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  • Vigor Mortis

    The Vitality of the Dead in Medieval Societies

    This volume explores the enduring presence and participation of the dead in the lives of premodern people from the Carolingian period to the end of the Middle Ages.Unlike modern states, which erect barriers to separate the dying and the deceased from their families, friends, and associates, premodern societies in western Europe fostered an on-going relationship between the living and the dead that ... Read more

    $77.99 USD

  • Supernatural Encounters

    Demons and the Restless Dead in Medieval England, c.1050–1450

    Series series Studies in Medieval History and Culture
    The belief in the reality of demons and the restless dead formed a central facet of the medieval worldview. Whether a pestilent-spreading corpse mobilised by the devil, a purgatorial spirit returning to earth to ask for suffrage, or a shape-shifting demon intent on crushing its victims as they slept, encounters with supernatural entities were often met with consternation and fear. Chroniclers, ... Read more

    $64.99 USD

  • The Oxford Handbook of Higher Education Systems and University Management

    Series series Oxford Handbooks
    The world's systems of higher education (HE) are caught up in the fourth industrial revolution of the twenty-first century. Driven by increased globalization, demographic expansion in demand for education, new information and communications technology, and changing cost structures influencing societal expectations and control, higher education systems across the globe are adapting to the pressures ... Read more

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  • Confluence

    A Gidon Aronson Thriller

    The two men came at dinnertime on Friday night to murder a young rabbi and his family. They didn't say why. They didn't say who sent them. Fortunately, Gidon Aronson was at the right place at the right time. Gidon, a former member of an elite Israeli special operations unit, must not only protect the clergyman, but also peel back the layers of the man's personal and professional lives to get at a ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    Behind Sunset

    by David Gordon ...
    Narrated by Stephen Bowlby ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 59 min

    For generations, Hollywood has attracted all sorts of dreamers―and then has slowly crushed their aspirations. Elliott Gross is one such case; fresh out of college, he moved west from New York with hopes of writing for the silver screen and living a life of fame and fortune. A couple of years later, he's writing for an adult magazine and living in a garage. The year is 1994 and, with the rise of ... Read more

    $25.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • In the Name of God

    A Gidon Aronson Thriller

    Gidon Aronson just wants to be left alone. His training as a special forces operative makes him unique, but now he just wants solace. When the Guardians of Heaven set their sights on an Israeli diplomat, Gidon does just enough to save their target. But when they kill a friend, he steps into a conspiracy that runs from upscale neighborhoods of Baltimore to the ancient streets of Jerusalem and the ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Off the Record

    What Wall Street Doesn't Want You to Know

    A Wall Street maverick shows investors how to find the next Home Depot, Cisco, or Microsoft -- before the Wall Street establishment.When it comes time to making a major purchasing decision -- a car or house, say -- most people will do their homework and find sources of independent information to help determine whether it's a good buy. The same is true when you face a serious medical decision. ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • Developing Successful Schools

    A Holistic Approach

    Series series Education (R0)
    This book identifies and emphasizes the need for a holistic approach to school improvement when it comes to both the development of the whole child and the relationships among student, family, and community development. In recent years, the emphasis in PK-12 education in the United States has been on the measurement of student and school performance by high-stakes achievement tests. This emphasis ... Read more

    $143.99 USD

  • The Student

    A Gidon Aronson Thriller

    Steve Gordon, the author of the Gidon Aronson series, was born and raised in Baltimore. For many years he taught American history and ancient world cultures in a local middle school. His writing credits also include a memoir for Good Housekeeping and television series work for Maryland Public Television. ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • Critical Pedagogy and Emancipation

    A Festschrift in Memory of Joyce Canaan

    Series Book 5 - New Disciplinary Perspectives on Education
    An extraordinary tribute to the visions of Joyce Canaan, a vibrant academic activist who touched so many with her intellect, her acuity, her humanity and her love. Anyone interested in critical pedagogy has to read this inspiring book that takes so many slices on what the university has become and what it still might be.(Professor Michael Burawoy, University of California, Berkeley)This ... Read more

    $54.99 USD

  • The British Malaise

    Industrial Performance Education and Training in Britain Today

    Series series Routledge Revivals
    This series of edited papers, originally published in 1982, examines Britain’s industrial and commercial performance in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries against the background of the development of state education. The performance of certain key nineteenth-century manufacturing industries is analysed and the reasons for their relative decline in the face of foreign competition is assessed. ... Read more

    $45.99 USD

  • International Handbook of Suicide Prevention

    Research, Policy and Practice

    The International Handbook of Suicide Prevention showcases the latest cutting-edge research from the world’s leading authorities, and highlights policy and practice implications for the prevention of suicide.Brings together the world’s leading authorities on suicidal behaviour, renowned for their suicide prevention research, policy and practiceAddresses the key questions of why people attempt ... Read more

    $238.00 USD