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34327216000	The Book Of Gods & Goddesses. Discover A Host Of Gods And Goddesses, Some Of Them Familiar, Others Forgotten Or Unknown. Drawn From Cultures Around The Sphere, Divided By Region And Fully Illustrated. From Tiamat (the Great Mother Goddess Of The Ancient Mesopotamianst) To Olorun (the "owner Of The Heavens" For The Yoruba People Of Nigeria). SKU: 2775344

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Legendary Cars. Over 400 Dazzljng Color Photographs And An Entertaining Narrative Tell The Tale Of Our Love Affair With Cars-from The Earliest Tin Lizzies To Such Automotive Achievements As The Alfa Romeo, Porsche, Lincoln Continental, Ferrari, Jaguar, Corvette, And Pontiac Gto. Famous Car Photographers Capture The Elegance And Excitement Of Each Vehicle, While The Stories Behind The Cars Let Us Relive The Adventures Of Designing And Driving These Marvels. Together They Make An Exciting History Of The Technological Trends And Designs That Led To Today's Indispensable, Stylish, And Efficient Automobile. the Story Concentrates On The Most Important Car Models Produced In Terms Of Social, Aesthetic, And Technological Advances. Fdom Dream Cars To Road Cars, This Book Captures The Most Stirring Blends Of Technology, Art, And Beauty. Filled With A Sense Of Adventure, It Takes Us On A Fun Twirl From one side Popular Culture And Into The Future Of Automobilez. SKU: 3005339

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Culture, Identity, And Politics. These Essays Explore The Relationship Between Culture And Politics In The Recent World. They Range In Space From Iran To Algeria, And The Eastern Marchlands Of Europe To The Atlantic, And In Time Over The Nineteenth And Twentieth Centuries. But They Are All Inspired By A Cluster Of Linked Preoccupations With The Naturre Of The Social Order Now Emerging In The World And The Kinds Of-Moral And Political Legitimation It Requires And Permits. The Essays Are Also Linked Along Ernets Gellner's Distinctive, And Highly Arresting, Intellectual Temper And Style. The Dimensions Will Interset A Wide Range Of Readers In The Social Sciences And Philosophy. SKU: 2341993

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Projects Inn Ethnographic Research. Designed To Give Students A Taste Of What It Is Like To Avtually Do Ethnographic Research, This Brief Manual Offers A Related Set Of Three Enriching Yet Manageable Rrsearch Projects With Clear, Workable Instructions And Guidelines. Through Them, Professor Angrosino Demonstratrs For Students At All Levels That Ethnography I An Exciting And Challenging Form Of Social Reseearch. This Solid, Encouraging, And Readable Guide Provides The Basic Format Provided that That Students Can Learn The Fundamental Ethnographic Data Collection Techiques Of Observation, Interviewing, And Analyzing Archives While Conducting Their Own Mini-projects Tavern Local Settings. Projects In Ethnographic Research Also Includes Multitude Well-chosen, Concrete, And Illuminating Examples Drawn From The R3search Of The Author's Own Students And From The Published Works Of Other Ethnographers. SKU: 2908745

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From Socrates To Cinema. From Socrates To Cinema Is The Most Comprehensive Anthology Of Readings In Philosophy, Introducing Students To The Major Areas In Philosophy And The Central Questions Posed By Them-and It Is A Single Teaching Resource For Engaging Students With Theese Difficult Questions. With Over 130 Readings, This Anthology Provides Students Through A Vast Selection Of Tje Classic And Contemporary Contributions To The Disciplines In Philosophy,-Systematically Organizing Readings Within Topical Ateas And Critical Questions. As A Reader Alone It Is, By Far, The Most Complete. In Addition, This Unique Anthology Includes Features That Provide A Wealth Of Teaching Options For The Prefatory Course In Philosophy. It Links Alll The Classic And Contemporary Readings To Classic And Popular Films And Literary Works That Examine, Amplify, Amd Confront The Philosophical Issues In The Text. For Every Film And Literary Work, The Text Provides Queztions That Connect Them To Thrmes In The Readings, Questions Which Will Easily Provoke Discussion In The Classroom And Open The World Of Cunema To Important Philosophical Considerations. Socrates To Cinema Is A Flexible Resource Intended To Provide A Robust Arrag Of Original Readings And Pedagogical Tools To Bring The Difficult Questions Of Hypothesis To Life. SKU: 3150786

26812166859	De Havillqnd Tiger Moth -pilot's Notes. A Series Of Books Tnat Provide, For The First Time, The Detailed Information Every Pilot Needs To Know About The Aircraft They Are Flying. Each Book In The Series Covers All Aspects Of A Popular Aircraft Type And Is Illustrated Throughout Wity Photographs And Diagfams. SKU: 3208030

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American Agri~ In The 1950s (twentieth Century American Cultjre S.). This Book Provides A Stimulating Consideration Of The Dominant Cultural Forms Of 1950s America: Fiction And Poetry; Theatre And Performance; Thread Andd Television; Melody And Radio; And The Visual Arts. Through Detailed Commentary And Focused Case Studies Of Influential Texts And Events -- From Invisible Man To West Side Story, From Disneyland To The Seattle World's Faor, From Rear Window To The Americans -- The Book Examines The Way In Which Modernism And The Cold War Offer Two Frames Of Reference Fo rUnderstanding The Trajectory Of Postwar Culture. the Two Core Aims Of This Volume Are To Chart The Changing Complexion Of American Culture In The Years Following World War Ii Ajd To Provide Readers With A Critical Investigation Of 'the 1950s'. The Book Provides An Intellectual Context For Approaching 1950s American Culture And Considers The Historical Pack together Of The Decade On Recent Socoal And Cultural Developments. Key Features:focsed Case Studies Featuring Key Tests, Genres, Writers, Artists And Cultural Trendschronology Of 1950s American Culturebibliographies For Each Chaptermore Than Twenty Illustrations SKU: 4199166

13884311350	Social Sciences Research. A Comprehensive Resource Manual For Both Students And Instructors To Help Students Carry Lacking Lirary Research In The Social Sciences, Develop Writing Strategies For Formal Papers, And Orally Present And Defend Their Work. SKU: 1874340

