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Key Concepts in Educational Assessment

By: Tina Isaacs,Catherine Zara,Graham Herbert,Steven J Coombs,Charles Smith

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Key Concepts in Educational Assessment

By: Tina Isaacs,Catherine Zara,Graham Herbert,Steven J Coombs,Charles Smith

Key Concepts in Educational Assessment provides expert definitions and interpretations of common terms within the policy and practice of educational assessment. Concepts such as validity, assessment for learning, measurement, comparability and differentiation are discussed, and there is broad coverage of UK and international terminology. Drawing on the considerable expertise of the authors, the entries provide: - clear definitions - accounts of the key issues - authoritative and reliable information - suggestions for further reading Created to support students of education on undergraduate and postgraduate courses, and established education professionals including those who are members of the Chartered Institute of Educational Assessors (CIEA), this book is an accessible guide for anyone engaged in educational assessment. Tina Isaacs is Director of the MA in Educational Assessment at the Institute of Education, London. Catherine Zara was most recently Director of the MA in Educational Assessment and Director of the BA (Hons) in Post Compulsory Education and Training at the University of Warwick. Graham Herbert was most recently Director of the CIEA. Steve J. Coombs is Head of Department for Continuing Professional Development at Bath Spa University, which offers an MA in Educational Assessment. Charles Smith is senior lecturer in economics and education at Swansea Metropolitan University of Wales Trinity Saint David.

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1446275396

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Inside Ocean HillBrownsville

A Teacher's Education, 196869

By: Charles S. Isaacs

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Inside Ocean HillBrownsville

A Teacher's Education, 196869

By: Charles S. Isaacs

The story of an Ocean HillBrownsville teacher who crossed picket lines during the racially charged New York City teachers strike of 1968. In 1968 the conflict that erupted over community control of the New York City public schools was centered in the black and Puerto Rican community of Ocean HillBrownsville. It triggered what remains the longest teachers strike in US history. That clash, between the citys communities of color and the white, predominantly Jewish teachers union, paralyzed the nations largest school system, undermined the citys economy, and heightened racial tensions, ultimately transforming the national conversation about race relations. At age twenty-two, when the strike was imminent, Charles S. Isaacs abandoned his full scholarship to a prestigious law school to teach mathematics in Ocean HillBrownsville. Despite his Jewish background and pro-union leanings, Isaacs crossed picket lines manned by teachers who looked like him, and took the side of parents and children who did not. He now tells the story of this conflict, not only from inside the experimental, community-controlled Ocean HillBrownsville district, its focal point, but from within ground zero itself: Junior High School 271, which became the nations most famous, or infamous, public school. Isaacs brings to life the innovative teaching practices that community control made possible, and the relationships that developed in the district among its white teachers and its black and Puerto Rican parents, teachers, and community activists. Inside Ocean HillBrownsville is one of the finest accounts of this turbulent time in Americas educational history. As a firsthand analysis of a teacher embroiled in the Ocean HillBrownsville community fight for educational justice, it has no peer. From its vantage point forty-five years after the conflict, we finally have a corrective to a plethora of secondhand analyses that have been written over the years. It is a candid picture that I recommend highly. Maurice R. Berube, coeditor of Confrontation at Ocean HillBrownsville Inside Ocean HillBrownsville makes a vital contribution to a much-needed reinterpretation of the epochal struggles over community control of the New York City public schools in the 1960s, and the divisive UFT fall 1968 strikes in opposition to that community-based movement. Writing from the firsthand perspective of a young Jewish math teacher at JHS 271, Isaacs brings this important story vividly to life with insight, candor, and humor. He evokes the attitudes and actions of a rich array of ordinary teachers, administrators, students, and parents who fought to defend the community-control experiment in the face of the lies and distortions perpetrated by UFT officials and the mainstream press. A must read for anyone interested in creating successful public schools, this book helps us remember what democratic public education might look like. Stephen Brier, The Graduate Center, City University of New York Charles Isaacss Inside Ocean HillBrownsville is a firsthand account of the dramatic events of New York Citys greatest school crisis. Isaacs debunks many of the popular myths of black militants waging assaults on teachers. Instead, he demonstrates that the episode in Ocean HillBrownsville was a case of black and Latino parents, with the support of a number of teachers at JHS 271, struggling for the education of their children and for a more democratically run educational system. These parents faced one of the most powerful unions in the city and a bureaucratic board of education that wanted to protect the status quo. There have been many books written on the 1968 teachers strike, but Isaacss well-written, detailed account is by far the best. Clarence Taylor, author of Knocking at Our Own Door: Milton A. Galamison and the Struggle to Integrate New York City Schools

