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Book SynopsisTrade Review"A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the Year""Best known for inaugurating the rehabilitation of Nietzsche, Kaufmann is portrayed in Stanley Corngold’s splendid recent biography—Walter Kaufmann: Philosopher, Humanist, Heretic—as the conduit through which [Martin] Buber’s teaching entered the American conversation."---Benjamin Balint, Wall Street Journal"[A] luminous biography." * Kirkus *"In this new work, [Stanley] Corngold presents a historical account of philosopher Walter Kaufmann's writings, which ranged widely from ethics and religion to a major rethinking of Friedrich Nietzsche. Thorough and engaging, Corngold presents a vivid picture of Kaufmann's life through an analysis of his most influential works."---William Simkulet, Library Journal"Corngold’s ‘philosophical biography’ portrays Kaufmann as a fascinating, admirable, and flawed character. After a brief biographical chapter, Corngold takes us through Kaufmann’s intellectual journey from his first book to his last. The detailed discussions of Kauf­mann’s individual works, supplemented by an array of philosophical and liter­ary references, are balanced and rich."---Lewis Rosenberg, Australian Book Review"Corngold writes with a tenacity and intensity that matches his subject . . . [and] proves an admirable guide."---Robert L. Kehoe III, Los Angeles Review of Books"[A] brilliantly erudite and playful intellectual biography of Kaufmann."---Hugo Drochon, Times Literary Supplement

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Book SynopsisShines a light on the long-ignored phenomenon of side effects of education policies and practices, bringing a fresh and perhaps surprising perspective to evidence-based practices and policies. Identifying the adverse effects of some of the “best” educational interventions, the author investigates causes and offers clear recommendations.Table of Contents Contents Acknowledgments  - vii Introduction  - 1 1. When Risks Outweigh Benefits: The Effectiveness, Effects, and Side Effects of NCLB   - 7 The Diagnosis and Prescription  - 7 The Effects and Effectiveness of NCLB  - 11 Side Effects of NCLB  - 15 Summary  - 21 2. The Missed Lesson from Medical Research for Education: Why Randomized Controlled Trials (RCT) Couldn’t Cure Reading First  - 24 The Case of Reading First  - 24 Side Effects: The Missed Lesson from Medicine  - 32 Moving Beyond RCT: A Summary  - 36 3. Unproductive Successes and Productive Failures: Direct Instruction and Classroom Side Effects  - 38 The Grievance of Direct Instruction  - 40 Effectiveness Versus Effects of Direct Instruction  - 43 Effects and Side Effects of Direct Instruction  - 50 Summary  - 54 4. At What Cost: Side Effects at the System Level in East Asia  - 56 The Surprising Admiration for East Asian Education  - 56 Evidence of Effectiveness  - 57 The Asian Treatment  - 60 Asian Treatment at Work: Effects and Side Effects  - 65 Summary  - 74 5. The Rabbit Hole of Visible Learning:Invisible Side Effects Lurk Ahead  - 75 Many Educational Outcomes  - 78 An Ecological Metaphor  - 79 Outcomes Versus Outcomes: Side Effects of Pursuing Academic Achievement  - 82 Summary  - 88 6. From When Is It Effective to Who Gets Hurt: When Vouchers Don’t Work  - 89 Aptitude–Treatment Interaction  - 90 Lessons from ATI Research  - 92 From Effects to Side Effects  - 94 Who Gets Hurt: The Case of School Vouchers  - 96 Summary  - 103 7. The Futile Quest for Panacea: Wars, Pendulum Swings, and Snake Oil in Education  - 104 Cyclical Warfare and Pendulum Swings in Education  - 105 The Elusive Middle Ground  - 109 The Quest for Panacea  - 110 Neglecting Side Effects  - 114 Raging Wars and New Panacea: A Summary  - 116 8. Study Side Effects Now: A Call to Action  - 118 Why Study Side Effects?  - 119 Why Haven’t We?   - 126 A Call to Action  - 128 Side Effects of Studying Side Effects: Conclusion  - 132 References  - 133 Index  - 156 About the Author  - 168

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Book SynopsisThis handsome notebook appeals to anybody who appreciates the grandeur and mystery of trees, as well as those who work with wood and marvel at the rich history embedded in its growth. Bound in cloth, with 160 lined pages for writing and journaling, and sixteen full-page works of Bryan Nash Gill's sublime woodcut art.

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Book SynopsisStudents of all ages can learn to think like artists! Studio Thinking changed the conversation about quality arts education. Now this new publication shows how the eight Studio Habits of Mind and four Studio Structures can be used successfully with younger students in a range of school environments.Trade ReviewThis fresh, new work focuses on the development of younger minds... Studio Thinking from the Start is designed for any teacher regardless of discipline, especially novices.- Arts & Activities;Praise for Studio Thinking:""Winner and Hetland have set out to show what it means to take education in the arts seriously, in its own right.""- The New York Times;""This book is very educational and would be helpful to art teachers in promoting quality teaching in their classrooms.""- School Arts Magazine;“Studio Thinking is a major contribution to the field.""- Arts & Learning Review;""The research in Studio Thinking is groundbreaking and important because it is anchored in the actual practice of teaching artists …The ideas in Studio Thinking continue to provide a vehicle with which to navigate and understand the complex work in which we are all engaged.""- Teaching Artists Journal;“If we want our students to think, if we want them to learn, we must engage them in habits of the mind that cultivate their innate abilities. The habits of artists in their studios can help all of us who teach to hone our techniques in every classroom and can aid administrators to see possibilities to enrich our schools for the sake of learners and teachers alike.”- From the Foreword by David P. Nelson, president, Massachusetts College of Art and Design (MassArt);""Starting young with studio thinking is a fabulous idea supported by this fine resource. After all, studio thinking thrives on art but applies to everything?habits of mind that help people to live their lives in thoughtful, curious, and creative ways.""- David Perkins, Harvard Graduate School of Education;“For experienced and novice teachers alike, for generalist teachers and for art teachers, Studio Thinking from the Start: The K–8 Art Educator’s Handbook is a needed addition to teacher resources for improving the quality of elementary art education. Focusing not on materials or project recipes, but on the language and interactions of teachers and students, this book supports teachers in deepening conversations about form and meaning by modeling simple elegant questions and exchanges that engage students as serious makers who are pursuing their own creative research agendas.”- Olivia Gude, School of the Art Institute of Chicago

