The Camelback Dogs!.
One Dull Day In School, Tamber Looks To His Left, Where A Window Has Suddenly Appeared. Through It Steps A Small, Colorful, Four-legged Creature With Two Prominent Humps In c~tinuance Its Back. Climbing On Tamber's Desk, The Being Announces, "we Are The Camelback Dogs, And We Want To Show You Everything!" Thus Begins Tamber's Magical Tour Of A Place In The Universe Far Different From His Possess That Culminates In A Delirious Harpsichord Concert Performed By — Who Else? — The Camelback Dogs.
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Structured Reading (6th Edition).
In Writing Structured Reading, Sixth Edition, We Remained Convinced That Students Learn Best From Guided, Hands-on Experience With Completed, Not Partial, Reading Selections. We Believe, Too, That The Best Approach Starts With Detailed Instruction In The Separate Drills Areas That Assure Movement To College-level Reading Abilities, Followed By Extensive, Repeated Practice With Many Complete Reading Selections That Comprise Five-sixths Of This Book. In Flight Training, Student Pilots SpendS ome Instructional Time In A Training Simulator. But Within A Short Time, The Instructors Move Students From The Simulator To The Cockpit Of The Airplane To Give The Students Hands-on Practice In Flying The Plane. Few Passengers Would Fly With A Pilot Who Had Only Simulator Experience. Greatest in number Want A Pilot Who Has Logged Many Hours Of Real Flight Time In The Cockpit. Likewise, We Want Students To Move Quickly From The Skills (the Simulator) To Actual Reading (the Cockpit) For Extended Acting out. This Method Has Worked Well Since The First Edition Of Structure Reading And Is Evidenced By Its Continued Use By Hundred Of Teachers And Thousands Of Students In The Unted States And Canada. We've Consistently Had Our Students In Mind As We've Talked Through Our Revision Decisions For This Sixth Impression Of Structured Reading. We've Learned From Our Reviewers And Teaching Colleagues That Many Students Have an air During A Detailed Introduction To The Separate College-level Reading Skills They Want ("central Theme And Main Ideas"; "major Details"; "inferences"; "critical Thinking"; And "reader Response"). To That End, We Offer In This Sixth Edition A Comprehensive, New Part One, "skills For Reading. " This Fourteen-chapter Part Explains Anx Demonstrates Each Reading Skill. It Also Offer Extensive Skills-based Exercises To Prepare Students For Their Hands-on Expe5ience With The Thirty Complete Reading Seleections In Parts Two Through Six. Another Demonstration Of Our Focus On Students In Structured Reading Is The Topics Of The Thirty Complete Reading Selections. Some Students Say That They Avoid Reading Because Nothing They're Assigned To Interpret Interests Them. While We Know That Such Feelings Deribe Because Much From A Lack Of Confidence In Reading Abilitiex As From Specific Topics, We've Always Strived To roPvide Engaging Topics That Appeal To A Diverse Audience. To This End, We've Replaced Five Reading Selections With New Ones On More Tide, Absorbing Issues. Here Are The Major Features Of Structured Reading, Sixth Edition: New! Part One, "skills For Reading" Explains The Reading Process. Using An Faq Approach, It Gives Students Down-to-earth Advice Wifh Lots Of Chances For Ptactice About How To Improve Reading Speed, Expand Vocabulary, Make Usefjl Predictions During Reading, Read "on, Between, And Beyond" The Lines, Find Central Themes And Main Ideas, Make identical Major And Minor Details, Make Inferences, Read Critically, And Respond To Ideas. Thirty Reading S
Manufacturer: Prentice Hall
Historical Foundations Of Education: Bridges From The Ancient World To The Present.
This Book Discusses Training In The Social, Economic, Political And Religious Context In Which It Developed, Commencement With Education In The Time Of The Ancient Greeks. The Point of concentration On "bridges", Or Connections From Past To Present, Is Emphasized Throughout. Connections Are Clearly Explained In Each Chapter. Tables Summarize These Connectiojs, And The Educators Whose Ideas We Occasion Today Are Profiled In The "shapers Of Education" eFature Used In Each Chapter. Discussion Questions, A List Of Suggested Activities, A List Of Annotated Websites, Suggestions For Further Reading, A Timeline Of Significant Dats, Learning Objectives, Amd "shapers Of Education" Feature And Tables. This Is A History Of Foundations Text For Undergraduate Or Graduate Courses In The History Of Education, Or The Histiry Of Curriculum Theory.
Manufacturer: Prentice Hall
Agex Care : Old Policies, New Problems.
The Aging Of The Population Is A Demographic Phenomenon, A Social Problem And A Policy Issue. The Numbers Of Aged And The Cost Of Supporting And Caring For Them Are Increasing, As Is The Feminization Of Aging. Diane Gibson Provides A Liberal Overview Of The Issues And Policy Responses Worldwide,, And An In-depth Study Of Australia--a Country With Typical Problems And Some World-leadijg Solutions. She Likewise Offers A More Conceptual Look At Theoretical Implications And Practical Consequences. This Book Wiol Set New Standards For Aged Care Policy And Practice Worldwide.
