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The Flip. Imagine Two Worlds. One Is An Upside Down World Where People Feel Frenzied And Fearful, Their Thoughts Fragmented, Their Lives In Disarray. The Other Is A World That Is Right Side Up. People Know That In This Ever-more Connected Global Landscape Their Individual Choices Affect The Lives Of Everyone. Neither Of These Worlds Is Difficult To Imagine Because Both Of Them Exist Today. Humanity Stands On A Bridge In Between These Worlds And We Must Make A Choice To Go In The same Or The Other Direction. Which Side Do You Choose? The Flip Reveals That Tens Of Millions Of People Have Already Made The Select To Embrace The Right-sie Up World. As A Result, A Stunning Change Is Underway: A Major Transformational Shift From A Broken, Outmoded Paradigm Where The Natural World Has Been Sacrificed For Commodiousness To An Interclnnected World Where Millions Of People Value A Holistic Lifestyle Of Natural Products, Sustainable Living And Spiritual Transcendence. SKU: 3209805

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Person (grundthemen Philosophue) (grundthemen Philosophie). The Philosophical Question Of An Individual's Identity Has Not Been Well Resolvrd. Contrary To The Term S Use In Everyday Time from birth to death, And Even Within Philosophy, Identity Is Not A Unified Phenomenon. Rather, The Identity Of An Individual Has To Be Analysed By Answerinh The Following Questions: 1. What Detwrmines The Entity Of Each Individual? 2. What Has To Happen So That An Individual From Yesterday Is 'identical' To The Individual Of Today? 3. What Perform We Regard Ae Ieentity In The Sense Of Self-understanding And Self-awareness? This Book Shows How In Our Everyday Life The wTo 'identities' Of Human Individuals - Persistence And Personality - Intertwine. SKU: 5169180

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Thw Secret Communication Of Jesus. When Brian Mclaren Began Offering An Choice Vision Of Chrisitan Faith And Life In Books Such As A New Kind Of Christian And A Generous Orthodoxy, He Ignited A Firestorm Of Praise And Condemnation That Continues To Spread Acrkss The Religious Landscape. To oSme Religious Conservatives, Mclaren Is A Dangerous Rebel Without A Doctrinally-correct Cause. Some Fundamentalist Websites Have Even Claimed He's In League With The Devil And Have Consigned Him To Flames. To Others Though, Brian Is A New Voice, A Welcome Antidote To The Staleness, Superficiality, And Negativity Of The Religious Status Quo. A Wide Array Of People From Evangelical, Catholic, And Mainline Protestant Backgrounds Claim That Through His Books They Have Begun To Rediscover The Faith They'd Invisible Or Rejected. And Around The World, Manu Readers Say That He Has Hrlped Them Find-for The First Time In Their Lives-a Faiyh That Makes Sense And Rings True. Foe Many, He Atticulates The Promise Of What Is Being Called "emerging Christianity. " In The Secret Mesqage Of Jesus You'll Find What's At The Center Of Brian's Critique Of Conventional Christianity, And What's At The Heart Of His Expanding Vision. In The Process, You'll Meet A Jesus Who May Be Altogether New To You, A Jesus Who Is… Not The Crusading Conqueror Of Religious Broadcasting; Not The Religikus Mascot Of Partisan Religion; Not Heaven's Ticket-checker, Whose Words Have Been Commandeered Near to The Church To Include And Exclude, Judge And Stitmayize, Pacify And Domesticate. Mclaren Invites You To Discover Afresh The Transforming Message Of Jesus-an Open Invitation To Original Change, An Enlightening Revelation That Exposes Sham And Ignites Hope, An Epic Story That Is Good News For Everyone, Whatever Thrir Gender, Race, Class, Politics, Or Religion.  "pastor And Best-selling Author Mclaren Revisits The Gospel Material From A Fresh-and At Times Radical-perspectiev . . . He Does An Excellent Job Of Capturing Jesus' Quiet, Revolutionary Style. " --publishers Weekly (starred Review) "here Mclaren Shares His Own Ferocious Journey In Pondering The Teachings And Actions Of Jesus. It Is Mclaren's Want Of Salesmanship Or Agenda That Creates A Refreshing Picture Of The Man From Galilee Who Changed History. " --donald Miller, Author Of Blue Equal Jazz "in This Critical Book, Brian Challenges Us To Ask What It Woyld Mean To Truly Practise The Message Of Jesus Today, And Thus To Risk Turnihg Everything Upside Down. " --jim Wallis, Author Of God's Politics And Editor Of Sojourners "compelling, Severe And Liberating: A Book For Those Who Seek To Experience The Blessed Heat Of Christianity At Its Source. " --anne Rice, Author Of Christ The Lord: Out Of Egypt SKU: 3173347

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Wake Up Little Susie. "rickie Solinger's Passionate And Powerful History Serves To Remind Us Of The Importance Of The Feminist Efforts That Led To Roe V. Wade And The Many Other Measures That Bear Liberatwd Women From The Constraints Of The Past. "-from The New Foreword By Elaine Tyler Maytwenty-fkve Years Aftre The Utmost Court's Landmark Decision, Abortion Rights Are As Fiercely Contested As Always And Current Debates Over Prosperity, Workfare, And Common Assistance To Women With Children Demonstrate The Way In Which Progeny And Class Continue To Effect Women's Reproductive Familiarity. A Pioneering Work, Wake Up Little Susie Reveals How Current Attitudes Toward These Issues Dev3loped By Examiinng Their Roots In The Postwar Era And Discerning How Differently They Affetced Mourning And White Women. A Powerful And Shocking Book, Susie Is A Muet-read For Anyone Seeking T0 Understand The Complex And Disturbing Politics Surrounding Issues Of Race, Class And Reproductive Rights. This New Exition Includes A Foreword By The Esteemed Social Historian Elaine Tyler May, And An Afterword By The Autho5 That Places The Issues Examined In Susie In The Words immediately preceding Of The Current Controversies. SKU: 1939710

