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Three Generations, No Imbeciles

Eugenics, the Supreme Court, and Buck v. Bell

de Paul A. Lombardo ...

This updated edition includes a new afterword that identifies the role the Buck story plays in the Supreme Court's review of emerging state laws that seek to limit access to abortion."Three generations of imbeciles are enough." Few lines from U.S. Supreme Court opinions are as memorable as this declaration by Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. in the landmark 1927 case Buck v. Bell. The ruling ... Leer más

$29.99 USD

This updated edition includes a new afterword that identifies the role the Buck story plays in the Supreme Court's review of emerging state laws that seek to limit access to abortion."Three generations of imbeciles are enough." Few lines from U.S. Supreme Court opinions are as memorable as this declaration by Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. in the landmark 1927 case Buck v. Bell. The ruling
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Pedagogy of Humanization

Preparing Teachers for Culturally Sustaining Classrooms

de Chelda Smith Kondo ...

Series series Educational Psychology: Meaning Making for Teachers and Learners
The purpose of Pedagogy of Humanization: Preparing Teachers for Culturally Sustaining Classrooms is to build a critical mass of educators who know how to employ the principles of critical pedagogy in elementary classrooms. This includes attention to the various knowledge, skills, and dispositions required of critical pedagogues in their curricula, instruction, assessment, classroom environment, ... Leer más

$34.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

The purpose of Pedagogy of Humanization: Preparing Teachers for Culturally Sustaining Classrooms is to build a critical mass of educators who know how to employ the principles of critical pedagogy in elementary classrooms. This includes attention to the various knowledge, skills, and dispositions required of critical pedagogues in their curricula, instruction, assessment, classroom environment,
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Bartering Basics: Determining Fair Value for Successful Trades

de Robert C. Brenner ...

"There will be a twin year [2020] from which will arise a queen [corona] who will come from the east [China] and who will spread a plague [virus] in the darkness of night, on a country with 7 hills [Italy] and will transform the twilight of men into dust [death], to destroy and ruin the world. It will be the end of the world economy as you know it." Nostradamus Quatrain, 1561Are you ready for a ... Leer más

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"There will be a twin year [2020] from which will arise a queen [corona] who will come from the east [China] and who will spread a plague [virus] in the darkness of night, on a country with 7 hills [Italy] and will transform the twilight of men into dust [death], to destroy and ruin the world. It will be the end of the world economy as you know it." Nostradamus Quatrain, 1561Are you ready for a
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Understanding Point of View (And Why It's So Important)

Skill Builders, #3

de Janice Hardy ...

Series Libro 3 - Skill Builders
Your book might have a point of view problem you don't know about**.**Award-winning author Janice Hardy remembers the exact mistake that showed her how pivotal point of view (POV) is to any manuscript.It hinged on a single word: "the".Therein lies the subtle trap of language—most of us speak, read, and write all day long. We feel confident that we know how to describe and explain our stories with ... Leer más

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Your book might have a point of view problem you don't know about**.**Award-winning author Janice Hardy remembers the exact mistake that showed her how pivotal point of view (POV) is to any manuscript.It hinged on a single word: "the".Therein lies the subtle trap of language—most of us speak, read, and write all day long. We feel confident that we know how to describe and explain our stories with
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20 Secrets to Success for NCAA Student-Athletes

de Rick Burton, Jake Hirshman, Norm O'Reilly, Andy Dolich, Heather Lawrence, Christopher J. Parker ...

Series series Ohio University Sport Management Series
The premier NCAA student-athlete handbook, now in a second, updated edition designed for today’s competitive market and with a new chapter on name, image, and likeness (NIL) rights.Few student-athletes dreaming of athletic stardom ever make it to the pros. Yet, the discipline and skills they’ve developed while balancing a sport and academics make them ideally suited for satisfying careers ... Leer más

$27.99 USD

The premier NCAA student-athlete handbook, now in a second, updated edition designed for today’s competitive market and with a new chapter on name, image, and likeness (NIL) rights.Few student-athletes dreaming of athletic stardom ever make it to the pros. Yet, the discipline and skills they’ve developed while balancing a sport and academics make them ideally suited for satisfying careers
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Why Write?

A Master Class on the Art of Writing and Why it Matters

de Mark Edmundson ...

