The Princess and the Goblin

"It is a pleasure to welcome Ron Eyerman's brilliant contribution to our understanding of the dark dynamics of political assassination, cultural trauma, and collective memory. His work is at once psychologically sensitive and socially perceptive, theoretically sound and empirically informed, subtle and lucid in interpretation, case-based and responsive to comparative cultural context - an exemplary social-science enterprise." - Neil J. Smelser, University Professor of Sociology Emeritus, University of California, Berkeley  "Political assassinations can be deep cultural traumas, and as Ron Eyerman shows, analyzing them can yield important insights into national cultures. This book helpfully broadens thinking about political culture and also shows why certain political events matter beyond the limits of politics narrowly understood." - Craig Calhoun, President, Social Science Research Council; University Professor of the Social Sciences, New York University

From MLK and RFK to Fortuyn and van Gogh

The Cultural Sociology of Political Assassination

The Voice of Chinese Women

Migration, Prostitution and Human Trafficking

A Comparative Analysis

Military and Society in 21st Century Europe

Words in Pictures - My Day (English Croatian Bilingual Children's Book)

Coloriage facile gros contours

Cosy Girly

This is one of those very rare books on public education and social dispossession that bursts the bounds of its brilliant scholarship and explodes into a soaring call for action. Fine and Fabricant carefully dissect the ideological attack upon the public schools, the selling off of public services to the private sector, the marginalization of professional teachers, and the relegation of low-income students to the status of expendables. But the genius of this book lies in its recognition that disinvestment in the public schools and their replacement by selective boutique institutions are serving the purpose for which they were intended: mightily expanding the inequalities of wealth, darkening the futures of the dispossessed, and cannibalizing what remains of democratic spirit in a corporate society. The book ends with strong proposals -- “direct action” and “the reinvention of the work of unions,” among other bold suggestions that are seldom heard from academic authors in this era of retrenchment. The book has an electrifying tone. It creates a sense of urgency. I’m profoundly grateful to the authors.
--Jonathan Kozol

This is an extraordinary book. Not only does it address the futility of corporate style education reform but places schooling in the context of world economic and political ideology and practice. More, Fabricant and Fine refuse to stop at critique. The last chapter is a finely honed series of proposals for what genuine change world look like. A must read for parents, teachers and everyone concerned with the fate of our children and our world.
--Stanley Aronowitz, Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Urban Education, CUNY Graduate Center

In recent years, politicians and the mainstream media have come to equate educational reform with high stakes testing and market mechanisms such as incentives, choice, and competition. The Changing Politics of Education explains why these approaches have risen to prominence and how they undermine learning and constrict educational opportunity. Fabricant and Fine show us the connections between this problematic vision of reform and a broader political and economic agenda that fuels inequality and endangers democracy. This book will be an invaluable tool for scholars, educators, and activists seeking to promote educational and social justice.  
--John Rogers, UCLA

Privitization and the Dispossessed Lives Left Behind

Changing Politics of Education

Nationalisation, Peasantry and Rural Integration in China I

Die Dresdner Bank im Dritten Reich

'In this succinct guide, Ruscio draws on his successful 40-year career of film and stage experience and his professional acting training with Sandy Meisner at New York's Neighborhood Playhouse School. He provides a plethora of practical, thorough, realistic advice in 41 bite-size chapters organized into five parts. His goal is to provide experiences that will help actors find truth and depth in their characters at all times, and to offer useful information about scene work and rehearsal processes for beginning to intermediate actors. He breaks down the salient points about each element of acting with examples and exercises including stage versus film acting, and how stamina and luck play a part in actor's lives. Part 1, "Warming Up," is foundational yet goes beyond other texts for beginning actors by including activities based on animal and life studies for character development. In part 2, "Scene Work," Ruscio emphasizes emotional truth and the importance of finding the spine--or main force--driving the character and the play. Throughout, he shares fascinating, humorous, and inspirational anecdotes from his experiences working with actors and directors ranging from Laurence Olivier to Matt Damon. Summing Up: Highly recommended.' J. Tomalin, CHOICE

