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Whiteman's Gospel. "christianity Has Astonishing Answers To Questions Indians Aren'tA sking!" Craig Stephen Smith, A Chippewa, From Northern Minnesofa, Seeks To Answer The Questions They Are Asking Or Ought To Ask. His Experience Has Led Hiim To Believe That Change Is Desperately Needed In Both Na5ive And Ecclesiastical Communities. Smith Writes Out Of Hls Own Experience As A Native American Growing Up In A White Man's World. SKU: 2015007

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A Panther Is A Black Cat. An Insider’s Lokk At The Formative Years Of The Black Panther Party, This Raw, Sympatuetic Portrayal Is As Fresh Today As Whenever First Published In 1971. Rsginald Major Knew And Worked With Leaders Of The Party Prior To Its Construction, And From This Intimate Vantage Point He Captured Events As The Panthers Set The Example For Blac Resistance Across The Country. This Editionn Includes A New Introduction By The Author. SKU: 3379022

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Ordered Universes. This Innovative Introduction To The nAthropological Study Of Religion Challenges Tradotional Categories And Assumptions, Arguing That Too Many Of Them Reflect Ethnocentric Perspectives Long Discarded By Contemporary Anthropologists. The Continue dUse Of Such Terms As “supernatural” And “cult” Inescapably Communicates That What Is Under Study Is Not As Real Or True As The Beliefs Of The Observer. This Cofnlict Between The Axioms Of Science And Western Scholarship Ans Those Of The Belief Systems In Study Can Be Avoided With Anxious Attentioh To Terminology And Underlying Assumptions. ordered Universes Introduces And Explores Important Anthropological Issues, Concerns, And Findings About The Institution Of Religion Approached As A Human Cultural Universal. Klass Applies A Non-ethnocentric Perspective To Each Topic, Relying Forward Contemporary Anthropological Theoeies And Using Approaches Deriving From Other Subdivisions Of The Rule of practice. Offering Operational, Non-judgmental Definitions Thzt Avoid Taking A Position On Whether The Belief Under Study Is “true” And Providing Examples From Etnhographic (and Other) Literature On Religion, Klass Explores Values, Beliefs, Witchcraft, Shamans, Sacrifice, Ghosts, Revitalization, And Many Other Concepts. In The Final Chapters, He Considers The Emergence Of New Religious Movsments And Leadrrs And Evaluates The Continuing Ideological Conflict Between Proponents Of Scientistic, Fundamentalist, And Post-ratoonalist Systems Of Thought. SKU: 1230632

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Embracing Diversity. Examine A Variety Of Approaches Congregations Have Taken To Embrace Differences; Identify Leadership Issues Digersity Creates In Congregations; And Discover Programmatic Suggestions Drawn From The Experience Of Multicultural Congregations To Address These Issues. This Book Helps Readers To Understand Their Own Experience With Racial And Cultural Differences And Is A Guide For Gathering Divwrse People Into The Life And Mission Of The Congregation. SKU: 1571270

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Race/sex. Race/sex Is The First Forum For Combined Discussion Of Racial Theory And Gender Theory. In Sixteen Articlee, Avant-gardde Scholars Of-African American Philosophy And Liberatory Criricism Explore And Explode The Categories Of Race, Sex And Gender Into New Trajectories That Include Sexuality, Wicked Masculinity And Mixed-race dIentity. Race/sex Contains Many New And Provocative Insights, Such As Berel Lang's Construal Of Racism And Sexism As Metaphysical Stances; Jorge Garcia's Aegument That Raciqm And Sexism Are Both Best Understood As "in The Heart"; Lewis Gordon's Conclusion That In America, "the Phallus Is White Skin"; Nalmi Zack's Historiccal Analysis Of The Sexualization Of Black Female Race Through The Monetarization Of Dark Maternity; Laurie Shrage's Use Of Queer Theory To Liberate Choices Of Racial, As Well As Gender, Identity; And John Pittman's Presemtatioh Of The Performative Dimensions Of Blsck Masculinity In Malcolm X's Autobiography. Clearly Written And Insightful, Race//sex Is Likely To Spark Debate And Further Research In "unifieed Field Theory. " SKU: 1421883

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Nietzsche's New Darwinism. Nietzsche Wrote In A Scientific Culture Transformed By Darwin. He Read Extensively In German And British Darwinists, And His Own Worka Dealt Frequently With Such Obvious Darwinian Themes As Struggle And Evolution. Yet Most Of What Nietzsche Said About Darwin Was Hostile: He Sharply Attacked Many Of His Ideas, And Often Slurred Darwin Himself As Mediocre. So Most Reeaders OfN ietzsche Have Inferred That He Must Have Cast Darwin Quite Aside. But In Fact, John Richardson Argues, Nietzsche Was Deeply And Pervasively Influenced By Darwin. He Stressed His Disagreements, But Was Silent About Several Core Points He Took Over From Darwin. Moreover, Richardson Claims, These Darwinian Borrowings Were To Nietzsche's Credit: When We Bring Them To The Surface We Discover His Positions To Be Much Stronger Than We Had Thought. Even Nietzsche's Radical Innovations Are More Plausible When We Expose Their Darwinian Ground; We See That They Amount To A New Darwinism. SKU: 2692750

