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In Defense of a Liberal Education

by Fareed Zakaria ...

**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERCNN host and best-selling author Fareed Zakaria argues for a renewed commitment to the world’s most valuable educational tradition.**The liberal arts are under attack. The governors of Florida, Texas, and North Carolina have all pledged that they will not spend taxpayer money subsidizing the liberal arts, and they seem to have an unlikely ally in President Obama. While ... Read more

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**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERCNN host and best-selling author Fareed Zakaria argues for a renewed commitment to the world’s most valuable educational tradition.**The liberal arts are under attack. The governors of Florida, Texas, and North Carolina have all pledged that they will not spend taxpayer money subsidizing the liberal arts, and they seem to have an unlikely ally in President Obama. While
... Read more
The Divorce Survival Guide

The Roadmap for Everything from Divorce Finance to Child Custody

by Calistoga Press ...

Answer all your pressing divorce questions with The Divorce Survival Guide.Facing a divorce can be overwhelming, as you confront complex questions about everything from finances to child custody to your emotional well-being. The Divorce Survival Guide walks you through every step of the divorce process with straightforward tips, techniques, and checklists. It outlines your legal, parental, and ... Read more

$8.99 USD

Answer all your pressing divorce questions with The Divorce Survival Guide.Facing a divorce can be overwhelming, as you confront complex questions about everything from finances to child custody to your emotional well-being. The Divorce Survival Guide walks you through every step of the divorce process with straightforward tips, techniques, and checklists. It outlines your legal, parental, and
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Safe Houses and the Underground Railroad in East Central Ohio

by Janice VanHorne-Lane ...

For slaves fleeing captivity, the Underground Railroad was the most viable means of escape, and with over three thousand miles of clandestine routes and secret trails, Ohio had the country's most extensive network of safe houses. A great number of these passageways were concentrated throughout the state's east central region, particularly the inland channels of Coshocton, Holmes and Guernsey ... Read more

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For slaves fleeing captivity, the Underground Railroad was the most viable means of escape, and with over three thousand miles of clandestine routes and secret trails, Ohio had the country's most extensive network of safe houses. A great number of these passageways were concentrated throughout the state's east central region, particularly the inland channels of Coshocton, Holmes and Guernsey
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A Bookshop of One's Own

How a Group of Women Set Out to Change the World

by Jane Cholmeley ...

What was it like to start a feminist bookshop, in an industry dominated by men? How could a lesbian thrive in Thatcher's time, with the government legislating to restrict her rights? How do you run a business when your real aim is to change the world?Silver Moon was the dream of three women – a bookshop with the mission to promote the work of female writers and create a much-needed safe space for ... Read more

$27.99 USD

What was it like to start a feminist bookshop, in an industry dominated by men? How could a lesbian thrive in Thatcher's time, with the government legislating to restrict her rights? How do you run a business when your real aim is to change the world?Silver Moon was the dream of three women – a bookshop with the mission to promote the work of female writers and create a much-needed safe space for
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BDSM for Writers

by Dr. Charley Ferrer ...

Let America's BDSM Expert, Dr. Charley Ferrer, lead you through the intricate world of Dominance and submission. Learn to understand the psychology of this uniquely erotic lifestyle, so that you can develop stronger and more realistic characters, plots and scenes. Here is all the information you need on the basics of BDSM, including descriptions of the various personality traits of lifestyle ... Read more

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Let America's BDSM Expert, Dr. Charley Ferrer, lead you through the intricate world of Dominance and submission. Learn to understand the psychology of this uniquely erotic lifestyle, so that you can develop stronger and more realistic characters, plots and scenes. Here is all the information you need on the basics of BDSM, including descriptions of the various personality traits of lifestyle
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If Ignorance Is Bliss, Why Aren't There More Happy People?

Smart Quotes for Dumb Times

by John Lloyd, John Mitchinson ...

John Lloyd and John Mitchinson have proven themselves to be masters at digging up obscure facts, abstruse information, and amusing anecdotes and presenting them effortlessly, somewhat slyly, with either great wit or at least a little bit of tongue in cheek. Their gifts are on full display in Quote Interesting, a lively, wonderfully enjoyable anthology of hundreds of quotes you probably have never ... Read more

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John Lloyd and John Mitchinson have proven themselves to be masters at digging up obscure facts, abstruse information, and amusing anecdotes and presenting them effortlessly, somewhat slyly, with either great wit or at least a little bit of tongue in cheek. Their gifts are on full display in Quote Interesting, a lively, wonderfully enjoyable anthology of hundreds of quotes you probably have never
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20 Short Stories in Cantonese for Beginners

Learn Cantonese fast with beginner-friendly tales

by lingoXpress ...

