Archaeology and Method, the Archaeology of
Identity, and the Changing Landscape - which highlight three main
focuses of Gregory's research. Each essay interlaces new analyses
with the contributions Gregory has made to our understanding of
Medieval and Post-Medieval Greece. Read together these essays not
only make a significant contribution to how we understand the
post-Classical Greek world, but also to how we study the material
culture of the Mediterranean world more broadly.
Examining the numerous primary sources, including inscriptions,
religions, histories, literary references, legal codes, and
archaeological reports, Linda Jones Hall presents a composite
history of late antique Berytus - from its founding as a Roman
colony in the time of Augustus, to its development into a center of
legal study under Justinian. The book examines all aspects of life
in the city, including geographical setting, economic base, built
environment, political structures, religious transitions from
paganism to Christianity, and the self-identity of the inhabitants
in terms of ethnicity and occupation. This volume provides: * the
first detailed investigation of late antique Phoenicia * a look at
religious affiliations are traced among pagans, Jews, and
Christians * a study of the bishops and the churches. The full
texts of numerous narratives are presented to reveal the
aspirations of the law students, the professors, and their fellow
citizens such as the artisans. The study also explores the cultural
implications of the city's Greek, Roman and then Syro-Phoenician
heritage.
Modern Beirut was a city of major importance in the Roman world, as
one the three main centers for the study of Roman law. For this
study Linda Jones Hall exploits the numerous primary sources,
including inscriptions, religious histories, literary references,
legal codes, and archaeological reports, to present a composite
history of late antique Berytus - from its founding as a Roman
colony in the time of Augustus, to its development into a center of
legal study under Justinian.
The book examines all aspects of life in the city, including
geographical setting, economic base, built environment, political
structures, religious transitions from paganism to Christianity,
and the self-identity of the inhabitants in terms of ethnicity and
occupation. The full texts of numerous narratives are presented to
reveal the aspirations of the law students, the professors, and
their fellow citizens such as the artisans. The study also explores
the cultural implications of the city's Greek, Roman and then
Syro-Phoencianheritage.
This volume provides the first detailed investigation of late
antique Phoenicia, analyzing the governors' and inhabitants'
perception of themselves as Phoenician rather than Syrian.
Professor Jones Hall also looks at how religious affiliations are
traced among pagans, Jews, and Christians. Though a study of the
bishops and the churches, she shows that religious adherence was a
much more complex issue that the simple Monophysite interpretation
usually presented.
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An Alphabet of Rhymes (Paperback, New Edition)
Linda Jones; Illustrated by The Geri Livingstone Studio; Directed by Lyn Wendon; Designed by Susi Martin
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This is a beautifully illustrated new edition of rhymes, featuring
all the Letterland characters. Nostalgic and funny, this book
demonstrates how learning with Letterland can be so much fun.
The book goes beyond theory to offer tools and suggestions for
developing emerging leaders. Inspired by the pioneering work of
leadership scholar Andre Delbecq, this book points towards an
expanded model of leadership that incorporates an active inner
life, and posits that such fully human models of leadership will be
essential to meet the profound challenges of the 21st Century.
Without presuming to provide definitive answers, the text explores
central questions such as: What is the added value of spiritual
maturity to leadership? Would the integration of mature
spirituality with well-developed intellectual and emotional
capacities produce more beneficial leadership outcomes for
organizations and individuals? What would a spiritually and
developmentally mature emerging leader look like in 10 to 20 years?
How do we prepare emerging leaders for the challenges they may
face; and how do we model spiritually and developmentally mature
leadership in ways that resonate with them? Professor Andre Delbecq
(1936-2016) of the University of Santa Clara created the heuristic
of "spiritually and developmentally mature leaders" to encapsulate
his observation that outstanding leaders often seemed to draw
strength and wisdom from sources that are not typically studied or
taught in leadership courses. Thirty scholars and practitioners
accepted Delbecq's heuristic as the starting point to explore
spiritual components of leadership that do not easily lend
themselves to quantification or clear causal links. The analysis of
their disciplined engagement with the heuristic forms the
foundation of an exploratory, fully human understanding of
leadership. This analysis is supported by literature reviews,
including an overview of Andre Delbecq's relevant work. Ultimately,
the authors call for further collaboration across disciplines and
between research and practice to build on the conceptual constructs
offered here, and, especially, to create pedagogies for the
training of spiritually and developmentally mature leaders
For the first time, the poems and accompanying letters of Publilius
Optatianus Porfyrius (Optatian) are published here with a
translation and detailed commentary, along with a full introduction
to Optatian’s work during this period.Optatian was sent into
exile by Constantine sometime after the Emperor’s ascent to power
in Rome in 313 AD. Hoping to receive pardon, Optatian sent a gift
of probably twenty design poems to Constantine around the time of
the ruler’s twentieth anniversary (325/326 AD). To enable the
reader to experience the multiple messages of the poems, the Latin
text is presented near the English translation with any related
design close by. Some poems, laid out on a grid of up to 35 letters
across and down, have an interwoven poem marking key letters in the
primary poem, thereby revealing a highlighted image. Some designs
include the Chi-Rho or numerals created from V’s and X’s to
mark imperial anniversaries. Other (previously unrecognised)
designs seem to represent senatorial, imperial, military or
bureaucratic motifs or to derive from coin images. Shape poems
representing a water organ, an altar and a panpipe reveal their
relevance immediately. The introduction and commentary elucidate
literary allusions from over 100 authors (lines from Vergil, Ovid,
Lucan, Silius Italicus, Statius, and lesser-known writers abound)
and mythological references, mostly to the Muses and Apollo.
