Aesthetics, Politics, Law

Sensing Justice Through Contemporary Spanish Cinema

&ldquo;If you&rsquo;re looking for a steamy new . . . series, Wanted is just the book.&rdquo;&mdash;Harlequin Junkie &#160; &ldquo;This is one of the best books in this genre I have read this year.&rdquo;&mdash;KT Book Reviews &#160; &ldquo;Wanted by J. Kenner is the whole package! A toe-curling smokin&rsquo; hot read, full of incredible characters and a brilliant storyline that you won&rsquo;t be able to get enough of. I can&rsquo;t wait for the next book in this series. . . . I&rsquo;m hooked!&rdquo;&mdash;Flirty & Dirty Book Blog &#160; &ldquo;J. Kenner has written an edgy storyline that will fascinate and keep you wondering.&rdquo;&mdash;The Reading Cafe &#160; &ldquo;Suffice it to say, I was hooked in the first few chapters. It was hot, it was sexy, and it really shows that J. Kenner knows how to write in this genre. I can&rsquo;t wait to get my hands on Heated, the next book in the series, and see whose hands get on whom. Enjoy!&rdquo;&mdash;Eager Reader &#160; &ldquo;I loved this story! It had substance, lovable characters, and unexpected discoveries. And the love between Evan and Angelina was passionate, explosive, and utterly wonderful.&rdquo;&mdash;Part of That World &#160; &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t know if I have enough adjectives to describe the hotness of this book. . . . Julie Kenner writes a heck of a story and I am definitely a fan!&rdquo;&mdash;About That Story &#160; &ldquo;J. Kenner writes a compelling . . . story about two people with many secrets. . . . Whenever Evan and Angie are together, the air sizzles with tension.&rdquo;&mdash;Cocktails and Books &#160; &ldquo;Wanted is another J. Kenner masterpiece. . . . This was an intriguing look at self-discovery and forbidden love all wrapped into a neat little action suspense package. There was plenty of sexual tension and eventually action. Evan was hot, hot, hot! Together, they were combustible. But can we expect anything less from J. Kenner?&rdquo;&mdash;Reading Haven

A Most Wanted Novel

Wanted

Starred Review, Kirkus Reviews, August 15, 2010:"The emotional journey is leavened with humor and a little romance, but it moves toward the conclusion with an inevitability that grabs and doesn't let go. Every character contributes and brings a point of view that adds to a fuller picture of the personal consequences of war without being simplistically pro or anti. Powerful."Starred Review, Publishers Weekly, August 30, 2010:"With exceptional sensitivity, Reinhardt (How to Build a House) chronicles a soldier&rsquo;s troubling homecoming, in this timely novel told from his younger brother&rsquo;s point of view . . . Reinhardt personalizes a soldier&rsquo;s traumas in terms civilians can understand. Levi&rsquo;s growing comprehension of Boaz&rsquo;s internal turmoil is gracefully and powerfully evoked."Starred Review, Booklist, October 1, 2010:"Reinhardt&rsquo;s poignant story of a soldier coping with survivor&rsquo;s guilt and trauma, and his Israeli American family&rsquo;s struggle to understand and help, is timely and honest."

The Things a Brother Knows

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Nonfiction Sight Word Readers: Guided Reading Level C (Parent Pack)

&ldquo;It&rsquo;s hard not to compare Benchley&rsquo;s tale . . . with Hemingway&rsquo;s classic The Old Man and the Sea.&rdquo;&mdash;The Christian Science Monitor &#160; &ldquo;Charming.&rdquo;&mdash;The New York Times Book Review &#160; &ldquo;For a hot summer&rsquo;s day, The Girl of the Sea of Cortez is the next best thing to looking through a clear face mask into blue water swimming with fish.&rdquo;&mdash;United Press International

