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  • Wendell Berry and Higher Education

    Cultivating Virtues of Place

    by Jack R. Baker, Jeffrey Bilbro ...
    Series series Culture of the Land
    Why the university should focus on community: "An enlightening interpretation of Wendell Berry's philosophy for the pursuit of a holistic higher education." — Publishers WeeklyProminent author and cultural critic Wendell Berry is well known for his contributions to agrarianism and environmentalism, but his commentary on education has received comparatively little attention. Yet Berry has been ... Read more

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  • The History of Science Fiction

    by Adam Roberts ...
    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    This book is the definitive critical history of science fiction. The 2006 first edition of this work traced the development of the genre from Ancient Greece and the European Reformation through to the end of the 20th century. This new 2nd edition has been revised thoroughly and very significantly expanded. An all-new final chapter discusses 21st-century science fiction, and there is new material ... Read more

    $31.49 USD

  • The Social Significance of the Modern Drama

    by Emma Goldman ...
    The Modern Drama, as all modern literature, mirrors the complex struggle of life,—the struggle which, whatever its individual or topical expression, ever has its roots in the depth of human nature and social environment, and hence is, to that extent, universal. Such literature, such drama, is at once the reflex and the inspiration of mankind in its eternal seeking for things higher and better. ... Read more

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  • Surviving the Move and Learning to Thrive

    Tools for Success in Secondary Schools, Grades 6-12

    by Lisa Anne Fisher ...
    Surviving the Move and Learning to Thrive: Tools for Success in Secondary Schools, Grades 6-12 is collection of seven chapters that provide tools for all students, especially struggling and reluctant learners, to find a better path to learning while moving through middle and high school. Each chapter addresses critical areas of need from learning styles to parent involvement in a way that is easy ... Read more

    $64.99 USD

  • Secretaries of the Moon

    The Letters of Wallace Stevens and José Rodriguez Feo

    Edited by Beverly Coyle, Alan Filreis ...
    The letter from Jose Rodriguez Feo that prompted Stevens's poem was the third in a ten-year correspondence (1944-54) between the poet and the young Cuban, who quickly became Stevens's "most exciting correspondent." The two shared a Harvard education, both were anxious to see Stevens translated for a Cuban audience, and each had an enduring admiration for Santayana, whose awareness of the cultural ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

  • Norman Mailer and the Modernist Turn

    by Jerry Schuchalter ...
    Series Book 13 - American Culture
    This study is a comprehensive scholarly treatment of Norman Mailer’s entire œuvre, including not only his fiction and non-fiction, but also his correspondence, his early journal articles and his interviews. It outlines Mailer’s Entwicklungsgeschichte, illuminating the lines of continuity and discontinuity in his literary achievement and shows Mailer’s work to be firmly ensconced in the tradition ... Read more

    $90.29 USD

  • Natural State

    A Literary Anthology of California Nature Writing

    Edited by Steven Gilbar ...
    This is the first anthology of nature writing that celebrates California, the most geographically diverse state in the union. Readers—be they naturalists or armchair explorers—will find themselves transported to California's many wild places in the company of forty noted writers whose works span more than a century. Divided into sections on California's mountains, hills and valleys, deserts, coast ... Read more

    $27.89 USD

  • The Child's Day

    by Woods Hutchinson ...
    "The Child's Day" by Woods Hutchinson is a profound exploration of childhood and the various stages of a child's development. Hutchinson, a physician and author, delves into the physical, emotional, and psychological aspects of growing up. He emphasizes the importance of understanding a child's needs and the impact of their environment on their overall well-being. Through insightful observations ... Read more

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  • Language and Power in Post-Colonial Schooling

    Ideologies in Practice

    by Carolyn McKinney ...
    Series series Language, Culture, and Teaching Series
    Critiquing the positioning of children from non-dominant groups as linguistically deficient, this book aims to bridge the gap between theorizing of language in critical sociolinguistics and approaches to language in education. Carolyn McKinney uses the lens of linguistic ideologies—teachers’ and students’ beliefs about language—to shed light on the continuing problem of reproduction of linguistic ... Read more

    $63.99 USD

  • Invisible No More

    Understanding the Disenfranchisement of Latino Men and Boys

    Edited by Pedro Noguera, Aída Hurtado, Edward Fergus ...
    Latino men and boys in the United States are confronted with a wide variety of hardships that are not easily explained or understood. They are populating prisons, dropping out of high school, and are becoming overrepresented in the service industry at alarming degrees. Young Latino men, especially, have among the lowest wages earned in the country, a rapidly growing rate of HIV/AIDS, and one of ... Read more

    $82.99 USD

  • Herman Melville

    by D. E. S. Maxwell ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: The American Novel
    In this fascinating and revealing book, first published in 1968, Maxwell examines the life and work of Herman Melville. By dividing extracts of Melville’s work in chronological order, the sections clearly illustrate the various facets of Melville’s technique and thought as it evolves. This title is essential reading for students of American Literature. ... Read more

    $48.99 USD

  • The Concept of Care in Curriculum Studies

    Juxtaposing Currere and Hakbeolism

    by Jung-Hoon Jung ...
    Series series Studies in Curriculum Theory Series
    The question at the heart of the book is what might an education with self-care and care-for-others look like? Juxtaposing self-understanding through the method of currere and the historical character of hakbeolism (a concept indigenous to Korea referring to a kind of social status people achieve based on a shared academic background), this book articulates how subjective reconstruction of self in ... Read more

    $63.99 USD