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New Mexico
A History
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2013
Since the earliest days of Spanish exploration and settlement, New Mexico has been known for lying off the beaten track. But this new history reminds readers that the world has been beating paths to New Mexico for hundreds of years, via the Camino Real, the Santa Fe Trail, several railroads, Route...
by Donald L. Niewyk, Francis R. Nicosia
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2012
Offering a multidimensional approach to one of the most important episodes of the twentieth century, The Columbia Guide to the Holocaust offers readers and researchers a general history of the Holocaust while delving into the core issues and debates in the study of the Holocaust today.
Each...
Hitler's Valkyrie
The Uncensored Biography of Unity Mitford
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
The first biography to reveal the full, intimate details of Unity Valkyrie Mitford's remarkable relationship with Adolf HitlerThe remarkable and much-loved Mitford family has remained largely unrepentant concerning theirs and particularly Unity's enthusiastic support of Hitler, the Nazis, Oswald Mosley,...
THE GREATEST BRITISH DETECTIVES - Boxed Set: 190+ Murder Mysteries, Thrillers & Crime Stories (Illustrated Edition)
Tales & Cases of Legendary Sleuths and Investigators - Sherlock Holmes, Father Brown, Hercule Poirot, Martin Hewitt, Dr. Thorndyke, Bulldog Drummond, Max Carrados, Tommy and Tuppence and more
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2017
This carefully edited collection contains the greatest tales of the legendary British sleuths and investigators, including Sherlock Holmes, Hercule Poirot, Father Brown, Tommy and Tuppence, Dr. Thorndyke and many others: Sherlock Holmes Series: A Study in Scarlet The Sign of Four The Hound of the...
by R. L. Stine
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2018
Nobody loves a good story like Justin's dad. He's a famous writer and story collector. That's how Justin and his sister, Marissa, ended up in Brovania. Their dad is searching for an ancient manuscript called "The Lost Legend."
Justin and Marissa want to help. But instead of finding...
by R.L. Stine
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2009
April-May June Loves Bernie Bridges . . . she just doesn't know it yet.
She's the coolest hottest girl in the school and Bernie thinks she should go to the dance with him.
April-May won't even be seen with Bernie because he's such a troublemaker.
So Bernie makes her a promise—a...
by R.L. Stine
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2009
Buffalo wings of steel!
Just how stupid is Stupid Chicken? Bernie Bridges thinks the superfowl cartoon character is a dumb cluck! And the same goes for his chirpy sidekick, Little Cluck-Cluck.
But why not make a buck from a cluck? Bernie tries to sell Stupid Chicken T-shirts to his pals.
One...
Feminist Activist Ethnography
Counterpoints to Neoliberalism in North America
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2013
Writing in the wake of neoliberalism, where human rights and social justice have increasingly been subordinated to proliferating “consumer choices” and ideals of market justice, contributors to this collection argue that feminist ethnographers are in a key position to reassert the central feminist...
Why Study Talmud in the Twenty-First Century?
The Relevance of the Ancient Jewish Text to Our World
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2009
The Talmud is the repository of thousands of years of Jewish wisdom. It is a conglomerate of law, legend, and philosophy, a blend of unique logic and shrewd pragmatism, of history and science, of anecdotes and humor. Unfortunately, its sometimes complex subject matter often seems irrelevant in today's...
by Marlon Anatol, Emily D. Bello-Pardo, Adriana Beltrán
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2016
The Americas face many security challenges, including drug trafficking, organized crime, guerrilla movements, terrorism, and environmental challenges. Experts have long debated whether some countries in the region can be classified as failed states. While various states in the Americas have been labeled...
Saint Germain's Prophecy for the New Millennium
Includes Dramatic Prophecies from Nostradamus, Edgar Cayce, and Mother Mary
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 1999
This is a book about hope. Nostradamus, Edgar Cayce, Mother Mary and Saint Germain reveal that the period we are entering is unique—both in its opportunity for spiritual and technological progress and in its potential for war, turmoil and even cataclysm. But prophecy is not set in stone. What we can...
Ethics, Literature, and Theory
An Introductory Reader
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2005
Ethics, Literature, and Theory: An Introductory Reader brings together the work of contemporary scholars, teachers, and writers into lively discussion on the moral role of literature and the relationship between aesthetics, art, and ethics.
Do the rich descriptions and narrative shapings of...
by R.L. Stine
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2009
Bernie Bridges has always dreamed about going to PPP—the exclusive Preppy Prep Prep school. All the kids at PPP are rich, rich, rich! And if there is one thing that Bernie loves it's money, money, money!
But how will Bernie get to PPP? All he and his buddies have to do is win the National...
Social Work and Service Learning
Partnerships for Social Justice
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2007
This book includes conceptual chapters that define social work service learning in contrast to fieldwork, examine its place in the curriculum, and explore how and when to implement service learning into course curricula. A second section features models for service-learning courses, such as service...