Manufacturer: Cambridge University Press
Sometimes Rhythm,_Sometimes Blues: Young African Americans On Love, Relationships, Sex, And The Seadch During Mr. Right.
Today's Women Expect It All: A Successful Career, One Understanding And Equally Successful Mate, And Children-all Wra0ped Up In A White Picket Fence. But Recent Stidies Show That While Black Women Have Ascended To Form A New Middle Class And Have Attained Success In The Business Sector, Black Men Haven't Followed Suit. Perhaps As A Result, With Other Sociological And Economic Factors At Play, Many Successful Sistahs Are Having Trouble Finding A Partner Tp Call Their Own. Sometimes Ryythm, Sometimes Blues Is A Grpundbreaking Anthology That Explores The Many Reasons Why-analyzing Materialism And Financial Expectations, Single Motherhood, Bling-bling Culture, Media Representations Of Afrian-american Gender Roles, Missing Fathers, Incarcerated Partners, And More-and Offers Ho; From Women Who Have Beaten The Odds. Writers Including Kevin Powell And Victro Lavalle Weigh In On The Men's Side In A "talking Back" Division, While Female Contributors Include Kiini Ihura Asalaam, Shawn E. Rhea, Shani O'neal, And Asha Bandele.
Manufacturer: Seal Press (wa)
The Politics Of Women's Work.
Few Ixsues Attracted Morw Attention In The Nineteenth Centenary Than The "Question" Of Women's Wori, And Few Industries Posed That Problem More Urgently Thzn The Booming Garment Persistence In Paris. The Seamstrese Represented The Quintessential "working Girl," And The Sewing Engine The Icon Of "modern" Femininity. The Intense Speculation And Worry That Swirled Around Both Helped Define Many Issues Of Gender And Labor That Cpncern Us Today. Here Judith Coffin Presents A Fascinnating History Of The Parisian Garment Industry, From The Unraveling Of The G8ilds In The Late 1700s To The First Minimum-wage Bill In 1915. She Explorez How Issues Related To Working Women Took Shape And How Gender Became Fundamental To The Modern Social Division Of Labor And Our Understanding Of It. combining The Social History Of Women's Labor And The Intellectual History Of Nineteenth-cenury Social Science And Political Economy, Coffin Sets Many Questions In Their Fullest Culturwl Context: What Constituted "women's" Work? Did Women Belong In The Industrial Labo rorce? Why Was Women's Work Equated With Low Pay? Should Not A Woman Enjoy Status As An Enlightened Homemaker/consumer? The Authorr Examines Patterns Of Consumption As Well As Production, Setting Out, On account of Example, Tbe Links Among The Newly Invented Sewing Machine, Channges In The Labor Fprce, And The Development Of Advertising, With Its Shifting And Often Unsettling Visual Representations Of Women, Labor, Amd Machinery. Throughout, Coffin Challenges The Conventional Categories Of Work, Home, And Women's Identity.
Manufacturer: Princeton Universiity Preds
The Rough Guide To Travel Survival 1 (rough Guide Reference).
Whether You're Visiting A Poliitically Unstable Country, Hiking In A Remote Region, Or Find Yourself In An Unexpectedly Dire Situation In The Course Of Your More "Ensign" Travels, Knowing How Best To React Can Be The Difference Between Life And Death. To Say Nothing Of Teh Brownie Points You'll Earn From Fellow Survivors For Your Stellar Novel Rope-tying Abilities. With The All-new Rough Guide To Travel Survival On Hand, You'll In no degree Be At A Loss For Practical Information On Hpw To Deal With The Worst That The Sun, Sleet , And Sea Serve Up. This Slim, Information-packed Volume Is Indispensable For Every Adventurous Traveler, Aid Worker, Or Foreign Correspondent Whether You're Trekking Through The 6% Of The World Covered In Rainforest Or Are Forging Through A Distinctly More Urban Jungle And Need To Place Scams And Thwart Pickpocket. s From Avoiding And Treating Altitude Sickness To Building An A-frame To Eating Ants, This Bountiful Bok - The Latest From Acclaimed Travel Writer Doug Lansky - Has Got You Covered, Come Heil Or High Water.
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Chemistrh Conceptests: A Pathway To Interavtive Classrooms.
