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Tribal nation : the making of Soviet Turkmenistan by Edgar, Adrienne Lynn, 1960-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Tribe, class, and nation in Turkmenistan -- Sources of identity among the Turkmen -- Assembling the nation: the creation of a Turkmen National Republic -- Ethnic preferences and ethnic conflict: the rise of a Turkmen national elite -- Helpers, not nannies: Moscow and the Turkmen communist party -- Dueling dialects: the creation of a Turkmen language -- A nation divided: class struggle and the assault on "tribalism" -- Cotton and collectivization: rural resistance in Soviet Turkmenistan -- Emancipation of the unveiled: Turkmen women under Soviet rule -- Conclusion: From Soviet republic to independent nation-state.…”
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Mothering across cultures : postcolonial representations by Reyes, Angelita Dianne

Table of Contents: “…Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: I'm Not Mad, I'm Postcolonial, a Woman, and a Mother; ONE: Taking Flight and Taking Foot: From Margaret Garner to Beloved; TWO: Surrogate Mothering: Maroon Nanny, Jean Rhys, and Marronage; THREE: Refusing to Live on Scent: Textures of Memory by Way of Pluie et vent sur Télumée Miracle; FOUR: Crossing Bridges and Memory-Telling: Une si longue lettre; FIVE: From a Lineage of Southern Women: She Has Left Us Empty and Full of Her; APPENDIXES; Notes; Bibliography; Index.…”
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The GI generation : a memoir / G.I. generation by Mathias, Frank Furlong

Table of Contents: “…Lucky and Nannie -- Carlisle and Maysville -- Our Main Street neighborhood -- Cigars and cinnamon balls -- Hammering catfish and other events -- The uncommon cold and the specialty man -- Major and minor -- The forces of nature -- They called him Lucky -- A shoeshine and a smile -- Burma Shave and buzzard roost -- Foo-fighters and Kinniconick -- Making do with the Great Depression -- Cops, robbers, and characters -- Summertime -- Hanging around town -- Camp Black Hawk and Carlisle Christianity -- Maysville on my mind -- The Queen City and the kings -- Life went on as usual -- Poetry and war -- The music goes round and round.…”
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Greed, lust & gender : a history of economic ideas / Greed, lust and gender : by Folbre, Nancy

Table of Contents: “…The Unproductive Housewife; 18. The Nanny State; 19. Human Capitalism; 20. Beyond Economic Man; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.…”
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Understanding your two-year-old by Miller, Lisa, 1939-

Table of Contents: “…A sense of self : exploring the world, "I can do it", the word "no", the impulsive two-year-old, stability and change -- Learning to look after yourself : eating, sleeping, toilet-training, pulling together these issues -- Relationships : mother and father, mums and dads, a new baby, siblings and friends, daycare, childminders and nannies -- The development of body and mind : play, books, toys and games, imagination and fantasy, talking and communication, television and videos, the adults in the child's world -- The parents : hard work, when to worry, difficulties in the family, troubles within the toddler, complex family situations.…”
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Guns and weed : the road to freedom director's cut

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Cult killer : the Ricky Rodriguez story.

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Burning in by Juchau, Mireille

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Guns and weed : the road to freedom

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A Time To Embrace. by Coleman, Lynn A.

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Jewish choices, Jewish voices. / Money

Table of Contents: “…A Jewish Perspectiveon the Living Wage Movement; Executive Compensation in Public Corporations; Government Money; Money, Women, Children, and the Jewish Future; Money: Personal Issues -- The Kotzker and the Nanny; Philanthropy.…”
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Bright shards of someplace else : stories by McFawn, Monica

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Finding Edith : Surviving the Holocaust in Plain Sight by Cord, Edith Mayer

Table of Contents: “…Vienna, Austria: my childhood and early memories -- Genoa, Italy: the happiest year of my life -- Nice, France: we are refugees -- Montlaur, France: from school to the vineyards -- Castelnaudary: the convent school -- Moissac: in the hospital -- Mende: the English teacher -- Florac: Christmas vacation -- Pezenas: the outsider -- Cahors: vocational high school and Centre de Jeunes Filles Deficientes -- Flight to Switzerland -- Claparede: the transit camp -- Geneva: Champel, Le Val Fleuri, Le Centre Henri Dunant -- Chesieres-villars: Alpina -- Ulisbach and speicher: the nanny -- A year of Floundering -- School at last -- The second baccalaureat -- Faculte de lettres -- America: the immigrant -- Reflections.…”
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Comparative Studies in Kinship. by Goody, Jack

