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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
"Dining by Rail" is James D. Porterfield's book of history and
recipes from America's golden age of railroad cuisine. Porterfield
is a devotee of railroad history and a gourmet cook, and while
preparing this book he sorted through 7,500 railroad recipes. Full
of authentic menus and classic recipes like Lobster Newburg,
deviled eggs and blanc mange, " Dining by Rail" is the book for
anyone who has ever dreamed of returning to the days of glamorous
travel.
Vegan specialist Harriet Porterfield, creator of Bo's Kitchen,
presents a visually stunning cookbook bursting with 70 vibrant
plant-based recipes to boost immunity, improve mood and nourish
mind and body. Eating the rainbow is a natural rule of life; we are
always told that the more colours in your diet, the better for you
it will be. This is because different plants contain different
pigments, or phytonutrients, and the more vibrant their colour, the
more of these nutrients they contain! Bo's Kitchen has transformed
this lesson into a bright and beautiful invitation to embrace the
natural goodness of colourful ingredients, turning the hues of the
rainbow into delicious and nutritious recipes that look and taste
great. From Black Forest smoothie bowls and golden chickpea
pancackes to sunshine pizza and rainbow buddha bowls, all70 of
these all-natural recipes are bursting with colour and nutrients,
tailored to deliver health-boosting benefits and presented
alongside advice on topics from mindful eating to the scientific
benefits of specific ingredients. Eat the Rainbow contains sections
on: Bright breakfasts, smoothies and juices, from blue coconut
shakes to chia and beetroot mousse parfaits and rye aquafaba
rainbow waffles. Magical meals for on the go, like the green
goddess tart, sushi sandwiches with pickled beetroot or sweet and
spicy pho. Kaleidoscope salads, sides and appetisers to bring
colour to your day, like the avocado maki, sesame and spinach rice
balls or the rhubarb, strawberries and cherries galettes. Hearty
helpings to warm your soul, like golden masala roti with curried
carrot falafel or roasted pepper pasta with crispy spiced
chickpeas. Delicious Desserts for the sweet-toothed, including
matcha and blackberry curd tarts and raw vanilla donuts with
blueberry cashew frosting. These delicious, colourful recipes will
brighten your day and transform the way you eat, making this
vibrant cookbook a tasty and nutritious must-have for any
health-conscious kitchen shelf.
Shirley Love might have spent his life as an obscure welder,
struggling to raise his family in West Virginia, but a performance
in church one Sunday changed his life. As Love sang a little-known
hymn, a worshipper-a radio station owner-was impressed with the
teenager's voice and invited him to audition as an announcer.
Although reluctant, Love tried out and landed the position. From
there, he moved into fledgling television and began to anchor a
raucous local event: Saturday Night Wrestlin'. The show, always
completely scripted, triggered passions ignited by the demeaning
talk, revealing the worst in human emotions. Through it all, Love
kept his demeanor, dodging a hail of soft drinks and rotten
vegetables hurled by irate fans at the wrestlers.
Love's popularity thrust him into West Virginia politics,
attending National Democratic Conventions as a delegate and gaining
a gubernatorial appointment as a state senator-a post to which he
was reelected in every subsequent election cycle.
Author Mannix Porterfield chronicles the engaging details of
Shirley Love's life, through the eyes of Love, his family, and his
colleagues. Love's life proves that talent, desire, and energy can
propel a shy individual with a provocative name from obscurity to
success.
In this groundbreaking work, Amanda Porterfield explores the long
intertwining of religion and commerce in the history of
incorporation in the United States. Beginning with the antecedents
of that history in western Europe, she focuses on organizations to
show how corporate strategies in religion and commerce developed
symbiotically, and how religion has influenced the corporate
structuring and commercial orientation of American society.
Porterfield begins her story in ancient Rome. She traces the
development of corporate organization through medieval Europe and
Elizabethan England and then to colonial North America, where
organizational practices derived from religion infiltrated
commerce, and commerce led to political independence. Left more to
their own devices than under British law, religious groups in the
United States experienced unprecedented autonomy that facilitated
new forms of communal governance and new means of broadcasting
their messages. As commercial enterprise expanded, religious
organizations grew apace, helping many Americans absorb the shocks
of economic turbulence, and promoting new conceptions of faith,
spirit, and will power that contributed to business. Porterfield
highlights the role that American religious institutions played a
society increasingly dominated by commercial incorporation and free
market ideologies. She also shows how charitable impulses long
nurtured by religion continued to stimulate reform and demand for
accountability.