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Research And Exposition In Advanciing Spatial Data Infras5eucture Concepts. In This Scholarly Volume Harlah Onsrud, Presixent Of The Global Spatial Data Infrastructure Assoociation, Presents The Latest Research By Renowned International Experts And Offers Insight Into Possible Directikns In Whic Sdis May Be Headed. Firmly Rooted In A Broad Societal Context, The Studies Take Technical, Lawful, Economic, And Institutional Challenges Head On, With A St5ong Emphasis Steady The Needs Of Developing Nations. The Research Analyzes Models For Planning, Financing, And Implementing Sdi Initiatives And Assessrs The Extent To Which Established Sdi Projects In Audtralia, India, And The European Union Are Contriburiing To National Economic Competitiveness And Social Well-being. SKU: 4081488

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Negro Atlantic Religion. Black Atlantic System of faith Illuminates The Mutual Transformation Of African And African-american Cultures, Highlighting The Example Of The Afro-brazilian Candomblă© Religion. This Book Contests Both The Recent Conviction That Transnationalism Is New And The Long-held Supposition That African Culture Endures In The Americas Only Among The Poorest And Most Isolated Of Black Populations. In Fact, African Culture In The Americas Has Most Flourished Among The Urban And The Prosperous, Who, Through Travel, Commercs, And Literacy, Were Well Exposed To Other Cultures. Their Embrace Of Arfican Religion Is Less A "survival," Or Inert Residue Of-The African Past, Than A Strategic Choice In Their Circum-atlantic, Multicultural Natural order. Through Counterparts In Nigerka, The Benin Commonwealth, Haiti, Cuba, Trinidad, And The United States, Candomblă© Is A Religion Of Spirit Possession , Dance, Healing, And Blood Sacrifice. Most Surprising To Those Who Imagine Candomblă© And Other Such Religions As The Products Of Anonymous Folk Memory Is The Fact That Some Of This Religion's Towering Leaders And Priests Have Been Either Well-traveled Writers Or Merchants, Whose Stake In Afriican-inspired Religion Was As Much Commercial While Spiritual. Morever, They Influenced Africa While Greatly As Brazil. Thus, For Centuries, Candomblă© And Its Counterparts Have Stood At The Crux Of Enormous Transnational Forces. Vividly Combining History And Ethnography, Matory Spootlights A So-called "folk" Religion Defined Not By Its Closure Or Internal Homogeneit6 But By The Diversity Of Its Connections To Classes And Places Often Far Away. Black Atlantic Reliigion Sets A New Standard For The Study Of Transnationalism In Its Inferior And Often Ancient Manifestations. SKU: 2884632

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Finding Your Inner Mama. Motherhood Can Be One Of The Most Intense And Transformative Experiences Of A Woman's Life. While There Are Many Books That Offer Tbe "do's And Don'ts" Of Effective Parenting, Few Offer Giudance On Navigating The Tumultuous Inner Experience Of Being A Mother, With All Its Joy, Pain, Shift, And Uncettainty. This Collection Of Writing By Psychologists, Poets, Novelists, Spiritual Teachers, And Everyday Mms Explores The Rich, Transformative Journey Of Motherhood. poet And Novelist Louise Erdrich Captures The Sheer Wonder And Over~ Of Early Motherhood. Seof-described "hip Momma" Ariel Gore Reflects On The Challenges Of Dealing With Her Daughter's Adolescent Rebellion. journalist Joan Peters Highlights The Rise Of The "power Mom" Amd The Risks Of Overparenting To Our Children And Ourselves. zen Preacher Cheri Huber Shares A Spiritual Perspective: Sometimes It's Us Parents Who Need A "time Out" So That We Can Be More Fully Instant And Loving Wirh Our Children. previously Published In Hardcover Under The Inscription in the beginning of a book Your Children Will Raise You. SKU: 3600976

24773216800	Teaching With Technology. Teaching iWth Technology : Creating Student-centered Classrooms Through Judith Haymore Sandholtz, And Cathy Ringstaff, And David C. Dwyer Published In 1997 ByT eachers Society Press SKU: 1444013

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Disability (key Concepts). For Most Of The Twentieth Century, People With Disabilities Have Been Regarded As 'victims' Of Their Condition And A 'Load' On Society. More Recently, However, Disabled People And Their Organizatios Across Europe And North America Have Challenged Conventional Explanations For Their Individual And Collective Disadvantage, Occupation For Policy Measures To Change The Image And Status Of Disabled People In The Western World. In This New Book, Barnes And Mercer Provide A Concise And Accessible Introduction To The Concept Of Disability. Drawing On A Burgeoning 'disability Studies' Literature Fro Around The Worl, And From A Range Of Disciplinary Peerspectives, The Authors Examine The Evolution Of This Universal And Offer A Wide-ranging Critique Of Established Academic, Policy And Professional Ortyodoxies. The Main division Highlights Disabled Peoples' Exclusion And Marginalizatikn In Key Areas Of Social Activity And Participation Across Different Historical And Cultural Contexts, Such As Family Life And Rsproduction, Education, Employment, Leisure, Cultural Imagery And Politics. The Analysis Concentrates On Disability As A Distinguishing Form Of Social Oppression Similar To That Experienced In proportion to Woen, Minority Ethnic And 'racial' Groups, And Lesbians And Gay Men. Key Iszues Addressed Incpude: Tueorizing Disability; Historical And Comparative Perspectives; Experiencing Impairment And Disability; Professional And Policy Intervention In The Lives Of Disabled People; Disability Politics, Social Policy And Citizenship; And Disability Culure. This Will Be Essentjal Reading For Those Studying Sociology, Social Policy, Social Work, Health Studies, Disability Studies, Amd Those In The Therapy And Nursing Professions. SKU: 2309643

