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Decolonizing Methodologies: Research and Indigenous Peoples
by Linda Tuhiwai SmithTo the colonized, the term 'research' is conflated with European colonialism; the ways in which academic research has been implicated in the throes of imperialism remains a painful memory. This essential volume explores intersections of imperialism and research - specifically, the ways in which imperialism is embedded in disciplines of knowledge and tradition as 'regimes of truth.' Concepts such as 'discovery' and 'claiming' are discussed and an argument presented that the decolonization of research methods will help to reclaim control over indigenous ways of knowing and being. Now in its eagerly awaited third edition, this bestselling book includes a co-written introduction features contributions from indigenous scholars on the book’s continued relevance to current research. It also features a chapter with twenty-five indigenous projects and a collection of poetry.
Calling Out the Called
by Scott Pace Shane PruittMinistry comes with many weighty responsibilities. Ministry leaders are called to teach, serve, and lead. But in leading those under their care, there comes a moment when they recognize the future leaders under their leadership. With this recognition comes an all too familiar question: What comes next? In Calling Out the Called, Scott Pace and Shane Pruitt answer this question by giving direction, encouragement, and a charge for ministry leaders to recognize the future leaders in their midst and do what needs to be done for the future of ministry: the calling out of the called.
Building Blocks for Teaching Young Children in Inclusive Settings, Fourth Edition
by Susan R. Sandall Ilene S. Schwartz Gail E. Joseph Ariane N. GauvreauPrepare early childhood educators to teach all children in inclusive settings with the fourth edition of this bestselling guidebook—enhanced with new content, new topics, and more tools for planning effective instruction. Like the groundbreaking previous editions, this updated Building Blocks guide gives pre- and inservice teachers three types of practical, evidence-based inclusion strategies: curriculum modifications, embedded learning opportunities, and child-focused instructional strategies. Educators will learn how to apply these three strategies for the benefit of all children; review the latest research that supports the Building Blocks model; and find ready-to-use tips and guidance on key topics, from fostering friendships to promoting positive behavior. New reproducible forms support planning and assessment, and seven training modules make it easy to teach the Building Blocks framework in college courses and professional development sessions. Equally useful as a student-friendly textbook and a go-to guide for practicing educators, this is a resource readers will return to again and again for proven, easy-to-use strategies that support all young learners.
A HISTORY OF JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY
by Donald SwensonThis is a second edition of the book. The reason for that is that important new information has emerged on the early church (with the addition of Tertullian) and renewal movements within Christianity and Judaism. Healing of the relations between the two traditions is so very vital for the healing of the nations on earth. An integral part of the story is a sociological analysis of the Holocaust, and the emergence of Messianic Judaism. This text has more than an academic purpose but also a pastoral one. It is hoped that this work will assist Christian leaders about the roots of the Christian faith in Judaism. Much of the combined history of both traditions has been division and conflict. The book’s completion with what has been happening in regard to the healing of the many wounds that Christians have inflicted on the Jewish people. The time is now with the rise of antisemitism that Christians reach out to our “elder brother” in faith.
1 Corinthians For You
by Andrew WilsonThe scope of 1 Corinthians is breathtaking. Paul tackles a huge variety of subjects, and as he does so, he gives us a precious insight into what a local church is (or at least can be). As Andrew Wilson walks through this compelling, challenging epistle, you'll see how grace looks in every Christian and how it can shape every church-even a church as flawed as the Corinthian one. This expository guide is less academic than a traditional commentary and includes lots of application. It can be read from cover to cover, used in personal devotions, used to lead small group studies, or used for sermon preparation.
Financial Accounting
by Jamie Pratt Michael PetersFinancial Accounting, 11th Edition, provides students with a clear understanding of financial accounting by framing accounting processes in the context of real-world business practices. Concepts are presented in an engaging story-telling approach and help answer key questions such as "why, what, and how" financial accounting connects to business success. <P><P> By building a solid foundation in the mechanics of preparing and analyzing financial statements, performance measurement (Return on Equity), and decision-making with the help of data analytics, Financial Accounting, 11th Edition helps students better prepare to be effective and successful business professionals.
