Author: Kornei Chukovsky
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520316304
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 194
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This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1963.
Author: Harry Turtledove
Publisher: Del Rey
ISBN: 034551565X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 513
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A stroke of the pen and history is changed. In 1938, British prime minister Neville Chamberlain, determined to avoid war, signed the Munich Accord, ceding part of Czechoslovakia to Hitler. But the following spring, Hitler snatched the rest of that country, and England, after a fatal act of appeasement, was fighting a war for which it was not prepared. Now, in this thrilling alternate history, another scenario is played out: What if Chamberlain had not signed the accord? In this action-packed chronicle of the war that might have been, Harry Turtledove uses dozens of points of view to tell the story: from American marines serving in Japanese-occupied China and ragtag volunteers fighting in the Abraham Lincoln Battalion in Spain to an American woman desperately trying to escape Nazi-occupied territory—and witnessing the war from within the belly of the beast. A tale of powerful leaders and ordinary people, at once brilliantly imaginative and hugely entertaining, Hitler’s War captures the beginning of a very different World War II—with a very different fate for our world today. BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Harry Turtledove's The War that Came Early: West and East.
Author: Susan R. Greenwald
Publisher: Longevity Publishing
ISBN: 0977732304
Category : Addition
Languages : en
Pages : 259
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This supplementary workbook is for children ages six and up, and has reproducible pages to give students an opportunity to learn the math facts. The addition and subtraction facts to 18 are taught in an original way-not just drill and practice, but by grouping and associating them with easy-to-learn methods and tricks. Each page was carefully designed; the facts are introduced with a trick and then those facts are practiced by trick name with previously learned facts, also identified by their trick name. After initial instruction, teachers/parents can assign workbook pages for class work or homework to give children practice and review. Not all students will need to do all of the pages. Cumulative practice pages include most, if not all, of the tricks taught to that point. The children will see that they can be successful in completing pages without counting on fingers or using a chart. This book will complement any mathematics curriculum, and is a perfect resource for parents, teachers, special education, and home school programs.Included in the book: Introduction, How to Use the Book, 232 workbook pages, Answer keys, Certificate of Mastery, Record-Keeping pages, Index
Author: Fredric Arnold
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 304
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Author: James E. Ryan
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199745609
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 384
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How is it that, half a century after Brown v. Board of Education, educational opportunities remain so unequal for black and white students, not to mention poor and wealthy ones? In his important new book, Five Miles Away, A World Apart, James E. Ryan answers this question by tracing the fortunes of two schools in Richmond, Virginia--one in the city and the other in the suburbs. Ryan shows how court rulings in the 1970s, limiting the scope of desegregation, laid the groundwork for the sharp disparities between urban and suburban public schools that persist to this day. The Supreme Court, in accord with the wishes of the Nixon administration, allowed the suburbs to lock nonresidents out of their school systems. City schools, whose student bodies were becoming increasingly poor and black, simply received more funding, a measure that has proven largely ineffective, while the independence (and superiority) of suburban schools remained sacrosanct. Weaving together court opinions, social science research, and compelling interviews with students, teachers, and principals, Ryan explains why all the major education reforms since the 1970s--including school finance litigation, school choice, and the No Child Left Behind Act--have failed to bridge the gap between urban and suburban schools and have unintentionally entrenched segregation by race and class. As long as that segregation continues, Ryan forcefully argues, so too will educational inequality. Ryan closes by suggesting innovative ways to promote school integration, which would take advantage of unprecedented demographic shifts and an embrace of diversity among young adults. Exhaustively researched and elegantly written by one of the nation's leading education law scholars, Five Miles Away, A World Apart ties together, like no other book, a half-century's worth of education law and politics into a coherent, if disturbing, whole. It will be of interest to anyone who has ever wondered why our schools are so unequal and whether there is anything to be done about it.
Author: Korneĭ Chukovskiĭ
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN:
Category : Children
Languages : en
Pages : 194
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Author: William Morton
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1456785230
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 161
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The book is a sometimes funny insight into the machinations of the mind during a typical day in 1994 from five in the morning till eleven at night. It describes just how the author gets through a day when actively seeking employment, preferably employment which is permanent as it was temporary work that was usually on offer in post that cherite Britain. A Britain that was paranoid about union loving lefties ". Any hint that a person might be of left wing persuasion and there was no chance of a careerist position. You may, after reading think the writer is actually paranoid but his thoughts are really quite revealing about benefits Britain ". The book was in fact an attempt to prove that the author was not mad but just a typical victim (one of millions) who ended up described as mentally ill by an uncaring government. Governments that would sooner pay people to wallow on benefits than partake in something useful. Governments that simply did not understand what it is like to be out of work and to look for work or what to be out of work did on the physical and mental health of a person. Also, it is a look at how education is dismissed as worthless, even though governments constantly harp on about the need to get education. Hopefully the book will show that we are all individuals, unique beings that do not all live for the profit motive of big business. That some people are quite happy doing relatively non-pressurized jobs in manual work or as clerks. There is no edict that states a graduate must further qualify as a chartered accountant with the hundreds of hours of learning to pass yet more examinations. A person has a right to do what work he thinks he is capable of. The books conclusion is really quite sad.
Author: Dolly Rice
Publisher: WestBow Press
ISBN: 1449784410
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 246
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An atomic view into the private life of Larry Sietsma, former USMC fighter pilot, airline pilot, founder of two nationally acclaimed home-building companies, and winner of the coveted Entrepreneur of the Year Award. More than twenty thousand homes have been built from Larrys designs. In 2003, Larry flew around the world in his twin-engine Beechcraft Baron alone with his wife, Sherry, and two huge auxiliary fuel tanks. Full of adventure, he nonetheless manages to leave his indelible personal mark on all he touches. In this biographical memoir, the author felt a strong compulsion to tell of her extraordinary brother. All who know him already agree that Larry is exceptional. But is he just lucky? Charmed? Driven? Look inside and see the makeup of this man. You will see that greatness is not measured by what you have or what you have done, but by the person you are.
Author: Janet Menzies
Publisher: Michael O'Mara Books
ISBN: 1782432353
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 130
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The 5:2 diet method, in which dieters fast for two days and eat normally for the other five, took the world by storm and has blown a breath of fresh air through the dieting world. But why not apply these principles to other areas of life? In this timely book author Janet Menzies invites us to see how 5:2 can work in all aspects of our everyday lives - from health and fitness and improving our work/life balance to re-enlivening tired relationships, organizing parenting, even beating the years. With solid research and sound advice throughout, 5:2 Your Life will help you restore balance in your home and work life - and bring some relaxation and less stress into even the most frantic day.
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Category : Medicine
Languages : en
Pages : 530
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