Download or read book Sibling Sacrifices written by Jaz Johnson and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2012-07-28 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Caroline and Isaac have come a long way with their star-crossed love, and have made a decision to try and make it work. But the stress of having their parents and friends find out is proving to be a bit much for them to handle. Caroline is continuing to crack under the loss of her mother, and it is interfering with her personal life, as well as spiritual. On top of that, her father and Isaacs mother have decided to get married! Can their relationship survive under such pressure and secrecy? And whats Carolines Grandma up to? Turns out she wants more than a little time with the family. Whats she hiding? Find out what is to become of Caroline and Isaac in this unexpected teenage romance.

Download or read book Family Sacrifices written by Russell M. Jeung and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2019-05-06 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fifty-two percent of Chinese Americans report having no religious affiliation, making them the least religiously-identified ethnic group in the United States. But that statistic obscures a much more complex reality. Family Sacrifices reveals that Chinese Americans employ familism, not religion, as the primary narrative by which they find meaning, identity, and belonging. As a transpacific lived tradition, Chinese American familism prioritizes family above other commitments and has roots in Chinese Popular Religion and Confucianism. The spiritual and ethical systems of China emphasize practicing rituals and cultivating virtue, whereas American religious research usually focuses on belief in the supernatural or belonging to a religious tradition. To address this gap in understanding, Family Sacrifices introduces the concept of liyi, translated as ritual propriety and righteous relations. Re-appropriated from its original Chinese usage, liyi offers a new way of understanding Chinese religion and a new lens for understanding the emergence of religious "nones" in the United States. The first book based on national survey data on Asian American religious practices, Family Sacrifices is a seminal text on the fastest-growing racial group in the United States.

Download or read book One and Only written by Lauren Sandler and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-06-17 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author discusses the pros and cons of being an only child.

Download or read book In Their Own Words written by C. Christine Fair and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018-12-15 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This path-breaking volume reveals a little-known aspect of how Lashkar-e-Tayyaba, a jihadist terrorist group, functions in Pakistan and beyond by translating and commenting upon a range of publications produced and disseminated by Dar-ul-Andlus, the publishing wing of LeT. Only a fraction of LeT's cadres ever see battle: most of them are despatched on nation-wide "prozelytising" (dawa) missions to convert Pakistanis to their particular interpretation of Islam, in support of which LeT has developed a sophisticated propagandist literature. This canon of Islamist texts is the most popular and potent weapon in LeT's arsenal, and its scrutiny affords insights into how and who the group recruits; LeT's justification for jihad; its vision of itself in global and regional politics; the enemies LeT identifies and the allies it cultivates; and how and where it conducts its operations. Particular attention is paid to the role that LeT assigns to women by examining those writings which heap extravagant praise upon the mothers of aspirant jihadis, who bless their operations and martyrdom. It is only by understanding LeT's domestic functions as set out in these texts that one can begin to appreciate why Pakistan so fiercely supports it, despite mounting international pressure to disband the group.

Download or read book The Pecking Order written by Dalton Conley and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2009-02-25 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The family is our haven, the place where we all start off on equal footing — or so we like to think. But if that’s the case, why do so many siblings often diverge widely in social status, wealth, and education? In this groundbreaking and meticulously researched book, acclaimed sociologist Dalton Conley shatters our notions of how our childhoods affect us, and why we become who we are. Economic and social inequality among adult siblings is not the exception, Conley asserts, but the norm: over half of all inequality is within families, not between them. And it is each family’s own “pecking order” that helps to foster such disparities. Moving beyond traditionally accepted theories such as birth order or genetics to explain family dynamics, Conley instead draws upon three major studies to explore the impact of larger social forces that shape each family and the individuals within it. From Bill and Roger Clinton to the stories of hundreds of average Americans, here we are introduced to an America where class identity is ever changing and where siblings cannot necessarily follow the same paths. This is a book that will forever alter our idea of family.

Download or read book Brothers and Sisters in Medieval European Literature written by Carolyne Larrington and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 2015 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A wideranging and groundbreaking investigation of the sibling relationship as shown in European literature, from 500 to 1500.

