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Princeton University Press American Dark Age
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Teachers' College Press Affirming Black Students Lives and Literacies
Book SynopsisDrawing on the authors’ experiences as Black parents, researchers, teachers, and teacher educators, this book presents a multipronged approach to affirming Black lives and literacies. The authors believe change is needed - not within Black children - but in the way they are perceived and educated.Table of Contents Contents Foreword Theresa Perry ix Preface xi Acknowledgments xxi 1. Introduction: Theoretical Perspectives 1 Black Epistemology, Ideology, and Theory 2 Conceptual and Theoretical Foundations 2 Conceptual Foundations: Moral Courage and Moral Licensing 4 Theoretical Foundations: Black Liberation Theology, Black Radical Tradition, Critical Race Theory, and Decolonization 7 Black Liberation Theology 8 Black Feminism 10 The Black Radical Tradition 12 Critical Race Theory 13 Decolonial Theories 15 Reading Research and Black Students 16 2. Black Women Activist Teachers 19 Literacy and Freedom 21 Literacy and Civil Rights 35 Literacy and Liberation 40 Literacy and Justice: Black Independent Schools 45 Our Teachers 50 Conclusion 50 3. The Mis-Education of a High-Performing Black Girl 53 Shawyn's Narrative: A Summary 53 The Study 55 Aesha 56 Discussion 64 Conclusion 67 In Conversation 68 Critical Discussion Questions 72 Suggested Readings 73 4. Cultural Dissonance in a First-Grade Classroom 75 Gwen's Narrative: A Summary 75 Setting 76 Tony 77 Travis 80 A Closer Look Inside Ms. Rudolph's First-Grade Classroom 83 Conclusion 92 In Conversation 93 Critical Discussion Questions 99 Suggested Readings 100 5. Transcending (Dis)Belief: Black (Immigrant) Youth Literacies 101 Patriann's Narrative: A Summary 101 An Invitation From a Black Immigrant Educator 102 Black Immigrant Educator Literacies 105 Jorge: A Black Immigrant Latinx Youth 107 Black American Youth Literacies 110 Excerpts From Black American Youth 112 Conclusion 118 In Conversation 119 Critical Discussion Questions 122 Suggested Readings 123 6. It's Never Too Late 125 Arlette's Narrative: A Summary 126 It Is Never Too Late . . . 126 A Brief Backstory 127 Meeting Clemente 129 Twenty Years Later 132 Perspective 134 Conclusion 135 In Conversation 136 Critical Discussion Questions 139 Suggested Readings 140 7. Conceptual Framework: Toward a Standard of CARE 141 Foundations 141 Race and Culture 143 Equity Pedagogies 146 CARE 148 References 159 Index 175 About the Authors 183
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Pluto Press Marxism and Media Studies Key Concepts and
Book SynopsisA guide about how Marxist theory can illuminate media studies.Table of ContentsPreface: From the small screen to the big picture. 1. Class and Creative Labour. 2. Mode of Production: Technology and New Media. 3. The Powers of Capital: Hollywood’s Media-Industrial Complex. 4. The State. 5. Base and Superstructure: Reconstructing the Political Unconscious. 6. Signs, Ideology and Hegemony. 7. Commodity Fetishism and Reification: The World Made Spectral. 8. Knowledge, Norms and Social Interests: Dilemmas for Documentary. 9. Conclusion: Reflections on Key Concepts and Contemporary Trends. Bibliography Index
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John Wiley & Sons Reading With Purpose Selecting and Using Childrens Literature for Inquiry and Engagement
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Johns Hopkins University Press Electronics The Life Story of a Technology
Book SynopsisElectronics relates the fascinating stories of how scientists and engineers created and commercialized such devices as the transistor, the Magnetron tube used to power microwave ovens, the CRT (cathode ray tube), the laser, the first integrated circuit, the microprocessor, and memory chips.Trade ReviewThis book will be very useful if you are involved in delivering courses, such as general studies, which attempt to make connections between science and society. If you ignore the plethora of names and acronyms, this book is a sobering account of the economics of the past development of the semiconductor devices which give us so much ease and delight today... Put this book in your school library. Read it if you teach, or aspire to teach, electronics or physics. It will give you a fresh perspective on how silk purses (such as iPods) can indeed be made from sows' ears (such as ICBM guidance systems). School Science Review This book will allow the reader to become familiar with some of the basics of the technology that surrounds us all and will lead to questions about what can and should happen next. Science Books and FilmsTable of ContentsPrefaceTimeline1. The Origins of Electronics, 1900-19502. From lubes to Semiconductors3. Microchips and Lasers4. The Peak Years5. The Triumph of Microelectronics6. ConclusionsGlossaryFurther ReadingIndex