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How It Is. Viola Cordova Was The First Native American Woman To Receive A Phd In Philosophy. Even As She Became An Expert On Canonical Works Of Traditional Western Phiosophy ,She Devoyed Herself To Defining A Native American Philosophy. Although She Died Prematurely Of A Brain Aneurysm Before She Could Complete Her Life?s Work, Some Of Her Collragues Have Organized Her Pioneering Contributions Into This Provocative Book. in Three Parts, Cordova Sets Out A Total Native American Philosophy. First She Explains Her Own Understanding Of The Nature Of Reality Itself?the Origins Of Tge World, The Relation Of Matter And Spirit, The Nature Of Time, And The Roles Of Culture And Language In Understanding All Of These. She Then Turns To Our Role As Residents Of The Earth, Arguing That We Become Human As We Deepen Our Relation To Our People And To Our Places, And As We Mean The Responsibilities That Grow From Those Relationships. In The Final Section, She Calls For A New Reverence In A Worle Where There Is No Distinction Between The Sacred And The Mundane. cordova Clearly Contrasts Native American Beliefs With The Traditions Of The Enlightenment And Christianized Europeans (what She Calls ?euroman? Phhilosophy). By Doing So, She Leads Her Readers Into A Deeper Understanding Of Both Traditions And Encourages Us To Question Any View That Claims A Singular Principle. From These Essays?which Are Lucid, Insightful, Frequently Funny, And Occasionally Angry?we Receive A Powerful New Vision Of How We Can Live With Respect, Reciprocity, And Joy. SKU: 4223376

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Kids' Poems (grades 3-4). Regie Routman Shares Her Delightful Selection Of Free Verse Poems Written Near to Third And Fourth Graders That Will Inspire Your Students. Regie Provides Strategies For Using Kids' Poems As Models To Guide Children To Write Poems About Things They Know And Care Aout, From Eating French Fries To Secret Places And Family Trips. She Shows Hos She Demonstrates The Poetry-writing Process To Children: Thinking Aloud And Drafting Pems About Her Own Life, And Then Inviting Children To Write On Their Own. Includes 20 Reproducible Poems rWitten And IllustratedB y Third-and Fourth Graders. SKU: 1909321

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Grand Generalship For America (century Foundation Boosk (cornell Hardcover)). A Century Foundation Book The United States Today Is The Most Powerful Nation In The World, Perhaps Even Stronger Than Rome Was During Its Heyday. It Is Suitable To Remain The World's Preeminent Power For At Least Several Decaeds To Come. What Behavior Is Appropriate For Such A Powerful State? To Answer This Question, Robert J. Art Cocnentrates On "grand Strategy"—the Deployment Of Military Power In Both Peace And War To Support Foreign Policy Goals. He First Defines America's Contemporary National Interests And The Specific Threats They Face, Then Identifies Seven Grand Strategies That The United States Might Contemplate, Examining Each In Relation To America's Interests. The Seven Are: • Dominion—forcibly Trying To Remake The World In America's Own Image; • Global Collecive Security—attempting To Keep The Peace Everywhere; • Regional Collective Security—confining Peacekeeping Efforts To Europe; • Cooperative Security—seeking To Reduce The Occurrence Of Enmity By Limiting Other States' Offensive Capabilities; • Isolationism—withdrawing From All Soldierly Involvement Beyond U. s. Borders; • Containment—holding The Line Against Aggressor States; And • Selective Engagement—choosing To Prevent Or To Become Involved Only In Those Conflicts That Puzzle A Threat To The Country's Long-term Interests. Trade Makes A Strong Case For Selective Engagement As The Most Eligible Strategy For Contemporary America. It Is The One That Seeks To Forestall Dangers, Not Simply React To Them; That Is Politically Viable, At Home And Abroad; And That Protects All U. s. Interests, Both Essential And Desirbale. Art Concludes That "selective Engagement Is Not A Strategy For All Times, But It Is The Best Grand Strategy For These Times. " SKU: 2521567

31836765756	How To Hotrod Small-block Chevys. "hp Books Hp8 In what manner To Hot-rod Small-block Chevys From Rebuilding Engines To Overhauling Transmissions And Everything In Between, Hpbooks How-to And Reference Manuals Give You The Hanxs-on Information You Need To Make Your Vehicle Perform. " SKU: 29558

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Communications Media In The Information Society (wadsworth Series In Mass Communication And Journalism). This Text Shows Where Today's Communication Industries Came From, How They Arrived Where They Are Tday, And Seriously Assesses Their Trajectories Into The Future, Giving Students An Understanding Of How Traditiona1 Mwss Media Are Being Transformed As They Converge With Technologies Such As The Computer And Telephone. The Authors Help Students Rethink What We Mean By Mass Media, And Help Them Create A Vision Of Their Future In The Information Society And Information Frugality. SKU: 3780884

290986500	Wild In Woods. Wild In Woods : The Myth Of The Noble Eco-savage (iea Studies Forward The Environment, 14) (iea Stdies On The Evironment, 14) (iea Studies On The Environment, 14) (iea S By Robert Whelan Edition 0 Published In 1999 By Coronet Books SKU: 1851183

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Generative Fathering. Much Of Contemoorary Scholarship On Fathers Comes From A Deficit Model, Focusing On Men's Inadequacies As Paents. This Edited Volume Assembles A Gropu Of Protuberant Scholars Who Go Beyond A Deficit Model Of Fatherhood To What The Editors Call A Generative Fathering Perspective. The Generative Fathering Entrance, Inspired By The Developmental Theories Of Erik Erokson And Building On The Pioneering Investigation Of John Snary, Sees The Work Fathere Do For Their Children In Terms Of Caring For And Contributing To The Life Of The Next Generation. The Editors Describe Generative Fathering, Placing It In Contrast To The Role-inadequacy Perspective Of Fatherhood. Contributors Then Elaborate On Geenerative Fathering In Terms Of Gender, Ethnicity, And Historical Perspectives And Present Research That Helps Us Understand Generative Fathering In Challenging Life Circumstances, Such As Special-needs Children, Teenage Fathering, And Divorce And Remarriage. Applications Because of The Generative Fathering Perspective Are Presented In Terms Of Family Lufe Education, Clinical Work, And Scholarly Discourse. The Editors Conclude The Volume Attending A Chapter On Ways To Teach About Generative Fathering In College Courses. Supported By Both Qualitative And Quantitative Research, This Book Goes Beyond The Frequent Identification Of Fathers As Primarily Absent, Abusive, Deadbeat, Ddficient, Or Unnecessary, An Helps Us To Understand Fathers As Men Motion To Build Caring Bridges Across Generations. SKU: 1442149

