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Controls and Choices
The Educational Marketplace and the Failure of School Desegregation
Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2015
Many activists and writers have ascribed continuing racial segregation in American schools to a failure of will. In this view, forced transfers of students and other aggressive judicially mandated policies would lead to greater equality in education if only legislators and judges had the will to continue...
Manumission
The Liberated Consciousness of a Prison(Er) Abolitionist
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2012
Ralph gives two suggestions for the four pages required for the Xlibris website. The first one is from Lesson 2, Section C in Manumission. The second one is from the synopsis for the book, which I believe is the Introduction. For the time being Ralph is choosing the Synopsis (Introduction) for the...
The Story of My Mother Dear
A Tribute to Mothers
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2013
During the writing of this book I was currently finishing up on an M.B.A. Degree at the University of Phoenix on campus while still trying to maintain a feasible G.P.A. for my scheduled Doctorate Degree in Organizational Leadership with an emphasis on Christian Ministry for the later part of 2014 at...
by Hon. Philip E. Coyle III, Richard Dean Burns
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2015
The Challenges of Nuclear Non-Proliferation is an exhaustive survey of the many aspects of non-proliferation efforts. It explains why some nations pursued nuclear programs while others abandoned them, as well as the challenges, strengths, and weaknesses of non-proliferation efforts. It addresses key...
The 2016 American Presidential Campaign and the News
Implications for American Democracy and the Republic
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2018
This book examines perhaps the most contentious election in modern US history—the 2016 United States presidential election. It is unique in its discussion of a wide range of issues affecting the news media coverage of the election, coming from an equally diverse range of intellectual perspectives...
Electing the Senate
Indirect Democracy before the Seventeenth Amendment
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2014
From 1789 to 1913, U.S. senators were not directly elected by the people—instead the Constitution mandated that they be chosen by state legislators. This radically changed in 1913, when the Seventeenth Amendment to the Constitution was ratified, giving the public a direct vote. Electing the Senate...
by John Creed, Sheng Ding, Joseph Fewsmith
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2014
State–society relations and governance are closely related areas of study and have become important topics in the social sciences in the past decades, not only in developed countries but also in the developing world. In China, state-society relations have been changing in the new era of reform and...
Arctic Sustainability Research
Past, Present and Future
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2017
The Arctic is one of the world’s regions most affected by cultural, socio-economic, environmental, and climatic changes. Over the last two decades, scholars, policymakers, extractive industries, governments, intergovernmental forums, and non-governmental organizations have turned their attention...
The Unsinkable Col. Chambers
Misadventures on Low Seas
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2015
Ra-Ras Heres what others say: He makes me smileS.R. Art Collector The Col. is a colorful character who will have you scratching your head and then saying Eureka! I get it ! S.D.Teachers aid The Col. is a remarkable reflection of his creatorM.W. Registered Nurse Ret. I can't decide which illustration...
by Robert Mann, Shaun Gabbidon, Jackelyn Hwang
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2019
How Public Policy Impacts Racial Inequality, edited by Josh Grimm and Jaime Loke, brings together scholars of political science, sociology, and mass communication to provide an in-depth analysis of race in the United States through the lens of public policy. This vital collection outlines how issues...
Should We Change Our Game Plan?
From Traditional or Contemporary to Missional and Strategic
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2013
Many of the most effective churches consist of some sort of combination of “traditional” and “contemporary.” However, they are not simply “blended.” In fact, much of what they do is beyond mere categorization of “traditional” and “contemporary.” Instead, they are “missional”...
by James S. Gaynor, DVM, MS
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2014
Trust the Handbook of Veterinary Pain Management, 3rd Edition to help you meet the increasing need for effective pain management in the animals you treat. This user-friendly guide contains the most up-to-date and clinically relevant information on analgesic drugs and managing pain in dogs, cats, birds,...
by Joseph O. Falkinham III, Ivo Pavlik, Jindrich Kazda
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2010
habitats and the overlapping of these biotopes by humans and animals contributed to the spread of mycobacteria and perhaps to their convergence to pathogenicity. It was not our intention to present a compendium covering all published results, but rather to issue a “readable” book, which is illustrative...
by Edward M. Copeland III, MD
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2012
The Year Book of Surgery brings you abstracts of the articles that reported the year's breakthrough developments in surgery, carefully selected from more than 500 journals worldwide. Expert commentaries evaluate the clinical importance of each article and discuss its application to your practice....