Improve your language skills and enjoy this collection of short stories for beginners!Reading can be a powerful tool in language learning, offering a multitude of benefits that improve understanding and enjoyment of the new language. Here are some of the main benefits:Expanding Vocabulary: Reading exposes you to new words in context, which is crucial for building vocabulary. Learning new words ... Read more

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Improve your language skills and enjoy this collection of short stories for beginners!Reading can be a powerful tool in language learning, offering a multitude of benefits that improve understanding and enjoyment of the new language. Here are some of the main benefits:Expanding Vocabulary: Reading exposes you to new words in context, which is crucial for building vocabulary. Learning new words
... Read more
Experience And Education

by John Dewey ...

Experience and Education is the best concise statement on education ever published by John Dewey, the man acknowledged to be the pre-eminent educational theorist of the twentieth century. Written more than two decades after Democracy and Education (Dewey's most comprehensive statement of his position in educational philosophy), this book demonstrates how Dewey reformulated his ideas as a result of ... Read more

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Experience and Education is the best concise statement on education ever published by John Dewey, the man acknowledged to be the pre-eminent educational theorist of the twentieth century. Written more than two decades after Democracy and Education (Dewey's most comprehensive statement of his position in educational philosophy), this book demonstrates how Dewey reformulated his ideas as a result of
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Crazy Rich Asians: Top 50 Facts Countdown

by TK Parker ...

Discover rare and interesting facts about Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan!Join the countdown as we reach the #1 fact.• Rules are simple: no peeking, no skipping.• Do you agree?• Don't miss out!Every copy contains a bonus book from our bestselling title to download and read yours absolutely free. Double the value with extra features included.About UsTop 50 Facts is an unofficial collection of facts ... Read more

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Discover rare and interesting facts about Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan!Join the countdown as we reach the #1 fact.• Rules are simple: no peeking, no skipping.• Do you agree?• Don't miss out!Every copy contains a bonus book from our bestselling title to download and read yours absolutely free. Double the value with extra features included.About UsTop 50 Facts is an unofficial collection of facts
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Fundamentals of Translation

by Sonia Colina ...

Clear and concise, this textbook provides a non-technical introduction to the basic and central concepts of translation theory and practice, including translation briefs, parallel texts and textual functions, cohesion and coherence, and old and new information. Colina focuses on the key concepts that beginning students of translation, practising translators, language students and language ... Read more

$33.99 USD

Clear and concise, this textbook provides a non-technical introduction to the basic and central concepts of translation theory and practice, including translation briefs, parallel texts and textual functions, cohesion and coherence, and old and new information. Colina focuses on the key concepts that beginning students of translation, practising translators, language students and language
... Read more
The Soccer Handbook for Players, Coaches and Parents

by Albert M. Luongo ...

Soccer, long the world's most played sport, is now undergoing a phenomenal popularity spurt among youth in North America. This book, the complete amateur soccer handbook for all ages, is indispensable for players, coaches, managers, league officials, referees and parents.Rules of the game, conditioning methods, basic and advanced skills, positional play, team formations, defensive techniques--and ... Read more

$16.99 USD

Soccer, long the world's most played sport, is now undergoing a phenomenal popularity spurt among youth in North America. This book, the complete amateur soccer handbook for all ages, is indispensable for players, coaches, managers, league officials, referees and parents.Rules of the game, conditioning methods, basic and advanced skills, positional play, team formations, defensive techniques--and
... Read more
Knowing Silence

How Children Talk about Immigration Status in School

by Ariana Mangual Figueroa ...

Learning from children about citizenship status and how it shapes their schoolingThere is a persistent assumption in the field of education that children are largely unaware of their immigration status and its implications. In Knowing Silence, Ariana Mangual Figueroa challenges this “myth of ignorance.” By listening carefully to both the speech and significant silences of six Latina students from ... Read more

$19.99 USD

Learning from children about citizenship status and how it shapes their schoolingThere is a persistent assumption in the field of education that children are largely unaware of their immigration status and its implications. In Knowing Silence, Ariana Mangual Figueroa challenges this “myth of ignorance.” By listening carefully to both the speech and significant silences of six Latina students from
... Read more
Story Physics

Harnessing the Underlying Forces of Storytelling

by Larry Brooks ...