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1438452969

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Batboys and the World of Baseball

By: Neil D. Isaacs

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Batboys and the World of Baseball

By: Neil D. Isaacs

A unique look at baseball's clubhouse culture through the eyes of batboys

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Univ. Press of Mississippi

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0878057722

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9780878057726

The Art of Pure Cinema

Hitchcock and His Imitators

By: Bruce Isaacs

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The Art of Pure Cinema

Hitchcock and His Imitators

By: Bruce Isaacs

In a now-famous interview with François Truffaut in 1962, Alfred Hitchcock described his masterpiece Rear Window (1954) as "the purest expression of a cinematic idea." But what, precisely, did Hitchcock mean by pure cinema? Was pure cinema a function of mise en scène, or composition within the frame? Was it a function of montage, "of pieces of film assembled"? This notion of pure cinema has intrigued and perplexed critics, theorists, and filmmakers alike in the decades following this discussion. And even across his 40-year career, Hitchcock's own ideas about pure cinema remained mired in a lack of detail, clarity, and analytical precision. The Art of Pure Cinema is the first book-length study to examine the historical foundations and stylistic mechanics of pure cinema. Author Bruce Isaacs explores the potential of a philosophical and artistic approach most explicitly demonstrated by Hitchcock in his later films, beginning with Hitchcock's contact with the European avant-garde film movement in the mid-1920s. Tracing the evolution of a philosophy of pure cinema across Hitchcock's most experimental works - Rear Window, Vertigo, North by Northwest, Psycho, The Birds, Marnie, and Frenzy - Isaacs rereads these works in a new and vital context. In addition to this historical account, the book presents the first examination of pure cinema as an integrated stylistics of mise en scène, montage, and sound design. The films of so-called Hitchcockian imitators like Mario Bava, Dario Argento, and Brian De Palma are also examined in light of a provocative claim: that the art of pure cinema is only fully realized after Hitchcock.

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Oxford University Press

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0190889985

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40 Days in the Wilderness

A forty-day devotional for Christians struggling with doubt, depression, anxiety, assurance, disease, and other various trials

By: Kelly Isaacs

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40 Days in the Wilderness

A forty-day devotional for Christians struggling with doubt, depression, anxiety, assurance, disease, and other various trials

By: Kelly Isaacs

Believers all around the world are suffering. Suffering can lead to discouragement and despair. It can bring many questions to the believer’s mind. It can be harder to feel God’s love and presence during times of suffering. In this devotional, we will explore what God’s Word has to say about doubt, depression, anxiety, assurance, disease, and suffering in general. We will be reminded of God’s character- His compassion, His grace, and His faithfulness. We will explore some of the reasons for our suffering. And we will be reminded that God is good. We can trust God, no matter how bad our circumstances may seem. God is with us in our suffering. He never leaves our side, and He promises that “all things work together for good to them that love God” (Romans 8:28 KJV).

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WestBow Press

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9798385017676

Picturing the World

Informational Picture Books for Children

By: Kathleen T. Isaacs

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Picturing the World

Informational Picture Books for Children

By: Kathleen T. Isaacs

This annotated resource by veteran children's book reviewer Isaacs surveys the best 250 nonfiction/informational titles for ages 3 through 10, helping librarians make informed collection development and purchasing decisions.