Historias de la Biblia para antes de dormir (Five-Minute Bedtime Bible Stories)
by Amy ParkerDel clásico éxito de ventas Lee y aprende: La Biblia llega la colección perfecta de doce historias bíblicas ilustradas: ¡ideales para la hora de dormir o en cualquier momento!Historias de la Biblia para antes de dormir presenta doce historias bíblicas completamente ilustradas. Este libro es perfecto para leer en voz alta: ¡cada historia se puede leer en voz alta en pocos minutos! Es una excelente manera de introducir a los niños a la Biblia.Las historias se narran en un lenguaje sencillo pero tradicional, y las coloridas ilustraciones en cada página hacen que este libro sea especialmente divertido para los lectores jóvenes.Entre las historias se destacan:El Jardín del EdénEl Arca de NoéMoisésDavid y Goliat¡y muchas más!Este libro ha sido aprobado oficialmente por la Sociedad Bíblica Americana. ¡Perfecto para colocar en cestas de Pascua, Navidad, baby showers, bautizos, cumpleaños, primeras comuniones y más!From the classic and bestselling Read and Learn Bible comes the perfect collection of twelve illustrated Bible stories -- perfect for bedtime or anytime!Read and Learn: 5-Minute Bible Stories presents twelve fully-illustrated Bible stories. This book is perfect for read-aloud time: each story can be read aloud in one sitting! And it is a great way to introduce children to the Bible.The stories are retold in simple yet traditional language, and the colorful illustrations on every page make this book especially fun for young readers!Featured stories include:The Garden of EdenNoah's ArkMosesDavid and Goliathand more!This book has been officially vetted by the American Bible Society. Perfect for Easter basket stuffers, Christmas, baby showers, baptisms, birthdays, first communions, and more!
Mind the Inclusion Gap: How Allies Can Bridge the Divide Between Talking Diversity and Taking Action
by Suzy LevyFrom the US to Europe and beyond, diversity and inclusion efforts are increasingly being caught in the crossfire of a culture war. As the backlash against ‘DEI’ grows, fairness and dignity are being reframed as divisive – rather than just smart business. So how did we get here, and what can we do about it? Very few of us are skilled in inclusion, hoping it will be enough to be ‘nice’. However, this optimistic attitude can turn would-be allies into passive bystanders. This book is for anyone who wants to support equality: inside are tools and practical guidance to help navigate complexity, challenge complacency and take meaningful action.
Cold People
by Tom Rob Smith* &“A zany, wildly gripping, dark futuristic fantasy.&” —Vogue, Most Anticipated Books of the Year * &“Fascinating…a propulsive ride…through a well-built world.&” —The Christian Science Monitor * From the brilliant, bestselling author of Child 44 and creator of the FX series Class of &’09 comes a &“cinematic&” (The Washington Post), &“captivating…[and] &“brilliantly conceived postapocalyptic story&” (Booklist, starred review) about an Antarctic colony of global apocalypse survivors seeking to reinvent civilization under the most extreme conditions imaginable.The world has fallen. Without warning, a mysterious and omnipotent force has claimed the planet for their own. There are no negotiations, no demands, no reasons given for their actions. All they have is a message: humanity has thirty days to reach the one place on Earth where they will be allowed to exist…Antarctica. Cold People follows the perilous journeys of a handful of those who endure the frantic exodus to the most extreme environment on the planet. But their goal is not merely to survive the present. Because as they cling to life on the ice, the remnants of their past swept away, they must also confront the urgent challenge: can they change and evolve rapidly enough to ensure humanity&’s future? Can they build a new society in the sub-zero cold? Original and imaginative, as profoundly intimate as it is grand in scope, Cold People is a &“spellbinding…speculative masterpiece&” (Library Journal, starred review) that&’s &“chilling in so many ways&” (Los Angeles Times).
Star Trek: Infinity's Prism (Star Trek)
by Christopher L. Bennett James Swallow William LeisnerA collection of alternate reality tales from the Star Trek universe.In &“A Less Perfect Union,&” more than a hundred years after the Terra Prime movement achieved its dream of an isolationist Earth, humanity is once again at a fork in the river of history...and the path it follows may ultimately be determined by the voice of a single individual: the sole surviving crewmember of the first U.S.S.Enterprise. Then follows &“Places of Exile.&” Midway through Voyager&’s journey across the galaxy, Captain Kathryn Janeway and Commander Chakotay must choose whether to brave a deadly war zone or abandon their quest for home. But an attack by Species 8472 cripples the ship, and the stranded crew must make new choices that will reshape their destinies...and that of the Delta Quadrant itself. Finally, Khan is victorious in &“Seeds of Dissent.&” Almost four centuries after conquering their world, genetically enhanced humans dominate a ruthless interstellar empire. But the warship Defiance, under its augmented commander, Julian Bashir, makes a discovery that could shake the pillars of his proud civilization: an ancient sleeper ship from Earth named the Botany Bay.
