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Whitman emerges from this biography alive and kickinghugely human, enormously attractive. Newsweek A moving, penetrating, sharply focused portrait of Americas greatest poethis genius, his passions, his androgynous sensibilityan exuberant life entwined with the turbulent history of mid-nineteenth century America. In …
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A Guide to the Magical World of C.S. Lewis
HarperCollins
The pocket guide is an adventurer's passport to the land of Narnia. From Aslan, the great lion, to Zardeenah, the mysterious lady of the night, this comprehensive and accessible companion contains hundreds of alphabetically arranged entries covering all the characters, …
HarperCollins
One of the most recognizable big-screen stars of the past half-century, Sir Roger Moore played the role of James Bond longer than any other actor. Beginning with the classic Live and Let Die, running through Moonraker and A View to …
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The International Bestselller!A powerful and evocative debut novel about two American military nurses during World War II that illuminates the unsung heroism of women who risked their lives in the fighta riveting saga of friendship, valor, sacrifice, and survival combining …
View book details for The Journeys of Socrates
An Adventure
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The international bestselling author is bck with a page-turning tale of the origins of the peaceful warrior In the heart of nineteenth century Tsarist Russia an orphaned boy born of both Jewish and Cossack blood desperately seeks to find a …
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Most books about the saints are thin on women, especially contemporary women. Even Butler's LIVES OF THE SAINTS, the 'bible' of this category, lists far more men than women. No book about the saints could ignore such beloved early martyrs …
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How Greek Mythology Can Change Your Life
HarperCollins
A marvelously wise and expansive book. . . . Ferry writes with warmth, wit, and energy; one could call his prose conversational, but its rare to have a conversation quite this wonderful. Boston GlobeA fascinating journey through Greek mythology that …
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The Promise, the Mission, and the Betrayal of Special Forces Major Jim Gant
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Lawrence of Arabia meets Sebastian Junger's War in this unique, incendiary, and dramatic true story of heroism and heartbreak in Afghanistan written by a Pulitzer Prizenominated war correspondent.Army Special Forces Major Jim Gant changed the face of Americas war effort …
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The Audacious Life and Legend of Rebel Surfer Miki Dora
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For twenty years, Miki "Da Cat" Dora was the king of Malibu surfersa dashing, enigmatic rebel who dominated the waves, ruled his peers' imaginations, and who still inspires the fantasies of wannabes to this day. And yet, Dora railed against …
HarperCollins
A lost voice of old Japan reclaims her rightful place inhistory in this breathtaking work of imagination and scholarship from award-winning and internationally acclaimedauthor Katherine Govier. In the evocative taleof 19th century Tokyo, The PrintmakersDaughter delivers an enthrallingtale of one …
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The History of Ellis Island
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"By bringing us the inspiring and sometimes unsettling tales of Ellis Island, Vincent Cannatos American Passage helps us understand who we are as a nation. Walter IsaacsonThe remarkable saga of Americas landmark port of entry, from immigration post to deportation …
View book details for Study Skills for Psychology Students
A Practical Guide
Taylor and Francis
""The problem with the first year was I didn't know what I didn't know, and even when I thought there was something I was supposed to know I didn't know what to do about it."" This quote from a perplexed …
View book details for Engaging the Families of ELLs
Ideas, Resources, and Activities
Taylor and Francis
Learn how to involve the diverse families of English language learners with the effective, practical approaches in this book. This must-have resource for teachers and school leaders is packed with fresh ideas geared toward building a partnership between school communities …
View book details for Building and Restoring Respectful Relationships in Schools
A Guide to Using Restorative Practice
Taylor and Francis
Implementing 'Restorative Practice' in schools can offer powerful and effective methods of promoting harmonious relationships and resolving conflict. Restorative Practice helps disruptive pupils to take responsibility for their actions, understand the consequences of their behaviour and apologise to others. Through …
Taylor and Francis
As environmental issues move to the centre of the political debate, more attention is being focused on the role our economy has played in creating the ecological crisis, and what a sustainable economy might look like. In spite of the …
View book details for Integrated Treatment for Co-Occurring Disorders
Personality Disorders and Addiction
Taylor and Francis
Integrated Treatment for Co-Occurring Disorders addresses a complex client population, which presents service providers with significant professional challenges. Underlying personality disorders compromise treatment effectiveness for medical, other psychiatric, or trauma services, as well as the ability these individuals have in …
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Process and Practice
Taylor and Francis
With this third edition, Psychoeducational Groups remains the only comprehensive, user-friendly guide to planning, implementing, facilitating, and evaluating psychoeducational groups. It presents all the necessary information to prepare leaders of a psychoeducational group through group design and practice. Included are …
Taylor and Francis
Milners great study, first published in 1950, discusses the nature of creativity and those forces which prevent its expression. In focusing on her own beginners efforts to draw and paint, she analyses not the mysterious and elusive ability of the …
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Psychoanalysis, History and the Father
Taylor and Francis
The ideas of psychoanalyst Otto Gross (1877-1920) have had a seminal influence on the development of psychoanalytic theory and clinical practice and yet his work has been largely overlooked. For Freud, he was one of only two analysts capable of …
O'Reilly Media
Facebook bet that opening its Application Platform would spur growthand build buzz, giving it an edge in the white-hot social networkpopularity contest. Four months and nearly 5000 applications later,it looks like that bet is paying off. Is Facebook the next …
Templar
When Bex auditions for The Tingle Factor, she asks her geeky but musical classmate, Matt, to accompany her, hoping he'll lift her performance. Then Matt gets selected - not Bex! Matt doesn't want to take part - he has no …
HarperCollins
In the tradition of Marisa de los Santos and Anne Tyler comes a moving debut about a young mother's year of heartbreak, loss, and forgiveness...and help that arrives from unexpected sourcesFour months after her husband's death, Janie LaMarche remains undone …
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A Critical History of the Separation of Church and State
NYU Press
Whether in the form of Christmas trees in town squares or prayer in school, fierce disputes over the separation of church and state have long bedeviled this country. Both decried and celebrated, this principle is considered by many, for right …
NYU Press
The Pilgrims and Puritans did not arrive on the shores of New England alone. Nor did African men and women, brought to the Americas as slaves. Though it would be hard to tell from the historical record, European colonists and …
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May Day and Nationalism, 1867-1960
NYU Press
Though now a largely forgotten holiday in the United States, May Day was founded here in 1886 by an energized labor movement as a part of its struggle for the eight-hour day. In ensuing years, May Day took on new …
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