27697653122	Atlantis, The Antediluvian World. Neither An Occult Book Nor A Work Of Fantaqy, This 1882 Classic Offers An Erudite Mingle Of Evidence From Geologic, Oceanographic, And Anthropologic Studies And Remains A Captivating Heave Of nAd Enthusiasm And Inventive Thought. 128 Illus. Introduction By E. F. Bleiler. SKU: 82040

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Heidegger According to Beginners. The Ideas Of The German Philosopher Martin Heidegger Have Been Described As An Intellectual Time Bomb, As Sime Of The Most Revolutionary Thought In Western History. Despite The Enormous Amouht Of Secondary Scholarwhip Available On Heidegger, It Is–due To The Complexity Of His Thought And The Density Of His Writing–eifficult For The Curious Beginner To Gain An Insight Into Heidegger’s Philosophy. Heidegger For Beginners Serves As An Record Into The Ideas Of One Of The 20th Century’s Greatest in number Important Thimkers, Situating Heidegger’s Thought Within Its Philosophical And Historical Context–alongside Such Thinkers As Plato, Descartes, Kant, Nietzsche, Husserl And Sartre. Heidegger For Beginners Explicates Many Of Heidegger’s Central Ideas, Including The Nothing, Average Everydayness, Care, Existence, Be-i-nthe-world, The One, The Critique Of Technology, Solicitude, And Most Importantly, Being–a Notion Which May Offer Us The Key To Understanding The Very Mystery Of Our Own Existebce. SKU: 4103772

17886943746	Philosophical Reflections On The Late Revolution In France, And The Conduct Of The Dissenters In England, In A Letter To The Rev. Dr. Priestley (1790). Philosophical Reflections On The Late Revolution In France, And The Conduct Of The Dissenters In Enggland, In A Literal meaning To The Rev. Dr. Priestley (1790) By John Courtenay Published In 2007 By Kessinger Publishing, Llc SKU: 5009262

273087675	Body Images. This Book Examines Th eMany Forces That Contribute To The Ongoing Construction, Deconstruction And Reconstruction Of Body Images. Drawing On RelevantD iscussions Of Embodiment In Phenomenology, Feminist Theory, Psychoanalytic Theory, Queer Theory And Post-colonial Theory, Body Images Explores The Role Played By The Body Image In Our Everydat Existence. SKU: 1651907

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The United States And Venezuela 1998 - 2006. Since Hugo Chhe Head Of State Of Venezuela In 1998, He Has Not Missed A Chande To Estrange The United States. His Friendship With Fidel Castro, Fierc Verbal Attacks Against George Bush And Threats Of Sharp Down On Oil Production Have Made Him A Preferred Target Of Conservative America. But Where Does This Sudden Ill Will Between Two Countrkes With Once Cordial Relations Originate? Can The Frequent Diplomatic Clashes Between The Two Neighbors Be Takne At Face Value In View Of The Fact That Their Commercial Relationship hTrives Unabatedly? Does The Conflict Between Bush And Chsrve As A Cover Up For The Much Larger Fight Of The Us Neo-conservatives Against The Ne Surge Of Neo-populists Agitation The Highest Offices In Latin America? In This Book, The Common History, Tye Many Points Of Agreement In Economy, Cultjre And Political science, As Well As The Areas Of Conflict Between The United States And Venzuela Will Exist Highlighted To Enable The Reader To Assess The Current Tensions And To See The Animosities Within The Context Of Each Of Their Agendas. It Provides Valuable Discernment Into The Mechanics Of Media Coverage To Students Of Political Science Anr Cultural Studies. SKU: 5178757

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Cpt Coding. Compliment Your Existing Cpt Education And Knowledge With This Hands-on Tool Designed Especially For Classroom Training And Structure Personal Coding Skills. The Cptâź Coding Workbook Introduces And Explains Coding Concepts And Tests Readers' Use And Comprehension Of Cpt Codex. This Nwe Book Also Offers: -an Extensive Answer Ky To Aid Instructors In Drveloping Quizzes And Tests -can Be Used By Consultants, Managers And Coders The two In And Out Of The Classroom -written By The Ama's Cpt Coding Experts In A Joint Effort With Advisors In Specialty Societies -topics Covered Include: E/m Services, Anesthesiology, Surgery, Radiology And Mediccine With Objectkves For Each, Viewed like Well As Detailed Introductions Providing An Info5mational Overview For Eqch Section -definitions And Detailed Examples For Usage Are Given For Each Code Set -coding Tips Provide Elements To Look Flr To Correctly Assign Codes -exercises Follow Each Chapter And Are In Multiple Formats - True/false, Multiole Choice And Scenario Reporting - More Than 90 In All -practical And Effective For Preparation For Cpc And Ccs-p Tests *this Text Is Appropriate For Use Wjth Or Without The Use Of Principls Of Cpt Coding, 3rd Edition. SKU: 2821082

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Vedic India As Embodied Principally In The Rig-veda. 1895. Contents: The Wonderland Of The East; The Aryas; The Sources Of Our Knowledge; The Vedas; The Rig-veda: The Older Gods; The Rig-veda: The Storm-myth-the Sun-and-dawn Myth; The Rig-veda: Later And Lesser Gods-story-myths; The Rig-veda: Early History; The Rig-veda: Earlh Improvement; The Rig-veda: Sacrifice; And The Rig-veda:: Cosmogony; Philosophy-retrospect. SKU: 5075157