£21.60
Johns Hopkins University Press The Social Construction of Russias Resurgence
Book SynopsisA concluding chapter discusses the policy implications of aspirational constructivism for Russia and other nations and a methodological appendix lays out a framework for testing the theory.Trade ReviewAnne Clunan's insightful and careful analysis of the interplay among five alternate Russian national self-images-Western, statist, Slavophile, neo-communist, and nationalist-is likely to be the book's most influential and enduring contribution... this very good book deserves praise and a wide audience both inside and outside the academy. -- Rawi Abdelal Political Science Quarterly 2010 The author explains lucidly and with originality how... elites determine what will be the 'platform' of the Russian identity. -- Ellen Mickiewicz Political Psychology 2010 Clunan does something unusual in this book: she both intervenes in an academic debate over international relations theory and produces fresh insight into the wellsprings of contemporary Russian foreign policy... In the process, she provides an unusually nuanced view of what Russia's current national identity is all about. -- Robert Legvold Foreign AffairsTable of ContentsList of Figures and TablesAcknowledgmentsNote on Transliteration of Russian1. Introduction: Identity and Interests in World Politics2. Aspirational Constructivism: A Theory of Identity and Interests3. Russian National Self-Images in the 1990s4. Russia's Foreign Policy Orientations: Ingroups,Outgroups, and Identity Management Strategies5. Post-Soviet Russia's "Revolutionary Decade" and the Creation of National Identity6. The Post-Soviet Creation of Russia's Security Interests in Europe7. The Post-Soviet Creation of Russia's Interests in Nuclear Arms Control8. Conclusion: Aspirational Constructivism and International Institutional ChangeAppendix MethodologyNotesBibliographyIndex
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John Wiley & Sons Teens Choosing to Read
Book SynopsisIn a sea of troubling reporting about education, teaching, reading, and the wellbeing of teens, Ivey and Johnston bring some good news that shows what happens when we stop underestimating young people. This accessible book offers an engaging account of a 4-year study of adolescents who went from reluctant to enthusiastic readers.Table of Contents Contents (Tentative) Acknowledgments Part I. Engaging Reading, a Social Phenomenon 1. Young Adults Reading Literature (or Not) Teens Can Be Enthusiastic, Engaged ReadersEngaging BooksThe Subtleties of Supporting Teen Development 2. Choosing to Read Good (Meaningful) BooksDisturbing BooksAutonomyTalk About Books 3. Talk to Me—Cultivating Peer Relationships Supportive Peer RelationshipsClose FriendshipsLearning RelationshipsWhen Positive Relationships Are AbsentThe Solution? Engaged Reading 4. Re-seeing Family Families ReadingFamilies and TalkFamilies, Minds, and TransformationDisturbing Books and Difficult TopicsParent Perspectives on Students' Reading Part II. The Breadth of Teen Development 5. Social-Emotional Development The Social Hub of DevelopmentTalking About Thoughts and FeelingsOn ReflectionTo Summarize 6. Who Will I Be? Building a Life Narrative Living Into a CharacterA Reflective MetaphorNarrative as a Cautionary TaleSynthesizing PrinciplesSelf-RegulationReconstructing the Socialized SelfWho Am I? Who Do I Want to Be? 7. Moral Development Developing the Moral SelfMoral JudgmentsRecognizing Language as a Potential Act of ViolenceMultiple Perspectives and Moral ReachSo . . . 