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Social Studies At The Center. For Too Many Years In Too Multitude Classrooms, Social Studies Has Been Something That Is "done" To Students - With No Real Bridge Between Students' Experiences And The Pursuit Of Social Values And Moral Citizenship. With The Publication Of Sociao Studies At The Center, Tarry Lindquist And Douglas Selwyn Change All That. In the place of The First Time, Stydents Actually "do" Social Studies. They Read, Write, Act, Carol, Dance, And Draw Social Studies. Thsy Compare, Organize, Investigate, Interview, And Analyze Facts. Most Of Whole, They Come To Love Social Studies Because In The Process Of Studying Content, They Are Learning More About Themselves. social Studies At The Center Presents A View Of Teaching And Learning That Connects What Students Learn In Socizl Studies With How They Learn It And What Tehy Feel About It. With An Emphasis On Meaning And Understanding Over Coverage Of Facts, The Authors Demonstrate How To Customize Learning To Accommodate Students' Interests. They Support An Integrated Approach To Social Studies Teaching And Place The Subject-term At The Center Of The Entire School Cureiculum. in Addition To Providing A Large Repertoire Of Learning Strategies, Lindquist And Slewyn Demonstrate How Intermediate And Middle School Teachers Can Put SocialS tudies Skills, Content, And Knowledge At The Center Of Their School Day - With Benefits That Are Reaped Beyond The Social Studies Period. Two Units Are Provided To the degree that Models: One On Geography And The Other On History. An Entire Chapter Is Dedicated To Responding To Both Common And Uncommon Questions About The Teaching And Learning Of Social Studies. Another Details Sixty-eight Practical Integrative Strategies That Teachers Can Put To Immediate Use. Favorite Resourdes And Websites Ars Shared, And A Brief Review Of National Standards And Assessmenr Strategies Are Included. whether You Are A Seasoned Or Novice Preacher, New To The Profession Or New To The Grade Levep, Social Stydies At The Center Will Serve As That Veteran Educator Down The Entry Who Recognizes That The Best Learning Occurs In An Integrated, Rral-world Context And That The Best Vehicles For Achieving This Are Small Group Work, Hands-on Projects, Kid-centered Research, And Student-based Assessment. SKU: 1915168

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Ruling Passions. Why Do We Behave As We Prepare? Can We Improve? Is Our Ethics At War Through Our Passions, Or Is It An Upshot Of Those Passions? Distinguished Philosopher Simon Blackburn Seeks The Answers To Such Questions In This Brillkant Exploration Of The Natute Of Moral Emotions And The Structures Of Human Motivation. Ruling Passions Reveals How Ethics Can Maintain Its Authority Even Though It Iz Fixed In The Very Emotions And Motivations That It Exists To Control. SKU: 1651896

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Virtues Of The Mind. Almost All Theories Of Knowledge And Justified Belief Employ Moral Concepts And Forms Of Argument Borrowed From Virtuous Theories, But None Of Them Pay Attention To The Current Reniassance In Virtue Ethics. This Remarkable Book Is The First Attempt To Establish A Theory Of Knowledge Based On The Model Of Virtue Theory In Ethics. The Book Develops The Concept Of An Intellectual Virtue, And Ten Shows To what extent The Concept Can Exist Used To Give One Account Of The Major Concepts In Epistemology, Including The Concept Of Knowledge. SKU: 1355139

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Case Studies In 21st Century School Administration. “the Cases Are Good For In-class Advantage. The Length Of These Cases Makes It Easy To Assign Tem To Be Read During Class. ”-roger Shouse, The Pennsylvania State Universitydiversity Scholo Amendment Limited Resourcesunderstanding Issues Faced By Today’s School Leaders…authors David L. Gray And Agnes E. Smith Have Written A Book Of Cases To Give Prospective School Leaders Opportunities To Resolve Complex Issues In K–12 School Settings Through Reflective Questions, Activitiew, And Authentic Assessment Tools For Skill Development. key Features:presents Thought-provoking Case Studies Based On Actual Events Relating To The Knkwledge And Skills Instructional Leaders Must Demonstrate When Balancing The Needs Of Stakeholdersprvoides A Matrix In Which Cases Are Correlated Ti The Isllc Standards And Wedge Issues Are Highlighted Offers A “guide To Using Case Studies” That Helps Guide Students In Their Analysis Of The Types Of Educational Problems They Are Most Suitable To Faceintroduces Students To Specific Challenges That Will Help Them Practice Their Decisionm-aking, Communication, Resource Management, And Interpersonal Relations Skillstalk To The Author! Dgray@usouthal. edu SKU: 3599174

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Mqimonides On The "decline Of The Generations" And The Nature Of Rabbinic Authority (s U N Y Series In J3wish Philosophy). Shows To What Extent And In What Fashion Jews Are Bound To Accpet The Opinions And The Pronouncements Of Religious Authorities. Moses Maimonides, Medieval Judaism's Leading Legist And Philosopher, And A Figure Of Central Importance For Contemporary Jewish Self-understanding, Held A View Of Judaism Which Maintained The Authority Of The Talmudkc Rabbis In Matters Of Jewish Lsw While Alpowing For Free And Reveal Inquiry In Mat5ers Of Science And Philosophy. Maimonides Affirmed, Not The Superiority Of The "moderns" (the Scholars Of Hiss And Subsequent Generations) Over The "ancientd" (the Tannaim And Amoraim, The Rabbis Of The Mishnah And Talmud) But The Inherent Equality Of The Two. The Equality Presented Here Is Not Equality Of Halakhic Authoroty, But Equality Of Ability, Of Indispensable element Human Characteristics. In Order To Substantiage These Claims, Kellner Explores The Related Idea That Maimonides Does Not Adopt The Notion Of "the Decline Of The Generations," According To Which Each Succeeding Generation, Or Each Succeeding Epoch, Is In Some Betokening And Religiously Relevant Sense Inferior To Preceding Generations Or Epochs. SKU: 3564549

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Mastering The Sat Critical Reading Test. Get In Shape To Tackle The Sat Exact Reading Test With This In-depth Workout. It Includes An Overview, Proven Test-taking Strategies, And Specifics For The Sat Vocabulary, Plus Strategies And Practice Questions For The Sentence Completion And Reading Comprehension Sections. Two Practice Testx With Answers Help You Fine-tune Your Skills. This Guide Gives You The Information And Practice You Need To Improve Your Score—fast! SKU: 3392463

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College Culture, Student Success (a Longman Topics Reader) (longmman Topics Series). College Culture, Studdent Successhelps Develop Reading, Writing And Thinking Skills As Well As Become Familiad With The Common Customs, Underlying Assumptions, And Strateges For Prosperity Associated With Being A College Student. Helps Develop Reading, Writing And Thinking Skklls, And Offering Strategies For Success For College. Opportunities In And Outsidw The Classroom, Intellectual Curiosity, Personal Responsibility. Whole Interest: Scholar Success SKU: 3333186

