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  • PRAGMATIC HEALTHCARE ETHNOGRAPHY
    ALISON B. HAMILTON / GEMMAE M. FIX / ERIN P. FINLEY
    This practical and accessible textbook provides an overview of the key principles for conducting ethnography in healthcare settings. Shedding new light on healthcare delivery and experiences, ethnographic research methods provide a useful set of tools for observing how people act in the world and help us understand why people act as they do. Increasingly recognized for their ex...

    $1,040.00

  • THE DEATH PENALTY AS STATE CRIME
    LAURA L. FINLEY
    This book offers a new perspective on the death penalty in the US, examining capital punishment as state crime or state-produced harm. It addresses the death penalty, showing how the state not only authorizes a system and a practice that tortures human beings, but is also aware of its deep flaws and chooses not to address them. Building on the vast literature on state crime tog...

    $1,160.00

  • SHUDDERING CASTLE
    WILBUR FINLEY FAULEY
    Excerpt: "Shuddering Castle is not a mystery novel in the generally accepted sense. It is a novel with a mystery; a highly imaginative story, with revelations in the field of radio and short-wave broadcasting. None of the strange events recorded oversteps the boundaries of accepted natural laws. In this novel of exciting action, radio communication is established between Earth ...

    $39.70

  • THE GAME NARRATIVE TOOLBOX
    TOBIAS HEUSSNER / TOIYA KRISTEN FINLEY / JENNIFER BRANDES HEPLER / ANN LEMAY
    Learn how to create compelling game storylines. Four experienced narrative designers from different genres of game development have banded together to create this all-inclusive guide on what it's like to work as a writer and narrative designer in the video game industry. From concept to final testing, The Game Narrative Toolbox walks readers through what role a narrative design...

    $1,460.00

  • THE JOY OF BEING CATHOLIC
    MITCH FINLEY
    An award winning writer celebrates the oldest institution in the western world and the faith he shares with 60 million other Americans plus an estimated 1.2 billion Roman Catholics in the world. Mitch Finley opens the treasure chest of Catholic experience, picks out its jewels, and shines them to a new glow. "Consider the possibility of joy," he writes. "What if your life is no...

    $408.00

  • BRANCHING STORY, UNLOCKED DIALOGUE
    TOIYA KRISTEN FINLEY
    This book covers the distinguishing characteristics and tropes of visual novels (VNs) as choice-based games and analyzes VNs like 999: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors; Hatoful Boyfriend; and Monster Prom, some of the best examples of the genre as illustrations. The author covers structuring branching narrative and plot, designing impactful and compelling choices, writing e...

    $920.00

  • FREELANCE VIDEO GAME WRITING
    TOIYA FINLEY
    In the competitive world of video game writing and narrative design, developers are losing permanent positions while freelancing careers are on the rise. Many developers don’t understand how to seize these freelancing opportunities, such as understanding the business of freelancing, how to go about finding work, how to establish strong relationships with clients, and how to sus...

    $1,060.00

  • NARRATIVE TACTICS FOR MOBILE AND SOCIAL GAMES
    TOIYA KRISTEN FINLEY
    Despite its significant growth over the past five years, the mobile and social videogame industry is still maturing at a rapid rate. Due to various storage and visual and sound asset restrictions, mobile and social gaming must have innovative storytelling techniques. Narrative Tactics grants readers practical advice for improving narrative design and game writing for mobile and...

    $1,420.00

  • REPLACEMENT COSTS AND ACCOUNTING REFORM IN POST-WORLD WAR I GERMANY
    GRAEME DEAN / FRANK CLARKE / FINLEY GRAVES
    Originally published in 1990, this anthology of articles from the German financial and industrial press, translated into English for this volume, discusses the socio/politico/economic background that was a catalyst for the development of replacement cost accounting ideas in Europe and Anglo-American countries. The contributions to the replacement cost debate contained in this a...

    $500.00

  • SITUATING THE UYGHURS BETWEEN CHINA AND CENTRAL ASIA
    ILDIKO BELLER-HANN / M. CRISTINA CESÀRO / JOANNE SMITH FINLEY
    Drawing together distinguished international scholars, this volume offers a unique insight into the social and cultural hybridity of the Uyghurs. It bridges a gap in our understanding of this group, an officially recognized minority mainly inhabiting the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China, with significant populations also living in the Central ...