8. Happiness, Wellbeing, and Other Trivial Matters GratefulnessLoss and GriefMore Healing OpportunitiesPositive Emotions and WellbeingFeeling, Heard, Understood, and Cared ForSources of Happiness and Wellbeing 9. Reading Competence Reading StrategicallyReading Strategically, on SteroidsComprehending SociallyReading CloselyReading: No Solo ActReading Competently Part III. Negotiating Literature, Teaching, and Teen Development 10. What Do We Think We're Doing? Fizzling Out of EngagementUnraveling of the Social ThreadMore Teaching ChangesKnowing Books and IndividualsNegotiating Relationships and Relational Capital 11. Seamless Teaching SeamlessnessCharacters and ChangeInferring, Especially Thoughts and FeelingsLiterature, Themes, and Life's DilemmasTeaching About How Words Capture and Shape Thoughts and FeelingsTeaching for Intellectual Flexibility 12. Inquiry, Learning, and Authority Foundations of Collaborative Dialogic InquiryDistributing Authority, Distributing TeachingTeaching for Identity ShiftsTeaching: More Than the Sum of its Parts 13. Heckling Concerns of Intellectuals, Philosophers, and the LikeParents' (and Thus Teachers') Concerns 14. The Alchemy of Young Adults' Engagements Among Books EvidenceThe Work of ConversationsThe Work of ELA Teachers and Their BooksThe Socialness of ReadingWhat Do We Want? Appendix A The Study Appendix B Young Adult Books and Other Trade Books Mentioned Index About the Author
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Johns Hopkins University Press Phaenomena
Book SynopsisFeaturing references to Classical mythology and science, star charts of the northern and southern skies, extensive notes, and an introduction to the work's stylistic features and literary reception, this dynamic work will appeal to students of Ancient Greece who want to deepen their understanding of the Classical world.Trade ReviewThose who always wanted to read the Phaenomena in translation, but never came round to doing it will be pleased with this accessible, nimble translation in flowing English couplets, which conveys the pleasure of Aratus well. Both the introduction and the notes are up-to-date, clear, and useful. Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2010 Poochigian here gives us an Aratus for our own time, turned in witty heroic couplets which fittingly recall Pope's didactic poems, decently faithful to the original, and helpfully introduced and annotated... This lively and polished version illuminates why this potentially austere cataloguepoem was so enthusiastically read for so many centuries, and it is to be warmly welcomed. Times Literary Supplement 2011Table of ContentsIntroductionInvocationThe Axle, the Poles, and the Northern SkyThe Southern SkyThe Planets and the Great CirclesWeather SignsAppendix 1: Constellation Risings and SettingsAppendix 2: Bayer DesignationsNotesWorks Cited
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Johns Hopkins University Press Infectious Ideas Contagion in Premodern Islamic
Book SynopsisBased on Stearns's analysis of Muslim and Christian legal, theological, historical, and medical texts in Arabic, Medieval Castilian, and Latin, Infectious Ideas is the first book to offer a comparative discussion of concepts of contagion in the premodern Mediterranean world.Trade ReviewA welcome addition to the growing literature on plague-and medical thought-in the premodern Islamic world. Stearns's translations add new voices to those already known, and approach known figures with subtlety and nuance, challenging or at least refining the conclusions of the established scholarship... Stearns has provided future students commanding the requisite skills and depth of vision both a model and a solid target. -- Joseph P. Byrne American Historical Review Provides readers not only with a fascinating, beautifully researched account of contagion and plague in the premodern Western Mediterranean, but also with a series of thought-provoking new approaches to religious exegesis, legal interpretation, and literary production, and a set of methodological models that should serve scholars in the fields far beyond the realm of fourteenth- and fifteenth-century studies of illness and health in the Maghrib. The book is a fascinating read. -- Ruth A. Miller Journal of the American Oriental SocietyTable of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsChronological List of Relevant Muslim and Christian Scholars Who Wrote on Contagion in the Premodern PeriodIntroduction: Contagion and Causality in the Study of Premodern Muslim and Christian Societies1. Contagion in the Commentaries on Prophetic Tradition2. Contagion as Metaphor in Iberian Christian Scholarship3. Contagion Contested: Greek Medical Thought, Prophetic Medicine, and the First Plague Treatises4. Situating Scholastic Contagion between Miasmaand the Evil Eye5. Contagion between Islamic Law and Theology6. Contagion Revisited: Early Modern Maghribi Plague TreatisesConclusion: Reframing Muslim and Christian Views on ContagionAppendix A: Contagion in the Christian Exegetical TraditionAppendix B: The Presence of Ash'arism in the MaghribNotesBibligraphyIndex
