An insightful and timely look at one of the hottest policy issues in education today: the initiative to move education from the public sector to the private sector.. Privatizing Education is a collection of essays written by such luminaries as Martin Carnoy, Christopher Connell, Wendy Connors, Fred [...]
Known most widely for his role in the civil rights and peace movements of the 1960s, Abraham Joshua Heschel made major scholarly contributions to the fields of biblical studies, rabbinics, medieval Jewish philosophy, Hasidism, and mysticism. Yet, his most ambitious scholarly achievement, his three-v[...]
"There was money in that banana stand Arrested Development Mad Libs" includes 21 original stories inspired by all the memorable moments, characters, and lines from the cult TV series. At only $4.99 our book makes a great gift for all your "Arrested Development"-obsessed friends who have watched the[...]
"A definitive biography." Robert Hughes, "Time ""A nearly flawless account of a remarkable artist . . . a compelling and accessible narrative for anyone even remotely interested in modern American art." Michael Kammen, "The""New York Times Book Review" This acclaimed biography of Edward Hopper is es[...]
Gurion has been expelled from three Jewish day-schools for acts of violence and messianic tendencies. He ends up in the Cage, a special lockdown program for the most hopeless cases at his new junior high school. But in just four days, from the moment he meets the beautiful Eliza June Watermark to th[...]
Provides step-by-step instructions for drawing a variety of human figures.
"Living with Blind Dogs", now in its second edition, is the only published resource book on this topic. It embodies helpful hints from dozens of blind-dog owners, as well as years of ophthalmic nursing, veterinary, and dog training experiences. Both the veterinary community and dog owners alike cont[...]
An in-depth look into Mac OS X and iOS kernelsPowering Macs, iPhones, iPads and more, OS X and iOS are becoming ubiquitous. When it comes to documentation, however, much of them are shrouded in mystery. Cocoa and Carbon, the application frameworks, are neatly described, but system programmers find t[...]
Imagine a classroom where all students are engaged in highly rigorous and fun learning every single day. This handy guide gives teachers, schools, and districts the support they need to help their students achieve dramatic academic gains and become lifelong readers.[...]
Featuring a multidisciplinary approach with practical examples from biology, gerontology, and demography, The Biostatistics of Aging provides a statistical theoretical framework for aging and aging-related diseases in addition to genetic and environmental contributions to mortality.[...]
In a popular introduction to the mysteries of the universe, a physicist describes what we know about the shape, extent, origins, and evolution of the universe, the vast complexities of space and time, the efforts of science to explain the universe, and the secrets of black holes, time warps, and oth[...]
Are you ready to make changes in your life--but feel something is holding you back? Is your soul asking you to take a leap--but you're too afraid to take it? Are you ready for something new--but aren't sure where to start? If this sounds like you, the book you hold in your hands will give you the co[...]
Are you ready to make changes in your life-but feel something is holding you back? Is your soul asking you to take a leap-but you're too afraid to take it? Are you ready for something new-but aren't sure where to start?If this sounds like you, the book you hold in your hands will give you the courag[...]