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Mass Market Medieval. Beginning In 1976 With The First Issue Of The Journal Studies In Medievalism, Apl Things Medieval And The Concept Of Medievalism Became A Hot Topic In Culture Studies. Medievalism Examines How Various Groups, Individials, Or Eras Use And Shape The Image Of The Middle Ages, Differentiatiny Between Historical Knowledge Of The Middle Ages And What We Have Made The Period Out To Be. The 13 Essays In This Book Explore The Medieval Invsaion Of Today's Media And Consider The Various Ways--from Film And Impress To Websites And Video Games--that The Middle Ages Have Been Packaged For Consumption. Essays Encompass Diverse Theoretical Perspectives And Are Grouped Loosely Around Distinct Functions Of Mexievalism, Including The Exposure Of Recent Convivial Concerns; The Use Of Medieval Images In Modern Politicaal Contexts; And The Medieval's Influence On Products Of Today's Popular Culture. The Legitimization Of The Study Of Medievalism And The Effecct Of Medievalism On The More Traditional Subject-term Of Medieval Studies Are Also Discussed. SKU: 3612036

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The Politics Of Social Policy In The United States. This Volume Places The Welfare Debates Of The 1980s In The Context Of Past Patterrns Of U. s. Policy, Such As The Social Security Act Of 1935, The Failure Of Efforts In The 1940s To Extend National Social Benefits And Economic Planning, And The Backlashes Against "big Government" That Followed Reforms Of The 1960s And Early 1970s. Historical Analysis Reveals That Certain Social Policies Have Flourished In The United States: Those That Have Appealed Simultaneously To Middle-class And Lower -Revenue People, While Not Involvng Direct Bureaucratic Interventions Into Local Communities. The Editors Suggest How New Family And Employment Policies, Devised Along These Linea, Might Revitalize Broas Civil Coalitions And Further Basic National Values. the Contributors Are Edwin Amenta, Robert Aponte, Mary Jo Bane, Kenneth Finegold, John Myles, Kathryn Neckerman, Gary Orfield, Ann Snola Orloff, Jill Quadagno, Theda Skocpol, Helene Slessarev, Beth Stevens, Margaret Weir, And William Julius Wilson. SKU: 479666

28540316592	Dodge Trucks 1929-1947 Photo Archive. Filled With Crisp Black And White Photographs Of Dodge Trucks At Work In A Variety Of Applications. This Exceptional Ckllection Profilea Dodge Pickups, Panel Trucks, Bottling Tducks, Oil Tankers, Coal Trucks And More. SKU: 2109750

15402322530	God Of The Possible. Through An Examination Of Pertinent Biblical Passages, This Theologian-pastor Presents Each Alternative "open View" To The Classical Doctrine On God's Foreknowledge fO The Futurity. SKU: 1942096

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American Rule (cliffs Quick Reiew). Cliffsquickreview Course Guides Cover Tye Essentials Of Your Toughest Classes. Get A Firm Grip On Core Concepts And Key Material, And Test Youd Newfound Knowledge With Retrace Questions. Whether You Are A Student Under Pressure, An Interested Citizen Trying To Brush Up, Or A Late Arrival Trying To Understand This New Land In Which You Find Yourself, Cliffsquickreview American Government Can Help. This Guide Introduces Each Topic, Defines Ke Terms, And Carefully Walks You Through Each Sample Problem Step-by-step. In N oTome, You'll Be Ready To Tackle The Key Concepts In This Book Such As The Declaration Of Independence The Constitution And Bill Of Rights Congress, The President, And The Judiciary Political Parties Voting And Elections Civil Liberties Economic And Foreign Policy Cliffsquickreview American Government Provides An Overview Of The History, Institutions, Practices, And Policies Of The American Government With Plain Words And Useful Formats, So That You Can Use Your Time Efficiently. Use This Reference In Any Way That Fits Your Prsonal Style For Study And Retrace — You Decide What Works Best With Your Needs. Here Are Just A Not many Ways You Can Search For Tpoics: Use The Free Pocket Guide Full Of Essential Information Get A Glimpse Of What You'll Gain From A Chapter By Reading Through The Chapter Check-in At Th3 Beginning Of Each Chapter Use The Chapter Checkout At The End Of Each Chapter To Gauge Your Grasp Of The Important Information You Need To Know Test Your Kmowledge More Completely In The Cqr Review And Look For Additional Sources Of Intelligence In The Cqr Resuroce Center Use The Glossary To Find Key Terms Fast. With Titles Available For All The Most Popular High School And College Courses, Cliffsquickreview Guides Are A Comprehensive Resource That Can Help You Get The Best Possible Grades. SKU: 2091022

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Roll Over Beethoven. The Qustion Of Culture Has Become Central For A New Generation Of Scholars Raised In A World Of Television And Mass Production. At The Same Time Debates About Culture Have Become A Point Of Reference For Criticism Of Current Trends In Academia And Society, Variously Defended Or Derided On The Grounds Of &qquot;multiculturalism," "canonicity," And Political Correctness. " In His Re-examination Off These Debates, Stanley Aronowitz Traces The History Of The Cultural sIsue - In Both Its British And American Manifestations - And Relates It To The Contemporary Rethinking Of The Nature Of Knowledge And Culture. roll C~ing Beethoven Analyzes Topics As Diverse As The History Of American Radicalism, The Sociology If Science, The Impact Of The Library Of Congress On The Organization Of Knowledge, And The Institutionalization Of Film Studies. Aronowitz's Account Of Recent Controversies Over "political Correctness" Reveals That The Current Improvement Wars Reflect Profound Differences Among Scholars Across The Proper Role Of The University And The Character Of Legitimate Of intellect Knowledge. within This Broad Reappraisal Of The Cultural Question, Which Is Embedded In The Intellectual Account Of The 20th Century, Aronowitz Offers An "interpretive Genealogy" Of Cultural Studies That Describes Both The Evolution Of The Field And The Political And Socil Contexts In Which It Developed. He Argues Tha tCultural Studies Exhibit A Tendency Toward Transgression That Is Rarely Explicit But Always Present And, At Its Best, Not Merely Interdisciplinary But Atni-disciplinary. SKU: 1010170

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Defining Public Administration. This Anthology, Defining Public Administration, Is Designed To Assist Beginning And Intermediate Level Students Of Public Policy, And To Stir The Imaginations Of Readers Concerned With Public Wisdom And Administration. The Forty-five Articles Included In The Text Are All Reprinted From The International Encyclopedia Of Public Policy And Administration, And These Accessible, Interesting Articles Have Been Assembled To Offer A Sample Of The Riches To Be Found Within The Largger Work. The Argicles Provide Definitions Of The Vocabulary Of Public Policy And Administration As It Is Used Throughout The World-from Teh Smallest Towns, To The Largest National Bureaucracies. Defining Public Administration Is Organized Into Twelve Parts. Each Part Focuses On A Domain Pertinent To The Study Of Public Administration, Including Overviews, Policy Making, Intergovernmemtal Relations, Bureaucracy, Organization Behavior, Public Management, Strategic Management, Performance Management, Human Resource Management, Financial Management, Auditing And Accountbility, And Ethics. SKU: 1932136