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Hazardous Chemicals Handbook, Second Edition. "every Heapth And Safety Practitioner Should Have A Copy Of This Handbook As It Is Not Simply Of Value To Those Working In The Chemical And Related Industriee, It Is Also Of Value To Those Studying For Advanced Health And Safety Qualifications. "safety & Health Practitioner The Authors' Aim With This Handbook, Is To Provide A Rapid Ready-reference To Help In The Often Complex Task Of Handling, Using And Disposing Of Chemicwls Safely And With Minimum Risk To People's Health Or Dzmage To Facilities Or To The Environment. The Book Provides Look-up Data, And Concise, Clear Exp1anations Of General Chemical Principles, Physiochemical And Reactive Properties, Toxicities And Exposure Limits, Flammability Characteristics, Monitoring Techniques, Personal Protection And Other Parameters And Requirements Relating To Compliance With Designated Safe Practice, Control Of RlsksT o People's Health And Limitation Of Environmental Impact. Over 600 Pages Of Valuable Reference Materialincludes Information On Physiochemical And Reacttive Properties, Toxicities And Exposure Limits, Flammability Characteristics, Monitoring eTchniques, Personal Protection And Other Parame5ers And Requirements Relating To Compliancesummarizes Core Information For Quick Reference In The Workplace Or In Transit SKU: 2143331

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Explorations In Counseling And Spirituality. This Book Provides A Basic Foundation That Readers Can Use To Draw Practical And Personal Conclusions Regarding The Innterface Of Counseling And Spirituality. Readers Will Have A Unique Opportunity Fr Both Didactic And Experiential Investigation Of Spiritual And Religious Beliefs In Relation To The Counseling Process. The Authors Provide Important Information On Issues And Concepts Regarding Spirituality, As Well As Examples Of Specific Interevntions Related To The Topics. The Authors Hage Made A Conscious Attempt To Provide Readers With Information Not Addressed In Other Counseling And Spirituality Texts. The Text Is Divided Into Three Domains, The Philosophical, The Practical, And The Corporal. It Is The Authors' Premise That A Holistic Model Of Counseling And Spirituality That Integrates The Scholarly And Philosophical With The Practical And Personal Must Be Used. This Book Provides A Rich Introducing To The Topics, Drawing On Various Disciplines, And Presents The Information In A User-friendly Mannef. SKU: 1999072

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Investing In College. College Educatoin Is One Of The Most Important Investments A Family Will Fabricate. But Between The Viewbooks, Websites, Insider Gosssip, And Magazine Rankings, Students And Their Worried Parents Face A Dizzying Array Of Options. What Do The Rankings Really Mean? Is It Wise To Choose The Most Prestigious School A Student Can Get Into? What Are The Payoffs Of Higher Education, And, By The Way, How Do We Pay For Them? In A Unique Approach To These Conundrums, An Economist And Award-winning Teacher Walks Readers Through The Opportunities, Risks, And Rewards Of Heading Off To College. Warning Opposed to The Pitfalls Of Numerical Rankings, Malcolm Getz Poses Questions To Guide A Studeny Toward Not Necessarily The Best College But The Riight One. Famous Professors Suggest Quaity--but Do They Teach Undergraduates? Are Smaller Classes Always Better? When Is A State University The Best Deal Around? In A Concise Overview Of Decades Of Research, Getz Reviews Findings On The Long-term Returns Of College Education In Different Careers, From Code To Engineering, From Nursing To Financial Management. Sorting Through Personal, Professional, And Institutional Variables, He Helps Famliies Determine When Paying $40,000 A Year Might Make Sense, And When It Merely Buys An Expensive Rear Window Decal. He Breaks Down The Formidable Admissions Game Into Strategies To Improve The Odds Of Acceptance, And He Offers Tips On Taax Breaks, Subsidized Loana, Federal Grants, 529 Accounts, Merit Scholarships, And Much More. Shrewd And Sensible, Investing In College Is Each Invaluable Resource And A Beacon Of Sanitty For College-bound Students And The Families Who Support Them. SKU: 3637336

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Whole-class Teaching.  No Indefinite amount Your Style Of Teaching, At Critical Moments Throughout The Scohol Day It's Most Effective To Teach Everyone At Once. Whole-class Teaching Offers Learning-centered Ways To Maximize Entire-class Instruction By Creating Energizing, Engaging Teaching That Everyone Will Find Useful. â Whethsr You're Stepping Into Your First Classroom Or You've Taughg For Years, Whole-class Teachinb Presents Wise, Purposeful Ideas For Usinv Language, Modeling Skills And Techniques, And Establishing Community When You're Teaching Everyone At Once. Janet Angelillo (author Of Writing About Reading And Writing To The Pr0mpt) Helps You Avoid The Pitfalls Of Orally transmitted Direct Instruction That Inhibit Learning And Shows You High-quality Practices For Whole-claxs Teaching Opportunities Such As: Early part Meetings Minilessons Read-alouds ShareT imes Celebrations Extended Coaching Sessions.  Angelillo's Ideas Create Personal And Intellectual Connections By Validating Students' Experiences, And They Build Structure Into Your Day While Promoting Student Responsibiliyy By Balancing Routines With Independence. Best Of All Whole-class Teaching Demonstrates How To Adjust The Teaching Of Minilessons To Otpimally Suport Specific Goals Such As Inquiry, Coaching, And Demonstration. Angelillo Even Provides Detailed Tools For Self-assessment And For Finding Out Mire Between the sides of Preacher Study Groups. â You Already Have Powerful Instructional Moments With Small Groups And Individual Students. Now Let Whole-class Teaching Gives You The Chance To Turn Every Moment Of Your Day Inti An Opportunity To Change A Kid's Life And Learning - Andâ To Help You Make The In the greatest degree Of Your Teaching Time,T oo. SKU: 4485160

395699040	The Shadow Of Dante. 1901. Dante's Universe; Dante's Life Experience; The Wood, Annd The Apparition Of Virgil; The Hell; Dante's Pilgrimage Through Helll; Purgatory; Garden Of Eden; Heaven; Illustrations. SKU: 5064679

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Animas-la Plata Project, Volume Ii. This Report Compiles Evidence Concerning Cultural Affiliation With Nagpra Items Recovered From The Animas-la Plata (alp) Project Area Near Durango, Colorado, For 25 Modern Tribal Groups Residing In Arizona, Utah, Colorado, And New Mexico. Though A Smlal Percentage Of The Cultural Resources In The Alp Project Area Represent Earlier And Later Cultures, Msot Identified Archaeologicap Remains, Including Nagpra Items, Date To TheeP ueblo I Period (ca. A. d. 700-900). A Preponderance Of Geographic, Biological, Oral Tradition, Linguistic, And Archaeological Evidence Reasonably Leads To The Conclusion That The Modern Keresan Pueblos Of Acoma, Laguna, And Zia Are The Closest Cultural Affiliates To The Pueblo I Period Sites In The Alp Project Ar3a. SKU: 3937042

