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In this timely collection, teacher-scholars of "the long eighteenth century," a Eurocentric time frame from about 1680 to 1832, consider what teaching means in this historical moment: one of attacks on education, a global contagion, and a reckoning with centuries of trauma experienced by...

We are currently living in a world where spiritual darkness seems to be making a greater appearance. Many Bible commenters tell us that we are living in the final generation before Christ returns to collect his church. Read what Matthew Robert Payne believes he...

This book looks at the architecture of the courts in Scotland and the importance of these civic spaces. Given the importance of courts to the legal experience it starts by exploring why scholars have been so reticent in examining spaces in which the administration...

For all those who have lost hope and purpose, and for all those who hurt deep inside from loss, author Celeste Bowers wishes she could spare you from pain, just as she hoped she could shield her own ten-year-old daughter, Christina, from the storms....

Winner: Independent Press Award 2026Silver Award Winner: Reader Views Reviewer's Choice Awards 2025In the 1960s and 1970s-when many communities resisted school integration and schools held low expectations for working-class kids and constricted teachers' autonomy-educators and students at a multiracial public high school in California...

Is there more to life? Is there more to me? Is it all worth it? What does it mean to be one with God, and what does that have to do with the mess and challenges of everyday life? These are some of the...

Young Money and his twin brother, Money, were born and raised in San Francisco, California, in an area called Hunters Point. Hunters Point was sectioned off with numerous housing projects. And Oakdale Project was known to be one of the notorious gangs coming out...

In a guide to demystifying personal dream codes, Joyce Cyr blends science, psychology, spirituality, and common sense to help you navigate through the powerful messages contained in your dreams to understand what stage you are going through in your life, process fears or anger,...

When it comes to running a successful business, you've always had the will. Now you have another way.Managing a successful business requires more than willpower alone. A culture of commitment to innovation will help ensure business success. One must learn to continuously improve and...

In the world of the 21st century, epidemics are common biological and social occurrences, with HIV perhaps emphasising this better than any other disease. Medical scientific research has undoubtedly made significant steps forward; meanwhile, the social research field is still in its initial stages,...

If you've always wanted to lose weight and live a healthier and simpler lifestyle but have struggled to find something that works for you, then keep reading...Are you sick and tired of not being able to lose weight?Have you tried endless other diets but...

"...I was led to keep in my study during many months worms in pots filled with earth, I became interested in them, and wished to learn how far they acted consciously..." - Charles Darwin, The Formation of Vegetable Mould Through the Action of Worms...

Feminist Comedy: Women Playwrights of London identifies the eighteenth-century comedic stage as a key site of feminist critique, practice, and experimentation. While the history of feminism and comedy is undeniably vexed, by focusing on five women playwrights of the latter half of the eighteenth...

This book proposes a radical restructuring of teaching so that it conforms to how people learn. Spence maintains that teaching cannot and should not be aimed at transferring knowledge from teacher brains into student brains. .Author: Larry D. SpenceISBN-10: 1642674648ISBN-13: 9781642674644Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/05/2022Pages:...

At Times I've Felt Like Job: A Story of 'Choices' is entitled as such, because just like Job in the Bible, I was blessed numerous times as a young person. At the same time, I also experienced a great deal of suffering, still my...

"An earnest life-planning manual with a decidedly old-fashioned feel" --Kirkus ReviewHave you ever wondered why some people seem to get rich quick, while others are destined for a life of financial struggle? The world has led you to believe that financial freedom only happens...

"What is race? How do we define identity? How does education affect our life and relationships? Welcome to Anni K. Reinking's world, where even the smallest occurrence of everyday life raises new questions and reflections, involving sociology, anthropology, religion and psychology," writes Elisa Di...

Learning how to sew has never been easier! Jam-packed with essential information, Complete Book of Sewing Techniques, Updated Edition provides an ideal introduction for beginning sewers, and is also a useful reference for those who already have sewing skills. Featuring step-by-step instructions and photographs,...

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish...

Now a USA Today Featured Bestseller!Client Complaints = Exponential GrowthNo one looks forward to facing an inbox full of grievances. But what if those messages are essential to unleashing your company's full potential?In his first book, Chad Jenkins shared his revolutionary method for Removing...

How Are You Living Your Life?Many people live in a way that comes across as mundane, and stagnant life, trying to get what they can out of every experience. Rushing from one appointment to the next, they hustle for dollars, taking advantage of people...

Neither rewards nor punishments can push someone to approach their true potential. In fact, rewards and punishments are significant obstacles to achieving one's potential. That is why our current, compliance-based school model-with its endless array of rewards and punishments-can't lead even some students to...

A gripping memoir of online deception, Sherlock Being Catfished chronicles Joan Mellen's harrowing experience as she falls prey to a romance scam.This true story explores the vulnerability of the human heart in the digital age. Mellen, a seasoned JFK assassination researcher, finds herself entangled...

Anthropology is basically referred to as the study of humankind. This book interlinks polyphony and anthropology: a combination that increases the researcher's scope of views, the narrative existence of subjectivities, and the style of description. A complex account of psycho-cultural and biophysical case studies...

Headline: A peak behind the Hollywood mask by one of its foremost makeup artists In Hollywood's heyday, almost every major studio had a Westmore heading up the makeup department. Since 1917, there has never been a time when Westmores weren't shaping the visages of...

This sixth volume of the Documents series contains personal letters, revelations, discourses, minutes, legal documents, and financial documents, among other documents. The documents in the volume trace the establishment of Far West, Missouri, as the center place of Zion; the spread of Mormon settlements...

