Party Lines, Prayers, and Privies
Party Lines, Prayers, and Privies

Author: Judy Steffen Lambert

Publisher: First Edition Design Pub.

Published: 2021-04-05

Total Pages: 688

ISBN-13: 1506910270

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Historical novel between 1875-2003 based on the author's great-grandmother, grandmother, and mother. Sarah lost her mother at age eight and was hired out as a farm hand. She later birthed fourteen children. Her daughter Esther was injured by a drunk driver before Helen's birth, resulting in her right side being spastic and contractured. These women guided their families through calamities, shame, joy, and struggle, enduring unimaginable hardship. They speak with a true voice, capturing the spirit of women typical of their era. Readers will find their stories enlightening, worthy, and empowering, prompting their own long-forgotten family memories and oft-told stories. Judy Lambert's degrees were in nursing; she taught nurses, practicing in university and hospital settings in the specialty of oncology. She is married with two daughters and three grandchildren. Even when young, she realized the fortune of her resilient heritage, and recognizes the value for her daughters and grand- children to embrace this daunting legacy.

Party Lines
Party Lines

Author: Thomas E. Mann

Publisher: Brookings Institution Press

Published: 2008-05-31

Total Pages: 141

ISBN-13: 0815797923

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The legitimacy of the American electoral system depends on sustaining reasonable levels of fairness, accountability, responsiveness, and common sense. Recent Congressional elections fly in the face of those requirements, however, with a startling lack of competition, growing ideological polarization, and a fierce struggle between the parties to manipulate the electoral rules of the game. Party Lines addresses these problems head on in an authoritative and timely analysis of redistricting in the United States. The practice of state legislatures redrawing district lines after the decennial census has long been a controversial aspect of our governing system. Recent developments have added new urgency to earlier debates. The sorry spectacle of mid-decade partisan gerrymandering in Texas renewed public attention to the potential problems of redistricting, reinforcing the view that it is unfairly dominated by self-serving elected officials and parties. The perfunctory character of Congressional elections is another growing problem—in 2002, only four House incumbents were defeated in the general election, the lowest in American history. Despite a hotly contested presidential contest in 2004, that number increased by only three. In Pa rty Lines, eminent political analysts explain the legal and political history of redistricting since the one person–one vote revolution in the 1960s and place it in the larger context of American politics. The authors document the impact of redistricting on competition, polarization, and partisan fairness, and they assess the role technology played in the redistricting process. The final chapter analyzes options for reform, including most importantly the use of independent redistricting commissions as an alternative to the normal state legislative process. Redistricting reform is no panacea but it is a start toward ensuring that American voters still have the largest say in who will represent them. Contributors include Micah

Hard Line
Hard Line

Author: Colin Dueck

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Published: 2010-09-05

Total Pages: 396

ISBN-13: 0691141827

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Conservatives and liberals alike are currently debating the probable future of the Republican Party. What direction will conservatives and republicans take on foreign policy in the age of Obama? This book tackles this question.

Party Lines
Party Lines

Author: Ed Gillett

Publisher: Pan Macmillan

Published: 2023-08-03

Total Pages: 505

ISBN-13: 1529070627

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'[An] excellent history of UK dance culture' – Sunday Times From the illicit reggae blues dances and acid-rock free festivals of the 1970s, through the ecstasy-fuelled Second Summer of Love in 1988 to the increasingly corporate dance music culture of the post-Covid era, Party Lines is a groundbreaking new history of UK dance music from journalist and filmmaker Ed Gillett, exploring its pivotal role in the social, political and economic shifts on which modern Britain has been built. Taking in the Victorian moralism of the Thatcher years, the far-reaching restrictions of the Criminal Justice Act in 1994, and the resurgence of illegal raves during the Covid-19 pandemic, Party Lines charts an ongoing conflict, fought in basement clubs, abandoned warehouses and sunlit fields, between the revolutionary potential of communal sound and the reactionary impulses of the British establishment. Brought to life with stunning clarity and depth, this is social and cultural history at its most immersive, vital and shocking.

Seeing the Unseen
Seeing the Unseen

Author: Mark M. Beckwith

Publisher: Church Publishing, Inc.

Published: 2022-03-22

Total Pages: 179

ISBN-13: 1640655190

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A bishop and gun safety activist offers a way forward from opposing viewpoints. Instead of dismissing those whose views and experiences are different from our own, the author argues that we must look directly at them and see the goodness that is inherent in all things. From the language we use to the imperative to understand and include, we have a duty to work through opposition and build community. Bishop Beckwith describes it this way: "We are trained to think, yet the cultural emphasis on thinking has not be applied to our ability to see . . . We are not as well trained in seeing the world’s fullness—pain and joy, compassion and cruelty. We regularly receive glimpses of pain and joy, but they are often presented in such a way as to reinforce our thinking."