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Teachers College Press Teachers Speak Up Stories of Courage Resilience
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Penn State University Love and Degradation Excessive Desires in
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Penn State University Collective Courage A History of African American
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Teachers' College Press Questions Kids Ask About Their Brains Answers
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Penn State University Democracy and the Politics of Silence
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Penn State University Pataphysics Unrolled
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John Wiley & Sons Young Childrens Amazing Math A Guide to
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MR - University of Notre Dame Press The Early Printed Illustrations of Dantes
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MP-WIS Uni of Wisconsin Hellenistic Poetry An Anthology
Book SynopsisA selection of poetry covering the full range of Hellenistic poetic genres, this anthology includes translations of ""Argonautica"" and eight of Theocritus's ""Idylls"". The author has also written ""The Hellenistic Aesthetic"".
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John Wiley & Sons To Teach The Journey of a Teacher
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MP-WIS Uni of Wisconsin I Thought We Were Making Movies Not History
Book SynopsisReveals the author's experience of Hollywood in its golden days and tells the stories of the stars who appeared in his films, including Natalie Wood, John Wayne, Peter Sellers, Sidney Poitier, Steve McQueen, Marilyn Monroe, and many others.
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University of California Press Egyptian Things
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John Wiley & Sons Beyond Compliance in Early Childhood Education
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University of California Press Being Another Way
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MP-MEL Melbourne University League of Nations Histories legacies and impact
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John Wiley & Sons A Literacy Coachs Playbook Building a Winning
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University of California Press Drag
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Princeton University Press Human Rights for Pragmatists
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John Wiley & Sons Productive Uncertainty in Science Education
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Princeton University Press The Impeachment Power
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MP-KAN Uni Press of Kansas Creating the Secret State
Book SynopsisThis work locates the CIA's origins in government-wide efforts to reorganize national security during the transition from World War II to the Cold War. The author believes that the creation of the CIA was the culmination of years of negotiation among numerous policy makers.
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John Wiley & Sons A School Leaders Guide to VITAL Collaboration
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MP-KAN Uni Press of Kansas Osage Women and Empire Gender and Power
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewIn her comprehensive analysis of gender roles throughout a critical period in Osage history, Tai S. Edwards demonstrates how attention to a Native American nation’s deeply held beliefs in complementarity, autonomy, and balance allows us to understand indigenous resilience to colonization. Edwards does not simply add women to the story of the Osage empire. Rather, she proves that we cannot understand their creative and often successful adaptation without paying attention to the persistence of gendered values and behaviors. This book will change the way we understand the history of the southern plains."" - Rose Stremlau, author of Sustaining the Cherokee Family: Kinship and the Allotment of an Indigenous Nation""An important new work that refutes the long-standing false stereotype of the male domination and abuse of women in Plains warrior societies. Edwards restores Osage women to their rightful place in an egalitarian, non-hierarchical indigenous system in which they were respected and essential participants in every aspect of Osage life while providing new insights regarding Osage resistance to, and selective adaption of, white norms under US colonialism. Important reading for students of indigenous history, women’s studies, and settler colonialism."" - Donna L. Akers, author of Living in the Land of Death: The Choctaw Nation, 1830-1860