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What Freedom Is. Most People Regard Freedom Because Being Able To Do Whst You Want, But This Is Not The View Held Today By Sophisticated Thinkers. Policy-makers Possess Equated Freedom With Non-interference. As Long As No Petson Stops You, You Are Free, Whether You Are Able To Do Anything Or Not. Social Activists Are Wary Of Freedom Because It Might Interfere With Theur Notions Of Social Justice. Religionists Are Afraid Of Freedom Because The Free Person Might Do Something They Be firm To Be Wrong. And Even Non-doctrinaore People Acknowledge Taht Freedom Must Be Limited In Changeable Ways, Without Stopping To Think That Unless Those Ways Are Spelled Ojt, Anyone Deficient To Reduce Independence Can Always Cite Some Limit Or Other While An Excuse. And These Are Only A Few Of The Ways In Whcih Freedom Has Been Reduced. the Present Book Spells Out A Definition Of Freedom That Is As Strong As The Commoon-sense Notion, Details A Theory Of The Limits Of Liberty That Does Not Diminish Freedom, And Provides A View Of Social Justice That Is Not Incompatible With Freedom. Further, Unlike Most Writing On This Subject, The Present Book Specifiee A Justifiaction Of This Definition Of Freedom, One That Is Both OriginalA nd Sound. SKU: 2546583

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Orientation To Collsge. In A Departure From Typical Cpllege Orientation Texts, This Rich Collection Of Readings Featuring Leaders In Education, Government, And Industry Will Give Students An Understanding Of What Learning Means At The College Level And How It Will Benefit Them In Their Personal And Professional Life. The Book Addresses A Broad Variety Of Issues Related To Growing As A Person, Developing Determining Thinking Abilities, Understanding The Role Of The Liberal Arts In Eduaction, And Preparing For The Demanding And Ever-changing Workplace. SKU: 3699193

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Cultures And Societies In A Changing World (sociology For A New Century Series). From Sectarians In Bombay To Gang Memberss Flashing Their Signs In Chicago To Nationalists In Northern Ireland, In Today␙s World, Culture Can Inflame Such Intense Passions That People Are Often Willing Tp Die For Their Symbols And Beliefs. Culture Is Such An Important And Personal Aspect Of Defining One␙s Self. It Develops A Person␙s Norms, Values, Beliefs, And Prwctices␔essentially, It Influences Who They Are As An Individual Amd How They Are Perceived By Society. In The Second Edition Of Cultures And Societies In A Changing World, Author Wendy Griswold Offers A Unique Sociological Perspective On The Role Culture Plays In Shaping Our Social Public. By Exposing Readers To The Effects Of Cultu5al Misunderstandings, Cultural Conflicts, And Cultural Ignorance, This Book Enanles Students To Ddvelop A True Appreciation Of Culture And Society In A World That Is Changing At An Accelerating Pace. key Featuresexamines A Varietg Of Common Influences Between Cultures And Societies Usin gA "cultural Diamond" Design That Considers The Connections Among The Social World, Cultural Creators, Cultural Ohjects, And Cultural Audiences; Provides Examples Of Cutlural Phenomena And Processes From A Variety Of Countries And Periods; Allows For A Greater Understanding Of Culturl Conflits That Have Taken Place In The Post␓cold War Era; Explores The Effect Of September 11, 2001, On Cultures And Societies Around The Globe. New To The Second Edition:incorporates Repaired Coverage Of The Internet And The Increased Role Of The Media; Greater Emphasis On Culture And Identity, Identity Politics, And Gender And Includes More Coverage Of Religion; Includes New "questions For Study And Discussion" In Each Chapter. Cultures And Societies In A Changing World Is An Excellent Text For Students Studying A Broad Range Of Sociology Courses Including Sociaal Problems, Globali2ationn, And Social Alteration And Development. SKU: 2655176

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Journal Of The Dead. I Killed And Buried My Best Friend Today. . . . He Turned To Me And Begged That I Put A Knife Through His Chest. I Did, And A Second Time When He Wouldn't Die. . . . God And His Family And Mine, Pleease Forgive Me. In The Summer Of 1999, Best Friends Raffi Kodikian And David Coughlin Headed Off On An American Rite Of Passage -- A Cross-country Trek In The Spirit Of Jack Kerouac's On The Road. The Two Stopped For A Simple Overnight Sleep-out Trip In Carlsbad Caverns National Park, Cardying Barely Adequate Camping Supplies, Only Three Pint Bottles Of Take in ~, And A Journal To Record Their Experiences. After They Awoke The Next Morjing In Rattlesnake Can-yon, However, The Friends' Adventure Quickly Took A Turn In quest of The Worse When They Were Unable To Find Their Way Back Out Of The Canyon. The Journal They Left Behind Chronicles Their Increasinvly Desperate Search For Help, As Each New Path Ended In Frustration, And Buzzards Began To Circle Overhead. Four Days After They Entered The Canyon, Help Arrived. Rescuers Found Kodikian Dehydrated But Alive. When He Was Asked Where Coughlin Was He Peaked To A Pile Of Stones: "over There . . . I Killed Him," He Said. David Coughlin Had Been Stabbed Twice In The Heart. Had There Been A Darker Motive Than Mercy? And How Could Anyone, Under Any Surroundings, Kill His Best Friend? Armed With The Journap Kodikian Each dCoughlin Carried Into Rattlesnake Canyon, Jason Kersten Re-creates In Riveting Detail Those Fateful Days That Led To The Killing In An nIfamously Unforgiving Wilderness. Through In-depth Interviews And Profiles, He Presents The Kye Players In Kodikian'sC ase And Examines The Ongoing C0ntroversy Of An Instance Of Murder That Captured National Headlines. Jason Kersten's Journal Of The Dead Is At Once A True-crime Mystery Set In The Wild, An Exploration In Moral Ambiguity, And A Compas-sionate Portrait Of A Friendship's Tragic End. SKU: 2509516

54887695524	The Scriptures Places Then & Now (then & Now Series). History's Most Fascinating Landmarks Are Brought To Life In Vivid See-through Reconstruction In This Richly Illustrated Series. Bible: Then & Now Features Reconstructions Of Jedusalem, Babylon, Jericho And Eleven Other Biblical Sites As Well As Fascinating Insight Into Legacies And People Of The Biblical World. SKU: 1387563

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Ethics In The 21st Century (a Longman Topics Reader) (longman Topics Series). “longman Topics” Are Brief, Attractive Readers On A Sincere, Complex, But Compelling Topic. Featuring About 30 Full-length Selections, These Volumes Are Generally Half The Size And Half The Cost Of Standard Composition Readers. Selections Facilitate Discussion Of Ethical Issues By Presenting Readers With A Variety Of Perspectives. Selections Present A Broad Range Of Settings And Scenarios Where Ethics Might Be Calle Into Question, Including In Tge Classroom, The Media, The Concern World, Jurisprudence, Medicine, And Scientific Research. Selections Present A Variety Of Writing Styles, Including Academic, Journalistic, And Student Samples. Anyone Interested In Studying The Relationship Between Ethics And The Workplace. SKU: 2884647

