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Through a thoughtful interrogation of the effects of faith and religion on our lives, our relationships, and our country, God Land investigates whether our divides can ever be bridged and if America can ever come together.
In the wake of the 2016 election, Lenz watched as her country and her marriage were torn apart by the competing forces of faith and politics. She was bewildered by the pain and loss around her and questioned: What was happening...
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Die Situation von Frauenhäusern wurde seit Beginn der Pandemie in einer medialen Breite besprochen, wie wahrscheinlich seit Mitte der 1970er nicht mehr.
Franziska Benkel rekonstruiert in "Wir haben nichts mehr zu verlieren – nur die Angst" die Entstehungsgeschichte des ersten Frauenhauses in Westberlin und der Bewegung in Deutschland. Das Buch überzeugt durch die dichte Abbildung der Verhandlungen, Gespräche und Kämpfe zwischen Akteur*innen...
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#1 I used to teach English language and literature, but I don't anymore. I teach school, and I win awards doing it. The seven lessons that make up a national curriculum are taught from Harlem to Hollywood Hills.
#2 The first lesson I teach is confusion. I teach my students that everything I teach is out of context. I teach them disconnections, and I teach them too much....
4) Cities
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2007
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A “vastly entertaining” history of urban centers—from the ancient world to today (Time).
From the earliest example in the Ancient Near East to today’s teeming centers of compressed existence, such as Mumbai and Tokyo, cities are home to half the planet’s population and consume nearly three-quarters of its natural resources. They can be seen as natural cultural artifacts—evidence...
From the earliest example in the Ancient Near East to today’s teeming centers of compressed existence, such as Mumbai and Tokyo, cities are home to half the planet’s population and consume nearly three-quarters of its natural resources. They can be seen as natural cultural artifacts—evidence...
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The search for better housing, transit, economic opportunity, and security within neighborhoods forces today's city-dwellers -- in both the developed world and in megacities in Asia, Africa, and Latin America -- to confront what it means to live in our urban world. In this book, cities specialist John Lorinc considers the enormous implications of the mass migration away from rural regions, and predicts that solutions will emerge from neighborhoods...
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This title explores the modern phenomenon of people being "canceled," or punished in public discourse for something they've said or done. To some, cancel culture helps everyday people speak truth to power, but to others it is simply a way to bully online without creating real change. Features include a glossary, online resources, source notes, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an...
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An erudite and highly enjoyable exploration of the most intriguing of personal spaces, from Greek and Roman antiquity through today
The winner of France's prestigious Prix Femina Essai (2009), this imaginative and captivating book explores the many dimensions of the room in which we spend so much of our lives-the bedroom. Eminent cultural historian Michelle Perrot traces the evolution of the bedroom from the time of the ancient Greeks and Romans...
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Sheds new light on both pro and antislavery politics in the nineteenth-century Americas.
The creation of new frontiers of slave commodity production and the expansion and intensification of slavery in Brazil, Cuba, and the southern United States were an integral part of the expansion of the world economy during the nineteenth century. Beginning from this vantage point, The Politics of the Second Slavery brings together a group of international scholars...
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Chronicles of the filth, foulness, and public health disasters found by "inspectors of nuisances" in a newly industrialized world.
In the nineteenth century, as towns grew, Britain became increasingly grimy. The causes of dirt and pollution were defined legally as "nuisances" and, in 1835, the new local authorities very rapidly appointed an army of "inspectors of nuisances."
This book reveals the Victorian era from a very different point of view:...
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The story of mankind's struggle against polio is compelling, exciting and full of twists and pardoxes. One of the grand challenges of modern medicine, it was a battleground between good and bad science. Gareth Williams takes an original view of the journey to understanding and defeating polio.
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2009
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A gripping, kaleidoscopic account of a horrific industrial disaster that shook the world, from wold-renowned humanitarian and internationally bestselling author Dominique Lapierre.
It was December 3, 1984. In the ancient city of Bhopal, a cloud of toxic gas escaped from an American pesticide plant, killing and injuring thousands of people. When the noxious clouds cleared, the worst industrial disaster in history had taken place. Now, Dominique...
It was December 3, 1984. In the ancient city of Bhopal, a cloud of toxic gas escaped from an American pesticide plant, killing and injuring thousands of people. When the noxious clouds cleared, the worst industrial disaster in history had taken place. Now, Dominique...
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In today's vast world of information overload, students need help finding the best and most reliable sources available. This student-friendly book teaches young readers about secondary sources and where to find them. They will learn how to interpret and apply the information they find. Students will meet the C3 Social Studies Framework standards as they build their skills in finding and using evidence to support learning and writing. With sidebar...
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History is traditionally concerned with written sources of information. But what about the accounts, stories, and beliefs that have never been recorded? The tales of everyday people, servants, minorities, women, and others who lack money or prestige can be told through oral histories. Learn about the efforts made by oral historians in this vivid, timely, fully illustrated volume. By the end, readers will have enough of a grasp of the subject that...
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Extrait : "Nous savons d'une manière très précise que Saint-Simon voulant restaurer, réorganiser la société au point de vue de la politique, commença par bannir de sa pensée toutes les considérations philosophiques et religieuses, cherchant son point de départ dans l'ensemble des sciences. Il eut même la pensée de les réviser, de les modifier, au besoin, pour ne se servir dans l'œuvre grandiose qu'il se proposait d'accomplir que de matériaux...
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"A Shepherd's Life" is a 1910 novel by Argentinian naturalist and author William Henry Hudson. It is the story of a shepherd called Caleb Bawcombe whose sheep roam the Wiltshire, Dorset, and Hampshire borders. Through his wanderings, Caleb meets many different people ranging from poachers and gypsies, to farmers and laborers – all of whom are trying to live on the land. A masterful blend of fiction, memoir, reminiscence and oral history, "A Shepherd's...
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"When we were children we made our own fun" is a frequent comment from those who were children in pre-television times. However, what games, activities and amusements did children enjoy prior to the mid-1950s? Recollections of older Canadians, selections from writings by Canadian authors and letters written to the children's pages of agricultural publications indicate that for most children play was then, as now, an essential part of childhood. Through...
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Extrait: "C'est la nature des lieux et du climat qui détermine l'histoire des nations. Élevons-nous par la pensée à une hauteur d'o nous puissions embrasser d'un coup d'œil la France entière, et nous verrons que la place qu'elle occupe au centre de l'Europe, entre l'Espagne et la Hollande, l'Angleterre et l'Allemagne, l'appelait à être le théâtre des plus grands événements."
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Extrait: "On a dit avec raison que la Statistique est l'arsenal des sciences économiques. Elles lui empruntent, en effet, tous leurs arguments: il n'est pas un fait social ou politique de quelque importance qui puisse être démontré sans le secours des documents qu'elle fournit. Toutefois la relation intime de l'Économie et de la Statistique est fondée sur le besoin qu'elles ont mutuellement l'une de l'autre."
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