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Horseshoe Curve

by David W. Seidel ...

Series series Images of Rail
The Pennsylvania Railroad's Horseshoe Curve is known worldwide as an engineering wonder. This landmark, located just west of Altoona, opened to traffic on February 15, 1854, and it enabled the Pennsylvania railroad line to climb the Allegheny Mountains and the eastern continental divide. The Horseshoe Curve's construction impacted railroad design and development for mountainous terrain everywhere, ... Read more

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The Pennsylvania Railroad's Horseshoe Curve is known worldwide as an engineering wonder. This landmark, located just west of Altoona, opened to traffic on February 15, 1854, and it enabled the Pennsylvania railroad line to climb the Allegheny Mountains and the eastern continental divide. The Horseshoe Curve's construction impacted railroad design and development for mountainous terrain everywhere,
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Gun Barrel Polka

by David Seidel ...

Ten high school students are killed in the first mass shooting in Vermont for over a century. Reactions are typical. Only thoughts and prayers are extended to family and friends who are left to dance through their grief, hurt, anger, fear and doubt. Some also try to find a way to prevent similar incidents in the future. Yet all need to learn how to rebuild their lives. Can random acts of violence ... Read more

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Ten high school students are killed in the first mass shooting in Vermont for over a century. Reactions are typical. Only thoughts and prayers are extended to family and friends who are left to dance through their grief, hurt, anger, fear and doubt. Some also try to find a way to prevent similar incidents in the future. Yet all need to learn how to rebuild their lives. Can random acts of violence
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A Game of Chinese Checkers

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In recent years TransAsia, the former Republic of China has expanded territorially. Yet its latest imperialist objectives are part of another strategy, one which aims to preserve the country's status as a superpower. They are playing a long game, so the rest of the world is kept ignorant of TransAsia's real goals. This is easy enough given how often democratic power bases change compared with ... Read more

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In recent years TransAsia, the former Republic of China has expanded territorially. Yet its latest imperialist objectives are part of another strategy, one which aims to preserve the country's status as a superpower. They are playing a long game, so the rest of the world is kept ignorant of TransAsia's real goals. This is easy enough given how often democratic power bases change compared with
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Altoona

by David W. Seidel ...

Series series Postcard History Series
The Pennsylvania Railroad was incorporated in 1846 and immediately began the task of finding an all-rail route to connect Philadelphia with Pittsburgh. The Pennsylvania Railroad surveyed possible routes and arrived on a valley floor at the base of the Allegheny Mountains in 1849 that was primarily occupied by the David Robeson farm. As people arrived for employment opportunities, the railroad ... Read more

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The Pennsylvania Railroad was incorporated in 1846 and immediately began the task of finding an all-rail route to connect Philadelphia with Pittsburgh. The Pennsylvania Railroad surveyed possible routes and arrived on a valley floor at the base of the Allegheny Mountains in 1849 that was primarily occupied by the David Robeson farm. As people arrived for employment opportunities, the railroad
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From Legacies to Futures

The Lifeworlds of Older Adults in Europe

by David Prendergast, A. Jamie Saris, Katja Seidel ...

Series Book 11 - Life Course, Culture and Aging: Global Transformations
Older adults want to exercise a sense of control over their relationships, structures and surroundings as they navigate the later life course. Through detailed ethnographic case studies, this book examines the dynamic lifeworlds of a hundred and seven community-dwelling older adults in Europe before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. It explores the importance of agency, the frictions between self ... Read more

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Older adults want to exercise a sense of control over their relationships, structures and surroundings as they navigate the later life course. Through detailed ethnographic case studies, this book examines the dynamic lifeworlds of a hundred and seven community-dwelling older adults in Europe before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. It explores the importance of agency, the frictions between self
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Altoona and Logan Valley Electric Railway

by Leonard E. Alwine, David W. Seidel ...

Series series Images of Rail
Dating back to 1882, the Altoona and Logan Valley Electric Railway has humble origins, but it quickly became a viable transportation system serving the city of Altoona. Often referred to as the Logan Valley, the railway employed 300 people, transported 11.5 million passengers a year, and traveled 7,220 scheduled route miles a day until economic conditions forced the line to discontinue service on ... Read more

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Dating back to 1882, the Altoona and Logan Valley Electric Railway has humble origins, but it quickly became a viable transportation system serving the city of Altoona. Often referred to as the Logan Valley, the railway employed 300 people, transported 11.5 million passengers a year, and traveled 7,220 scheduled route miles a day until economic conditions forced the line to discontinue service on
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Mythic Delirium

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by Ken Liu, Jane Yolen, Marie Brennan, Yoon Ha Lee, Amal El-Mohtar, Beth Cato, Kenneth Schneyer, Nicole Kornher-Stace, Rhonda Parrish, Yukimi Ogawa, Sonya Taaffe, C.S.E. Cooney, Mari Ness, Liz Bourke, Cedar Sanderson, David Sklar, Virginia M. Mohlere, Alexandra Seidel, Patty Templeton, Sandi Leibowitz, Georgina Bruce, Christina Sng, Karthika Naïr, S. Brackett Robertson, Jennifer Crow, Brittany Warman, Brigitte N. McCray, Robert Davies, Lisa M. Bradley, J.C. Runolfson, Lynette Mejía ...

