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Making Good Schools

Linking School Effectiveness and Improvement

by Robert Bollen, Bert P.M. Creemers, David Hopkins, Nijs Lagerweij, David Reynolds, Louise Stoll ...

The disciplines of school effectiveness research and school improvement practice and research have been apart for too long. This book is the first major attempt, by leading writers and practitioners in these fields, to bring the areas together in a coherent way. Existing knowledge about the characteristics of `good' schools is outlined, together with the knowledge base about how to `make schools ... Read more

$47.99 USD

The disciplines of school effectiveness research and school improvement practice and research have been apart for too long. This book is the first major attempt, by leading writers and practitioners in these fields, to bring the areas together in a coherent way. Existing knowledge about the characteristics of `good' schools is outlined, together with the knowledge base about how to `make schools
... Read more
Rigoberta Menchu And The Story Of All Poor Guatemalans

by David Stoll ...

Rigoberta Menchú is a living legend, a young woman who said that her odyssey from a Mayan Indian village to revolutionary exile was "the story of all poor Guatemalans." By turning herself into an everywoman, she became a powerful symbol for 500 years of indigenous resistance to colonialism. Her testimony, I, Rigoberta Menchú, denounced atrocities by the Guatemalan army and propelled her to the ... Read more

$54.99 USD

Rigoberta Menchú is a living legend, a young woman who said that her odyssey from a Mayan Indian village to revolutionary exile was "the story of all poor Guatemalans." By turning herself into an everywoman, she became a powerful symbol for 500 years of indigenous resistance to colonialism. Her testimony, I, Rigoberta Menchú, denounced atrocities by the Guatemalan army and propelled her to the
... Read more
Mayas in Postwar Guatemala

Harvest of Violence Revisited

by David Stoll, Brenda Rosenbaum, Timothy J. Smith, Abigail E Adams, J Jailey Philpot-Munson, Edward F. Fischer, Robert M. Carmack, Jennifer Burrell, Jose Oscar Barrera Nunez, Barbara Bocek0, Monica DeHart1, Peter Benson2, Liliana Goldin3, Judith M. Maxwell4 ...

Series series Contemporary American Indian Studies
Like the original Harvest of Violence, published in 1988, this volume reveals how the contemporary Mayas contend with crime, political violence, internal community power struggles, and the broader impact of transnational economic and political policies in Guatemala. However, this work, informed by long-term ethnographic fieldwork in Mayan communities and commitment to conducting research in Mayan ... Read more

$21.59 USD

Like the original Harvest of Violence, published in 1988, this volume reveals how the contemporary Mayas contend with crime, political violence, internal community power struggles, and the broader impact of transnational economic and political policies in Guatemala. However, this work, informed by long-term ethnographic fieldwork in Mayan communities and commitment to conducting research in Mayan
... Read more
El Norte or Bust!

How Migration Fever and Microcredit Produced a Financial Crash in a Latin American Town

by David Stoll ...

Debt is the hidden engine driving undocumented migration to the United States. So argues David Stoll in this powerful chronicle of migrants, moneylenders, and swindlers in the Guatemalan highlands, one of the locales that, collectively, are sending millions of Latin Americans north in search of higher wages. As an anthropologist, Stoll has witnessed the Ixil Mayas of Nebaj grow in numbers, run out ... Read more

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Debt is the hidden engine driving undocumented migration to the United States. So argues David Stoll in this powerful chronicle of migrants, moneylenders, and swindlers in the Guatemalan highlands, one of the locales that, collectively, are sending millions of Latin Americans north in search of higher wages. As an anthropologist, Stoll has witnessed the Ixil Mayas of Nebaj grow in numbers, run out
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Anthropology and the Politics of Representation

by Gabriela Vargas-Cetina, Steffan Igor Ayora-Diaz, Beth A. Conklin, Les W. Field, Katie Glaskin, Frederic W. Gleach, Tracey Heatherington, Bernard C. Perley0, Vilma Santiago-Irizarry1, Timothy J. Smith2, Sergey Sokolovskiy3, David Stoll4, Thomas M. Wilson5 ...