    $1,560.00

  • LANGUAGE, EDUCATION AND UYGHUR IDENTITY IN URBAN XINJIANG
    JOANNE SMITH FINLEY
    As the regional lingua franca, the Uyghur language long underpinned Uyghur national identity in Xinjiang. However, since the ‘bilingual education’ policy was introduced in 2002, Chinese has been rapidly institutionalised as the sole medium of instruction in the region’s institutes of education. As a result, studies of the bilingual and indeed multi-lingual Uyghur urban youth ha...

    $1,360.00

  • CLASSICAL SLAVERY
    M. I. FINLEY
    Slavery in Greece and Rome has always prompted comparisons with that of more recent history. This volume includes discussions of the relationship between war, piracy and slavery, early abolitionist movements as well as the supply and domestic aspects of slavery in these ancient societies. ...

    $1,760.00

  • METHODOLOGY AND METHOD IN HISTORY (RLE ACCOUNTING)
    PARKER, LEE D. / GRAVES, FINLEY O.
    This bibliography provides the reader with a comprehensive reference tool that will enhance understanding of methodological issues and enable the user to employ research methods appropriate to their subject of study. It also provides accounting historians a comprehensive data base for the development of papers addressing methodological issues in an accounting history context. A...

    $980.00

  • STUDIES IN ANCIENT SOCIETY (ROUTLEDGE REVIVALS)
    M.I. FINLEY
    Originally published in 1978, this volume comprises articles previously published in the historical journal, Past and Present, ranging over nearly a thousand years of Graeco-Roman history. The essays focus primarily on the Roman Empire, reflecting the increase, in British scholarship of the post-war years, of explanatory, ‘structuralist’ studies of this period in Roman history....

    $1,460.00

  • THE RELUCTANT DETECTIVE
    FINLEY MARTIN
    A single mom finds herself taking over a private investigation business in coastal Canada in this involving crime thriller.   A young widowed mother, Wilhelmina Anne Brown is just beginning to find some stability in her new home in Prince Edward Island when she is forced to deal with the death of her beloved uncle, Bill Darby. Darby, an Ontario cop turned Charlottetown private ...

    $149.00

  • THE ESSENTIAL LAWS OF FEARLESS LIVING
    GUY FINLEY
    The author of The Courage to Be Free gives us the tools to "transform our lives into clear and focused vessels of expression, creativity, and health" (Don Campbell, author of The Mozart Effect).   The Essential Laws of Fearless Living is a step-by-step manual for all who aspire to realize their ultimate potential as a human being. In its seven chapters of forty concise essays, ...

    $200.00

  • MORE SAVORING GOD
    KATHLEEN FINLEY
    What does a clock or calendar, a map, a newspaper or bandage, a set of measuring cups or a basket have to do with prayer? Kathleen Finley not only tells about how to pray with all our senses, but also shows us how, using Scripture as well as factual information about a wide variety of everyday objects, to help us take seriously how everything has the potential to be holy in lig...

    $337.00

  • THE COURAGE TO BE FREE
    GUY FINLEY
    “A gift from a master teacher . . . that will help calm your anxieties, allay your fears, and help you live a more present, precious life.”—Daniel G. Amen, MD #1 New York Times  The End of Mental Illness   We were not born with the persistent negative, self-doubting, self-limiting thoughts and feelings most of us carry around. Those limitations are not part of our “original equ...

    $229.00

  • A MAN’S GUIDE TO BEING CATHOLIC
    MITCH FINLEY
    What is Catholic spirituality for the contemporary man? A Man's Guide to Being Catholic addresses this question with a direct yet open-minded viewpoint to the spiritual and sociological issues that face the sexes in our society, both in the world and in the church. With a no-nonsense approach, this book guides you on a journey of insight into what it means to be a Catholic ma...