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Book SynopsisWhat can be found in the Vatican’s Secret Archive? How many books did Charles Darwin’s library aboard the Beagle hold? Which library is home to a colony of bats? Bursting with potted histories, quirky facts and enlightening lists, this book explores every aspect of the library, celebrating not only these remarkable institutions but also the individuals behind their awe-inspiring collections. From the ancient library at Alexandria to the Library of Congress in Washington DC, A Library Miscellany explores institutions both old and new, from the university library to that of the humble village. It opens the door to unusual collections such as herbaria, art libraries, magic libraries and even the library of smells, and charts the difficulties of cataloguing books deemed to be subversive, heretical, libellous or obscene. Packed with unusual facts and statistics, this is the perfect volume for library enthusiasts, bibliophiles and readers everywhere.Trade Review'The only thing more fun than reading this book would have been compiling it. It's a total delight.' * Daily News *'There is so much detail and information packed into this little book. it may be diminutive in size but it holds a wealth of information. … I thoroughly enjoyed it.' * lindasbookbag.com blog *"This lovely little volume, "A Library Miscellany", explores all sorts of library trivia about libraries all over the world, past, present, future … Every page holds engagingly written facts and anecdotes interesting, curious, or even startling, and you'll find yourself absorbed in disovery as you wander from one entry to another. It is like browsing a little mini-library in itself.' * Manhattan Book Review *

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Book SynopsisThis volume presents the first translation in English of the complete poetry of Giacomo da Lentini, the first major lyric poet of the Italian vernacular. He was the leading exponent of the Sicilian School (c.1220-1270) as well as the inventor of the sonnet. Featuring illustrations and new English translations of some forty lyrics, Richard Lansing revives the work of a pioneer of Italian literature, a poet who helped pave the way for later writers such as Dante and Petrarch. Giacomo da Lentini is hailed as the earliest poet to import the Occitan tradition of love poetry into the Italian vernacular. This edition of Giacomo fills a gap in the canon of translations of Italian literature in English and serves as a vital reference source for students as well as scholars and teachers interested in the literature of the romance languages.Trade Review"This volume deserves to be commended as an elegant, comprehensive, and well- contextualized edition of Giacomo’s poetry. Thanks to Lansing and Kumar’s efforts here, a much broader readership will now be able to evaluate the innovative poetry of Giacomo on its own terms and in light of its own specific cultural and intellectual context." -- Tristan Kay * Speculum *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction Bibliography Lyrics Canzoni and Discordo 1. Madonna, dir vo voglio (My lady, I wish to tell you) 2. Meravigliosa-mente (Extraordinarily) 3. Guiderdone aspetto avere (I hope for recompense) 4. Amor non vole ch’io clami (Love will not let me seek) 5. Dal core mi vene (From my heart comes) 6. La ’namoranza disïosa (The love full of desire) 7. Ben m’è venuto prima cordoglienza (Indeed I felt deep grief at once, my fair) 8. Donna, eo languisco (My Love, I suffer and don’t know what hope) 9. Troppo son dimorato (Too long have I resided) 10. Non so se ’n gioia mi sia (I do not know if thoughts of love) 11. Uno disïo d’amore sovente (So frequently an amorous desire) 12. Amando lungiamente (In loving for so long) 13. Madonna mia, a voi mando (My lady fair, I send to you) 14. S’io doglio no è meraviglia (It’s no surprise I grieve) 15. Amore, paura m’incalcia (O Love, fear presses me) 16. Poi no mi val merzé né ben servire (Since neither mercy nor performing deeds) 17. Dolce coninzamento (I sing a sweet preamble) Tenzone with the Abbot of Tivoli 18a. Ai deo d’amore (O god of Love, I pray you see) 18b. Feruto sono isvarïatamente (I have been wounded differently) 18c. Qual om riprende altrui (One who rebukes another frequently) 18d. Cotale gioco rnai non fue veduto (A game like this has not been seen) 18e. Con vostro onore facciovi uno ’nvito (I honor you and send you this appeal) Tenzone with Jacopo Mostacci and Pier della Vigna 19a. Solicitando un poco meo savere (To stimulate my intellect) 19b. Però ch’Amore non si pò vedere (Because Love is not visible) 19c. Amore è uno disio che ven da core (Love’s a desire that issues from the heart) Sonnets 20. Lo giglio quand’è colto tost’è passo (The lily fades as soon as it is picked) 21. Sì come il sol che manda la sua spera (Just like the sun that sends its rays) 22. Or come pote sì gran donna entrare (How can so great a lady pass) 23. Molti amadori la lor malatia (Many lovers bear their malady) 24. Donna, vostri sembianti mi mostraro (My lady, your expressions raised in me) 25. Ogn’omo ch’ama de’ amar so ’nore (A lover must protect his name) 26. A l’aire claro ò vista ploggia dare (On clear days I have seen it rain) 27. Io m’aggio posto in core a Dio (I’ve set my heart on serving God) 28. Lo viso mi fa andare alegramente (Her face creates my happiness) 29. Eo viso e son diviso da lo viso (I see, but only from afar, her face) 30. Sì alta amanza à pres’a lo me’ core (A love so noble seized my heart) 31. Per sofrenza si vince gran vetoria (Through patience victories are won) 32. Certo me par che far dea bon signore (It seems quite clear a noble lord should base) 33. Sì como ’l parpaglion ch’a tal natura (Just as the butterfly in nature’s grasp) 34. Chi non avesse mai veduto foco (If one had never seen a flame of fire) 35. Diamante, né smiraldo, né zafino (No diamond, sapphire, emerald) 36. Madonna à ’n se vertute con valore (The virtue of my lady is) 37. Angelica figura e comprobata (Angelic figure manifest) 38. Quand’om à un bon amico leiale (When someone has a good and loyal friend) Lyrics of dubious attribution D.1. Membrando l’amoroso dipartire (Remembering my loving fond farewell) D.2. Lo badalisco a lo specchio lucente (Before a shiny mirror the basilisk) D.3. Guardando basalisco velenoso (Looking at the deadly basilisk) Notes Illustrations Index of First Lines

