Stories we tell ourselves : "dream life" and "seeing things" / by Herman, Michelle

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The food we eat, the stories we tell : contemporary Appalachian tables /

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Race, the power of an illusion

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Race : the power of an illusion

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Dancing with the tiger : learning sustainability step by natural step by Nattrass, Brian F.

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Sin*a*gogue : sin and failure in Jewish thought by Bashevkin, David, 1985-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: The Stories We Tell --…”
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Israel on the couch : the psychology of the peace process by Grosbard, Ofer, 1954-

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Living Responsibly by Prothmann, Jan

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Beyond slavery : overcoming its religious and sexual legacies

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The long descent : a user's guide to the end of the industrial age by Greer, John Michael

Table of Contents: “…The end of the industrial age -- The stories we tell ourselves -- Briefing for the descent -- Facing the deindustrial age -- Tools for the transition -- The spiritual dimension.…”
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Museum rhetoric : building civic identity in national spaces by Weiser, M. Elizabeth

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- The rhetorical museum -- The story we tell ourselves -- The object of the story -- Identifying with the museum -- Identifying with the nation -- Alternative identifications -- Conclusion : the museum in the world.…”
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Mass moralizing : marketing and moral storytelling by Hopkins, Phil, 1958-

Table of Contents: “…Self and world: story, image, brand -- The stories we tell -- Truth-telling narratives -- Spectacle: the ontology of image -- Tribes: hyperrealized and mythical belonging -- Mass moralizing -- The good life -- Morality for sale -- Morality as consumption -- Morality as propaganda.…”
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Making local food work : the challenges and opportunities of today's small farmers by Janssen, Brandi, 1976-

Table of Contents: “…New markets for alternative farmers -- The stories we tell -- Old systems, new farmers -- The not-so-direct market -- Farm to school -- Just a simple salad: purchasing local food for school lunch -- Herd management: labor in local food production -- Working at great greens -- Good fences make good neighbors -- Looking downstream.…”
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No Home for You Here A Memoir of Class and Culture by Rensch, Adam Theron-Lee

Table of Contents: “…Cover -- Title Page -- Imprint Page -- Contents -- Prologue: You Can't Go Home Again -- One: The Era of Big Government Is Over -- Two: White Trash Nation -- Three: There Is No Such Thing as Society -- Four: The Culture Wars -- Five: Inheritance -- Six: Conditions Are Fundamentally Sound -- Seven: Deaths of Despair -- Epilogue: The Stories We Tell -- References -- Acknowledgments…”
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New lines : critical GIS and the trouble of the map by Wilson, Matthew W., 1981-

Table of Contents: “…; Criticality The Urgency of Drawing and Tracing; Digitality Origins, or the Stories We Tell Ourselves; Movement Strange Concepts and the Essentially Subjective; Attention Memory Support and the Care of Community; Quantification Counting on Location- Aware Futures; A Single Point Does Not Form a Line; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; Notes; Index.…”
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Stories of our lives : memory, history, narrative by De Caro, F. A., 1943-2020

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Stories of our lives : memory, history, narrative by De Caro, F. A., 1943-2020

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A short history of celebrity by Inglis, Fred

Table of Contents: “…The performance of celebrity -- A very short history of the feelings -- The London-Brighton road (1760-1820) -- Paris: haute couture and the painting of modern life -- New York and Chicago: robber barons and the gossip column, 1880-1910 -- The geography of recognition: celebrity on its holidays -- The great dictators -- The stars look down: the democratisation of celebrity -- From each according to his ability: sport, rock, fashion, and the self -- Stories we tell ourselves about ourselves -- Envoi: Cherishing citizens.…”
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Experiencing politics : a legislator's stories of government and health care by McDonough, John E. (John Edward)

Table of Contents: “…Politics Is ... and Debating Points; 2. The Stories We Tell and the X-Men; 3. Landlords, Tenants, and Conflict; 4. …”
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A short history of celebrity by Inglis, Fred

Table of Contents: “…The performance of celebrity -- A very short history of the feelings -- The London-Brighton road (1760-1820) -- Paris: haute couture and the painting of modern life -- New York and Chicago: robber barons and the gossip column, 1880-1910 -- The geography of recognition: celebrity on its holidays -- The great dictators -- The stars look down: the democratisation of celebrity -- From each according to his ability: sport, rock, fashion, and the self -- Stories we tell ourselves about ourselves -- Envoi: Cherishing citizens.…”
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Dreamwork for Actors. by Sonenberg, Janet

Table of Contents: “…Cover; DREAMWORK for Actors; Copyright; CONTENTS; Acknowledgments; Introduction; CHAPTER ONE Stories We Tell Ourselves; CHAPTER TWO Next Year Let's Work on Your Imagination; CHAPTER THREE The Pilgrimage to the Temple; CHAPTER FOUR Prayers and Offerings; CHAPTER FIVE The God Is Silent; The God Speaks; CHAPTER SIX Dream Homeopathy; CHAPTER SEVEN A Machine and a Miracle; CHAPTER EIGHT Virtual Reality; CHAPTER NINE Rules for Dreamworking the Character's Body; Conclusion; Index.…”
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Love is a story : a new theory of relationships by Sternberg, Robert J.