Shakespeare's problem plays present an unusually fertile field for
Jungian tillage. Like a face glimpsed in a crowd and then lost,
these works seem to hint at truths just beyond our grasp. Viewed
through the lens of Jung's theory of archetypes, pieces fall into
place with remarkable clarity, each revolving around a specific
critical axis that allows us to see the form and structure that
elude us in other readings. The author argues that Jung's theories
offer the best key to date for these most intriguing of literary
and dramatic puzzles.
Searing disputes over caricature have recently sparked flames
across the world"the culmination, not the beginning, of the story
of one of modernity's definitive artistic practices. Modern visual
satire erupts during a period marked by reform and revolution, by
cohering nationalisms and expanding empires, and by the emerging
discipline of art history. This has long been recognized as its
Golden Age. It is time to look anew. In The Efflorescence of
Caricature, 1759-1838, an international, interdisciplinary, and
intergenerational team of scholars reconfigures the geography of
modern visual satire, as the expansive narrative reaches from North
America to Europe, to China and the Ottoman Empire. Caricature's
specific visual cultures are also laid bare, its iconographic means
and material support, as well as the diverse milieu of its
making"the military, the art academy, diplomacy, politics, art
criticism, and popular entertainment. Some of its greatest
practitioners"James Gillray and Honore Daumier"are seen in a new
light, alongside some of their far flung and opportunistic
pastichers. Most trenchantly, assumptions about the consequences of
caricature's rise come under intense scrutiny, interrogated for its
cherished and long-vaunted civilizational claims on individual
character, artistic supremacy, political liberty, and global
domination.
Protestants have been the dominant religious group since the
colonial period, and they remain a vibrant and influential cultural
force in the United States. But the term "Protestant" encompasses
people with a vast range of beliefs, backgrounds, politics, and
experiences, and this books provides an accessible introduction to
this complex situation. The Protestant Experience in America lays
out the history of Protestants in America, the core beliefs and
common practices that they mostly share, the major events and
controversies, and long-term trends for the future of Protestants
in the United States. Even for those Americans intimately familiar
with Protestant life and faith, The Protestant Expereince in
America will give readers a new perspective on this important
cultural influence in American life: BLProvides a concise overview
of the core beliefs and common practices of most Protestants
BLIntroduces the major events and controversies of the history of
the Protestant faith in America BLIdentifies long term trends in
Protestant life BLDiscusses the major figures in the history of
Protestantism, from Jonathan Edwards to Martin Luther King, and how
they impacted the daily life of Protestants
Searing disputes over caricature have recently sparked flames
across the world"the culmination, not the beginning, of the story
of one of modernity's definitive artistic practices. Modern visual
satire erupts during a period marked by reform and revolution, by
cohering nationalisms and expanding empires, and by the emerging
discipline of art history. This has long been recognized as its
Golden Age. It is time to look anew. In The Efflorescence of
Caricature, 1759-1838, an international, interdisciplinary, and
intergenerational team of scholars reconfigures the geography of
modern visual satire, as the expansive narrative reaches from North
America to Europe, to China and the Ottoman Empire. Caricature's
specific visual cultures are also laid bare, its iconographic means
and material support, as well as the diverse milieu of its
making"the military, the art academy, diplomacy, politics, art
criticism, and popular entertainment. Some of its greatest
practitioners"James Gillray and Honore Daumier"are seen in a new
light, alongside some of their far flung and opportunistic
pastichers. Most trenchantly, assumptions about the consequences of
caricature's rise come under intense scrutiny, interrogated for its
cherished and long-vaunted civilizational claims on individual
character, artistic supremacy, political liberty, and global
domination.
Discover the best techniques to maximize your sales Here is a proven, detailed selling system that gives you the tools you need to improve your sales results. Written by Jim Porterfield, an experienced marketing consultant, this accessible and easy-to-follow guide shows you how to grab your listener's attention over the phone—and effectively close the deals you want. Fully updated to reflect the latest research about what really works for telesellers, Teleselling is packed with examples, tips, and exercises that will help you: - Design your own successful selling plan based on your strengths and abilities
- Establish a call strategy
- Capture—and keep—a customer's undivided attention
- Develop techniques to improve your listening skills
- Decide when and how to ask for the order
- Close the deal
Covering the ABCs of selling by phone, Teleselling will put you on the right path to better results and increased sales success.