    $320.00

  • LET’S BEGIN WITH PRAYER
    MITCH FINLEY
    "Let's begin with prayer." Whether spoken by a student, teacher, or principal, these words signal the beginning of the school day in many Catholic schools. The ques­tion is, what comes next? Let's Begin With Prayer offers an eloquent and practical answer. 130 brief prayers specifically designed for use in Catholic junior and senior high schools are offered here, prayers that ar...

    $320.00

  • WELCOME!
    KATHLEEN FINLEY
    Expecting and raising a new baby is an exciting time in life--one filled with hope, anxiety, optimism, and wonder. This collection of prayers for parents feeds the spiritual side of the prospect of imminent parenthood. This book contains a series of simple, kindly, and heartfelt prayers appropriate for all stages of a new child's life, from preconception until the first birthda...

    $320.00

  • THE GOSPEL TRUTH
    MITCH FINLEY
    How can a Christian live authentically in a world that values appearances? What does Jesus say about living a life characterized by honesty and hope? Mitch Finley sheds light on the spiritual values of the New Testament and shows how they help us become what we really are: free. Here is a path to freedom and assurance for every Christian. ...

    $284.00

  • DEAR GOD
    KATHLEEN FINLEY
    Dear God, the world feels very alive today, with birds and flowers and many colors. Thank you for the new life we feel and see all around us, life that comes from you. Thank you for butterflies and dandelions and new leaves and bugs and kites and baseball. Thank you for life. Amen. --"On a Spring Day" This easy-to-use book of prayers provides a much-needed resource for families...

    $231.00

  • YOUR ONE-STOP GUIDE TO MARY
    MITCH FINLEY
    IF YOU WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT MARY, THIS IS THE PLACE TO START. Mary, the Mother of Jesus, occupies a unique place in all of history. God chose her to be the mother of the Word, His only Son. And over the centuries Catholics have come to honor her as the Mother of God and the Mother of the Church. In Your One-Stop Guide to Mary, Mitch Finley has given us a concise but complet...

    $355.00

  • SEASON OF NEW BEGINNINGS
    MITCH FINLEY
    Each day's mini-meditation begins with a brief quotation from the writings of a spiritual guide. Following their words you will find a short reflection designed to put a "Lenten spin" on the words you just read, a perspective rooted in the realities of our own time and place and the season of Lent. Then the capper: a one-line prayer. Say the prayer and let it sink in . . . thin...

    $196.00

  • CATHOLIC SPIRITUAL CLASSICS
    MITCH FINLEY
    This book presents introductions to classics of Christian spiritual literature. Written in a popular, lively style, each essay is based on up-to-date research and insights into the place of the classics in a contemporary spirituality. ...

    $249.00

  • EVERYBODY HAS A GUARDIAN ANGEL
    MITCH FINLEY
    Mitch Finley's warmhearted recollection of growing up Catholic is more than nostalgia. It's a mixture of fond memories, gentle humor, and lasting gratitude for what he learned in Catholic schools--simple and profound lessons that gave him a solid foundation for living in times marked by turmoil and change. The lessons he writes about include: Life Is Worth Living; The World De...

    $426.00

  • ROMAN LETTERS
    MATTHEW B. SCHWARTZ / FINLEY HOOPER
    In this selection of letters, notable Romans write about themselves and their times, as well as about personal and public matters. Seneca provides indignant remarks about the behavior of women in Nero's Rome. From his monastic cell in Bethlehem, St. Jerome berates St. Augustine for gossip he may have spread. Some letters give a different perspective to history, while other talk...

    $657.00

  • CHRISTIAN FAMILIES IN THE REAL WORLD
    MITCH FINLEY / KATHLEEN FINLEY
    In an inclusive, welcoming manner, the Finleys share their insights, beliefs, and convictions concerning the foundation of church being rooted in the firm foundation of family. And their portrait of family is both realistic and inspirational, culminating a call to a familial spirituality that is at once joyous and profound, everlasting and everchanging. ...

    $391.00

  • THE CATHOLIC VIRTUES
    MITCH FINLEY
    Just as all organisms are governed by biological laws, human beings also have an ingrained moral compass--laws that direct their behavior in a certain way. According to Catholic Tradition, the virtues operate as central principles behind our notion of moral goodness. Here is a unique and insightful book that examines the virtues and offers them as a blueprint that demonstrates...

    $355.00


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