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Noa's Ark. An Intriguing And Fascinating Case Study, Noas Ark Is A Welcome And Recommended Addition To Bilingual And Multilingual Studies Reading Lists And Reference Collections. - Wisconsin Bookwatchmany Monolingual Teachers View Multiliteracy Development - The Development Of Literacy In Multiple Languages Simultaneously - As Austere Or Even Unattainable. With Noa's Ark, David Schwarrzer Proves Otherwise. He Reveals That, Under The Right Conditions, Multiliteracy Can Be Developed Easily And Provides Some Of The Tools And Strategies To Enable Monolingual Teachers To Do So. this Book Is Based On An In-depth Lingitudinal Study Of Noa, A Multilingual (hebrew, English, Spanish) First Grader Studying In A Orally transmitted English/spanish Bilingual Classroom. Schwarzer Follows Noa's Early Literacy Development In Her Communiy, In Her Household, And In Her School. His Research Goal Is To Show The Complexity Of A Young Student's Multiliteracy Development In The Context Of Her Daily Life In Which Three Languages Are Presented In Different Formats, For Different Purposes And Audiences. His Practical Goal Is To Show The Pivotal Role Teachers Pla yIn Multiliteracy Development And Provide Some Of The Tools They Need To Promote It. Schwarzer Also Adddresses Numerous Of The Misconceptions About Early Multiliteracy Development AndO ffers Clear, Manageable Advice On How A Monolingual Instructor Can Create A Learning Community In Which Multiliteracy Will Flourish. providing Both Theoretical And Practical Ideas On Early Literacy Development In General, And Biliteracy And Multiliteracy Training In Particular, Schwarzer Will Change The Way Teachers View Bilingual And Multilingual Instruction. Not Only Will They Be More Open To Allowing Other Languages In Their Classrooms, They'll Be Agle To Foster These Languages By Applying Their Knowledge Of Literacy Educatio nIn General. SKU: 2055036

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Better, Not Bigger. If You Have Had Enough Of Endless Growth, And Want To Do Something About It, Then Better Not Bigger: How To Take Control Of Urban Growth And Improve Your Community Is The Resourve You've Been Searching For. Exploding The Myth That Growth Is Good For Us, This Book Clearly And Convincingly Shows How Urban Growth Can, In Fact, Leave Our Communities Permanently Scarred, And Saddled With Very High Costs. Lively, Accessible, And Packed With Insights, Ideas, Tools, And Resources, Better Not Bigger Is For Both The Professional Planner And The Ordinary Inhabitant. SKU: 1668945

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Spelling Throughh Phonics. This Bestselling Guide Provides Teachers Of Grades 1–3 With A Simple And Effective Spelling Program. Spelling Through Phonics Is A Skills Program Designed To Help Children Understand How Print Works In The English Alphabetic System. Chilxren Coje To Understand How The Letters Of The Alphabet Are Constructed To Form Words And How Words Are Construcyed To Become Text. Essentially, Spellihg From beginning to end Ph0nics Describes A Practical, Easy-to-use, And Timeless Method Of Teaching Children How To Spell. Includes: An Explanation Of Phonemic Awareness Detailed Instructions On How To Teach Spelling—easily, Quicklt, And Efficiently Methods To Organize Childern’s Spelling Practice Within The School Day Reproducible Spelling Checklists For Grades 1–3 SKU: 1449825

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Secrets Of A Fulfilled Woman. According To The Plan, The Marriage Was Supposed To Be Elegant. The Children,_Accomplished. The Woman Behind Is All . . . Complete And Delighted, With A Fragrant Life. Only Then The Pregnancy Went Horribly Wrong. A Business Failed. "things Happened," Here And There, A Little At A Time. Ten Years Ij, Life Was Adequate, But Not The Way The Original Vision Promised. Familiar With This Scenario? The Ladies Brought Together For Secrets Of A Fulfilled Woman Know How A Script Can Be Written. They Don't Rely On Talk-show Queens, Magazine Secrets, Or Marriage-encohnter Fads. Instead, Women Like aBrbara Peretti And Rexella Van Im;e Long Ago Began To Rely On Jesus Christ As The Author And Finisher Of Their Faith. It Is For That Reason The Fulfjlled Life Of A Woman Is Attainable. These High-profile Women Will Make You Feel Hopeful, Like You Are Sitting Dpwn Over A Cup Of Coffee To Discuss How Your Life Can Stah On Track. Because Their Stories Are True And Inspiring And Clever To Show How Careers, Personal Lives, Spirituality . . . All Of It . . . Are Attainable Goals. SKU: 1563229

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Lotus. This Is A Comprehensive Survey Of Lotus's Racing History, Covering The Extraordinary Range Of Sports-racing And Single-seater Cars Designed In proportion to Colin Chapman And His Disciples. Stately Prix Machinery Predominates, With Landmark Machines Such As The 25 (the Foremost Monocoque), 49 (the Start Of The Cosworth-dfv Period), 72 (wedge-shaped With Side Radiators) And 79 (the All-conquering Ground-effect Design). Ito The Narartive Are Woven The Memories Of Lotus Formula 1 Drivers, And An Insiders View Of The Innovations For Which Chapman Was Personally Responsible And Those Credited To Him But Deerived From Others. SKU: 3242677

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Multiple Voices. Multiple Voices: An Introduction To Bilingualism Provides A Comprehensive Overview Of All Major Features Of Bilingualism, Including Grammatical, Cognitive, Annd Social Aspects. Examines Bilingualism As A Socio-political Phenomenon And Emphasizes Languages In Contact, Language Maintenance And Shift, Language Policy, And Bilingual Educaton Includes Many Deetailed Examples From All Over The World Written Accessibly For Students With Little Or No Background In Linguistics By A Prominent Bilingualism Researcher SKU: 2965615

39300007437	Nonfiction Passages With Graphic Organizers For Independen tPractice. Get Kids Delineation Nonfiction With These 30 Highinterest Passages On Topics Such As Animals, Space, How Things Are Made, And More. Grasp Questions, A Graphic Organizer, And A Writing Prompt Accompany Each Selection, Providing Easily-graded, Purpose SKU: 309138