Learn how to make your story soar!In the physical world, gravity, force, and other elements of physics govern your abilities and can be utilized to enhance your every movement. In the world of writing, story physics can be harnessed in much the same way to make your novel or screenplay the best it can be. In Story Physics, best-selling author Larry Brooks introduces you to six key literary forces ... Read more

$13.99 USD

Learn how to make your story soar!In the physical world, gravity, force, and other elements of physics govern your abilities and can be utilized to enhance your every movement. In the world of writing, story physics can be harnessed in much the same way to make your novel or screenplay the best it can be. In Story Physics, best-selling author Larry Brooks introduces you to six key literary forces
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A Land Remembered Goes To School

by Patrick D Smith ...

Series series A Land Remembered
An elementary school teacher's manual for using A Land Remembered to teach language arts, social studies, and science coordinated with the Sunshine State Standards of the Florida Department of Education.In this best-selling novel, Patrick Smith tells the story of three generations of the MacIveys, a Florida family who battle the hardships of the frontier to rise from a dirt-poor Cracker life to ... Read more

$5.99 USD

An elementary school teacher's manual for using A Land Remembered to teach language arts, social studies, and science coordinated with the Sunshine State Standards of the Florida Department of Education.In this best-selling novel, Patrick Smith tells the story of three generations of the MacIveys, a Florida family who battle the hardships of the frontier to rise from a dirt-poor Cracker life to
... Read more
The Informed Patient

A Complete Guide to a Hospital Stay

by Karen A. Friedman, MD, Sara L. Merwin, MPH ...

Series series The Culture and Politics of Health Care Work
Even the most capable individuals are challenged when confronted with the complexity of the modern hospital experience. The Informed Patient is a guide and a workbook, divided into topical, focused sections with step-by-step instructions, insights, and tips to illustrate what patients and their families can expect during a hospital stay. Anyone who will experience a hospital stay—or friends or ... Read more

$9.99 USD

Even the most capable individuals are challenged when confronted with the complexity of the modern hospital experience. The Informed Patient is a guide and a workbook, divided into topical, focused sections with step-by-step instructions, insights, and tips to illustrate what patients and their families can expect during a hospital stay. Anyone who will experience a hospital stay—or friends or
... Read more
Introduction to Teaching with Zoom

by Madison Salters ...

A guide to using Zoom's unique video conferencing features to connect with students—and make learning more limitless.Introduction to Teaching with Zoom helps teachers of all grade levels master the basics of communication and education using the Zoom video conferencing service. With step-by-step instructions paired with helpful screenshots, you can learn how to connect with students, record your ... Read more

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A guide to using Zoom's unique video conferencing features to connect with students—and make learning more limitless.Introduction to Teaching with Zoom helps teachers of all grade levels master the basics of communication and education using the Zoom video conferencing service. With step-by-step instructions paired with helpful screenshots, you can learn how to connect with students, record your
... Read more
Religion and the American Constitutional Experiment

by John Witte, Joel A. Nichols, Richard W. Garnett ...

This accessible and authoritative introduction tells the American story of religious liberty from its colonial beginnings to the latest Supreme Court cases. The authors analyze closely the formation of the First Amendment religion clauses and describe the unique and enduring principles of the American experiment in religious freedom - liberty of conscience, free exercise of religion, religious ... Read more

$36.99 USD

This accessible and authoritative introduction tells the American story of religious liberty from its colonial beginnings to the latest Supreme Court cases. The authors analyze closely the formation of the First Amendment religion clauses and describe the unique and enduring principles of the American experiment in religious freedom - liberty of conscience, free exercise of religion, religious
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Basic Study Skills

A Practical Guide to Learning for All Students

by Dr Catherine Dawson ...

This book is aimed at students at almost every level, including college and university, adult learners, access students and students on correspondence and distance learning courses. It will be particularly valuable for those who have been out of a learning situation for some time and are lacking the confidence to re-enter the educational environment.The book covers all aspects of study skills, ... Read more

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This book is aimed at students at almost every level, including college and university, adult learners, access students and students on correspondence and distance learning courses. It will be particularly valuable for those who have been out of a learning situation for some time and are lacking the confidence to re-enter the educational environment.The book covers all aspects of study skills,
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Official Knowledge

Democratic Education in a Conservative Age

by Michael W. Apple ...

