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The Social History of Agriculture
From the Origins to the Current Crisis
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2016
This innovative text provides a compelling narrative world history through the lens of food and farmers. Tracing the history of agriculture from earliest times to the present, Christopher Isett and Stephen Millerargue that people, rather than markets, have been the primary agents of agricultural change,...
The Heartbeat at Your Feet
A Practical, Compassionate New Way to Train Your Dog
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2012
The Heartbeat at Your Feet is the first book to reveal how you can fully understand and communicate with dogs, and how you can easily eliminate any behavior problems, based on new information about animal behavior*.* Each chapter explores the mind of the dog, its instincts, body language, how and...
The Trivia Lover's Guide to Even More of the World
Geography for the Global Generation
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2015
Gary Fuller’s entertaining and informative guide uses geographic trivia questions as a springboard to learning about non-trivial aspects of our globe. An enlightening book for all readers, it enhances geographic know-how with good, old-fashioned fun. Discover who named the kangaroo; where can you...
Pedagogy of Freedom
Ethics, Democracy, and Civic Courage
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2000
This book displays the striking creativity and profound insight that characterized Freire's work to the very end of his life-an uplifting and provocative exploration not only for educators, but also for all that learn and live.
Reading Basics for All Teachers
Supporting the Common Core
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2015
Reading Basics for All Teachers: Supporting the Common Core guides teachers as they provide literacy instruction in every subject area. The components of the reading process are analyzed and provide the reader with an understanding of foundational reading skills as well as the shifts in literacy instruction....
The Completion Agenda in Community Colleges
What It Is, Why It Matters, and Where It's Going
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2017
This book is intended to improve understanding about the complex issues surrounding the national college completion agenda. By highlighting the origins of this agenda and the dilemmas and opportunities it creates for community colleges, The Completion Agenda in Community Colleges: What It Is, Why...
The Politics of Jesús
A Hispanic Political Theology
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2015
The Politics of Jesús is a powerful new biography of Jesus told from the margins. Renowned ethicist Miguel De La Torre argues that we all create Jesus in our own image, reflecting and reinforcing the values of communities—sometimes for better, and often for worse. In light of the increasing economic...
Temporary Shepherds
A Congregational Handbook for Interim Ministry
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 1998
Effective interim ministry depends on strong partnership between the interim minster and congregation. Lay leaders of congregations preparing for such a transition will value the expert guidance provided by over a dozen experienced interim pastors. What is interim ministry all about? What needs to...
by Patrick Derr, Edward McNamara
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2003
Case Studies in Environmental Ethics is a collection of more than 40 case studies covering diverse topics such as: genetic engineering, aesthetics, pollution, animal rights, population, and resource management. It is intended as a supplemental book for college courses primarily in Environmental Ethics....
Sexual Minorities and Politics
An Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2015
The political representation and involvement of sexual minorities in the United States has been highly contested and fiercely debated. As recent legislative and judicial victories create inroads towards equality for this growing population, members and advocates of these minorities navigate evolving...
by Hank Prunckun
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2012
Designed for university students in the burgeoning field of intelligence studies and professional training classes, Counterintelligence Theory and Practice provides all the elements required for a successful counterintelligence operation. Exploring issues relating to national security, military, law...
Borderlines and Borderlands
Political Oddities at the Edge of the Nation-State
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2010
From our earliest schooldays, we are shown the world as a colorful collage of countries, each defined by their own immutable borders. What we often don't realize is that every political boundary was created by people. No political border is more natural or real than another, yet some international...
A Positive View of LGBTQ
Embracing Identity and Cultivating Well-Being
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2011
A Positive View of LGBTQ starts a new conversation about the strengths and benefits of LGBTQ identities. The authors discuss eight life-enriching themes including living authentically; increasing self-awareness and compassion; creating flexible gender rules and supportive relationships; being positive...
Forsaken Females
The Global Brutalization of Women
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2006
Women around the world routinely suffer from beatings, rape, torture and murder. These are not the practices of a few demented individuals, but are often institutionalized, culturally-sanctioned behaviors. Millions of women live in a constant state of isolation, terror and fear; for most, escape is...