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Princeton University Press The Individualists Radicals Reactionaries and
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John Wiley & Sons Amplifying the Curriculum
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MP-KAN Uni Press of Kansas The Cost of Voting in the American States
Book SynopsisUsing Racial Threat Theory arguments, this book demonstrates that American states with larger or growing Black and Hispanic populations have more restricted voting, and that these restrictive voting laws disproportionately demobilize these populations in predictable ways.Trade ReviewThe Cost of Voting Index (COVI) developed by the authors is a very useful resource that will benefit the field for years. In addition to developing this metric, the authors have convincingly demonstrated that voting restrictions are more likely in diversifying states and that efforts to expand access to the polls do not compromise election integrity. A must-read for students of voting and electoral reform." - Elliott Fullmer, associate professor of political science at Randolph-Macon College and author of Tuesday’s Gone: America’s Early Voting RevolutionTable of Contents Introduction 1. A Brief History of Voting Restrictions in the United States 2. The Changing Nature of State Election Law 3. Falling Behind or Jumping Ahead: Movement in the State Cost of Voting Rank 4. Minority Populations, Republicans, and the COVI 5. The COVI and Reported Voter Turnout 6. Minority Candidate Electoral Success and the Underrepresentation of Minorities and Women 7. the First Big Lie: Accessible Voting Leads to Widespread Voter Fraud 8. The Second Big Lie: More Convenient Voting Helps Democrats Conclusion Appendices A: Measurement Challenges and Omitted Variables B: More Specifics on Constructing the Cost of Voting Index C: Sensitivity Analysis D: Construct Validity Check, the COVI, and State Voter Turnout E: 4 TablesF: State COVI Values by Presidential Election G: 5 Tables Notes Works Cited Index
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The University of North Carolina Press Southern Cultures The Abolitionist South Volume
Book SynopsisGuest edited by T. Dionne Bailey and Garrett Felber, this issue of Southern Cultures makes visible a radical US South which has long envisioned a world without policing, prisons, or other forms of punishment.
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MP-KAN Uni Press of Kansas The Virtues of Vengeance
Book SynopsisThis title argues that vengeance has fallen into disrepute without being seriously examined with respect to its real moral value. It investigates the use of vengeance themes in literature and popular culture, from the ""Iliad"" and ""Hamlet"" to film Westerns such as Clint Eastwood's ""Unforgiven"".
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Human Kinetics Best Practice for Youth Sport
Book SynopsisBest Practice for Youth Sport tackles the increasing professionalization and specialization of youth sport and the changing culture of youth sport. The text explores developmentally appropriate practice and encourages athlete-centered practices that are truly beneficial for young athletes. Table of ContentsPart I. Youth Sport BasicsChapter 1. Overview of Youth Sport Types of Youth Sport Patterns of Participation in Youth Sport Barriers to Youth Sport Participation Organizations That Support Youth Sport Wrap Up Learning Aids Chapter 2. Evolution of Youth Sport When and Why Was Sport Introduced Into Schools as an Extracurricular Activity? How Did Nonschool Youth Sport Become So Popular? What Does Title IX State, Why Was It Necessary, and How Did It Change Youth Sport? How Did Little League Baseball Become So Popular? Why Do Grassroots Youth Sport Programs Lack National Organization and Support? How Have Changes in Parenting Philosophy and Practice Influenced the Evolution of Youth Sport, Particularly the Decline of Free Play? Wrap-Up Chapter 3. Philosophy and Objectives of Youth Sport The POPP Sequence: From Philosophy to Action What Should the Objectives of Youth Sport Be? Tension Points in Youth Sport Philosophies and Objectives Consequences of Developmentally Inappropriate Philosophies and Objectives Palm Community Model of Youth