Cults: Inside the World's Most Notorious Groups and Understanding the People Who Joined Them
by Max CutlerMystery. Manipulation. Murder. Cults are associated with all of these. But what really goes on inside them? More specifically, what goes on inside the minds of cult leaders and the people who join them? Based on the hit podcast Cults, this is essential reading for any true crime fan. Cults prey on the very attributes that make us human: our desire to belong, to find a deeper meaning in life, to live everyday with divine purpose. Their existence creates a sense that any one of us, at any time, could step off the cliff&’s edge and fall into that daunting abyss of manipulation and unhinged dedication to a misplaced cause. Perhaps it&’s this mindset that keeps us so utterly obsessed and desperate to learn more, or it&’s that the stories are so bizarre and unsettling that we are simply in awe of the mechanics that make these infamous groups tick. The premier storytelling podcast studio Parcast has been focusing on unearthing these mechanics—the cult leaders and followers, and the world and culture that gave birth to both. Parcast&’s work in analyzing dozens of case studies has revealed patterns: distinct ways that cult leaders from different generations resemble one another. What links the ten notorious figures profiled in Cults are as disturbing as they are stunning—from Manson to Applewhite, Koresh to Raël, the stories woven here are both spellbinding and disturbing. Cults is more than just a compilation of grisly biographies, however. In these pages, Parcast&’s founder Max Cutler and national bestselling author Kevin Conley look closely at the lives of some of the most disreputable cult figures and tell the stories of their rise to power and fall from grace, sanity, and decency. Beyond that, it is a study of humanity, an unflinching look at what happens when the most vulnerable recesses of the mind are manipulated and how the things we hold most sacred can be twisted into the lowest form of malevolence.
Theory of Ground Vehicles
by J. Y. WongTHEORY OF GROUND VEHICLES A leading and authoritative text for advancing ground vehicle mobility Theory of Ground Vehicles, Fifth Edition presents updated and expanded coverage of the critical factors affecting the performance, handling, and ride essential to the development and design of road and off-road vehicles. Replacing internal combustion engines with zero-emission powerplants in ground vehicles to eliminate greenhouse gas emissions for curbing climate change has received worldwide attention by both the vehicle industry and governmental agencies. To enhance safety, traffic flow, and operating efficiency of road transport, automated driving systems have been under active development. With growing interest in the exploration of the Moon, Mars, and beyond, research in terramechanics for guiding the development of extraterrestrial rovers has been intensified. In this new edition, these and other topics of interest in the field of ground vehicle technology are explored, and technical data are updated. New features of this edition include: Expanded coverage of the fundamentals of electric drives, hybrid electric drives, and fuel cell technology Introduction to the classification and operating principles of the automated driving system and cooperative driving automation Applications of terramechanics to guiding the development of extraterrestrial rovers Elaboration on the approach to achieving the optimal operating efficiency of all-wheel drive off-road vehicles Introduction to updated ISO Standards for evaluating vehicle ride An updated and comprehensive text and reference for both the educational and professional communities, Theory of Ground Vehicles, Fifth Edition will prove invaluable to aspiring and practicing engineers seeking to solve real-world road and off-road vehicle mobility problems.
Naitikate Samagrate Mattu Samarthya: ನೈತಿಕತೆ ಸಮಗ್ರತೆ ಮತ್ತು ಸಾಮರ್ಥ್ಯ
by S. V PatilNaitikate Samagrate Mattu Samrthya is a practical guide for civil service aspirants, simplifying ethics and values through examples, stories, and case studies. It helps develop ethical decision-making skills and integrity essential for good governance.
Jnaana Samhita Masapatrike August 2025
by Sharada and Mitrajyothi Teamವಿಷಯಗಳ ಸಂಗ್ರಹದೊಂದಿಗೆ ಒಂದು ನಿಯತಕಾಲಿಕೆ-ಸಾಮಾನ್ಯ ಜ್ಞಾನ, ಪ್ರಸ್ತುತ ವ್ಯವಹಾರಗಳು, ಪಾಕವಿಧಾನಗಳು ಮತ್ತು ಜೋಕ್ಸ್.