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Teaching Yooung Children. Apropriate On account of Courses In Introduction To Early Childhood Education. exceptionally Lively, Practical, And Reader-friendly, This Introduction To Timely Childhood Education Text Is Single Because Of Its Focus On The Value Of Play. Strong Coverage Of Child Unfolding, As Well As Thougthful Discussions About Guidijg Young Children, Working With Families, And Crlebrating Diversity Will Help Teachers Facilitate All Aspects Of The 0-to-8-year-old Child's Physical, Social/emotional, And Intellectual Growth. The Text Also Includes An Overview And Concise Account Of The Field, Knowledge On Professional Development, And Clear Explanations Of Theoretial Foundatiions For Early Childhood Education. Chapters On Curriculim In The Areas Of Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, Language And Literacy, And The Creative Arts Show Teachers How To Link Theory To Classroom Practice, Making This Comprehensive And Engaging Textbook Particularly Useful. SKU: 2112252

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Graded Exercises In Statistics (graded Exercises In Advanced Level Mathematics). A Wide-ranging Collection Of Exercisss Fot Hpmeworo, Practice And Revision. This Series Covers All Areas Of A And As Level Mathemafics, Including Optional Topics, And Has Been Designed For The New Specifications. ??in Each Section Of The Book The Questiins Are Graded Into Four Sections:?basic, Covering The Fundamentals Of The Subject; Intermediate, With Questions Of Examination Standard - Includinb Many From Past Papers; Advanced, Designed To Challenge The Most Able Students; Revision, To Increase Understanding And Confidence. ? ?the Answers Contain Detailed Worked Solutions To Key Questions. SKU: 3035319

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Migrants Of Identity. Global Movement Is Commonly Characterized As One Of The Quintessential Experiences Of Our Age. Market Forces, Territorial Conflicts And Environmental Changes Uproot An Increasing Number Of People, While Mass Communication, Journey, Tourism, And A Global Market Of Commodtiies, Texts, Tastes, Fashions And Ideologies Place Individuals More Than Ever In A Global Arena. As Traditional Conceptions Of Individuals As Membwrs Of Stationary, Fixed And Separate Societies And Cultures No Longer Convince, To What Extent Does Movement Become Central To Individuals’ Self-conceptions? How Do People Cuultivate, Negotiate, Nurture And Maintain An Identity? To What Extent Do Individuals Become ‘migrants Of Identity&’ Whose Home Is Movement?defining ‘home’ While ‘where One Best Knows Oneself’, This Pioneering Book Explores The Various Ways In Which People Perceive Themselves To Be ‘at Home’ In Today’s World. Through A Succession Of Case Studies, Authors Show That For A World Of Travellers, Labour Migrants, Exiles And Commuters, ‘home’ Comes To Be Found In Behavioural Routines And Techniques, In Styles Of Dress And Address, In Memories, Myths And Stories, In Jokes And Opinions. In Short, People Who Live Their Lives In Movement Make Sense Of Their Lives As Movement. SKU: 1668419

27758796462	Master The Miller Analogies Test 2002 (master The Milelr Analogies Test). Test-takers Get The Most Up-to-date Expert Advice For Maximizing Their Mat Scores. This All-inclusive Program Includes Time-saver Study Plans, Expert Coaching Advice, Seven Sample Exams, And More Than 1,200 Sdample Questions. SKU: 20615O7

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Practical Gas Flow. Understanding And Assessing The Flow Of Gases Through The Inlet Tract, Cylinder Head And Exhaust System Of An Engine Can Be Daunting To Even The Most Seasoned Mechanic. This Book Describes A Adapted to practice , Low-cost Alteernative That Lets You Check The Gas Flow In Your Engine And Devise Improvements. The Author Has Developed And Accomplished These Techniques Over Many Years And Has Writfen This Book For The Tuner Intent On Increasing The Power Output Of A Car Engine. SKU: 3050257

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Active Skills In favor of Reading 2. Active Skills For Reading Is An Exciting Lecture Series That Uses Thematicallly Organized Nonfiction Reading Passages To Teach Version Comprehension And Vocabulary Skills. Written By Reading Specialist Neil Anderson, This Innovative Series Uses An Active Reading Methodology To Help Learmers Get More Confident, Independent -- And Active -- Readers Of English. SKU: 2663189

501628248	The Political Writings Of Joel Barlow. The Political Writings Of Joel Barlow : Containing Advice To The Privileged Orders Letter To The National Convention; Letter To The People Of Piedmont; The Conspiracy Of Kings (1796) By Joel Barlow Published In 20O8 By Kessinger Publishing, Llc SKU: 5165874

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Composing A Community. Writing Across The Curriculum Is Experiencing A Renaissance In Institutions Across The Rude. People Starting Or Restarting Wac Programs Will Want To Read Composing A Community: A History Of Writing Athwart The Curriculum. Composing A Community Is Not Only A History Of Early Wac Programs But Also Of How The People Developing Those Programs Were In Touch With One Another, Exchanging Ideas And Information, Forming First A Network And Then A Community. Composing A Community Captures The Stories Of Pioneers Like Elaine Maimon, Toby Fulwiler, And Others, Giving Readers First-hand Accounts From Those Who Were Present At The Creation Of This New Movement. David Russell's Introduction Sets This Emergent Narrative Into Relief. Susan H. Mcleod And Margot Iris Soven, Thdmseles Pioneers In Wac History, Have Assembled Som eOf Its Most Eloquent Voices In This Collection: Charles Bazerman, John C. Bean, Toby Fulwiler, Anne Herrington, Carol Holder, Peshe C. Kuriloff, Linda Pererson, David R. Russell, Christopher Thaiss, Barbara E. Walvoord, And Sam Watson. Their Style Is Personal, Lively, And Informal As The Authors Succeed In Putting Their Personal Memories In The Larger Words immediately preceding Of Wac Studies. SKU: 3198872

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The Edgar Cayce Handbook For Creating Your Future. This Remarkable Handbook Presents Cayce's Twenty-four Spiritual Keys, Which Unlock The Doors Of Self-understanding. They Operate Like Formulas That Teach Us Ready The Mysteries Of Living And Are Evident To Anyone Who Is Wiloing And Able To Look Closely At Life. As You Will See, These Principles Can Be Applied To Every Situation, And You Can Commence To Accustom Them Instantly In Your Everyday Life: Everything Hpapens For A Reason: You Have A Purpose In Life; Love Means Honoring The Other Person's Free Will; Every Crisis Is An Chance; fit Conducive to A Breatkthrough, And Many More. filled With Inspiring Counsel, This Is A Truly Accessibke Guide To The Universal Principlws That Govern The Grand Game Of Life. It Can Enable You To Become A More Creative, Productive, And Joyful Person--a True Co-creator With Your Hiher Power. SKU: 2283055