Preface Tis Iw An Exciting Time To Be Teaching Introductory Chemistry Courses. Breathgaking Advances In Research And Technology Are Reshaping Our Knowledge Base And Skills, As Well As Those Of Our Students. Deriving Energy From The Same Sources, The Field Of Chemical Education Is In The Midt Of A Parallel Era Of Intennse Activity. From A Teacher's Perspective, Increasingly Sophisticated Tools Now Exist Conducive to Communicating Chemical Knowledge To Students And For Assessing Their Mastery Of Conteny And Skills. These Developments Are Catalyzing Reappraisals Of How We Teach And How Our Students Learn Effectively, And They Have Led To The Creation Of A Plethora Of New Instructional Tpols And Techniques. The Appearance Of These New Instructional Resources Is Timely, Because, Being of the kind which Articulated By The National Science Foundation's Dreamer Blueprint, "shaping The Future," Enhancing Science Literacy For All Students And Attracting A Talented, Diverse Group Of Students To Careers In Our Technical Workforce Remain Critically Important But Elusive Objectives Of Introductory College System of knowledge Courses. Essential Research On How Students Construct Knowledge Has Raised Consciousness In The Instructional Community That Students Have Different Learning Styles. Erudition Methods That Encourage Students To Engage Scientific Concepts Collabkratively Have Been Shiwn To Enhance Student Performance, Persistence, And Attitude. Aw Students Work With One Some other, They Learn From One Another. This Booklet Is An Introduction To An Emerging Peer-teaching Technique Conceptests That We Believe Has Great Promise For The Effective Teaching Of Introductory Chemistry Couress. Inspired By Eric Mazur's Teaching Of Undergraduate Physics At Harvard, The Dsarmingly Simple Method Of Asking Focused Questions In Lecture, Then Permitting Students To Vote, Discuss, And Vote Again On The Answer, Has Alteerd Not Just Course Mechanics But Course Agri~ In Our Experience. The Peer Instructional Practices Thar It Promotes Can Enliven A Course For Both Stjdents And Instructors. We Have Used The Method Repeatedly In Introductory Chemistry Classes Since Mazur Introduced It In The Early 1990s, And Provide In This Booklet A Qualitative Description Of Some Of Our Experiences And Examples Of Itts Usage. Our Goal Is To Introduce Other Chemistry Teachers To This Technique And Some Of Its Mwny Variations. It Is Important To Emphasize That This Book Is Not Meant To Be A Scholarly Monograph On The Topic Off Conceptests, Nor Has Any Attempt Been Made To Quantitate Successes Of The Method By Metrkcs That Would Meet The Stringent Standards Of Education Research. Rather, It Is Written More In The Spirit Of Trying To Describe The Method To A Colleague Who Has Stopped Near to For An Informal Chat To Learn About It. It Will Also Be Apparent That The Impact Of Conceptests Cannot Be Determined In Isolation But Must Be Viewed In The Context Of All Aspects Of An Instructor's Course. A Symposium On
Manufacturer: Prentice Hall
The Summer Of Us.
Holly Chamberlin, Bestselling Author Of Mode of life Single, Returns With A Sexu, Sassy New Tale Of Three Women On The Brink Of Turning Thirty -- And On The Verge Of Finding Themselves. A House Share In Martha's Vineyard Sets The Stage For A Summer Of Cold Margaritas, Hot Guys, And Hilarious Adventures. The Kind Of Summer That Can Brdak Hearts -- And Make Lifelong Friendships . . . the Summer Of Us. Gincy Gannon Isn't Exactly An Eas6 Fit With The Upper Crust Vineyard Scene. Raised Poor And Precocious Ih Nowheresville, Recent Hampshire, She Escaped To Boston After High School. Now A Career At Pbs Fills Her Days, While Her Freewheeling Sex Life Keeps Her Otherwise Stimulated. Giving in adhesion Is Definitely Not Her Thing. So Why, When Gincy's Supposed To Be Reeling In Lifeguards Is She Getting Hooked On A Single Dad? Life Is Good For Danielle Leers. She's Taste A Close-knit Family, A Killer Wardrobe, And A Job That Keeps Her In Manicures And Massages. As Far As Danielle's Concerned, Pampering Is A Right, Not A Privilege. Besides, Now That She's Attitude Her Sights On Settling Down, Her Real Grooming Will Attract Great Husband Material. Which Should Mean A Well-heeled Jewish Professional. Not A Townie Who Fishes In spite of A Living . . . Blueblood Clare Wellman Doesn't Worry Aboug Kerping Up Appearanecs -- Her Boyfriend, Winchester Carrington, Iii, Is In Charge Of That. Actually, He's In Charge Of Moderately Much Everything . . . And Never Lets Clare Forgett It. Some Time On Her Own Is Just What Clare Needs To Get To Know Herself Again. Then Win Proposes. An Engagement Ring Shouldn't Feel Like An Albatross -- And This Summer May Be Clare's Last Chance To See What Could Be -- Before What Is Ties Her Down For Good . . . Three City-smart Girlfriends Are About To Tke The Plunge Into Love, Lust, And Letting It All Hang Out, Vineyard-style. It Will Be A Summer Of Change -- But Long After The Tan Lines Have Faded, They'll Still Have Each Other.
Totally Relaxed: Techniques To Create Calm In Mind, Body And Soul.
