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View book details for Resistance to Tyrants, Obedience to God
Reason, Religion, and Republicanism at the American Founding
Lexington Books
Both reason and religion have been acknowledged by scholars to have had a profound impacton the foundation and formation of the American regime. But the significance, pervasiveness,and depth of that impact have also been disputed. While many have approached the …
View book details for Joss Whedon's Dollhouse
Confounding Purpose, Confusing Identity
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Although it lasted barely more than a season, Dollhouse continues to intrigue viewers as one of Joss Whedons most provocative forays into television. The program centered on men and women who have their memories and personalities repeatedly wiped and replaced …
Lexington Books
The intersections of aging, media, and culture are under-explored given trends in population aging, rapid increases in the mediation of everyday life, and the growing cultural significance of media consumption at the global level. This book brings together an international …
View book details for Uke Can Do It!
Developing Your School Ukulele Program
R&L Education
Affordable, versatile, portable, and popular once again, the ukulele is an ideal instrument for lifelong music making that can also be an engaging component of school music programs. At the elementary or secondary level, students can use the ukulele to …
View book details for Darwinian Evolution and Classical Liberalism
Theories in Tension
Lexington Books
Darwinian Evolution and Classical Liberalism canvasses an array of thinkers from the past to the present as it examines fundamental political, philosophical, ethical, economic, anthropological, and scientific aspects of the ferment between Darwinian biology and classical liberalism. Early chapters focus …
Lexington Books
This rich and varied collection of essays addresses some of the most fundamental human questions through the lenses of philosophy, literature, religion, politics, and theology. Peter Augustine Lawler and Dale McConkey have fashioned an interdisciplinary consideration of such perennial and …
View book details for No Family History
The Environmental Links to Breast Cancer
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
No Family History presents compelling evidence of environmental links to breast cancer, ranging from everyday cosmetics to industrial waste. Sabrina McCormick weaves the story of one survivor with no family history into a powerful exploration of the big business of …
Ivan R. Dee
The most popular painter of his day, yet an artist whose reputation has fluctuated among art scholars and critics of the succeeding centuries, Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) is chiefly remembered today for his large canvases of sensual gardens, religious scenes, …
View book details for Past, Present, and Future Research on Teacher Induction
An Anthology for Researchers, Policy Makers, and Practitioners
R&L Education
This anthology on teacher induction research is intended for researchers, policy makers, and practitioners in the field of teacher induction both nationally and internationally. This book is the final and major project of the Association of Teacher Educators' (ATE) Commission …
View book details for Many Loves of Buffalo Bill
The True Of Story Of Life On The Wild West Show
TwoDot
What we want to do is give our women even more liberty than they have. Let them do any kind of work that they see fit, and if they do it as well as men, give them the same pay.William …
View book details for Comfort & Spice
Recipes for Modern Living
Lyons Press
Full-flavored, generous, and easy-to-execute recipes have won Irish author Niamh Shields critical acclaim and a huge following for her blog Eat Like a Girl. Here her gastronomic curiosity has brought together dishes that embrace the passing of the season, the …
View book details for Negotiating Under Fire
Preserving Peace Talks in the Face of Terror Attacks
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
The impact of severe security crises on peace negotiations represents one of the most significant facets of modern conflict resolution theory to remain under-researched. It also stands out as the factor most likely to derail inherently sensitive negotiations. Negotiating Under …
Falcon Guides
This pocket guide documents the best trails around Portland from urban walks to gorgeous waterfall hikes. Also included are hikes that explore the magnificent Columbia River National Scenic Area and the Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument in Southwest Washington. …
View book details for Portland, Oregon Chef's Table
Extraordinary Recipes from the City of Roses
Lyons Press
Portland, Oregon Chefs Table celebrates the food and culture of what the New York Times calls the citys Golden Age of dining and drinking. The citys food scenelargely a celebration of the farm-to-table movementhas grown and evolved tremendously in the …
Jason Aronson, Inc.
This book-length meditation on the Hebrew alphabet offers profound insights into many important ideas found in Jewish thought.From time immemorial, the Hebrew alphabet has been considered to be more than a collection of individual letters. Indeed, the essence of each …
View book details for The South Pole
An Account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in the Fram, 1910-1912
Cooper Square Press
Roald Amundsen records his race to be the first man to reach the South Pole. Amundsen's expertise enabled him to succeed where his predecessors, and competitors, did not. His rival Captain Robert F. Scott not only failed to reach the …
View book details for Law In and As Culture
Intellectual Property, Minority Rights, and the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
There are two oppositional narratives in relation to telling the story of indigenous peoples and minorities in relation to globalization and intellectual property rights. The first, the narrative of Optimism, is a story of the triumphant opening of brave new …
View book details for Teaching Reading and Writing
A Guidebook for Tutoring and Remediating Students
R&L Education
Providing a wealth of simple, research-based strategies for teaching reading and writing, this book is designed for each chapter to be accessible to teachers, tutors, parents, and paraprofessionals. Teaching Reading and Writing demonstrates that effective literacy instruction does not have …
View book details for Teacher-Student Relationships
Crossing into the Emotional, Physical, and Sexual Realms
R&L Education
Why are so many public school teachers, administrators, and coaches choosing to become romantically and sexually involved with teenage students and players? Since 2000, numbers of intimate relationships between teachers and students have skyrocketed. Teacher arrests are at all-time highs. …
View book details for Seder Olam
The Rabbinic View of Biblical Chronology
Jason Aronson, Inc.
Seder Olam is the basic text on which all historical understanding of Jewish tradition in the Talmud is based. This book is a translation with commentary of this classical text, making Seder Olam: The Rabbinic View of Biblical Chronology available …
View book details for Broken Harts
The Life and Death of Owen Hart
M. Evans & Company
Owen's wife Martha, tells the story of their life together from the days as high school sweethearts, through Owen's rise to fame in the WWF.
View book details for After the Last Man
Excurses to the Limits of the Technological System
Lexington Books
In this unique, enlightening monograph, Toivo Koivukoski explores the circumstances that have led modern society to use the concept of progress as a surrogate cosmology that gives individuals a sense of place and purpose. By linking various historical paradigms from …
View book details for Fun with the Family Southern California
Hundreds of Ideas for Day Trips with the Kids
Globe Pequot Press
Written by parents, for parents, this opinionated, personal, and easy-to-use guide has hundreds of ideas to keep the kids entertained for an hour, a day, or a weekend! Fun with the Family Southern California leads the way to amusement parks, …
View book details for Mindful Teaching and Learning
Developing a Pedagogy of Well-Being
Lexington Books
Mindful Teaching and Learning: Developing a Pedagogy of Well-Being features a community of scholar-practitioners from across disciplines, methodologies, and ideological perspectives exploring and examining contexts that support mindful teaching, mindful learning, and a pedagogy of well-being. Collectively, these chapters document …
View book details for Education Under Siege
Frauds, Fads, Fantasies and Fictions in Educational Reform
R&L Education
We Americans seem prone to bandwagon onto fads, particularly now that reforming education has become a national priority. Unfortunately, many of those fads now caroming across our continent are outright frauds; some are fantasies, even fictions. Even more unfortunately, many …
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