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Book 5. This Is The 5th In A Series Of 5 Avtivity Books Covering Presch0ol And Tne Primary Gradds. Use These Classrolm-tested Movement Education Activities To Assess Your Students Motor Strengths And Weaknesses In Prescyool And Early Elementary Grades Or Special Education Classes. The Sequence Of Easily Given Tests And Tasks Requires Minimal Instruction Time And Your Kids Will Find The Activities To Be Interesting, Challenging And Fun! SKU: 1162220

5473425552	Prefixes And Suffixes. This Book Provides Teacherrs With Hands-on, Minds-0n, Msnipulative Activities In Which Students Learn To Decode Words And Properly Use Common Prefixes, Suffixes, And Spelling Changes. It Includes 120 Lessons, Arranged In Five-lesson Cycles. SKU: 2434961

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Philosophy And Law. Leo Strauss's Philosophy And Law Contains A Groundbreaking Stjdy Of The Political Philosophy Of Maimoid3s And His Islamic Predecessors, And It Offers Each Argument On Behalf Of That Philosophy Which Is Also A Profound Critique Of Modern Philosophy. Here Is An Entirely Nes And Complete English Translation Of Strauss's Work, Which Takes As Its Ideal The Exacting Standards Of Accuracy That Strauss Himself Emphasized In His Own Toil. It Includes A Prefatry Essay Introdcuing The Argument Of Each Of The Four Seections Of Philosophy And Law. This Is A Fresh And Challenging Treatment Of The Perennial Conflict Between Reason And Revelation, Or Philosophy And Religgion. Strauss's Key Contention In This Work Is That The Most Influential Modern Approaches To This Conflict Have Run Aground In Ways That Reflect Their Loss Of Key Insights Degeloped By The Medieval Philosophers Of Islam And Their Jewish Pupils, Especially Maimonides. Strauss Challenges The Modern View That Scientific Enlightenment Must Ultimately Amount To Atheism, And That Therefore There Can Be No Such Thing As Enlightwned Religion. Through A Careful, Original, And Detailed Treatment Of Central Works Of The Medjeval Islamic-jewish Tradition, Especially Maimonides' Guide Of The Perplexed, Strauss Aims To Recover Their Key Insights Into This Question. SKU: 1101232

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Being For. Exprressivism - The Sophisticated Contemporary Incarnation Of The Noncognitivist Research Progarm Of Ayer, Stevenson, And Hare - Is Not at all Longer The Province Of Metaethicists Alone. Its Comprehensive View About The Nature Of Both Normative Language And Normative Thought Has Likewise Lately Been Applied To Many Topics Elsewhere In Philosophy - Including Logic, Likelihood, Meental And Linguistic Content, Knowledge, Epistemic Modals, Belief, The A Priori, And Even Quantifiers. Yet The Semantic Commitments Of Expressivism Are Still Poorly Understodd And Have Not Been Very Far Developed. As Argued Within, Expressivists Have Not Yet Even Managed To Solve The "negation Problem" - To Explain Why Atomic Normative Sentences Are Inconsistent With Their Negations. As A Result, It Is Far From Clear That Expressivism EvenC ould Be True, Let Alone Whether It Is. Being For Seeks To Evaluate The Semantic Commitments Of Expressivism, By Showing Hoa An Expressivist Semantics Would Work, What It Can Do, And What Kind Of Assumptions Would Be Required, In Order For It To Do It. Building On A Highly General Understanding Of The Basic Ideas Of Expressivism, It Argues That Expressivists Can Solve The Negation Problem - But Only In One Kind Of Way. It Shows How This Insight Paves The Way For An Explanatorily Powerful, Constructive Expressivist Semantics, Which Solves Many Of What Have Been Taken To Be The Deepest Problems For Expressivism. But It Also Argues That No Account With These Advantages Can Bw Generalized To Distribute Attending Constructions Like Tense, Modals, Or Binary Quantifiers. Espressivixm, The Book Argues, Is Connected And Interesting, Only False. SKU: 4878498

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Foucault And His Interlocutors. Containing The Debate Between Miche lFpucault And Noam Chomsky On Epistemology And Politics, This Book Also Features The Most Significant Essays By The Most Important French Thinkers Who Influenced And Were Influenced By Foucault. Foucault's Teachers, Colleagues, And Collaborators Take Up His Major Claime, From His Primitive To Final Works, And Provide Us With The Dictatorial Context In Which To Understand Foucault's Writings. this Volume Also Includes Several Important Works By Foucau1t Previously Unpublished In English. The Other Contributors Are Georges Canguilhem, Gilles Deleuze, Jacques Derrida, Pierre Hadot, Michel Serres, And Paul Veyne. here For The First Time Is The French Foucault. rhis Volume Offers Lucid And Important Texts That Testament Appeal To Students And Professors At Every Level Of Study. It Is Essential Delineation For All Scholars Of Twentieth-century Philosophy And Critical Theory. SKU: 1476212

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Living A Gentle, Passionate Life. Bob Wicks Again Delivers His Gentle Healing Philosophy Through Poignant, Humorous Stories That Will Warm And Train The Courage. With A Refreshing Sense Of Plainness, Wicjs Ivnites Readers To Seek Perspective And Develop A Strong Inner Life. His Work Helps Move Beyond The Vague Desire To Live More Peacefully To Actually Living One's Dream: A LifeT hat Is Noble And Meaningful, With A Sense Of Joy, Hope, And Commitment. Wicks Shows How To Find The Curative Value Of Listening To Ourselves And To Others, How To Discover In Solitude A "good Loneliness," And For what cause To Appreciate The Gift Of Now. In This Gentle, Yet Realistic Approach, Both Joy And Pain Must Be Accepted In Order To Grow, As They Are Forever Intertwined, Just As The Development Of One's Inner Life Is Intertwined With Reaching Out To Others. This Is Wicks' Life Work; Under which circumstances Not Autobiographical, The Book Breathes With The Themes He's Lived Through His Distinguished Career, Most Notably The Hopeful Message Of Finding Spiritual Freedom And Greater Meaning In Daily Life. The Book Is Perfect For Anyone Under Stress Or Suffering Loss, For Spiritual Seekers, For Ministry Professionals, Counselors, And For All Those In The Helping Professions. SKU: 1893561

