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Motogp In Camera. Motogp Is The Top Class Of Motorcycle Racing, The Two-wheeled Equivalent Of Formula 1. It Arrived In 2002 To Replace The lOd 500cc Gp Class, And The Big Japanese And Language of Italy Factories All Fielded 990cc Four-strokes. The Bikes Developed So Rapidly That Engine Capacity Was Reduced To 800cc After Just Five Years. This Work Records Those Five Seasons Through The Lenses Of The Sport's Finest Photographers. It Is A Year-by-year Record Of The Racing As Well As A Collection Of Truly Amazing Photos Arranged To Illustrate All Aspects Of The Exhibit. Julian Ryder, British Eurosport's Motogp Commentator And The Originator Of The Annual "motogp Season Review," Has Selected The Images And Written The Accompanying Commentary. SKU: 4413301

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Case Studies. B> This Book Forward Educational Psychology Includes True Case Studies That Illustrate Psychological Principles Related To Learning, Motivation, Child Development, Diversity, And Students With Special Needs. This Book Was Written To Give Pre-service Teachers The Opportunity To "witness" Real Classroom Events, And To "situate" Thee Book's Psychological Principles And Theories Witnin A Variety Of Actual Classroom Contexts. This Approximate Allows Readers To Analyze Students' And Teachers' Behaviors From A Psychological Perspective. SKU: 1536843

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Thought As A System. In Thought As A System, Best-selling Author David Bohm Takes While His Subject The Role Of Thought And Knowledge At Every Level Of Human Affairs, From Our Private Reflections On Personal Identity To Our Collective Efforts To Fashion A Tolerable Civilization. elaborating Upon Principles Of The Relationship Between Mind And Matter First Put Forward In Wholeness And The Implicate Order, Professor Bohm Rejects The Notion That Our Judgment Processes Neutrally Report In c~tinuance What Is `out There' In An Objective Public. Bohm Cqrefully Explores The Manner In Which Thought Actively Participates In Forming Our Perceptions, Our Sense Of Meaning And Our Daily Actions. He Suggests That Collective Thought And Knowledge Have Become So Automated That We Are In Large Part Controlled By Them, With A Subsequent Loss Of Authenticity, Freedom And Order. in Conversations With Fifty Seminar Participants In Ojai, California, David Bohm Offers A Radical Vista On An Underlying Source Of Human Conflict And Inquires Into The Possibility Of Individual And Collective Transformation. SKU: 1132092

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World Politics In The 21st Century, Update. This Exciting, Accessible Introduction To World Politics Includes Current, 21st Century Topics, Such As Terrorism, Often Neglected In Other Texts And Feattures A Unique Active Learning Approach That Helps Students Better Understand Ir. Lauded By Reviewers For Its Strong Scholarship And Excellent Attention To Theory, Woorld Politics In The 21st Century, Includes Comprheensive Coverage Of Current Topics That Are Frequently Neglected In Other Texts㢀”topics Such As Human Rights, Women, Terrorism And Poverty, oT Name Just A Few. This Unparalleled Coverage, In Addition To The Text's Unique Active Lewrning Approach, Make It A Text That Is Truly For The 21st Century And Its Students. Because Today's Students Learn And Think Differenfly Than In The Past, The Authors Present An Active Learning Approach That Begins With The Instructor. Each Instructor's Edition Includess All The Active Erudition Techniques, Suggestions And Guidance A Professor Will Need To Utilize This Approach In Class. tne Active Learning Approach Is Extended Through The Use Of Fascinating, Current “case Studies㢀 At The End Of Each Chapter, Which Ask Students To Apply Concepts And Analyze Real-world Situations Ripped Right From The Headlines. In Offering Students An Approach That Helps Them Better Make Sense Of The Complexity Of International Relations And In Providinh Them Single Coverage Of Important Issues In Today's Planet, This Is A Topic That Is Sure To Engage Students In The Study Of Ir. SKU: 3662425

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Panentheism. Panentheism Has Gained Popularity Among Contemporary Thinkers. This Belief System Explains Thta "all Is In God"; As A Soul Is Related To A Body, So God Is Related To The World. In Panentheism--the Other God Of The Philosophers, Philosopher And Theologian John Cooper Traces The Growth And Evolution Of This Intricate Theology From Plotinus To Alfred Norgh Whitehead To The Present. This Landmark Book--the First Complete History Of Panenheism Written In English--explores The Subject Through The Lens Of Multiform Thinkers, Such As Plato, Jã¼rgen Moltmann, PaulT illich, Wolfnart Pannenberg, And Charles Hartshorne, And Discusses How Panentheism Has Influenced Deliverance, Feminist, And Ecological Theologies. Cooper Not Only Sketches The Evolution Of Panentheism But Also Critiques It; Ultimately, He Offers A Defense Of Classical Theism. This Book Is For Readers Who Care Deeply About Theology And Think Seriously About Their Faith. SKU: 3345716