**From one of America's great professors, author of Why Teach? and Why Read?--an inspiring exploration of the importance of writing well, for creators, educators, students, and anyone who writes.Why write when it sometimes feels that so few people really read--read as if their lives might be changed by what they're reading? Why write, when the world wants to be informed, not enlightened; to be ... Leer más

$14.99 USD

**From one of America's great professors, author of Why Teach? and Why Read?--an inspiring exploration of the importance of writing well, for creators, educators, students, and anyone who writes.Why write when it sometimes feels that so few people really read--read as if their lives might be changed by what they're reading? Why write, when the world wants to be informed, not enlightened; to be
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The Presidents and the People

Five Leaders Who Threatened Democracy and the Citizens Who Fought to Defend It

de Corey Brettschneider ...

**Winner of the American Bar Association's 2025 Silver Gavel AwardAmerican presidents have often pushed the boundaries established for them by the Constitution; this is the inspirational history of the people who pushed back.**Imagine an American president who imprisoned critics, spread a culture of white supremacy, and tried to upend the law so that he could commit crimes with impunity.In this ... Leer más

$12.99 USD

**Winner of the American Bar Association's 2025 Silver Gavel AwardAmerican presidents have often pushed the boundaries established for them by the Constitution; this is the inspirational history of the people who pushed back.**Imagine an American president who imprisoned critics, spread a culture of white supremacy, and tried to upend the law so that he could commit crimes with impunity.In this
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Nothing Random

Bennett Cerf and the Publishing House He Built

de Gayle Feldman ...

A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS’ CHOICE • The “exhilarating” (The Boston Globe) story of the legendary Random House founder, whose seemingly charmed life at the apogee of the American Century afforded him a front-row seat to literary and cultural history in the making“[A] big, beautiful biography . . . There’s a new Power Broker in town.”—The New York Times“Feldman depicts a lost world, at ti ... Leer más

$13.99 USD

A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS’ CHOICE • The “exhilarating” (The Boston Globe) story of the legendary Random House founder, whose seemingly charmed life at the apogee of the American Century afforded him a front-row seat to literary and cultural history in the making“[A] big, beautiful biography . . . There’s a new Power Broker in town.”—The New York Times“Feldman depicts a lost world, at ti
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365 Quotes to Live Your Life By

Powerful, Inspiring, & Life-Changing Words of Wisdom to Brighten Up Your Days

de I. C. Robledo ...

Series Libro 9 - Master Your Mind, Revolutionize Your Life Series
Great Quotes that Inspire, Motivate, and Lift You Up!The quotes in this book will help you to improve your life by focusing on 7 Key Thoughts – elaborated upon in the book, 7 Thoughts to Live Your Life By: A Guide to the Happy, Peaceful, & Meaningful Life.These 7 Thoughts encourage you to focus on what you can control, the positive, what you can do, what you have, the present moment, what you need ... Leer más

$3.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

Great Quotes that Inspire, Motivate, and Lift You Up!The quotes in this book will help you to improve your life by focusing on 7 Key Thoughts – elaborated upon in the book, 7 Thoughts to Live Your Life By: A Guide to the Happy, Peaceful, & Meaningful Life.These 7 Thoughts encourage you to focus on what you can control, the positive, what you can do, what you have, the present moment, what you need
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Writing True Crime

de Stephen Wade ...

Writing True Crime introduces the aspiring crime writer to the skills needed to write true crime and crime history. The chapters cover everything from finding a subject, working on a creative treatment, and researching in libraries and archives. The reader is given a clear understanding of the craft of writing in this popular and expanding area of writing, with material included from social ... Leer más

$7.99 USD

Writing True Crime introduces the aspiring crime writer to the skills needed to write true crime and crime history. The chapters cover everything from finding a subject, working on a creative treatment, and researching in libraries and archives. The reader is given a clear understanding of the craft of writing in this popular and expanding area of writing, with material included from social
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115年圖解式金融市場常識與職業道德[金融證照]

Edición de 金融編輯小組 ...