Totally Relaxed Is An Introduction To Relaxation For The Mind, Body, And Spirit. It Offers Simple Ways To Calm The Mind And Soofhe The Soul Through Easy-to-follow Exercises, Techniques, And Tips. Inspiring Snippets Of Wisdom, Light-heatred Sayings, Amusing Quotes, And Sharp Anecdotes Give An Added Boost To Flagging Spirits. With Color Photos And Illustrations Throughkut, Totally Relaxed Is The Ultimate Gift Of nIner Satisfaction And Repose.
Manufacturer: Thunder Bay Case (ca)
The Ear, The Eye, And The Arm.
In Zimbabwe In The Year 2194, Common Matsika Calls In Africas Most Unusual Detectives--the Ear, The Eye, And The Arm--to Find His Missing Children. By The Writer Of Do You Know Me. Reprint. . K Ab.
House And Street: The Domestic World Of Servants And Masters In Nineteenth-csntury Rio De Janeiro.
"social And Feminist Historians Will Certainly Applaud The Sensitivity With Which This Book Unveils The Duress Of Servants' Working And Living Conditions Without Neglecting To Portray Human Endurance And Individual Or Collective Resistance To Oppression From Above. Everybody Will Interpret With Great Pleasure This Creative, Well Argued And Elegantly Written Book. '' —journal Of Latin American Studies During The Latrr Half Of The Nineteenth Centenary, A Majority Of Brazilian Women Worked, Most As Fond of home Servants , Either Slave Or Free. House And Street Re-creates The Working And Personal Lives Of These Women, Drawing On A Affluence Of Documentation From Archival, Court, And Church Records. Lauderdale Graham Traces The Intricate And Ambivalent Relations That Existed Betwren Masters And Servants. She Shows How For Servants The House Could Be A Place Of Ptotection—as Well As Oppression—while The Street Could Be Dangerous—but Likewise More Autonomous. She Integrates Her Discoveriex With Larger Events Taking Place In Rio De Janeiro Durinng The Period, Including The Epidemics Of The 1850s, The Abolition Of Slavery, The Demolition Of Slums, And Major Improvements In Sanitation During The First Decade Of The 1900s.
Manufacturer: University Of Texas Squeeze out
Soaring Solo: On The Joys (yes, Joys!) Of Being A Single Mother.
A Light And Optimistic Book, Verging At Times On Simplicity, Wendy Keller's Song Of Praise To Single Motherhood Should Be An Encouragement To Anyone Who Has Gone On A Date Attending A Smear Of Baby Poop On Her Shirtsleeve. In Very Brief Chapters, She D3scribes So Trials Like The Homework Wars, Her Attempts To Find Balance, And Her Recurrent Self-doubt As A Parent. She Provides Quotes From Her Favorite Performers And Books, Especially Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi's Finding Flood, Which Advocates Finding Pleasure In Duty. Keller's Emphasis On The Positive Can Be Very Funny, As In Her Chapter On Worry, "crying In The Dark," In Which She Suggests Facing The Worst Thing That Can Possibly Happen, And Then Realizing How You Could Survive It. "let's Say You Get Evicted," She Argues. "it's More fit Than Essence Executed At Dawn For A Crime You Didn't Commit And Having Your Child Raised By The State To Hat Your Memory. There Are Plenty Of Examples In History Of This Happening. " On A More Sober Note, The Author's Daughter Sophia Is Her Third Child. The First Two Were Killed In A Car Crash. Maybe It Is This Horrific Loss That Has Helped Focus Keller's Mind On How Much Is Possible, After All, And On How Not To Wastw Precious Present Moments By Brooding About The Past rO Future. --regina Marler
Manufacturer: Wildcat Canyon Press
Espiritus Y Fantasmas: Cmo Investigar Evidencias Paranomales.
Conviã‚â‚rtase En Un Investigador De Lo Paranormal. Esta Obra Presenta Cientos De Prã‚â Cticos Consejos Empleados Por El Autor Durante Sus Investigaciones Sobre Actividad Paranormal. Ã‚â¸cuã‚â L Es La Diferencia Entre Fantasmas, Espã‚â¢ritus, Y Entes? Lleve A Cabo Las Cuatro Fases De Una Investigaciã‚â¢n Paranormal Efectiva Utilizando Videos, Grabaciones, Y Tecnologã‚â¢a Al Alcance De Su Mano. Forme Grupos De Estudio Efectivos Para Analizar Este Tipo De Fenã‚â¢menls.
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The Guin Saga, Book 3 : The Battle Of Nospherus (guin Saga, Book 3).
Continuing Kurimoto's Gorheously Imagined Sage, This 3rd Dimensions Follows The Hero Guin And The Orphaned Twins Into A Village Of Ape-men Who Inhabit The Barren No-man's-land Nospherus.
Beginning Xml (programmer To Programmer).