Table of Contents: “…CHAPTER EIGHT Cross-cousin Marriage in Northern GhanaCHAPTER NINE Indo-European Kinship; CHAPTER TEN On Nannas and Nannies; Subject Index.…”
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The childcare answer book by Connell, Linda H.

Table of Contents: “…Your family's need for childcare -- Childcare alternatives -- The importance of quality childcare -- Day care centers and preschools -- Family day care -- Evaluating out-of-home care -- Locating nannies -- The hiring process -- Employment issues -- Au pairs -- Using relatives as childcare givers -- After-school care -- Childcare during summer vacation -- Childcare options for the night shift -- Backup childcare -- Government assistance -- Employer assistance -- Helping your child adjust -- Maintaining a good relationship with the childcare provider -- Monitoring the childcare situation -- Resolving problems with the caregiver -- Harmful or abusive situations -- Terminating the childcare relationship -- The special needs child -- The work-at-home parent -- The single parent -- Transportation during childcare.…”
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The New Avant-Garde in Italy : Theoretical Debate and Poetic Practices. by Picchione, John

Table of Contents: “…PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; 1 Poetry in Revolt: The Novissimi; 2 The Neoavanguardia and the Theoretical Debate; 3 The Gestural and Schizoid Language of Alfredo Giuliani; 4 Collage, Multilingualism, and Ideology: Elio Pagliarani's Epic Narratives; 5 Edoardo Sanguineti and the Labyrinth of Poetry; 6 The Poetic Nomadism of Antonio Porta; 7 Nanni Balestrini and the Invisibility of the Poetic 'I'; 8 Other Poets, Other Subversions; 9 Crossing the Boundaries of the Word: The Visual Poets; 10 Closing Remarks; NOTES; WORKS CITED; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S.…”
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The Motivated Sign. by Fischer, Olga

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Vivian Maier : the color work / Color work by Westerbeck, Colin

A private life by Chen, Ran, 1962-

Table of Contents: “…All time has passed away and left me here alone -- Dancing on tiptoe in black rain -- My one-eyed nanny -- I carry an infectious disease -- Scissors and seduction -- The widow ho and her "changing room" -- A stranger to myself -- Yi Qiu -- The inner room -- A coffin looks for an occupant -- Bed-a stage for the drama of the sexes -- A new myth of Sisyphus -- A bed cries out -- Yinyang grotto -- One person's death brings punishment to another -- Endless days -- Apple bobbing -- A fiery dance of death -- A stray bullet -- The birth of Miss nothing -- The years have passed away and left me here alone -- The lonely are a shameless lot.…”
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Biometrics : theory, applications, and issues

Table of Contents: “….] -- Fusion of lighting insensitive approaches for illumination robust face recognition / Loris Nanni, Sheryl Brahnam, Alessandra Lumini -- A two-part generalized linear mixed modelling approach to analyze physical activity outcomes / Andy H. …”
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World Film Locations. by Solomons, Gabriel

Table of Contents: “…FontCover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Maps/Scenes; Essays; Backpages; Rome: City of the Imagination; Neo-realist Rome: The Gritty Side of the Eternal City; Scenes 1-8 1936 -- 1953; Fellini's Rome; Scenes 9-16 1954 -- 1960; Roman Holidays: Rome as an International Destination On-screen; Scenes 17-24 1960 -- 1963; Strange Tides: The Tiber and Its Role in the History of 'Cinema Romano'; Scenes 25-31 1963 -- 1980; Memory Man: Nanni Moretti's Rome in Caro Diario/Dear Diary (1993); Scenes 32-38 1983 -- 1999; Cinecittà: The Highs and Lows of the 'Roman Heart' of Italian Cinema; Scenes 39-45 2001 -- 2013.…”
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You never call! you never write! : a history of the Jewish mother by Antler, Joyce

