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View book details for Beyond the Ballpark
The Honorable, Immoral, and Eccentric Lives of Baseball Legends
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Most baseball fans know of the amazing accomplishments Hall of Fame members achieved on the field, from Joe DiMaggios 56-game hit streak to Cy Youngs 511 career wins. But few are as familiar with the ballplayers lives away from the …
View book details for Geographies of Dance
Body, Movement, and Corporeal Negotiations
Lexington Books
This volume provides a theoretical and practical examination of the relationships between bodies, dance and space. Using ten case studies, it illustrates the symbolic power of dance that is crafted by choreographers and acted out by dancers. The book portrays …
View book details for Turkey and the European Union
The Question of European Identity
Lexington Books
European identity has always been in a state of construction. With the creation of the European Union, however, this construction now takes place within an institutional framework, introducing a number of new variables. Selcen .ner's Turkey and the European Union: …
View book details for The Ten Commandments and the Beatitudes
Biblical Studies and Ethics for Real Life
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
The Ten Commandments and the Beatitudes are often considered significant texts for the Christian moral life. However, most interpretations of these passages either focus on the original meaning of the text or how the texts should impact ordinary living today. …
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Students come to the school library every day with questions ranging from How many people live in China? to I need to find out how the Sun began for my science paper. Helping students find the answers to their questions …
View book details for American Exceptionalism
The Origins, History, and Future of the Nation's Greatest Strength
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
American Exceptionalism provokes intense debates culturally, economically, politically, and socially. This collection, edited by Charles W. Dunn of Regent University's Robertson School of Government, brings together analysis of the idea's origins, history and future. Contributors include:Hadley Arkes, Michael Barone, James …
View book details for White Logic, White Methods
Racism and Methodology
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
In this collection of essays, the authors examine how racial considerations have affected the way social science is conducted; how issues are framed, and data is analyzed. With an assemblage of leading scholars, White Logic, White Methods explores the possibilities …
View book details for Promoting Abstinence, Being Faithful, and Condom Use with Young Africans
Qualitative Findings from an Intervention Trial in Rural Tanzania
Lexington Books
Promotion of the low risk ABC behaviorsAbstinence, Being faithful, and Condom usehas had only limited success in Africa. This book draws on a large qualitative study affiliated with an adolescent intervention trial to examine how ABC promotion can be improved. …
View book details for Engaging the Hispanic Learner
Ten Strategies for Using Culture to Increase Achievement
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Every year a new group of students walks through the classroom door and the question arises: what can I do differently to better help my Hispanic students? This is one of the most fundamental questions every teacher must ask. The …
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Interpreting Difficult History at Museums and Historic Sites is framed by educational psychoanalytic theory and positions museum workers, public historians, and museum visitors as learners. Through this lens, museum workers and public historians can develop compelling and ethical representations of …
View book details for The Afghan War in 2013: Meeting the Challenges of Transition
Security and the Afghan National Security Forces
Center for Strategic & International Studies
After more than a decade of fighting in Afghanistan, the United States and its allies are set to transfer security responsibilities to Afghan forces in 2014. This transition poses many challenges, and much will depend on the future of Afghan …
View book details for Memories, Hopes, and Conversations
Appreciative Inquiry, Missional Engagement, and Congregational Change
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Memories, Hopes, and Conversations is a powerful resource that introduces readers to Appreciative Inquirya transformational organizational change process that focuses on the strengths of a group. The second edition has been revised and expanded throughout, featuring important new materials on …
View book details for She's a Knockout!
A History of Women in Fighting Sports
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Womens fighting sports have a rich and storied history. As far back as the eighteenth century, female fighters battled at varying levels, from county fairs to elite events. With new opportunities to compete in legitimate arenasfrom the Olympics and the …
View book details for Panic in the Loop
Chicago's Banking Crisis of 1932
Lexington Books
Relying on a broad array of records used together for the first time, Panic in the Loop reveals widespread fraud and insider abuse by bankersand the complicity of corrupt politiciansthat caused the Chicago banking debacle of 1932. It provides a …
View book details for The Guardians in Action
Plato the Teacher and the Post-Republic Dialogues from Timaeus to Theaetetus
Lexington Books
If youve ever wondered why Plato staged Timaeus as a kind of sequel to Republic, or who its unnamed missing fourth might be; or why he joined Critias to Timaeus, and whether or not that strange dialogue is unfinished; or …
View book details for Gratitude toward Veterans
Why Americans Should Not Be Very Grateful to Veterans
Lexington Books
Americans are very grateful to veterans. Veterans are celebrated via speeches, statues, memorials, holidays, and affirmative action. They are lavishly praised in public gatherings and private conversations. Contrary to this widespread attitude, Stephen Kershnar argues that U.S. citizens should not …
View book details for Covering Your Campus
A Guide for Student Newspapers
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Newsrooms_and campus newsrooms are no exception_are chaotic, fast-paced, and lively. That's why we love them. But reporting news is an important business, and everyone involved in that business needs some guidance and structure. Covering Your Campus provides the advice, rules, …
View book details for Nature's Sublime
An Essay in Aesthetic Naturalism
Lexington Books
Natures Sublime uses a radical new form of phenomenology to probe into the deepest traits of the human process in its individual, social, religious, and aesthetic dimensions. Starting with the selving process the essay describes the role of signs and …
View book details for The Political Problem of Religious Pluralism
And Why Philosophers Can't Solve It
Lexington Books
In contemporary political philosophy, there is much debate over how to maintain a public order in pluralistic democracies in which citizens hold radically different religious views. The Political Problem of Religious Pluralism deals with this theoretically and practically difficult issue …
View book details for The Face of Discrimination
How Race and Gender Impact Work and Home Lives
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Thousands of individuals are discriminated against each year due to their race or sex, even 40 years after the Civil Rights Act. The Face of Discrimination documents the forms, character, and implications of race and sex discrimination at work and …
View book details for Campaign for President
The Managers Look at 2012
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
In this book, a distinguished group of presidential campaign staff, journalists, and political observers take us inside the 2012 race for the Republican nomination and general election, guiding us through each candidate's campaign from the time each candidate announced his …
View book details for First Sight
ESP and Parapsychology in Everyday Life
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Often seen as supernatural, unpredictable, illusory and possibly dangerous, ESP, telepathy, clairvoyance and other parapsychological activities are actually happening all the time and help us make sense of everyday experiences. First Sight provides a new way of understanding such experiences …
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Ministry leaders possess the compassion, creativity, and knowledge about community needs that grant funders appreciate. Yet ministry groups are often less experienced than other types of nonprofit organizations in discerning which funding to seek, understanding how to build relationships with …
View book details for Introducing Language in Use
A Course Book
Taylor and Francis
Introducing Language in Use, second edition, provides a lively and accessible introduction to the study of language and linguistics. Drawing on a vast range of data and examples of language in its many forms, this book provides students with the …
View book details for Growing Up
How to Be a Disciple Who Makes Disciples
B&H Publishing Group
If you are serious about being a disciple of Jesus Christreally, truly seriousa discipleship group can help you achieve that goal. Jesus established this model for us by forming and leading the first discipleship groupand it worked. The men who …
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