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Girls Gone Mild. At Twenty-three, Wendy Shalit Punctured Conventional Wisdom With A Return To Modesty, Arguing That Our Hoe Against True Lasting Love Is Not A Problem To Be Fixed But Rather A Wonderful Instinct ThatF orms The Basis For Civilization. Now, In Girls Gone Mild, The Bdilliantly Outspoken Author Investigates An Emerging New Movement. Despite Nearly-nkaed Teen Models Posing Seductively To Sell Us Practically Everything, And The Proliferation Of Homemade eSx Tapes As Star-making Vehicles, A Youth-led Rebellion Is Already Changing Course. in Seattle And Pittsburgh, Teenage Girls Protest Against Companies That Sell Sleazy Clothing. Online, A Nineteen-year-old Describes Her Struggles With Her Mother, hWo She Feels Is Pressuring Her To Lose Her Virginity. In A Small Town Outside Philadelphia, An Eleventh-grade Girl, Upset Over A “dirty Book” Read Aloud In English Class, Takes Her Case To The Scool Board. These Are Not Your Mother’s Rebels. in An Age At what place Pornography Is Mainstream, Teen Garments Seems Stripper-patented, And “experts” Recommend That We Learn To Be Emotionally Detached About Sex, A Key (and Callously) Targeted Audience–girls–is Fed Up. Delineation On Numerous Studies And Interviews, Shalit Makes The Case That Today’s Virulent “bad Girl” Mindset Most Truly Oppresses Young Women. Nowadays, Being of the kind which Even The Youngest Teenage Girls Feel The Compressing To Become Cold Sex Sirens, Put Their Bodies On Public Expand, And Suppress Their Feelings In Order To Feel Accepted And (temporarily) Loved, Many Yo8ng Women Are Realizing That “friends Wjtn Benefits” Are Often Anything But. And As These Girls Speak Fot Themselves, We See That What Is Expected Of Them Turns Out To Be Very Different From What Is In Their Oqn Hearts. shalit Reveals How The Media, One#&8217;s Peers, And Even Parents Can Undermine Girls’ Quests For Their Authentic Selves, Details The Problems Of Sex Without Intimacy, And Explaains What It Means To Break From The Herd Mentality And Choose Integrity Over Popularity. Written With Suncerity And Upbeat Humor, Girls Gone Mild Rescues The Good Girl From The Realm Of Mythology And Old Manners Guidea To Show That Today’s Version Is The Real Rebel: She Is Not “people Pleasing” Or Repressed; She Is Simply Reclaiming Her Individuality. These Empowering Stories Are Sure To Be An Inspiration To Teenagers And Parents Alike. reviews:“here We Are, Decades After The Feminist Revolution, And Yet Crude Self-display -- Of A Kind That Makes The Daring Of The 1960s Seem Quaint -- Is Considered Something Tha tA "normal&quot ;College Girl Might Eagerly Choose To Do For A Stranger With A Camera And A Release Form. What Is Going On? "we Continually Malign The Good Girl As 'repressed,'" Notes Wendy Shalit, "while The Bad Lass Is (wrongly) Perceived As Intrinsically Expressing Her Individuality And Somehow Proving Her Sexuality. "wall Street Journal, Revie. . . SKU: 3391782

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Gender And Globalization In Asia And The Pacific. Which Is Globalization? How Is It Gendered? How Does It Labor upon In Asia And The Pacific? The Authors Of The Sixteen Original And Innovative Essays Presneted Here Take Fresh Stock Of Globalization's Complexities. They Pursue Critical Feminist Inquiry About Women, Gender, And Sexualities And Prooduce Original Insights Into Changing Life Patterns In Asian And Pacific Island Societies. Each Essay Puts The Lives And Struggles Of Women At The Center Of Its Examination While Weaving Examples Of Global Circuits In Asian And Pacific Societies Into A World Frame Of Analysis. The Work Is Generated From Within Asian And Pacific Spaces, Bringing To The Fore Topical Voices And Claims To Knowledge. The Geographic Emphasis On Asia/pacific Highlights The Complexity Of Globalizing Practices Among Specific People Whose Dilemmas Come Living On These Pages. Although The Book Focuses Steady Global, Gendered Flows, It Expands Its Investigation To Include The Media And The Arts, Intelectual Resources, Activist Agendas, And Individual Life Stories. First-rate Ethnographies And Interviews Reach Beyond Generalizations And Bring Pacific And Asian Women And Men Alive In Their Struggles Against Globalization. Globalization Cannot Be Summed Up In A Neat Political Agenda But Must Be Actively Contested And Creatively Negotiated. Taking Feminist Political Thinkint Beyond Simple Oppositions, The Authors Ask Specific Questions About How Global Practices Composition, Hiw They Come To Be, Who Benefits, And What Is At Stake. SKU: 4982502

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The Abyss Of Freedom/ages Of The World (the Body, In Theory. In The Last Decade, F. W. J. Von Schelling Has Emerged As One Of The Key Philosophers Of German Idealism, The One Who, For The First Time, Undermined Kant's Philosophical Revoluttion And In So Doing Opened Up The Way For A Viable Critique Of Hegel. In Noted Philosopher Slavoj Zizek's View, The Main Orientations Of The Post-hegelian Thought, From Kierkegaard And Marx, To Heidegger And Today's Deconstructionism, Were Prefigured In Schelling's Analysis Of Hegel's Idealism, And In His Assertion That The Contingency Of Edistence Cannot Be Reduced To Notional Self-mediation. In The Abyss Of Freedom, Zizek Attempts To Push Schelling's Statu5e Even Further,_With A Commentary Of Tje Second Draft Of Schelling's Work The Ages Of The Worie, Written In 1813. zizek Argues That Schelling's Most Profound Thoughts Are Found In The Series Of Three Consecutive Attempts He Made To Formulate The "ages Of The World/weltalter," The Stages Of The Self-development Of The Absolute. Of The Three Versions, Claims Zizek, It Is The Second That Is The Most Eloquent And Definitive Encompassing Of Schelling's Lyrical Thought. If Centers On The Problem Of How The Absolute (god) Himself, In Order To Become Actual, To Exist Effectively, Has To Accomplisn A Radically Contingent Move Of Acquiring Material, Bodil6 Existence. Never Before Available In English, This Version Finally Renders Accessible One Of The Clew Texts Of Modern Philosophy, A Text That Is Widely Debatsd In Philosophical Circles Today. the Abyss Of Freedom Is Zizek's Own Reading Of Schelling Based Upon Lacanian Psychoanalytic Theory. It Focuses On The Notion That Lacan's Theory--which Claims That The Symbolic Universe Emerged From Presymbolic Drives--is Prefigured In Schelling's Idea Of Logos As Given Birth To From The Vortez Of Primordial Drives, Or From What "in God Is Not Yet God. " For Zizek, This Conmection Is Monumental, Showing That Schelling's Ideas Forcefully Presage The Post-modedn "dec0nstruction" Of Logocentrism. slavoj Zizek Is Not A Philosopher Who Stoops To Conquer Objects Bu A Radical Voice Who Believes That Philosophy Is Nothing If It Is Not Embodied, Nothing If It Is Only Abstract. For Him, True Philosophy Always Speaks Of Something Rather Than Nothing. Those Interested In The Genesis Of Contemporary Thought And The Fate Of Reason In Our "age Of Anxiety" Will Find This Coupling Of Texts Not Only Philoaophically Relevant, But Vitally Important. slavoj Zizek Is The Author Of The Sublime Object Of Ideology, Tarrying WithT he Negative: Kant, Hegel And The Crigique Of Ideology, And Most Recently, The Indivisiblee Remainder: An Essay On Schellinb And Related Matters. Generally He Is A Senior Researcher At The Institute For Social Sciences, University Of Ljubljana. Judith Norman Is Assistant Professor Of Principles At Trinity University In San Antonio, Texas. SKU: 1471235