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Book SynopsisIn the Self's Place is a phenomenological reading of Augustine that engages with modern and postmodern analyses of Augustinian philosophy.Trade Review"Jean-Luc Marion's new book is a feast that should be savored by anyone with an interest in either the thought of Saint Augustine or in Marion's phenomenological philosophy . . . I think it would be difficult to speak too highly of Marion's achievement in this book . . . In the Self's Place is a landmark, advancing every position which it touches."—Andreas Nordlander, Anglican Theological Review"In the Self's Place is astounding in its rigor both in terms of its use of the original Latin and in terms of its breadth of familiarity with the larger Augustinian corpus . . . In the Self's Place should be of particular interest to those readers who have strong interest in and familiarity with ongoing conversations in both theology and philosophy . . . [F]or all those who are stimulated by what contemporary philosophy and classical theology have to say to one another, this is, without doubt, an essential read."—Rico G. Monge, Reviews in Religion and Theology"The confrontation of Heidegger with Nietzsche, the confrontation of Derrida with Heidegger, and now the confrontation of Marion with Augustine! In the Self's Place engages with Augustine's Confessions, one of the incomparable texts that open the intellectual and religious space we call 'the West.' Here Marion continues his critiques of the self and metaphysics, his analysis of praise, and his bold case for the univocity of love. Also he shows us something new: how his theory of the saturated phenomenon can be used to read a canonical narrative. A major achievement!"—Kevin Hart, University of Virginia

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Book SynopsisThis critically acclaimed, lavishly illustrated book will help educators create the highest quality learning opportunities for a new generation of children. This second edition features substantial and important changes, including the addition of new chapters by pioneers of the work that happens in the atelier who draw on several decades of experience.Trade Review“This book’s great illustrations and enthusiasm for learning make it difficult to put it back on the shelf!”- SchoolArts;“This book will help to promote a vibrant and creative approach to learning that will enrich American children’s educational experience.”- Barbara and Eric Carle, author and illustrator of The Very Hungry Caterpillar;“It’s now widely understood that the preschools of Reggio Emilia are among the most important educational endeavors of the last century. Theoretically grounded and eminently practical, drawing on experiences in Italy and the United States, this book probes deeply into the atelier, the heartland of a Reggio-inspired school.”- Howard Gardner, author of Changing Minds and Good Work;“A book that is intended to reveal the meaning of the atelier in the world of schools and learning gives me nothing but joy and receives my warmest support.”- From the Foreword by Vea Vecchi, Atelierista, 1970–2001, Diana School, Reggio Emilia, Italy Consultant, Reggio Children s.r.l.;""Not only have these authors and educators committed to the dialogue between art and education, but they, themselves, have also acted as artists, bringing the spirit of the studio and the mind-set of the artist into every aspect of their design, dialogue, thought, and practice.""- From the Foreword to the second edition by Steven Seidel, Director, Arts in Education Program, Harvard Graduate School of Education

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Book SynopsisDescribes data literacy for teaching, emphasizing the important relationship between data knowledge and skills and disciplinary and pedagogical content knowledge. Case studies of emerging programs in schools of education are used to illustrate the key components needed to integrate data-driven decisionmaking into the teaching curricula.

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Book Synopsis"This richly illustrated book provides an in-depth natural history of the most poisonous plants on earth, covering everything from the lethal effects of hemlock and deadly nightshade to the uses of such plants in medicine, ritual, and chemical warfare."--Dust jacket.Trade Review"[Plants That Kill] will appeal to everyone interested in plants, from the amateur gardener to the professional botanist."---Barbara Paul Robinson, Wall Street Journal"Elizabeth Dauncey and Sonny Larsson have provided the world with a book that is detailed and comprehensive in the information it supplies while, at the same time, is a model of simplicity in its outlay and in allowing the reader to find quickly the particular piece of information being sought. It has been a long time since I was as impressed as I am by Plants that Kill."---Ian Lipke, Queensland Reviewers Collective

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Book SynopsisNaked Lunch was banned, ridiculed, and castigated on publication in 1959. Tracing its origins from Texas to Tangier, from Mexico City to New York and Paris, crossing time zones and cultures, this book helps understands this most influential but elusive of texts.Trade ReviewI can think of no other work of literary criticism that brings together such a multiplicity of artists, practitioners, and critics in such a dynamic assembly of writing forms. The resulting symbiosis strikes me as a whole new critical form, utterly pertinent to Burroughs' milieu. - Michael Hrebeniak, author of Action Writing: Jack Kerouac's Wild Form