A Novel

The Girl of the Sea of Cortez

&ldquo;An important book that should be required reading for educators, parents and school boards.&rdquo;&mdash;Kirkus Reviews&ldquo;This well-researched, concise book by public school principal Burris&hellip; makes a strong argument against &lsquo;tracking&rsquo;&hellip; Burris's accessible book will be valuable to teachers and administrators seeking a more just way to fulfill the mandate of public education, as well as to parents who fear classroom heterogeneity.&rdquo;&mdash;Publishers Weekly&ldquo;Burris offers a compelling story of efforts to change the practice of tracking and a passionate argument for educational equity&mdash;and excellence&mdash;for all students as education reform moves forward.&rdquo;&mdash;Booklist&ldquo;School officials will still have much to discover from Burris&rsquo;s clear and compelling case for democratic educational reform.&rdquo;&mdash;Library Journal&ldquo;A must read for school leadership and policy makers.&rdquo;&mdash;Choice&ldquo;Readers of this book will hear the impassioned voice of Carol Burris, a voice that is now at the forefront of the national movement to root educational policy and practice in a firm commitment to provide all children with equitable opportunities to learn. An award-winning principal and scholar, Burris weaves her rich personal experiences in detracking together with a deep knowledge of the research and illustrative case studies in other schools and districts. Further, she draws connections between the lessons of tracking and those of other popular reforms such as vouchers, charters, and test-based accountability systems. Readers from all backgrounds will find insights and motivation to move, as Burris has done, to make our schools dramatically more educative and inclusive.&rdquo;&mdash;Kevin Welner, Professor of Education Policy, University of Colorado Boulder&ldquo;Carol Burris provides a thoughtful examination of the practice of ability grouping in K-12 education. She demonstrates convincingly that tracking replicates in schools the stratification that exists in society, and diminishes educational opportunities for children. In doing so, the practice undermines the vision of school as the &lsquo;great equalizer.&rsquo; Burris also places the practice of tracking in the larger context of current education policy. On the Same Track makes us reconsider the true mission of public education: what we want for our schools, our children and ultimately our society.&rdquo;&mdash;Wendy Lecker, Senior Attorney, Education Law Center&ldquo;On the Same Track will inspire and guide those who want to dismantle the tracking systems in public schools and it can change the minds of those who haven&rsquo;t realized the discriminatory effects of this pervasive practice. Carol Burris has successfully blended careful analysis with practical and inspiring stories to offer a compelling reason why separate remains unequal in education today.&rdquo;&mdash;Elaine Gross, President, ERASE Racism

How Schools Can Join the Twenty-First-Century Struggle against Resegregation

On the Same Track

Bad Mothers United

Luna lives in a swamp. It didn&#8217;t used to be a swamp. Back in Granny Tu&#8217;s time, it was a lovely flowing river, filled with sprites and fairies and magic where all of the people of the village were happy. Now the fairies are gone and the magic has turned dark and there is a sickness in the water. Or so they say. Luna doesn&#8217;t believe a word of it. She only believes what she can see and touch and hear. When Luna&#8217;s beloved younger sister, Willow, falls into the swamp and catches the river sickness, Luna&#8217;s family is torn asunder. Willow has three weeks until she wastes away and dies, just like their father did years earlier. Luna&#8217;s brave journey to save her sister takes her to places her mother told her never to go and to the very heart of the dark magic. Told in alternating chapters of the past fairy time and Luna&#8217;s present, this meandering tale highlights the power of sisterly love in a truly enchanting way. VERDICT The book is an easy read and will appeal to lower level/higher interest readers but its charming narrative will be sure to captivate everyone.

A Nearer Moon

Advance praise: 'A bold and timely book. The authors make a robust case for evaluating exclusionary conduct using an effects-based approach and they provide the basic economic tools needed to make that approach work.' Carl Shapiro, University of California, Berkeley

The Economics of Monopolisation and Abuse of Dominance

Exclusionary Practices

some biographical essays. In two Vols.-Vol. I

Out of the past

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The Routledge Handbook of Gender in Central-Eastern Europe and Eurasia

&ldquo;Jack&rsquo;s Book is first rate&hellip;it offers the flavor and depth of good fiction while keeping well within the realm of literal truth.&rdquo; &ldquo;I suggest you read Jack&rsquo;s Book&hellip;Mr. Gifford and Mr. Lee seem to have interviewed everyone connected with Kerouac.&rdquo;  &mdash; Vincent Canby&ldquo;The greatest value of Jack&rsquo;s Book&hellip;lies in the richness and depth&hellip;it is dynamic, mixing exceptionally well-written biography with oral journalism&hellip;it adds richness and depth to the previous portraits.&rdquo; &ldquo;A fascinating literary and historical document, the most insightful look at the beat generation.&rdquo;  &mdash; Dan Wakefield&ldquo;There have been biographies of Kerouac, but this is an entirely different and much more satisfying work&hellip;not a static portrait, but a slow-moving picture of a man unfolding from childhood to heartbreak end; a drama whose focus or clarity or completeness changes depending on who&rsquo;s holding the camera.&#160; An engrossing tale.&rdquo; &ldquo;A very immediate, crisp addition to the Kerouac papers&mdash;lively in its interspliced rhythms and&hellip;compelling.&rdquo;&ldquo;If you&rsquo;re interested in listening to what the talk of the Fifties sounded like, and if you believe that literature may just have something to do with life, then read this book.&rdquo; &ldquo;My God, it&rsquo;s just like Rashomon.&#160; Everybody lies and the truth comes out.&rdquo;  &mdash; Allen Ginsberg&ldquo;To read Jack&rsquo;s Book is to be present at a gathering of Kerouac&rsquo;s friends, colleagues, lovers, even his&hellip;enemies&mdash;of all the lives of Kerouac I have read, this one has the most life.&rdquo;  &mdash; James Campbell&ldquo;I consider Jack&rsquo;s Book an essential text&mdash;it gives a far more authentic and balanced picture of Jack than any existing biography.&rdquo;  &mdash; Joyce Johnson