This third edition of Official Knowledge, a classic text from one of education’s most distinguished scholars, challenges readers to critically examine how certain knowledge comes to be “official,” and whose agendas this knowledge represents. A probing and award-winning study, this new edition builds on the tradition of its predecessors to question the rightist resurgence in education while ... Read more

$80.99 USD

This third edition of Official Knowledge, a classic text from one of education’s most distinguished scholars, challenges readers to critically examine how certain knowledge comes to be “official,” and whose agendas this knowledge represents. A probing and award-winning study, this new edition builds on the tradition of its predecessors to question the rightist resurgence in education while
... Read more
The Brides and Grooms Happiness Test

Test Your Compatibility Before You Say "I Do"

by Susan Adams ...

Test your compatibility before the big day!What better way to start talking, get everything out in the open, and have fun before you say the big "I do." With The Brides and Grooms Happiness Test, couples can explore the ins and outs of their relationship in a fun quiz format. With hundreds of questions for couples to answer from sex, in-laws, having children, and pets, to food preferences, ... Read more

$11.99 USD

Test your compatibility before the big day!What better way to start talking, get everything out in the open, and have fun before you say the big "I do." With The Brides and Grooms Happiness Test, couples can explore the ins and outs of their relationship in a fun quiz format. With hundreds of questions for couples to answer from sex, in-laws, having children, and pets, to food preferences,
... Read more
राम्ररी सुत, सानो ब्वाँसो – Sleep Tight, Little Wolf (नेपाली – अङ्ग्रेजी)

दुई भाषामा बालबालिकाको पुस्तक

by Ulrich Renz ...

Translated by Nava Raj Dahal, Pete Savill ...

Series series Sefa Picture Books in two languages
दुई भाषामा बालबालिकाको पुस्तक (नेपाली – अङ्ग्रेजी)टिम निदाउन सकेको छैन । उसको सानो ब्वाँसो हराइरहेको छ ! सायद उसले बाहिर बिर्सेर आयो कि ? टिम एक्लै अँध्यारोमा बाहिर जान्छ — र केही साथीहरूलाई आशा नगरीकनै भेट्न पुग्छ...Bilingual children's book, age 2 and up (Nepalese – English)Tim can't fall asleep. His little wolf is missing! Perhaps he forgot him outside? Tim heads out all alone into the night – ... Read more

$4.99 USD

दुई भाषामा बालबालिकाको पुस्तक (नेपाली – अङ्ग्रेजी)टिम निदाउन सकेको छैन । उसको सानो ब्वाँसो हराइरहेको छ ! सायद उसले बाहिर बिर्सेर आयो कि ? टिम एक्लै अँध्यारोमा बाहिर जान्छ — र केही साथीहरूलाई आशा नगरीकनै भेट्न पुग्छ...Bilingual children's book, age 2 and up (Nepalese – English)Tim can't fall asleep. His little wolf is missing! Perhaps he forgot him outside? Tim heads out all alone into the night –
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The Suburban Crisis

White America and the War on Drugs

by Matthew D. Lassiter ...

How the drug war transformed American political cultureSince the 1950s, the American war on drugs has positioned white middle-class youth as sympathetic victims of illegal drug markets who need rehabilitation instead of incarceration whenever they break the law. The Suburban Crisis traces how politicians, the media, and grassroots political activists crusaded to protect white families from ... Read more

$21.99 USD

How the drug war transformed American political cultureSince the 1950s, the American war on drugs has positioned white middle-class youth as sympathetic victims of illegal drug markets who need rehabilitation instead of incarceration whenever they break the law. The Suburban Crisis traces how politicians, the media, and grassroots political activists crusaded to protect white families from
... Read more
The Conservative Assault on the Constitution

by Erwin Chemerinsky ...

Over the last few decades, the Supreme Court and the federal appellate courts have undergone a dramatic shift to the right, the result of a determined effort by right-wing lawmakers and presidents to reinterpret the Constitution by reshaping the judiciary. Conservative activist justices have narrowed the scope of the Constitution, denying its protections to millions of Americans, exactly as the ... Read more

$15.99 USD

Over the last few decades, the Supreme Court and the federal appellate courts have undergone a dramatic shift to the right, the result of a determined effort by right-wing lawmakers and presidents to reinterpret the Constitution by reshaping the judiciary. Conservative activist justices have narrowed the scope of the Constitution, denying its protections to millions of Americans, exactly as the
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Portuguese Business Dictionary

by Morry Sofer ...

Up-to-date business terms including banking, the internet, computers, accounting, insurance, real estate, taxes, and more, designed to facilitate communication and cross linguistic barriers. ... Read more

$9.99 USD

Up-to-date business terms including banking, the internet, computers, accounting, insurance, real estate, taxes, and more, designed to facilitate communication and cross linguistic barriers.
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