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Book SynopsisMimesis and Theory brings together twenty previously uncollected essays on literature and literary theory by one of the most important thinkers of the past thirty years.Trade Review"[T]his collection spans the course of Girard's career and provides a concise way to gain some perspective on his legacy . . . One the whole, this volume confirms Girard's reputation as a first-rate literary critic, devoted to the close study of literary texts but avoiding the pitfalls of l'art pour l'art formalism by asking extra-literary, essentially anthropological, questions of them, and emphasizing the insights and lessons that literature has to offer us in those matters that are of greatest import to us."—Eric Prieto, SubStanceTable of Contents@fmct:Contents @toc4:Editor's Note iii Editor's Introduction iii @toc2:1 History in Saint-John Perse 000 2 Val'ry and Stendhal 000 3 Classicism and Voltaire's Historiography 000 4 Stendhal and Tocqueville 000 5 Pride and Passion in the Contemporary Novel 000 6 Memoirs of a Dutiful Existentialist: Simone de Beauvoir 000 7 Marcel Proust 000 8 Marivaudage, Hypocrisy, and Bad Faith 000 9 Formalism and Structuralism in Literature and the Human Sciences 000 10 Racine, Poet of Glory 000 11 Monsters and Demi-Gods in Hugo 000 12 Bastards and the Anti-Hero in Sartre 000 13 Critical Reflections on Literary Studies 000 14 Narcissism: The Freudian Myth Demystified by Proust 000 15 Theory and Its Terrors 000 16 Love and Hate in Ch'tien de Troyes' Yvain 000 17 Innovation and Repetition 000 18 Mimetic Desire in the Underground: Feodor Dostoevsky 000 19 Conversion in Literature and Christianity 000 20 The Passionate Oxymoron in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet 000 @toc4:Sources 000 Notes 000 Index 000

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Book SynopsisPragmatism's Advantage is a highly original reading of the contemporary interplay between pragmatism and continental European philosophy based on an unexpectedly inventive union of Hegelian and Darwinian themes.Trade Review"Pragmatism's Advantage is original and stimulating, polemical without being aggressive. The scholarship that went into this work is altogether excellent, indeed, sovereign. Margolis has a precise and nuanced knowledge of the subject matter and is familiar with materials from many different philosophical traditions. The argument is clear, technical yet accessible, and permeated by a keen and humane wit." —Robert Innis, University of Massachusetts"A leading voice for 40 years, Margolis explains how pragmatism works as well as anyone, and he expertly exposes core philosophical issues at the intersections of pragmatism, analytic philosophy, and Continental philosophy." -- J.R. Shook * University of Buffalo *"As the culmination of his work of the past 25 years, this is Joseph Margolis's most ambitious, most sweeping, most important, and best work. It is also the most cogent effort since Richard Rorty's Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature to establish /rapprochement/ among the analytic, continental, and pragmatist traditions in Western philosophy." -- Kenneth Stikkers * Southern Illinois University *

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Book SynopsisThis highly original book is both a study of emotional discourse in the Early Middle Ages and a contribution to the debates among historians and social scientists about the nature of human emotions.Trade Review"This is a landmark book, not only for the early middle ages but also for the emerging field of the history of emotions. Barbara H. Rosenwein evaluates with superb intelligence the strengths and weaknesses of the various methods that have been applied in this field, and fashions an approach of her own that will serve as a useful model for many other researchers. Using this carefully constructed method, she is able to bring to life for us, as no other scholar has, the emotional communities whose existence is implied in the scattered texts and epigraphs of the sixth, seventh, and eighth centuries. A real tour de force." -- William M. Reddy, William T. Laprade Professor of History and Professor of Cultural Anthropology, Duke University"Thoroughly discrediting the view of many scholars that medieval people, in contrast to modern ones, were 'emotionally childish, impulsive, and unrestrained,' Barbara H. Rosenwein ably develops and deploys the concept of 'emotional communities' to investigate several groups in early Medieval Europe whose members adhered to 'the same norms of emotional expression and valued—or devalued—the same or related emotions.'." -- Stephen D. White, Candler Professor of Medieval History, Emory University"What did people 1400 years ago mean when they told a woman that they 'were moved by her tears,' or found an event 'hell raising'? Historians have always been puzzled by medieval descriptions of emotions. They interpreted them in simplistic terms, or at best explained displays of emotion as ritual performances quite unconnected to what people really felt. Barbara H. Rosenwein, using recent psychological theory, opens doors to a completely new understanding of past emotions. Instead of a general and necessarily blurred picture of a 'typical' medieval set of emotions, she subtly reconstructs feelings and attitudes,'emotives' and passions shared by specific 'emotional communities.' Various languages of emotion connected stereotypes and metaphors with inner feelings. The book opens fascinating new ways of access to a 'dark age,' and should be read not only by medieval historians but also by anyone interested in the study of emotions past or present." -- Walter Pohl, Professor of Medieval History, University of Vienna, and Director, Institute for Medieval Research, Austrian Academy of Sciences"With her original book, Emotional Communities in the Early Middle Ages, Barbara H. Rosenwein opens new perspectives on the history of emotions. This includes a persuasive critique of Norbert Elias's influential notion of the civilizing process. Proposing that people lived (and live) in emotional communities, each having its own particular norms and emotional expressions, Rosenwein has written a groundbreaking book that is highly important to historians as well as to social scientists working on the history of emotions." -- Ingrid Kasten, Freie Universitët Berlin"With this book Barbara Rosenwein has made the emotions an essential component of our approach to the changing social history." -- Jacques Le GoffTable of ContentsIntroduction1. The Ancient Legacy2. Confronting Death3. Passions and Power4. The Poet and the Bishop5. Courtly Discipline6. Reveling in RancorConclusionSelected BibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisAmong the hordes of starry-eyed 'argonauts' who flocked to the California gold rush of 1849 was an Australian named Edward Hargraves. He left America empty-handed, only to find gold in his own backyard. The result was the great Australian rush of the 1850s, which also attracted participants from around the world. A South African named P.J. Marais was one of them. Marais too returned home in defeat – only to set in motion the diamond and gold rushes that transformed southern Africa. And so it went.Most previous historians of the gold rushes have tended to view them as acts of spontaneous nationalism. Each country likes to see its own gold rush as the one that either shaped those that followed or epitomized all the rest. In The Gold Crusades: A Social History of Gold Rushes, 1849-1929, Douglas Fetherling takes a different approach.Fetherling argues that the gold rushes in the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa shared the saTrade Review'The gold rushes were among the most dynamic episodes in modern history, when people from many nations and every level of society converged, turning wilderness into colonies, crossroads into boom towns and boom towns into cities. The Gold Crusades conveys that excitement, while offering a broader perspective. Readers will find it meticulously researched, with a helpful and entertaining essays on sources appended for further reading. Anyone prospecting for a good book should find it a gem.' -- Eric Marks New Brunswick Telegraph Journal

