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The Evolving Universe and the Origin of Life

The Search for Our Cosmic Roots

By: Pekka Teerikorpi,Mauri Valtonen,K. Lehto,Harry Lehto,Gene Byrd,Arthur Chernin

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The Evolving Universe and the Origin of Life

The Search for Our Cosmic Roots

By: Pekka Teerikorpi,Mauri Valtonen,K. Lehto,Harry Lehto,Gene Byrd,Arthur Chernin

Sir Isaac Newton famously said, regarding his discoveries, "If I have seen further it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants." The Evolving Universe and the Origin of Life describes, complete with fascinating biographical details of the thinkers involved, the ascent to the metaphorical shoulders accomplished by the greatest minds in history. For the first time, a single book can take the reader on a journey through the history of the universe as interpreted by the expanding body of knowledge of humankind. From subatomic particles to the protein chains that form life, and expanding in scale to the entire universe, this book covers the science that explains how we came to be. The Evolving Universe and the Origin of Life contains a great breadth of knowledge, from astronomy to physics, from chemistry to biology. It includes over 350 figures that enhance the comprehension of concepts both basic and advanced, and is a non-technical, easy-to-read text at an introductory college level that is ideal for anyone interested in science as well as its history.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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0387095349

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9780387095349

African Diaspora Identities

Negotiating Culture in Transnational Migration

By: John W. Arthur

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African Diaspora Identities

Negotiating Culture in Transnational Migration

By: John W. Arthur

African Diaspora Identities provides insights into the complex transnational processes involved in shaping the migratory identities of African immigrants. It seeks to understand the durability of these African transnational migrant identities and their impact on inter-minority group relationships. John A. Arthur demonstrates that the identities African immigrants construct often transcends country-specific cultures and normative belief systems. He illuminates the fact that these transnational migrant identities are an amalgamation of multiple identities formed in varied social transnational settings. The United States has become a site for the cultural formations, manifestations, and contestations of the newer identities that these immigrants seek to depict in cross-cultural and global settings. Relying mostly on their strong human capital resources (education and family), Africans are devising creative, encompassing, and robust ways to position and reposition their new identities. In combining their African cultural forms and identities with new roles, norms, and beliefs that they imbibe in the United States and everywhere else they have settled, Africans are redefining what it means to be black in a race-, ethnicity-, and color-conscious American society.

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320

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Lexington Books

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0739146394

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9780739146392

Fighting in the Streets

Ethnic Succession and Urban Unrest in Twentieth Century America

By: Max Arthur Herman

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Fighting in the Streets

Ethnic Succession and Urban Unrest in Twentieth Century America

By: Max Arthur Herman

Fighting in the Streets provides a comparative analysis of some of the most severe episodes of urban unrest that took place in twentieth-century America, including the 1919 Chicago Riot, the 1943 Detroit Riot, the 1967 Newark and Detroit Riots, the 1980 Miami Riot, and the 1992 Los Angeles Riot. Examining the patterns of death and destruction of property that occurred during these events, as well as historical evidence regarding struggles for housing, jobs, and political power among members of different racial/ethnic groups, this book makes the case for a general explanatory model of urban unrest as a product of rapid demographic change. Focusing at the neighborhood level, where demographic changes have their greatest impact, Fighting in the Streets posits that riot-related violence is most likely to take place in neighborhoods characterized by high levels of black/white segregation, poverty, unemployment, and rapid population turnover. Such a "profile" of the riot-prone neighborhood may enable policy makers to avert future violence through targeted economic and political intervention, such as building community institutions that integrate newcomers and natives. This book is particularly suited for classes in urban studies, race/ethnic relations, and collective behavior/social movements as well as public policy and planning.

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204

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Peter Lang

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082047455X

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9780820474557

Disuniting of America Revised and Enlarged

Reflections On A Multicultural Society

By: Arthur Meier Schlesinger

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Disuniting of America Revised and Enlarged

Reflections On A Multicultural Society

By: Arthur Meier Schlesinger

Examines the lessons of one polyglot country after another tearing itself apart or on the brink of doing so, and points out troubling new evidence that multiculturalism gone awry here in the United States threatens to do the same.