Table of Contents: “…The mother and the movement: feminism constructs the Jewish mother -- Roseanne and the nanny: the Jewish mother as postmodern spectacle -- From second-generation memoirs to women's history: reclaiming the missing mother -- "They raised beautiful families": Jewish mothers narrate their lives -- We are all Jewish mothers: mothering in the new millennium.…”
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The politics of freedom : taking on the left, the right, and threats to our liberties by Boaz, David, 1953-

Table of Contents: “…Big-Government Conservatives; Part 6: Big-Government Liberals; Part 7: Civil Rights and Wrongs; Part 8: Down the Drain; Part 9: Let the Children Go; Part 10: The Nanny State; Part 11: Public Problems, Private Solutions; Part 12: A Drug-Free America?…”
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Terry Pratchett. by Butler, Andrew M.

Table of Contents: “…Carpe JugulumThe Fifth Elephant; The Truth; Thief Of Time; Chapter Three: Children's Fiction; The Bromeliad; The Johnny Maxwell Trilogy; Chapter Four: Collaborations; The Unadulterated Cat; Good Omens; The Discworld Companion; The Streets Of Ankh-Morpork; The Discworld Mapp; A Tourist Guide To Lancre; Death's Domain; The Science Of Discworld; Nanny Ogg's Cookbook; Reference Materials; Works; Collaborations; A Note For Collectors; Scripts And Comics; Criticism; Videos; DVDs; CDs; Websites; The Essential Library…”
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Caring on the clock : the complexities and contradictions of paid care work

Table of Contents: “…Trotter -- Building a professional identity: boundary work and meaning making among West African immigrant nurses / Fumilayo Showers -- Ethnic logics: race and ethnicity in nanny employment / Cameron Lynne Macdonald -- Caring or catering? …”
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Stark Effect In A Hydrogenic Atom Or Ion : Treated By The Phase-Integral Method With Adjoined Papers By A Hokback And P O Froman. by Froman, Per Olof

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Towards a Global History of Domestic and Caregiving Workers. by Hoerder, Dirk

Table of Contents: “…4: Introduction: Combining Work and Emotions: Strategies, Agency, Self-assertion5: Slovenian Domestic Workers in Italy: A Borderlands Care Chain over Time; 6: Ties that Bind: Localizing the Occupational Motivations that Drive Non-Union Affiliated Domestic Workers in Salvador, Brazil; 7: Maid-of-all-Work or Professional Nanny? The Changing Character of Domestic Work in Polish Households, Eighteenth Century to the Present; 8: Mutual Emotional Relations in Caregiving Work at the Turn of the Twenty-First Century: Vietnamese Families and Czech Nannies-Grandmothers.…”
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Key issues in childhood and youth studies

Table of Contents: “…The origins of childhood / John Clarke -- The building blocks : construction of childhood / Shirley J Pressler -- A mixed life : race, racism, and mixed heritage / Derek Kassem -- Mind games : the psychology of the child / Diahann Gallard -- Inborn or bred : the development of speech and language / Lisa Murphy -- Coming of age : childhood sexuality / John Clarke -- The nanny state? Children and the notion of risk / Andrew Kennedy -- Not seen, not heard : the child and protection / Lynne Kendal -- The parent of last resort : life as a looked-after child / Derek Kassem -- Healthy in body, healthy in? …”
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Child rights : the movement, international law, and opposition

Table of Contents: “…The movement and the UN Convention: Children's rights: an historical and conceptual analysis / Clark Butler; The case for the Convention on the Rights of the Child from the perspective of child psychology / Katherine Covell; Developmental considerations in teaching children's rights / Katherine Covell and Brian Howe; Introducing critical thinking and dialogue in preschool / Marie-France Daniel -- Part two. The opposition: nannies with blue berets: the UN Convention and the invasion of national and family sovereignty / Michael Farris; Educational freedom and human rights: exploring the tensions between the interests and rights of parents, children and the state / Perry Glanzer; Implementing the Convention on the Rights of the Child in Canada: a problem of political will / Brian Howe; Implementing the Convention on the Rights of the Child in the UK: a problem of political will / Claire Cassidy -- Part three. …”
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Outlaw Women : the Wild West's Most Notorious Daughters, Wives, and Mothers. by Smith, Col. Robert Barr

