Politics, Crisis, and Architecture at the United States Capitol
An inside account of politics, crisis, and architecture on Capitol Hill The domed US Capitol Building is recognized around the world as Americas most iconic symbol, the forum for representative democracy, and the physical stage for the transfer of executive power.
This book presents a holistic approach to treating patients with personality disorders that seeks to inspire psychotherapists and encourage innovation. Focusing on core mechanisms of change that span different therapeutic approaches, this book invites clinicians and researchers to join a dialogue with the authors, as they examine personality ......
An in-depth account of the Black locals within the American Federation of Musicians In the 1910s and 1920s, Black musicians organized more than fifty independent locals within the American Federation of Musicians (AFM) in an attempt to control audition criteria, set competitive wages, and secure a voice in national decision-making. Leta Miller ......
American Jews and the Movement for Justice in Palestine
Examines how young Jewish Americans' fundamentally Jewish values have led them to organize in solidarity with Palestinians Unsettled digs into the experiences of young Jewish Americans who engage with the Palestine solidarity movement and challenge the staunch pro-Israel stance of mainstream Jewish American institutions. The book explores how ......
Create your own 100% natural vegan candles! Making your own candles allows you to choose ingredients that are healthy for you and for the planet. It also gives you the opportunity to play with a wealth of fragrances to create candles that are meaningful and purposeful for creating atmospheres of relaxation, warmth, concentration, energy . . . the ......
Let PopOut Venice guide you around this wonderful city. Discover the magical canals and romantic palaces of Venice with the help of this genuinely pocket-sized, pop-up map. Small in size yet big on detail, this compact, dependable, Venice city map will ensure you don't miss a thing. Includes 2 PopOut maps - a detailed street map the city centre as ......
A fun and informative exploration of how the classic television series Bonanza differs from the reality of Virginia City, Nevada. In 1959, one hundred years after the big bonanza silver strike in Virginia City, the classic television series Bonanza made its debut and brought the small Nevada city to the forefront of households around the country. ......
In her feminist polemic, 'A Room of One's Own', Virginia Woolf famously wrote of the (comparatively recent) literary tradition of female writers: 'we think back through our mothers if we are women.' Woolf's major literary mothers were those women novelists writing during the Victorian period and earlier. Virginia Woolf and the Lives, Works, and ......
Medieval Women, Art, and Knowledge in the Regime du corps
In 1256, the countess of Provence, Beatrice of Savoy, enlisted her personal physician to create a health handbook to share with her daughters. Written in French and known as the Regime du corps, this health guide would become popular and influential, with nearly seventy surviving copies made over the next two hundred years and translations in at ......