Table of Contents: “…PREFACE; I: THE STORIES WE TELL; Love as a Story; Our Multiple Stones of Love; Story Elements; Some Kinds of Stories; Where Do Stories Come From, and Where Can They Go?…”
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Singing to the dead : a missioner's life among refugees from Burma by Armour-Hileman, Victoria, 1958-

Table of Contents: “…Blessings in the rain -- Flying Buddha -- Florence Nightingale -- Mothers and sons -- Beyond risk -- A soldier in the jungle -- A basket of prayers -- Dancing with the hurricane -- Death railway -- A letter from prison -- Selling death -- Misunderstandings -- Where our sympathies lie -- Safe -- The sound of the prison gate -- A true friend -- The stories we tell -- Where the poor search for justice -- Snowy river -- Crossing borders -- Presidents and kings -- When Monland is free -- One step forward -- Singing to the dead -- The face of God -- A strange reception -- A case of stomachache -- The lion and the dragon.…”
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Multiple Perspectives on the Self in SLA. by Mercer, Sarah

Table of Contents: “…Contributors; 1 Introduction; 2 Self-Efficacy in Second Language Acquisition; 3 The Dynamics of Second Language Confidence: Contact and Interaction; 4 Self-Esteem and Self-Concept in Foreign Language Learning; 5 Identity and Poststructuralist Theory in SLA; 6 Dual Identities Perceived by Bilinguals; 7 Relational Views of the Self in SLA; 8 Imagined and Possible Selves: Stories We Tell Ourselves About Ourselves; 9 Motivational Perspectives on the Self in SLA: A Developmental View; 10 Brain and Self: A Neurophilosophical Account; 11 The Self from a Complexity Perspective.…”
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Hidden Challenges : Human Dynamics in Organizational Change and Recovery by Florent-Treacy, Elizabeth

Table of Contents: “…Cover -- Halftitle -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Description -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1: Deciphering the Human Mysteries of Organizational Life -- Chapter 2: Back on Track: A Systems-Psychodynamic Approach to the Recovery of Organizations After a Crisis -- Chapter 3: Reimagining Organizations: The Stories We Tell -- Chapter 4: Raising Awareness and Recovering Agency in the Face of Narcissistic Leadership -- Chapter 5: Vilification and Its Impact on Senior Leaders -- Chapter 6: The Reflection in the Paper: Reducing Anxiety and Increasing Self-Reflection…”
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Islam on the move : the Tablighi Jama'at in Southeast Asia by Farish A. Noor (Farish Ahmad Noor), 1967-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction Brother Bismillah and my introduction to the Tablighi Jama'at -- At home across the sea the arrival of the Tablighi Jama'at and its spread across southeast Asia -- Learning to be the foundational literature of the Tablighi Jama'at and its role in defining the movement -- Learning on the march the portable, reader-friendly literature of the Tablighi Jama'at and its role in the self-identification and reproduction of the movement -- The stories we tell the conversion narratives of the Tablighi Jama'at and the internalisation of the Tablighi identity -- Learning to be Tablighi the rule-governed World of the Tablighi and the disciplining of the self -- How we look and what we are the Tablighi Jama'at framed in the eyes of others -- Finally, a summing up the Tablighi Jama'at as the complex thing that it is.…”
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Ambivalent miracles : evangelicals and the politics of racial healing by Wadsworth, Nancy D.

Table of Contents: “…Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part One: What Stories We Tell: Historicizing Evangelicalism and Race -- 1. …”
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Vicious circles in education reform : assimilation, Americanization, and fulfilling the middle class ethic by Shyman, Eric, 1979-

Table of Contents: “…The stories we tell: narratives of public schooling -- Schooling as sieve: distinguishing between the classes -- Schooling and the real America: struggling toward Americanization -- Schools of thought: systematizing the study of education -- The flat free world: global competitiveness and equal educational opportunity -- Our kids, our rules: centralizing or decentralizing America's schools -- A study in misrepresentation: scholarly interpretations of policy talk -- Schooling and the "culturally deprived": racism and American schooling -- White flight and black plight: situating the segregated neighborhood -- Measuring value, intelligence testing and the "science" of ability -- Able minds, able bodies: ableism and the public school -- Segregation's new stripes: race, language, and special education -- You're an American now: assimilation or elimination for the non-American -- It's a man's world: schooling and the gender gap -- Vicious circles in education reform: a conclusion.…”
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Leadership for Environmental Sustainability. by Redekop, Benjamin W.