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W. W. Norton & Company

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0393318540

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9780393318548

Power in Practice

Adult Education and the Struggle for Knowledge and Power in Society

By: Ronald M. Cervero,Arthur L. Wilson

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Power in Practice

Adult Education and the Struggle for Knowledge and Power in Society

By: Ronald M. Cervero,Arthur L. Wilson

The single most important contribution to our field's knowledgebase in the past two decades. The authors have managed to shift thefocus of adult education back to the social concerns that weretaken for granted when the field was founded. We are ready for thislong overdue book. Indeed, we have been yearning for this book. Itwill tilt our field back towards its moral center." --B. Allan Quigley, chair, Department of AdultEducation, St. Francis Xavier University, Nova Scotia "Power in Practice is a wonderful book--full of case studies,updated theories, new perspectives, and evidence that adulteducation can and does change people's lives." --Michael Newman, senior lecturer in adult education,University of Technology, Sydney, Australia Adult educators know that they can no longer focus solely on theneeds of learners without responsibly addressing the political andethical consequences of their work. Power in Practiceexamines how certain adult education programs, practices, andpolicies can become a subtle part of power relationships in widersociety. It provides a rich array of real-world cases thathighlight the pivotal role of adult educators as "knowledge andpower brokers" in the conflict between learners and the socialforces surrounding them. The authors discuss how to teachresponsibly, develop effective adult education programs, andprovide exemplary leadership in complex political contexts,including the workplace and higher education. Educators in themiddle of power struggles will learn how to become more politicallyaware while actively shaping their enterprises to meet importantsocial needs.

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337

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John Wiley & Sons

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0787958603

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9780787958602

A Field Guide to the Birds of Britain and Europe

By: Roger Tory Peterson,Guy Mountfort,Philip Arthur Dominic Hollom

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A Field Guide to the Birds of Britain and Europe

By: Roger Tory Peterson,Guy Mountfort,Philip Arthur Dominic Hollom

With 364 range maps and 96 color plates portraying 548 species, this is the classic field guide to European birds. Covering 698 species, the descriptive text includes information on geographical races, vagrants, and introduced species. Confusing species such as waders, raptors, and warblers have additional notes on how to distinguish them.

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524

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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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0618166750

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9780618166756

Handbook of Counseling Boys and Adolescent Males

A Practitioner's Guide

By: Arthur M. Horne,Mark S. Kiselica

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Handbook of Counseling Boys and Adolescent Males

A Practitioner's Guide

By: Arthur M. Horne,Mark S. Kiselica

This comprehensive, practical resource provides specific strategies for counsellors working with boys and male adolescents from different cultural backgrounds. The first part examines how psychological, career and athletic development of boys is shaped by a complex interaction of biological, social, cultural and economic forces. TheSecond Part covers cultural considerations when counselling particular North American client groups, such as Hispanic-Americans. The final part focuses on special populations such as gay, sexually abused and developmentally disabled boys.