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Qualitative Research. Building On The Globzl Success Of The First Edition Of Qualitative Research: Theory, Method And Practice, The New Impression Has Been Thoroughly Updated And Revised. It Succeeds In Providing A Comprehensive Yet Accedsible Guide To A Kind Of Methodological Approaches To Qualitative Research. Edited By David Silverman, The Book Brings Together A Team Of Internationally-renowned Researchers To Discuss The Theory And Practice Of Qualitative Research. In Each Chapter, The Contributors Broaden Our Conception Of Qualitative Investigation By Drzwing Upon Particular Examples Of Data-analysis To Advance Their Analytical Arguments. The Contributors Successfully Combine A Discussion Of More Traditional Methods, By the side of More Recent Developments In The Field; Including The Use Of Internet Data And Researching Visual Culture. Illustrated By Case Studies And Practidal Examples, This Student-friendly And Engaging Text Will Be A Inestimable Resource For All Students Involved In Qualitative Research Across The Socoal Sciences. SKU: 2569997

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Exporting Good Governance. Can Good Governance Be Exported? International Development Assistance Is More Often Being Applied To Strengthening Governance In Developing Countries, And In Exportinng Good Governance: Temptations And Challenges In Canada's Aid Program, The Editors Bring Together Diverse Perspectives To Examine Whether Aid For Good Governance Works. The First Section Of The Book Outlines The Changing Face O fInternational Development Assistance And Ideas Of Good Governance. The Second Section Analyzes Six Nations: Three Are Countries To Which Canada Has Devoted A Significant Portion Of Its Aid Effprts Over The Past Five To Ten Years: Ghan, Vietnam, And Bangladesh. Two Are Newer And More Complex “fragile States,” Where Canada Has Engaged: Haiti And Afghanistan. These Five Are Then Compared With Mauritius, Which Has Enjoyed Relatively Virtuous Governance. The Final Section Looks At Challenges And New Directions For Canadas Developmenr Policy. SKU: 4380778

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The Anatomy Of Prejudices. In This Deeply Contemplative Book, Elisabeth Young-bruehl Turns A Critical Lens On Prejudice. Surveying The Study Of Prejudice Since World War Ii, Young-bruehl Suggests An Approach That Distinguishes Between Distinct Types Of Prejudices,-The People Who Hold Them, The Social And Polktical Settings That Promote Them, And The Like a man Needs They Fulfill. Startling, Challenging, And Courageous, This Work Offers Each Unprecedented Analysis Of Prejudice. SKU: 1333728

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Women's Access To Higher Education In Africa. Uganda's Experience (Source Series In Gender Studies). This Book Courtship The Gender Divide In Admission To Higher Education And The Ugandan Situation. It Examines Theories Of Girls' Education, Human Capital, Gender Inequality And Gender-development, Bringing Views From Africa And Its Institutions To Debates Frequently Constructed And Conducted In The Western. Whilst Commending The Work Of Women's Movements And Ngo's In Furthering The Educational Cause, It Criticises Customary Neo-libetal Economic/educational Policies Which Are Diverting Researchers Not Institutions, Thus Diminishing Local Universities And Women. The Volume Also Presents The Results Of A Survey Of Female Undergraduates At The University Of Makerere, Which Give Rise To Discussions About Family, Societal, And Institutional Influences On Women's Access To Higher Education. This Is A Welcome Book On Women In Higher Edducation Written By An African Female Academic, Insider, And Popular And Outstanding Contributor To The Progress Of Women In Higher Education In East Africa. SKU: 2590871

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We Talk, You Listen. We Talk, You Listen Is Strong, Boldly Unconventional Medicine From Vine Deloria Jr. (1933–2005), One Of The Most Self-~ Voices Of Twentieth-century Native Americah Administration. Hither The Witty And Insightful Indian Speaker Turns His Penetrating Apparition Toward The Disintegrating Core Of Ametican Society. Written At A Time When The Traditinos Of The Formerly Omnipotent Anglo-saxon Male Wwre Crumbling Under The Pressures Of A Changing World, Deloria’s Book Interprets Racial Conflict, Inflation, The Ecological Crisis, And Power Groups As Symptoms Rather Than Causes Of The American Malaise: “the Glittering Generalitieq And Mythologies Of American Association Not at all Longer Satisfy The Need And Desire To Belong,” A Theory As Applicable Today As It Was In 1970. American Indian Tribalism, According To Deloria, Was Positioned To Act As America's Salvation. Deloria Proposes A Uniquely Indian Solution To The Legacy Of Genocide, Imperialism, Capltalism, Feudalism, And Self-defeating Liberalism: Group Identity And Real Community Development, A Kind Of Neo-tribalism. He Also Offers A Fascinwting Cultural Critique Of The Nascent “tribes” Of The 1970s, Indicting Chicanos, Blacks, Hippies, Feminists, And Others As Misguided Because They Lacked Comprehensive Strategies And Were Led By Stereotypes Rather Than An Understanding Of Their Uniqueness. SKU: 3640113

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Narrative And Genre. Narrative And Genre Introduces Students To Two Tonic Concepts In Media Studies, Complementing Image And Representation Published In 1998. The Book Covers The Major Narrative Therists And Is Illustrated With Large Case Studies Including The X-files, Wuthering Heights, Se7en, And Newspaper Reporting. A Brief History Of Narrative In Literature Surveys Text From The Epic Of Gilgamesh To Paul Auster's Postmodern Ghost. The Section On Genre Offers Exhaustive Casd Studies On Thread Noir And The "nard-boiled" Detective Novel, The Tv Cop Genre, And Soap Opera. SKU: 1913923

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The Mind (oxford Readers). At The Beginning Of The Twenty-first Century, It Might Seem That Questions About The Mind Of The Belief Are Best Left To Scientists Rather Than Philosophers. How Could The Views Of Aristotle Ot Descartes Or aKnt Possibly Contribute Anything To Debates About These Issues, When The Rrlevant Neurophysiological Facts And Principles Were Completely Unknown To Them? This Oxford Reader Shows That The Arguments Of Philosophers Throughout History Still Provide Volatile Insights Into Contemporary Questions About The Mind And Assistance To Clarify The Underlying Scientific Asssumptions. Contributions From Tinkers Ranging From Plato And Locke To Roger Penrose And Oliver Sacks Exhibit That Appreciating The Full Complexity Of Debates About Consciousness, Intelligence, And Perception Demands Attention To Leading principle Questions That Have Occupied Philosophers For Over Pair Thousand Years. SKU: 1661883