Download or read book Sociobiology Beyond Nature nurture written by George W Barlow and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-06-26 with total page 479 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To most biologists, sociobiology represents the concept of strict Darwinian individual selection married to an analytical application of ecological principles and brought to bear on social behavior in an unusually exciting and productive way. Joining the biologists are a small number of social scientists. But there are radically divergent views as to how the field should be delimited, and sociobiology is one of the most widely discussed fields in biology and anthropology today. The symposium on which this book is based was arranged by a biologist and an anthropologist. The participants, leaders in their fields, ably present contrasting and responsible views on current issues. This is the first collection of essays on sociobiology in which opposing views are aired. It is an exciting, timely book and an important historical document.

Download or read book Resilience and Familism written by Veronica L. Gregorio and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2023-08-10 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A highly comprehensive ethnographic analysis, Resilience and Familism demonstrates in a specifically Filipino context how strong familial ties can affect inner strength and outer determination.

Download or read book Sacrifice and Sharing in the Philippine Highlands written by Thomas P. Gibson and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2021-03-10 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is about the relationship between the Buid value system and their history of resistance to the lowland world.

Download or read book The Cowboy s Sacrifice written by Danica Favorite and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2020-06-01 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Does he have the courage to trust his heart? He just wanted her to go… now he’ll do anything to make her stay. Ranch attorney Ty Warner isn’t buying Rachel Henderson’s story. He’s sure the pretty single mom is after his boss’s fortune, but Rachel claims she’s just looking for family who might donate the kidney she needs to survive. As Ty grows closer to Rachel and her little girl, he discovers the raw truth—he’ll do whatever it takes to help Rachel live.

Download or read book A Second Chance written by Jerome Rabow Ph.D. and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2019-11-21 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this fast-paced murder mystery, Detective Joe Zuma returns from his vacation with his wife, Claudia, a landscape painter, and is met with the murder of two women, one of whom was a teacher at a private high school. Claudia lands a part-time job in the same school teaching art while continuing to paint landscapes of Santa Monica, a city adjacent to Los Angeles and the Pacific Ocean. A parent where Claudia teaches is eager to have her work with her child who is depressed because of the loss of her teacher (the victim) and her father. Zuma recognizes the parent as the suspect from an earlier crime whom Zuma believed had murdered her husband. Claudia’s painting interests are captured by the hobos who live on the bluffs in Santa Monica, an area adjacent to the Pacific Ocean. Her painting of a hobo is stolen, and its investigation leads to the uncovering of drug-selling connections between the hobo, his very rich and successful brother, the victim and her German-speaking parents, a principal and students, a homeless woman, as well as the murders of three of these characters. Interspersed between the solving of these murders is the romantic bantering of Claudia and the Bob Dylan–loving Zuma and their genuine love. The resolution to the previously unsolved murder involves the transformation of Zuma from a single-minded pursuit of justice to a delicate balancing of justice and mercy.

Download or read book Society is on life shades written by Maria Shaikh and published by TZP Publication. This book was released on with total page 57 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a token of love and respect towards our own life. We think our life is just a hell when we do not have happiness in our life's lap. But we forget that life is gifted by the Almighty and we are only the puppets of his hands. And sometimes, unwantedly we leave our life to the hands of the society. And now we become the puppet of society's hands. Society sometimes gives us a better way of living life.... And sometimes it snatches out our dreams and forces us to do, what it wants us to..... From a writer's views, sometimes world seems to be a perfect partner, and sometimes it seems as the most betrayed relation.... I hope this book to be the bestest friend of yours while learning the facts of life and society.... I hope you enjoy this book, reading and realizing the poetries written by the author, Maria Shaikh......