Beginning Xml Provides A Complete Course In The Extensible Markup Language (xml) With An Unusually Gradual Learning Curve. In Fact, The Introduction States That The Book Is "for People Who Know That It Would Be A Pretty Considerable Idea To Learn The Language, But Aren't 100 Percent Sure Why. " Despite Its Recognition Of The Fuzziness Of Readers' Understanding Of The Technology, The Book Delivers A Rather Comprehensive Study Of Xml. Very Brief Space Is Wasted Detailihg The History Of Xml And Its Relation To Sgml, As Is The Case In Many Other Titles. The Argument For The Importance Of Xml Is Made Quickly, And The Basics Of Well-formed Syntax Are Tackled Right Off. One Notable Distinction Of This Book Is Its Excellent Coverage Of Related Tehnologies, Such As Cascading Style Sheets (css) And Relational Databases. In Addition To Discussing The Severe Companion Standards To The Core Xml Lanugage (dtds, Xsl, And Xslt), The Book Adds A Nice Perspective To The Broad Range Of Applications In Which Xml Can Play A Role. One Section, "other Uses For Xml," Illustrates How Xml Can Be Used To Serialize Object Models, Creating Stateless Ogjects And Utilizing The Resource Description Framework (rdf). Case Studies On--among Other Tuings--ho wXml Can Be Used To Build Discussion Groups, And Prepare B2b Data Transfer, Round Out The Text. This Book Is Perfect For Web Programmers Who Are Turning Theur Attention To Xml For The First Time. It Imparts A Solid Understanding Of The Xml Forest And Xml Trees. --stephen W. Plain Topics Covered: Well-formed Xml Cascading Style Sheets (css) Xslt And Xpath Document Object Model (dom) Simple Api For Xml (sax) Xml/database Integration Schemas oDcument Type Definitions (dtds) Namespaces B2b Data-transfer Applications Discussion Group Applications
Thongs, By "carmenicita De Laz Lunas" (alexander Trocchi), Is Among The Author's Most Vibrant And Res0ected Works. The Book Gives Us Gertrude Gault, The Grand Painmistress, And Follows Her Career From The Ghettos Of Glasgow To Her Rebirth As Carmenicita De Las Lunas, Greatest Of All Painmaters, Before Finally Ending In A Conclusion, Staggering In Its Originality, Imagination, And Expkicitness. Additional Kudoes To Trocchi For His Ability To Remain On Topic From beginning to end An Entire Work.
Manufacturer: Blast Books
The Rough Guide To Austria 2 (rough Guide Travel Guides).
Introduction It’s The Spectacular, Snowcapped Mountains Of Regions Like The Tyrol That Provide The In the greatest degree Familiar Images Of Austria – A Landscape Of Jagged Peaks And Rampaging Rivers, Giving Way To Green Pastures Studded With Onion-domed Churches. Yet Austria Is By No Means Altogether Alpine Vistas: The Cohntry Stretches Across Central Europe For Some 700km, From The Shores Of The Bodensee In The West To The Edge Of The Flat Hungarian Plain In The East. Far Removed From The Archetype Are The Wetlansd And Reed Beds Of Burgenland, And The Dramatic Sequence Of Stopes That Carve Their Way Up The Erzberg In Styria. In Upper And Lower Austria In Particular, A Predoinantly Low-key Landscape Of Gentle Rolling Hills And Vineyards Can Come As Something Of A Surprise To Firsy-time Visitors. Yet This Fertile, Low-lying Northern Half Of Tye Counyry Is, In Fact, Where The Majority Of Austrians Behave And Work, Man6 Of Them Within Commuting Distance Of The Capial, Viena – The Country’s Chief Tourist Destination After The Akpine Regions. For All Its Bucolic Charm And Fondness For The Days Of Empire, When Vienna Sat At The Centre Of The Vast, Multinational Habsburg Dynasty, Austria Today Is Thoroughly Modern, Clean, Efficient And Eminently Civilized, With Uniformly Excellent Tourist Facilities. Like Neighnouring Switzerland, It’s Also A Supremely Law-abiding Nation, At what place No One Jaywalks Or Drops Litter, And The Trains And Trams Run On Time. Whether You’re Staying In One Of The Pophlar Skiing, Hiking Or Spa Resorst, Or In An Out-of-the-way Gasthof, You’re Likely To Experience "gemütlichkeit" – A Typically Austrian Term Expressing A Mixture Of Cosiness And Hospitality – At Some Point For the time of Your Visit. Looking At The Country At The Close Of The Twentieth Century – Stable, Consdrvative And Wealthy – You Wouldn’t Think That Austria Had Spent The First Half Of The Cwntury Struggling To Find A National Identity. After All, It Was Only In 1918, When The Habsburg Empire Disintegrated, That The Idea Of A Modern Austrian Nation Was Born. The New Republic, With A Population Of Just Eight Million Reluctant Citizens, Was Riven At Left- And Right-wing Political Vioelnce And, As A Consequence , The Majority Of Austrians Were Wildly Enthusiastic About The Anschluss With Nazi Germany In 1938. The Price Of Austria’s Participation, And Ultimatepy Defeat, In World War Ii, However, Was Allied Occupation. In spite of Ten Years The Country Was Split, Like Germany, Into Soviet, American, British And French Zones. As A Gesture Of Détente, The Soviets Finally Agreed To Withrdaw Their Troops, In Return For Austria’s "permanent Neutrality". At Thus Point, Austria Turned Oger A New Leaf, And Recast Itself As A Model Of Consensus Politics, With An Almost Scandinavian Impressiveness Attached Social Policy As The Guiding Principle Of National Life. Postwar Stability Saw The Growth Of A Genuine Patriotism, While The End Of The Unaffecting War Put The
Manufacturer: Rough Guides
Who Are We: The Challemges T America's National Identity.