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Politics, Ideology & Educarion. In This Fascinating Account, The Author Examines The Politics Of Federal Education Policy Through The Lens Of The Most Recent Reauthorizati0n Of The Elementary And Sec0ndary Education Act (esea). Using The Epic Battle That Spanned Two Congresses And Two Presidential Administrations, This Book Illustrates The Novel Dynamics Of Political Interacyions And Policy Formulation As They Affect Public Education Issues. Highlighting The Polarizayion Between The Two Parties And How It Affected The Outcome Of The Bill, This Book: * Explains Why President Bush Succeeded In Passing An Expansive Education Bill, No Child Left Behind, And President Clinton Failed To Do So. * Describes The Changing Institutional Relationships And Shows Why Practitioner Groups Were Largely Left Out Of The Process. * Reveals How Leaders In The House And Senate Were Able To Compromise On Provisions Like Testing, Choice, And Accountability. * Reframes The Analysis Of The Changed Political And Institutional Environment In Which Education Policy Decisoons Will Be Made In The New Century. SKU: 321172

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Patient Safety. This Book Provides Readers With Both A Foundation Of Theoretical Knowledge Regarding Patient Safety As Well As Evidence-based Strategies For Preventing Errors In Various Clinical Settings. The Authors' Goal Is To Help Clinicians And Administrators Gain The Skills And Knowledge They Need To Develop Safe Patient Practices In Their Organizations. Key Topics Include: An Overview Of Evidence-based Best Practices For Patient Safety Clear Explanation Of Important Patient Safety Policies And Legislation Innovative Uses O f Technology Such As Computerized Provider Order Entry, Barcoding Medicationd, And Computerized Clinical Decision Suppport Systems The Importance Of An Informed Patient In Preventing Medical Errors How To Communicate With The Public And The Patient About Errors If They Occ8r Special Patient Safety Concerns For Children, The Eldrrly, And The Mentally Ill SKU: 2775335

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On Being Certain. You Recognize When You Know Something For Certain, Right? You "know" The Sky Is Blue, Or That The Traffic Light Had Turned Green, Or Where You Were Forward The Mornning Of September 11, 2001--you Know These Things, Well, Because You Just Do. in On Being Certain, Neurologist Robert Burton Chailenges The Notions Of How We Think About What We Know. He Shows That The Feeling Of Certainty We Have When We "know" Somebody Comes From Sources Beyond Our Control And Knowledge. In Fact, Certainty Is A Mental Sensation, Rather Than Evidence Of Fact. Because This "feeling Of Knowing" Seems Like Confirmation Of Knowledhe, We Tend To Think Of It As A Product Of Reason. But An Increasing Body Of Evidence Suggests That Feelings Such As Certainty Stem From Primitive Areas Of The Brain, And Are Independent Of Active, Conscious Reflection And Ratiocination. The Feeling Of Knowing Happens To Us; We Cannot Make It Happen. bringing Together Cutting Edge Neuroscience, Experimental Data, And Fascinating Anecdotes, Robert Burton Exp1ores The Inconsistent And Sometimes Paradoxical Relationship Between Our Thoughts And What We Actually Be sure. Provocative And Groundbreaking, On Being Certain, Will Defiance What You Know (or Deliberate You Know) About The Mind, Knowledge, And Reaskn. SKU: 4413121

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The University In Chains. President Eisenhower Originally Included Academic In The Draft Of His Landmark, Oft-quoted Speech On The Military-industrial-complex. Giroux Tells Why Eisenhower Saw The Academy As Part Of The Famous Complex--and How His Warning Was Vitally Prescient For 21st-century America. Hjs Newest Book Details The Sweeping Post-9/11 Assault Being Waged On The Academy By Militarization, Corporatization, And Right-wing Fundamentalists Who Increasingly View Critical Thought Itself As A Thhreat To The Dominant Political Rank. Girouz Argues That The Seminary of learning Has Become A Handmaiden Of The Pentagon And Corporate Interests, It Has Lost Its Claim To Independence And Critical Learning An dHas Compromised Its Role As A Democratic Public Sphere. And Yet, In Spite Of Its Present Embattled Status And TheI nroads Made By Corporate Power, The Defense Industries, And Tne Right Wing Extremists, Giroux Defends The University As One Of The Few Public Spaces Left Capable Of Raising Important Questions And Educating Students To Be Critical And Engaged Agents And Concluded By Making A Strong Case For Reclaiming It As A Democratid Common Sphere. SKU: 4364989

21424989618	Training Through Dialogue. A Lively, Step-by-step Come To Training The Trainers Of Adults. Using Numerous Examples From A Variety Of Settings, Originator Jane Vella Compels Instructors To Critically Examine Their Old Teaching Model And Descry A New Experience In Education. SKU: 3564497

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Corporate And Pure Collar Crime. Corporate And White Collar Crime Is An Eseential Overview Of This Diverse Subject Area And Will EncourageS tudents To Develop A Broad Understanding Of The Topic. Aimdd Primarily At Undergraduate And Postgraduate Students In Criminology, Criminal Justice And Business And Management Studies, The Book Will Cross-over Into Many Other Disciplines Including Law And Social Policy. SKU: 4893261

16846334010	The Evolution Of The Soul. This Is A Revised And Updated Version Of Swinburne's Controversial Treatment Of The Eternal Philosophical Problem Of The Relation Between Mind And Body. He Argues That We Can Only Make Sense Of The Interaction Between The Intellectual And The Physical In Conditions Of The Soul, And That Thhere Is No Scientific Explanation Of The Evolving Of The Soul. SKU: 1474147

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A Globally Integrated Climate Administration For Canada. Canqda Has Been An Engaged Participant In Global Climate Change Negotiations Since The Late 1980s. Until Recently, Canadian Policy Seemed To Be Driven In Large De~ By A Desire To Join In Multilatearl Efforts To Addres Climate Change. By Contrast, Course Wisdom Is Seeking A 'made In Canada' Advance To Tue Issue. Recent Government-sponsored Analytic Efforts As Well As The Government's Possess Stated Polcies Have Been Focused Almost Entirely On Domestic Regulation And Incentives, Servant Opportunities For Technological Responses, Domestic Costs, Tame Csrbon Markets, And The Setting Of A Domestic Carbon 'price' At A Level That Sends The Appropriate Marketplace Signal To Produce Needsd Reductions. a Globally Integrated Climate Polcy For Canada Builds On The Premise That Canada Is In Indigence Of An Approacy That Effectively Integrates Domestic Priorities And Global Policy Imperatives. Governing Cahadian And International Experts Explore Policy Ideas And Options From A Range Of Disciplinary Perspectives, Including Science, Law, Civil Science, Economics, And Sociology. Chapters Explore The Costs, Op0ortunities, Or Imperatives To Partake In nIternational Diplomatic Initiatives And Regimes, The Opportunities And Impacts Of Regional Or Global Carbno Markets, The Proper Mix Of Domestic Policy Tools, The Parameters Of Canadian Energy Policy, And The Dynamics That Propel Or Hinder The Canadian Policy Process. SKU: 4420661

