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The Hunt for Nazi Criminals
Potomac Books
In the 1970s news broke that former Nazis had escaped prosecution and were living the good life in the United States. Outrage swept the nation, and the public outcry put extreme pressure on the U.S. government to investigate these claims …
Orbit
A major new novel from one of science fiction's most powerful voices, Aurora tells the incredible story of our first voyage beyond the solar system. Brilliantly imagined and beautifully told, it is the work of a writer at the height …
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Introduction to the Mathematics of Interest, Annuities, and Insurance
UPA
Requiring only a background in high school algebra, Kaminsky's Financial Literacy: Introduction to the Mathematics of Interest, Annuities, and Insurance uses an innovative approach in order to make today's college student literate in such financial matters as loans, pensions, and …
Severn House Publishers
The latest case for Brock & Poole leads to a trip abroad . . . and tragedy at home. When Richard Cooper is found shot to death in his luxury apartment in North Sheen, London, Detective Chief Inspector Harry Brock …
Severn House Publishers
Well-drawn characters, including a lead capable of sustaining a long series, complement the clever plot Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)Reverend Mother Aquinas is asked to prove a young mans innocence in the second of this atmospheric new Irish historical mystery series.Ireland …
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Maximize Your Power of Personal Choice
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
As the foremost researcher in the area of correlating mindset with a variety of organizational learning factors, having performed a survey validation study of the Mindset Works, Inc. Whats My School Mindset? Survey and the Project for Educational Research That …
View book details for Enhancing a High-Performing School Culture and Climate
New Insights for Improving Schools
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
The purpose of our book is to share with our readers some insights we have acquired over the years in our administrative experience implementing change and reforms. Two areas that are critical for any reform to succeed are the way …
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Understanding Value-Added Models in the Law of Teacher Evaluation
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Mark Paige takes an in-depth look at the interaction of Value Added Models (VAMs) and the law of teacher evaluation. It notes that the hasty adoption of VAMs in evaluation and employment law actually complicates efforts to improve teacher quality, …
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Enhancing the Intercultural Development of Teachers and Students
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
The essence of this second edition, under the revised title Teacher as Traveler: Enhancing the Intercultural Development of Teachers and Students, is to examine the development of intercultural competence through various dimensions of student travel, study abroad and intercultural encounters. …
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American Foreign Policy in a Time of Fractured Politics and Failing States
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Over the past quarter century, four consecutive American presidentstwo Democrat, two Republicanhave spent more time, diplomatic capital, and military resources on Iraq than any other country in the world. Much as the Vietnam syndrome cast a long shadow over American …
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The Words in Action
Bucknell University Press
George Oppen's standing in American poetry has never been greater. Yet despite the mass of critical writing since his death in 1984, the essential basis of the versethe words on the page and their acousticshas rarely been the subject of …
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Driving Change in Community Colleges
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Community colleges are under intense pressure to change in response to shifts in an increasingly complex environment. Stakeholders are placing simultaneously contradictory demands on colleges for more and better service, increased accountability, and more efficient use of resources in order …
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Seven Marathons, Seven Continents, Seven Days
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
The World Marathon Challengeseven marathons on seven continents in seven daysis the ultimate race for adventurous runners. It tests the athletes to their limits, going from biting cold Antarctic conditions one day to dry desert heat another. To survive the …
Arsenal Pulp Press
Winner of the thirty-fourth annual 3-Day Novel Contest, the infamous literary marathon held every Labor Day weekend. Music journalist Evan Strocker has almost finished a book about his time with Heidegger Stairwell, a legendary indie-rock band. But the band thinks …
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Being an Idiosyncratic and Lyrically Recollected Account of Menus, Recipes, History, Trivia, and Admonitions on the Subject of Alfresco Dining in Cities Both Large and Small
Arsenal Pulp Press
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The Extraordinary and Tragic Story of the Legendary Codebreaker
Arsenal Pulp Press
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Native Americans and Newcomers in the Great Lakes Region, 16001870
Ohio University Press
Diverse in their languages and customs, the Native American peoples of the Great Lakes regionthe Miamis, Ho-Chunks, Potawatomis, Ojibwas, and many othersshared a tumultuous history. In the colonial era their rich homeland became a target of imperial ambition and an …
View book details for Citizenship, Belonging, and Political Community in Africa
Dialogues between Past and Present
Ohio University Press
Africa, it is often said, is suffering from a crisis of citizenship. At the heart of the contemporary debates this apparent crisis has provoked lie dynamic relations between the present and the past, between political theory and political practice, and …
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The Distinguished Chinese American Library Professional Dr. Hwa-Wei Lee
Ohio University Press
The biography of Dr. Hwa-Wei Lee, who was awarded the highly prestigious Melvil Dewey Medal by the American Library Association in 2015, will be welcomed by readers interested in knowing not only more about Lees personal achievements and contributions in …
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Contestation over Consent and Coercion in Africa
Ohio University Press
With forced marriage, as with so many human rights issues, the sensationalized hides the mundane, and oversimplified popular discourses miss the range of experiences. In sub-Saharan Africa, the relationship between coercion and consent in marriage is a complex one that …
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A Step-by-Step Guide to Writing Personal History
Ohio University Press
When Linda Spence asked her aging mother to write her life story, her mother stared at a blank sheet of paper and askedHow? Where do I begin? In this practical guide to capturing those memories that have been stored away, …
Ohio University Press
It took her two tries, but in 1955, sixty-seven-year-old Emma Grandma Gatewood became the first woman to solo hike the entire length of the Appalachian Trail in one thru-hike. Gatewood, who left an abusive marriage after raising eleven children, has …
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An Andy Hayes Mystery
Ohio University Press
As a serial killer stalks prostitutes in Columbus, Ohio, a distraught brother asks private investigator Andy Hayes to find his sister before its too late. In a deadly race against time, Andy soon learns hes not the only person hunting …
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Colonial Justice and Popular Memory in Kenyas Mau Mau Rebellion
Ohio University Press
The transcript from this historic trial, long thought destroyed or hidden, unearths a piece of the British colonial archive at a critical point in the Mau Mau Rebellion. Its discovery and landmark publication unsettles an already contentious Kenyan history and …
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An Andy Hayes Mystery
Ohio University Press
Its a violent encounter that private investigator Andy Hayes could have done without. One minute hes finishing up some grocery shopping ahead of a custody visit with his sons. The next, he must come to the rescue of a Somali …
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