Jnaana Samhita Masapatrike July 2025: ಜ್ಞಾನ ಸಂಹಿತಾ, ಜುಲೈ 2025
by Sharada and Mitrajyothi Teamವಿಷಯಗಳ ಸಂಗ್ರಹದೊಂದಿಗೆ ಒಂದು ನಿಯತಕಾಲಿಕೆ-ಸಾಮಾನ್ಯ ಜ್ಞಾನ, ಪ್ರಸ್ತುತ ವ್ಯವಹಾರಗಳು, ಪಾಕವಿಧಾನಗಳು ಮತ್ತು ಜೋಕ್ಸ್.
Jnaana Samhita Masapatrike June 2025: ಜ್ಞಾನ ಸಂಹಿತಾ, ಜೂನ್ 2025
by Sharada and Mitrajyothi Teamವಿಷಯಗಳ ಸಂಗ್ರಹದೊಂದಿಗೆ ಒಂದು ನಿಯತಕಾಲಿಕೆ-ಸಾಮಾನ್ಯ ಜ್ಞಾನ, ಪ್ರಸ್ತುತ ವ್ಯವಹಾರಗಳು, ಪಾಕವಿಧಾನಗಳು ಮತ್ತು ಜೋಕ್ಸ್.
Bhashana Kale-Tvaritha Mattu Sulabhavada Maarga: ಭಾಷಾ ಕಲೆ-ತ್ವರಿತ ಮತ್ತು ಸುಲಭವಾದ ಮಾರ್ಗ
by Kalyanಭಾಷಣ ಕಲೆ – ತ್ವರಿತ ಮತ್ತು ಸುಲಭವಾದ ಮಾರ್ಗ” ಪುಸ್ತಕವು ಪರಿಣಾಮಕಾರಿಯಾದ ಸಾರ್ವಜನಿಕ ಭಾಷಣ ಕೌಶಲ್ಯಗಳನ್ನು ಅಭಿವೃದ್ಧಿಪಡಿಸಲು ಪ್ರಾಯೋಗಿಕ ಮಾರ್ಗದರ್ಶಿಯಾಗಿದೆ. ಇದು ವೇದಿಕೆ ಭಯವನ್ನು ಗೆಲ್ಲಲು, ಆಲೋಚನೆಗಳನ್ನು ತ್ವರಿತವಾಗಿ ಸಂಘಟಿಸಲು ಮತ್ತು ವಿಭಿನ್ನ ಸಂದರ್ಭಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಸ್ಪಷ್ಟ, ಆತ್ಮವಿಶ್ವಾಸದಿಂದ ಕೂಡಿದ ಭಾಷಣಗಳನ್ನು ನೀಡಲು ಸರಳ ವಿಧಾನಗಳನ್ನು ವಿವರಿಸುತ್ತದೆ.
Adhunika Bharatiya Rajakeeya Chiintakaru Mattu Sarvajanika Neeti Vishleshane: ಆಧುನಿಕ ಭಾರತೀಯ ರಾಜಕೀಯ ಚಿಂತಕರು ಮತ್ತು ಸರ್ವಜನಿಕ ನೀತಿ ಸಂಶೋಧನೆ
by Ramesh Sankaraddiಇದು ಹೊಸ ಪಠ್ಯಕ್ರಮದಂತೆ ಎಲ್ಲಾ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ವಿಶ್ವವಿದ್ಯಾಲಯಗಳ BA 6ನೇ ಸೆಮಿಸ್ಟರ್ ಕನ್ನಡ ಮಾಧ್ಯಮ ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿಗಳಿಗಾಗಿ ಶೈಕ್ಷಣಿಕ ಪಠ್ಯಪುಸ್ತಕವಾಗಿದೆ.
Homeopathy at Home: Everyday Treatments for Common Complaints
by Marcus FernandezYour health is in your hands with this easy guide to homeopathy, offering expert, actionable wisdom to help you take control of your wellbeing.Discover how to treat everyday acute issues confidently and safely using homeopathic remedies at home. By matching the characteristic symptoms of common complaints with the correct homeopathic treatment, you can unlock your body&’s incredible natural ability to heal.Homeopathy at Home offers a comprehensive A–Z of homeopathic remedies for a wide range of complaints – from common colds, coughs, allergies and infections, to cuts, bruises, acne and PMS. It also provides useful substitutions that can easily be found in your kitchen or garden – so you&’ll always have a natural remedy to hand.With this book, you&’ll have everything you need to address everyday health issues naturally and effectively.