Download or read book A Trace of DNA written by Virginia King and published by Celestial Hedgehog. This book was released on 2024-10-18 with total page 622 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A glittering reputation A dogged amateur sleuth Sinister secrets that won’t stay buried When mystery author Tiggy Jones receives an email from a famous forensic scientist, she’s shocked that Dr Helena Loxton is offering her private life as the plot for Tiggy’s next book. Tiggy’s dangerous curiosity is piqued. But there's a catch. In exchange, Dr Loxton wants Tiggy to research some things she’s forgotten from her past, especially one crucial thing that’s keeping her awake at night. Wouldn’t she do better with a private investigator? And after too many real mysteries that have turned out to be crimes, Tiggy has sworn off acting like an amateur PI. Hasn’t she? Join Tiggy Jones and her dog Raider as a tangle of unexpected incidents, including murder, hook them into investigating the dark secrets behind a stellar career. Are they about to expose a public scandal of epic proportions? Or is it something private – and shocking? Get it now.

Download or read book The Large Family System written by James H. S. Bossard and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2016-11-11 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the first sociological study of the large family as a way of life, as a system of child rearing, and as a matrix for personality development. It is an original study based on case histories of one hundred large families (ranging in size from six to sixteen children), members of which have contributed the facts of their family experiences. A total of 879 children were born in these families, and it is chiefly through the eyes of the children that these families are viewed. Six years of investigation and analysis were devoted to this study by James H. S. Bossard and his research associates, and the results of their work suggest answers to many questions that have perplexed students of human behavior. For example: What are the attitudes of children toward large families? Of the fathers? Of the mothers? Are large families as happy as smaller families? What are the characteristic features of the happy ones? How and by whom are children reared in large families? How do children in these families get along with each other? Do large families make for feelings of security—emotional and/or economic? Do children reared in large families make good husbands and wives? Do they form large families in turn? Are they well-adjusted persons? What are the special hazards of the large family, and how do large families tend to meet their problems? These are only a few of the questions concerning large families that are studied in this volume. Including fifty-eight tables and a wealth of case-history material, The Large Family System is a pioneering work of urgent interest to students of the family and child development, to social case workers, to parents in general, to research workers in human behavior, to everyone who has been reared in a large family or who aspires to start a large family of his own.

Download or read book What Every Child Needs written by Elisa Morgan and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 1999-12-14 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written in a warm, nurturing style, this book details the nine kinds of love every child needs: security, affirmation, family, respect, play, guidance, discipline, independence and hope.

Download or read book Sacrifice and Moral Philosophy written by Marcel van Ackeren and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-09-10 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The aim of this book is to foster a more explicit and direct discussion of the concept of sacrifice and its importance in moral philosophy. Acts of self-sacrifice have a special place in our moral lives. We admire and celebrate those who give up their lives so that others may live. Despite this important role that sacrifice plays in our moral thinking, moral philosophers have had surprisingly little to say about the nature of sacrifice. This lack of attention to the nature of sacrifice is particularly important given that sacrifice also has an important role to play in several key debates in moral philosophy. The chapters in this volume make an important contribution to our understanding of sacrifice in three areas. The first part of the book investigates the nature of sacrifice. The next group of chapters investigates the role of sacrifice in moral philosophy. Three of these pieces investigate the role of sacrifice in our moral lives generally, while two investigate the role of sacrifice in relation to particular moral theories. The final two chapters investigate the value of sacrifice in relation to political and theological issues. The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of the International Journal of Philosophical Studies.

Download or read book When a Family Member Has OCD written by Jon Hershfield and published by New Harbinger Publications. This book was released on 2015-12-01 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When someone has obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), it can affect the entire family. This book is an essential guide to help family members cope with their loved one’s compulsive behaviors, obsessions, and constant need for reassurance. If your loved one has OCD, you may be unsure of how to express your concerns in a compassionate, effective way. In When a Family Member Has OCD, you and your family will learn ways to better understand and communicate with each other when OCD becomes a major part of your household. In addition to proven-effective cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and mindfulness techniques, you’ll find comprehensive information on OCD and its symptoms, as well as advice for each affected family member. OCD affects millions of people worldwide. Though significant advances have been made in medication and therapeutic treatments of the disorder, there are few resources available to help families deal with the impact of a loved one’s symptoms. This book provides a helpful guide for your family.