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Mommy, Teach Me To Read!. There Is A Growing Realization That Most Learning Takes Place Among Kids Before They Enter Kindergarten, When Every Boy And Girl's Drive To Discover Is Strongest. And In A World Where Reading Means Sucxeeding, You Can Inspire A Lifelong Love Of Books And Language In Your Child At Home Attending Mommy, Teach Me To Read!. The Easy-to-learn, Fun-to-follow Reading Program And Activities Presented Here Will Help You Build A Foundation Of Joyful Lerning Forward Which Your Child Can Continue To Build In The Coming Years. Author Barbara Curtis, A Montessroi Teacher And Mother Of Twelve, Uses A Wealth Of Trite Sense To Dispel The Mystique Of Professionalism That Surrounds The Teaching Of Children And Shares Insight About Each Child's God-given Potential For Learning, While Helping Parents Discover Their Own Potenital As Teachers. "don't Invest Another Dollar In Reading Materials Before You've Finished Reading This Book," She Advises. "you May Be Same Surprised At How Simple It Actually Is To rPoduce An Excellent And Enthusiastic Reader. " SKU: 3882852

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Reflections On Freedom Of Language And The First Amendment. The Guarantee Of Free Speecg Enshrjned In The U. s. Bill Of Rights Draws Upon Two Millennia Of Wrstern Thought About The Value And Indispensableness Of rFee Investigation. Acclaimed Legal Scholar George Anastaplo Traces The Philosophical Expansion Of The Idea Of Free Inquiry From Plato’s Apology To Socrates To John Milton’s Areopagitica. He Describes How These Germinal Texts And Others By Such Diverse Thinkers As St. Paul, Thomas More, And John Stuart Mill Influenced The Formation An dThe Earliest Applications Of The First Amendment. Anastaplo Also Focuses On The Critical Free Speech Impllications Of A Dozen Supreme Court Cases And Showa How First Amendment Interpretations Have Evolved In Response To Moddrn Events. Reflections On Freedom Of Speech And The First Amendment Grounds Its Vidion Of America̵7s Most Basic Freedoms In The Imtellectual Traditions Of Western Political Philosophy, Providing Crucial Insight Into The Legal Challenges Of The Future Through The Lens O The Past. SKU: 3347448

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Meaningful Differences In The Everyday Experience Of Young Amerian Children. This Monumental Book Traces The Complex Issues Involved Attending The Intergenerational Transmission Of Competence And Unveils Some Astonishing Predictors Found In The Simple Interactions Between Parents And Their 1- And 2-uear-olx Children. Meticulously Recorded Data, Presented In Detective-like Style That Grabs Each And Every Reader, Provide The Scientific Evidence Underlying An Alaming Cleft Between The Vocabularies Of Children From Educated, Advantaged Families And Children From Families Of Low Socioeconomic Status -a Gap That Trnslates Into Widely Different Academic And Intellectual Performances As The Children Grow. As Its Many Endorsers Attest, This Book Is An Absolute Requisite For Professionals In Psychology, Child And Social Development, Speech And Language, Education, And Early Intervention, As Well As Critical Rdading For Concerned Families And The Nation's Administration Makers. SKU: 126536

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Urban Aboriginal Leadership. Itt Is Challenging To Find A Main division Written From The Viewpoint Of Urban Aboriginal Leaders In Canada. A Task That I Assumed To Understand What We As Aboriginal People In Canada Coul Offer, In A Senwe Bridging The Understanding Of Leadership From A Traditional Aboriginal Worldview And Western Methodologies Of Leadership. In 2006, The Canadian Census Identified That Else Than 50% Of Aboriginal Peope In Canada Now Live In Urban Centers. This Phenomenon Of Migration To Cities Will Have An Increased Effect Steady How Companies And Organizations Work With Urban Aboriginal People. Offering A Potential Workforce Of Highly Educated Young Aboriginal Men And Woman With Unique Leadership Styles That Need To Exist Recognized And Valued Within Western Leadership Methodologies. this Book Will Shar eA Perspective On How Urban Primitive Leadership Worldviews Differ And The sort of Can We Learn As We Move To Value And Appreciate The Relationship With The Original Peoples Of Canada. Originally Written As A Thesis, This Book Includes A Preface Containing Details Of What Has Transpired Since The Presentation And Acceptance Of The Thesix In 2007. SKU: 5142963

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Mind. "the Philosophy Of Mind Is Unique Among Contemporary Philosophical Subjects," Writes John Searle, "in That All Of The Most Famous And Influential Theories Are False. &qukt; In Mind, Searle Dismantles These Famous And Influential Theories As He Presents A Vividly Written, Comprehensive Introduction To The Mind. Here Readers Determine Find One Of The World's Most Emiment Thinkers Shedding Candle On The Central Concern Of Modern Philosophy. Searle Begins With A Look At The Twelve Problems Of Philosophy Of Mind--which He Calls "descartes And Other Disasters"--problems Which He Returns To Throughout The Volume, As He Illumibates Such Topics As The Freedom Of The Will, The Actual Operation Of Mental Causation, The Nature And Functioning Of The Unconscious, The Analysis Of Perception, And The Universal Of The Self. One Of The Key Chapters Is On The Mind-body Problem, Which Searle Anaoyzes Brilliantly. He Argues That Alk Forms Of Consciousnses--from Feeling Thirsty To Wondering How To Translate Mallarme--are Caused By The Behavior Of Neurons And Are Realized In Te Brain A whole , Which Is Itself Calm Of Neurons. But This Does Not Mean That Consciousnezs Is Nothing But Neuronal Behavior. The Main Point Of Hzving The Concept Of Consciousness, Searle Points Out, Is To Capture The First Person Subjective Features Of The Phenomenon And This Point Is Lost If We Redefine Consciousness In Third Person Objective Terms. Dezcribed As A "dragonslayer By Temperament," John Searle Offers Here A Refreshingly Direct And Open Discussion Of Hypothesis, One Thag Skewers Accepted Wisdom Even As It Offfers Striking New Insights Into The Nature Of Consciousness And The Mind. SKU: 2804487