Boiling Mad
Boiling Mad

Author: Kate Zernike

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2010-09-14

Total Pages: 191

ISBN-13: 1429982721

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A surprising and revealing look inside the Tea Party movement—where it came from, what it stands for, and what it means for the future of American politics They burst on the scene at the height of the Great Recession—angry voters gathering by the thousands to rail against bailouts and big government. Evoking the Founding Fathers, they called themselves the Tea Party. Within the year, they had changed the terms of debate in Washington, emboldening Republicans and confounding a new administration's ability to get things done. Boiling Mad is Kate Zernike's eye-opening look inside the Tea Party, introducing us to a cast of unlikely activists and the philosophy that animates them. She shows how the Tea Party movement emerged from an unusual alliance of young Internet-savvy conservatives and older people alarmed at a country they no longer recognize. The movement is the latest manifestation of a long history of conservative discontent in America, breeding on a distrust of government that is older than the nation itself. But the Tea Partiers' grievances are rooted in the present, a response to the election of the nation's first black president and to the far-reaching government intervention that followed the economic crisis of 2008-2009. Though they are better educated and better off than most other Americans, they remain deeply pessimistic about the economy and the direction of the country. Zernike introduces us to the first Tea Partier, a nose-pierced young teacher who lives in Seattle with her fiancé, an Obama supporter. We listen in on what Tea Partiers learn about the Constitution, which they embrace as the backbone of their political philosophy. We see how young conservatives, who model their organization on the Grateful Dead, mobilize a new set of activists several decades their elder. And we watch as suburban mothers, who draw their inspiration from MoveOn and other icons of the Left, plot to upend the Republican Party in a swing district outside Philadelphia. The Tea Party movement has energized a lot of voters, but it has polarized the electorate, too. Agree or disagree, we must understand this movement to understand American politics in 2010 and beyond.

Party Line
Party Line

Author: A. Bates

Publisher: Scholastic

Published: 1989

Total Pages: 180

ISBN-13: 9780590424394

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Mark has discovered a way to meet girls--on the teen party line. Unfortunately, he also discovers that some of the new girls he meets on the phone have disappeared. What started as a way to get dates, leads Mark into a frightening mystery--one that becomes dangerous as well!

Snappsy the Alligator (Did Not Ask to Be in This Book)
Snappsy the Alligator (Did Not Ask to Be in This Book)

Author: Julie Falatko

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2016-02-02

Total Pages: 44

ISBN-13: 0698154940

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Snappsy the alligator is having a normal day when a pesky narrator steps in to spice up the story. Is Snappsy reading a book ... or is he making CRAFTY plans? Is Snappsy on his way to the grocery store ... or is he PROWLING the forest for defenseless birds and fuzzy bunnies? Is Snappsy innocently shopping for a party ... or is he OBSESSED with snack foods that start with the letter P? What's the truth? Snappsy the Alligator (Did Not Ask to Be in This Book) is an irreverent look at storytelling, friendship, and creative differences, perfect for fans of Mo Willems.

Guest Book
Guest Book

Author: Gliviu Books

Publisher:

Published: 2019-03-10

Total Pages: 100

ISBN-13: 9781799298991

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Guest Book Message Book For Parties Events with space for 330 guests to write their Name Thoughts Addresse Messages Memories Comments. Product information: - The Guest Book Message Book features space for 330 entries + 20 Blank Pages to write in or for memorable pictures - Includes Gift Log Pages - Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 8.5 inches = 21.59 x 21.59 cm, - White paper - Durable perfect binding - Matte Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . big portable pages paper sign in guest book guestbook congratulations registry visitors house gifts comments home party supplies book visitor books for birthday bridal shower graduations retirement wedding anniversary home party baptism wedding baby shower parties photo album scrapbook craft gift gifts for anniversary family women men teacher teachers grandma grandpa children girl boy accessories scrapbooking spaces with address name ideas alternative blank autograph signature collecting autographs signatures retirement retired not hardcover hard cover pictures photos graduation and pen set please our funeral vacation rustic bridal celebration of life memorial bathroom heart birthday personalized check pens leather unique reunion tree gold vintage personalised christening plain frame large wooden poster naming day print small ivory holiday puzzle love papercraft signing hearts engagement fingerprint cloud a4 top hotel condolence confirmation elephant jar framed art deco ginger ray kraft first holy communion wishing building block luxury golden a build memory unusual welcome beach theme page bunting bird paperchase email feedback envelopes pearl different wood ceremony guests to write message comment style loving easel chic stickers world thumbprint showers post shooting fingerprints hardback burlap floral light up ruby romance bright side couch starfish sea stand fairy tale love information booklet flowers executive fairytale photos creative letters board list wish cream antique paperblanks cards chalkboard canvas booth ring cross travel kids hot camera hand made wings paper wrap birthdays planner hos register signin journal visitor lined marriage create bloom markers classy signs office thank you picture gilded blooms extraordinary brides edge lines ribbon we appreciate reception place bookmark elegant planners at case line purchase weddings store guest reception card unlined diary event groom edges florals wedding wedding''s sign-in journals favors souvenirs decorations bags simple beauty products chiffon guestbooks all keepsakes guess money registey stencil registrys panning cakes decoration sticker candles kit glass free cake calendar lists classic card stock bouquet dress stamp sex invitados traditions tea dresses pack vases candle well wishes keepsake champagne pillow notebook decor prop tags numbers hair invitation invitations blanks guest book guestbook for birthday bridal shower graduations retirement wedding anniversary home party baptism wedding baby shower parties gift gifts for feathers anniversary family women men mom bride teacher teachers grandma grandpa children girl boy