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The Language of the Soul

How the Words You Choose Shape the Life You Live

by Mark Nepo ...

A poetic treasury of spiritual insight, The Language of the Soul uncovers the original meanings of words to help us remember what it means to be fully aliveFor poet and spiritual teacher Mark Nepo, words have always been more than tools for communication—they are vessels of meaning, portals to the sacred, and medicine for the soul. In The Language of the Soul, Nepo explores the deep, often ... Read more

$12.99 USD

A poetic treasury of spiritual insight, The Language of the Soul uncovers the original meanings of words to help us remember what it means to be fully aliveFor poet and spiritual teacher Mark Nepo, words have always been more than tools for communication—they are vessels of meaning, portals to the sacred, and medicine for the soul. In The Language of the Soul, Nepo explores the deep, often
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Multicultural Literature in the Content Areas

Transforming K–12 Classrooms Into Engaging, Inviting, and Socially Conscious Spaces

by Barbara Purdum-Cassidy, Lakia M. Scott ...

Today’s public schools represent a demographic of students that are more diverse than ever before. In turn, culturally responsive and affirming teaching practices should mirror the academic, social, and cultural needs of an ever-increasing population of diverse students. Through multicultural education students can discover the ways they are shaped by their own culture, as well as learn more about ... Read more

$32.99 USD

Today’s public schools represent a demographic of students that are more diverse than ever before. In turn, culturally responsive and affirming teaching practices should mirror the academic, social, and cultural needs of an ever-increasing population of diverse students. Through multicultural education students can discover the ways they are shaped by their own culture, as well as learn more about
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Autism and Girls

World-Renowned Experts Join Those with Autism Syndrome to Resolve Issues That Girls and Women Face Every Day! New Updated and Revised Edition

by Tony Attwood, Temple Grandin ...

Winner of the Gold Award in the 2006 ForeWord Book of the Year competition, this groundbreaking revised and updated book describes the unique challenges of women and girls with Autism Syndrome Disorder. In it, you’ll read candid stories written by the indomitable women who have lived them. You’ll also hear from experts who discuss whether “ASD girls” are slipping under the radar, undiagnosed; ... Read more

$17.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Winner of the Gold Award in the 2006 ForeWord Book of the Year competition, this groundbreaking revised and updated book describes the unique challenges of women and girls with Autism Syndrome Disorder. In it, you’ll read candid stories written by the indomitable women who have lived them. You’ll also hear from experts who discuss whether “ASD girls” are slipping under the radar, undiagnosed;
... Read more
Using Foucault′s Methods

by Gavin Kendall, Gary M Wickham ...

Series series Introducing Qualitative Methods series
`As a companion to Foucault′s original texts, carefully showing what he′s done and why - and how that could be applied elsewhere - it′s outstanding′ - www.theory.org.uk`Very much a `hands-on′ tool kit of a book, scholarly but accessible.... a very useful textbook which approaches its subject in an original way′ - Sociological Research Online`At last, a student-friendly guide that answers the ... Read more

$107.09 USD

`As a companion to Foucault′s original texts, carefully showing what he′s done and why - and how that could be applied elsewhere - it′s outstanding′ - www.theory.org.uk`Very much a `hands-on′ tool kit of a book, scholarly but accessible.... a very useful textbook which approaches its subject in an original way′ - Sociological Research Online`At last, a student-friendly guide that answers the
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The Complete Baseball Scorekeeping Handbook

by Andres Wirkmaa ...

With the aim of providing anyone interested in baseball scorekeeping everything he or she needs to perform the task, this book serves as a comprehensive manual on keeping a scorecard and analyzes each of the numerous, and often complex, official rules governing scorekeeping in baseball (many of which were revised or modified in 2007), as well as scorekeeping issues outside of the official rulebook ... Read more

$15.99 USD

With the aim of providing anyone interested in baseball scorekeeping everything he or she needs to perform the task, this book serves as a comprehensive manual on keeping a scorecard and analyzes each of the numerous, and often complex, official rules governing scorekeeping in baseball (many of which were revised or modified in 2007), as well as scorekeeping issues outside of the official rulebook
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New York Times v. Sullivan

Civil Rights, Libel Law, and the Free Press

by Kermit L. Hall, Melvin I. Urofsky ...

Series series Landmark Law Cases and American Society
Illuminating a classic case from the turbulent civil rights era of the 1960s, two of America’s foremost legal historians—Kermit Hall and Melvin Urofsky—provide a compact and highly readable updating of one of the most memorable decisions in the Supreme Court’s canon.When the New York Times published an advertisement that accused Alabama officials of willfully abusing civil rights activists, ... Read more

$21.99 USD

Illuminating a classic case from the turbulent civil rights era of the 1960s, two of America’s foremost legal historians—Kermit Hall and Melvin Urofsky—provide a compact and highly readable updating of one of the most memorable decisions in the Supreme Court’s canon.When the New York Times published an advertisement that accused Alabama officials of willfully abusing civil rights activists,
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The Well-Trained Mind

A Guide to Classical Education at Home

by Susan Wise Bauer, Jessie Wise ...

