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Following Atticus is the remarkable true story of a man and a dog embarking on the challenge of a lifetime. This is author Tom Ryan’s inspiring tale of ho...

The Scope Of Performance Measurement -- What Types Of Performance Information Should Be Tracked? -- What Are The First Steps? -- What Are The Program's Miss...

Program Evaluation And Performance Measurement: An Introduction To Practice Offers A Conceptual, As Well As Practical, Introduction To Program Evaluation An...

For the 75th anniversary, a new edition of the seminal work with an introduction by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Louis Menand. Library Journal Norton is r...

A powerful guide for every woman looking to find—or amplify—her voice Most books about public speaking don’t tell you what to do when you open your m...

Demographics class just got a lot more interesting. POPULATION doesn't just give you the information; it shows you how to use it. From the debate over how...

Beauty Is A Beast / Amy Edgington -- Living Into My Body / Nancy Barron -- Beauty Mandates And The Appearance Of Obsession: Are Lesbians Any Better Off? / A...

In his poignant memoir, Charles Foran presents a portrait of his gruff-but-fond father wrestling with the end of life as Charlie acts as witness, solace, an...

Finally, a lasting solution to behavior problems-for every child Reconnected Kids is a groundbreaking guide to help parents resolve their child's behavior...

A Discussion Of Yeast And How It Can Adversely Affect Your Health. Provides Information On Diet, Studies, Tests, Treatments, And Other Information On Proble...

These two volumes of Neibuhr's wartime theology illuminate the horrific depths of the twentieth century by faith. Grounded in an unshakable biblical confide...

An inside look at America's most controversial charter schools, and the moral and political questions around public education and school choice.The promise...

The pivotal and troubling role of progressive-era economics in the shaping of modern American liberalism In Illiberal Reformers, Thomas Leonard reexamines ...

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New York Times Best Seller "A deft and uniquely credible exploration of rural America, and of other left-behind pockets of our country. One of the most imp...

"Trenchant and intelligent." --The New York TimesAs seen/heard on NPR, New Yorker Radio Hour, The New York Book Review Podcast, PBS Newshour, CNBC, and mor...

In the bestselling tradition of "The Rules" and "The Surrendered Wife" comes a controversial, empowering guide that says what women know already—that men ...

In the highly acclaimed bestselling A Call to Action, President Jimmy Carter addresses the world’s most serious, pervasive, and ignored violation of basic...

In This Must-have Guide, One Of The Nation's Premier Speech Coaches, Christine K. Jahnke, Details The Practices And Techniques Of Successful Women To Help A...

A Practical Guide To Shutting Down Workplace Sexual Harassment So It Doesn't Derail Your Career Or Your Life, From The First On-air Personality To Sue Espn ...

Larry McMurtry criscrosses America -- driving in search of the present, the past, and himself -- as he shares his fascination with this nation's great trai...

America’s most popular progressive radio host and New York Times bestselling author explores the fall of the American Dream and the steps we can take to b...

The ninth edition of Applying Anthropology: An Introductory Reader is a collection of articles that provide compelling examples of applied research in cultu...

Erich von Däniken's Chariots of the Gods is a work of monumental importance--the first book to introduce the shocking theory that ancient Earth had been vis...

The project that captured a nation's imagination. The instructions were simple, but the results were extraordinary. "You are invited to anonymously con...

The Purpose Of A Piaget Primer Is To Make Piaget's Vital Work Readily Accessible To Teachers, Therapists, Students, And Of Course, Parents. Two Noted Americ...

"The most persuasive forecast of the 21st century I have seen." -- E.O. Wilson, author of Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge and twice winner of a Pulitzer...

This new edition offers practical guidance for implementing developmentally appropriate practices for children from birth through age eight. It includes cle...

A Chinese American woman tells of the Chinese myths, family stories and events of her California childhood that have shaped her identity. ...

The Internet Isn't The First Technology To Alter How We Communicate, But It Is Making Our Language Change Faster And In More Interesting Ways Than Ever Befo...

A fascinating Castaneda-like spiritual journey into the wilderness of Manitoba, where Lynn Andrews meets Agnes Whistling Elk, the Native American "heyoehkah...

In this provocative, witty, and thoroughly researched inquiry into what we find beautiful and why, Nancy Etcoff skewers one of our culture's most enduring ...

The basis for the Academy Award®-winning movie!"A moving, vital testament to one of slavery's 'many thousand gone' who retained his humanity in the bowels...

Omartian shares how wives can develop a deeper relationship with their husbands by praying for them. Packed with practical advice on praying for specific ar...

A Candid, Compulsively Readable, Hilarious, And Heartbreaking Memoir Of Resilience And Redemption At Age Four, Molly Shannon's World Was Shattered When She ...

The bestselling author of Sexual Personae and Sex, Art, and American Culture is back with a fiery new collection of essays on everything from art and celeb...

Danny L. Jorgensen's book certainly provides a good handbook to supplement the more general comments on participant observation found in other texts. . . ...

You Have Probably Heard The Term Old School, But What You Might Not Know Is That There Is A Concentrated Effort To Tear That School Down. It's A Values Thin...

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning culture critic for Time magazine comes the tremendously controversial, yet highly persuasive, argument that our devotion ...

The biography sensitive to the tragic pattern of the story of a great subject: Oscar Wilde - psychologically and sexually complicated, enormously quotable,...

Is it possible for humans to discover the key to happiness through a bigger-than-life, bad-boy dog? Just ask the Grogans. John and Jenny were just beginni...

Why the conventional wisdom about the Arab Spring is wrong The Arab Spring promised to end dictatorship and bring self-government to people across the Midd...

He played in casinos around the world with a plan to make himself richer than anyone could possibly imagine -- but it would nearly cost him his life. Semyo...

Development : Theory And Reality -- Instituting The Development Project -- The Development Project : International Framework -- Globalizing Developments -- ...

How organizations can foster diversity, equity, and inclusion- taking action to address and prevent workplace bias while centering women of color. Few would...

Where Will Your Daughter Turn for Answers About Sex? Girls are bombarded with messages about sex–from friends, advertisers, media icons, and more. All of...

Are you OK? It's probably the most important question you'll ever have to answer. Because right now—whether you're aware of it or not—all the relationships ...

As An Idealistic Twenty-three-year-old English Teacher At Wilson High School In Long Beach, California. Erin Gruwell Confronted A Room Of Unteachable, At-ri...