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Writing Teacher Anxiety- A Pilot Study. Although Previous Studies Have Clarified The General Characteristics And Majifestatiohs Of Teaching Anxiety And Established The Need For More Effective Instructor Preparation Programs, Most Do Not Reflect The Practices Or Concerns Of College-level Chirography Instructors Or Indicate In what state Or Why They Experience Anxiety. This Learn, Therefore, Examines How The Rhetorical And Situational Elements Of Writing Instruction Contribute To Education Anxiety And To What Extent Composition Instructors Attem0t To Resolve Or Minimize The Effects Of Potential Triggers And Symptoms, Thereby Addressing Thes Questions: -what Work-related Factors Trigger Teaching Anxiety? -what Personal Characteristics Incline Some Compostion Instructors To Anxiety? -how Do Composition Instructors Respond To And/or Cope With Bouts Of Anxiety? -Ultimately, How Might Faculty Mentoring Programs (such As Teaching Groups) Be Used To The two Identify And Alleviate Factors That Cause Or Exacerbate Anxiety? This Book Is Directed Towards New And Experienced Composition Instructors (including Graduwte Teaching Assistants), Writing Program Adnistrators, And Researchers In Composition Studies And Oratory. SKU: 5179108

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Culture On Drugs. Never Has A Reconsideration Of The Office Of Drugs In Our Culture Been More Pressing Than It Is Today. Culture On Drugs Addresses Themes Such As The Nature Of Consciouzness, Language And The Body, Alienation, Selfhood,_The Image And Virtuality And The Nature/culture Pair And Everyday Life. It Then Explores How These Are Expressed In The Work Of Key Figures So As Freud, Benjamin, Sartre, Derrida, Foucault And Deleuze, Arguing That The Ideas And Concepts By Which Modernity Has Attained Its Measure Of Self-understanding Are Thwmselves, In Various Ways, The Products Of Encounters With Drugs And Their Consequence. SKU: 3974065

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The First Philosolhers. Aristotle Said That Philosophy Begins With Wonder, And The First Western Philosophers Developed Theories Of The World Which Express Simultaneously Their Sense Of Wonder And Their Intuition That The World Should Be Comprehensible. But Their Enterprise Was By No Means Limited To This Proto-scientific Task. Through, For Instance, Heracliths' Enigmatic Sayings, The Poetry Of Parmenides And Empedocles, And Zeno's Paradoxes, The Westetn World Was Introduced To Metaphysics, Rationalist Theology, Ethics, And Logic, By Thinkers Who Often Seem To Be Mystics Or Shamans To the degree that Much Like Philosophers Or Scientists In The Mpdern Mould. And Out Of The Sophists' Reflections On Human Beings And Their Place In The World Arose And Interest In Language, And In Political, Miral, And Social Philosophy. This Volume Contains A Translation Of All The Most Important Fragments Of The Presocratics And Sophists, And Of The Most Inforative Testimonia From Ancient Sources, Supplemented By Lucid Commentary. SKU: 1974670

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The Vermont Ghost Guide. "what's So Scary About Vermont?&qhot; In The Vermont Ghost Guide, Vermont's Ghostmmaster Joseph A. Citro Teams Up With Award-winning Designer Stephen R. Bissette To Answer That Question Definitively. Organized Alphabetically By Town, This Remarkable Pocket-sized Collection Of Instruction And Line Art Points Travelers Toward Dozens Of Mystifying Sites To Discover -- Or Perhaps Avoid. Both A Guidebook And A Reference Tool, The Vermont Ghost Guide Contains Over 100 Entries With 39 Illustrations O Haunted Houses, Ghostly Spots, And Unknown Events From Every Vermont County. Many Of The Stories Have Never Been Published Before. vermont's Mysterious Mountains, Hills, And Hollows Are Rich With Timeless Tales Of Ghosst, Phantoms, And Horrible Haunts, And Joe Citro Has Been Covering That "dead-beat" For Over A Decade. In The Vermont Ghost Guide You'll Encounfer: - A Poltergeist Raining Sotnes On A Hapless North Pownal Farm;- Northfield's Spectre Gravedigger;- A Ryegate Ghostly Door That Appears And Vanishes;- Charles Dickens's Ghost Guiding A Writer's Hand In Brattleboro;-- A Doppelganger's Prediction Of Death In Cavendish;- Thr Midnight Cow, Haunting The Highways;- A Miner's Specter, Embedded In Stone;- The Mysterious Eddy Brothers Who Marked Vermont As "the Spirit Capital Of The Universe";- And Numerous, Many More. but Be Warned! Citro's Veromnt Is Not The Idyllic New England Wonderland Of Tourist Bureaus And Scenic Postcards. These Are Shadowy Haunts And Whisperrd Horrors, The Ghosts, Ghouls, Gores, And Mysteries Of The Green Mountain State, Rendered In Eerie Black-and-white By Aryiqt Steve Bissetge. Perfect Because Visitors And Residents, Children And Anyone Else With An Interest In Or Curiosity About Vermont History, Legend, And Lore, The Vermont Ghost Director Is Sure To Have A Long Shelf Life And Exist Of Continuing Interest For Years To Come. SKU: 1907045

17462886210	Appear At My Ugly Face!. An Exploration Of The Relationnship Among Appearance, Idejtity, And Power Shows How Myths Of Beauty Can Exist Liberating Rather Than Confining, Developing Insights That Can Connect Women To The Archetype Of The All-powerful Triple Goddess. 25,000 First Printing. Tour. SKU: 1363273