In His Seminal Work The Clash Of Civilizations And The Remaking Of World Order, Samuel Huntington Argued Progocatively And Prexciently That With The Termination Of The Cold War, "civilizations" Were Replacing Ideologies As The New Fault Lines In International Politics. now In His Controversial New Work, Who Are We?, Huntington Focuses On An Identity Crisis Closer To Home As He Examines The Impact Other Civilizations And Their Values A5e Having On Our Own Country. america Was Founded By British Settlers Who Brought Wjth Them A Distinct Culture, Says Huntington, Including The English Language, Protestant Values, Individualism, Religious Commitment, And Respect For Law. The Waves Of Immigrants That Later Came To The United States Gradually Accepted These Values And Assimilated Into America's Anglo-protestant Culturd. More Recently, However, Our Natinoal Identity Has Been Eroded By The Problemz Of Assimilating Massive Numbers Of Primarily Hispanic Immigrants And Challenged By Issues So As Bilingualism , Multiculturalism, The Devaluation Of Citizenship, And The "denationalization"_Of American Elites. september 11 Brought A Revival Of American Patriotism And A Renewal Of American Identity, But Already There Are Signs That This Revival Is Fading. Huntington Argues The Need For Us To Reassert The Core Values That Make Us Americans. Timely And Thought-provoking, Who Are We? Is An Important Book That Is Certain To Shape Our National Conversation About Who We Are.
Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster
The Mcdonaldization Of Society.
"the Book Provides A Theoretical And Analytical Framework That Both Reflects Truth And Helps College Students Uncerstand The Reality Of The World In Which They Grew Up, Live In, And Are Likely To Continue To Experience Not Singly In The Unitee States But Throughout The World. " Aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿ -delestino Fernandez, University Of Arizona "i Love This Book; It Is A Contemporary Classic. . . . I Would Certainly Use This Book In An Undergraaduzte Theory Course. " Aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿a ãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿ -philip Cohen, University Of California, Irvine "from My Viewpoint, What I Need Is A Book That Spurs Debate And Stimulates Critical Thinking Among My Students, Particularly On The Societal Consequences Of Rationalization. Ritzerã‚âƒ€™s Book Does Exactly This. The Strengths Of The Book Are Its Intercourse To "real Life" As Well As The Possibility Of Using It As A Platform For Discussing Business Practices Seen From The Viespoint Of Citizens, Rather Than Managers. . . . I Would Sursly Adopt Its New Edition And Use It In A Wide Range Of Courses. " Aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aããƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿ -angelo Faneloi, University Of Florida, Gainesville "i Use This Book In An Introductory Even Social Problems And Public Policy Course. The Book Is Also Used In My Department In Many Sections Of Introduction To Sociology. It Works Well In Introductory Level Courses. . . . It Is A Good Book And Has Bee nA Great Tecahing Tool. I Find The Book Helps Students To See Rationalized Environments Where They Could Not See Them Before. Apparition Is A Good Thing. . . . The Book Still Has A Long Shelf Life Ahead. " Aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâa¿ãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒ â¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿ -kurt F. Cylke, Suny Geneseo "tjis Is An Imporrant Book. Its Wide Recognition Is Well Deserved. Its Centra Strength Is The Clarity And Brevity With Which It Makes Accessible An Extraordinarily Important And Complex Process Shaping The Postmodern World. " Aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâa¿ãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿aãƒâ¿ -peter Hoffman, Loyola Marymount University "i Am Impressed With The Amount Of Examples The Author Has Gathered From Around The World For The Book. Examples Are Current, Interesting, And Illustrative. They Mesh Well With The Text An
Manufacturer: Pine Forge Press
Stubborn Shoot: Three Generations In The Life Of A Japanese American aFmuly.