Is your child getting lost in the system, becoming bored, losing his or her natural eagerness to learn? If so, it may be time to take charge of your child’s education—by doing it yourself.The Well-Trained Mind will instruct you, step by step, on how to give your child an academically rigorous, comprehensive education from preschool through high school—one that will train him or her to read, to ... Read more

$27.99 USD

Is your child getting lost in the system, becoming bored, losing his or her natural eagerness to learn? If so, it may be time to take charge of your child’s education—by doing it yourself.The Well-Trained Mind will instruct you, step by step, on how to give your child an academically rigorous, comprehensive education from preschool through high school—one that will train him or her to read, to
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Beyond Mobility

Planning Cities for People and Places

by Robert Cervero, Erick Guerra, Stefan Al ...

Cities across the globe have been designed with a primary goal of moving people around quickly—and the costs are becoming ever more apparent. The consequences are measured in smoggy air basins, sprawling suburbs, unsafe pedestrian environments, and despite hundreds of billions of dollars in investments, a failure to stem traffic congestion. Every year our current transportation paradigm generates ... Read more

$35.99 USD

Cities across the globe have been designed with a primary goal of moving people around quickly—and the costs are becoming ever more apparent. The consequences are measured in smoggy air basins, sprawling suburbs, unsafe pedestrian environments, and despite hundreds of billions of dollars in investments, a failure to stem traffic congestion. Every year our current transportation paradigm generates
... Read more
The Elements of Journalism, Revised and Updated 3rd Edition

What Newspeople Should Know and the Public Should Expect

by Bill Kovach, Tom Rosenstiel ...

The Book That Every Citizen and Journalist Should Read“What this book does better than any single book on media history, ethics, or practice isweave . . . [together] why media audiences have fled and why new technology and megacorporate ownership are putting good journalism at risk.” —Rasmi Simhan, Boston Globe“Kovach and Rosenstiel’s essays on each [element] are concise gems, filled with insights ... Read more

$12.99 USD

The Book That Every Citizen and Journalist Should Read“What this book does better than any single book on media history, ethics, or practice isweave . . . [together] why media audiences have fled and why new technology and megacorporate ownership are putting good journalism at risk.” —Rasmi Simhan, Boston Globe“Kovach and Rosenstiel’s essays on each [element] are concise gems, filled with insights
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AQA Business for AS (Marcousé)

by Ian Marcouse, Nigel Watson, Andrew Hammond ...

Exam Board: AQALevel: AS/A-levelSubject: BusinessFirst Teaching: September 2015First Exam: June 2016Develop understanding of business arguments and reasoning, with a clear progression pathway and case studies that illustrate core points.Ian Marcouse has been trusted by Business students for over 15 years and his updated textbook has been fully re... ... Read more

$19.99 USD

Exam Board: AQALevel: AS/A-levelSubject: BusinessFirst Teaching: September 2015First Exam: June 2016Develop understanding of business arguments and reasoning, with a clear progression pathway and case studies that illustrate core points.Ian Marcouse has been trusted by Business students for over 15 years and his updated textbook has been fully re...
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Deviant Hollers

Queering Appalachian Ecologies for a Sustainable Future

Edited by Zane McNeill, Rebecca Scott ...

Series series Appalachian Futures: Black, Native, and Queer Voices
Deviant Hollers: Queering Appalachian Ecologies for a Sustainable Future uses the lens of queer ecologies to explore environmental destruction in Appalachia while mapping out alternative futures that follow from critical queer perspectives on the United States' exploitation of the land. With essays by Lis Regula, Jessica Cory, Chet Pancake, Tijah Bumgarner, MJ Eckhouse, and other essential ... Read more

$24.59 USD

Deviant Hollers: Queering Appalachian Ecologies for a Sustainable Future uses the lens of queer ecologies to explore environmental destruction in Appalachia while mapping out alternative futures that follow from critical queer perspectives on the United States' exploitation of the land. With essays by Lis Regula, Jessica Cory, Chet Pancake, Tijah Bumgarner, MJ Eckhouse, and other essential
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Death by Technology

The Road to Hell Is Paved with Good Inventions

by John R. Cook ...

This book refutes the 21st-century notion that advancing technology is an unambiguous social good, and examines the effects of this uncritical acceptance and dependence. The author argues that technology has become the new religion for the digital age, and that elevating technology to nearly the status of a deity allows for the denial of problems created by reliance upon machines.From the release ... Read more

$24.99 USD

This book refutes the 21st-century notion that advancing technology is an unambiguous social good, and examines the effects of this uncritical acceptance and dependence. The author argues that technology has become the new religion for the digital age, and that elevating technology to nearly the status of a deity allows for the denial of problems created by reliance upon machines.From the release
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Inside the State: The Bracero Program, Immigration, and the I.N.S.

by Kitty Calavita ...