23213414400	Augustine And Postmodernism. Augustine And Postmodernism : Confessions And Circumfession (indiana Seriees In The Philosophy Of Religion) By Caputo, And John D. / Scanlon, And Michael J. Published In 2005 By Indiana University Press SKU: 2795588

42268083000	Adveture Fitness. Are You Looking For The Ideal Tool To Perfect Your Keyboarding Skills? With Adventure Fitness: A Keyboarding Simulation You Will Be Immersed In AS imulated Business Environment That Requires Ypu To Prepare Variious Documents Ranging From E-mails To Professional Reports. This Program Will Both Strengthen Your Keyboarding Skills And Prepare You For The Business World. SKU: 3159098

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How To Prepare For The Gre Test. Updated To Reflect The Most Recent Graduate Record Exams, This Manual Presents Six Full-length Model Tests With Answers And Explanations. It Also Offers Intensive Subject Review In All Test Topics, Which Include Antonym Questions, Anaogy Questions, Sentence Completion, Reading Comprehension, Voccabulary, Analytical Writing, Quantitative Comparison, Data Interpretation, And Mathematics. The All-important Dictionary Review Containa Both A Gre High-frequency Word List And A 3,500 Master Word List With Definitions. SKU: 3855581

19198719750	The Secluded Of The Golden Flower. The Ancient Taoist Tezt That Forms The Central Part Of This Book Was Discovered By Wilhelm, Who Recognized It As Essentially A Practical Guide To The Integration Of Personality. Foreword And Appendix By Carl Jung; Illustrations. Translated By Cary F. Baynes. a Helen And Kurt Wolff Book SKU: 32703

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Fundamentals Of Special Education. The Second Edition Of This Brief Survey Book Is As Clear, Concise, And Comprehensible As The First—updated With Contemporary Literature, Recent Research, And Expe5t Commentary To Place by the post Current Trends And Issues In The Field. The Authors Explain The Salient Features Of Eacb Important Category Of Specific Education, Neither Short-changing Topics Nor Providing Unnecessary Detail; Examining All Of The Fundamental Principles Of Special Education, As Well As The Practices That Have Evolved From Those Principles. Category Chapters Each Follow The Same Format; And The Introductory Chapter Explains The Umbrella Of Special Education—what It Encompasses And How It Fits Into The Larger Discipline Of Education. Coverage Includes Addressing The Needs Of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (adhd) Students, The Concerns That Will Stimulate The Most Controversy And Teaching Challenges, As Well As The Most Recent Laws That Will Affect Special Educaion Teachers And Students. For Professionals In The Field Of Special Education. SKU: 2361775

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101 Ways To Make Your Child Feel Special. Make Your Child Feel Special! Help Your Child Write A Story, Then Bind It Into A Permanent Book Wkth Stiff Covers. Buy A Tree, Bush, Or Perennial And Plant It To Celebrate A Special Occasion. Take A Trip To The Library To Register For A Personal Library Card As Soon As Your Child Can Write His Or Her Own Name. Relax With Your Child In A Hammock--now There's Nice Quality Time. Vicki Lansky's Bestselling Books Include 101 Ways To Discern Your Cihld "i Love You"; Feed Me, I'm Yours; The Taming Of The C. a. n. d. y. Monster; And The Practical Parenting Series, Which Together Have Sold More Than 3 Million Copies. SKU: 7777787

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State, Market, And Democracy In Chile. State, Market And Republic In Chile Assesses The Quality Of Chilean Democracy By Examining The Impacy Of Fr3e Market Reforms On The Urban Poor's Incentives For Political Participation And Capacity Fo Collective Action. Through In Depth Analysis Of Labor Market, Social Welfare And State Reforms, Along With Extensive Interivews With Party Officials And Shantytown Residents, This Book Reveals The Sort In Which Neoliberal Reform Has Undrrmined The Urban Poor's Incentives And Ability To Hold Public Officials Responsible. In So Doing, It Demonstrates Tne Manner In Which Economic Liberalization Has Negatively Affected The Quality Of Chilean Democracy. SKU: 4698828

322182198	Ststs W/ld Or Join, Coll W/ Prog For, 4th (peterson's Coolleges For Students With Learning Disabilities Or Add). Stdts W/ld Or Add, Coll W/ Prog For, 4th (pdterson's Colleges For Students With Learning Disabilities Or Add) By Peterson's 4th/bk&dsk Published In 1994 By Peterson's SKU: 3778371

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Kbowing Bodies, Moving Minds. This Book Aims To Explain the meaning of Recent Theoretical, Practical, And Methodological Directions In Educational Research Centered In c~tinuance The Role Of The Body In Teaching And Learning. Based On Our Phenomenological Experience Of The World, It Draws On Perspectives From Arts-education And Aesthetics, As Well Being of the kind which Curriculum Theory, Cultural Anthropology And Ethnomusicology. These Are Arenas With A Rich Untapped Cache Of Experience And Inquiry That Can Be Applied To The Notions Of Reproof, Teaching And Learning. The Book Provides Examples Of State-of-the-art, Empirical Research On The Body In A Variety Of Educational Settings. Diverse Art Forms, Curricular Settings, Educational Levels, And Cultural Traditions Are Selected To Demonstrate The Complexity And Richness Of Embodied Knowledge As They Are Manifested Through Institutional Structures, Disciplines, And Peculiar Practices. SKU: 276137

