詹姆斯．萊恩 James E Ryan: 19 books
Five Miles Away, A World Apart
One City, Two Schools, and the Story of Educational Opportunity in Modern America
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2010
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...
Wait, What?
And Life's Other Essential Questions
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2017
New York Times Bestseller
“What, What? is a welcome—and joyful—reminder that true wisdom comes from asking the right questions. Should you read this book? Absolutely.”
** ****—**Clayton Christensen, bestselling author of How Will You Measure Your Life?
Based on the...
人生思考題
哈佛教育學院院長提出的5+1個人生重要問題
Language: Chinese
Release Date: May 25, 2017
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哈佛大學給畢業生最棒的禮物‧感動全球900萬人精彩演說
你看過後，也會重新思考自己的日常溝通
5個平凡問題 串出非凡人生
如果你希望自己被愛、被珍惜、被尊重
就應該試著問，也試著答
網路上瘋傳的畢業典禮演講
哈佛大學教育學院院長剖析人生最重要的5+1個問題
如果……
不管在會議室或在教室，我們花了太多時間和精力在尋找正確答案。事實上，問題和答案一樣重要，甚至可能更重要。好問題能讓我們超越有限的認知，勇敢面對困難、未知、令人尷尬，甚至不愉快的處境，讓我們對人際關係和世界有更深入的了解。
哈佛大學教育學院院長詹姆斯．萊恩在本書指出問與答的奧妙，帶我們領略美國首席大法官的思辨過程，提醒我們經常詢問人生最重要的五個基本問題，包括：
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Shakespeare's Symmetries
The Mirrored Structure of Action in the Plays
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2016
The organization of Shakespeare’s plays has challenged, even baffled audiences and critics since the 17th century. Cymbeline has been dismissed as “incoherent.” Hamlet “is of no clear shape.” And Antony and Cleopatra “bewilders the mind.” These judgments result from an incomplete understanding...
Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Trump
Images from Literature and Visual Arts
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2019
*Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Trump:*Images from Literature and Visual Arts treats literature, film, television series, and comic books dealing with utopian and dystopian worlds reflecting on or anticipating our current age. From Henry James’s dreamlike utopia of “The Great Good Place”...
Creating Citizens
Liberal Arts, Civic Engagement, and the Land-Grant Tradition
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2016
In Creating Citizens, professors and administrators at Auburn University’s College of Liberal Arts recount valuable, first-hand experiences teaching Community and Civic Engagement (CCE). They demonstrate that, contrary to many expectations, CCE instruction both complements the mission of liberal...
60 WESTERNS: Cowboy Adventures, Yukon & Oregon Trail Tales, Famous Outlaws, Gold Rush Adventures & much more
Riders of the Purple Sage, The Night Horseman, The Last of the Mohicans, Rimrock Trail, The Hidden Children, The Law of the Land, Heart of the West, A Texas Cow-Boy, The Prairie…
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2017
This carefully edited ebook is a hand-picked collection of world's most admired Westerns in one volume: Riders of the Purple Sage (Zane Grey) The Rainbow Trail The Spirit of the Border The Untamed (Max Brand) The Night Horseman The Seventh Man The Virginian (Owen Wister) The Last of the Mohicans (James...
THE MEN WHO SHOT LIBERTY: 60 Rip-Roaring Westerns in One Edition
Cowboy Adventures, Yukon & Oregon Trail Tales, Famous Outlaws, Gold Rush Adventures: Riders of the Purple Sage, The Night Horseman, The Last of the Mohicans, Rimrock Trail, The Hidden Children…
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2017
This carefully edited collection has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Contents: Riders of the Purple Sage (Zane Grey) The Rainbow Trail The Spirit of the Border The Untamed (Max Brand) The Night Horseman The Seventh Man The Virginian...
THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY - 175+ Western Novels & Short Stories in One Edition
Famous Outlaw Tales, Cowboy Adventures, Battles & Gold Rush Stories: Riders of the Purple Sage, The Night Horseman, The Last of the Mohicans, Rimrock Trail, Black Jack…
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2017
This carefully edited collection has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Contents: Introduction The Last American Frontier – History of the 'Far West', of the Pioneers & Trailblazers Story of the Cowboy Story of the Outlaw...
Debugging Game History
A Critical Lexicon
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2016
Essays discuss the terminology, etymology, and history of key terms, offering a foundation for critical historical studies of games.
Even as the field of game studies has flourished, critical historical studies of games have lagged behind other areas of research. Histories have generally been...
by Howard Schweber, David A Schultz, Henry L. Chambers Jr.
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2018
Many hoped or feared that Antonin Scalia’s appointment to the Supreme Court in 1986 would guarantee a conservative counter-revolution that would reverse the liberal jurisprudence of the Supreme Court under Chief Justice Earl Warren and which was continued to some extent under the Burger Court though...
Queering Elementary Education
Advancing the Dialogue about Sexualities and Schooling
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 1999
Queering Elementary Education is not about teaching kids to be gay, lesbian, bisexual, or straight. ItOs not part of a sinister stratagem in the Ogay agenda.O Instead, these provocative and thoughtful essays advocate the creation of classrooms that challenge categorical thinking, promote interpersonal...
Achieving sustainable cultivation of grain legumes Volume 1
Advances in breeding and cultivation techniques
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2018
Reviews key developments in understanding crop physiology and genetic diversity and how they have informed advances in breeding new varieties
Coverage of advances across the value chain for grain legume cultivation, from variety selection to post-harvest storage
Discusses the latest trends in disease, insect pest and weed management
Sports Fans, Identity, and Socialization
Exploring the Fandemonium
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2011
Identity and socialization among sports fans are burgeoning areas of study among a growing cadre of scholars in the social sciences and beyond. Sports Fans, Identity, and Socialization, edited by Adam C. Earnheardt, Paul Haridakis, and Barbara Hugenberg, is an eclectic collection of new studies from...
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