Thriving Beyond Fifty (Expanded Edition): 111 Natural Strategies to Restore Your Mobility, Avoid Surgery and Stay Off Pain Pills for Good
by Will Harlow BSc, MSx, MCSPm Cert. MATHE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERRebuild strength, flexibility and confidence through proven exercises to target the causes of aches, pains and strains that come with age.What if growing older didn&’t have to mean growing weaker? If you&’ve been told that pain in your back, shoulders or knees is just part of ageing, it&’s time to rethink what&’s possible. Thriving Beyond Fifty is a warm, expert-led guide to restoring mobility, improving flexibility and building natural strength – using simple exercises you can do at home.Written by physiotherapist Will Harlow, this book offers 111 safe, targeted stretching and movement routines designed specifically for those over 50 to treat a range of common conditions. Whether you&’re managing arthritis, recovering from injury or just feeling stiff from years of sitting, these gentle methods help you feel stronger, more comfortable and more confident in your everyday life.You&’ll discover how to:· Address common causes of back, shoulder, neck, hip and knee pain· Improve your posture, balance and mobility with step-by-step home exercises· Protect your joints from arthritis and inflammation with smarter movement tips· Boost your energy and resilience using natural stretching and strengthening routines· Build a daily practice that supports long-term flexibility, independence and vitalityThriving Beyond Fifty is more than a fitness book – it&’s a compassionate guide to reclaiming your body and re-engaging with the life you love. Whether your goal is to improve your walking, garden without strain or simply get up from the floor with ease, this guide meets you where you are and helps you move forward – one stretch at a time.
The Trading Game: A Confession
by Gary Stevenson#1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER • &“The Best Wall Street Book of 2024&”—BloombergA &“vivid&” (Financial Times) rags-to-riches memoir that takes readers inside the high-stakes drama and hubris of the trading floor, a &“darkly funny&” (Guardian) tale of Citibank&’s one-time most profitable trader, and why he gave it all up &“Darker than [Liar&’s Poker], but if anything even more of a rollicking read . . . the clearest account I&’ve ever read of how trading desks really work.&”—Felix Salmon, AxiosIn development as a limited series • Longlisted for the FT and Schroders Business Book of the YearIf you were gonna rob a bank and you saw the vault door there, left open, what would you do? Would you wait around?Ever since he was a kid, kicking broken soccer balls on the run-down streets of East London, Gary Stevenson dreamed of something bigger. As luck would have it, he was good at numbers.At the London School of Economics, wearing tracksuits and sneakers, Stevenson shocked his posh classmates by winning a competition called &“The Trading Game.&” The prize?: a golden ticket to a new life, as the youngest trader at Citibank. A place where you could make more money than you&’d ever imagined. Where your colleagues are dysfunctional geniuses and insecure bullies yet start to feel like family. Where against the odds you become the bank&’s most profitable trader, closing deals worth nearly a trillion dollars. A day.Soon you are dreaming of numbers in your sleep—and then you stop sleeping at all. But what happens when winning starts to feel like losing? You&’re making a killing betting on millions of people becoming poorer—like the very people you grew up with. The economy is slipping off a precipice, and your own sanity starts slipping with it. You want to stop, but you can&’t. Because nobody ever leaves.Would you stick, or quit? Even if it meant risking everything?The Trading Game is an outrageous, unvarnished, white-knuckle journey to the dark heart of an intoxicating world—the trading floor—from someone who survived the game and then blew it all wide open.
The Children's Bach: A Novel
by Helen GarnerThe New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice • Now in a new edition with a foreword by Rumaan Alam, a modern classic from one of Australia&’s greatest writers • "It&’s high time American readers knew her generous, category-defying imagination."—New York Times"The Children&’s Bach is [Garner&’s] masterpiece."—Public BooksSet in suburban Melbourne in the early 1980s, The Children&’s Bach centers on Dexter and Athena Fox, their two sons, and the insulated world they&’ve built together. Despite the routine challenges of domestic life, they are largely happy. But when a friend from Dexter&’s past resurfaces and introduces the couple to the city&’s bohemian underground—unbound by routine and driven by desire—Athena begins to wonder if life might hold more for her, and the tenuous bonds that tie the Foxes together start to fray.A literary institution in Australia, Helen Garner&’s perfectly formed novels embody the tumultuous 1970s and 1980s. Drawn on a small canvas and with a subtle musical backdrop, The Children&’s Bach is &“a jewel&” (Ben Lerner) within Garner&’s revered catalogue, a beloved work that solidified her place among the masters of modern letters, a finely etched masterpiece that weighs the burdens of commitment against the costs of liberation.