Religious diversity is more prolific and wide-ranging in the United
States than in any other country. The legal guarantee of religious
freedom has encouraged respect for religious differences as well as
a tendency to debunk institutional religious authority. In this
outstanding historical "Reader," the editor has gathered nine
essays and over thirty primary documents to present a coherent
picture of the history of American religion.
The picture is a balanced one, identifying major developments
and important controversies in American religious history as well
as presenting a wide range of beliefs and practices. The book also
includes an introductory essay and headnotes that serve as a map
for the dozens of articles and documents that follow. Through this
volume, students and scholars will understand more about some of
the most significant moments, trends, aspects, and interpretations
of American religious history.
Business is an understudied area in American religious history that
has profound implications for how we understand the popularity and
ongoing transformation of religion in the US. This volume explores
the business aspects of American religious organizations by
analyzing the financing, production, marketing, and distribution of
religious goods and services and the role of wealth and economic
organization in sustaining and even shaping worship, charity,
philanthropy, institutional growth and missionary work. Treating
religion and business holistically, the essays show how business
practices have continually informed American religious life. Laying
important groundwork for further investigation, the essays show how
American business has operated as a domain for achieving religious
purpose that historians of religion often overlook. Even when
critics denounce its corruption and fallen state, business occupies
a central place in American religious life that merits better
understanding. Historically, religion has been more powerful in
America when interwoven with business. Chapters on Mormon
enterprise, Jewish philanthropy, Hindu gurus, Native American
casinos, and the wedding of business wealth to conservative
Catholic social teaching indicate the range of new studies
stimulated by the business turn in American religious history.
Other essays show how evangelicals joined neo-liberal economic
practice and right-wing politics to religious fundamentalism to
consolidate wealth and power, and develop marketing campaigns and
organizational strategies that transformed the broader parameters
of American religious life. All these essays stimulate new ways of
thinking about American religious history, and about American
success. Some essays in this volume expose the moral compromises
religious organizations have made to succeed as centers of wealth
and influence, and the religious beliefs that rationalize and
justify these compromises. Other essays dwell on the application of
business practices as a means of sustaining religious institutions
and expanding their reach. Still others take account of controversy
over business practices within religious organizations, and the
adjustments religious organizations have made in response.
Together, the essays collected here offer various ways of
conceptualizing the interdependence of religion and business in the
U.S., establishing multiple paths for further study of their
intertwined historical development.
Who are we? What are we? How do we fit into the world? Or into the
universe? These and other questions pertaining to ourselves and our
environ ment are as compelling to us today as they were to our
primitive ancestors. Throughout our history we have developed
paradigms of thought that have attempted to answer these questions,
each conceptual framework being par ticularly relevant to its age.
We are, in the twentieth century, witnessing a complete
reorganization of our thinking. We are now, with the aid of tech
nology, able to bring together both ancient and new patterns of
thought and to observe the emergence of a kaleidoscopic world view
that is uniting the once dissonant theories of philosophy,
religion, and science. This book sketches an historical picture of
three world views that have shaped our ideas about ourselves. These
conceptual formats that have so influenced us are not mutually
exclusive and are present in all of us simulta neously, although to
varying degrees depending upon our individual biases."
There is growing evidence that an amalgamation of systems theories
and communication and information theories will become the leading
conceptual model for addressing human behavior. In this book we
have used a theoretical frame which focuses on the coding, storage,
and movement of information within and among open systems. We
believe this to be a productive working concept which allows the
student of human behavior to avoid the mind/body dichotomy. This
conceptual framework also allows the integration of the biologic
and sociologic aspects of human behavior. Using this theoret ical
model we may see science and art as a continuum of imaginative ways
of organizing information. Hence, the primary aim of this text is
to provide a conceptual frame for students of human behavior which
utilizes systems theories and information and communi cation
theories in an integrated approach which is both theoretical and
practical. It is written for the student in the behavioral sciences
who may be planning a career in medicine, social work, psychology,
nursing, guidance and counseling, the ministry, or other health and
service professions. In addition, students in biology, sociology,
and philosophy may benefit from this conceptual ap proach. It is
also written for the practitioner who is cur rently delivering
counseling and other health services to a variety of clientele."
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