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In this book, Sonja Krause Goodwin describes her Peace Corps training for teaching in Nigeria in 1964, her service there as a university teacher in physics, and her vacation travels. She notes her interactions with students, fellow university employees, other Peace Corps volunteers, and Nigerians.

Peninnah's World is the biography-in-stories of the iconic Jewish storyteller and folklorist Peninnah Schram. In vivid scenes, it dramatizes Schram's trajectory from brilliant daughter of Orthodox immigrant parents in New London, Connecticut, to acclaimed performer, teacher, scholar and colleague of luminaries including Elie Wiesel, Isaac Bashevis Singer and Molly Picon.

Rediscovering Republicanism explores and explicates America's two key political ideologies-founding-era American Republicanism and American Progressivism-and argues that American Republicanism rests on a sounder view of human nature and politics and offers the best path forward for renewing and reforming America's federal government today.

The power of this text lies in its ability to recapture the essence of the message of Jesus. It ignites an emancipatory pedagogical authority that speaks life to the oppressed and empowerment to the marginalized. For the educator of the Black student, this book provides a truly emancipatory pedagogy rooted in love and substantiated in humanity.

In this book, an anthropologist sets his experiences as a teenager fighting in the Vietnam War within the larger sweep of American culture and society. When his daughter is born decades after he returned from war the violence of those experiences, long suppressed, emerges from the shadows.

Tracing the life and work of Rod Giblett, a leading local wetland conservationist, environmental activist and pioneer transdisciplinary researcher and writer of fiction and non-fiction, Black Swan Song weaves together memoir, essay, story, and criticism. It provides ways of living and being with the earth in dark and troubled times.

One Family is a social and cultural history of one Jewish Family prior to and during the Holocaust written by the son of a Holocaust survivor.

This lively, accessible account of the problem-solving work of Harvard labor economist and former US Secretary of Labor John T. Dunlop illuminates its relevance to our present-day political and economic challenges.

Terrorism Inside America's Borders examines the history, trends, and different features of terrorism, and how the media, law enforcement, and other social institutions have responded to the violence. A variety of theoretical, methodological and analytical strategies are used to explore these issues.

Hilton and colleagues provide a cogent analysis of the effects of the One Florida Initiative on enrollment patterns in the state's public law schools to help us understand how changes in public policy can impact diversity.

How and why did Americans conceive a republic built on individual liberty, in an era or oppressive monarchies? The author explores the origins of the rights and liberties which the Constitution protects. He tells the story of the revolutionary journey from British colonies to a nation with the world's first written Constitution.

This book evaluates the Gospel of John and attempts to comprehend it more fully through its themes and sub-themes. The goal is to give the reader a better grasp of the underlying message contained in John's Gospel as opposed to simply reading the Gospel from its beginning to end.

In this book, Winton Bastes discusses the relationships between freedom, progress, and human flourishing. Bates asserts that freedom enables individuals to flourish in different ways without colliding, fosters progress, allows for a growth of opportunities, and supports personal development by enabling individuals to exercise self-direction.

This book is about the importance of the occupation of Danzig that started World War II. It is a study of intense diplomatic negotiations in the pre-WW II years 1937-1939 between Germany and Poland relating to Germany's desire to gain access to the Free City of Danzig, by establishing a secure transport route through that part of Poland.

This book uses theoretical applications and social narratives to push back against ideals associated with of the black monolith by examining the many ways in which black Americans struggle to cope with educational, cultural, and socio-economical expectations.

Wang emigrated from China to the United States in 1949. He quickly made a life for himself and became active in the development of Sino-American relations. Wang's memoirs provide unique Chinese insight in the development of Sino-American relations at a pivotal time in our shared history.

This book explains how Uyghur rights have been diminishing under the authoritarian rule of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), which has recently escalated into the cultural genocide of Uyghurs.

This is a systematic and concise introduction to more than forty fallacies, from anthropomorphism and argumentum ad baculum, to reductionism and the slippery slope argument. With helpful definitions, relevant examples, and thought-provoking exercises, the author guides the reader through the realms of fallacious reasoning and deceptive rhetoric.

This book tells the story of Liu's life under Mao and her subsequent struggle to achieve a better life in America. It sheds light on the monumental changes Chinese society experienced in the last century.

Playing with Fire chronicles the ongoing struggle facing Louisiana families trying to live and work against the backdrop of corrupt politicians and corporate greed. However, the story presented here is relevant wherever low-income, disenfranchised people are not included in decisions about their health and environment.

In this captivating novel, a proper English lady and her young, dashing son get caught up in a spy network in World War I. It remains for her grandson to entangle the web of their activities on Putney Bridge.

An Educational Journey to Deanship: A Memoir provides stories of resiliency, success, and achievements and highlights the following educational experiences: elementary/middle school, high school, undergraduate/graduate school, professional work, academic dean, and post administration.

This book addresses the processes behind how we resolve moral issues and the factors that can impact that such as differing values and cultures.

Within the overarching framework of considering the purpose of education, this book addresses issues such as the standards movement, high-stakes testing and accountability, and corporate education reform. It raises ethical questions related to school practices and considers the question of who should decide the purpose of education.

This primer aspires to make a concentric analysis of the function and capacity of spirituality and religiosity, within the African American Muslim movement. This collection of essays places emphasis on the role and views of the missionary and voluntary spread of Islam among African Americans in the United States.

Faith communities have always struggled with the questions of ethical method and cultural inclusivity. Accordingly, Ethical Issues that Matter enlarges the methodological discussion among ethicists and theologians by adopting the landscape of a mountain as a useful metaphor for racism.

This book presents the thesis that happiness does not mean just one thing but many, and that these many meanings have been studied, described, argued, and practiced throughout the centuries in many climes and places. This book explores many views of happiness as espoused by their original founders and developers.

This book explores the way in which British and American visitors experienced Algeria and about their imaginary responses to the country. It also attempts to trace the elaboration and evolution of the perception of Algeria in the West with particular focus on the impressions and representations of those Anglo-Americans who experienced Algeria at first hand and wrote about it.

Based on actual cases, these original essays present an honest and critical evaluation of the problems and challenges that confront Muslims in the Contemporary world. Using the Muslim experience in the United States as a lens, the author examines what he identifies as a pervas...