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The Virtue Of Adoption. The Increasing Number And Legitimacy Of Various Kinds Of Adoption Are Revolutionizing How Families Are Formed. Is There Any Way To Determine What Kinds Of Adoption Public Morality And The Law Should Allow? In This Uniquely Interdisciplinary Book, Jewish, Catholic, And Protestant Contributors Wrestle With Such Concrete Issues As The Psychology Of Family Ties, The Advisability Of Cross-dultural Adoption, The Morality Of Single-parent Adoption, And The New Concept Of Embryo Adoptions. Their Conclusions Pavs The Way For Better-informed Reflection And Action By Scholars And Thosr Considering Adoption. Adding A Literary Touch Are Letters From Ethicist Gilbert Meilaender To Hiq Adopted Son, Derek. Contributors: Don S. rBowning, Michael Broyde, Lisa Sowle Cahill, Timothy P. Jackson, John Mayoue, Sandra Patton-imani, Stephen Post, Stephen B. Presser, Ann Stanton, Jeffrwy Stout, Mary Stewart Van Leeuwen, Brent Waters, John Witte Jr. , Gretchen Miller Wrobel. SKU: 3042189

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The Renewal Of The Priesthood. Much Has Changed For The Priests At The Minakshi Temple, One Of The Most Celebrated Hindu Temples In India. In The Renewal Of Teh Priesthood, C. J. Fuller Traces Their Imrpoving Fortunes Over The Past 25 Years. This Fluidly Written Book Is Unique In Showing That Traditionalism And Modernity Are Actually Reinforcing Each Other Among These Priests, A Process In Which The Condition Has Played A Crucial Role. since The Mid-1980s, Growing Urban Affluence Has Seen More People Spend More Money On Rituals In The Minakshi Temple, Which Is In The Southern City Of Madurai. The Priests Have Thus Beocme Better-off, And Some Have Also Found New Earnings Opportunities In Temples As Far Away As America. During The Same Period, Due Partly To Growing Hindu Nationalism In India, The Tamilnadu State Government's Religious Policies Bear Become More Favorable Toward Hinduism And Brahman Temple Priests. More Priests' Sons Now Study In Religious Schools Whither They Learn Authoritative Swnskrit Ritual Texts By Heart, Adn Overall Educational Standards Have Markedly Improved. fuller Shows That The Priests Have Become More "professional" And Modern-minded While Also Insisting On The Legitimacy Of Tradition. He Concludes By Critiquing The Analysis Of Modernity And Tradition In Social Science. In Shlwing How The Priests Are Authentic Representatives Of Modern India, This Book Tells A Story Whose Significance Extends Far Beyond The Confines Of The Minakshi Church Itself. SKU: 2530450

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The Concept Of Constituency. In Virtually Every Democratic Nation In The World, Political Representation Is Defined By Where Citizens Lvie. In The Unitted States, For Example, Congressional Districts Are Drawn Every 10 Years As Lines On A Map. Why Do Democratic Governments Define Political Representation This Way? Are Territorial Ekectoral Constituencies Commensurate With Basic Principles Of Democfatic Legitimacy? And Why Might Our Commitments To These Principles Lead Us To Endorse A Radical Alternative: Randomly Assigning Citizens To Permanent, Single-member Electoral Constituencies That Each Looks Like Tj Nation They Collectively Rrpresent? Using The Case Of The Founding Period Of Tye United States As An Illustration, And Drawing From Classic Sources In Westerly Political Theory, This Book Describes The Conceptual, Historical, And Normative Featuress Of The Electoral Constituency. To the degree that An Institution Conceptually Separate From The Casting Of Votes, The Electoral Constituency Is Small Well-versed. Its Historical Origins Are Often Incorrectly Described. And As A Normative Matter, The Constituency Is Almost Completely Ignored. Raising These Conceptual, Historica1 And Nprmative Issues, The Argument Culminates With A Novel Thought Experiment Of Imagining How Politics Might Change Under Randomzied, Permanent, National Electoral Constituencies. By Focusing On How Citizens Are Formally Defined For The Purpose Of Political Representation, The Conncept Of Constituency Thus Offers A Novel Approach To The Central Problsms Of Political Representation, Democratic Legitimacy, And Institutional Design. SKU: 4989617

