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A perfectly timed book for the educational resistance--those of us who believe in public schools Culture wars have engulfed our schools. Extremist groups are seeking to ban books, limit what...

A new approach to going vegan "as a joyful celebration of life on this planet" (Bryant Terry) that is a gateway into a better life for us all "Start here, start now. Here's a book worth sharing...

Short, sharp musings on things profound and mundane (and sometimes both) from the Pulitzer Prize winning poetC. K. Williams has never been afraid to push the boundaries of poetic form—in fact, he's...

Linguistic variation has been studied primarily in communities with the dominant social organization of our time: ethnic diversity, socioeconomic stratification, and a population size that precludes...

Throughout American history, the government has used U.S. citizenship and immigration law to protect privileged groups from less privileged ones, using citizenship as a “legitimate” proxy for...

Despite the intensive research of the past quarter century, there still is no single book that examines all major aspects of the medieval scientific enterprise in depth. This illustrated volume is...

The mingling of aristocrats and commoners in a southern French city, the jostling of foreigners in stock markets across northern and western Europe, the club gatherings in Paris and London of genteel...

The first monograph on English medieval county courts, this book provides a major revision of traditional conceptions of the character of these courts and the organization of English society from the...

One of the paradoxes of the physical sciences is that as our knowledge has progressed, more and more diverse physical phenomena can be explained in terms of fewer underlying laws, or principles. In...

Wartski is a family firm of art and antique dealers, specialising in fine jewellery, gold boxes, silver and works of art by Carl Faberge. The firm was founded in Bangor, North Wales in 1865 by Morris...

Interior design survey from fashion photographer, journalist and interiors enthusiast Mark C. O'Flaherty exploring atmospheric interiors with a sense of the gothic and uncanny. Sanctum presents...

A brief and meteoric life (356–323 B.C.) Alexander was the greatest of all conquerors in the course of world history. He had a small army—seldom exceeding 40,000 men—but a constellation of bold,...

What accounts for the rise of the state, the creation of the first global system, and the dominance of the West? The conventional answer asserts that superior technology, tactics, and institutions...

Get this tabbed booklet to garden insects and bugs, and learn how to identify and attract (or repel!) them.Brightly colored flowers, rich soil, and delicious nectar, the garden landscape is a bug's...

How the rise of the West was a temporary exception to the predominant world orderWhat accounts for the rise of the state, the creation of the first global system, and the dominance of the West? The...

"The American Century" was launched in the Middle East, as Washington took charge of managing the fallout from the creation of the state of Israel, allotting military weapons to friends, keeping the...

Asfaith communities in the United States grow increasingly more diverse, manychurches are turning to the shared parish, a single church facilityshared by distinct cultural groups who retain their own...

Students in Japan, China, and Korea are among the world's top performers on standardized math and science tests. The nations of East Asia are also leading manufacturers of consumer goods that...

Jung’s lectures on the psychology of Jesuit spiritual practice—unabridged in English for the first timeBetween 1933 and 1941, C. G. Jung delivered a series of public lectures at the Swiss Federal...

C. P. E. Bach Studies collects together nine wide-ranging essays by leading scholars of eighteenth-century music. Offering fresh perspectives on one of the towering figures of the period, the authors...