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Book SynopsisBoth a guide for visitors and a reference for serious historians, Washington Sculpture offers the most comprehensive examination of urban sculpture in the nation's capital.Trade ReviewQuirky details... are what make the new edition... so captivating. -- John Kelly Washington Post 2009 Handsome new volume... An important addition is an exploration of the city's fourteen neighborhoods as well as the Maryland and Virginia suburbs. -- Steve Goddard History Wire - Where the Past Comes Alive 2009 The historic and cultural significance of each sculpture is written with heart, but it's the stories of the subject portrayed in bronze that are the most intriguing reads. -- Andrea Cohen Roll Call 2009 A significant reference work. Choice 2009 A heroic effort and it is hard to stop leafing through it. RALPH: Review of Arts, Literature, Philosophy, and the Humanities 2010Table of ContentsPrefaceAckowledgementsIntroductionChapter 1. Capitol HillChapter 2. Connecticut AvenueChapter 3. The EllipseChapter 4. The Federal TriangleChapter 5. Foggy BottomChapter 6. Judiciary Square and East DowntownChapter 7. The MallChapter 8. Massachusetts AvenueChapter 9. North Capitol StreetChapter 10. Pennsylvania AvenueChapter 11. Potomac ParkChapter 12. Sixteenth StreetChapter 13. SouthwestChapter 14. Wisconsin AvenueChapter 15. Maryland SuburbsChapter 16. Virginia SuburbsAppendix A. Sculpture RemovedAppendix B. Selected Biographies of SculptorsAppendix C. Techniques in Executing Marble and Bronze SculptureGlossaryBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisOne of the most influential books ever published in Canada, Harold A. Innis's The Bias of Communication has played a major part in reshaping our understanding of history, communication, and media theory. First published in 1951, this masterful collection of essays explores the relationship between a society's communication media and that community's ability to maintain control over its development. Innis considers political and economic forces in the context of social change and the role of communication in the creation of both ancient and modern empires.In an essay for this new edition, Innis biographer Alexander John Watson examines the reasons why Innis, at the height of his success as an economic historian, embarked on new research areas of communications and empire, as well as the ways in which Marshall McLuhan's interpretations of Innis changed and de-politicized Innis's work.As important today as it was when first published, The Bias of Communicatio

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Book SynopsisThe first component of intelligence involves effective adaptation to an environment. In order to adapt effectively, organizations require resources, capabilities at using them, knowledge about the worlds in which they exist, good fortune, and good decisions. They typically face competition for resources and uncertainties about the future. Many, but possibly not all, of the factors determining their fates are outside their control. Populations of organizations and individual organizations survive, in part, presumably because they possess adaptive intelligence; but survival is by no means assured. The second component of intelligence involves the elegance of interpretations of the experiences of life. Such interpretations encompass both theories of history and philosophies of meaning, but they go beyond such things to comprehend the grubby details of daily existence. Interpretations decorate human existence. They make a claim to significance that is independent of their contribution tTrade ReviewJames March is a pioneer in the field of organizational decision making. For decades March, perhaps the wisest philosopher of management, has illuminated how humans think and behave, and he continues to do so in this book. He begins by reminding us of just how deeply beholden we have become, in our organizational lives, to the idea of experiential learning.... The problem is that learning from experience involves serious complications, ones that are intrinsic to the nature of experience itself and which are explored in the body of this book.... Besides being a broadly erudite scholar, March is also a poet, and his talent shines through in the depth of the insight he offers, the breadth of allusion he portrays, and the concise language he uses. Though this book is short, it is challenging: Don't pick it up looking for quick, easy lessons. Rather, be ready to ponder your assumptions about learning from experience in work and life. The rewards are here. -- Jeff Kehoe * Harvard Business Review *