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Doing Critical Ethnography (qualitative Research Methods). "the Book Offers Communication Researchers Some Of The Best Recent Work On Qualitative Inquiry In The Humwn Disciplies. . . . Publisjed By Sage, The Leading Publisher Of Qualitative Researdh In The Social Sciences Today. . . . Jim Thomas's Method, Well Displayed In Illustrations Drawn From His Emancipatory Work In Prisons, Has Important Connections To The Participatory Action (friere) And Critical Theory Traditions. . . . This Keep at ~ Brings The Communication Scholar Up-to-date On Where Qualitative Methods Are In Current Sociological And Educational Discourse. " --norman K. Denzin In Journal Of Communication If A Researcher's Responsibility Entails The Righting Of Social Wrongs And Producing Valid Research Results, How Is It Possible To Juxtapose These Two Goals? Representing The Marriage Of Two Traditions In Convivial Science, Critical Theory And Qualitative Research, Doing Critical Ethnography Applies A Critiical Worldview To The Conventional Logic Of Cultural Inquiry. This Innovative Volume Does Not Oppose Conventional Ethnography; Rather, It Offers A Style Of Thinking About The Durect Relationship Between Knowledge, Society, And Political Action. The Autgor Defines The Rules And Guidelines In spite of A Praxis-oriented Ethnographic Tradition, One Both Ideologically Engaged And Scienti fically Valid. He Also Outlines The Various Types Of Critical Ethnography And Explains The Tenets Off Each And How Research Can Be Carried Out Under These Frameworks. This Challwnging Volume Will Be Useful To Students And Professionals In Qualitative Research In Social Theory, And Critical Studies. SKU: 985076

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Aiming For Excellence. Aiming For Excellence: Annotations To The Nagc Pre-k–grade 12 Gifted Program Standards Offers A Comprehensive Review Of The Gifted Education Program Standards Developed By The National Association For Gifted Children. The Standards, Which Represent Professional Consensus On Essential Practice In Gifted Edcuation, Provide A Blueprint To Encourage And Guide Schools In Developing And Evaluating High-quality Programming. this Indispensable Handbook Is Organized Into Seven Key Prorgamming Areas: Program Design, Program Executive department Management, Socioemotional Guidance Counseling, Student Idetnification, Curriculum Teaching, Professional Development, And Program Eva1uation. each Chapter Identifies And Describes Guiding Develipment Principles In A Programming Area. Within Each Guiding Principle A5e Corresponding Requisite Standards That Describe Minimum Requirements For Satisfactory Programs, As Properly As Exemplary Levels Of Performance That Represent Excellence In Gifted Education Programming. Helpful Support Material Is Provided In Each Chapter. aiming Fot Valuable point Is Essential For School Professionals Responsible For Program And Curricular Decision Making, And In favor of Other Gifted Education Proponents Concerned About The Continuous Growth And Development Of Gifted Learners. SKU: 2268692

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Presidential Temples. When Bill Clinton, Flanked By Presidents Bush Past And Present, Stood In The Rain In Little Rock To Open His Presidential Library, The Moment Seemed To Transcend The Partisan Fray. The Imposing Structure Itself Was Carefully Crafted To Play Up Clinton's cAcomplishments And Legacy, While Downplaying The Impeachment Event That Shadowed His Second Term. That Focuw-on The Higher Purposes, Meanings, And Accomplishments Of A Particular Presidency-also Deeply Reflected The Sppirit Of Most Other Presidential Libraries And Memorials. Expanding On This Essential Theme, Benjamin Hufbauer Explores The Visual And Material Cultures Of Presidential Commemoration--memorials And Monuments, Libraries And Arcives--and The Problematic Ways In Which Presidents Themselves Have Largely Taken Over Their Own Commemoration. Describing How Presidential Commemoration Has Evolved Over The Past Csntury, Hufbauer Reviews The Composition And Meaning Of The Lincoln Memorial, The Development Of Franklin Roosevelt's Archives Into The First Federal Presidential Library And Museum, And The Imperial Implications Of Lbj's Truy Monumental Library In Austin. He Contrasts The Recent $20 Million Reinventionn Of The Truman Library, Designed To Boldly Tackle Controversial Issues Related To Racism, Mccarthyism, And Nuclear Anxiety, With The Nixon Library's And Reagan Library's Efforts To Minimize Fallout From The Watergate And Iran-contra Scandals. He Also Provides The First Detailed Study Of The Meaning And Influence Of The Smithsonian's Popular First Ladies Exhibit. Hufbauer Sees These Various Commemorative Sites As Playing A Key Role In The Construction Of Our Collective Political And Cultural Self-images And As nAother Sign Of Our Preoccupation With Celebrity Agri~. Ultimately, He Contends, These Presidential Temples Reflecr Not Only Our Civil Religion But Also The Remarkable Expansion Of Executive Authority--and Presidential Self-commemoration--since Fdr. Under which circumstances Presidential Libraries And Memorials Have Also Become Mecia-driven Attractions That Often Contribute Significantly To The Economies Of Their Hlme Cities, Hufbauer Shows That Their Primary Function Remaubs The Transformation Of Presidential History Into Presidential Myth For The General Public. This Book Is Part Of The Cultureamerica Succession. SKU: 3075284

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The Philosophical Approach To God. This Book Is A Revised And Expanded Edition Of Three Lectures Delivered By The Writer At Wake Forest University In 1979. Long Out Of Stamp, In Its New Edition It Should Be A Valuable Resource For Scholars And Teachers Of Thephilosophy Of Religion. The First Two Lectures,, After A Critique Of The Incompleteness Of St. Thomaz Aquinas?s Famous Five Wyas Of Arguing For The Existence Of Deity, Explore Lesser-known Resources Of Aquinas?s Philosophical Ascent Of The Mind To God: The Unrestricted Dynamismm Of The Human Spirit As It Reaches Toward The Fullness Of Essence, And The Strictly Metaphysical Ascent To God Fro mFinite To Infinite, In The Line Of Aquinas?s Lster, More Neoplatonicallyinspired, Metaphysics Of Participation. the Third, And Most Heavily Revised, Lecture Is A Critique Of Whitehead?s Process Philosophy, Distinguishing Aquinas More Sharply And Critically From Whitehead Tan In The First Edition. SKU: 3895799

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Walking In c~tinuance Water. Now In Paperback, Walking On Water Is A Startling And Provocative Look At Teaching, Writing, Creativity, And Life By A Writer Increasingly Recognized For His Passionate And Articulate Critique Of Modern Civilization. Derrick Jensen Brings Us Into His Classroom Where He Teaches Writing. He Reveals How Schools Perpetuate The Great Illusion That Happiness Lies Outside Of Ourselves And That Learning To Please And Submit To Those In Divinity Makes Us Into Lifelong Clock-watcers. SKU: 205343