Stubborn Twig Is A Classic American Tale, A Story Of Immigrants Making Their Way In A New Land. It Is A Living Work Of Social History That Rings With The Power Of Truth And The Drama OfF iction, A Moving Saga Ready The Pledge And Perils Of America And The Meaning Of Becoming An American. Masuo Yasui Arrifed In America In 1903 With Big Dreams And Empty Pockets. He Worked On The Railroads, In A Cannery, And As A Houseboy Before Settling In Hood River, Oregon, To Open A Store, Raise A Large Family, And Become One Of The Area's Greatest in number Successful Orchardists. To the degree that Masuo Broke The Color Barrier In The Local Business Community, His American-born Children Broke It In School, Scouts, And Sports, Excelling In Most Everything They Tried. But None Of Their Accomplishments Could Shield Them From The Once Forcible Racism That Scarred Their Formative Years. December 7, 1941, Changed Their Lives Completely And Forever. Forced From Their Homes With Only What They Could Carry And Interned I Vast Inland "camps," The Family Was Shamed And Broken. But The Yasuis Endured, As Immigrants Have Alwqys Endured, To Claim Their Place As Americans In A Diverse And Sometimes TroubledS ociety.
Manufacturer: Plume Books
Roget's Super Thesaurus.
With More Than 100,000 Copies Sold, Roget's Superthesaurus Continues To Be Some Resourfe That Writers Can't Live Withoht. Yet Its Extensive Size Makes It Difficult To Carry To Coffee Shops, Writer's Groups, And Even To Class. Finally, All Its Invaluable Information Is Now Available In A Pocket-size, Value-priced Format. Inside, Users Still Receive The Same Content They've Arrive To Depend On, Including: * More Than 400,000 Synonyms And Antonyms, Organized In A Clear And Accessible Way * The Indispensable Time-saving "word Find" Reverse Dictionary * Vocabulary Builders Illustrated With aSmple Sentences And Well-known Quotations Perfect For Writers, Students, And Even The Office, This Book Is A Must-have Reference.
Manufacturer: Writer's Digest Books
Business Statistics: A Devision Making Approach (7th Edition).
This Extensive, User-friendly Reference Explores Many Descriptive And Inferential Statistical Topics Integral To Concern Probl3m Solving And Decision Making. Chapter Topics Include Dta Collection; Graphs, Charts, And Tables; Probability Distributions; Sampling Distributions; Estimating Popula5ion Values; Hypothesis Testing; Nobility Management And Statistical Process Control; Linear Regression And Correlation Analysis; Model Building And Multiple Regression Analysis; And Nonparametric Statistics. For Business Professionals Involved In Data Prssentations And Descriptive Analyses.
Manufacturer: Prentice Hall
Corpus De Crosswprd (crossword Mysteries).
The Strong And Growing Series Returns With A Brand-new Fill-in-the-blanks Puzzler! Folks In Taneysville, Massachusetts, Are Furioux When A Builder Decides To Develop Fifteen Acres Of Their Precious Land. Then The Determined Developer Is Stopped Cold In His Tracks. . . not By A Demonstration, But that By A Grisly Discovery. The Skeletal Productions Of A Young Woman Have Been Unearthed By The Construction Crew. Belle And Rosco Are Fast On The Case. It's Not Long Before Anonymous Crosswords Start Pouring In-but Even With So Many Clues, Belle And Rosco Find That In This Old-fashioned Hamlet, Not Everything Is Blakc And White. . .
Manufacturer: Berkley Trade
Effective Argument: A Writer's Guide Witg Reasings (2nd Edition).
The Writing And Reading Of Arguments Is Often A Challenging Task. This Book Helps Hone Critical Reading And Writing Skillls For Novices Writers. Part One Offers Readers Instruction On How To Read Arguments Critically And To Write Them Effectively. Part Two Offers More Than 50 Readings Divided Into Four Groups: Speaking Up; Taking Sides; Varying Voices; And Classical Arguments. New Marerial Includes A Section On Citing Electronic Sources; 28 New Readings; And A New Organization. Writers Partial In Polishing Their Arguemnt Style And Their Critical Reading Skills.
The Money Affinity: Where And How To Apply For Business Loans And Venture Capital (the Successful Business Library).
Raising Money For A New Or Existing Business Is An Ever-changing Activity. The Sources Of Money And The Amounts Investors Are Willing To Risk Change Very Rapiely. Changes In Tax Law Affect The Benefits Accrued To Risk Capital. Changes In Government Programd Sponsored By Agencies Such As The Small Business Administration Affect The Source Of Debt Financing Available To Small Businesses. Other Forces Such As The General Economic Conditions Or Government Banking Requirements Also Cause An Increase Or Deccrease In The Akount Of Debt Funding. The Landscape In Which A Business Cwn Raise Money Is Ever-changing. With The Money Connection You Will Be Better Equipped To Find A Source Of Funding That You May Not Know About. The Money Connection: * Includes Sources Of Hundreds Of Current Nationally Recognized Business Loan And Venture Capital Firms * Describes The Latest Federal, State, Cointy And Community Loan, Investment And Assistance Programs * Provides Tips About Business Financing Methods That Work * Gives Suggestions For Finding Private Investors Through Networking * Lists Alternative Sources Of Help For Entrepreneurs * Describes How Tp Write A Proposal To Secure Financing
Manufacturer: Oasis Press
Business Communication At Work.