An Oral Biography of Jack Kerouac

Jack's Book

Prepared At The Request Of California Baptist Historicalsociety, 1888: And Read Before The Society At Sacramento, April 13, 1889

The Story Of Early Baptist History In California

&#160;&ldquo;Perry&rsquo;s infallible feeling for the historical moment yields animated political views of Victorian society at play and tantalizing glimpses of a confident, assertive creature known as the &lsquo;new woman.&rsquo;&rdquo;&mdash;The New York Times Book Review&#160;&ldquo;A tale of mystery, corruption, detection, and justice as complex as the colorful characters who populate its pages.&rdquo;&mdash;Mystery News&#160;&ldquo;In the tradition of Margaret Millar and Ruth Rendell, Perry saves her largest, tastiest revelation for the very last paragraphs.&rdquo;&mdash;Los Angeles Times&#160;&ldquo;Riveting . . . devious . . . fascinating . . . soars with pathos and humor and, of course, a crackerjack mystery.&rdquo;&mdash;Mobile Register

A Charlotte and Thomas Pitt Novel

Traitors Gate

&#8220;Y Combinator is a national treasure, a Silicon Valley seed fund that is mass-producing new startups. Randall Stross&#8217;s behind-the-scenes look at YC offers a rare glimpse into what it really takes to conceive an idea and get it to market as quickly as possible. The Launch Pad is a must-read for anyone interested in the realities of modern entrepreneurship.&#8221;&#8212;Eric Ries, author of the New York Times bestseller The Lean Startup&#8220;The Launch Pad is an intimate look at the white-hot center of the new Silicon Valley star tup ecosystem. Stross&#8217;s account of the best new entrepreneurs and the exciting companies they&#8217;re building at startup schools is a great read for founders and would-be founders alike.&#8221;&#8212;Marc Andreessen, cofounder, Andreessen Horowitz

Inside Y Combinator

The Launch Pad

&ldquo;The son of Sacagawea . . . Jean-Baptiste is made whole for us; he falls in love, he feels apart from all cultures&mdash;the native or the American or the European.&rdquo; &mdash;Los Angeles Times&ldquo;Carhart is a skilled and graceful writer. . . . Across the Endless River should appeal to lovers of history and historical novels alike.&rdquo; &mdash;The Huntington News (West Virginia)&ldquo;Richly detailed.&rdquo; &mdash;USA Today&ldquo;Across the Endless River is filled with vivid descriptions of city streets, palaces and country estates, while the plot moves at a reflective, inner level.&rdquo; &mdash;Historical Novels&#160;&ldquo;Gracefully done. . . . Sensitively compares and contrasts the Old World with the New.&rdquo; &mdash;Kirkus Reviews&#160;&ldquo;Riveting.&rdquo; &mdash;Reuters&#160;&#160;&#160;&ldquo;Marvelously captured. . . . Stirring.&rdquo; &mdash;Publisher's Weekly&#160;&#160;&ldquo;The list of novels chronicling the Lewis and Clark expedition is long, but . . . Carhart provides a fresh perspective. Fans of historical fiction with a romantic storyline, such as the novels of Anya Seton, should enjoy this.&rdquo; &mdash;Library Journal

Across the Endless River

A convincing philosophical exposition and a well-structured compendium... without a doubt, a milestone of modern Philosophy of Mind.&#8212;Reiner Hedrich, Philosophy of Science&mdash;Metzinger's interdisciplinary approach opens a new path toward a scientific theory of consciousness and self-consciousness.&#8212;Franz Mechsner and Albert Newen , Science&mdash;This book is a 'must' for anyone who is interested in empirical studies related to first-person issues or subjectivity.&#8212;Kai Vogeley, TRENDS in Cognitive Sciences&mdash;

The Self-Model Theory of Subjectivity

Being No One

The book is well organized and emphasizes both theoretical and practical aspects of wind machines. Mathematical equations are provided for important turbine design parameters. I strongly recommend this book to a broad audience including students, design engineers, research scientists, project managers, environmental scientists, and renewal energy source planners. ... Dr. A. R. Jha, presents a comprehensive guide to wind turbine technology and the technical considerations for designing wind turbines for various applications.—Shobha Singh, PhD, Distinguished Member of Technical Staff, AT&T Bell Laboratories(Retired),and Fellow and Laboratory Director of the Polaroid Corporation (Retired)