With over 90 million monthly users and counting, Roblox is one of the most popular games on the planet! The Big Book of Roblox helps players get the most out of this dynamic sandbox game. Packed with tips, hints, and hacks, this complete, up-to-date...

Accepting Christ was difficult for me. I was a Muslim who converted to Christianity. It is Christ who draws us unto himself. My heart was becoming more and more hardened as I believed I was on top of the world and needed no help...

How did Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood win power so quickly after the dramatic "Arab Spring" uprising that ended President Hosni Mubarak's thirty-year reign in February 2011? And why did the Brotherhood fall from power even more quickly, culminating with the popular "rebellion" and military coup...

Filled with stunning color photography, this captivating book fires young readers imaginations about the adventures that await them while skiing and snowboarding. The volume includes information and tips on proper gear, safety considerations, emergency preparedness, and what to expect during your adventure. Sidebar features...

Available Now! What is not known about me is that I was greatly influenced by the understandings and philosophy of the magi who were the followers of the sacred fire. I had thoughts put into my mind while I slept and during times of...

In August 1906, black soldiers stationed in Brownsville, Texas, were accused of going on a lawless rampage in which shots were fired, one man was killed, and another wounded. Because the perpetrators could never be positively identified, President Theodore Roosevelt took the highly unusual...

Packaged in handsome, affordable trade editions, Clydesdale Classics is a new series of essential works. From the musings of intellectuals such as Thomas Paine in Common Sense to the striking personal narrative of Harriet Jacobs in Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl,...

Author: Oscar WildeISBN-10: 1613828381ISBN-13: 9781613828380Publisher: Simon & BrownLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/19/2011Pages: 156Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.88lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.50d

Innovation has become a key success factor for economic development and a prerequisite for sustainable development. In a complex and highly competitive global environment, enterprises have to innovate and develop commercially viable products and services faster than ever before. Cases on SMEs and Open...

"Always remember today's date," her grandmother said to Irma. "El diez de Mayo"--the tenth of May. After World War II, Peter, a handsome German pilot, met Irma, a beautiful Texan woman of Hispanic descent. It was love at first sight. Their meeting had been...

A dog. A man. A miracle. In Bailey's Remarkable Plan, David R. Hardiman shares his poignant story of struggle, prejudice, and pain. But this is also a story of perseverance, triumph, and love. Hardiman discovers that his four-footed companion, delivered to him by chance,...

In August 1992 Ryan Pearce turned thirteen, and his grandfather Warren Higgins began a tradition that would carry on until Ryan entered adulthood. Every Wednesday for the next five years, Ryan's grandfather composed a letter filled with life lessons and infused with insight to...

Since the age of Alexander the Great, waves of foreign armies have invaded the Middle East and South Asia to plunder their vast treasures. In Imperial Designs, Deepak Tripathi offers a powerful and unique analysis of how this volatile region has endured the manipulation...

Rough Draft: The Modernist Diaries of Emily Holmes Coleman, 1929-1937 is an edited selection, published here for the first time, of the diaries kept by American poet and novelist Coleman during her years as an expatriate in the modernist hubs of France and England....

Secular Millenialism: The Train of Aesthetics from Baumgarten and Kant to Walt Disney and Hitler by Benjamin Bennett combines the perspectives of intellectual history, literary history, and political history in order to illuminate the operation of the idea of aesthetics, and of the historical...

This revealing book presents a selection of lost articles from "Our Osage Hills," a newspaper column by the renowned Osage writer, naturalist, and historian, John Joseph Mathews. Signed only with the initials "J.J.M.," Mathews's column featured regularly in the Pawhuska Daily Journal-Capital during the...

This collection of essays extends the conversation on communication ethics and crisis communication to offer practical wisdom for meeting the challenges of a complex and ever-changing world. In multiple contexts ranging from the intrapersonal, interpersonal, and family to the political and public, moments of...

This is a compilation of contributions to the study of the Portuguese playwright Gil Vicente (1465-1536) which appeared between 2005 and 2015. Entries are grouped under three main headings: Editions and Adaptations, Translations, and Critical Studies. The scholarly interest in the father of the...

Meryl Streep is a Hollywood icon, a political activist, a twenty-plus Oscar-nominated actress, and a mystery. The Devil Wears Prada, Kramer v. Kramer, Julie & Julia, Mama Mia!, Sophie's Choice―Meryl does it all. But who is she when the camera stops rolling? What are...

National Book Award nominee, critic and one of America's least compromising satirists, Alexander Theroux takes a comprehensive look at the colorful language of pop lyrics and the realm of rock music in general in The Grammar of Rock: silly song titles; maddening instrumentals; shrieking...

"Cabin In The Woods" is a collection of true-life adventures with spiritual insights for young people. It focuses around the time my parents moved our family to a rural, Connecticut town called Cheshire. We took up residence in an old, rustic cabin sitting deep...

Travel a metaphorical journey in a little red car, along with a mother and the daughter she hopes to empower through life's difficulties. As Nellie flies over bumps, maneuvers around corners, and scrambles up hills in the little red car, her mother is always...

Who was Lew Wallace's true foe - the Confederacy, General Halleck, General Grant, or himself? Lew Wallace of Indiana was a self-taught extraordinary military talent. With boldness and celerity, he advanced in less than a year from the rank of colonel of the 11th...

A remarkable story of how the U.S. military tortured German POWs into confessing their guilt "An expert dissection of the crime, its witnesses, and Washington's shifting goals. Murder and Martial Justice is a good murder mystery, based on a solid examination of the various...