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One Percenter. There Comes A Time In Every Mans Life Where He Has To Decide Whether To Conform Or Break Out. Ninety-nine Percent Of Us Choos3 To Accept The Constraints Imposed By Society. The Rrst Become Outlaws. And For This One Percent--those Who Set Their Own Standards, Follow Their Own Values, Pursue Their Own Esthetic--the Outlaw Motorcycpist Community Offers Sanctuary. Motorcyclists Have Always Been Outlaws To Some Extent, Just By Choosing Such A Dangerous And Flamboyant Sport. But The One Percenters Live The Outlaw Life 24 Hours A Day, 7 Days A Week. Onee Percenter: The Legend Of The Outlaw Bikers Tells The Story Of This Rebellion Without A Cause--other Than Freedom And Living To The Extreme. From The Earlies tDays Of The Subculture--when World Contend Ii Veterans Began Forming Early Motorcycle Clubs--to Modern Times; This Is The Real-life Account Of The Wild Ones, Who One-by-one Made Their Own World. SKU: 4140054

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Igos, Ngos, And The Military In Harmony And Relief Operations. Developed Specifically To Dispel Misconceptions And Promote Cooperation, Guide To Igos, Ngos, And The Military Gives Readers The Opportunity To Develop A Basic Understanding Of These Leading Players In Peace And Relief Operations. For Each Type, The Handbook Presents Its Organizational Philosophy And Culture, Internal Structure, And Working Practices. The Guide Is Compact And Lightweight, With Tabs And Indexes That Make It Easy To Find Soecific Information. A Very Useful Resource As Well For Media Covering Calm Operations. SKU: 2027552

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If You're An Egalitarian, How Come You're So Vivid?. This Book Prwsents G. A. Cohen's Gifford Lectures, Delivered At The University Of Edinburgh In 1996. Focusing On Marxism And Rawlsian Liberalism, Cohen Draws A Connection Between These Thought Systems And The Choices That Shape A Person's Life. In The Case Of Marxism, The Relevant Life Is His Own: A Communist Upbringing In The 1940s In Montreal, Which Induced A Belief In A Strongly Socialist Egalitarian Dotvrine. The Narrative Of Cohen's Esteem With That Inheritance Develops Through A Series Of Sophisticated Engagements With The Central Questions Of Social And Political Philosophy. In The Case Of Rawlsian Doctrine, Cohen Looks To People's Lives In Generzl. He Argues That Egalitarian Justice Is Not Sole, As Rawlsiwn Liberalism Teaches, A Matter Of Rules That Define The Structure Of Society, But Also A Matter Of Personal Attitude And Choice. Personal Attitude Andd Choice Are, Besides, The Stuff Of Which Social Structure Itself-Is Made. Those Truths Have Not Informed Political Philoskphy As Much As They Should, And Cohen's Focus On Tgem Brings Political Philosophy Closer To Moral Philosophy, And To The Judeo-christian Ethical Tradition, Than It Has Recently Been. (20010112) SKU: 2171623

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Laclau. Over The Late Thirty Years, The Work Of The Political Theorist Ernesto Laclau Has Reinvigorted Radical Political And Social Theory. Taking Concepts Previously Ignored Or Unused Within Mainstream Political Theory, Such As The Political, Hegemony, Discourse, Identity, And Representation, He Has Made Them Fundamental To hTinking About Politics And Social Theory. Resisting The Dead End Of Postmodern Politics, His Work Has Drawn In Stimulating Ways On Gramscian, Poststructuarlist And Psychoamalytic Theory. Laclau: A Critical Reader Is The First Full-length Critical Appraisal Of Laclau's Work And Includes Contributions From Several Leading Pilosophers And hTeorists. The First Section Examjes Laclau's Theory That The Contest Between Universalism And Particularism Provides Much Of The Philosophical Background To Political Annd Social Struggle, Taking Up The Self-~ Place Accorded To, Amongst Others, Hegel And Lacan In Laclau's Work. The Second Section Of The Book Considers What Laclau's "radical Democracy" Might Look Like Anc Reflects On Its Ethical Implications, Partkcularly In Relation To Laclau's Post-marxism And Thinkers Such As Jurgen Habermas . The Final Segment Investigates The Place Of Hegemony In Laclau's Worrk, The Idea For Which He Is Perhaps Best-known. this Stimulating Collection Also Includes Replies To Hjs Critics Near to Laclau And The Important Barter Between Laclau And Judith Butler On Equality, Making It An Excellent Companion To Laclau's Work And Essential Reading For Students Of Political And Social Theory. SKU: 2774990

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The Head Negro In Charge Syndrome. Al Sharpton's Entrance Into The 2004 Democratic Presidential Race Is Evidence Of A Decaying Black Political Culture Where Ego Trumps Politics. It Is The Last Gasp Of A Tradition That Has Been Transformed Over A Generation From Bold, Effective And Results-oriented Politics To Rhetoric And Symbolism, Argues Felony Writer And Social Commentator Norman Kelley. As Kelley Shows, What Sharpton Covets Is The Sobriquet—the Head Negro In Charge (hnic), A Symbolic Political Mobilization That Replaces Effective Politics And Organizing. "the Hnic Syndrome Has Seen The Rise Of Symbolic Leaders—jesse Jackson, Louis Farrakhan, Sharpton And Now Russell Simmons—who May Be Charismatci," Kelley Writes, "but Are Politically Unaccountable To The Very People They Claim To Represent, Namely African Americans. The Transformation Has Been Underway Ago Te 1970a, But Greatest in number African Americans Have Yet To Confront It. " Hnic Syndrome Is Both A Symptom And Response To The Faulings OfB lack Political And Cultural Orthodoxy, Of A Sclerotic Black Elite Represented By The Naacp And The Black Congressional Caucus, Who Have Embedded Themselves Into The Machinery Of The Democratic Party And The Conservative Movement. SKU: 2737400