Series Book 1 - Mythic Delirium
“Rich word choices and settings that blend speculative concepts with quotidian reality highlight this stellar anthology of prose and poetry from well-known editor Mike Allen (CLOCKWORK PHOENIX) and his wife and copublisher, Anita Allen ... This anthology is a winner from cover to cover.” —PUBLISHERS WEEKLY, starred reviewThis new anthology from the creative team behind the critically-acclaimed ... Read more

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“Rich word choices and settings that blend speculative concepts with quotidian reality highlight this stellar anthology of prose and poetry from well-known editor Mike Allen (CLOCKWORK PHOENIX) and his wife and copublisher, Anita Allen ... This anthology is a winner from cover to cover.” —PUBLISHERS WEEKLY, starred reviewThis new anthology from the creative team behind the critically-acclaimed
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The Ecological Heart of Teaching

Radical Tales of Refuge and Renewal for Classrooms and Communities

Edited by Jackie Seidel, David W. Jardine ...

Series Book 478 - Counterpoints
The Ecological Heart of Teaching is a collection of writings by teachers about their life in classrooms. Reflecting over three years of collective work, it illustrates how teachers, parents, and students can avoid some of the distractions and panic endemic to many schools, allowing them to focus thoughtfully on rigorous, beautiful work. It draws on ecological thinking, Buddhism, and hermeneutics ... Read more

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The Ecological Heart of Teaching is a collection of writings by teachers about their life in classrooms. Reflecting over three years of collective work, it illustrates how teachers, parents, and students can avoid some of the distractions and panic endemic to many schools, allowing them to focus thoughtfully on rigorous, beautiful work. It draws on ecological thinking, Buddhism, and hermeneutics
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Emergence

Edited by Henrich R. Greve, Marc-David L. Seidel ...

Series Book 50 - Research in the Sociology of Organizations
The recent growth in research on the topic of evolutionary novelties inspired this volume of Research in the Sociology of Organizations. While previous sociological work has done an admirable job of understanding selection and differentiation processes, it has widely ignored the origin of novelty and how it grows to form initial structures and practices. Emergence is an easy to understand ... Read more

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The recent growth in research on the topic of evolutionary novelties inspired this volume of Research in the Sociology of Organizations. While previous sociological work has done an admirable job of understanding selection and differentiation processes, it has widely ignored the origin of novelty and how it grows to form initial structures and practices. Emergence is an easy to understand
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Ecological Pedagogy, Buddhist Pedagogy, Hermeneutic Pedagogy

Experiments in a Curriculum for Miracles

by Jackie Seidel, David W. Jardine ...

Series Book 452 - Counterpoints
This book explores three interrelated roots of scholarly work that have a supportive and elaborative affinity to authentic and engaging classroom inquiry: ecological consciousness, Buddhist epistemologies, philosophies and practices, and interpretive inquiry or «hermeneutics». Although these three roots originate outside of and extend far beyond most educational literature, understanding them can ... Read more

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This book explores three interrelated roots of scholarly work that have a supportive and elaborative affinity to authentic and engaging classroom inquiry: ecological consciousness, Buddhist epistemologies, philosophies and practices, and interpretive inquiry or «hermeneutics». Although these three roots originate outside of and extend far beyond most educational literature, understanding them can
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Adolescent Experiences and Adult Work Outcomes

Connections and Causes

by Lisa A. Keister ...

Series Book 25 - Research in the Sociology of Work
This volume of Research in the Sociology of Work starts with a deceptively simple question of, "Do events and experiences during adolescence influence the work outcomes of individuals when they reach adulthood?" While at first glance simple, the question has a wide range of theoretical and practical implications, which are covered in a compelling set of contributions. The volume contains new and ... Read more

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This volume of Research in the Sociology of Work starts with a deceptively simple question of, "Do events and experiences during adolescence influence the work outcomes of individuals when they reach adulthood?" While at first glance simple, the question has a wide range of theoretical and practical implications, which are covered in a compelling set of contributions. The volume contains new and
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Like Smoke, Like Light: Stories

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Publishers Weekly Best Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror title of 2023!"Ogawa's debut collection of 17 speculative shorts stuns with its delicacy … Harkening back to the oldest folk and fairy tales and raising pointed questions about how humans value and devalue each other, this is a showstopper." —Publishers Weekly, starred review"Her work is unexpected, often horrific, and always enthralling." ... Read more

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