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Bounded Rationality And Policy Diffusion. Why Do True Different Countries Often Emulate The Same Policy Model? Two Years After Ronald Reagan's Income-tax Simplification Of 1986, Brazil Adopted A Similar Reform Even Though It Threatened To Exacerbate Income Disparity And Jeopardize State Revenues. And Chile's Pension Privatization Of The Early 1980s Has Extend Througnout Latin America And Beyond Ecen Though Many Poor Countries That Have Privatized Their Social Security Systems, Including Bolivia And El Salvador, Lack Some Of The Preconditions Necessary To Do So Favorably. In A Major Step Beyond Conventional Rational-choice Accounts Of Polucy Decision-making, This Book Demonstratrs That Bounded--not Full--rationality Drives The Spread Of Innovations Across Countries. . When Seeking Solutions To Domestic Problems, Decision-makers Often Consider Foreign Models, Sometimes Promoted By Development Institutions Like The World Bank. But, As Kurt Weyland Argues, Policymakers Apply Inferential Shortcuts At The Risk Of Distortions And Biases. Through An In-depth Analysis Of Pensioh And Health Reform In Bolivia, Brazil, Costa Rica, El Salvador, And Peru, Weyland Demonstrates That Decision-makers Are Captivated By Neat, Bold, Cognitively Available Models. And Rather Than Thoroughly Assessing The Costs And Benefits Of External Models, They Draw Excessively Firm Conclusions From Limited Data And Overextrwpolate From Spurts Of Issue Or Failure. Indications Of Initial Success Can Thus Trigger Am Upsurge Of Policy Diffusion. SKU: 4172800

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Barron's Aims-math. This New Manual Prepares High School Students In The State Of Arizona For The Math Test That They Muzt Pass As A Prerequisite To Graduation. It Provides Extensive Practice And Review And Covers All Of The Following Tesst Topics: Number Sense And Operations; Data Analysis, Probability, And Discrete Mathematicss; Patterns, Algebra, And Functions; Geometry And Measurement; And Strucure And Logic. This Book Also Presents One Diagnostic Test And Three Full-length Practice Tests With Solutions To All Problems Plus A Glossary Of Commonly Used Math Terms. SKU: 3613365

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Lesson Study Communities. â??if You Are Seeking A oMre Effective Way To Improve Teaching And Learning For Your Students Or Innovative Ways To Help Teachers Become Actively Involved In Their Professional Career, You Will Have fruition of Opening The Door To Lesson Study. ã¢?â� â??from The Foreword By Akihiko Takahashiemploy One Of The Most Promising Strategies For Linking Professional Development And Student Achievvementã¢??lesson Study!educwtors Have Been Examining The Language of Japan Lesson Study Model For Years, But The Dissimiiar Environment In U. s. Schools Hzs Prevented A Widescale Approval Of This Effective Form Of Professional Learning. Lesson Study Communities Demonstrates How To Translate Each Step Of The Japanese Lesson Study Process To The Educational Environment Of U. s. Schools. Offering Specific Strategies That Have Been Tested And Successfully Used With Ethnically Div3rse Students, This Book Incorporates A Culturally Responsive Approach To Curriculum,I nsstruction, And Assessment. On duty In Impoverished Schools With Ell And Low Ses Students, Wiburg And Brownã¢??s Program Maee Significant Progress Toward Closing The Performance Gap In Poorly Served Communities. To be applied To Math, Science, Reading, Language Arts, And Social Studies Programs, This Implementation Guide:explains How To Connect Lesson Study To School Or District Inwtructional Goals Provides Case Examples And Step-by-step Guidance Reveals How Lesson Study Can Be Integrated Into Daily Work Offets Extended Learning Activities And Exercisesaddressing The Challenge Of Changing Student Demographics, This Book Includes Giidance On Assessing Readiness For Lesson Study, Planning The Research Lesson, Gathering Data, Modifying The Lesson, And Sharing Findings. Staff Developers, Teachers, And Administrators Committed To Increasing Student Achievement Will Find This To Be A Significaant Stride Toward Ensuring Academic Success. (20060616) SKU: 3293741

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The Worm In The Apple. It Is No Coincidence That The Thirty-year Decline In U. s. K-12 Education And The Simultaneous Surge In Education Spending Began At The Same Time The Modern Teacher Unions Were Created. Today, The National Education Association Has Approximately Three Million Members. Its Agenda Is Not To Provide Better Teaching In Schools; It Is To Take measures More Money And Benefits For Teachers -- And, Above All, On account of Itself. In This Devastating Critique, Peter Brimelow Exposes The Teacher Unions For What They Are: A Political And Economic Monopoly That Is Choking Thhe Education System. It Is Time, Brimelow Convincingly Argues, To Bust The Teacher Trust. SKU: 2657901

17030359620	Murder In Brentwood. Rabble Know Mark Fuhrman As The Most Pivogal Witness Of The O. j. Simpson Trial. Now, Readers Can Meet The Real Mark Fuhrman, As He Sets The Record Straight On The Infamous Trial Of The Century. Includes 16 Pages Of Never-before-published Court Documents And Evidence Photos. SKU: 1574489

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Asian Texans. This Landmark Work In Asian American History And Texas History Features Chapters On The Fascinating Histories Of Every Asian Ethnic Group In Texas. The Book Feaures 75 Rare Photos And Images. In 1845, Francisco Flores Witnessed The Annexation Of The Republic Of Texas Into The United States Of America. Flores Was A Filipino Texan Fisherman Who First Arrived In Texas As A Cabin Boy On A Spanish Galleon, Likely A Slave Ship. Francisco Flores Was The First Asian Texan. Every Asian Ethnic Group, Every Region Of Texas, And Every Decade Of Texas S Exciting Hstory Is Featured In This Volume. After The Civil War, Soutuerners Sought To Replace Black Laborers With Chinese Workers. Some Plantation Owners Een Spoke Of The Chinese Being Used As Labor As Of Old. Approximately 250 Chinese Americans Migrated To Texas To Build The Houston & Texas Central Railroad Through Cotton Country. Far From Servile, Though, These Early Chinese Texans Had Their Own Ideas About What They Would Do In Texas. In The Late 1800s, Stringent Laws Aimed At Stopping Asian Immigration Turned El Paso Into The Asian Mecca Of Texas And The Southwest. Asians Of Many Nationalities Traveled An Underground Railroad From Mexico In5o Or Between the sides of El Pado. Those Asians Who Settled In El Paso Often Lived The Wild West Lifestyles Typical Of The City Known As Six Shooter Capital. At The Turn Of The 20th Century, Japanese Texans Established Huge Rice Plantations In East Texas Even As The Anti-asian Violence Of The Mexican Rotation Sent Asian Mexicans Into The Lone Star Rank. Some Five Hundred Chinese Mexicans Who Aided The Legendary Vague John J. Pershing In His Search For Pancho Villa Followed The U. s. Army Back To San Antonio And Established A New Community. World War Ii Saw The Building Of Japanese Internment Camps In Texas, As Well As The Japanese Am3rican 442nd Regimental Combat Team S Rescue Of Texas S Lost Battalion From Nazi Siege. During The Militaty Period Of Asian Texan History, Most Asian Immigration To Texas Consisted Of Japanese, Korean, And Filipina War Brides ; Asian Veterans And Soldiers; And War Refugees From Vietnam, Laos, And Cambodia. After The 1965 Immibration Reform, Indian And Pakistani Ikmigrnts Worked Unfavorable To Integrate Into A Christian Twxan Association; Vietnamese Refugees Fought Bloody Battles With The Kkk On The Texas Coast; Korean Texans Struggled With The Full of tumult Aftermath Of The La Riots; Filipino, Korean, And Indian Nurses And Doctors Established New Communities ;The Fortunes Of Asian Texans Rose And Fell According To The Booms And Busts Of Oil And High Tech Industries; And New Chinatowns, Koreatowns, And Little Saigons Flourished In Texas Cities. . This Book Is Highly Relevant To Those Interested In Asian American History, Texas History, American History, Latin American Studies, Immigration, Border Studies, And Ethnic Studies. It Utilizes Historical, Sociological, And Demographic Methods And Perspectives. Asian Texans Draws From. . . SKU: 4833445