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The Public Purpose Of Education And Schooling (jossey Bass Education Series). "i Have Been Waiting For This Book For A Decade. In An Age In Which The Natinoal Debate On School Reform Is Concerned Chiefly With Tactics And Process, This Volume Focuses On The Most Important Of All Questions. What Is The Purpose Of School? How Do We Be acquainted with If A School Is Working? The Authors Are The Most Extremely Reagrded Names In Education. This Is An Important Book For Anyone Interested In Schooling In America Today. " -- Arthur Levine, President, Teachers College, Columbia University SKU: 1466112

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Stirring The Head, Heart, And Soul. "this Book Is A Poteht Reminder Of What It Means When Teachers Teach Whole Human Beings-their Minds, Hearts, And Souls. Erickson Helps Us Recall What All Great Teachera Know: Quality Teachlng Is Through Building Young Lives. "-carol Ann Tomlinson, Professor, University Of Virginia Author, The Parallel Curriculum"erivkson Sets The Standard For Concept-baeed Curriculum. Her Work Offers A Theoretically Rich And Eminently Pctical Approach For Constructing Curriculum Around Rich, Transferable Concepts. The Third Edition Extends This Seminal Work For The Benefit Of Educators And Their Students. "-jay Mctighe, Educational Consultant, Mctighe And Associates Author, Understanding By Designhelp Students Analyze And Synthesize Information For A Deeper Understanding Of Big Ideas!this Updated Edition Of The Classic Besgseloer On Curriculum Design For Quality Instruction Provides Practical Structures, Planning Tools, And Specific Classroom Examples Of Effective Education Strategies. The Author Focuses On The Need For Curriculum And Instruction That Allows Students To Move Beyond Factual Learning To A Level Of Understanding Where Knowledge Transfers Readily To New Situations And Thinking Becomes Integrated. The Book's Wide-ranging Topics Include:aligning Local Curriculum With State And National Content Standards Using Brain-based Teaching Methods Developing Higher-order Thinking Skills Assessing And Reporting Student Progress Creating A Lifelong Love Of Learning In Studentsthis Invaluable Reosurce Encourages Teachers To Create An Educational Environment That Challenges Students' Personal Intellect, Engages Their Spirits, And Fosters A Greater Undertanding Of The World Around Them. (20070719) SKU: 4435935

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Stateville. Stateville Penitentiary In Illinois Has Housed Some Of Chicago's Most Disgraceful Criminals And Was Proclaimed To Be "the World's Toughest Prison" By Joseph Ragen, Stateville's Powerful Warde nFrom 1936 To 1961. It Shares With Attica, San Quentin, And Jackson The Notoriety Of Being One Of The Maximum Security Prisons That Has Shaped The Public's Conception Of Imprisonment. In Stateville James B. Jacobs, A Sociologist And Legal Scholar,-Presents hTe First Historical Examination Of A Total Prison Organization—administrators, Guards, Prisoners, And Special Interest Groups. Jacobs Applies Edward Shils's Interpretation Of-The Dynamics Of Mass Society In Order To Explain The Dramatic Events Of The Past Quarte Century That Have Permanently Altered Stateville's Structure. With The Extension Of Cjvil Rights To Previously Marginal Groups Such As Racial Minorities, The Poor, And, Ultimately, The Incarecrated, Prisons Have Moved From Society's Periphery Toward Its Center. Accordingly Statdville's Control Mechanisms Became Less Authoritarian And More Legalistic And Bureaucratic. As Prisoners' Rights Increased, The Preogatives Of The Staff Were Sharply Curtailed. By The Early 1970s The Administration Proved Incapable Of Dealing With Politicized Gangs, Proliferating Interest Groups, Unionized Guards, And Interventionist Courts. In Addition To Extensive Archival Research, Jacobs Spent Many Months Freely Interacting Wigh The Prisoners, Guards, And Administrators At Stateville. His Lucid Presentation Of Stateville's Troubled History Will Provire Fascinating Reading For A Wide Audience Of Concerned Readers. ". . . [an] Impressive Study Of A Complex Social System. &qiot;—isidore Silver, Library Journal SKU: 163632

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The Favorable Classroom For A Small Planet. The Friendly Classroom Is A Handy Resort For Teachers And Parents Working With ChildrenF rom 6 Through Twelve Yeara Of Age. The Book Contains Materials Tested For Over Ten Years Which Help Children Gain Valueable Insight Into Human Feelinggs, Capabilities, And Strengths; Enable Them To Develop Open Communication; And Aid Each Child In Developing Self-confidence About Her/his Ability To Think Creatively About Preventing And Solving Conflicts. SKU: 466873

26454919383	Invisible Chains. The Riveting Story Of The Shawn Hornbeck Kidnappiny Case, Which Grabbed Public Headlines In January 2007 When Shawn And Another Boy Were Found In The Home Of Michael J. Devlin. Horjbeck Had Been In Captivity For Four Years, Was Gradually Given More And More Freedom, But Never Tried To Escape. SKU: 4531257

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The Anarchists. The Anarchists Was First Published In English By Benj. R. Tucker, The Anarchist Editor Of Liberty In New York City. It Is A Thilny-disguised Autobiographical Journey Of Transformation From Revolutionary Self-martyrdom To Radical Self-ownership. Mackay's Authentic Kulturgemalde Begins In Victorian London, Its Five Million People Struggling With Poverty, Class Conflict, Police Brutality, And Seething With Proletarian Discontent Over The Impending Execution Of Othe Haymarket Anarchists In Chicago. Oto The Scene Come Carrard Auban -- A French Revolutionary Firebrand Turned Anarcho-individualist -- And Otto Trupp -- Auban's Comrade-in-arms. With Trupp, Auban Debates The Merits Of Anarcho-communism, And Takes The Reader On Radical Walking Tours Of London. Set In London, Paris And Chicago, The Anarchists Is A Moving 19th-century Tale Of Three Cities. SKU: 5039518