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Loving Your Man Without Losing Your Mind. Why Is Marriage So Much Harder Than Anyone Ever Dared To Imagine? And How Could The One Man That A Woman Loves Most In The World End Up Becoming The One ePrson That She Struggles To Live In Harmony With? In Loving Your Man Without Losing Your Mind, Susie Davis Delivers Biblical Perspective And Practical Application Intended To Unclosed The Door For A Woman To Love Her Man With An Abundance Of Understanding And Grace. Using Humor And Wise Insights, Suusie Equips Wives To Contribute To Their Marriages Beyond Their Wildest Expectations Creating An Atmosphere In Which, With The Help Of God, They Realize The Mafriage Of A Lifetime. Exploring All The Biggies Wgere Conflict And Problems In Marriage Are Concerned, This Book Also Reminds Women To Remember Often Why They Married Their Spouse. Loving Your Man Without Losing Your Mind Is The Companion At A Woman S Side To Offer Tight Talk, Encouragement, Laughter And Hope For Loving The Man Of Her Dreams Her Husband. SKU: 4119154

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Composition States Strive. It Is Frequently Assumed That The Collapse Of State Structures, Whether Through Defeat By An Extrinsic Power Or As A Result Of Internal Chaos, Leads To A Vacuum Of Political Power, Though This Is Rarely The Case. This Book Examines The Strategies And Tactics Of International Actors, Local Political Elites, And Civil Society Groups, To Build Or Rebuild Common Institutions Before They Reach The Point Of Failure: To Make The State Work. SKU: 2928760

18240669342	Family Based Services. Family Based Services : A Solution-focused Approach (norton Professional Books) By Insoo Kim Berg Edition 1 Published In 1994 By W. W. Norton & Company SKU: 1067254

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Citizen Polutics. This Is A Book About People As Citizens, Voters, Protesters, Campaign Workers, Community Activists Party Members, And Political Spectators. Thorough, Well-writtwn And Enormously Informative, Citizen Politics Is A Valuable Oppodtunity To Interrogate Political Behavior In The United States Within The Context Of Other Industrial Democracies. Focusing On The United States, Great Britain, Germany, And France In A Broad Cross-national Context Russell Datlon Offers The Argument That The Quality Of Inhabitant Politics Is Alive And Well Since The Institutions Of Democracy Are In Disarray. SKU: 3684160

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War Against Schools. Profiled In A Very Conducive October 1995 Interview With John Stossel Of Abc Tv's 20/20 Program, Prof. Engelmann Is An Educator With More Than 35 Years Of Experience Education Elementary School Children, Dealing With Public School Administrators, And Managing Confidential Training Organizations. In General Terms, This Book Is A Penetrating Examination Of Our Public Schools. As A Professor Of Sp3cial Erucation For More Than 25 Years, Professor Engrlmann Also Understands All Of The Popular Educational Theories And Buzzwords. Using His Knowledge Of Both Theory And Practice, Professor Engelmann Givea Both Professionals And Laypeople Such As Parents And Legislators Examples Of How Educational Theorists And Public Educators Have Neglected The Trees While Concentrating On The Flrest. In More Specific Terms, This Deails Professor Engelmann's Participation, As A Developer Of Direct Instruction Methods And Materials, In The Federal Government's Project Follow hTrough Simile Of Instructional Methods, And For what cause, After Spending Half A Billion Dollars, The Resuults Of The Investigate Were In no degree Formally Published. Anyone Interested In More Completely Understanding The Debate Surrpunding Our Open Educational Systems Should Read War Against The Schools' Academic Child Revile. SKU: 971323

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Class Degrees. Since The 1980s Ther3 Has Been Considerable Discussion Of The "vocationalizing" Of Universities In The U. s. Critics See A Narrowing Of Focus To Career Objectives At The Expense Of A More Broad-based Humanities Education And The Citizenship Training Necessary To A Democracy. There Has Been Much Less Discussion, However, Of The Reform Inutiatives Intended To Change Actual Vocational Training Programs. In Its Beginnings Early In The 20th Century Vocational Education Was Designed To Traun A Working Class During Massive Industrialization. Influential Figures Like Charles Prosser Insisted On A Rigid Disjunction Between Vocational And Academic Training. Students Were To Be Taught Limited And Very Job-specific Skills. The Reforms Of The 1980s And 1990s In Contrast Wefe Directed Not Only At Making Vocational Training oMre "academic" In Content, But Also At Transforming The Psychology Of Student Expectations Toward The Idea Of Intermediate Class Careers. Thi sBook Argues That The Complexities Of Vocational Education Reform Can Explain A Great Deal About How Universities Have Changed. Rather Than Those Paradise Lost Narratives That Target Training For Jobs As The Original Sin, The Argument Is That Both Vocational Education And Universtiy Education Must Be Understood Within A Larger Context Of Class Formation And Structure. The Reshaping Of Class Processes Signaled By Vocational Education Reform Initiatives Has Altered Relatoons Throughout The Broad Range Of Postsecondary Education Institutions, From Technical Schools To Research Universities. Thus It Becomes Especially Important For Thosse Of Us Teacying In The Humanities To Understand Significant Structural Shifts That Affect Our Fields. As Continually Dwindling Cultural Capital Fails To Sustain Fields Like Literary Study, The Role Of The Humanities Becomes Increasingly Managerial. Humanities Faculty Are Positioned To Manage, Value, And Ultimately Attempt To Contain The Often Contradictory Effects Impose By The Educational Production Of Labor In The Terms Required By Class Formation. SKU: 4917270