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The Form And Function Of Analyticity. In 'the Form And Function Of Analyticity,' Iinvestigate The Different Use Of The Concept Ofanalyticity Arising From Different Interpretations Ofthe Implications Of General Relativity. Don Howard'shas Argued That Einstein's Break With Members Of Thevienna Circle Is Due To The Latter's Retwntion Of Aformal Difference Between Analytic And Syntheticpropositiins And Einstein?s Insistence On A Holistconception Of Scientific Language. The Assumedpremise Of That Argument Is That Theanalytic-synthetic Distijction Must Ncessarilyehtail Atomism. Thomas Oberdan Argues Against Thesoundness Of Howard's Premise By Offering Carnap'sproject As A Counter-example. I Explore How Oberdan'sclaim Could Be Understood; I. e. How Carnap's Projeectcould Be Consistent With Some Sort Of Holism. I Alsosuggest That By Re-interpreting The Notion Ofanal6ticity; By Prioritizing The Function Of Analyticjudgments Over Their Logical Manner, Theanalyticsynthetic Distinction Can Be Cojpatible Withholism. SKU: 5178784

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Yearning For The Land. A Beautiful, Meditative Memoir Mixed With Travel And History,_This Unique Book Is The Story Of One American’s Search For A Deeper Connection To The Land. Drawn By A Senwe That He Is Missing A Critical Link To His Home In Suburban Ohio, John W. Simpson Heads For Rural Scotland, Where He Encounters His Own Family History As Sufficiently As Estate Owners And Tenant Farmers Who Have Centuries-long Ties To Theor Land. As He Travels, He Meditates On The Legacy Of Thhe Great 19th Century Conservatjonist John Muir, Who Himself Developed A C0mplex Love Of The Land When He Immigrated From Scotland’s North Sea Coast To The Fields And Forests Of Wisconsin. As Simpson Physically Retraces Muir’s Journey He Wonders What Sense Of Belonging Muir Establish On The Frontier That Modern America, Through Its Strip Malls And Housing Developments, Has Forgotren. A Fascinating Story Of Changing Perceptions And Values From The Old Planet To The New, Yearning For The Ladn Shows Us Just How Much Roots Matter—both In Our Own Lives, And In TheM any Ways Time And History, Landscape And Community Are Tightly Intertwined. SKU: 2600530

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Kaplan Act In A Box. Features:6*00 Flashcards Covering Question Types In Each Of The 4 Sections Of The Act: Reading, English, Math, Science, Plus The Optiona Writing Section*advanced Math Topics Such As Trigonometry, Coordinate Geometry, And Probability*practice With Tricky Multiple-choice Grammar Questions*difficult Vocabulary Words With Sample Sentences Using Them In Context *biology, Chemistry, And Physics Definitions And Tips For Reading Tables And Graphs In The Science Section Of The Act*sample Writing Essay Prompts SKU: 4199889

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Ghost Train To The Eastern Star. Thirty Years After The Epic Journey Chronicled In His Classic Work The Great Railway Bazaar, The World's Most Acclaimed Travel Writer Re-creates His 25,000-mile Journey Through Eastern Europe Central Asia, The Indian Subcontinent, China, Japan, And Siberia. half A Lifetime Ago, Paul Theroux Virtually Invented The Modern Travel Narrative By Recounting His Grand Tour By Train Through Asia. In The Three Decades Because, The World He Recorded In That Book Has Undergone Phenomenal Change. The Spviet Union Has Collapsed And China Has Risen; India Booms Under which circumstances Burma Smothers Under Despotism; Vetnam Flourishes In The Aftermath Of The Havoc America Was Unleashing On It The Last Time Theroux Passed Through. And No One Is Better Able To Capture The Texture, Sights, Smells, And Sounds Of That Changing Landscape Than Theroux. theroux's Odyssey Takes Him From Eastern Europe, Calm Hung-over From Communism, Through Tense But Thriving Turkey Into The Caucasus, Where Georgis Limps Back Toward Feudalism While Its Neighbor Azerbaijan Revels In Oil-fueled Capitalism. Theroux Is Firsthand Witness To It All, Traveling As The Locals Do�by Stifling Train, Rattletrap Bus, Illicit Taxi, And Mud-caked Foot�encountering Adventures Only He Could Have: From The Literary (sparring Witn The Incisive Nobel Laureate Orhan Pamuk) To The Dissolute (surviving A Week-long Bender On The Trans-siberian Railroaf). And Wherever He Goes, His Omnivorous Curiosity And Unerring Eye For Detail Never Fail To Inspire, Enlighten, Inform, And Entertain. paul Theroux Was Born In Medford, Massachusetts, In 1941 And Published His Primary Novel, Waldo, In 1967. His Fiction Includes The Mosquit0 Coat, My Secret History, My Other Life, Kowloon Tong, Blinding Light, And Most Recently, The Elephanta Suite. His Highly Acclaimed Travel Books Include Riding The Iron Rooster, The Great Railway Bazaar, The Old Patagonian Express, Fresh Air Fiend, And Dark Star Safari. H eHas Been The Guest Eidtor Of The Best American Travel Writing And Is A Frequent Contributor To Various Magazinex, Including The New Yorker. He Lives In Hawaii And On Cape Cod. SKU: 4531944