Sport Examples of Youth Sport Philosophies and POPP Sequences Wrap Up Learning Aids Part II. Maturation and Readiness for Youth Sport Participation Chapter 4. Physical Growth and Maturation Growth Maturation Physical Growth and Maturational Influences on Sport Opportunities and Performance Wrap Up Learning Aids Chapter 5. Readiness for Learning Skills and Competing What Is Readiness? The “Mountain” of Motor Skill Development Sensitive Periods in Motor Skill Development Cognitive Readiness Is Earlier Better? When Should Kids Start Organized Youth Sports? Wrap-Up Learning Aids Chapter 6. Motivation and Psychosocial Development Why Do Children Participate in Youth Sport? Competence Autonomy Relatedness Wrap Up: Provide Kids a Motivational FEAST Learning Aids Chapter 7. Modifying Sport for Youth Why Should Sport Be Modified for Youth? Why Do Adults Resist Youth Sport Modification? What Changes Should Be Made? Wrap-Up Learning Aids Chapter 8. Teaching Skills to Youth Athletes The Five-Step Teaching Cycle Instructional Strategies to Maximize Learning Wrap-Up Learning Aids Part III. Intensity of Participation in Youth SportChapter 9. Physical Training and Young Athletes Positive Effects of Physical Activity and Training in Kids Negative Effects of Over-Intensity in Physical Training in Youth Physical Training Guidelines for Young Athletes Wrap-Up Learning Aids Chapter 10. Talent Development in Sport Talent Development Basics How Is Talent Identified, and When Do We Decide Who Is Talented? The Relative Influences of Practice and Innate Qualities on Sport Expertise What’s the Best Way to Develop Sport Talent? Specialization in Youth Sport Categorizing Sports Based on Specialization Demands Tips for Nurturing Talent and Well-Being in Youth Athletes Wrap-Up Learning Aids Chapter 11. Stress and Burnout in Youth Sport Stress as a Process Demands (Stressors) Faced by Youth Athletes Young Athletes’ Assessment of Demand(s) Young Athletes’ Responses to Stress Outcomes From the Stress Process Flow: The Ultimate Goal for Youth Sport Participants Burnout in Youth Sport Wrap-Up Learning Aids Chapter 12. Injuries in Youth Sport Youth Sport Injury Basics Overuse Injuries Physeal Injuries Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries in Female Athletes Concussion in Youth Sport Legal Duties and the Emergency Action Plan Wrap-Up Learning Aids Part IV. Social Considerations in Youth SportChapter 13. Cultural Competence in Youth Sport Continuum of Cultural Competence Gender and Youth Sport Reasons for Gender Differences in Youth Sport Race and Ethnicity in Youth Sport Sexual Orientation and Youth Sport Disability and Youth Sport Sexual Abuse in Youth Sport Wrap-Up Learning Aids Chapter 14. Coaches and Youth Sport Coaching Education and Certification Recruiting Youth Sport Coaches Evaluating Youth Sport Coaches Building the Youth Sport Coaches’ Skill Set Youth Sport Coaches’ Meta-Skill: Communication Wrap-Up Learning Aids Chapter 15. Parents and Youth Sport Foundations of the Parent-Child Relationship Three Roles of Youth Sport Parents WANTED: Positive Parent Behaviors in Youth Sport Understanding Parent Traps Parent Education in Youth Sport Strategies for Coaches in Interacting with Youth Sport Parents Suggestions to be a Better Youth Sport Parent Wrap-Up Learning Aids Chapter 16. Moral and Life Skills Development in Youth Sport Understanding Terms Related to Moral Behavior in Sport How Sportsmanship and Moral Behavior Are Learned Enhancing Sportsmanship, Moral Development, and Life Skills in Youth Athletes Wrap-Up Learning Aids
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MY - University of Toronto Press Babyn Yar
Book SynopsisThis multifaceted and comprehensive book examines the brutal twentieth-century tragedies that took place at Babyn Yar, a ravine on the outskirts of Kyiv in modern-day Ukraine.Table of ContentsPreface Norman Naimark Introduction Vladyslav Hrynevych and Paul Robert Magocsi 1. Babyn Yar in Time and Space Mykhailo Kalnytskyi 2. On the Eve of Babyn Yar Igor Shchupak 3. Ukraine under Nazi Rule Karel C. Berkhoff 4. Babyn Yar: The Holocaust and Other Tragedies Vitaliy Nakhmanovych 5. Executioners and Saviours at Babyn Yar Oleksandr Kruglov 6. Babyn Yar after Babyn Yar Vladyslav Hrynevych 7. Babyn Yar in Personal Accounts Asia Kovrigina 8. Babyn Yar in Oral History Gelinada Grinchenko 9. Babyn Yar in Belles Lettres Iryna Zakharchuk 10. Babyn Yar in Cinema Karel C. Berkhoff 11. Babyn Yar in Sculpture and Painting Iryna Klimova 12. Babyn Yar in Music Natalia Symonenko 13. Babyn Yar: A Place of Memory in Search of a Future Vitaliy Nakhmanovych In Lieu of an Afterword Paul Robert Magocsi Illustration Sources and Credits Contributors