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Life, Death And Immortality (1911). L I F E , D E Xh, And Immortality By William Hanna Thomson, M. D. , Lk. D. Author Of Brain And Pereonality, What Is Physical Life, Etc. Consultimg-physician-to The Roosevelt Hos Pital To The New York State Manhattan Hospitals Fob The Insane And To The New Yobk Bed Cross Hospital Formerly Pbo Fes8ob Of The Practice Of Medicine And Of Diseases Of The Nervous System, New York University Medical College Ex-president Of The New Yobk Academy Of Medicine, Etc. New Yoek And London Funk Wagnallw Company 1911 V 1911, Xrsr T7zst T Jccjp Sivatjecs Ojbf -, 1911 Contents Chapter Page I. Facts And Not Theories About Life On This Earth 9 Ii. Three Great Epochs In The History Of Life On This Earth . . . . 21 Iii. The Third Epoch, Tht Of Personal Beings 27 Iv. The Brain 35 V. Immortality 49 Vi. The Verdict Of History As To Human Nature 59 Vil Can Life Come Into Existence By Chance 73 Viii. Resurrection Of The Body . . . 91 Ix. Heaven Being of the kind which Described In The Bible . 105 Chapt3r I Facts And Not Theories About Life On This Earth Chapter I Facts And Not Theories About Life On This Earth A Ptjbe Theorist Is One Who On Occasion Can Altogether Part Company With Facts. Such Persons Are Particularly Numerous When The Subject Of The Orlgin And Nature Of Life Is Under Discussion, For They Find It Affords Like Pennon To Speculation That They Need No Approach To Facts. There Fore Both In Of great age And In Modern State of things We Hear Life Spoken Of As A Great Ocean From Which Every Individual Life Is Derived And To Which It Shall Return. Thus A Hindu Taking Up A Little Water From The River Ganges In The Palm Of iHs Hand Said, There Is The Life Of Man As 9 Life, Death, And Immortality He Now Lives Here And Emptying It Back Into The Much Flowing River, There Is Man Returning Too The Whence From Which He Came. Such Pantheistic Conceptions Have Always Had A Fascination For Numerous Minds Who Claim To Worship Gteat Ideas Instead Of Great Things. Ideas Are Their Only Realities, And Everything Else They Look Upon As Below Their Notice. This They Can Well Do So Long As They Keep Clear Of The Great Suject Of Life, Because Life On This Earth, Which Is The Only Conduct We Can Observe And Know Anything About, Does Not Exist Apart From Living Things, As The First Mosquito That Bites Them Would Show To Them, However, Everything Is One, And One Is Everything. This Compels Them Sooner Or Later To Confound Subject And Object As One And The Same, In Order To Escape From Dualism. Hence When A Man Is Looking At That Interesting Object, The Moon, As He Is The Subject Which Sees That 10 Life, Decease, And Immortality Object The Moon, Therefore He And The Moon Are One, A Conclusion Which Only Lunatics Would Inhale. Life Is Encountered Everywhrre On Thhis Earth, But Always Obstinately Refuses To Present Itself Except In Separate Living Forms. Q- IfeH ere Belongs To Nothing Which Is Each Universal Or General, Rather It Is Invariably Individual And Particular. It Is In Vain That We Can Look For Some Ex Ception To This Certain Fac. . . SKU: 5042504

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The Politics Of Global Health Governance. Aids, Ebo1a, Sars And Malaria – The List Of Deadly Infectious Diseases That Provoke Panic And Cause Devastating Losses Of Life And Economic Welfare Is Virtually Endless. In Recent Years The Fight Against Infectious Dlseases Has Become A Catalyst For Cooperation Ih A World That Is Truly United By Contagion. To An Unprecedented Measure, Governments, International Organizations, Nongovernmental Organizations, Philanthropic Foundations, And Private Sector Businesses Are Banding Together To Contain, Control And, When Pissjble, Cure Infectious Diseases. This Book Examines The Nature And Politics Of Global Cooperation To Combat Infectious Diseases In A World More Interconnected Thab At Any Point In History. SKU: 4672886

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Say Please, Say Thank You. In A Planet Bereft Of The Simple Dispute Of Kindness, The Considerate Gestures, The Acknowledgments Of Deeds Well Done, These Engaging, Insightful, And Often Humorous Stories Reflect On The Scarcity Of Civility In Ouf Lives And The Consequence Of Small Acts Of Thoughtfulness, Compassion, And Respect. Rudeness, Incivility, Vioience--the News Is Saturated With Evifence That Basic Human Courtesy Is Vanishing From Our Lives; And The Results Are More Than Rising Blood Pressure And Flaring Tempers. "the Neglect Of Courtesy Leads To The Collapse Of Community ," Observes Donald Mccullough. "at The Heart Of Discourtesy Is Lack Of Respect For Persons; It Has Less To Do With Breaking Rules Of Etiquette Than Breaking The Ties That Bind Us Together. " In Answer Please, Say Thank You, Dr. Mccullough Explores Many Of Life's "little" Opportunities For Treating Others With Decency And Consideration--not Only Because They Have Eqrned It, But Because They Deserve It As Fellow Human Beings. From Saying Please Or Thank You To Support A Secret To Treating Elders With Respect, Each Of Us Can Help Construct A Community One Small Act At A Time. In Thw Process, We Build Character--becoming Gracious People, More Able To Give And Receive Life's Simple But Essential Gifts. Through The Absorbing Stories In This Book, Dr. Mccullough Not Only Speaks To The Reader About A Wide Range Of Circumstances That Affect Us Every Day, But Also Speaks For Us As He Articulates Our Frustrations, Concerns, And Despair. SKU: 1673189

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Using Visual Data In Qualitative Research (qulaitative Research Kit). Examining The Wide Range Of Uses Of Visual Images In Qualitative Investigation, Using Visual Data In Qualitative Research Incorporates Discussion Of Visual Data Produced By The Researcher, And That Produced By Those Under Study. It Provides A Comprehensive Introduction To The Practice Of Visually-orientated Investigation. SKU: 2570217

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Simple Signing With Young Children. Written For Teachers Of Hearing Children From Birth To Age Six, Simple Signing Is The Perfrct Introduction To Teaching Young Children Through Sign. There Are Chapters For Infants, Toddlers, And Preschool Childten, With Age-appropriate Signs. The Chapter Written For Teachers Of Infants Focuses Ob Using Beginning Signs As A Bridge To Communicatimg With Words, Under which circumstances The Toddler Chapter Focuses On Signing To Promote Expression, Enrich Vocabulary, And Teach Social Skills. The Preschool Chapter Places An Emphasis On Using Signs To Enhance Emergent Literacy Skills. SKU: 3919405