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Book SynopsisOver the course of the eighteenth century, increasing numbers of French women, from the wives and daughters of artisans and merchants to countesses and queens, became writers-not authors, and not mere signers of names, but writers of letters. Taking...Trade Review"From paintings and novels through paper, ink, and exquisite desks to the words of women who poured their hearts out to each other, Dena Goodman takes us on a dazzling tour of the world of eighteenth-century female letter-writers. Goodman makes a convincing case that these French women did not just record their thoughts on paper; they invented their very selves through the rituals and pleasures of correspondence." -- Sarah Maza, Jane Long Professor of Arts and Sciences, Northwestern University"Reading Dena Goodman's creative exploration of French culture and gender history is always a treat. In Becoming a Woman in the Age of Letters, Goodman turns her attention to the iconic Enlightenment practice of letter writing and plunges deep into the intimate material details of how four particular women in eighteenth-century France experienced the culture of reading and writing letters. Interpreting a broad variety of cultural artifacts from portraits of female letter writers to letter-writing manuals, inkwells, stationery, and writing desks, Goodman reveals a detailed picture of how female letter writers participated in both the burgeoning material and consumer culture of eighteenth-century France and the domestic sphere of family and friendship. Engaging an important set of questions in both cultural studies and feminist historiography about subjectivity, empowerment, and writing, Goodman argues that women experienced writing as an activity that both provided an autonomous space for self-reflection and control and a connected space in which they enacted identities as mothers, daughters, and female friends." -- Jennifer Jones, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey"This wonderful book is essential reading for anyone interested in women and the Enlightenment. Dena Goodman brings together diverse areas of inquiry to focus on the issue of letter writing and its role in the formation of a woman's sense of self in eighteenth-century France. Becoming a Woman in the Age of Letters, which is based on truly impressive original research, is written in an elegant, accessible style." -- Mary Sheriff, W. R. Kenan, Jr., Distinguished Professor of Art History, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill"We might expect a book on girls and young women writing letters to tell us about their education and the instruction given by their mothers, but Dena Goodman takes us to many more surprising places too: to the shops where inkstands, fine Dutch paper, and fashionable writing desks were sold, to female painters choosing how to depict women writing letters, and ultimately to the hard-won sense of self gained in the act of pressing quill to paper. Goodman recaptures a world we have forgotten and recovers aspects of it we never knew." -- Lynn Hunt, Eugen Weber Professor of Modern European History, UCLA, author of Inventing Human Rights

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Book SynopsisLets you experience the physical benefits and body awareness from hatha yoga - one of the most popular form of yoga. This book presents nearly 650 full-color photos to visually demonstrate 77 standard poses from hatha yoga that apply to major hatha styles including Iyengar, Astanga, Anusara, and Bikram.Trade Review"Hatha Yoga Illustrated is a complete and practical introduction to the physical practice of yoga that serves as a fantastic starting point on the road to both physical and emotional wellness."Baron BaptistePioneering instructor of Power Vinyasa YogaAuthor of Journey Into Power“Hatha Yoga Illustrated makes the theory and practice of hatha and Anusara yoga accessible so that everyone can experience the healing, creative and empowering journey of self-practice. The section on various vinyasa sequences is a hard-to-find gem.”Shiva ReaYoga instructor and writer for Yoga JournalTable of ContentsChapter 1. Art and Practice of Hatha YogaRoots of YogaGetting the Most From Your Yoga PracticeLearning to MeditateUsing the Asanas in This BookChapter 2. Standing PosturesMountainDownward-Facing DogExtended Side-AngleTriangle Warrior IICrescent LungeWarrior IRevolved Extended Side-AngleRevolved TriangleChair Standing Intense Spread-Leg PoseBeamHumble WarriorIntense Side-StretchChapter 3. Balancing PosturesEagleTreeTiptoe PoseBoat Revolved Half-MoonStanding Extended Leg StretchWarrior IIIDancerHalf-MoonChapter 4. Arm-Balancing PosturesInclined PlaneLateral Inclined PlaneCranePeacockFour-Limbed StaffChapter 5. Inverted PosturesShoulder StandPlowLegs-Up-the-WallHead StandChapter 6. Backward-Bending PosturesCobra Upward-Facing DogCamelBridgeBowLocust Upward-Facing BowFishCat-CowPigeonChapter 7. Twisting PosturesGentle Spinal TwistReclining Spinal TwistSimple Sitting TwistBound Half-Lotus TwistSitting Spinal Twist ISitting Spinal Twist IIChapter 8. Forward-Bending PosturesSeated Forward BendStanding Forward BendSingle-Leg Head-to-Knee Forward Bend Revolved Head-to-Knee Forward BendOpen-Angle Side Open-Angle Three-Limb Intense StretchGarlandSplitsChapter 9. Sitting PosturesLotusLooking WithinBaby CradleHeroKneeling PoseLionCow FaceStaff PoseYoga Sealing PoseHeron SageChapter 10. Reclining and Relaxation PosturesKnees-to-ChestReclining HeroReclining Big-Toe Reclining Bound-AngleReclining Open-Leg Spinal TwistSupported Bridge Supported Hero Child's PoseCorpse Chapter 11. Hatha Yoga RoutinesGentle Yoga IGentle Yoga IIYoga for Flexibility IYoga for Flexibility IIVinyasa Yoga IVinyasa Yoga IIVinyasa Yoga IIISun Salutation ISun Salutation IIMoon Salutation IMoon Salutation II

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Book SynopsisDo you dream of coloring entrails, intestines, veins, genitals, lungs, or a real heart? Then this book is for you. Including 64 easy-to-remove plates perfect for display based on the coolest and weirdest medical anatomical drawings of the 19th century, this coloring book is a fantastic celebration of anatomy, flesh, and bone.

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Book SynopsisOur Label & Sticker Books each contain 32 sheets of high-quality sticker paper with a total of about 250 labels, stickers and and strips of sticker tape per volume. The stylish designs come in various shapes and sizes and allow you to label, decorate and seal your envelopes, packages and many other items. The sticker paper is uncoated and easy to write on with pen, pencil or felt marker.

