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A Veteran Educator's Guide to Raising Children
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
In vibrant prose, Z. Vance Wilson offers insight to anyone, whether parent or teacher, responsible for guiding children on the joyous, difficult, and ever-unpredictable path to becoming their best selves intellectually, socially, morally, and spiritually. With judiciousness, good will, and …
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In Pursuit of Art (17481813)
Hamilton Books
Jean-Baptiste Pierre LeBrun's life was marked by his intense interest in art, first as an artist, and then from 1770 until his death in 1813, as an art dealer/connoisseur and as a participant in the transformation of the Louvre into …
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The Inclusion of Integralism and Moral Values into the Social Sciences
Hamilton Books
Offering a deep look into the moral uncertainty in the contemporary social sciences and American society, this book explores an in-depth solution. This solution, as articulated by Pitirim A. Sorokin in the 20th century, is the theory of Integralism; a …
View book details for Catholicism and American Political Ideologies
Catholic Social Teaching, Liberalism, and Conservatism
Hamilton Books
This book examines the perspectives of American liberalism and conservatism in the new millenniumtheir general political and social philosophy and their positions in leading public issue areasand evaluates them in light of Catholic social teaching. Before making that evaluation, it …
Hamilton Books
At risk of life and reputation, the reform journalist W. T. Stead (1849-1912) exposed child vice and white slavery in London and established age 16 for statutory rape. Concluding the 1914 Portrait, Joyce saluted the Old father, old artificer, stand …
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A History of Medieval Germany 8001648
Hamilton Books
The intellectual, cultural, and political renaissance that characterized the Europe of Charlemagne was threatened severely by invasions from all sides. Only Germany avoided the consequent phenomenon of feudalism. This was due to a series of rulers who provided protection to …
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"Learning from Success"
Hamilton Books
Prof. Jona Rosenfeld is one of Israel's pioneering social workers. This, his autobiography, is a vivid testimony to his long life dedicated to social work, sociology, psychotherapy and social action. Born in Germany, in 1933 he immigrated with his family …
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Critical Spanish Poems in Translation
Hamilton Books
Activism through Poetry: Critical Spanish Poems in Translation is a compiled anthology of translated poems, which explore cultural, political, social, and ecological issues in the context of contemporary Spain. The work highlights the active role that poetry plays in the …
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
The American university faces many challenges. It has become too costly and inefficient. It fails too many students. It spends too much time and money on matters that should not be its priorities. It clings to policies and practices that …
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What Jewish Thinkers Have Said about God, the Book, the People, and the Land
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
The Jewish God Question explores what a diverse array of Jewish thinkers have said about the interrelated questions of God, the Book, the Jewish people, and the Land of Israel. Exploring topics such as the existence of God, Gods relationship …
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Cooperative Security in an Era of Global Change
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Globalization and technology have created new challenges to national governments. As a result, they now must share power with other entities, such as regional and global organizations or large private economic units. In addition, citizens in most parts of the …
Lehigh University Press
This is a compilation of contributions to the study of the Portuguese playwright Gil Vicente (14651536) which appeared between 2005 and 2015. Entries are grouped under three main headings: Editions and Adaptations, Translations, and Critical Studies. The scholarly interest in …
View book details for Teaching Social Studies in an Era of Divisiveness
The Challenges of Discussing Social Issues in a Non-Partisan Way
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Teaching controversial social issues can be a daunting, and oftentimes terrifying, prospect for social studies teachers. In many ways, this fear is warranted given the politically polarized nature of American society in the 21st century. However, effective social studies instruction …
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Lola Lola, Dirty Singles, and the Men Who Shot Them
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
In film history, director-cinematographer collaborations were on a labor spectrum, with the model of the contracted camera operator in the silent era and that of the cinematographer in the sound era. But in Weimar era German filmmaking, 1919-33, a short …
View book details for The Malaise of Academic Scholarship
Why It Starts with the Doctoral Dissertation as a Baptism of Fire
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
When you are in a hole, stop digging. The wisdom of Will Rogers, American humorist, seems to be forgotten with respect to scholarly research in the arts, social sciences, business, and education. Why do doctoral candidates and professors produce scholarship …
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The South Pole Expedition of 1928-1930
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
With Byrd at the Bottom of the World vividly recounts American explorer Admiral Richard E. Byrds expedition to the South Pole. From the sublime to the ridiculous, author and fellow explorer Norman D. Vaughan recalls the historic moments, practical jokes, …
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How Teachers Can Be Partners in Practicing Preventive Law
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
This book gives principals the tools they need to avoid lawsuits by teaching their staff the information they need to practice preventive law.Lawsuits often begin when teachers unintentionally violate students rights such as searching a students cell phone without reasonable …
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Ten Themes in American Educational History
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
The great pendulum of educational reform recently has begun its inexorable swing toward a new understanding of education. The thirty-year dominance of the authoritarian approach, complete with standardized assessments, distended bureaucracies and school consolidation based on the business model, appears …
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An Interactive Character Development Guide
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
This book is for all types of learners and teachers at any grade level, K-12. The book is excellent for any classroom, including those addressing special education, differentiated instruction, and interactive learning, or where theres active engagement and attention to …
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Foreign Economic and Security Interests
Center for Strategic & International Studies
India in a Reconnecting Eurasia examines the full scope of Indian national interests in the South Caucasus and Central Asia and analyzes the broad outlines of Indian engagement over the coming years. It is part of a six-part CSIS series, …
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American Heroes, an Iconic Ship, and the Race to Save Europe in WWI
HarperCollins
Published in commemoration of the centennial of Americas entry into World War I, the story of the USS Leviathan, the legendary liner turned warship that ferried U.S. soldiers to Europea unique war history that offers a fresh, compelling look at …
HarperCollins
FOREWORD BY FRASER HESTONIn celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of Planet of the Apes, the classic science-fiction film from 1968, The Making of Planet of the Apes tells the film and offers exclusive, never-before-seen photographs and concept art.Based on Pierre …
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Riding with the Ghost
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Erin Osmon presents a detailed, human account of the Rust Beltborn musician Jason Molinaa visionary, prolific, and at times cantankerous singer-songwriter with an autodidactic style that captivated his devoted fans. The songwriting giant behind the bands Songs: Ohia and Magnolia …
Little, Brown and Company
Four friends. Twenty years. One unexpected journey. Eva, Benedict, Sylvie, and Lucien graduate in 1997, into an exhilarating world on the brink of the new millennium. Hopelessly in love with playboy Lucien and keen to shrug off the socialist politics …
Little, Brown and Company
The acclaimed bestseller -- a selection of Oprah's Book Club -- that brings vividly to life the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, DC, circa 1925, and a community reeling from a young girl's tragic death.When five-year-old Clara Bynum drowns in the …
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