Table of Contents: “…Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Tables; Figures; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Connecting Leadership and Sustainability; 1 An Ecological Perspective on Leadership Theory, Research, and Practice; 2 Eco-Leadership: Towards the Development of a New Paradigm; 3 Challenges and Strategies of Leading for Sustainability; 4 Leadership and the Dynamics of Collaboration: Averting the Tragedy of the Commons; 5 Leadership for Sustainability in Business: It's all about the Stories We Tell; 6 Green Heroes Reexamined: An Evaluation of Environmental Role Models.…”
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Finding Happiness : It All Depends on Your Focus. by Murphy-Berman, Virginia

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I: Connecting to the Past: Stories We Tell Ourselves; Chapter 1: The Story of Being Let Down: The Cultivation of Gratitude; Chapter 2: The Story of Regret: The Cultivation of Self-Compassion; Chapter 3: The Story of No One Cares: The Cultivation of Seeing Kindness; Chapter 4: The Story of Loss of Anchors: The Cultivation of Remembrance; Chapter 5: The Story of Envy: The Cultivation of Non-Comparing; Part II: Connecting to the Present: Experiences We Encounter.…”
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Grammar lessons : translating a life in Spain by Morano, Michele

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Inside bitch by Gregg, Stacey, Pearson, Deborah, 1983-

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Absent mothers

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Coming of age in films by Garrett, Mario

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Framing identities : autobiography and the politics of pedagogy by Hesford, Wendy S.

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Tracking lions, myth, and wilderness in Samburu by Turk, Jonathan

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Qualitative inquiry under fire : toward a new paradigm dialogue by Denzin, Norman K.

Table of Contents: “…Acknowledgments -- PART ONE: POLITICS -- 1 Introduction: Qualitative Inquiry as Social Justice -- 2 Interpretive Research After 9/11/01 -- 3 The Secret Downing Street Memo, the One Percent Doctrine, and the Politics of Truth: A Performance Text-Shelter from the Storm -- 4 The Elephant in the Living Room or Extending the Conversation about the Politics of Evidence -- PART TWO: INTERPRETATION -- 5 The Art of Interpretation: The Stories We Tell One Another -- 6 The Practices of Interpretation -- 7 Reading and Writing Interpretation -- 8 Emancipatory Discourses, and the Ethics and Politics of Interpretation -- PART THREE: PERFORMANCE AND PEDAGOGY -- 9 Analytic Autoethnography, or Deja Vu All Over Again -- 10 The Reflexive Interview and a Performative Social Science -- 11 Memory: Lewis and Clark in Yellowstone, circa 2004 -- PART FOUR: ETHICAL FUTURES -- 12 IRBs and the Turn to Indigenous Ethics -- 13 The New Paradigm Dialogues and Qualitative Inquiry -- Notes -- References -- Index -- About the Author.…”
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Firewater : how alcohol is killing my people (and yours) by Johnson, Harold, 1957-2022

Table of Contents: “…; The drunken Indian story ; A little bit more history to help put it in perspective ; A time before alcohol killed our people ; Going to the graveyard ; The Royal Commission on Aboriginal peoples and the Supreme Court ; Four models ; The trickster in the story ; Being frank : exposing the problem ; Costs of the alcohol story ; Employment ; The story we tell ourselves ; The story kiciwamanawak tell themselves ; Addictions ; The land ; It's all only a story ; Banning alcohol ; Treatment ; Leadership ; The storyteller ; Healing ; Community ; The sober house and the sober community -- Part 3. …”
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Stories of Sickness. by Brody, Howard

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Affirmative action, hate speech, and tenure : narratives about race and law in the academy by Baez, Benjamin

Table of Contents: “…Tenure and "Intentions"; Race and Tenure: A Study; The Academy and the Politics of Judicial Noninterference; Tenure, Merit, and Racism; Perpetrators and Victims: Agency and Structure; 5. The Stories We Tell: Law, Race, and Affirmative Action; Affirmative Action and the Supreme Court; Affirmative Action and College Admissions; The Affirmative Action Stories; The Affirmative Action Stories: "Violence of the Word"; 6. …”
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