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Book SynopsisThis is An inspirational, instructional and visually stimulating guide to sketching and drawing, filled with practical tips about which materials to use, a variety of subject matter ranging from easy to more challenging, and wisdom about overcoming creative blocks and fear of making mistakes.Trade Review“The new go-to resource for anyone who has ever had interest in creating within a sketchbook.” —STEVEN PETERMAN, founder of The Sketchbook ProjectTable of ContentsForeword 7 Why use a sketchbook?The sketchbook 8 Which sketchbook? 11 Choosing a formatA book with personality 12 Where to begin? 14 Protecting your sketchbook 17 Notes are permitted 18 Journaling 21 Doodling will set you free 22 The right and wrong ways to drawTools 24 Specialty pens 27 Sepia ink 29 Colored pencils 31 Ballpoint pens 32 And, of course, pencils 36 Markers, glitter pens, and beyond 39 Watercolors 44 CollageExpressing yourself 47 Visualizing your ideas 48 Blind contour drawing 51 Your line is you 52 Mistakes are allowed! 55 Drawing what you feel 56 Drawing is not photography 58 Letting imagination complete the picture 61 Drawing the invisibleThe basics 62 Shot settings and westerns 64 Five types of shot settings 68 Getting a feel for composition 70 Weight and balance 72 Collected works 74 Perspective 78 Depth and perspective 80 Landscapes 83 Nature 84 Landscapes and time 87 Coloring landscapes 88 Landscapes in ink 90 Light and shadow 93 Depicting shadowsPeople 95 People are not objects 96 Friends 98 Passersby 101 Performers 103 Hide and seek 104 Use your head 106 Portraits and caricature 108 Nudes and proportionAnimals 110 “It won’t stop moving!”Architecture 114 New and old places 117 Consider the everyday 118 Drawing buildingsThe right place 120 Stay open 123 Good and bad places 124 Finding your spot 127 Don’t forget to draw the cars 128 Cars mark the era 130 Montages 132 ObjectsTraveling 134 When in Rome, see what the Romans see 137 Travel drawings 138 The journeying artist is not a tourist 141 Drawing is a global language 142 The right place at the right time 144 Museums 147 Panoramas 149 Trifles and trufflesTaking it further 151 Reality is not reality is not reality 152 Everything is in flux 154 Redoing drawings 156 Using digital media 157 Whatever happened to da Vinci’s sketchbook?

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Book SynopsisIn Spaces in Translation, Christian Tagsold explores Japanese gardens in the West and ponders their history, the reasons for their popularity, and their connections to geopolitical events. He concludes that a process of cultural translation between Japanese and Western experts created an idea of the Orient and its distinction from the West.Trade Review"Christian Tagsold provides a detailed social and intellectual history and a phenomenological study all at once. There is nothing remotely like this book, and with it, Tagsold becomes a central figure in the study of Japanese gardens." * Kendall Brown, California State University, Long Beach *Table of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1. From China to Japan: The History of Asian Spaces Chapter 2. Discourses of Spaces Chapter 3. Spreading the Japanese Garden Worldwide Chapter 4. Between Essence and Invention Chapter 5. Zen and the Art of Gardens Chapter 6. Elements of the Japanese Garden Chapter 7. Authoritarian Gardens Chapter 8. Connecting Spaces, Disconnecting Spaces Chapter 9. Postmodernizing Japanese Gardens Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index Acknowledgments

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Book SynopsisRare Earth Frontiers is a work of human geography that serves to demystify the powerful elements that make possible the miniaturization of electronics, green energy and medical technologies, and essential telecommunications and defense systems.Trade ReviewRare Earth Frontiers is a timely text. As Klinger notes, rare earths are neither rare nor technically earths, but they are still widely believed to be both. Although her approach focuses on the human, or cultural, geography of rare earths mining, she does not ignore the geological occurrence of these mineral types, both on Earth and on the moon.... This volume is excellently organized, insightfully written, and extensively sourced. * Choice *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1. What Are Rare Earth Elements? 2. Placing China in the World History of Discovery, Production, and Use 3. "Welcome to the Hometown of Rare Earths" 4. Rude Awakenings 5. From the Heartland to the Head of the Dog 6. Extraglobal Extraction Conclusion Appendix Notes References

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Book SynopsisEthereal creatures pose in colorful garden backdrops: seated amid lush blossoms, climbing an ivy vine, more.

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Book SynopsisA guide to learning to sew clothes with style, from the largest online community of sewing enthusiasts. It features 5 fully customisable sewing patterns, photography and contributions from more than 78 designers from 22 countries. It teaches readers what they need to know to design and sew an entire wardrobe of fashion-forward looks.Trade Review"The BurdaStyle Sewing Handbook...sits at the other end of the sewing spectrum, providing inspiration for clothing designers and experienced sewers. BurdaStyle is a website for the fashion-oriented." --Associated Press"A great new resource that is absolutely overflowing with information and inspiration." --Craftzine.com

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Book SynopsisOur brains can produce negative thoughts, but you can reprogram the way you think. This collection of methods from neuropsychiatrist and bestselling author, Daniel G Amen, M.D., teaches you how. Use the easy techniques described in this deck to:-         Stop obsessive worrying-         Curb your anger-         Fight automatic negative thoughts-         Enhance your people skills-         Sharpen your focus-         Become a more flexible thinker

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Book SynopsisPut together this 1000 piece family puzzle from Mudpuppy to reveal Your World. The completed puzzle features a vibrant and playful assortment of animals on a world map. The pieces come packaged in a sturdy box, perfect for gifting, reuse, and storage.- 1000 pieces - Assembled puzzle measures: 20 x 27 (25 x 68.6 cm)- Package measures: 8.25 x 11.25 x 2 (25.7 x 21.6 x 5 cm)- Contains small parts: not suitable for children under 3 - Puzzle greyboard contains 90% recycled paper. Packaging contains 70% recycled paper. Printed with nontoxic inks