書號：2F791151◎彙整必考概念‧清楚易懂金融常識與職業道德此一考科，雖有官方公布的題庫，但1120題的題目，要將其完全熟記仍需花費相當的時間。鑑於平日準備專業科目的時間有限，千華金融團隊特將題庫依主題重新整理編排，有效分配試題難易度，並輔以圖表解說，層層遞進，在解題過程中，掌握本科脈絡，以期達到考前關鍵時間內快速複習、事半功倍的效果！◎精編綱要圖表‧加強記憶金融常識的部分，以精要圖表分析重點內容，迅速掌握主題重點，理解題庫命題核心；職業道德部分則以漫畫輕鬆呈現金融從業人員的道德要求，活潑生動的畫面，令人心領神會。金融研訓會公布的必考題庫，搭配圖表重點整理，內容保證最新、最精準，善用本書，必能勇奪高分、榮登金榜！◎試題分類解析‧輕鬆得分新版金融常識504題，內容包含金融體系、證券期貨市場、銀行實務、信託實務、貨幣市場實務、保險實務等；新版職業道德616題，內容包含業務推廣與招攬 ... Leer más

$15.99 USD

書號：2F791151◎彙整必考概念‧清楚易懂金融常識與職業道德此一考科，雖有官方公布的題庫，但1120題的題目，要將其完全熟記仍需花費相當的時間。鑑於平日準備專業科目的時間有限，千華金融團隊特將題庫依主題重新整理編排，有效分配試題難易度，並輔以圖表解說，層層遞進，在解題過程中，掌握本科脈絡，以期達到考前關鍵時間內快速複習、事半功倍的效果！◎精編綱要圖表‧加強記憶金融常識的部分，以精要圖表分析重點內容，迅速掌握主題重點，理解題庫命題核心；職業道德部分則以漫畫輕鬆呈現金融從業人員的道德要求，活潑生動的畫面，令人心領神會。金融研訓會公布的必考題庫，搭配圖表重點整理，內容保證最新、最精準，善用本書，必能勇奪高分、榮登金榜！◎試題分類解析‧輕鬆得分新版金融常識504題，內容包含金融體系、證券期貨市場、銀行實務、信託實務、貨幣市場實務、保險實務等；新版職業道德616題，內容包含業務推廣與招攬
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How to Write Erotica

de Rachel Kramer Bussel ...

Have you had intimate fantasies or simmering plotlines you’ve wanted to write but weren’t sure how or where to start? Let renowned erotica author and editor Rachel Kramer Bussel show you how to turn those fragments into fully fleshed out erotic stories, novellas, and novels. In this indispensable nonfiction craft guide, Bussel takes her 20+ years of experience in the genre and walks writers ... Leer más

$9.99 USD

Have you had intimate fantasies or simmering plotlines you’ve wanted to write but weren’t sure how or where to start? Let renowned erotica author and editor Rachel Kramer Bussel show you how to turn those fragments into fully fleshed out erotic stories, novellas, and novels. In this indispensable nonfiction craft guide, Bussel takes her 20+ years of experience in the genre and walks writers
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Library Services for Multicultural Patrons

Strategies to Encourage Library Use

Edición de Carol Smallwood, Kim Becnel ...

Increasingly, libraries are struggling to deal with a growing diversity in the cultural background of their patrons. Problems arising from this cultural diversity afflict all library types—school, public and academic. Library Services for Multicultural Patrons is by and for all libraries that are striving to provide multicultural services to match the growing diversity in the cultural background ... Leer más

$89.99 USD

Increasingly, libraries are struggling to deal with a growing diversity in the cultural background of their patrons. Problems arising from this cultural diversity afflict all library types—school, public and academic. Library Services for Multicultural Patrons is by and for all libraries that are striving to provide multicultural services to match the growing diversity in the cultural background
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What Works in Community News

Media Startups, News Deserts, and the Future of the Fourth Estate

de Ellen Clegg, Dan Kennedy ...

A groundbreaking study of the journalism startups that are solving the local news crisis one community at a timeA must-read for activists, entrepreneurs, and journalists who want to start local news outlets in their communitiesLocal news is essential to democracy. Meaningful participation in civic life is impossible without it. However, local news is in crisis. According to one widely cited study, ... Leer más

$12.99 USD

A groundbreaking study of the journalism startups that are solving the local news crisis one community at a timeA must-read for activists, entrepreneurs, and journalists who want to start local news outlets in their communitiesLocal news is essential to democracy. Meaningful participation in civic life is impossible without it. However, local news is in crisis. According to one widely cited study,
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Champions of Innocence

Inside the Fight Against Wrongful Convictions

de Saul Kassin Ph.D ...

