Why We Make Things and Why It Matters: The Education of a Craftsman

Paperback edition of the thought-provoking meditation on the nature of work and craftmanship, and why it matters that we value the process of makin...

Reducere. "Hosts of all kinds, this is a must-read " --Chris Anderson, owner and curator of TED From the host of the New York Times podcast Together Apart, a...

In this thorough and accessible text, Richard Hickman rejects the current vogue for social and cultural accounts of the nature of art-making in fav...

DescriptionLearn about how Supreme Court Justices can change the course of U.S. history.A True Book: Why it Matters series introduces young readers...

A timely, ambitious and vivid history of freedom - and how it happens to be a uniquely British invention.Publisher: Head of ZeusAuthor(s): Daniel H...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Reducere. At least one third of our waking hours are lived on autopilot. But habits of the mind do not have to control us--we can steer them. Drawing on the ...

Reducere. After two decades of reinvention, Japanese companies are re-emerging as major players in the new digital economy. They have responded to the rise o...

DescriptionThe legal system is awash with excessive and incomprehensible information. Yet many of us assume that the unrelenting torrent of informa...

Publisher: Polity PressAuthor(s): R WisemanNumber of pages: 176Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 124 x 191 x 19Cover type: Paperback / softbackRede...

Reducere. Rightly understood and rightly communicated, the Christian faith is one of great joy. It is an invitation to God's kingdom, where tears are replace...

In the twenty-first century, humanity is reaching new heights of scientific understanding - and at the same time appears to be losing its mind. How...

Reducere. -Wherever the people are well informed, - Thomas Jefferson wrote, -they can be trusted with their own government.- But what happens when they are n...

Publisher: Princeton University PressAuthor(s): Emanuel DeutschmannIllustration(s): 5 color + 29 b/w illus. 16 tables. 3 maps.Number of pages: 272C...

Publisher: Princeton University PressAuthor(s): Emanuel DeutschmannIllustration(s): 5 color + 29 b/w illus. 16 tables. 3 maps.Number of pages: 272C...

How hip hop shapes our conversations about race--and how race influences our consideration of hip hop Hip hop is a distinctive form of black art in...

Publisher: Penguin Books LtdAuthor(s): Steven PinkerNumber of pages: 432Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 129 x 197 x 29Cover type: Paperback / sof...

From the fall of Rome to the rise of the Wild West, David Mountain brings colour and perspective to historical mythmaking.

From the fall of Rome to the rise of the Wild West, David Mountain brings colour and perspective to historical mythmaking.

Reducere. About the AuthorJanna Hastings grew up in Cape Town, South Africa where she studied Computer Science and Mathematics at the University of Cape Town...

In July 2011, Rebecca Prince-Ruiz challenged herself to go plastic free for the whole month. Starting with a small group of people in the city of P...

Reducere. In their hit books Notice and Note and Reading Nonfiction, Kylene Beers and Bob Probst showed teachers how to help students become close readers. N...

Reducere. This book combines a critique of more than a century of housing reform policies, including public and other subsidized housing as well as exclusion...

Reducere. "A totally real, genuine, authentic book about why you shouldn't believe any of those words. And it's genuinely good." -- Gregg Easterbrook, author...

Song of the Earth is a gripping and lovingly poetic biography of Earth. The book includes narrative sections about the lives of pioneering geologis...

Television neurobiologist Jack Lewis looks into the physical nature of why people do what they should not do, from abandoning a diet to embarking o...

Reducere. Free speech is the bedrock of all our liberties, and yet in recent years it has come to be mistrusted. A new form of social justice activism, which...

Reducere. A critical edition of the book that paved the way for the democratization of American higher education If you have ever attended a town meeting or ...

DescriptionA former Wisconsin high school science teacher makes the case that how and why we teach science matters, especially now that its legitim...

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DescriptionThis is a down-to-earth communication guidebook filled with methods we've learned and tested, and punctuated with actual stories from ou...

First, this book will change how you see the world. Then you will change how others see it.Publisher: Oneworld PublicationsAuthor(s): Eric J. Johns...

Reducere. Would you be a disciple of Jesus? From the Foreword: "This book is the second on the subject of the Empire of the Risen Son...As Book One dealt wit...

Have you ever found yourself alone with your thoughts? Have you ever been asked if the glass is half full or half empty? Do you wonder what true ha...

Reducere. Tim R. Westerberg guides educators to four key destinations on the road to improved grading and assessment.