The Allure of Order: High Hopes, Dashed Expectations, and the Troubled Quest to Remake American Schooling, Paperback - Jal Mehta

Reducere. Ted Kennedy and George W. Bush agreed on little, but united behind the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB). Passed in late 2001, it was hailed as a dra...

Gilroy examines the ways in which media and commodity culture have become preeminent in our lives in the years since the 1960s and especially in th...

In recent decades, sociology of education has been dominated by quantitative analyses of race, class, and gender gaps in educational achievement. A...

Using the framework of Edward Said's Orientalism, this work examines how Western rock and pop artists-particularly during the age of album rock fro...

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What is the legacy of the war in Iraq?

Contributor(s): Author: Arlette FargeForeword by: Natalie Zemon DavisTranslator: Thomas Scott-RailtonAn exquisite appreciation of the distinctive r...

Reducere. From grief and mourning to aging and relationships, poet and Redbook contributor Judith Viorst presents a thoughtful and researched study in this e...

Publisher: The University of Chicago PressIllustration(s): 110 color platesNumber of pages: 328Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 180 x 232 x 25Cove...

The Allure of Charleston celebrates this historic city's eighteenth- and nineteenth-century styles and demonstrates how they continue to be employe...

From ancient Mesopotamia to today, the epic story of how humans have used laws to forge civilizations.Publisher: Profile Books LtdAuthor(s): Fernan...

DescriptionOf Angie Estes, the poet and critic Stephanie Burt has written that she "has created some of the most beautiful verbal objects in the wo...

Unpicking the ever-changing myth of the West in photography, from the 19th century to nowPublished for an exhibition at the Figge Art Museum in Dav...

Reducere. Some know Oklahoma's Black towns as historic communities that thrived during the Jim Crow era--this is only part of the story. In this book, Karla ...

Three substantial new chapters and a new preface in this third edition explore and elaborate the relationship between the evaluation of programs an...

The principal aim of this book is to address the international legal questions arising from the 'right of visit on the high seas' in the 21st century.

Reducere. DescriptionFor five days in December 1908 the body of Cyrus Teed lay in a bathtub at a beach house just south of Fort Myers, Florida. His followers...

Reducere. Unlike most textbooks in American Government, Liberty, Order, and Justice seeks to familiarize the student with the basic principles of the Constit...

History has tended to measure war's winners and losers in terms of its major engagements, battles in which the result was so clear-cut that they co...

How the optimism gap between rich and poor is creating an increasingly divided societyThe Declaration of Independence states that all people are en...

We need to go back to the beginning of the idea of "public opinion" and a mass public to understand what the American public has become.Publisher: ...

Publisher: Taylor & Francis LtdIllustration(s): 3 Halftones, black and whiteNumber of pages: 224Publication date: 2012Dimensions: 155 x 234 x 22Cov...

Reducere. A protege of the legendary Vladimir S. Littauer and for more than thirty years director of the riding program at Sweet Briar College, Paul D. Croni...

Reducere. "Capable is the book I would like to place in the hands of every couple who has a child with special needs."-GARY CHAPMAN, PhD, Author of The 5 Lov...

A stunningly told and deeply personal memoir from the lead singer of Irish rockband Kodaline.Publisher: Hachette Books IrelandAuthor(s): Steve Garr...

The High Achievers Guide is guided self-help and mindset mastery for the materially successful looking to create spiritual fulfillment to take thei...

Reducere. 1. High Hopes 2. Harry's Place 3. American Skin (41 Shots) 4. Just Like Fire Would - Michelle Moore 5. Down in the Hole 6. Heaven's Wall - Keith Fl...

Reducere. In Crypto Revolution, Bryce Paul & Aaron Malone walk you through the fascinating world of blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies. Part history ...

Reducere. Is Atheism more rational than Monotheism? Atheists claim so, but this fascinating, original and meticulously researched masterpiece proves otherwis...

Reducere. Alcohol use disorder is by far the most prevalent substance use disorder in the general population and is a major contributor to disease worldwide....