Twenty-four powerful voices from the frontlines of justice reveal how they're revolutionizing a system that fails the innocent.Over the years, history has uncovered thousands of wrongful convictions in the United States, involving children and adults, men and women of all backgrounds and colors, and in countries throughout the world. Unimaginable to most, and truly terrifying for some, being ... Leer más

$21.99 USD

Twenty-four powerful voices from the frontlines of justice reveal how they're revolutionizing a system that fails the innocent.Over the years, history has uncovered thousands of wrongful convictions in the United States, involving children and adults, men and women of all backgrounds and colors, and in countries throughout the world. Unimaginable to most, and truly terrifying for some, being
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On the Wrong Side

How Universities Protect Perpetrators and Betray Survivors of Sexual Violence

de Nicole Bedera ...

**"Bedera dispels deeply ingrained campus rape myths and puts the innate violence of the campus sexual assault reporting process into focus."—**Jezebel**"The book’s grim conclusions are tempered with a hopeful presentation of proposed reforms."—**Chronicle of Higher EducationThis explosive investigation reveals the profound failures of the Title IX system and identifies concrete, surprisingly ... Leer más

$25.99 USD

**"Bedera dispels deeply ingrained campus rape myths and puts the innate violence of the campus sexual assault reporting process into focus."—**Jezebel**"The book’s grim conclusions are tempered with a hopeful presentation of proposed reforms."—**Chronicle of Higher EducationThis explosive investigation reveals the profound failures of the Title IX system and identifies concrete, surprisingly
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The Magic Words

Writing Great Books for Children and Young Adults

de Cheryl Klein ...

This master class in writing children’s and young adult novels will teach you everything you need to know to write and publish a great book.The best children’s and young adult novels take readers on wonderful outward adventures and stirring inward journeys. In The Magic Words, editor Cheryl B. Klein guides writers on an enjoyable and practical-minded voyage of their own, from developing a saleable ... Leer más

$15.99 USD

This master class in writing children’s and young adult novels will teach you everything you need to know to write and publish a great book.The best children’s and young adult novels take readers on wonderful outward adventures and stirring inward journeys. In The Magic Words, editor Cheryl B. Klein guides writers on an enjoyable and practical-minded voyage of their own, from developing a saleable
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The Misadventures of Zhou Haisheng

Mandarin Companion Graded Readers Breakthrough Level

de John Pasden, Jared Turner ...

Series series Mandarin Companion
Zhou Haisheng is a fun-loving and determined young boy whose life revolves around school and his family’s Chinese restaurant. Always well-intentioned, he finds ways to help out his hard-working parents with the family business. Whether it's inventing his own noodle recipe, delivering the wrong order to a customer, or resorting to extremes when a competing noodle shop opens across the street, Zhou ... Leer más

$7.99 USD

Zhou Haisheng is a fun-loving and determined young boy whose life revolves around school and his family’s Chinese restaurant. Always well-intentioned, he finds ways to help out his hard-working parents with the family business. Whether it's inventing his own noodle recipe, delivering the wrong order to a customer, or resorting to extremes when a competing noodle shop opens across the street, Zhou
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Proto

How One Ancient Language Went Global

de Laura Spinney ...

Named a Best Book of 2025 by the Guardian, Scientific American, and the Washington Independent Review of BooksProto is a revelatory portrait of world history in its own words.Daughter. Duhitár-. Dustr. Dukte. Listen to these English, Sanskrit, Armenian and Lithuanian words, all meaning the same thing, and you hear echoes of one of history's most unlikely journeys. All four languages-along with ... Leer más

$13.99 USD

Named a Best Book of 2025 by the Guardian, Scientific American, and the Washington Independent Review of BooksProto is a revelatory portrait of world history in its own words.Daughter. Duhitár-. Dustr. Dukte. Listen to these English, Sanskrit, Armenian and Lithuanian words, all meaning the same thing, and you hear echoes of one of history's most unlikely journeys. All four languages-along with
... Leer más
La gestión de incidentes críticos en la universidad

de Carles Monereo, Manuel Monte, Paola Andreucci ...