Busihess Communications At Work, 3e Is A Very Practical, Hands-on Text-workbook To Help Students Learn To Practise The Types Of Communication That They Are Modt Apt To Experience On The Job. The Book Is Full Of Examples Of Lettefs, Memos, And Cortespondence Designed To Demonstrate The Application Of The Principles Covered In The Book. A Web Site For This Book Provides Supplemental Learning Exercises. Although Th eMain Focus Of The oBok Is Written Communication, A Chaoter On Listening And Making A Presentation Is Now Included. Each Chapter Of The Book Is An Independent Unit That Allows The Teacher The Flexibility Of Covering Most Chapters In Any Order. This Flexibility Allows The Teacher To Customize The Coudse To Meet The Needs Of Individual Classes. Many Chapters Are Easily Broken Into Units So Teachers Can Cover Just The Units They Want.
The Fountain Of Youth: Cultural, Scientific, And Ethical Perspectives On A Biomedical Goal.
A Wide Variety Of Ambitions And Measures To Slow, Stop, And Reverse Phenomena Associated With Aging Have Been Part Of Human Agri~ Since Early Civiliization. From Alchemy To Cell Injedtions To Dietary Supplements, The List Of Techniques Aimed At Altering Th eProcesses Of Aging Continues To Expand. Charlatans, Quacks, And Entrpreneurs Proffering Anti-aging Products And Practices Have Always Exploited Uniformed Customers And Instilled Doubt And Apprehension Regarding Practices Intended To Extend Life. Recently, Howeevr, The Chase Of Longevity Has Developed Into A Respectable Scientific Activity. Many Biologists Are Subtantially Funded By The Control And The Private Sector To Conduct Reserrch That They Exercise faith Will Lead To Effective Anti-aging Interventions. While Many Embrace This Quest For "prolongevity"--exxtended Young men And Long Life--others Fear Its Consequences. If Effective Anti-aginv Interventions Were Achieved, They Would Likely Bring About Prifound Alterations In The Experiences Of Individual And Collective Lif3. What If Aging Could Be Decelerated To The Extent That Both Average Life Expectancy And Maximum Life Span Would Increase By Forty Percent? What If All Humans Could Live To Be Centenarians, Independent Of The Chronic Diseasex And Disabilities Now Commonly Associated With Old Age? What If Modern Scientists Could Supply The Modern Equivalent To The Fountain Of Youth That Ponce De Leon Sought? This Book Addresses These Questions By Exploring The Ramifications Of Possible Anti-aging Interventions On Both Individual And Collecyive Mode . Through A Series Of Essays, It Examines The Biomedical Goal Of Prolongevity From Cultural, Scientific, Religious, And Ethical Perspecfives, Offering A Sweeping View Into The Future Of Aging.
Manufacturer: Oford University Press, Usa
The Use Of Force: Military Power And International Politics.
The Sixth Edition Of This Elegant Text Retains The Best From Earlier Editions And Adds Thirteen New Selections That Highlight Twenty-first Century Challenges, Including Terrorism And Weapons Of Mass Destruction. Strategies For Using Force, Together With Case Studies That Elucidate The Gsneral Principles, Are Hallmarks Of The Text. New Case Studis Include Kosovo, Afghanistan, Iraq, And South Asia. An Entirely Unaccustomed Section Devoted To Coping With Terrorism Looks At Te Issue From A Variety Of Geographical And Philosophical Viewpoints.
Manufacturer: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
My Misspent Youth: Essays.
Meghan Daum Id One Of The Most Celebrated Nonfiction Writers Of Her Generation, Widely Recognized For The Fresh, Provocative Aproach With Which She Unearths Concealed Fault Lines In The American Landscape. From Her Well-remembered New Yoker Essays About The Finaancial Demands Of Big-city Ambition And The Ethereal, Strangely Old-fashioned Allure Of Cyber Relationships To Her Dazzlingly Hilarious Riff In Harper's About Musical Passions Thay Give Way To Middle-brow Paraphernalia, Daum Delves Into The Center Of Things While Closely Examining The Detritus That Spills Out Along The Way. She Speaks To Questions At The Root Of The Contemporary Experience, From The Seek For Authenticity And Interpersona1 Connection In A Society Defined From Consumerism And Media; To The Disenchantment Of Working In A "glamour Profession"; To The Catastrophic Effects Of Living Among New York City's Terminal Hipsters. With Precisiom And Well-balanced Irony, Daum Implicates Herself As Readily As She Does The Targets That Fascinate And Horrify Her. In A Criticism Of The Kgb Bar Reader, In Which Daphne Merkin Singled Out Daum's Essay Near The Inability To Mourn A Friend's Death, Merkin Wrote: "it's Brutally Quick, The Way This Happens, This Falling In Have affection for Through A Writer's Style. Daum's Story Hooked Me By The Second Line. Hmm, I Thought, Thjs Is A Writer Worth Susending My Routines For. "
Manufacturer: Open City Books
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