Midnight: A Thriller
by Amy McCullochIn this pulse-pounding thriller, a once-in-a-lifetime trip to Antarctica—to camp beneath the legendary midnight sun—becomes a desperate battle for survival against a killer determined to follow their prey to the ends of the earth."Midnight is a clever mystery, a twisting page-turner, and a blistering adventure." —Chris Whitaker, New York Times bestselling author of We Begin at the EndTHE SUN NEVER SETS AND THIS KILLER NEVER SLEEPSIn the frigid summers of the Antarctic continent, the sun never sets, and Olivia Campbell has long dreamed of spending a sunlit night in this beautiful, remote place. So when her boyfriend—a high-powered art dealer with a taste for the finer things in life—decides to stage an ostentatious, career-making auction aboard a luxury cruise liner to Antarctica, Olivia can hardly believe her luck. That is, until the ship sets sail and her boyfriend is nowhere to be found, and she is left to manage both the auction and her own creeping fear of the open ocean entirely alone. And as though that weren't enough, the first bodies turn up soon after. It seems like a terrible accident. This is the Drake Passage, after all, one of the most notorious bodies of water on the planet, and there are always risks in such extreme conditions. But as the situation deteriorates, it soon becomes clear that there is real danger on board—and that the closest help is hundreds of miles away. With tensions rising and temperatures plummeting, Olivia wonders whether she's booked a fabulous adventure . . . or a one-way ticket to her own destruction.
The Other Half (Detective Inspector Caius Beauchamp #1)
by Charlotte VassellYou know how they live. This is how they die... A STUNNING DEBUT FROM YOUR NEXT FAVORITE MYSTERY WRITER • Rupert's 30th birthday party is a black-tie dinner at the Kentish Town McDonald's—catered with cocaine and expensive champagne. The morning after, his girlfriend Clemmie is found murdered on Hampstead Heath, a single stiletto heel jutting from under a bush. &“A perfectly modern whodunnit.&” —Harlan Coben, #1 New York Times bestselling author of I Will Find YouWho killed Clemmie? Was it the blithe, sociopathic boyfriend? His impossibly wealthy godmother? The gallery owner with whom Clemmie was having an affair? Or was it the result of something else entirely?All the party-goers have alibis. Naturally. This investigation is going to be about aristocrats and Classics degrees, Instagram influencers and whose father knows who.Or is it 'whom'? Detective Caius Beauchamp isn't sure. He's sharply dressed, smart, and thoroughly modern—he discovers Clemmie's body on his early morning jog. As he searches for the dark truth beneath the luxurious life of these London socialites, a wall of staggering wealth and privilege threatens to shut down his investigation before it's even begun. Can Caius peer through the tangled mess of connections in which the other half live—and die—before the case is wrenched from his hands? Bitingly funny, full of shocking twists, and all too familiar, The Other Half is a truly stunning debut.
Butcher: A novel
by Joyce Carol OatesFrom one of our most accomplished storytellers, an extraordinary and arresting novel about a women&’s asylum in the nineteenth century, and a terrifying doctor who wants to change the worldIn this harrowing story based on authentic historical documents, we follow the career of Dr. Silas Weir, &“Father of Gyno-Psychiatry,&” as he ascends from professional anonymity to national renown. Humiliated by a procedure gone terribly wrong, Weir is forced to take a position at the New Jersey Asylum for Female Lunatics, where he reigns. There, he is allowed to continue his practice, unchecked for decades, making a name for himself by focusing on women who have been neglected by the state—women he subjects to the most grotesque modes of experimentation. As he begins to establish himself as a pioneer of nineteenth-century surgery, Weir&’s ambition is fueled by his obsessive fascination with a young Irish indentured servant named Brigit, who becomes not only Weir&’s primary experimental subject, but also the agent of his destruction.Narrated by Silas Weir&’s eldest son, who has repudiated his father&’s brutal legacy, Butcher is a unique blend of fiction and fact, a nightmare voyage through the darkest regions of the American psyche conjoined, in its startling conclusion, with unexpected romance. Once again, Joyce Carol Oates has written a spellbinding novel confirming her position as one of our celebrated American visionaries of the imagination.