Wind Turbine Technology

The Consolations of Purgatory

Social Sinners World Tour

BusinessWeek's best innovation book of the yearA Fast Company best business book of the yearThe (London) Times business creativity book of the year"A must read for younger generation managers."-BusinessWeek"Roam shows that even the most analytical right-brainers can work better by thinking visually."-Newsweek"[Roam] shows you how to create simple drawings...that are simple but  effective tools in breaking down complex notions and letting you share  an idea across cultures and levels of expertise with aplomb."-Fast Company"As painful as it is for any writer to admit, a picture is  worth a thousand words. That's why I learned so much from this book.  With style and wit, Dan Roam has provided a smart, practical primer on  the power of visual thinking."-Daniel H. Pink, author of A Whole New Mind"Inspiring! It teaches you a new way of thinking in a few hours-what more could you ask from a book?"-Dan Heath, author of Made to Stick"This book is a must read for managers and business leaders. Visual  thinking frees your mind to solve problems in unique and effective  ways."-Temple Grandin, author of Thinking in Pictures"If you observe the way people read or listen to things in the early  21st century, you realize that there aren't many of us left with a  linear attention span. Visual information is much more interesting than  verbal information. So if you want to make a point, do it with images,  pictures or graphics...Dan Roam is the first visual consultant for the  customer. And the message sticks."-Roger Black, Media design leader, author of Websites That Work"Simplicity. This is Dan Roam's message in The Back of the Napkin.  We all dread business meetings with their mountains of documents and  the endless bulleted power points. Roam cuts through all that to  demonstrate how the use of simple drawings-executed while the audience  watches-communicate infinitely better than those complex presentations.  Is a picture truly worth a thousand words? Having told us how to  communicate with pictures, Roam rounds out his message by explaining  that 'We don't show insight-inspiring pictures because it saves a  thousand words; we show it because it elicits the thousand words that  make the greatest difference.' And that is communication that works."-Bill Yenne, author of Guinness: The 250 Year Quest for the Perfect Pint

Solving Problems and Selling Ideas with Pictures

The Back of the Napkin (Expanded Edition)

Histoire D'une Famille Provençale Depuis Le Milieu Du Xive Siècle Jusqu'en Mdccclxxxiii: Recherches Et Documents Sur La Famille Arnaud, De Forcalquier

&#8220;Richard is good-looking and very smart, which is sexy to start with. He also makes a billion dollars before breakfast&#8212;and still knows how to have fun."-- Ivana Trump&#8220;Few people in contemporary business are as colorful, shrewd, and irreverent, and probably no one&#8217;s nearly as much fun to be around. . . . Branson embodies America&#8217;s cherished mythology of the iconoclastic, swashbuckling entrepreneur."-- GQ&#8220;Branson wears his fame and money exceedingly well: no necktie, no chauffeur, no snooty clubs. . . . What continues to set Branson apart is the unique -- and, to some, baffling -- nature of his ambition. . . . He isn&#8217;t interested in power in the usual sense of influencing other people. . . . Boiled down to its singular essence, Richard Branson just wants to have fun.&#8221;-- Newsweek&#8220;Branson, a self-described &#8216;adventure capitalist,&#8217; is a business-creation engine who was clearly born in the wrong place. . . . Those business instincts are matched by an ability to motivate people who work for him. And who wouldn&#8217;t want to -- Branson seems hell-bent on making sure that everybody, but everybody, is having as much fun as he is.&#8221;-- Time&#8220;Richard Branson . . . is dressed to the nines: in a $10,000 white silk bridal gown with a traditional veil and train and acres of lace. . . . Branson is expected to do the unexpected, even the bizarre -- anything to publicize his latest venture. . . . The fact is, Branson&#8217;s widely reported stunts seem almost staid compared to the unconventional way he manages his burgeoning empire.&#8221;-- Forbes ASAP

How I Survived, Had Fun, and Made a Fortune Doing Business My Way

Losing My Virginity

"LEGO is about exploring creativity and Awesome Ideas gives you hundreds of jumping off points to your own creations." &mdash; GeekDad"This book is perfect for any child that loves taking a big box of LEGOs, putting aside the directions and building something from the depths of their own imagination." &mdash; The Mom Buzz"DK makes just about the coolest visual guides going." &mdash; BookRiot

LEGO Awesome Ideas

The History Of Napoleon Bonaparte: With Maps And Illustrations: In 2 Vollumes; Volume 1

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The Economics of Baseball during the Roaring Twenties

Age of Ruth and Landis

&ldquo;TAUT. GRIPPING. FAST-PACED. TERRIFYING. A PAGE-TURNER. Those words and more describe Dead of Night.&rdquo;&mdash;Omaha World-Herald&ldquo;DEAD OF NIGHT IS EVERYTHING YOU LOOK FOR IN A THRILLER AND MORE.&rdquo;&mdash;*The Miami Herald

Sensing Justice Through Contemporary Spanish Cinema

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