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Financial Justice: The People's Campaign to Stop Lender Abuse
The People's Campaign to Stop Lender Abuse
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2013
This provocative and accessible narrative recounts the inside story of how a broad-based people's campaign was mobilized and subsequently succeeded in pushing Congress to create a consumer financial regulator with clout.
by Tiffani Lennon
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2014
In compiling and analyzing 2011–2012 data on women leaders across all major sectors in the United States, author Tiffani Lennon, JD, uncovered proof that women are outperforming men—yet salaries and positional leadership roles are disproportionate to the performance and accomplishments of women...
by Michael Pawuk, David S. Serchay
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2017
Covering genres from action/adventure and fantasy to horror, science fiction, and superheroes, this guide maps the vast and expanding terrain of graphic novels, describing and organizing titles as well as providing information that will help librarians to build and balance their graphic novel collections...
American Taboo: The Forbidden Words, Unspoken Rules, and Secret Morality of Popular Culture
The Forbidden Words, Unspoken Rules, and Secret Morality of Popular Culture
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2013
America's often-unspoken morality codes make many topics taboo in "the land of the free." This book analyzes hundreds of popular culture examples to expose how the media both avoids and alludes to how we derive pleasure from our bodies.
• Analyzes an enormous range of popular culture...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2016
This book provides an introduction to social psychology that covers its history, theories, and core concepts. It explains intrapersonal (how others influence our views about ourselves) and interpersonal (how we think about and act toward other people) applications of this discipline in today's society.
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The Challenges of Gifted Children: Empowering Parents to Maximize Their Child's Potential
Empowering Parents to Maximize Their Child's Potential
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2015
Having a gifted child is a joy, but it is also one of the greatest challenges of parenthood to help that child find the right fit for education. In this remarkably insightful text, noted psychologist Barbara Klein, PhD, EdD, explains the emotional and social issues of giftedness, identifies parental...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2015
Unlike any other book of its kind, this volume celebrates published works from a broad range of American ethnic groups not often featured in the typical canon of literature.
• Highlights the most important print and electronic resources on multicultural literature through a detailed bibliography
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A Nation with the Soul of a Church: How Christian Proclamation Has Shaped American History
How Christian Proclamation Has Shaped American History
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2013
What did 18th-century preacher Jonathan Edwards really mean to convey with is "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" sermon? What Southern minister did most to encourage secession of the Southern states from the Union? And why does Martin Luther King Jr. need to be remembered for more than...
by Kathleen A. Baxter, Marcia Agness Kochel
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2012
In Get Those Guys Reading!: Fiction and Series Books that Boys Will Love, authors Kathleen A. Baxter and Marcia A. Kochel provide compelling and current reading suggestions for younger boys—information that educators, librarians, and parents alike are desperate for. Comprising titles...
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Asian American Culture: From Anime to Tiger Moms [2 volumes]
From Anime to Tiger Moms
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2016
Providing comprehensive coverage of a variety of Asian American cultural forms, including folk tradition, literature, religion, education, politics, sports, and popular culture, this two-volume work is an ideal resource for students and general readers that reveals the historical, regional, and ethnic...
by Stephanie Lynn Budin
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
This informative and enjoyable book surveys many aspects of the personal and emotional lives and belief systems of the ancient Greeks, focusing on such issues as familial life, religious piety, and ethnic identity.
• Provides an unprecedented survey of ancient Greeks that describes the full...
American Indian History Day by Day: A Reference Guide to Events
A Reference Guide to Events
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2012
Encompassing more than 500 years, American Indian History Day by Day: A Reference Guide to Events is a marvelous research tool. Students will learn what occurred on a specific day, read a brief description of events, and find suggested books and websites they can turn to for more information. The...
Folktales from the Arabian Peninsula: Tales of Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, The United Arab Emirates, and Yemen
Tales of Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, The United Arab Emirates, and Yemen
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2015
This unique and diverse selection of traditional folktales from the countries of the Arabian Peninsula appeals to a broad audience, ranging from storytellers and educators to folklorists and scholars.
• Offers a collective of interesting folktales that introduces the cultures of seven countries...
by Elton L. Daniel
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2012
Iran is a vast country with a storied, ancient past, a great diversity of cultures and ethnicities, and a location in arguably the most unstable area of the world. Iran's history over the last two centuries—developing as a modern nation-state, freeing itself from foreign domination, and asserting...