Series Libro 41 - Universitaria
Quince relatos de académicos universitarios que tratan de retratar distintas formas de ser profesor universitario. Quince historias extraídas de la vida misma en las que se produce un incidente crítico, un conflicto que marcará un antes y un después en la identidad profesional de esos docentes. Libro está escrito por profesores experimentados que analizan esas historias desde tres miradas ... Leer más

$24.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

Quince relatos de académicos universitarios que tratan de retratar distintas formas de ser profesor universitario. Quince historias extraídas de la vida misma en las que se produce un incidente crítico, un conflicto que marcará un antes y un después en la identidad profesional de esos docentes. Libro está escrito por profesores experimentados que analizan esas historias desde tres miradas
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Now I Know More

The Revealing Stories Behind Even More of the World's Most Interesting Facts

de Dan Lewis ...

Series series Now I Know Series
"Every story in the book is interesting, and Lewis includes a 'bonus fact' at the end of each story, which is a mini mind bender on its own." --BoingBoing"A mind-tickling encyclopedia...Now I Know is a treat in its entirety...an oasis of learning about what you don't yet know...but are glad you found." --Brain PickingsDan Lewis, creator of the Webby Award–winning Now I Know newsletter, is back ... Leer más

$10.99 USD

"Every story in the book is interesting, and Lewis includes a 'bonus fact' at the end of each story, which is a mini mind bender on its own." --BoingBoing"A mind-tickling encyclopedia...Now I Know is a treat in its entirety...an oasis of learning about what you don't yet know...but are glad you found." --Brain PickingsDan Lewis, creator of the Webby Award–winning Now I Know newsletter, is back
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Opinions

A Decade of Arguments, Criticism, and Minding Other People’s Business

de Roxane Gay ...

From beloved and bestselling author Roxane Gay, “a strikingly fresh cultural critic” (Washington Post) comes an exhilarating collection of her essays on culture, politics, and everything in between.Since the publication of the groundbreaking Bad Feminist and Hunger, Roxane Gay has continued to tackle big issues embroiling society—state-sponsored violence and mass shootings, women’s rights post ... Leer más

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From beloved and bestselling author Roxane Gay, “a strikingly fresh cultural critic” (Washington Post) comes an exhilarating collection of her essays on culture, politics, and everything in between.Since the publication of the groundbreaking Bad Feminist and Hunger, Roxane Gay has continued to tackle big issues embroiling society—state-sponsored violence and mass shootings, women’s rights post
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The Fantasy Economy

Neoliberalism, Inequality, and the Education Reform Movement

de Neil Kraus ...

Wage stagnation, growing inequality, and even poverty itself have resulted from decades of neoliberal decision making, not the education system, writes Neil Kraus in his urgent call to action, The Fantasy Economy. Kraus claims the idea that both the education system and labor force are chronically deficient was aggressively and incorrectly promoted starting in the Reagan era, when corporate ... Leer más

$27.99 USD

Wage stagnation, growing inequality, and even poverty itself have resulted from decades of neoliberal decision making, not the education system, writes Neil Kraus in his urgent call to action, The Fantasy Economy. Kraus claims the idea that both the education system and labor force are chronically deficient was aggressively and incorrectly promoted starting in the Reagan era, when corporate
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A Therapist’s Guide to Adolescent Development

Supporting Teens and Young Adults in Their Families and Communities

Edición de Kimberly M. Jayne, Katherine E. Purswell ...

A Therapist’s Guide to Adolescent Development is a practical guide to understanding adolescent development and applying that knowledge in therapeutic practice.Chapters explore development and therapeutic considerations for specific age ranges in pre-adolescence and early, middle, and late adolescence. The final chapter includes reproducible, age-specific handouts about adolescent development for ... Leer más

$48.99 USD

A Therapist’s Guide to Adolescent Development is a practical guide to understanding adolescent development and applying that knowledge in therapeutic practice.Chapters explore development and therapeutic considerations for specific age ranges in pre-adolescence and early, middle, and late adolescence. The final chapter includes reproducible, age-specific handouts about adolescent development for
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