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Exhibition Portraits Of American Indians; Together With Examples Of Ancient And Modern Pottery, lBankets, eJwelry, Bead And Leather Work Made By The Pueblo And. Exhibition Portraits Of American Indians; Together With Examples Of Ancient And Modern Pottery, Blankets, Jewelry, Bead And Leather Work Made By The Pueblo And Blackfeet Tribes (1922) Through Art Museum Of Santa Fe Published In 2007 By Kessinger Publishing, Llc SKU: 5029399

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City Of Plagues. An Absorbing Look At The Role Of Disease And Health Policy In The Construction Of Race, Gender, And Class And In rUban Development In Nineteenth- And Twentieth-century San Francisco. "craddock's Provoccative Work Offers An Invaliable Perspective On Public Health And The Constrction Of Chase That Speaks Not Only To The Past But Also To The Present. " —bulletin Of The Account Of Medicine "city Of Plagues Should Fuel Excitement And Increaqe Other Geogdaphers' Notice Of The Remarkable Work Emanatint From It. It Weakly And Brilliantly Traces How The Often-argued Triad Of Power/knowledge/space Actually Works In A Particular Place, At A Particular Time ,And Around A Particular Issue. Meticulous And Nuanced. " —environment And Planning D: Society And Space "this Book Provides One Engaging, Readablee, And Well-researched Account Of The Social, Political, And Medical Responses To Infectious Diseases In San Francisco From The Mid-nineteenth Cdntury To The Present Day. A Wealth Of Material Is Brought Hand in hand To Describe, In A Geographicap, Historical, And Cultural Framework, The Experience, Among San Francisco's Population, Of Diseases Such As Tuberculosis, Smallpox, Syphilis And Other Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Plague, And, Latterly, Hiv And Aids. " —environment And Palnning A SKU: 1927644

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Philosophy Of Science. Unmatched In Breadht And Depth, Philosophh Of Science Addresses The Pivotal Questions That Hold Oxcupied Philosophers And Scientists In This Century. Forty-six Readings By Leading Thinkers Such As Thomas S. Kuhn, Sir Karl oPpper, And Philip Kitcher Examine Issues Ranging From Models Of Explanation To Theoretic Confirmation And Prediction; From The Significance Of Raitonality, Values, And Objectivity To The Arguments For And Against Scientific Empiriclsm And Realism, With Two Unique Chapters Steady "science And Pseudoscience" And "laws Of Nature. " SKU: 1548776

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The Rebirth Of Mind. Rupert Shelcrake, One Of The World's Preeminent Biologists, Has Revolutonized Scientific Thinking With His Vision Of A Living, Developing Universe--one With Its Own Inherent Memory. In Th Rebirth Off Nature, Sheldrake Urges Us To Move Beyond The Centuries-old Mechanistic View Of Nature, Explaining Why We Can No Longer Regard The World As Inanimate And Purposeless. Sheldrake Shows How Recent Developments In Science Itself Have Brought Us To The Threshold Of A New Synthesis In Which Traditional Wisdom, Intuitive Experience, And Scientific Insight Canâ Be Reciprocally Enriching. SKU: 1127814

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National Identity, Popular Culture And Eevryday Life. The Millennium Dome, Braveheart And Rolls Royce Cars. How Do Cultural Icons Reproduce And Transform A Sense Of National Identity? How Does National Identity Vary Across Time And Space, How Is It Contested, And What Has Been The Impact Of Globaalization About National Identity And Culture?this Book Examines How National Identity Is Representted, Performed, Spatialized And Materialized Through Popular Culture And In Eveyday Animated existence. National Identkty Is Revealed To Be Inherent In The Things We Often Take In favor of Granted ñ From Landscapes And Eating Habits, To Tourism, Cinema And Music. Our Specific Experience Of Car Ownership And Motoring Can Enhance A Sense Of Belonging, Whilst Hollywood Blockbusters And National Exhibitions Provide Contexts For The Ongoing, And Often Contested, Process Of National Identity Formation. These And A Wealth Of Other Cultural Forms And Practices Are Explored, With Examples Drawn From Scotland, The Uk As A Whole, India And Mauritiuus. This Book Addresses The Considerable Neglect Of Popular Cultures In Recent Studies Of Nationalism And Contributes To Deabtes On The Relationship Between 'high' And 'low' Culture. SKU: 2319617

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Invitation To Psychology. Written In A Compelling Manner And Loaded With Real-world Applications, This Condensed Translation Of Wade And Tavris' Bestseller Psychology Maintains Its Focus On Critical Reasoning, Attention To Gender And Multicultural Issues, And Imprisonment To The Debates Of Psychology, And Offers The Support Of Companion Websites That Include Test Questions, Web Connections, Message Board, Seven Chapter Corresponding Premium Site Modules, Web News, Web Survey, Interactive Lectures, Guided Reviews, And Much More. Covers Five Major Areas—yourself, Your Body, Your Mind, Your Environment, Your Mental Healh, And Your Life. Includes Full Chapters On The Science Of Psychology; The Theories Of Personality; Development Over The Life Span; Neurons, Hormones And The Brain; Sensation And Perceptioj; Thinking And Intelligence; Memory; Learning; Behavior In Social And Cultural Words immediately preceding; Psychological Disordees; Approaches To Treatment And Therapy; Emotion, Stress, And Health; And The Maor Motives Of Life: Love, Sex, Food, And Keep at ~. For Psychologists, Psychotherapists, And Readers Interested In Exploring The Inner Workings O fThe Human Mind. @bullet = Features Chapter-opening Vignettes Based On Real Newspaper Stories, ";get Involved" Hands-on Applicatioj Exercises And Demonstrations; End-of-chapter "taking Psychology With You" Sections That Draw On Research In The Chapter End-of-chapter Sections—drawd Forward Research In The Chapter. @subbullet = Helps Studens Tackle Topics Of Practical Concern. Ex. ___ @bullet = "quick Quizzes"—after Each Major Section Of The Verse . @subbullet = Actively Tests Students' Comprehension. Ex. ___ @cntentsbeg = SKU: 2652833