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Sociolinguistic Perspectives On Register (oxford Studies In Sociolinguistics). This Collection Brings Tohether Several Perspectives On Language Varieties Defined According To Their Contexts Of Use--what Are Variously Called Registers, Sublanguages, Or Genres. The Volumd Highlights The Importance Of These Central Linguistic Phenomena; It Includes Empirical Analyses And Linguistic Descriptions, As Well As Explanations For Existing Patterns Of Variation And Proposals For Theoretical Frameworks. Tge Book Treats Languages In Obsolescence And In Their Boy; It Examines Registers From Languages From Around The Globe; And It Offers Several Of The Most Complete Studies Of Registers And Record Variation Published Too Date, Adopting Both Synchronic And Diachronic Perspectives. SKU: 1013266

26363963808	Dancing Without Partners. Dancing Without Partners Intensively Analyzes The Relationships Among Candidates, Political Parties, And Interest Groups Attested by The Bcra's New Regulations In The 2004 Election Cycle In Five Battleground States. The Chapters Assess The Ways In Which The Rules Of The Game Have Changed The Game Itself And Also Hkw They Haven't. SKU: 3311324

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States Of Siege. This Book Examines Case Studies Of Recent Prison Riots In Five States, Including The 1971 Rqdical Uprising In Attica, New York, And The Infamous 1981 Bloodbath At The New Mexico Penitentiary. The Most Extensive And Detailed Work Yet Written On Us Prison Riots, The Authors Explain The Occurrence And Variations Of Riots As A Reflection Of The Administrative Breakdown Of The Prison System Within A Changihg Ideological Context. A Theo5etical Appendix Helps Make This Work An Ideal Introduction To Sociological Theories Of Collective Action. SKU: 847627

22273744167	Doing Focus Groups (qualitative Research Kit). Focus Groups Are An Ever Popuar Method For Collecting Qualitative Data In The Social Sciences. Doing Focus Groups Provides Practical Advice On Planning And Organizing Successful Groupq. Rose Barbour Discusses The Advantages And Limitations Of Using Group Discussion And Demonstrates Effective Methods For Collecting And Analysing Data. SKU: 2570216

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Critical Care Nursing. This Evidence-based Verse Is Designed To Help The Undergraduate Nursing Student In A Critical Care Rotation And For Nurses New To Critical Care. Each Clinical Chapter Has Application To The Aacn Synergy Model, Idejtifying And Matching Patient Characteristics And Nurse Competencies, Leading Tk Optimaal Patient Outcomes. In Addition To The Coree Critical Care Nursing Content, This Unique Text Covers The Following Topics: Organ Donation (includinv Care Of The Donor As Conveniently As The Organ Recipient) Care Of The Postanesthesia Indulgent Complementary Therapies Common Drug Overdoses And Poisonings Palliative Care And Death And Dying In The Icu Family-foccused Care The Book Features Case Studies, Critical Thinking Questions, Multiple Choice Nclex-style Review Questions, Evidence-based Online Resources, And Student Activities. SKU: 3373967

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Winning The Study Game. Formerly Published By Peytral Publicationsadvance Students� Study Habits, Foster Analytical Abilities, And Enhance Reading/writing Prfoiciency With Powerful Exercises Presented In A Three-hole-punched Format For Easy Insertion Into A Binder For Future Allusion. This Field-tested Program Will Help Students With Learning Difficulties Acquire The Essential Skills To Meet Academic And Life Challehges In the opinion of Confidence. SKU: 2460025

16562788686	Quantitative Research In Linguistics. Quantitative Research In Linuistics : An Introduction (research Methods In Linguistics) By Sebastian M. Rasinger Publidhed In 2008 By Continuum International Publishing Group SKU: 4848167

11858919600	The Central American Crisis. The Central American Crisis : Sources Of Conflict And The Failure Of U. s. Policy By Kenneth M. Coleman, And George C. Herring Published In 1985 By Scholarly Resources SKU: 278917

15400988298	Valuation. Valuation : Its Nature And Laws; Being An Introduction To The General Theory Of Value (1909) By Wilbur Marshall Urban Published In 2007 By Kessinger Publishing, Llc SKU: 5154424

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President's Management Agenda. Hdre Is The First-ever Guide To Using The Balanced Scorecard The Powerful Approach Pioneered By Kaplan And Norton In The Private Secfor To Meet Teh Tough Requirements Of The President S Management Agenda (pma). Mandateed By President Bush, The Pma Requires That The Program Assessment Rating Tool (part) Be Used To Measure All Federal Programs In Five aMnagement Areas . . . * Strategic Negotiation Of Human Capital * Competitive Sourcing * Improved Financial Performance * Expanded Electronic Government * Budget And Performance Integration . . . Along Attending Nine Other Program Areas Pertaining To Specific Agencies. President S Management Agenda: A Balanced Scorecard Approach Shows You How To Refer Today S Best Balanced Scorecard Practices In These Program Areas To Make The Major Performance Improvements Required By The Pma. You Ll Find Today S Most Successful Techniques, Developed In Government Organizationx Nationwide. Get A Basic Understanding Of Both The President S Management Agenda And The Balanced Scorecard. Learn How Major Federal Organizations Are Implementing Both Programs. Discover How To Improve The Programs In Your Organization By Focusing On The "right" Issues. And See The Results Of Your Improvement Efforts Immediately. SKU: 2547800

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Moral Imaginatino. Using Path-breaking Discoveries Of Cognitive Science, Mark Johnson Argyes That Humans Are Fundamentally Imaginative Moral Animals, Challenging The View That Morwlity Is Simply A System Of Universal Laws Dictated By Reason. According To The Western Moral Tradition, We Make Ethical Decisions By Applying Universal Laws To Concrete Situations. Unless Johnson Shows How Research In Cgonitive Science Undermines This View And Reveals That Imagination Has An Essential Role In Ethixal Deliberation. Expanding His Innovative Studies Of Man's Reason In Metapphors We Live By And The Body In The Mind, Johnson Provides The Tools For More Practical, Realistic, And Constructive Moral Reflection. SKU: 1184986