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Book SynopsisEmploys a question and answer format to better accentuate the response of the Church's message to the questions Catholics have about their social role and what the Church intends to teach about it. It is the first short book on Catholic Social Teaching to ground itself thoroughly in the longer and authoritative Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church (2004).Trade Review“I am delighted that Prof. Mons. Martin Schlag has edited this Handbook of Catholic Social Teaching. It is a catependium in the sense that it summarizes the Compendium and preserves its range of contents (. . . pendium), and it adopts the question-and-answer approach of catechisms (cate . . .) that has proven very effective for teaching. This helps the presentation to be amenable and accessible to young people as well as others. I hope this catependium will be widely read and made available to many people all over the world. Most of all, however, I hope and pray that its contents will move many hearts to respond to the stirrings of the Holy Spirit, and open us to the needs of our brothers and sisters and of the Earth, our common home.” —from the foreword by Peter K. A. Cardinal Turkson

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Book SynopsisSuitable for both believers and non-believers, this book presents a way to understand the Mormons.Trade Review"Shipps has found a way to understand the Mormons that will truly please both believers and non-believers." New York Times Book Review "This may be the most brilliant book ever written on Mormonism. It is insightful, inspiring, and original and sure to become a landmark work on the subject." Richard L. Bushman, author of Joseph Smith and the Beginnings of Mormonism

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Book SynopsisExploding the assumption that black women's only important musical contributions have been in folk, jazz, and popTrade Review"A reliable, well-written, and scholarly reference text." --Wisconsin Public Radio"This excellent and beautifully produced publication will immediately interest those working in music history and women's studies. It is an exemplary study of significant composers born between 1904 and 1956. . . . Essential." --Choice

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Book SynopsisRobert Weinberg's account of the Beilis Affair explores the reasons why the tsarist government framed Beilis, shedding light on the excesses of antisemitism in late Imperial Russia.Trade Review[A] riveting history. . . Weinberg has culled documents from the trial transcripts, newspaper articles, and Beilis's memoirs, many appearing for the first time in English, to bring us face to face with this notorious trial.Fall 2014 * Jewish Book World *Weinberg has assembled and translated a collection of documents from the case, such as contemporary newspaper accounts and excerpts from the verbatim trial scripts [] The documents convincingly illustrate not only the virulent anti-Semitism of the right wing press, which pushed forward the ritual murder idea at the time when most investigators found the concept ludicrous, but also the contradictory testimonials and unreliable witness statements that the prosecution used to builds its case against Beilis.September 19, 2014 * Times Literary Supplement *A first-rate summary of how leading historians of the period now view the trial's backdrop can be found in Robert Weinberg's excellent new volume . . . which tells the story through well-chosen and translated primary documents together with an insightful analysis.Winter 2015 * Jewish Review of Books *The combination of text and sources make this very useful for studies of religious prejudice and the over-coming of religious prejudice. The book is also a fascinating read. It is a basic study for collections dealing with the Jewish experience in Eastern Europe as well as Eastern Christianity. * Religious Studies Review *Weinberg's research is based on a wealth of published and unpublished sources, including trial transcripts, newspaper articles, political cartoons and Beilis's memoirs. . . This is an excellent historical reconstruction told in a gripping and deeply engaging style.Feb/March 2015 * Assn Jewish Libraries *This is an excellent historical reconstruction told in a gripping and deeply engaging style. Highly recommended for all library collections. * AJL Reviews *Overall this book succeeds in providing both a concise yet thorough account of the trial and an exploration of the significance of the Beilis Affair for late imperial Russian society. It also provides a historical perspective on an important case from the history of antisemitism, and in so doing contributes to our understanding of the social history of late imperial Russia. * Slavonic & East European Review *This concisely written book forcefully tells the story of the outrageous ritual murder trial of Mendel Beilis in Kiev. Through careful review of published and unpublished sources . . . the author lays out the process resulting in a trial during which the state prosecution attempted to convict the entire Jewish religion of the crime of ritual murder. . . What concerns the author is that readers should come to recognize the power of prejudice, hatred, fear, and suspicion, combined with state interest, to suppress challenges to traditional authority.11/14/14 * Jewish Book Council *Weinberg's short work provides a sober and informed analysis of the affair, coupled with a collection of relevant primary source documents. * Slavic Review *In 1913, in the most sensational trial of its kind until then, Menachem Mendel Beilis, a 39-year-old Jewish factory manager in Kiev, went on trial for ritual murder, a crime dredged from the twisted fantasies of Russian reactionaries. An international cause celebre, the trial confirmed once and for all that Czar Nicholas II's autocratic regime was a bastion of deep-seated antisemitism. Robert Weinberg . . . skillfully reconstructs the events that led to this appalling miscarriage of justice.5/20/14 * SheldonKirshner.com *In an accessible volume, Robert Weinberg has offered readers historical analysis and a selection of primary documents from the trial. * Canadian Slavonic Papers *Boasting depth as well as breadth, this book is an invaluable resource for scholars, undergraduates, and graduate students in the fields of Russian and European history, Jewish studies, and religious studies. * Journal of Modern History *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsDramatis PersonaeIntroduction: A Murder Without a Mystery1. The Initial Investigation2. The Case Against Beilis3. The Trial4. Summation and VerdictEpilogueDocumentsBibliographyNotesIndex

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Book SynopsisAn expanded edition of a favourite Bach book!Table of ContentsPreliminary Table of Contents:Preface to the Expanded EditionPreface to the First EditionPart I: IntroductionChapter 1. French Court Dance in Bach's WorldChapter 2. Terms and ProceduresPart II: Bach's Dance MusicChapter 3. The BouréeChapter 4. The GavotteChapter 5. The MinuetChapter 6. The PassepiedChapter 7. The SarabandeChapter 8. The CouranteChapter 9. The CorrenteChapter 10. The GigueChapter 11. The Loure and the ForlanaChapter 12. The PolonaiseChapter 13. The Chaconne and the PassacagliaChapter 14. Dance Rhythms in Bach's Larger WorksAppendix A. Titled Dances by J. S. BachAppendix B. Dance Rhythms in Bach's Larger WorksNotesBibliographyIndex

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