Examines the inherently problematic nature of representation and description of living people in ethnography and in anthropological workIn Anthropology and the Politics of Representation volume editor Gabriela Vargas-Cetina brings together a group of international scholars who, through their fieldwork experiences, reflect on the epistemological, political, and personal implications of their own ... Read more

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Examines the inherently problematic nature of representation and description of living people in ethnography and in anthropological workIn Anthropology and the Politics of Representation volume editor Gabriela Vargas-Cetina brings together a group of international scholars who, through their fieldwork experiences, reflect on the epistemological, political, and personal implications of their own
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Innovations in Higher Education

Igniting the Spark for Success

by Linda L. Baer, David Bonsall, Jeff Bonsall, Patricia A. Breen, Michael Bunch, Michael R. Chipps, Rosanna Stoll Diaz, Scott Epstein, Barbara A. Farley, Eugene Finnegan, Marilyn Hansmann, Rachel Harris, Darren Henderson, Adam Honea, John Holzhüter, Dionne Jones-Malone, Joseph Kovach, Henry J. Lindborg, Daniel Lowry, James H. McCormick, Christine Miller, Cinch L. Munson, Michael J. Offerman, William Pepicello, Nancy S. Perryman, Jeff Rabey, Lee Rasch, Jeffrey Seybert, David Sill, Patricia A. Stockert, Barbara Taylor, Linda M. Thor, Russell J. Watson, Dave Weber, Betsy O. Barefoot, John N. Gardner ...

Series series The ACE Series on Higher Education
Rising costs and increasing global competition press institutions to do more with less. At the same time, deep budget cuts and a general social and political impatience have revived calls for reform in educational affordability, curriculum, and outcome measurement. Yet within this environment, a myriad of success stories are being forged among educational institutions, supporting industries, and ... Read more

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Rising costs and increasing global competition press institutions to do more with less. At the same time, deep budget cuts and a general social and political impatience have revived calls for reform in educational affordability, curriculum, and outcome measurement. Yet within this environment, a myriad of success stories are being forged among educational institutions, supporting industries, and
... Read more
The Black Metropolis in the Twenty-First Century

Race, Power, and Politics of Place

by Angela Glover Blackwell, Edward J. Blakely, David A. Bositis, Sheryll Cashin, Joe T. Darden, J Eugene Grigsby III, Glenn S. Johnson, john a. powell, Michael A. Stoll, Angel Torres, Beverly Wright ...

This book brings together key essays that seek to make visible and expand our understanding of the role of government (policies, programs, and investments) in shaping cities and metropolitan regions; the costs and consequences of uneven urban and regional growth patterns; suburban sprawl and public health, transportation, and economic development; and the enduring connection of place, space, and ... Read more

$46.99 USD

This book brings together key essays that seek to make visible and expand our understanding of the role of government (policies, programs, and investments) in shaping cities and metropolitan regions; the costs and consequences of uneven urban and regional growth patterns; suburban sprawl and public health, transportation, and economic development; and the enduring connection of place, space, and
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The Schopenhauerian Mind

Edited by David Bather Woods, Timothy Stoll ...

Series series Routledge Philosophical Minds
Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860) is now recognised as a figure of canonical importance to the history of philosophy. Schopenhauer founded his system on a highly original interpretation of Kant’s philosophy, developing an entirely novel and controversial worldview guided centrally by his striking conception of the human will and of art and beauty. His influence extends to figures as diverse as ... Read more

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Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860) is now recognised as a figure of canonical importance to the history of philosophy. Schopenhauer founded his system on a highly original interpretation of Kant’s philosophy, developing an entirely novel and controversial worldview guided centrally by his striking conception of the human will and of art and beauty. His influence extends to figures as diverse as
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Flight or Fright

by Stephen King, Bev Vincent ...