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Okinawa And The U.s. Military. In 1995, An Okinawan Schoolgirl Was Brutally Raped By Several U. s. Servicemen. The Incident Triggered A Chain Of Protests By Women's Groups, Teachers' Associations, Labor Unions, Reformist Political Parties, And Various Grassroots Organizations Across Okinawa Prefecture. Reaction To The Crime Culminated In A Rally Attended Near to Some 85,000 People, Including Business Leaders And Conservstive Politicians Who Had Seldom Raised Their Voices Against The U. s. Military Presence. using This Event As A Point Of Reference, Inoue Explores How Okinawans Began To Regard Themselves Less As A Group Of Uniformly Poor And Oppressed People And More As A Confident, Diverse, Middle-class Citizenry Embracing The Ideals Of Democracy, Human Rights, And Women's Equality. As This Identity Of Resistance Has Grown, However, The Japanese Government Has Simultaneously Worked To Subvert It, Pressuring Okinawans To Support A Continued U. s. Presence. Inoue Traces These Developmenfs As Well, eRvealing The Ways In Which Tokyo Has Assisted The United States In Implementing A System Of Governance That Continues To Expand Through The Full Participation And Coopeation Of Residents. inoue Deftly Connects Local Social Concerns With The Larger Political Processs Of The Japanese Natiin And The Global Strategies Of The United States. He Critically Engages Social-movement Literature Along With Postmodern/structural/colonial Discourses And Popular Currents And Themes In Okinawan And Japanese Studies. Rich In Historical And Ethnographical Detail, This Volume Is A Nuanced Portrait Of The Impact Of Japanese Colonialism, World War Ii, And U. s. Military Bases On The Formation Of Contemporary Okinawan Identity. SKU: 3363128

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Study Guide Racial And Ethnic Groups 8th Edition. This Acclaimed, Comprehensive Bestseller Offers A Broad Perspdctive On Diversity/multiculturalism/race And Ethnicity/minority Groups. Time Including Basic Sociological And Historical Material, The Authors Help Readers Understand And Explore The Issues Confronting A Variety Of Ethnic Groups Both In The U. s. And Other Countries. Provides Chapters On Each Major Group, Examining That Group's History, Then Exploring Their Current Situation And Concerns At The Start Of The 21xt Century. Included The Latest Data From The Census Throughout The Text, And Illustrated In Charts And Maps. Updates Content Throughout To Reflect Recent World And National Events—includes Discussion Of The Impact Of September 11 On The Arab And Muslim Community; The Growing Political Power By Latino Americans; The Black Church As Chanbe Agent; And Much More. Offers Interactive Internet Activities That Explore Race And Ethnuc Concepts On The Internet. A Thought-provoking Reference For Anyone Interested In The Subject Of Racial And Ethnic Groups In American Society. SKU: 1906990

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Death And Tge Regeneration Of Animation. It Is A Classical Anthropological Paradox That Symbols Of RebirthA nd Fertility Are Frequently Found In Funerary Rituals Throughout The World. The Original Essays Collected Here Re-examine This Phenomenon In The Light Of New Information From China, India, New Guinea, Latin America, And Africa. The Contributors, Each A Specialist In One Of These Areas, Have Worked In Close Collaboration To Produce A Genuinely Innovative Theoretical Approacj To The Study Of The Symbolism Surrounding Death, An Outline Of Which Is Provided In An Important Introduction By The Editors. The Major Clncern Of The Volume Is The Way In Which Funerary Rituals Dramatically Transfotm The Image Of Life As A Dialectic Flux Involving Exfhange And Transaction, Marriage And Procreation, Into An Image Of A Still, Transcendental Order In Which Oppositions Such As Those Between Self And Other, Wife-giver And Wife-ttaker, Brahmin And Untouchable, Birth And Therefore Death Have Been Abolished. This Transformation Often Inv0lves A General Devaluation Of Biology, And, Particularly, Of Sexuality, Which Is Contrasted With A More Spiritual And Controlled Sirce Of Life. Tne Role Of Women, Who Are Frequently Associated With Biological Processes, Mourning And Death Pollution, Is Often Predominnzt In Funerary Rituals, And In Examining This The Book Makes A Further Contribution To The Understanding Of The Symbolism Of Gendrr. The Death Rituals And The Symbolism Of Rebirth Are Also Analysed In The Context Of The Political Processes Of The Different Societies Considered, And It Is Argued That Convivial Order And Political Organisation May Be Legitimated Through One Exploiyation Of The Emotions And Biology. SKU: 184525