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American Library Association

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0838911269

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9780838911266

Surviving in the Apartheid Prison: Robben Island

Flash Backs of an Earlier Life

By: Sedick Isaacs

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Surviving in the Apartheid Prison: Robben Island

Flash Backs of an Earlier Life

By: Sedick Isaacs

Sedick Isaacs was a prisoner of conscience on Robben Island where Nelson Mandela spent m18 years. This is another perspective of another section of the prison through the eyes of a scientist.

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Xlibris Corporation

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1453538070

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9781453538074

Out of Left Field

A Sportswriter’s Last Word

By: Stan Isaacs

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Out of Left Field

A Sportswriter’s Last Word

By: Stan Isaacs

“My idol growing up, all I wanted to be, was Stan Isaacs.” --Tony Kornheiser “Stan Isaacs is directly responsible for my television career--and much of how I approached what I’ve said and whom I’ve said it about.” --Keith Olbermann Iconoclastic and irreverent, Stan Isaacs was part of a generation that bucked the sports establishment with a skepticism for authority, an appreciation for absurdity, and a gift for placing athletes and events within the context of their tumultuous times. Isaacs draws on his trademark wink-and-a-grin approach to tell the story of the long-ago Brooklyn that formed him and a career that placed him amidst the major sporting events of his era. Mixing reminiscences with column excerpts, Isaacs recalls antics like stealing a Brooklyn Dodgers pennant after the team moved to Los Angeles and his many writings on Paul Revere’s horse. But Isaacs also reveals the crusading and humanist instincts that gave Black athletes like Muhammad Ali a rare forum to express their views and celebrated the oddball, unsung Mets over the straitlaced Yankees. Insightful and hilarious, Out of Left Field is the long-awaited memoir of the influential sportswriter and his adventures in the era of Jim Brown, Arthur Ashe, and the Amazin’ Mets.

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University of Illinois Press

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0252056655

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9780252056659

Reading Hebrews and James

A Literary and Theological Commentary

By: Marie E. Isaacs

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Reading Hebrews and James

A Literary and Theological Commentary

By: Marie E. Isaacs

Reading Hebrews and James provides a clear path through the unique and often divisive Letter to the Hebrews and Letter of James. Isaacs's commentary on these two letters expertly considers questions of authorship and historical context while also making both Hebrews and James undeniably relevant for today's faith. Preachers and teachers alike will benefit from the essential study that Reading Hebrews and James offers.

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Smyth & Helwys Publishing, Inc.

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1573123188

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9781573123181

A Question of Values

New Canadian Perspectives in Ethics and Political Philosophy

By: Samantha Brennan,Michael Milde,Tracy Lynn Isaacs

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A Question of Values

New Canadian Perspectives in Ethics and Political Philosophy

By: Samantha Brennan,Michael Milde,Tracy Lynn Isaacs

This volume contains ten chapters, each of which takes up a different question in contemporary moral or political philosophy. The volume has three parts: meta-ethics, issues in freedom and autonomy, and contemporary political philosophy. In the meta-ethical section, the chapters address issues concerning acts and their value, the plausibility of aggregation and counting with respect to the value of human lives, and the role of moral character in causing and explaining moral behavior. In the second section, the chapters take up questions about the connection between moral imagination and a plausible account of integrity, the connection between autonomy and rights to property, and the difficulties facing internalist accounts of autonomy. In the final section, the chapters address issues concerning feminist critiques of Rawlsian liberalism, the limits of liberalism and communitarianism, the importance of understanding Rawls's social contract as a contract for institutions, and the morality of nationalist movements. These chapters reflect a cross-section of the issues concerning value that are of contemporary scholarly interest in Canada and the United States.