Optatian’s prestige as an official in both Greece and Rome is
well attested - these poems mark Optatian as a fascinating writer
of his time, holding onto the classical past while acknowledging
Christian symbolism.
"Battling Over Birth: Black Women and the Maternal Health Care
Crisis reveals hard truths- powerful findings on the role of
racism, coercion, inadequate prenatal care, the pressures
undermining breastfeeding and the lack of access to alternatives to
a broken maternal health-care system as key threads of black
women's birth experiences." -Kimberly Seals Allers, MS, author, The
Big Letdown "This book clearly lays out the barriers facing Black
families, but it also offers solutions. I think every professional
who works with parents and babies of any color should read this
book." -Sharon Muza, BS, CD(DONA), BDT(DONA), LCCE, FACCE, CLE
"Battling over Birth is a critical and timely resource for
understanding black women's birthing experiences in the United
States, a country where black women's lives-and the lives they
create-are at much greater risk of death and injury than those of
non-black women ... By distilling the common and diverse threads
from over 100 black women, the BWBJ researchers have woven a
multi-faceted tapestry that reflects what black women view as
important and central to optimal birth experiences. Their
recommendations for improving care and outcomes are grounded in
black women's authoritative knowledge. ... This wonderful,
important, necessary research by and for black women points in the
direction that black women think we should go to ensure they have
safe, healthy, and satisfying birth experiences and outcomes. We
need to listen and act." -Christine Morton, PhD, author, Birth
Ambassadors: Doulas and the Re-Emergence of Woman-Supported Birth
in America Black Women Birthing Justice is a collective of
African-American, African, Caribbean and multiracial women who are
committed to transforming birthing experiences for black women and
transfolks. Our vision is that every pregnant person should have an
empowering birthing experience, free of unnecessary medical
interventions and forced separation from their child. Our goals are
to educate, to document birth stories and to raise awareness about
birthing alternatives. We aim to challenge human rights violations,
rebuild confidence in our ability to give birth, and decrease
disproportionate maternal and infant mortality.
Agriculture remains an important means of alleviating poverty, but
shortage of finance can constrain its development. At the same
time, agriculture is evolving towards a global system requiring
high-quality, competitive products, and is organized in value
chains which often exclude smallholders. Value chain financing in
agriculture offers an opportunity to increase the scope, and reduce
the cost and risk of financing to agriculture. It can also help
value chains to be more inclusive, by making resources available
for smallholders to be integrated into higher value market
opportunities. Agricultural Value Chain Finance provides a
comprehensive look at the models, tools and approaches used by
industry leaders in all parts of the developing world. These are
described, analysed and illustrated by many rich examples in order
to demonstrate how they work, and to extract lessons and
applications for others to adapt. The book builds on the deep
experience of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO)
in agricultural development and finance This book is essential
reading for agribusiness leaders and technical staff, bankers and
cooperative leaders working in agriculture, NGO and microfinance
development practitioners, researchers and policy makers. Published
in association with FAO.
A white hot romantic suspense from bestselling authors Linda Howard
and Linda Jones. Lenna is Strength, a manifestation of the Tarot
card, and powerful beyond reckoning. But when she's pulled into the
human realm and tasked with protecting a young boy, everything is
thrown into chaos. Lenna's not supposed to be here, interacting
with mortals. She's definitely not supposed to be drawn to the sexy
mercenary sent to retrieve her by any means necessary . . . As a
Hunter for magical beings, Caine's duty is simple: return this
compelling, impossibly attractive woman and secure the long lost
Tarot deck that made travel between worlds possible. Instead he's
drawn into Lenna's dangerous rescue mission and blindsided by his
growing feelings. But there is more than one enemy to contend with.
And as the clock runs out, failure means not just the loss of an
innocent life and the woman Caine has come to love, but the
destruction of Lenna's entire world.
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Linda Howard, Linda Jones
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A riveting, imaginative new novel of paranormal romance from
bestselling authors Linda Howard and Linda Jones. Lenna is
Strength, a manifestation of the Tarot card, and powerful beyond
reckoning. But when she's pulled into the human realm, tasked with
protecting a young boy, everything is thrown into chaos. Lenna's
not supposed to be here, interacting with mortals. She's definitely
not supposed to be drawn to the sexy mercenary sent to retrieve her
by any means necessary . . . As a Hunter for magical beings,
Caine's duty is simple: return this compelling, impossibly
attractive woman-or eliminate her. Instead he's drawn into Lenna's
dangerous rescue mission and blindsided by his growing feelings.
But there is more than one enemy to contend with. And as the clock
runs out, failure means not just the loss of an innocent life and
the woman Caine has come to love, but the destruction of Lenna's
entire world.
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