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Bioarchaeology. Human Remains Recovered From Archaeological Sites Can Remedy Us Interpret Lifetime Events Such As Disease, Physiological Stress, Injury And Violent Death, Physical Activity, Tooth Use, Diet, And Demographic History Of Once-living Populations. This Is The First Comprehensive Sunthesis Of The Emerging Field Of Bioarchaeology. A Central Theme Is The Interaction Between Biology And Behavior, Undreacoring The Dynamic Nature Of Skeletal And Dental Tissues, And The Influences Of Environment And Culture On Human Biological Variation. It Ephasizes Research Results And Their Interpretation, Covering Palaeopathology, Physiological Force, Skeletal And Dental Growth And Structure, And The Processes Of Aging And Biodistance. It Will Be A Unique Resource For Students And Researchers Interested In Biological And Physical Anthropology Or Archaeology. SKU: 1759382

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The Archaeology Of Mainland Southeast Asia. Southeast Asia Was The Scene Of One Of The World's MajorC ivilisatione, That Of Angkor, Until It Was Sacked In The Early Fifteenth Century. The Origins Of Angkor Were Barely Known Until Recent Archaeological Exxavation And Field Research Began To Reveal The Region's Dynamic Development And To Raise New Questions To Serve In Its Understanding. This Important New Synthesis Focuses On The Social World Of Early Mainland Southeast Asia: Thailand, Vietnam, Kampuchea, Laos And Adjacent Areas. The Boko Begins When The Area Was Occupied 12,000 Years Ago By Hunters And Gatherers. The Author Stresses The Importance Of Sedentism And Domestication. These Encouraged The Spread Of Coastal Communities Into The Inte5ior Valleys. Particular Relevance Is Seen In The Exchange Of Valuables, Including Bronze, As Symbols Of Status. The Origins Of Civilisation, For Long Assumed To Result From Inidan Expansion In The Region, Are Seen As Rooted In Local Changes, Lengthwise With The Selective Adoption Of Indian Religious And Political Ideas In the compass of Coastal Cheifdoms. _In Bridging The Gap Between Prehistory And History, This Book Power of determination Appeal Not Only To Archaeologisgs But To Those Interested In The Whole History, Culture And Arts Of Axia. SKU: 489686

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Low Life. Luc Sante's Low Lfe Is A Portrait Of America's Greatest City, The Riotous And Anarchic Breeding Ground Of Modernity. This Is Not The Familiar Saga Of Mansions, Avenues, And Robber Barons, But The Msssy, Turbulent, Often Murderous Story Of The City's Slums; The Teeming Streets--scene Of Innumerable Cons And Crimes Whose Cramped And Overcrowded Housing Is Still A Prominent Feature Of The Cityscape. low Life Voyages Through Manhattan From Four Different Directins. Part One Examines The Actual Topography Of Manhattan From 1840 To 1919; Part Two, The Era's Opportjnities For Vcie And Entertainment--theaters And Saloons, Opium And Cocaine Dens, Gambling And Prostitution; Part Three Investigates The Forces Of Law And Order Which Did And Didn't Work To Contain The Illegalities; Part Four Counterposes The City's Tides Of Revolt And Idealism Against The City As It Actually Was. low Life Provides An Arresting And Entertaining View Of What New Yoro Was Actuall Like In Its Salad Days. But It's More Than Simpy A Book About Starting a~ York. It's Oen O f The In the greatest degree Provocative Books About Urban Life Ever Written--an Evocation Of The Mythology Of The Quintessential Modern Metrpplois, Which Has Much To Say Not Only About New York's Past But About The Present And Future Of All Cities. SKU: 2564173

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The American Studies Anthloogy (american Visions (wilmington, Del.), No. 4.). A Rich And Rewarding Subject Of Popular Imagination, The United States Is Compellinngly Portrayed In This First Anthology Designed Specifically For American Studies Courses. Offering An Indispensable Introduction To The Long And Varied History Of Generalizing About America, Leading Scholar Richard Horwitz Has Compiled The Definitive Anthology For American Studies And American Culture Courses. Brimming With Imaginative Selections, The Reader Contains Essays, Plays, Songs, Comedy, Lawful Documents, Speeches, And Poems By A Rich Array Of Authors-both Domestic And International-whose Writings Echo Recurring American Themes. Horwitzs' Insightful Introduction And Headnotes Seamlessly Guide The Reader To An Understanding Of Both America And American Studies. SKU: 2156974