The acclaimed socio-legal study of the Bracero labor program, why it failed, and what that means to immigration policy and organizational theory. By Kitty Calavita, professor of criminology, law and society at UC-Irvine and author of 'Invitation to Law & Society' (U. of Chicago, 2010), now with her new Foreword, to update the reader.Professor Calavita unearthed INS and Congressional records, and ... Read more

$9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

The acclaimed socio-legal study of the Bracero labor program, why it failed, and what that means to immigration policy and organizational theory. By Kitty Calavita, professor of criminology, law and society at UC-Irvine and author of 'Invitation to Law & Society' (U. of Chicago, 2010), now with her new Foreword, to update the reader.Professor Calavita unearthed INS and Congressional records, and
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What to Expect When You're Expected

A Fetus's Guide to the First Three Trimesters

by David Javerbaum ...

This new second edition is filled with the latest, most accurate wombhood information, including comforting answers to hundreds of questions, such as• “My mother just took a sip of white wine. Am I going to end up looking like some Chernobyl baby now?”• “So far Mommy is spending most of her pregnancy in a state of stress, anxiety, and depression. Which one should she focus on?”• “I’m kicking as ... Read more

$5.99 USD

This new second edition is filled with the latest, most accurate wombhood information, including comforting answers to hundreds of questions, such as• “My mother just took a sip of white wine. Am I going to end up looking like some Chernobyl baby now?”• “So far Mommy is spending most of her pregnancy in a state of stress, anxiety, and depression. Which one should she focus on?”• “I’m kicking as
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The Conqueror's Code - An Action-Adventure Spanish Graded Reader for Intermediate Learners (B1-B2)

by Victor Ironcrusher ...

Tired of Boring Textbooks? Learn Spanish Through a Thrilling Adventure!Stop memorizing endless vocabulary lists and start living the language. The Conqueror's Code is a gripping action-adventure novel written specifically for intermediate (B1-B2) Spanish learners. This is not just a story; it's your passport to fluency, taking you on a heart-pounding journey through the historic, sun-drenched ... Read more

$3.29 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Tired of Boring Textbooks? Learn Spanish Through a Thrilling Adventure!Stop memorizing endless vocabulary lists and start living the language. The Conqueror's Code is a gripping action-adventure novel written specifically for intermediate (B1-B2) Spanish learners. This is not just a story; it's your passport to fluency, taking you on a heart-pounding journey through the historic, sun-drenched
... Read more
Japan Emerging

Premodern History to 1850

by Karl Friday ...

Japan Emerging provides a comprehensive survey of Japan from prehistory to the nineteenth century. Incorporating the latest scholarship and methodology, leading authorities writing specifically for this volume outline and explore the main developments in Japanese life through ancient, classical, medieval, and early modern periods. Instead of relying solely on lists of dates and prominent names, ... Read more

$79.99 USD

Japan Emerging provides a comprehensive survey of Japan from prehistory to the nineteenth century. Incorporating the latest scholarship and methodology, leading authorities writing specifically for this volume outline and explore the main developments in Japanese life through ancient, classical, medieval, and early modern periods. Instead of relying solely on lists of dates and prominent names,
... Read more
Ultimate Guide to Pregnancy for Lesbians

How to Stay Sane and Care for Yourself from Pre-conception Through Birth

by Rachel Pepper ...

The Ultimate Guide to Pregnancy for Lesbians covers everything you need to make the thrilling and challenging journey to motherhood: from choosing a donor to tracking fertility to signing the right papers on the dotted lines. Rachel Pepper's lively, easy-to-read guide is the first place to go for up-to-date information and sage advice on everything from sex in the sixth month to negotiating family ... Read more

$9.99 USD

The Ultimate Guide to Pregnancy for Lesbians covers everything you need to make the thrilling and challenging journey to motherhood: from choosing a donor to tracking fertility to signing the right papers on the dotted lines. Rachel Pepper's lively, easy-to-read guide is the first place to go for up-to-date information and sage advice on everything from sex in the sixth month to negotiating family
... Read more
A Guide to Writing College Admissions Essays

Practical Advice for Students and Parents

by Paul Weingarten, Suzanne Franklin, Linda Black, Cory M. Franklin ...

A Guide to Writing College Admissions Essays provides practical advice and helpful suggestions for students writing their college admissions essays, primarily the 650-word Common App essay and supplementary essays that many schools require as part of their admission applications.With more students applying to college—and those students applying to more schools than ever before—college admission ... Read more

$19.99 USD

A Guide to Writing College Admissions Essays provides practical advice and helpful suggestions for students writing their college admissions essays, primarily the 650-word Common App essay and supplementary essays that many schools require as part of their admission applications.With more students applying to college—and those students applying to more schools than ever before—college admission
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Writing the Novella

by Sharon Oard Warner ...