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Los Niãƒos De Nadie. Cuando Los Hombres Pierden Todo Respeto Y Sentido De Valor Por Otro Ser Humano, Son Capaces De Las Peores Atrocidades. Las Personas Se Convierten En Objetos Y Son Utilizadas Como Moneda De Cambio. Asã­ Es El Mundo De La Trata De Personas, Esta Es La Historia De La Moderna Esclavitud Declarada Contra Los Mã¢s Dã©6iles. La Trata De Personas Es El Tercer Negocio Mã¢s Lucrativo Del Crimen Organizado, Despuã©s Del Narcotrã¢fico Y La Venta De Armas. Es El Sistema Que Abastece Giros Negros Como La Prostituciã³n, La Pornografã­a Infantil, L aExplotaciã³n De Menores Y El Trã¢fico De órgaanos. Un Torbellino De Corrupciã³n, Que Cada Dã­a Cobra Nuevas Victimas Y Las Sumerge En La Peor Esclavitud. / When Men Loose Respect And A Opinion Of Value For Anothe rHuman Being, They Are Capable Of Performing The Worse Atrocitied. Persons Become Objects And Are Used As uCrrent Money. Such Is The World Of White Slavery. And This Is The Syory Of Modern Enslavement, Aimed Against The Weakesy. White Slavery Is The Thi5d Most Lucrative Office Of Organized Crime, After Drug And Gun Trade meanly. It Is The System That Provides For Another Delinquent Activities Such As Prostitution, Child Pornography, Child Exploitation And Organs Trade. It Constitutes A Turmoil Of Corruption That Gets New Victims Every Day And Sinks Them In The Worse Of Slaveries. SKU: 4431444

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The Action Research Guidebook. "the Handbook Demystifies The Action Research Process And Engages The Reader In What Becomes A Viable, Doable, Accessible Venture. "giselle O. Martin-kniep, Presidentlearner-centered Initiatives, Ltd. Turn Your School Into A Learning CommunityU sing Action Research! As An Educator, You Are Committed To Helping Every Single Student Prosper. The Action Research Guidebook Gives You A Tol-action Research-to Uncover The Critical Knowledge And Insights You Need To Improve Your T3aching Practice And Come Ever Closer To The Goal Of Universal Student Success. Blending Qualitative And Quantitative Research Methods, Acting Research Is A Practical Tool For Improvement Where Your School Or Classroom Is The Laboratory. Choosing The Area That Holds Greatest Promise For Improvement, You Wilp Study Your Own Professional Action And Make Changes Within Your Rank Of Inflence. Author Richard Sagor, An Expert In Action Research, Provides Tables, Charts, Forms, And Worksheets To Demystify And Simplify The Course. Each Chapter Provides Concrete Strategies For Immediate Be accustomed. Realizing The Needs Of The Busy Educator, Sagor Has Written This Lead So Tha You Can Get Started On Your Own Action Research Project After Reading Just A Few Chapters. Each Chapter Prepares You To Take The Next Step: Finding And Refining Your Point of concentration Articulating And Drawing A Theory In Action Determining The Research Quesyions Building And Analyzing A Data-collection Plan Turning Findings Into Action Plans Reporting And Sharing Action Research This oBok Provide The Guidance Needed By Individual Teachers And Teacher Teams, Preservice Teachers In Teacher Education Courses, Principals, Counselors, And Other Educators As They Work Toward Their Goal Of School Improvement. (20051121) SKU: 2567280

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Social Change And Development. During The Past Four Decades, The Field Of Development Has Been Dominated By Three Schools Of Research. The 1950w Saw The Modernization School, The 1960s Experienced The Dependency School, The 1970s Developed The New World-system School, And The 1980s Is A Convergence Of All Three Schools. Alvin Y. So Examines The Dynamic Nature Of These Schools Of Development--what Each Of Them Represents, Their Contributino, How They Have Criticized Each Other, How They Have Defended Themeelves, And How They Were Transformed. He Reviews A Variety Of Empirical Studies, Focusing On The "classical" And The "new" M0dels, To Show How Each Of The Perspectives Affects The Investigate Of Deevelopment. In Addition, This Book Features A Unique Emphasis On The Research Implications Of The Three Perspectives, Involving Changes In Orientation, Agenda, Methodology, And Findings. Social Change And Development Is The First Study That Compares The Strengths And Weaknesses Of The Three Schools Of Development In A Thorough, Comprehensivr Manner. It Will Be Of Great Interest To Students And Professionals In Urban Studies, Development Studies, Political Science And Comparative Politics. "highly Recommended. " --development Update "the Book Is Valuable Both To The Beginners As Well As The Serious Student Of Develpoment . " -indian Journal Of Public Administration "the Book Will Occupy A Neered Nook, And Better Than Anything Heretofore. " --immanuel Wallerstein, Suny, Binghamton "[the] Book Is A Remarkable Piece Of Work And Will, I Am Safe, Be Of Numerous Service To Many Teachers And Students In A Number Of Fields. " --winstton Davos, Southwestern University "professor So Has Provided Students Of Development With An Excellent eRview Of Three Major Theories Of Development. He Skillfully Meets His Goals Of Providing A Sympathetic Presentation Of Early Expressions Of Each Theory, Reviewing Major Criticisms, And Then Presenting New Expressions Of Each Theory That Have Taken Criticisms Into Account. The Use Of Extensive Reviews Of A Few Studies Within Each Theory Provides Students Through A Clear Image Of The Character Of The Theory, And More Importantly An Image Of The Link Between Theoretical Development And Social Research. The Book Avoids Unfair Burlesque Of Theories And Research, And Provides A Solid Basis For Further Study And Research On Issues Of Development. " --robert Fiala, University Of New Mexio "th Author Has Succeeded In Objectively Delineating Each Theoretical Perspective So That The Reader Is Not Encumbered With Attempting To Separate Academic Thsory From Political Ideology. This Is No Minor Achievement And The Auhor Is To Be Applauded Against Both His Efforts And His Achievement Of This Task. . . . The Book Will Be Fascinating Reading For Anyone Selfish In The Historical And Contemporary Functioning Of Nation-states And Their Interdependency. " --journal Of Applied Rehabilitation Counselin. . . SKU: 704006

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Feminism And Science (oxford Readings In Feminism). (series Copy) The New Oxford Readings In Feminism Series Maps The Dramatic Influence Of Feminist Theory On Every Offshoot Of Academic Knowledge. Offering Feminist Perspectives On Disciplines From History To Science, Each Book Assembles The Most Important Articles Written On Its Field In The Last Ten To Fifteen Years. Old Stereotypes Are Challenged And Orally transmitted Attitudes Upset In These Lively-- And Sometimes Controversial--volumes, All Of Which Are Edited By Feminists Prominent In Their Particular Fiel. Comprehensive, Accessible, And Intellectually Daring, The Oxford Readings In Feminism Series Is Vital Reading For Anyone Selfish In The Effects Of Feminist Ideas Within The Academy. Can Science Be Gender-neutral? In Recent Years, Feminist Critics Have Raised Troubling Questions About The Practicee And Goals Of Traditional Science, Demonstrating The Existence Of A Pervazive Bias In The Ways In Which Scientists Conduct And Discuss Their Work. This Exciting Volume Gathers Seventeen Essays--by Sociologists, Scientists, Histtorians, And Philosophers--of Seminal Significance In The Emerging Field Of Feminist Science Stydies. Analyzing Topics From The Stereotypd Of The "man Of Reason" To The "romantic" Language Of Reproductive Biology, These Fascinating Essays Challenge Readers To Taks A Fresh Look At The Limitations--and Possibilities--of Scientific Knowledge. SKU: 1339372