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Rodopi

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9042001151

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9789042001152

The Dictionary of Colors and Colored Words

By: Peter Isaacs

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The Dictionary of Colors and Colored Words

By: Peter Isaacs

The Dictionary of Colors and Colored Words is the world’s only true and comprehensive collection of lexically verifiable colors and colored words! With this dictionary, individuals near and far now have anytime access to a credible, trusted, and reliable lexical partner to help in absorbing, engaging, exploring, discovering, learning, referencing, maneuvering, and operating within and around the world of color, colors, and colored words. This colorific repository, which has well over 500 individual/specific colors spread over 280 pages strong, is organized and presented in abecedarian format and includes three special bonus sections: nouns only, adjectives only, and verbs only. Some of the entries, which span almost every area, discipline, or field, also include parenthesized boldface guidance as to where they are primarily used, as in art, painting, zoology, biology, botany, chemistry, medicine, dentistry, cartography, crystallography, gemology, mineralogy, psychology, ophthalmology, dermatology, anthropology, entomology, ornithology, computing, digital imaging, graphic arts, astronomy, mathematics, physics, meteorology, photography, printing, publishing, broadcasting, electronics and optics. Additionally, all colors and certain colored words are assigned a six-digit alphanumeric hexadecimal code that allows for precise color matching, classification, confirmation, or reproduction on any digital platform or elsewhere.

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Peter M. Isaacs

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1737837552

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9781737837558

Patents for Power

Intellectual Property Law and the Diffusion of Military Technology

By: Robert M. Farley,Davida H. Isaacs

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Patents for Power

Intellectual Property Law and the Diffusion of Military Technology

By: Robert M. Farley,Davida H. Isaacs

In an era when knowledge can travel with astonishing speed, the need for analysis of intellectual property (IP) law—and its focus on patents, trade secrets, trademarks, and issues of copyright—has never been greater. But as Robert M. Farley and Davida H. Isaacs stress in Patents for Power, we have long overlooked critical ties between IP law and one area of worldwide concern: military technology. This deft blend of case studies, theoretical analyses, and policy advice reveals the fundamental role of IP law in shaping how states create and transmit defense equipment and weaponry. The book probes two major issues: the effect of IP law on innovation itself and the effect of IP law on the international diffusion, or sharing, of technology. Discussing a range of inventions, from the AK-47 rifle to the B-29 Superfortress bomber to the MQ-1 Predator drone, the authors show how IP systems (or their lack) have impacted domestic and international relations across a number of countries, including the United States, Russia, China, and South Korea. The study finds, among other results, that while the open nature of the IP system may encourage industrial espionage like cyberwarfare, increased state uptake of IP law is helping to establish international standards for IP protection. This clear-eyed approach to law and national security is thus essential for anyone interested in history, political science, and legal studies.

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University of Chicago Press

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022671666X

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9780226716664

Every Person's Guide to Passover

By: Ronald H. Isaacs

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Every Person's Guide to Passover

By: Ronald H. Isaacs

Rabbi Ronald H. Isaacs' highly acclaimed series of Every Person's Guides provides modern readers with the essential information necessary to grasp the topics he explores. A gifted educator, Rabbi Isaacs understands the needs of his readers as he provides them with a wonderful balance between background material and the details of religious practice. While Rabbi Isaacs is not offering halachic (legal) guides, he does give modern readers both the fundamentals as well as rich supportive materials. Whether Rabbi Isaacs is walking his readers through a Jewish holy day or a topic like death and dying, he does so in a user-friendly, warm and upbeat style. This new series by one of America's most prolific Jewish writers is destined to become a classic.

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Jason Aronson

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0765760436

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9780765760432

Can God Create a Rock So Big He Can't Move It?

By: Darek Isaacs

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Can God Create a Rock So Big He Can't Move It?