“A novella compresses the world with a short story’s focus, but it explores that smaller space with a novel’s generosity.”—Josh Weil, author of The New Valley: NovellasWhile the novella has existed as a distinct literary form for over four hundred years, Writing the Novella is the first craft book dedicated to creating this intermediate-length fiction. Innovative, integrated journal prompts ... Read more

$9.99 USD

“A novella compresses the world with a short story’s focus, but it explores that smaller space with a novel’s generosity.”—Josh Weil, author of The New Valley: NovellasWhile the novella has existed as a distinct literary form for over four hundred years, Writing the Novella is the first craft book dedicated to creating this intermediate-length fiction. Innovative, integrated journal prompts
... Read more
Escaping Into the Open

The Art of Writing True

by Elizabeth Berg ...

Writing advice **from a New York Times–bestselling author who "knows how the publishing industry works . . . and why writers need to answer only to themselves" (C. Michael Curtis, senior editor, Atlantic Monthly).Both autobiography and primer , Escaping into the Open is an inspiring, practical handbook on the joys and challenges of the writing life. Renowned author and writing instructor ... Read more

$12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Writing advice **from a New York Times–bestselling author who "knows how the publishing industry works . . . and why writers need to answer only to themselves" (C. Michael Curtis, senior editor, Atlantic Monthly).Both autobiography and primer , Escaping into the Open is an inspiring, practical handbook on the joys and challenges of the writing life. Renowned author and writing instructor
... Read more
Classified

The Untold Story of Racial Classification in America

by David E. Bernstein ...

“The racial categories that the schools use are completely bonkers, an arbitrary mess mostly left over from the work of federal bureaucrats in the 1970s that can’t withstand the slightest scrutiny. The administrators who rely on these categories are beholden to senseless and unscientific distinctions—they aren’t even competent or rational racialists. Justice Samuel Alito raised this issue in the ... Read more

$12.99 USD

“The racial categories that the schools use are completely bonkers, an arbitrary mess mostly left over from the work of federal bureaucrats in the 1970s that can’t withstand the slightest scrutiny. The administrators who rely on these categories are beholden to senseless and unscientific distinctions—they aren’t even competent or rational racialists. Justice Samuel Alito raised this issue in the
... Read more
Teaching and Learning in Medical and Surgical Education

Lessons Learned for the 21st Century

Edited by Linda H. Distlehorst, Gary L. Dunnington, J. Roland Folse ...

The idea for this book was originally conceived by Terrill Mast in conversations with Roland Folse. Dr. Mast was dedicated to the belief that all medical teachers should be generalists with skills and knowledge in all aspects of the field. Before his untimely death, he recruited most of the prestigious contributors to this important new book.This comprehensive volume features a review of the major ... Read more

$69.99 USD

The idea for this book was originally conceived by Terrill Mast in conversations with Roland Folse. Dr. Mast was dedicated to the belief that all medical teachers should be generalists with skills and knowledge in all aspects of the field. Before his untimely death, he recruited most of the prestigious contributors to this important new book.This comprehensive volume features a review of the major
... Read more
Design and Truth in Autobiography

by Roy Pascal ...

Series series Routledge Library Editions: Autobiography
Originally published in 1960. Is there an art of autobiography? What are its origins and how has it come to acquire the form we know today? For what does the autobiographer seek, and why should it be so popular? This study suggests some of the answers to these questions. It takes the view that autobiography is one of the dominant and characteristic forms of literary self-expression and deserves ... Read more

$51.99 USD

Originally published in 1960. Is there an art of autobiography? What are its origins and how has it come to acquire the form we know today? For what does the autobiographer seek, and why should it be so popular? This study suggests some of the answers to these questions. It takes the view that autobiography is one of the dominant and characteristic forms of literary self-expression and deserves
... Read more
Great Learners by Design

Principles and Practices to Supercharge Learners

by John Hattie, Timothy O′Leary, Kyle Hattie, Gregory Donoghue ...

Supercharge learners and learningToday’s students need more than great teaching of the curricula; they must also be taught the love and strategies of learning. It’s time for a balanced approach that teaches students how to access and process information and inspires a desire for continuous learning.Written by renowned researchers and educators, Great Learners by Design advocates moving away from ... Read more

$33.99 USD

Supercharge learners and learningToday’s students need more than great teaching of the curricula; they must also be taught the love and strategies of learning. It’s time for a balanced approach that teaches students how to access and process information and inspires a desire for continuous learning.Written by renowned researchers and educators, Great Learners by Design advocates moving away from
... Read more

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