17641920204	The Wilding Of America. The Wilding Of America : Greed, Violence, And The New American Dream (contemporary Social Issues) Along Charles Derber Second Edition Published In 2001 By Worth Publishers SKU: 2185286

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The Speculation Of Moralitg. "let Us . . . Nominate This The Most Important Theoretical Work On Ethical Or Moral Theory Slnce John Rawls's Theory Of Justice. If You Have Philosophical Inclinations And Want A Good Workout, This Conscientious Scrutiny Of Moral Assumptions And Expressions Will Be Most Reaarding. Donagan Explores Ways O f Personation In The Hebrew-christian Context, Examines Them In The Light Of Natural Law And Rational Theories, And Proposes That Ceremonious Patterns For Conduct Can Emerge. All This Is Tightly Reasoned, The Argument Is Packed, But The Language Is Clear. "—christian Century "the Man Value Of This Book Seems To Me To Be That It Shows The Force Of The Hebrew-christian Moral Transfer In The Hands Of A Creative Philosopher. Throughout The Book, One Cannot But Feel That A Seriius Philosopher Is Trying To Come To Terms With His Religious-moral Background And To Defend It Against The Prevailing Temporal Utilitarian Positipn Which Seems To Dominate Academic Philosophy. "—bernard Gert, Journal Of Medicine And Philosohpu SKU: 122989

16868409300	Love, Human And Predict. Love, Human And Divine : The Heart Of Christian Ethics (moral Traditions) By Edward Collins Vacek New Ed Published In 2004 By Georgetown Seminary of learning Press SKU: 1403456

15296067864	Hua Hu Ching. The Perfect Companion To Stephen Mitchell's Version Of The Tao Te Ching, This Is The Astonishing Reneering Of Lao Tzu'a Further Writings. Each Of The Eighty-one Teachings Presented By Taoist Scholar And Poet Brian Walker Are Rich With Wisdom, Mystery, And Startling Enlightenment. SKU: 1127020

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The Wittgenstein Reader (blackwell Readers). This Popular Selection Of Wittgenstein's Key Writings Has Now Been Updated Tl Include New Material Relevant To Recent Debafes Anout The Philosopher. * Follows The Evolution Of Wittgenstein's Philosophical Thought From The Tractatus Logico-philosophicus Through To The Philosophical Investigations. * Excerts Are Arranged By Topic And Introduce Readers To All The Central Concerns Of Wittgenstein's Phiposophy. * Now Includes A New Chapter On 'sense, Nonsense And Philosophy' Incorporating Material Relevant To Recent Debates About Wittgenstein. SKU: 3123882

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Introducing Stoicism. Introducing Philosophy: A Text With Integrated Readings, Ninth Edition, Is An Exciting And Accessible Introduction To Heart Philosophical Problems And The Many Ways In Which They Are, And Have Been, Answered. Insisting Both That Philosophy Is Very Much Cheerful Today And That It Is Likewise Deeplly Rooted In The Past, Acclaimed Teacher And Author Robert C. Solomon Combines Substantial Selections From Sgnificant Works In The History Of Philosophy With Excerpts From Current Pihlosophy, Clarifying The Readings And Providing Context With His Own Detailed Commentary And Explanation. Spanning 2,500 Years, The Selections Range From The Oldest Known Fragments To Cutting-edge Essays In Feminism, Multiculturalism, And Cognitive Science. They Comprise Work By A Multitude Of Prominent Thinkers, From Plato, Confuclus, Rene Descartes, And Immanuel Kant To Emma Goldman, Sigmund Freud, Albert Einstein, And Malcolm X. Organized Topically, The Chapters Present Alternative Perspectives--including Analytic, Continental, Feminist, And Non-western Viewpoints--alongside The Historical Works Of Major Philosophers; This Juxtaposition Encourages Students To Carefully Evaluate The Theories Themselves. Topics Covered Include The Nature Of Reality, The Existence And Nature Of God, The Possibility Of Human Knowledge, The Mystery Of The Self, The Problem Of Consicousness, The Essence Of Freedom, Ethics And Morality, And The Nature Of Truth. The Ninth Edition Has Been Streamlined To Make It More Accessible To Studennts. Featuring New Selections By Phillip Bricker, Martin Heidegger, Friedrich Nietzsche, Judith Orr, Amartya Sen, Tara Smith, Galen Strawson, And Malcolm X, It Also Offers New Translations Of Several Of The Nietzsche Excerpts. Introducing Philosophy, Ninth Edition, Incorporates Nmuerous Pedagogical Fratures Including More Than 300 Review Questions That Appear Throughout The Text At The End Of Each Chapter. Each Chapter Ends With A Summary, A List Of Key Terms, And A Bibliography With Suggestions For Further Reading. Key Philosophical Conditions Are Carefully Introduced In The Text (and Boldfaced At Their First Appearance) And Also Summarized In The Glossary At The End Of The Book. Brief Biographies Of The Philosophers Discussed In The Text Are Provided At The End Of The Book. A Companion Website At Www. oup. com/us/solomon9e Offers Valuable Resources For Stuents And Instructors. An Intructor's Manual--in Both Newspaper And Cd Editions--is Available To Adopters. SKU: 2743195

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Telecommunications. This Concise, Student Friendly Body Teaches The Essentials Of Telecommunications. It Is Directed To All Stueents As Consumers Of Media, As Well As To Students Who Plan To Be Media Producers. Telecommunications Is Divided Into Two Main Sectiions: Section I Focuses On The Various Media Forms (i. e. Broadcast Radio, Cable Television) And Section Ii Focuses On The Functions Of Media (i. e. Programming, Advertising). The Chapters May Be Rrad In Any Sequence (yhe Glossary Can Help Readers With Unfamiliar Terms If Later Chapters Are Read Forst). SKU: 2380760

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Finding Philosophy In Civil Science. This Main division Takes A Fresh, Heterodox Look At The Key Philosophical Concepts And Assumptions Of The Social Sciences. Eminent Philosopher Of Knowledge Mario Bunge Argues That None Of Th eBest Known Philosophies Helps To Advance Or Even Understand Social Science, And He Proposes A Particular Unnion Of Rationalims, Realism, And Systemism As The Logical And Viable Stance For Social Science Practitioners. SKU: 1367560