Narrated by Stephen King, Bev Vincent, Norbert Leo Butz, Christian Coulson, Santino Fontana, Simon Jones, Graeme Malcolm, Elizabeth Marvel, David Morse0, Corey Stoll1 ...

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10 hours 37 min

#1 New York Times bestselling author and master of horror Stephen King teams up with Bev Vincent of Cemetery Dance to present a terrifying collection of sixteen short stories (and one poem) that tap into one of King’s greatest fears—air travel—featuring previously unpublished stories by King and Joe Hill, “an expertly compiled collection of tales that entertain and scare” (Booklist).Stephen King ... Read more

$25.99 USD

#1 New York Times bestselling author and master of horror Stephen King teams up with Bev Vincent of Cemetery Dance to present a terrifying collection of sixteen short stories (and one poem) that tap into one of King’s greatest fears—air travel—featuring previously unpublished stories by King and Joe Hill, “an expertly compiled collection of tales that entertain and scare” (Booklist).Stephen King
... Read more
Pantomime

by Christopher Sebela ...

Haley and her brother, Max, are alone after their mother’s death and are sent to Wayfair Academy, a special needs boarding school. Eventually, they find family amongst other deaf children. One night the group decides to dip their toes into crime… the thrill is too much to leave behind. They soon find out that stealing from the wrong person, has its consequences. With no one to turn to but each ... Read more

$10.99 USD

Haley and her brother, Max, are alone after their mother’s death and are sent to Wayfair Academy, a special needs boarding school. Eventually, they find family amongst other deaf children. One night the group decides to dip their toes into crime… the thrill is too much to leave behind. They soon find out that stealing from the wrong person, has its consequences. With no one to turn to but each
... Read more
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Voices of The New Belarus

Documentary Play. Writer's adition.

by Andrei Kureichik ...

Narrated by Prof. Timothy Snyder, Prof. Marci Shore, Prof. Edyta Boyanowska, Prof. Jason Stanley, Prof. Yura Kordonski, Prof. David Tate, Maximas Milta, Karen Kileen, Thomas Pand, Prentiss Patrik-Carter, Oscar Sweeting, Lillian Wenker, Meridian Monthy, Aris Katafygiotis, Rachel Whitman, Ramond Vrazel, Casey Grovs, Walter Dixon 4 ...

Unabridged

1 hour 29 min

Dive into the heart-wrenching world of Voices of New Belarus, a searing documentary drama by renowned Belarusian playwright-in-exile Andrei Kureichik. This powerful work captures the harrowing events of the 2020 Belarusian revolution through the deeply personal accounts of 16 political prisoners. Each monologue reveals a distinct story, a unique truth, and together they create an unflinching ... Read more

$4.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Dive into the heart-wrenching world of Voices of New Belarus, a searing documentary drama by renowned Belarusian playwright-in-exile Andrei Kureichik. This powerful work captures the harrowing events of the 2020 Belarusian revolution through the deeply personal accounts of 16 political prisoners. Each monologue reveals a distinct story, a unique truth, and together they create an unflinching
... Read more
Dead Mall

by Adam Cesare ...

**The Penn Mills Galleria is about to be demolished. Five teens sneak into the mall to take a last look around before it’s gone.However, while Penn Mills has been closed for years, the mall is far from abandoned.**A night of exploration becomes a shopping spree from hell. The teens must contend with the sprawling, transformative cosmic horror of Penn Mills or be trapped forever within the Dead ... Read more

$11.99 USD

**The Penn Mills Galleria is about to be demolished. Five teens sneak into the mall to take a last look around before it’s gone.However, while Penn Mills has been closed for years, the mall is far from abandoned.**A night of exploration becomes a shopping spree from hell. The teens must contend with the sprawling, transformative cosmic horror of Penn Mills or be trapped forever within the Dead
... Read more

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