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441

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SAGE Publications

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1452221766

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9781452221762

Color - Class - Identity

The New Politics Of Race

By: John Arthur,Amy Shapiro

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Color - Class - Identity

The New Politics Of Race

By: John Arthur,Amy Shapiro

Three recent and dramatic national events have shattered the complacency of many people about progress, however fitful, in race relations in America. The Clarence Thomas—Anita Hill hearings, the O. J. Simpson trial, and the Million Man March of Louis Farrakhan have forced reconsideration of their assumptions about race and racial relations. The Thomas-Hill hearings exposed the complexity and volatility of perceptions about race and gender. The sight of jubilant blacks and despondent whites reacting to the 0. J. Simpson verdict shook our confidence in shared assumptions about equal protection under the law. The image of hundreds of thousands of black men gathering in Washington in defense of their racial and cultural identity angered millions of whites and exposed divisions within the black community. These events were unfolding at a time when there seemed to be considerable progress in fighting racial discrimination. On the legal side, discrimination has been eliminated in more and more arenas, in theory if not always in practice. Economically, more and more blacks have moved into the middle class, albeit while larger numbers have slipped further back into poverty. Intellectually, figures like Cornel West, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., and Patricia J. Williams are playing a central role as public intellectuals. In the face of these disparate trends, it is clear that Americans need to rethink their assumptions about race, racial relations, and inter-racial communication. Color • Class • Identity is the ideal tool to facilitate this process. It provides a richly textured selection of readings from Du Bois, Cornel West, Derrick Bell, and others as well as a range of responses to the particular controversies that are now dividing us. Color • Class. Identity furthers these debates, showing that the racial question is far more complex than it used to be; it is no longer a simple matter of black versus white and racial mistrust. A landmark anthology that will help advance understanding of the present unease, not just between black and white, but within each community, this book will be useful in a broad range of courses on contemporary U.S. society.

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239

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Routledge

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0429970080

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9780429970085

Book of Spells

By: Arthur Edward Waite

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Book of Spells

By: Arthur Edward Waite

First published in 1911 as The Book of Ceremonial Magic, this work explains the rites, mysteries and secret traditions of witchcraft, sorcery, and Infernal Necromancy. It also explores theurgy, the white magic which invokes beneficent spirits.

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Wordsworth Editions

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1853263559

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9781853263552

The Idea of Decline in Western History

By: Arthur Herman

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The Idea of Decline in Western History

By: Arthur Herman

Enth.: "Historical and Cultural Pessimism. Jacob Burckhardt and Friedrich Nietzsche" (S. 76-108).

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Simon and Schuster

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0684827913

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9780684827919

A History of the Philadelphia Theatre, 1835-1855

By: Arthur Herman Wilson

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A History of the Philadelphia Theatre, 1835-1855

By: Arthur Herman Wilson

The first three volumes of a series that is to run to the present day and give complete theatrical records of their periods, with elaborate indexes of plays, players, and playwrights.

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University of Pennsylvania Press

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1512819360

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9781512819366

A Dictionary of Words and Phrases Used in Ancient and Modern Law

By: Arthur English

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A Dictionary of Words and Phrases Used in Ancient and Modern Law

By: Arthur English

These two volumes contain absorbing and interesting concise definitions of ancient and modern words and terms that a student or lawyer might come across in legal readings. Purely statutory and judicial definitions, since they are constantly changing, are excluded. This is a wonderful reference source for all who are serious about legal history or merely curious as to the meaning of thousands of words often or rarely encountered.

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Beard Books

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1587980665

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9781587980664

Phantom

By: Maury Yeston,Arthur Kopit

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Phantom

By: Maury Yeston,Arthur Kopit

30m, 7f, plus ensemble (doubling possible.) / Ints./exts. This mesmerizing Phantom is traditional musical theatre in the finest sense. The Tony award winning authors of Nine have transformed Gaston Leroux' The Phantom of the Opera into a sensation that enraptures audiences and critics with beautiful songs and an expertly crafted book. It is constructed around characters more richly developed than in any other version, including the original novel. "Everything is first rate." - N.Y. Daily News

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Samuel French, Inc.

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0573693412

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9780573693410

Book's by Arthur Black

The Evolving Universe and the Origin of Life

The Evolving Universe and the Origin of Life

African Diaspora Identities

African Diaspora Identities

Fighting in the Streets

Fighting in the Streets

Disuniting of America Revised and Enlarged

Disuniting of America Revised and Enlarged

Power in Practice

Power in Practice

A Field Guide to the Birds of Britain and Europe

A Field Guide to the Birds of Britain and Europe

Handbook of Counseling Boys and Adolescent Males

Handbook of Counseling Boys and Adolescent Males

Color - Class - Identity

Color - Class - Identity

Book of Spells

Book of Spells

The Idea of Decline in Western History

The Idea of Decline in Western History

A History of the Philadelphia Theatre, 1835-1855

A History of the Philadelphia Theatre, 1835-1855

A Dictionary of Words and Phrases Used in Ancient and Modern Law

A Dictionary of Words and Phrases Used in Ancient and Modern Law

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