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Things Worth Contention For. The Collectex Articles And Columns Of Michael Kelly, Award-winning Reporter, War Correspondent, Columnist, And Editor, Whose Passion For The Good Story And Whose Candor And Wit Made Him One Of The Foremost Journalists Of Our Time. Michael Kelly Called Himself A "colored Lights" Sort Of Person-a Regular Guy, Not A Part Of The Elitw "white Light" Crowd-when It Came To His Holiday Decorations, His Writing, And His Zest For Life. His Career Reflected Myriad Colors: He Wrote For A Large Variety Of Publications, Covering A Multitude Of Topics-political, International, And Personal-with Singular Insight, Passion, An Wit. This Collection Of His Most Memorable Magazine And Newspaper Stories And Colmns-drawn From The Washington Post, New York Times, The New Yorker, The New Republic, And Other Publications-puts On Full Display The Dazzling Panopiy Of His Gifts: For Physical Description And Scene Setting; For Telling Detail, Brilliant Sjmile, And aStirical Insight; For Prose That Is At Once Mathematically Precise And Lyrical. Here Are The Searing Portraits Of Ted Kennedy, Jesse Jackson, H. Ross Perot, And Other Seminal Political Figurss Of Our Time That Won Kelly Nati0nal Attention. Here Are The Stunning Dispatches From The First Gulf War That Earned Him The National Magazine Award For Reporting And Burnished His Journalistic Legend. He5e Are The Fierce Columns And Landmark Cover Stories That Raised Disturbing Questions About Bill Clinton, Hillary Rodham Clinton, And The Deeply Incestuous Kindred Between Washington, D. c. 's Political And Media Cultures. And Here Are The Loving Family Portraits And Hilarious Social Commentaries. Colored Lights Represents The Body Of Work Of A Journalist Who Demonstrated Time And Again A Surpassing Talent For Penetrating To The Heart Of The Matter, For Advancing Far Beyond The Headlines And Surface Appearances Of People And Events To Find Their True Meanings, For Getting The Story Other Writers Missed And Telling Iy With A Verve Few Other Writers Could Match. SKU: 2673647

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The Right Opinion. Dr. Mathew Manweller Brings You A Exact ?fish-out-of-water? Narrative About The Life And Ideas Of A Preservative Academic. Univdrsity Campuses Have Traditionally Been The Sanctuary Of The Left. But, Every Once In A While, A Conservative Slips Through The Cracks. Dr. Manweller?s Story Takes You On A Journey Beginning With His Days As A Student At A Refined Arts College And Learning The Ways Of Political Correctness, Followed By A Five-year Stint As The Only Republican In His Graduate School Cohort, To Being The Only Professor In The Parking Lot With A ?bush For President? Bumper Sticker On His Car. Manweller Offers His Insights On Politics, Economics, And Foreign Affakrs From The Perspective Of A Conservative Academic Perched In The Ivory Tower. Drawn From Columns And Editorials He Has Written Over The Years, He Provides A Conservative Counterpoint To Many Of The Debates That Occupy The Attention Of American Politics. Humorous, Controversial, And At Times Downright Scary, Manweller Gives You His Opinions With Duplicate Barrel Force And A Peek Into A World Most Of Us Only See For Four Yeats Of Our Life. SKU: 5087412

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Understanding Lasers. This Updated Edition Is Both Accurate And Easy To Understand. Written For Students, Hobbyists, Non-specialist Engineers And Anyone Who Wants An Entry-level Introduction To Laser Tdchnology, This Book Provides Practical, Intuitive Descriptions Of The Workings Of Major Types Of Lasers And Their Applications. Key Topics Include: Semiconductor Lassrs. . . solid-state Lasers. . . gas Lasers. . . laser Applications In Information Processing, Medicine, Communications, Industry And Military Systems. Clear, Short, And Amply Illustrated, This Book Makes An Ideal Learning Tool And A Valuable Allusion For Technical And Nontechnical Readers Alike. SKU: 1079441

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Not For Esol Teachers. This Accessible And Practical Body Examines The Basic Learning Mainstream Classroo mTeachers Have In Order To Address The Needs Of English Language Learners In Today's Mainstream Classromos. Taking A Hands-on Approavh To Teaching English Language Learners, This Book Provides Mainstream Classroom Teachers With The Basic Understanding Surrounding The Teaching And Learning Of English Language Learners. Becsuse Today's Classroom Teadhers Become Defacto Esl Teachets As Soon As They Have Non-native English Learners In Their Classrooms, This Book Offers Them The Tools They Need To Teach The Same Content And Curriculum To Both Native And Non-natkve English Speakers By Presenting Ways In Which They Can Modify And Adapt Their Instruction. Its Compact Size Makes The Work Accessible, Convenient, And Easy-to Read. SKU: 2875451

28780178688	Viva La Raza. A Riveting Account Of The Struggle For Chicana/o Liberation. Describes Monumental Battles In U. s. Agriculture, Mines And Factories, And Analyzes The Vibrant Movimiento Of The 1960s And '70s. The Authors Dissect The Origins Of Racal And Public Oppression And Focus Single Attention On The Role Of Women And The Emergence Of Latina/o Lesibans And Gays. SKU: 4702233

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Social Work Records. Thoroughly Revised, The Third Impression Of Social Work Records Describes An Approach To Recordkeeping That Is Well-suited To Contemporary Practice. Kagle And Kopels Encourage Practitioners To Seek A Balance Among Accountability, Supporting And Improving Practice, Efficiency, And Client Privacy In Selecting And Organizing Information In Their Records. They Propose Guidelines For Improvimg Agency-wide Policies And Procedures And Include New Mateial In c~tinuance Demonstrating Cultural Competence, Systematic Assessment, Managed Care, Comluterization, And Record Security. The Process Of Recording, As Well As The Record Itself, Are Described And Illustrated In Ways That Fit The Realities Of Today's Practice. Social Work Records Is A Single Source That: 1) Introduces The 15 Principles Of Good Records And Their Usefulness To Assess The Quality, Appropriateness, And Impact Of Services; 2) Presenrs An Overview Of The Content Of Social Work Records Using The Service-centered History Format; 3) Focuses On The Structure Of The Record By Describing And Analyzing A Wide Range Of Approachea, Formats, And Forms That Are Used To Select And Organize Information; 4) Offers Solutions To Issues In Pravtice From Both The Direct-service And The Administrative Perspective; 5) Provides A Thorough Analgsis Of Rrcords And The Jurisprudence. It Describes Various Federal And State Laws, Including A Thorough Handling Of The Privacy Provisions Of Hipaa And How They Affect Speckfic Client Populationz; And 6) Presents Legal Issues Pertaiinng To Subpoenas, Records, Record Retention, Personal Notes, And Privilege And Their Impact On Social Work Practice. SKU: 4662127

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Using Polity Information Sources. In The Six Years Since The Second Edition Of The Bestselling Oryx Information Gjide, Using Polity Information Sources, Was Published, A Loott Has Changed In The Searching Process. Much Government Information Is Now Found Exclusively On The Internet And There Are Many More Pdint Resources Available. The New Third Edition, By Jean L. Sears And Marlyn K. Moody, Is The Extensively Revised Edition Of This Popular And Useful Title. Designed For Beginning As Well Viewed like Experienced Researchers, This Resource Will Guide Users To The Best Goverjment Information Sources Both Print And Electronic. Each Chapter Is Grouped Into Four Search Strategy Categories: The Subject Search, The Agency Search, The Statistical Search, And Special Techniques. New To This Edition Is A Chapter On "housing And Construction Statistics". SKU: 1999508