A Practical Guide For Actors

So Therefore

I Got Bank!: What My Granddad Taught Me about Money

Eine theoretische und empirische Ursachenanalyse auf Basis von Insolvenzplänen

Insolvenz und Rigidität

Solid-State Microwave Power Oscillator Design

A Precious Life

Henry Dunay

The Passion-play of Oberammergau

Starter Villain

...an in-depth study of the diverse roles that the luoshu (a 3x3 'magic square' of numbers in a grid, where all rows, columns, and diagonals add up to the same sum) has played in metaphysical and spiritual traditions worldwide. From Chinese fortunetelling to Daoism, and fengshui, to Islamic astrology and Kabbalistic lore, the luoshu has perpetually reappeared throughout global human history. Extensively researched and illustrated with a handful of black-and-white photographs, Legacy of the Luoshu offers a unique glimpse into one aspect of the history of numerology, and is highly recommended especially for mysticism and metaphysical studies shelves.—Wisconsin Bookwatch, October 2008
I found the book very interesting and a joy to read, not least because of the many diagrams and illustrations. What makes this book especially worthwhile, however, is the attention paid to the large variation in cultural meanings, both within China as well as in other countries ... I find in this book a beautiful uncovering of this part of the history of mathematics.—Aldine Van Der Ham-Aaten, MAA Reviews, January 2009
This fascinating book describes the luoshu (i.e. the magic square of order three) from Chinese origins and legends, its role in the development of Chinese mathematical thinking and teaching and its association with the rise of Chinese science and philosophy. It can be recommended to anybody interested in the properties of numbers, roots of number theory and the history of mathematics, as well as Chinese mathematical tradition.—EMS Newsletter, March 2009

The 4,000 Year Search for the Meaning of the Magic Square of Order Three

Legacy of the Luoshu

Life Is Preparation For The Final Performance

A Word Finally Spoken

Crusades Against the Mass Media

Evil Influences

Soil Quality and Soil Erosion

Coping With Normative Transitions

Stress And The Family

The Architect’s Guide to Effective Self-Presentation

Digital 2025

'Against Theory of Mind is an essential remedy to the unquestioning approach of most books in the literature and as such is an essential read both for those who have maintained suspicion of the ToM literature over the years and for those who desire a heretic against which to test their faith...The arguments made have important implications for many areas of psychological research.' - Eric P. Charles, Contemporary Psychology (American Psychological Association)

'This book is worth paying attention to...It goes against mainstream contemporary philosophy of mind and psychology... and sheds light on hidden assumptions almost universally accepted by ToM, showing that these assumptions are not adequately reflected...[T]he manner in which they handle the seemingly unshakeable pillars on which ToM stands, seems to be admirable.' - Czech Sociological Review

Against Theory of Mind

History of Grundy County, Illinois: Containing a History From the Earliest Settlement to the Present Time ..., Biographical Sketches, Portraits of Som

The Puzzle of Evil

'Packed with facts, Repetto issues a call to action to grapple with climate change. There is no time to lose if we are to avoid disaster. His book is both informative and highly persuasive. It will give the most ardent skeptics pause.' -Madeleine May Kunin, former Governor of Vermont; former Ambassador to Switzerland 
'Repetto persuasively shows how to overcome the obstacles preventing the US from standing up and doing something about the warming of our planet. Read this book and join the action for change.' -Sherwood Boehlert, former Congressman (R) from New York 
'For many years, Robert Repetto has provided incisive analysis and recommendations toward solving our environmental problems. This book may be his most important contribution yet. Its brilliant analysis deserves urgent attention.' -James Gustave Speth, author of The Bridge at the Edge of the World: Capitalism, The Environment, and Crossing from Crisis to Sustainability 
'As an accomplished educator, Professor Robert Repetto understands the importance of clarity and coherence of thought. As a creative economist, he knows the need for new and better ideas. In America's Climate Problem, Professor Repetto achieves both. He explains the climate threat lucidly and persuasively. Most important, he offers the new principle of 'up-stream cap and trade' as an imaginative concept designed to break our current political and economic log-jam. We can only hope this important book will be read in the White House and in Congress.' -Gary Hart, University of Colorado; former member, U.S. Senate Environment Committee 
'This timely book updates the latest scientific understanding of climate change, further confirming the impact of human actions, and then considers approaches to determine the best paths forward that mitigates climate change and ensures future prosperity. It is must reading for all wishing to understand how human actions are impacting climate and how human ingenuity and good governance can ameliorate the damage.' -Tom Casten, author of Turning Off the Heat and CEO of Recycled Energy Development LLC 
'[T]his book does a fine job of explaining why climate change is the most salient environmental problem confronting us today... Recommended.' -CHOICE, July 2011
'The book is thoughtful and measured and carries a quiet authority. Repetto hasn’t given up on his country being able to rise to the challenge of climate change, and he understands how it can be done, but he’s sober about the prospect.' -Bryan Walker, Hot Topic

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