By: Darek Isaacs

The title question is asked of many firstyear seminary students. It is one of the most important spiritual questions of all time. This book answers the question definitively. The reader will be shocked to discover how clear the answer has always been. Darek Isaacs engages the reader in a fun riddle that he uses as a helpful anecdote. Darek Isaacs shows how the Lord has equipped us to see the evidence of His existence. The readers faith will be strengthened as he sees how common sense is on the side of the believer. In the process, Darek exposes the foolishness of secular world philosophies that are deceiving so many people today. This intriguing book is for young Christians, Christian parents who are concerned about their children being influenced by secular forces, and evangelists and apologists of all kinds.

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Destiny Image Publishers

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1458797619

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9781458797612

Angry Conversations with God

A Snarky but Authentic Spiritual Memoir

By: Susan E. Isaacs

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Angry Conversations with God

A Snarky but Authentic Spiritual Memoir

By: Susan E. Isaacs

Disillusioned, disenfranchised, and disinterested in anything churchy, Susan Isaacs knew of only one thing to do when she hit spiritual rock bottom at age 40. . . . She took God to couples counseling. In this cuttingly poignant memoir, Susan Isaacs chronicles her rocky relationship with the Almighty--from early childhood to midlife crisis--and all the churches where she and God tried to make a home: Pentecostals, Slackers for Jesus, and the über-intellectuals who turned everything, including the weekly church announcements, into a three-point sermon. Casting herself as the neglected spouse, Susan faces her inner nag and the ridiculous expectations she put on God--some her own, and some from her "crazy in-laws" at church. Originally staged as a solo show in New York and Los Angeles, ANGRY CONVERSATIONS WITH GODis a cheeky, heartfelt memoir that, even at its most scandalous, is still an affirmation of faith.

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FaithWords

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0446544698

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9780446544696

Bubbe Meises

Jewish Myths, Jewish Realities

By: Ronald H. Isaacs

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Bubbe Meises

Jewish Myths, Jewish Realities

By: Ronald H. Isaacs

Jews have had a long and illustrious history, and it is not surprising that over the centuries many misunderstandings, myths, misconceptions and bubbe meises have been circulated and handed down from generation to generation. The process has continued through our own day.

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KTAV Publishing House, Inc.

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1602800324

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9781602800328

Sports Hand and Wrist Injuries, An Issue of Clinics in Sports Medicine

By: Jonathan E. Isaacs

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Sports Hand and Wrist Injuries, An Issue of Clinics in Sports Medicine

By: Jonathan E. Isaacs

Some common traumatic injuries in athletes include joint dislocations, sprains, muscle strains, broken bones, tendon inflammation, and ligament tears. The most common fracture injury in the athletic population occurs in the fingers. Articles included in this issue are: The challenges of treating athletes- Sport specific injuries, Wrist ligament injuries, Scaphoid fractures, Carpal fractures other than scaphoid, Thumb UCL and RCL injuries, Ulnar sided wrist pain in the athlete and many more!

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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0323342035

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9780323342032

Social Development In Young Children

By: Isaacs, Susan

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Social Development In Young Children

By: Isaacs, Susan

First published in 1999. This is Volume XX of twenty-eight in the Psychoanalysis series. Written in 1933, the bulk of the material which forms the basis of this study in the social and sexual development of children was gathered in the author’s work at the Malting House School during the years 1924 to 1927 and focuses on the social development of young children.

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Routledge

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1136342974

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9781136342974

The Gospel According to Esther

A Daily Devotional

By: Denise A. Isaacs

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The Gospel According to Esther

A Daily Devotional

By: Denise A. Isaacs

Truly you are a God who has been hiding himself, the God and Savior of Israel. —Isaiah 45:15 NIV In the book of Esther, there is no mention of God, the Holy Spirit, or prayer. On the surface, there is nothing spiritual about the book. It seems to be a short historical account of the persecution of the Jews and their subsequent victory over their enemies. Yet in reality, there is so much more. In The Gospel According to Esther, we will see the hidden story: the history of humanity. Scriptures from Genesis to Revelation tell this exciting story of a magnificent and loving God wanting to have a relationship with the people he created. The creation, the fall of humanity, the death and resurrection of Christ are just a few of the events covered. The overall theme of the book: God is preparing a bride for his Son. The main people in the Esther story are listed here, together with the person they represent in the hidden story: King Xerxes—God; Queen Vashti—Eve; Mordecai—Jesus; Haman—Satan; Hegai—Holy Spirit; and Esther—the bride of Christ. Open The Gospel According to Esther and see how these characters play out the story of humanity and the gospel as portrayed in the Bible.

