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Ivan R. Dee
Most studies of World War II assume that it was, in some way, a triumph for Britain. John Charmleys important new reappraisal of the immediate origins of the war is based on extensive new work in the Chamberlain papers. It …
R&L Education
Explores how to define problems, recognize research design issues, and how to interpret data from surveys. Designed to serve the information needs of researchers, analysts, and administrators needing statistical tools for educational research, the presentation is oriented to research for …
AltaMira Press
We all know that learning takes place in museums but what does that really mean? Who learns what and how do they learn it? Gaea Leinhardt and Karen Knutson set out to investigate these questions through the conversations of museum …
J.S. Sanders books
This tragic novel traces the barbarization of the white settlers of the Appalachian frontier, culminating in the destruction of the Cherokee nation and the moral corruption of its conquerors. Southern Classics Series.
View book details for The 100 Greatest Jews in Sports
Ranked According to Achievement
Scarecrow Press
The 100 Greatest Jews in Sports takes the greatest Jewish athletes in all major sports from the past eleven decades and ranks them against each other, using a limited scope and quantitative criteria. Each decade has seen someone new emerge …
View book details for Debunking the Middle-Class Myth
Why Diverse Schools Are Good for All Kids
R&L Education
Many parents search for a 'good' school to enroll their children. They look at the school's standardized test scores and check out demographic statistics, but fail to investigate the strengths of these schools that have a vibrant mix of races …
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The Female Vampire on Film
Scarecrow Press
Almost as long as cinema has existed, vampires have appeared on screen. Symbolizing an unholy union between sex and death, the vampiremale or femalehas represented the libido, a repressed force that consumed its victims. Early iconic representations of male vampires …
View book details for So, You're the New Musical Director!
An Introduction to Conducting a Broadway Musical
Scarecrow Press
So, You're the New Musical Director! is aimed at the person who has music training but little or no experience with musical theatre, the high school choral director with a degree in music education, or the actor participating in community …
AltaMira Press
Writing the New Ethnography provides a foundational understanding of the writing processes associated with composing new forms of qualitative writing in the social sciences. Goodall's distinctive style will engage and energize students, offering them provocative advice and exercises for turning …
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Portrayals of Mental Illness in the Movies
Scarecrow Press
The stigmatization of mental illness in film has been well documented in literature. Little has been written, however, about the ability of movies to portray mental illness sympathetically and accurately. People Like Ourselves: Portrayals of Mental Illness in the Movies …
View book details for The Curriculum Management Audit
Improving School Quality
R&L Education
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J.S. Sanders books
A Classic of the Southwestern Humor school that influenced Mark Twain, this portrait of a rascally backcountry trickster remains an engaging parody of enduring aspects of the American character. Southern Classics Series.
View book details for Police Mission
Challenges and Responses
Scarecrow Press
What is the best management style for the police? Police Mission discusses the values and norms inherent in the American police mission, and examines how police respond to challenges that arise while attempting to uphold this mission. It reveals that …
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An Oral History of Early Pro Football in Ohio, 1920-1935
Scarecrow Press
Very little has been documented about the early days of pro football and the pioneers who had a major influence in the history of the NFL. Chris Willis, head of the Research Library at NFL Films, seeks to address this …
New Amsterdam Books
Drinking with Dickens is a light-hearted sketch by Cedric Dickens, the great-grandson of Charles Dickens. There are vivid and memorable drinking scenes in Dickens' books, and Drinking with Dickens abounds in recipes, many based on the drinks of Dickensian England …
View book details for The Nature of 'A Work'
Implications for the Organization of Knowledge
Scarecrow Press
Living legend Smiraglia has written the first book devoted exclusively to exploring the concept that is commonly referred to as a bibliographic "Work." In bringing together material from both inside and outside the discipline of information studies, he traces the …
View book details for Mean Streets and Raging Bulls
The Legacy of Film Noir in Contemporary American Cinema
Scarecrow Press
Classic film noir was Hollywood's 'dark cinema' of crime and corruption; a genre underpinned by a tone of existential cynicism which stripped bare the myth of the American Dream and offered a bleak, nightmarish vision of a fragmented society that …
Fortress Press
No question has been as persistently nettling as the proper relationship of Christians and the Christian church to political power, and the results have often been calamitous. This classic collection of Christian statements on social ethics, now fully revised and …
Fortress Press
What does the history of Christian views of economic life mean for economic life in the twenty-first century? Here Daniel Finn reviews the insights provided by a large number of texts, from the Bible and the early church, to the …
View book details for Quality Human Resources Leadership
A Principal's Handbook
R&L Education
Marrying theory and practice, this volume will help principals to maximize human potential, promote quality educational outcome, and practice effective leadership skills. This practical, research-based book provides case studies and addresses the more recent responsibilities and demands placed on principals …
View book details for The Tenth Amendment and State Sovereignty
Constitutional History and Contemporary Issues
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
In the wake of the 2000 Election, the relationship between the Supreme Court and the American states has become more important. Once derided by the Court as a 'truism,' the Tenth Amendment has in recent years been transformed from a …
UPA
The Logical Foundations of Social Theory describes Gert Muellers argument that physical, biological, social, moral, and cultural reality form an asymmetrical hierarchy of founding and controlling relationships that condition social reality rather than mechanically determining it. This book analyzes social …
AltaMira Press
Gender in African Prehistory provides methods and theories for delineating and discussing prehistoric gender relations and their change through time. Sites studied range from Egypt to South Africa and Ghana to Tanzania, while time periods span the Stone Age to …
View book details for The Once and Future Church Study Guide
Transforming Congregations for the Future
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Church boards, congregational planning groups, judicatory study groups, and people exploring their own religious experiences in the congregation will find themselves in new territory, using their own insights as well as Mead's. Can be used independently with either or both …
View book details for Religion and Public Life in the Mountain West
Sacred Landscapes in Transition
AltaMira Press
Huge mountain ranges and vast uninhabited areas characterize the Mountain West. The region is home to several dense urban centers, but there is enough space between cities for three very distinct religious cultures to develop. Arizona and New Mexico's religious …
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