Documents progress in the field of educational measurement and provides in-depth treatment of such important topics as test fairness, scaling and norming, and performance assessment.[...]

Vision and the gaze are key issues in the analysis of racism, sexism and ethnocentrism. In recent radical theory, generally, and French theory in particular, vision has been seen as a means of control. But this view is often unnuanced. It bypasses questions such as: Why is it that contemporary theor[...]

Hundreds of unique color photos showing how soldiers decorated their helicopters during the Vietnam WarElaborate, colorful, and often comical nose art inspired by Sixties and Seventies pop culture, music, cartoons and comics, psychedelia, and politics, as well as sex and boozeFeatures Hueys, Chinook[...]

In his foreword, Robert D Tollison identifies the main objective of Geoffrey Brennan and James M Buchanan's "The Reason of Rules": "...a book-length attempt to focus the energies of economists and other social analysts on the nature and function of the rules under which ordinary political life and m[...]

What do we as a society, and as parents in particular, owe to our children? Each chapter in this book offers part of an answer to that question. Although the contributors vary in the approaches they take and the conclusions they draw, each one explores some aspect of the moral obligations owed to ch[...]

Brennan Manning shares his joyful message in a powerful new way with his first-ever collection of daily devotions. For every day of the year the beloved author of Ragamuffin Gospel and The Boy Who Cried Abba offers a verse of scripture, and each day's mediation is completed with a complementary [...]

Following his work on the unconditional love of God in "The Wisdom of Tenderness," bestselling Christian writer Manning now turns to the life and work of Jesus to find an answer to the pressing spiritual problem of self-hatred.[...]

Just because Mel lives in New Whitby, a city founded by vampires, doesn't mean she knows any of the blood-drinking undead personally. They stay in their part of town; she says in hers. Until the day a vampire shows up at her high school. Worse yet, her best friend, Cathy, seems to be falling in love[...]

Expand your customer relationships into higher levels of commitment--"and close more sales!" You may have many great customer relationships--but there's a good chance you have an even greater number of relationships that aren't where you want them to be. With the lessons in "Take Your Sales to the N[...]

The only book on the market to include classical and contemporary readings from key authors in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (PPE), this unique anthology provides a comprehensive overview of the central topics in this rapidly expanding field. Each chapter opens with an introduction that helps [...]

How much do we know about the living world? Enough to predict its future? First Ecology: ecological principles and environmental issues provides a critical and evaluative introduction to the science of ecology. Alan Beeby and Anne-Maria Brennan present a succinct survey of ecology, describing and ex[...]

Tort Law Directions is written in an engaging and lively manner with an emphasis on explaining the key topics covered on tort law courses with clarity. The book includes helpful learning features to guide students through the material in an interesting and interactive way.[...]