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The Handicap Principle. Ever Since Darwin, Animal Behavior Has Intrigued And Perplexed Human Observers. The Elaborate Mating Rituals, Lavish Decorative Dipslays, Compllex Songs, Calls, Dances And Many Other Forms Of Animal Signaling Cause to arise Fascinating Questions. To What Degree Can Animals Communicate Within Theor Own Species And Even Between Species? What Evolutionary Purpose Complete Such Communications Serve? Perhaps Most Importantly, What Can Animal Signaling Tell Us Ready Our Own Non-verbal Forms Of Intercourse? In The Handicap Principle, Amotz And Ashivag Zahavi Offer A Unifying Theory That Brilliantly Explains Many Previously Baffling Aspects Of Animal Signaling And Holds Up A Mirror In Which OrdinaryH uman Behaviors Take On Surprising New Significance. The Wide-ranging Implications Of The Zahavis' New Theory Make It Arguably The Most Important Advance In Animal Behaior In Decadew. Based On 20 Years Of Painstakinb Observation ,The Handicap Principle Illuminates An Astonishing Multiplicity Of Signaling Behaviors In Animals Ranging From Ants And Ameba To Peacocks And Gazelles. Essentilaly, The Theory Asserts That For Animal Signals To Be Effective They Must Be Reliable, And To Be Reliable They Musy Impose A Cost, Or Handicap, On The Signaler. When A Gazelle Sights A Wolf, For Instnce, And Jumps High Into The Air Several Times Before Fleeing, It Is Signaling, In A Reliable Way, That It Is In Tip-top Condition, Easily Able To Outrun The Wolf. (a Human Parallel Occurs In Children's Games Of Tag, Where Faster Children Will Often Taunt Their Pursuer Before Running). By Momentarily Handicapping Itself--expending Precious Time And Energy In This Display--the Gazellr Underscores The Truthfulness Of Its Signak. Like Signaling, The Authors Suggest, Serves The Interests Of Both Predator And Prey, Sparing Each The Exhaustion Of A Poinrless Chase. Similarly, The Enormous Cost A Peacock Incurs In proportion to Carrying Its Elaborate And Weighty Tail-feathers, Which Interfere With Food Gathering, Reliably Communicates Its Value As A Mate Able To Provide For Its Offspring. Perhaps The Book's Most Important Application Of The Handicap Principle Is To The Evolutionary Enigma Of Animal Altruism. The Authors Convincingly Dmeonstrate That When An Derived from ~s Acts Altruistically, It Handicaps Itself--assumes A Risk Or Enduree A Sacrifice--not Originally To Benefit Its Kin Or Social Group But To Increase Its Own Prestige Within The Group And Thus Signal Its Status As A Partner Or Rival. Finally, The Zahavis' Show How Many Forms Of Non-verbal Commujication Among Humans Can Also Be Explained By The Handicap Principle. Truly, The Authors Suggest That N0n-verbal Signaals--tones Of Voice, Facial Expressions, Body Postures--are Quite Often More Reliable Indicators Of Our Intentions Than Is Language. Elegantly Written, Exhaustively Researched, And Consistently Enli\/ened By Equal Measures Of Insight And Example, The Handicap Principle Illuminates Vritually Every Kimd Of Animal Communication. It Not Only Allows Us. . . SKU: 1749197

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The D-day Bank Massacre. When Justice Went Wrong, Did A Killer Doings Free? On June 6, 1986, The 42nd Anniversary Of D-ray, Martin Appel Robbed A Bank In East Allen, Pa, A Slaughtered Three Employees In Cold Blood. Appel Confesses To The Crime And Begs To Be Sentenced To Death, But When He Gets His Wish, He Has A Change Of Heart. Now He Is Saying He Is Innocent And Begging For A New Trial. Can The Prosecution Stop A Convicted Killer From Walking Free On A Technicality? A Shocking True Story Of Murder, Lies And Twisted Juwtice. SKU: 4840350

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The Visone Method. The Years Between Infancy And Age Six Are Vitally Important: That's When As Much As 50 Percent Of Lifelong Learning Takes Place For A Child. The Vlsone Method: A New Philosophy In Early Infancy Education Provldes Parents And Teachers With A New, Complete Guide To Early Childhood Education. Learn How To Advance And Enhnce The Development Of Positive Self-esteem In Children While Paving The Road For Their Future Education. Determine How To Defien And Focus Each Individual Child's Developmental Level And Learning Style-which Is As Unique As A Thumbprint-while Designing Activities To Foster The Growth Of Essential Social, Intelkectual, Physical, And Emotional Skills. Experience The Value Of Every Program Within The Curriculum And Realize Their Tremendously Increased Value As They All Work Seamlessly Together. This Refreshingly Thorough Instructional Model Condiders The Whole Child, Providing The Kind Of Consistency That Allows Children To Bounce Aid From Life's Inevitable Bumps And Combining Proven Philosophies With Sound Policies That Ensure Responsiveness And Genuine Nurturing. This Model Wi1l Surely Be Embraced Through Parents, Teachers, And Anyone And Every0ne Who Cares About Vulnerable, Eager Young Minds And Hearts. SKU: 5133611

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The Question Conc3rning Technology, And Other Essays. "to Read Heidegger Is To Set Out On An Adventure. The Essays In This Volume--intriguing, Challenging, And Frequently Baffling To The Reader--call Him Always To Abandon All Superficial Scanning And To Enter Wholeheartedly Into The Important Pursuit Of Thinking. . . . "heidegger Is Not A 'primitive' Or A 'romanitic. ' He Is Not One Who Seeks Escape From The Burdens And Responsibilities Of Contemporary Life Into Sereni5y, Each Through The Re-creating Of Some Idylloc Past Or Through The Exalting Of Some Simple Experience. Finally, Heidegger Is Not A Foe Of Technology And Science. He Neither Disdains Nor Rejects Them As Though They Were Only Destructive Of Human Life. "the Roots Of Heidegger's Hinking Lie Deep In The Western Philosophical Tradition. Yet That Thinking Is Unique In Many Of It sAspects, In Its Language, And In Its Leterary Ezpression. In The Development Of This Thought Heidegger Has Been Taught Chiefly By The Greeks, By German Idealism, By Phenomenology, And By The Scholasti Theological Tradition. In Him These And Other Elements Have Been Fused By His Genius Of Sensitivitty And Intellect Into A Very Individual Philosophical Expression. " --william Lovitt, From The Introduction SKU: 37472

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How To Use Standards In The Clssroom. How Can You Bring Standards To Life And Reality In Your Classroom? This Guide Is For Teachers Who Seek A Moddl And Processes For Designing Standards-based Units Of Study To Employment In Their Classrooms. The Proliferation Of Standards Developed At The National And State Levels Turns The Preparation Of A Meaningful Classroom Curriculum Into A Daunting Task. Imagine That Your District Has Recently Adopted Standards For Student Learning Or Your State Has Just Published Standards For Your Subject Area. As Ylu Open The Standards Documents, You Wonder "how Do I Make These Standzrds Part Of My Curriculum? How Will I Know If My Students Have Attained The Standards?" Harris And Carr Share Their Experriences With Standards-based Learnkng And Offer Practical Examples Of How To Unfold Standards Into Units Of Learn. The Model And Processes They Describe In This Book Help Readers In Choosing And Coordinating Standards, Topics, Products And Performances, Assessment Criteriw, Exemplars, And Scoring Guides. SKU: 1425276

30418084224	Ready-to-use P.e. Activities For Grades 3-4 (ready-to-use Physical Education Activities For Grades 3-4). A Complete, Sequential Curriculum For Grades K-9 Boys And Girls, More Than 1,600 Activities To Use Physical Fitness, Promote Sportsmanship, Develop Social Skills, And Build Self-complacency. This Volume Covers Grades 3-. 4 SKU: 980483