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WestBow Press

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1973651734

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9781973651734

John's Apocalypse

A Study in Dream Interpretation

By: T. Craig Isaacs

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John's Apocalypse

A Study in Dream Interpretation

By: T. Craig Isaacs

Two things confound and confuse most of us: our dreams and the book of Revelation. However, people remain fascinated with both. This study tackles both subjects. The book of Revelation is a vision, a dream, yet it is most often interpreted as if it were a piece of consciously created literature. One should never attempt to decipher a dream or vision by purely rational methods; rather, the dream needs to be approached as poem, art, and mythic story. In this book you will learn a means of understanding your dreams and then apply this to approaching a renewed view of the book of Revelation.

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Wipf and Stock Publishers

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1498282598

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9781498282598

Two Separate Lives, One Singular Purpose

By: Peter W. Deveaux-Isaacs Sr.

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Two Separate Lives, One Singular Purpose

By: Peter W. Deveaux-Isaacs Sr.

The authors passion is history, and this volume fulfills a lifelong quest to tell the story of his mothers long and intricate relationship with a world class athlete and sports and entertainment icon, Mr. Charles Charlie Major, Sr. Written in personal and biographical style, the story captures the heroic journeys of these two ordinary Bahamians, and their singular vision in founding the Nassau Stadium, The Bahamas major sports entertainment mecca for almost half century. It charts Charlie Majors college years at St. Bonaventure College, New York and his phenomenal rise to international prominence as a record holder in the high jump in the 1920s. And, it relates an anthological account of Willamae Deveauxs impressive culinary and managerial resume, and her love and fidelity to her family and church. In brief, the book is a tribute to the lives of these heroes, whose great accomplishments believe their humble beginnings. It is a story of love, friendship and commitment, and an inspiration to all.

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Xlibris Corporation

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1514430568

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9781514430569

The Intersection

By: Bill Isaacs

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The Intersection

By: Bill Isaacs

The Intersection is about people-real people just like you. In some cases, we don't know their names, but we recognize them. They are needy just like us. There's a woman with an incurable illness and a widow, without hope, on the way to a cemetery. There's a man who despairs that his dreams will never come true and sister who cannot understand the timing of God. There's a father who needs Christ to hurry. They all represent people on the road of life in need of an intersection. There is a point of need in all of them where Jesus shows up. When He does, chaos is turned to order and turmoil is replaced by peace. The Savior is about hope. You need it. I need it. He offers it. Look ahead- there He is. Go ahead-approach Him. He won't be surprised; He's expecting you. I assure you that you won't be disappointed!