Table of Contents: “…Foreword -- Legend in her own mind : Belle Starr -- Black widow : Belle Gunness -- Communing with the spirits : Katie Bender -- Machinegun Kate : Ma Barker -- Rank amateur : Pearl Hart -- The Rabbit : Edna Murray -- The ghosts of Indian Territory : the Dalton ladies -- Hot stuff : Chicago May Churchill -- The second Belle Starr : Cora Hubbard -- The Bobbed-Hair Bandit : Cecelia Clooney -- Greek tragedy : Bonnie Parker -- The Rose of the Cimarron : Rosa Dunn -- Vicious : Ma Staffleback -- Shady ladies and disreputable damsels -- Lady Macbeth : Kathryn Kelly -- Death wore a veil : Henrietta Robinson -- A message from hell : Lavinia Fisher -- You can't chop your momma up in Massachusetts : Lizzie Borden -- The empty ones : the Dragon Lady and Shoebox Annie -- Swindler extraordinaire : Sophie Lyons -- Class act : the Wild Bunch ladies -- Just a pinch of arsenic : Nannie Doss and Judi Buenoano -- The shame of Hippocrates : three faithless medics -- The modest ambition of Jane Toppan -- The gentle ladies of New York -- Afterword.…”
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A girl From Hunan / Married to a child

湘女萧萧 /

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The lost prince.

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Eugene Onegin

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The lost prince.

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Poverty, Social Assistance, and the Empl : Restructuring Welfare States. by Baker, Maureen

Table of Contents: “…-- Consolidating New Directions: Well-being and Responsibility -- Conclusion -- 6 The United Kingdom: Restructuring the 'Nanny State' -- Introduction -- The Questioning of Collectivism and Social Citizenship -- Restructuring British Social Programs for Low-Income Mothers -- The Universal Child Benefit and Income-Tax Benefits -- Child Support -- Childcare -- Welfare to Paid Work: 'New Deals' for the Unemployable -- The Impact of the European Union -- Conclusion.…”
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Predictive Analysis and the Theory of Consequence by Allwood, Andy

Table of Contents: “…. -- Chapter 11: Destin, be proud of the fallen -- Chapter 12: Predictive analysis the theory of consequence and not all politicians are fwits or believers in the nanny state. -- Chapter 13: But some are -- Chapter 14: THE COVID WAR in the beginning…”
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Watermelon syrup : a novel by Jacobsen, Annie, 1946-2005

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Butterfly man by Rose, Heather, 1964-

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Secret lives of ants by Choe, Jae C.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : My first journey to the ants -- Ants mean business : how the futuristic economics of ants maximizes their returns -- Economies of scale and rational business management : from joint ventures to multinational enterprises -- A 50-million-year tradition of farming : the massive underground mushroom farms of the leaf-cutter ants -- Ant ranchers : masters of dairy farming second only to mankind -- The world's first bodyguards : standing watch for room and board -- The charge of the ant brigade : the terrifying march of the army ants -- Talking with the ants : the clever designs of ant communication -- The ants come home : sense of direction and biological clocks -- Ants at work : maids, nannies, laborers, soldiers -- Con artists of the ant world : parasites that have cracked the ants' secret code -- Villains and monsters of the ant world : predators and parasites -- No children of their own : females in the service of an amazon queen -- Conflict in the queendom : divine right of the queen? …”
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Bruders Hter / Intellektuelle und innergesellschaftliche Gewalt. by Hartwig, Susanne

Table of Contents: “…Gewalt im zeitgenssischenbritischen Drama; Die Gedanken der Tat; Die Figur des nachgeholten Widerstands in der literarischen Publizistik der fnfziger und sechziger Jahre der BRD im Umkreis der Gruppe 47; Utopie und Wahn in der 68er-Bewegung; Erkenntnis Wort Tat; Intellektuelle gegenber der innergesellschaftlichen Gewalt im Italien der 1970er Jahre: Beispiele aus italienischen Romanen von 1975 bis 2002 (Ferdinando Camon, Nanni Balestrini, Lidia Ravera).…”
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