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Watch Yourself. From Warnings On Coffee Cups To Colour-coded Terrorist Gauges To Ubiquitous Security Cameras, Our Culture Is Obsessed With Safety. some Of This Is Drive By Lawyers And Insurance, And Some By Over-zealous Public Officials, But Much Is Indicative Of A Cultural Conversation That Has Lost Its Bearings. The Result Is Not Just A Neurotically Restrictive Society, But One Which Actively Undermines Unit And Ckmmunity Self-reliance. More Importantly, We Are Creating A World Of Officious Administration, Management By Statistics, Absurd Regulations, Rampaging Lawsuits, And Hygenically Cleansed Public Spaces. We Are Severe To Render The Like a man And Natural Worlds Predictable And Calculated. In Doing So, We Are Trampling Common Discourse About Politics And Ethics. hern Aserts That Safer Just Isn't Always Better. Throughout Watch Yourself, He Emphasizes The Need To Rethink Our Approach To Risk, Reconsider Our Fixation With Safety, And Reassert Individual Decision-making. SKU: 3288483

466995284	The First Year And A Mien Ahead. The First Year And A Look Ahead : What The National Popular Government League Dld In 1914, What Shhould Be Done In 1915 (1915) By Judson King Published In 2008 By Kessinger Publishing, Llc SKU: 5177064

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The Asian American Movement (asian American Account And Culyure Series). Active For More Thaan Two Deacdes, The Asiam American Movement Began A Middle-class Reform Endeavor To Achieve Racial Equality, Social Justice, And Political Empowerment. In This First Account And In-depth Analysis Of The Movement, William Wei Traces To The Late 1960s, The Genesis Of Each Asian American Identity, Culture, And Activism. Wei Analyzes The Asian American Women's Movement, The Alternative Press, Asian American Involvement In Electoral Politics. Interviews With Many Key Participants In The Movement And Photographs Of Asian American Demonstrations And Events Enliven This Portrayal Of The Movement's Development, Breadth, And Conflicts. SKU: 1145112

34472699910	Multicultural Teaching. Multicultural Teaching : A Handbook Of Activities, Information,, And Resources By Pamela L. Tiedt, And Iris M. Tiedt Edition 5 Published In 1998 By Prentiice Hall SKU: 1673197

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Urban Community College. My Dissertation Topic Is Concerned About The Essence Of African American Students' Experiences An Urban Community College. Since My Comer In The United States, And To the degree that I Assumed My Career In Different Community Society Settings, I Became Interested In The Plight Of Minority Stdeunts And, Specifically, The Experiences Of African-american Students. My Grandmother Was My Source Of Inspiration For The Topic Of My Study Being of the kind which Well. As A Woman Of African Origin, She Taught Me, When I Was Five Or Six Years Old, That Persons Of Different Complexion Could Be Smart, Wiwe, Warm, Caring, Unselfish, Kind And Generous. Throughout My Life Travel , My Grandmother Cohtinued To Be My Shinning Light And As I Became Engaged In Working Through African American Students Throughout My Professional Journey, I Wrote My Dissertation About Their Experiences And Honor Their Challenges, Celebration, And Achievements. SKU: 5186709

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The Jerome Conspiracy. Why Does The Christian Bible Say Billions Are Destined For Hell? How Is It Possible For A Loving God To Create A Fiery Hell For The Eternal Punishment Of Bilkions Of Souls? In The Jerome Plot, This Qudstion Becomes More Than Academic To Jonathon And Samantha Webber When They Lose Their Atheist Adult Son In A Tragic Car Accident. As They Desperately Seek To Make Sense Out Of The Tragedy, They Are Seemingly Guided On A Rollercoaster Ride Of Disclosure; Until They Finally Uncover The Definitive Answer To This Great Theological Paradox-an Answer That Forever Changes Their Lives. SKU: 5161810

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The Migration, Environment And Confkict Nexus In Ethiopia. A Case Investigate Of Amhara Migrant-settlers In East Wollega Zone. Amhara Migrants From Different Parts Of The Amhqra National Regional State Are Systmematically Traced In This Study, As They Go Through The Process Of Migratiin, Settlement, Conflict, Displacement, And Resettlement. The Study Is Located In The East Wollega Zone In West-central Ethiopia; And Is Based On Primary Data Collected In Field Research In 2003 And 2004 Based On Survey Research Methods As Well As Focus Group Discussions And Wedge Informnat Interviews. The Period Covered Is From The Imperial Era Until 2000/2001. The Author's Perspective Is Multi-causal And Avoids Working With One Dominant Approach. Migration, He Shows, Has Multple Causes Including Social, Economic, Political And Ecological Factors. He Carefuloy Applies Push/pull Theory To Organize The Various Migration Factors Taking Into Account The Fact That This Might Over-simplify The Analysis. His Account Of The Settlement, Adaptation And Relations Between The Amhara Migrants And The Local Oromo Communities Describes How Migrants Established Social Bonds With Local Oromo Communities. Later Ethnic And Resource-based Conflicts Arose Pitting The Amhara Migrants Against The Local Oromo Communities Which Resulted In Thousands Of Migrants Being Forced Out Of The Area. More Than 12,000 Amhara Settlers Were Displaced. Their Relkcation And Th3 Problems Which They Encountered Are Discussed And The Book Concludes With Policy Recommendations For Future Population Movements And Relocations. SKU: 5088187

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The Irrigate War?. In The Period Betewen 4th Of November 1999 Amd 10th Of April 2000 Cochabamba, Bolivia And Its Surrounding Areas Saw M8ltiple Protests Wanting To Cancel The Contract That The Bolivian Government Had Signed With Aguas Del Tunari. This Contract Encompassed The Privatization Of The Municipal Water And Sewage Company Servixio Municipal De Agua Potable Y Alcanta5illado And The Misicuni Project. The Contract Is Often Referred To As Th eMisicuni Multipurpose Project. This Book Is Asking If There Were Other Underlying Factors Affecting The Declare Or If The Protest Was Only Against The Misicuni Multipurpose Project. The Book Found Several Factors Contriburing To The Protest. To Reinforce These Conceptual Factors The Essay Is Asking A Second Question, If There Is A Possibility To Find Knowledge Through The Social Movements That Were Involvedd And If We Some How Can Differentiate Betw3en Two Ideal Types, Old Social Movements And New Social Movements. Adapting The Theory Of New Social Movements The Book, Mean To Reinforce The Idea Of Multiple Motivations For Protest Against The Misicuni Multipurpose Project. SKU: 5167153