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Johns Hopkins University Press The Evolution of Artiodactyls
Book SynopsisTheodor, University of Calgary; Mark D. Uhen, Cranbrook Institute of Science; Inessa Vislobokova, Russian Academy of SciencesTrade ReviewScientifically detailed and professionally produced... Highly recommended. Choice 2008 A solid and valuable resource. -- Maureen A. O'Leary Journal of Mammalian Evolution 2008 Without a doubt, for anyone working on artiodactyls this is an essential reference. This is the most up to date collection of work on fossil artiodactyls, including those outside North America, published in decades. -- B.L. Beatty PalArch's Journal of Vertebrate Palaeontology 2009Table of ContentsAcknoledgmentsList of Contributors1. Introduction2. Molecular Phylogeny of Terrestrial Artiodactyls: Conflicts and Resolution3. Phylogenetic Relationships of Cetacceans to Terrestrial Artiodactyls4. The Earliest Artiodactyls: Diacodexeidae, Dichobunidae, Homacodontidae, Leptochoeridae, and Raoellidae5. Endemic European Paleogene Artiodactyls: Cebochoeridae, Choeropotamidae, Mixtotheriidae, Cainotheriidae, Anoplptheriidae, Xiphontidae, and Amphimerycidae6. Family Helohyidae7. Family Anthracotheriidae8. Family Hippopotamidae9. Family Entelodontidae10. Superfamily Suoidae11. Family Agriochoeridae12. Family Agriochoeridae12. Family Merycoidodontidae13. Family Protoceratidae14. Family Camelidae15. Basal Ruminants16. Family Tragulidae17. Family Moschidae18. Family Antilocapridae19. Family Paleopmerycidae20. Family Cervidae21. Family Giraffidae22. Family Bovidae23. Artiodactyl Paleoecology and Evolutionary Trends24. SummaryReferences Index
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MP-NCA Uni of North Carolina Women in the Church of God in Christ Making a
Book SynopsisThe Church of God in Christ (COGIC), an African American Pentecostal denomination founded in 1896, has become the largest Pentecostal denomination in the United States. This book examines the religious and social lives of the women in the COGIC Women's Department from its founding in 1911 through the mid-1960s.
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Princeton University Press The Quotable Darwin
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MP-WIS Uni of Wisconsin NorwegianEnglish Dictionary
Book SynopsisFeatures more than 60,000 Norwegian words and their English equivalents. This dictonary covers phonemic transcriptions. It provides coverage and explanation of Norwegian idioms and word usage, including examples from standard and archaic speech, dialects, proverbs, literature, and professional texts. It presents coverage of verb phrases.Trade ReviewUnsurpassed in its usefulness for both scholars and students. - Louis Janus, president, Norwegian Researchers and Teachers Association of North America
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MP-NCA Uni of North Carolina Negotiating Paradise U.S. Tourism and Empire in
Book SynopsisPresents the comparative history of US tourism in Latin America in the twentieth century which demonstrates that empire is a more textured, variable, and interactive system of inequality and resistance than commonly assumed.
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Harvard University Press Chinese Animation Multiplicities in Motion
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Princeton University Press The Woman Question in Jewish Studies
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MP-NCA Uni of North Carolina Wittenwilers Ring and the Anonymous Scots Poem
Book SynopsisHeinrich Wittenwiler's Ring, written in a Swiss dialect and presented in English translation for the first time in this 1956 volume, is a comic-didactic and religious allegory that documents late medieval views on many aspects of literature, history, law and religion.
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MP-NCA Uni of North Carolina Techniques of Irony in Anatole France Essay on
Book SynopsisReveals the complex irony in France's last volume of short stories, Les sept femme de la Barbe-Bleue. Diane Wolfe Levy shows how France imbues his narration with paradoxical elements, contrasts full of irony, and complex oppositions. She also reveals the way irony is directed to both the narrator and the fictional characters.
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