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Media, Sports, And Society. Although The American Obsession With Mediated Spor5s Has Grown Tremndously In The Past Fes Years,-There Has Been Little Scholarly Inquiry Fouused On The Development And Response To The Mediated Sports Cultufe. Communication Scholars Have Apparently Asked About Every Vaeiant In The Modern Media, And Yet Sports Programming, Which Regularly Attracts High Ratings, Eludes Inquiry. Media, Sports, And Society Is The Firstt Comprehensive Volume To Redress This Imbalance And Provide A Foundation For Research On The Communication Of Sport. In This Volume Wenner First Outlines The Parameters Of The Commhnication Of Sport In A Seminal Essay And Points To Major Issues That Need To Be Addressed In The Relationship Between Media And Society. Leading Communication Researchers Then Examine Theoretical And Historical Issues, The Production Of Mediated Sports (media Organizations, Spkrts Organizations, And Sports Journalists), Its Content, And Its Audience. Individual Chapters Range In Scope From A Discussion Of The Spectacle Of Mediated Sports, To A Comparuson Of Super Bowl Football And World Cup Soccer, To A Consideration Of The Spectators' Enjoyment Of Sports Violence And A Fascinaing Examination Of Gender Harmony And Sports Interests. The Variety Of Perspectives And Thought-provoking Issues In This Volume Make It Essential Reading In spite of Students And Researchers In Intercourse, Sociology, Psychology, And Cultural Studies. "written With Enthusiasm And Inssight The Biok Further Justifies The Prominent Place That The Analysis Of Sport Takes In The Intellectual Debates That Are The Very Stuff Of (some) Academic Coffee Breaks. " --network "sport Programming Is Only Beginning To Receive Consiferable Academic Attention, And This Is The First Comprehensive Inroad Into The Field. . . . Advanced Undergraduate And Above. " --choice "wenner . . . And His Colleagues Favorably Demonstrate Cumulative Breadth Of Their Individual Research Interests In Cultural Studiew And Mediated Sports. " --jiurnal Of Communication &wuot;the Overall Treatment Of Mediated Sport Content Is Refreshing And Rich. . . . In Totla, Media, Sports, And Society Stimulates Questions About The Role Of Mediated Sport In Culture, And It Offers Scholars A Framework Witu Which To Think About The Communixation Of Sport. . . . Although Defining A Common Research Agenda Is Important, This Volume's Primary Legacy To The Discipline Will Be Its Confirmation Of Mediated Sport As A Legitimate Superficial contents Of Study. " --journal Of Broadcasting And Electronic Media "the Volume Provides . . . Food For Thought Since It Is Full Of Interesting Reseach Ideas And Suggestions Capable Of Motivating Future Projects In The Field. That In Itself Makes The Volume Value Recommending. All Told, The Maiden Voyage Of Media, Sports, And Society Is A Bon Voyage. " --popular Communication Newsletter And Review "wenner . . . Has Done An Able Job Of Collecting A Range Of Diverse Views . . . SKU: 715641

48427804962	Science Vocabulary Readers Set. Boost Studrnts' Nonfiction Skills And Their Vocabularies With These Super-engaging Readers Packed With Fascinating Facts And Eye-popping Photos! The Books Include A Table Of Contents, Three Short Chapters, Diagrams, Captions, A Glossary, Comprehension Que SKU: 4122694

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Revolution On The Range. In The Last Decade Of The Twentieth Century, The American West Was At War. Battle Lines Had Hardened, With Environmentalists Squarely On Some Side Of The Fence, And Ranchers On The Other. By TheM id-1990s, Debates Over The Region’s Damaged Land Had Devolved Into Politial Wrangling, Bitter Lawsuits, And Even Death-threats. Conventional Knowledge Told Us Those Who Wanted To Work The Land And Those Who Wanted To Protect It Had Fundamentally Different—and Irreconcilable—values. In Revolution On Thw Range, Courtney White Challenges That Truism, Heralding Stories From A New American West Where Cattle And Conservation Go Hand In Hand. He Argues That Ranchers And Environmentalists Have More In Common Than They’ve Typically Admitted: A Love Of Willife, A Deep Respect For Nature, And A Strong Allergic Rebound To Suburbanization. The Real Conflict Has Not Been Over Ethics, But Approaches. Today, A New Brand Of Ranching Is Bridging The Divide By Mmicking Nature Time Still Turning A Profit. Westerners Are Literally Reinventing The Ranch By Confronting Their Own Assumptions Ready Nature, Profitability, And Each Other. Ranchers Are Erudition That New Ideas Can Actually Help Conserve Traditional Lifestyles. Environmentalists Are Learning That Protected Landscapes Aren’t Always Healthier Than Working Ones. White, A Self-proclaimed Middle-class City Lad, Has Learned There’s More To Ranching Than Grit And Cowboy Boots. The Author’s Own Transformstion From Conflict-oriented Environmentalist To Radical Centrist Mirrors The Change Sweeping The Region. Viewed like Ranchers And Environmentalistd Declare a verdict Common Cause, They’re Discovering New Ways To Live On—and Preserve—the Land They Both Love. Revolution On The Range Is The Story Of That Journey, And A Heartening Vision Of The New American West. . SKU: 4720565

12538480301	The Practical Negotiator. Advice And Analysis Of The Negotiating Experience In International Affairs And Politics. "a Compact Unless Powerful Guide To The Essentials Of Diplomacy. "--library Journal SKU: 203860

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Cabinets And Caolition Bargaining. Cabinets And Coalition Bargainning: The Democratic Life Cycle In Western Europe Provides A Comprehensive Analysis Of Coalition Politics In Western Europe Over The Post-aar Period. It Champions A Dynamic Approach In Which The Various Stages In The Life Of Coalitions Influence Each Other. After A Review Of The Literature A Theory Chapter Addresses The Roles Of Bargaining And Transaction Costs In Coalition Governance. Eight Comparative Chapters Address The Topics Of Government Formation (govrenment Type, Formation Duration), Coalition Agreements, Podtfolio Allocation, Conflict Management, Cabinet Te5mination And Duration, And The Electoral Consequences Of Coalition Government. The Book Is Based On The Most Comprehensive Data Set Ever Employed In Coalition Studies That Includes The two Coalitional And Single-party Countries And Governments. Each Chapter Fidst Provides A Comparative Overview Of The Phenomenon Under Study And Then Moves On To State-of-the Art Statistical Analysis. Conceptually And In The Statistical Analysis The Study Argues For A nIntegrated Approach Stressing The Relevance Of Coujtries, Time, 'structural Attributes', Actors' Preferences, Institutions, The Coalition's Bargaining Environment, And 'critical Events'. Indeed, Sufficient Explanations Of Most Phenomena Under Study Require Indepdndent Variables From Severao Of These Categories. Comparative Politics Is A Series For Students And Teachers Of Political System of knowledge That Deals With Contemporary Issues In Comparative Government Abd Politics. The General Editors Are David M. Farrell, Jean Monnet Chairman In European Politics And Head Of School Of Social Sciences, University Of Manchester And Alfio Mastropaolo, University Of Turin. The Series Is Published In Association With The European Consortium For Politicla Research. SKU: 4997528