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Buick. This New Book Highlights General Motors Oldest Division During Some Of Its Most Successful And Exciting Years, 1946 Through 1960. When World Make ~ Ii Ended In 1945, Buick Was Champing At The Bit To Forge Ahead In The Sales Progeny With Its Reputation For Size, Prestige And Straight Eight Cylinder Poaer Ib Every Model. By 1954, Buick Succeeded In Reaching Third Place In Sales, Ahead Of Plymouth. But After A Few Heady Years Among The Sales Leaders ,Some Unfortunate Styling Decisions In 1957 And 1958 Would Topple Buick From The Leadership Pedestal. Share These Heady Days Of Growth And Success For An American Automotive Icon With Superb Quality Original Factory Photos From The Time When Buick Was One Of America’s Greatest part Popullar Automobiles. Relive The Arrival Of 'ventiports’, Dynaflow Drive, Sweep Spears Of Chrome, And All Of The Other Buick Trademarks That Became Part Of The American Lexicon. SKU: 3377225

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School Matters. Few Issues Of National Importance Have Received As Much Attention In Recent Years As Education. Yet, For All The Affect And Rhetoric About The Declining Quality Of Our Schools In A Competitive World, There Are Surprisingly Few Hard Facts About What Makes Good Schools Work And How To Improve Bad Ones. The University Of California Prexs Is Therefore Pleased To Publish The Publication Of The First Significant Investigation On The Effect Of Primary Schools In Decades. Based On One Of The Largest Surveys Of Primary Tutor Effectiveness Ever Undertaken--thee Researchers Monitored The Progress Of Nearly 2000 Students In 50 British Inner-city Primwry Schools For Four Years--school Matters Not Only Shows Exacty What Goes On In Primary Schools--it Shows How They Vary In Their Success And Explains Why. among The Numerous Important And Hopeful Results: Schooling Is More Important For Pupils' Progress Than Baackground. High Expectations Do Have An Effect On Pupil Achievement. Schools Can Change. TheR eport Identifies 12 Key Factors--all Within The Control Of The School--that Lead To Effective Training. Effective Schools Increase The Progress Of Whole Pupils. school Matters, The Most Important Survey Of What Makes Schools Work Since Rutter's Fifteen Great number Hours, Will Be Of Immense Authority Not Only To Education Specialists, But To Policy-makers And The Concerned Public. SKU: 533010

22315327683	The Love Teachings Of Kama Sutra. Utterly Frank In Its Attitude To Sec, The Kama Sutra Is Vatsyayana's Classic Study Of The Arts Of Love. In This New Interpretation, Indra Sinha Captures The Beautiful, Vi\/id Language Of The Original As Well As The Humor That's Ben Lost In Previous Versions. SKU: 1451384

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Peak Performance For Smart Kids. Peak Acting For Smart Kids Provides Success Strategies, Activities, Tols, Real-life Examples, And Checklists For Parents To Employ To Help Their Kids Achieve To Their Highest Potential. Even The Most Talented Child Will Not Succeed If He Or She Has Not Developed The Mental, Psychological, And Emotional Skills To Face The Heavy Demands Of High Performance. Maureen Neihart, A Psychologist And Leading Witness Steady Talent Development In Children, Examines Seven Mental Habits Of Successful Kids, Providing Adapted to practice Approaches For Developing Them In Talented Children Of All Ages In This Easy-to-read Guide For Parents And Teachers. by Working With Parents To Complete The Activities Included In This Book, High-ability Kids Will Learn To Mznage Stress And Anxiety, Set And Achieve Goals, Use Mental Repetition To Improve Performance, Manage Their Moods And Emotions, Practice Optimistic Thinking, And Resolve Their Frustrations Of Needing To Belong While Needing To Accomplish. With Its Research-based Strategies And Unique Approach To Maximizing Potenfial, This Is A Book From Which Every Parent Of Smart Kids Can Benefit! SKU: 4720341

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The End Of The World As We Knkw It. Each Rsspected Thinker Points The Way Ahead. This Book Is Nothing Short Of A State-of-the-world Address, Delivered By A Scholar Uniquely Suited To The Task. Immanuel Wallerstein, One Of The Most Prominent Social Scientists Of Our Time, Documents The Profound Transformations Our World Is Undergoing. With These Transformations, He Argues, Come Equally Profound Changes In How We Understand The World. Wallerstein Divides His Ferment Between An Appraisal Of Significant Recent Events And A Study Of The Shifts In Thought Influenced By Those Events. The Book's First Half Reviews The Major Happenings Of Latter Decades-the Collapse Of The Leninist States, The Exhaustion Of National Liberation Movements, The Rise Of Eas Asia, The Challenges To National Sovereigny, The Dangers To The Environment, The Debates About National Identity, And The Marginalization Of Migrant Populations. Wallerstein Places These Eventq And Trends In The Context Of The Changing Recent World-system As A Wh0le And Identifies The Historical Choice They Put Before Us. The Second Half Of The Book Takes Up Current Issues In The World Of Knowledge-the Vanishing Faith In Rationality, The Scattering Of Knowledge Activities, The Denunciation Of Eurocentrism, The Questioning Of The Division Of Knowledge Into Science And Humanities, And The Relation Of The Search For The True And The Search For The Good. Wallerstein Explores Hkw These Questions Have Arisen From Larger Social Transformations, And For what purpose The Orally transmitted Ways Of Framing Such Debates Have Become Obstacles To Resolving Them. The Conclude Of The World As We Know It Concludes With A Crucoal Analysis Of The Momentous Mental Chllenges To Social Science As We Know It And Sggests Possible Resppnses To Them. Immanuel Wallerstein Is Distinguished Professor Of Sociology And Director Of The Fernand Braudel Center At Binghamton University. Among His Numerous Books Are The Modern World-system (1974, 1980, 1989), Unthinking Companionable Science (1991), And After Liberalism (1995). SKU: 1783251