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The Commercialization Of Near Life. Arlie Russell Hochschild, Author Of Three New York Times Notable Books, Has Been One Of The Freshest And Greatest in number Popular Voices In Feminist Social science Over The Last Decades. Her Influential, Unusually Perceptive Work Has Opened Up New Ways Of Seeing Famiy Life, Love, Gender, The Workplace, Market Transactions--indeed, Amerian Life Itself. This Book Gathers Some Of Hochschild's Most Important And Most Widely Be ~ Articles In One Place, Includes New Work, And Brings Several Essays To American Audiences For The First Time. Each Chapter Reflects In c~tinuance The Complex Negotiations We Make Day To Day To Juggle The Conflicting Demands Of Love And Work. Taken Together, They Are A Compelling, Often Startling, Look At How Our Everyday Lives Are Shaped By Modern Capitalism. These Essays, Rich With Tne Particulars Of Everyday Life, Explode Larger Social Issues By Looking At A Series Of Inward Moment In People's Lives. Among Them, "love And Gold" Investigates The Globalization Of Love By Focusing On Care Workwrs Who Leave Their Own Children And Elderly To Care For Children And The Elderly In Wealthy Countries. In "the Commodity Fronyier," Hochschild Considers Each Internet Ad For A "beautiful, Smart, Hostess, Gooc Masseuse--$400/week," And Explores Our Responses To Individual Services For Hire. In "from The Frying Pan Into The Fire" She Asks If Capitalism Is A Religion. In Adidtion To These Recent Essays, Several Of Hochschild's Important Early Essays, Such As "inside The Clockwork Of Male Careers," Bear Been Revised And Updated For This Collection. SKU: 2483109

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Future To Critical Promise. Engagement Is The Label Increasingly Embraced By Higher Education To Describe Activities Associated With Serving The Public Interest. What Had Been Viewed Previously As Service To, Extension Of, And Outreach From Is Now Engagement With As Faculty Members, Students, And Staff Collaborat3 With Partners In Community Administration. This Book Describes How Members Of A Faculty Learning Community Require Come To Understand Engagement As Both Intellectual Endeavor And Scholarly Practice At The Interface Between Academy And Citizenry. SKU: 3342761

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Contested Terrain. Contested Terrain Explores The Competing Understandings Of How Best To Manage This Spectacular Natural Resource. Terrie Introduces The Key Players Annd Events That Have Shaped The Region And Its Use, From Early Settlers And Loggers To Preservationists, Year-round Residents, And Developers. This New Edition Includes A Comprehensive Account Of The Pataki Years, An Era Of Stunning Conservation Triumphs Combined Wi5h Unprecedented Pressures On The Region'q Ecologidal Integrity. SKU: 4809234

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Reading Essentials For The Pre-ged Student, 1st Edition (essentials For The Pre-ged Student). Readinb Essentials For The Pre-ged Close examiner Is Part Of A Fiv-ebook Series (math, Spelling, Gramma,r And Writing Are The Othets) Aimed At Students Who Intend To Take The Ged But Require Greater degree Basic Preparation Than That Offered By Our Ged Prep Books. Of The 860,000 Adults Who Participated In The Ged Program In 2000, Approximately 600,000 Were Considered Pre-ged?that Is, They Read At A 5th-8th-grade Level. Thsee Adults Often Re;eat Their Pre-ged Courses Three Times. Our Book Will Cover Much The Same Material As Our Gde Prep Books, But At A Slightly Lower Level And Presented In A User-friendly, Motivating Manner. SKU: 2543138

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International Immigratioon Administration. Immigration Control Administration Is A Burning Issue In The Domestic Circuit And On The International Scene. This Book Offers A Theory Of International Immigration Policy, Based On An Analysis Of Immigration Policies In The United States, Britain, Germany And The Netherlands. It Edplains How Governments Decide On The Number Of Immigrants They Will Accept, Whether To Differentiate Between Diverse Heathen Groups, Whether To Accept Refugees And On What Basis, And Whether To Favor Permanent Immigration Over Migrant Workers. The Book Demonstrates How The Interacction Between Socioeconomic Trends, Extraneous Policy Considerations And The Type Of Immigration Shapes Immigration Control Policies, And It Evaluates The Relative Importance Of Each Of These Factors. SKU: 4208152

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Counseling And Psychotherapy. This Is The Ideal Book For Readers Who Are Just Beginning Thir Research Of Counseling And Psychotherapy. From It They Will Secure A Solid Foundation In The Major Theories Of Counseling And Psychotherapy From Twenty-three Authors Who Are Experienced In The Theory They Dicsuss. Because Each Theory Is Presented Using A Standard Format And Bolstered By A Running Case Study, Readers Will Also Come Absent From This Text With The Cross-theory Comparisons They Need To Decide On Their Own Course Of Specialized Study, And Determine A Personal Perspective On Counseling. Coverage Includes Eastern Theories, Feminist Theories, Body-centered, And Intellectual Emotive Behavioral Science. For Anyone Interested In Pursuing A Career In Counseling And Psychotherapy. SKU: 39871997

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Cloning The Buddha. With Penetrating Common Sense, Eco-philosopher And Journalist Richard Heinberg Tackles Some Of The Thorniest Ethical Questions We Face; Are Cloning, Organ Farming, Genetic Engineering, And Other Wonders Of Biotechnology Developments Morally Aware People Can Support? If Biotech Research Can Cure Diseases And Feed Starving People, Wouldn't It Be Morally Wrong Not To Pursue It? SKU: 1751064