A Case of Need

A Case of Need

Author: Michael Crichton

Publisher: Random House

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 434

ISBN-13: 009960101X

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Was it murder? Was it horribly botched surgery - accidental malpractice? Was someone in the great Boston medical centre -violating the Hippocratic oath? No one knows exactly. . . Only one doctor is willing to push his way through the mysterious maze of hidden medical data and shocking secrets to learn the truth. This explosive medical thriller is vintage Michael Crichton - with the breathtaking blend of riveting suspense and authentic medical detail that has made him one of today's most fascinating writers.


Mastering the Semi-Structured Interview and Beyond

Mastering the Semi-Structured Interview and Beyond

Author: Anne Galletta

Publisher: NYU Press

Published: 2013-06-17

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 0814732941

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Mastering the Semi-Structured Interview and Beyond offers an in-depth and captivating step-by-step guide to the use of semi-structured interviews in qualitative research. By tracing the life of an actual research project–an exploration of a school district's effort over 40 years to address racial equality–as a consistent example threaded across the volume, Anne Galletta shows in concrete terms how readers can approach the planning and execution of their own new research endeavor, and illuminates unexpected real-life challenges they may confront and how to address them. The volume offers a close look at the inductive nature of qualitative research, the use of researcher reflexivity, and the systematic and iterative steps involved in data collection, analysis, and interpretation. It offers guidance on how to develop an interview protocol, including the arrangement of questions and ways to evoke analytically rich data. Particularly useful for those who may be familiar with qualitative research but have not yet conducted a qualitative study, Mastering the Semi-Structured Interview and Beyond will serve both undergraduate and graduate students as well as more advanced scholars seeking to incorporate this key methodological approach into their repertoire.


Finding Pluck

Finding Pluck

Author: Peter Difatta

Publisher:

Published: 2015-02-17

Total Pages: 410

ISBN-13: 9780692375235

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COMBINING THE LUMINOUS TRADITION OF SOUTHERN FICTION WITH THE ENIGMATIC WORLD OF THE MYSTICAL, THIS CAPTIVATING NOVEL TAKES YOU ON A JOURNEY OF EXPLORATION INTO THE HEART OF PREJUDICE. First Prize Winner of the William Faulkner Literary Award Finding Pluck was lauded for having a "highly readable, sophisticated narrative structure" and for illustrating "a pleasing twist on the traditional bildungsroman, the novel about growing up." -William Faulkner Literary Award Judging Committee It is 1995 in North Carolina and high-school student Taylor Hanes is struggling to escape his small-minded dying textile town. He finds his ticket out by being awarded a full-ride Gay and Lesbian Equality Scholarship to a state university. Problem is, he isn't gay. He lied on the application. Abruptly, he is shocked by hometown intolerance, and worse yet, he awakens the wrath of the scholarship's long dead benefactor. Taylor contends with the hauntings as he continues into college. He joins forces with a group of friends who help him investigate why the benefactor is an unsettled spirit. Along with this and his studies, Taylor is also forced to carry out duties related to his scholarship. These requirements enlighten his understanding of the origins and human cost of prejudice and further his resolve to help the restless spirit find answers in order to cross over. The narrative deftly moves between the present and when the benefactor attended college in 1927, the pinnacle of the Jazz age and a period of great change and moral conflict. As the friends dig deeper, the story draws parallels in the lives of the characters. This is a coming-of-age novel based on actual examples of the culture of prejudice and connects with the heart as well as with the mind. top ten novels, top 100, best, winner, highest rated, celebrated, Pulitzer, N. Y. Times, best seller, delightful, fun, readable


Threaten to Undo Us

Threaten to Undo Us

Author: Rose Seiler Scott

Publisher: Promontory Press Incorporated

Published: 2018-04

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781773740232

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As Hitler's Third Reich crumbles and Stalin's army advances, German civilians in the Eastern territories are forced to flee for their lives. Leaving her dying mother, Liesel and her four young children hope they can make it from their home in Poland across the Oder River to safety. But all that awaits them is terror and uncertainty in a brutal new regime that threatens to tear Liesel's family apart. With her husband a prisoner of war in Russia and her children enslaved, Liesel's desire for hearth and home is thwarted by opposing political forces, leaving her to wonder if they will ever be a family again.


Moving Subjects

Moving Subjects

Author: Tony Ballantyne

Publisher: University of Illinois Press

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 370

ISBN-13: 0252075684

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Investigating how intimacy is constructed across the restless world of empire


Shapeshifting Subjects

Shapeshifting Subjects

Author: Kelli D. Zaytoun

Publisher: University of Illinois Press

Published: 2022-06-14

Total Pages: 259

ISBN-13: 0252053435

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Kelli D. Zaytoun draws on Gloria Anzaldúa's thought to present a radically inclusive and expansive approach to selfhood, creativity, scholarship, healing, coalition-building, and activism. Zaytoun focuses on Anzaldúa's naguala/ shapeshifter, a concept of nagualismo. This groundbreaking theory of subjectivity details a dynamic relationship between “inner work” and "public acts" that strengthens individuals' roles in social and transformative justice work. Zaytoun's detailed emphasis on la naguala, and Nahua metaphysics specifically, brings much needed attention to Anzaldúa's long-overlooked contribution to the study of subjectivity. The result is a women and queer of color, feminist-focused work aimed at scholars in many disciplines and intended to overcome barriers separating the academy from everyday life and community. An original and moving analysis, Shapeshifting Subjects draws on unpublished archival material to apply Anzaldúa's ideas to new areas of thought and action.


Getting It Published

Getting It Published

Author: William P. Germano

Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com

Published: 2010-10-21

Total Pages: 386

ISBN-13: 1459606116

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Since 2001 William Germano's Getting It Published has helped thousands of scholars develop a compelling book proposal, find the right academic publisher, evaluate a contract, handle the review process, and, finally, emerge as published authors. But a lot has changed in the past seven years. With the publishing world both more competitive and mor...