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Xulon Press

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1591609925

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9781591609926

Twin Cities by Trolley

The Streetcar Era in Minneapolis and St. Paul

By: John W. Diers,Aaron Isaacs

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Twin Cities by Trolley

The Streetcar Era in Minneapolis and St. Paul

By: John W. Diers,Aaron Isaacs

The recent development of light rail transit in the Twin Cities has been an undeniable success. Plans for additional lines progress, and our ways of shopping, dining, and commuting are changing dramatically. As we embrace riding the new Hiawatha light rail line, an older era comes to mind—the age when everyone rode the more than 500 miles of track that crisscrossed the Twin Cities. In Twin Cities by Trolley, John Diers and Aaron Isaacs offer a rolling snapshot of Minneapolis and St. Paul from the 1880s to the 1950s, when the streetcar system shaped the growth and character of the entire metropolitan area. More than 400 photographs and 70 maps let the reader follow the tracks from Stillwater to University Avenue to Lake Minnetonka, through Uptown to downtown Minneapolis. The illustrations show nearly every neighborhood in Minneapolis and St. Paul as it was during the streetcar era. At its peak in the 1920s and early 1930s, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company (TCRT) operated over 900 streetcars, owned 523 miles of track, and carried more than 200 million passengers annually. Recounting the rise and fall of the TCRT, Twin Cities by Trolley explores the history, organization, and operations of the streetcar system, including life as a streetcar operator and the technology, design, and construction of the cars. Inspiring fond memories for anyone who grew up in the Twin Cities, Twin Cities by Trolley leads readers on a fascinating and enlightening tour of this bygone era in the neighborhood and the city they call home. John W. Diers has worked in the transit industry for thirty-five years, including twenty-five years at the Twin Cities Metropolitan Transit Commission. He has written for Trains, and has served on the board of the Minnesota Transportation Museum. Aaron Isaacs worked with Metro Transit for thirty-three years. He is the author of Twin City Lines—The 1940s and The Como-Harriet Streetcar Line. He is also the editor of Railway Museum Quarterly.

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U of Minnesota Press

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1452912955

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9781452912950

Change Your Mind, Change Your Body

Feeling Good About Your Body and Self After 40

By: Ann Kearney-Cooke,Florence Isaacs

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Change Your Mind, Change Your Body

Feeling Good About Your Body and Self After 40

By: Ann Kearney-Cooke,Florence Isaacs

The rest of your life lies ahead of you. Do you want to spend it fighting your body and worrying about things you can't change? Or do you want to live your life to its fullest by combining age, experience, and creativity to develop a new vision for your body and self? Women in midlife face many changes, such as children growing up, returning to the workforce, or retiring from it. Then there are the physical changes: crow's-feet, saggy arms, an expanding waistline. The transformations within us and around us can leave us feeling anxious, ineffective, and out of control, especially in a culture that defines midlife as the beginning of a decline. It's easy to look at our lives and ourselves and wish we could turn back the clock, but it doesn't have to be that way. Midlife is a time of opportunity to renew, grow strong, set new goals, and redefine who you are. Change Your Mind, Change Your Body: Feeling Good About Your Body and Self After 40 gives you the tools you need to utilize your wisdom and experiences to shape a new vision of who you are and what you want your life to look like -- right now. Learn how to: • Cope with the physical and mental changes that midlife brings • Revamp ideas of what is sexy and desirable • Turn fears of aging into tools for positive growth • Develop a positive, realistic body image • Embrace who you are and who you will become • Set weight and exercise goals you can really achieve • Help our daughters create a positive self-image You have the power to renegotiate your relationship with your body, yourself, and the world around you, and Change Your Mind, Change Your Body will help you discover and use it.

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Simon and Schuster

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141650365X

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Scratches on Our Minds

American Images of China and India

By: Harold R. Isaacs

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Scratches on Our Minds

American Images of China and India

By: Harold R. Isaacs

A presentation of eight contemporary Chinese women writers, representing two generations of women with different backgrounds and experiences. The selections explore esthetic, cultural and ideological problems that continue to challenge Chinese women.

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Routledge

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1317460073

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You Bet Your Life

The Burdens of Gambling

By: Neil D. Isaacs

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You Bet Your Life

The Burdens of Gambling

By: Neil D. Isaacs

We are a nation of gamblers: pari-mutuel wagering at horse tracks; blackjack in Las Vegas; the NCAA basketball office pool; even day trading on the internet. Gambling is both our national pastime and our predominant cultural metaphor—play the field; beat the odds; take a chance on love. Yet gambling poses serious risks to individuals and to society as a whole. Neil Isaacs—sports historian, licensed clinical social worker, English professor, and a gambler himself for more than fifty years—seeks to shatter the myths interfering with our understanding of gambling addiction, its causes, and its treatment. He begins by systematically debunking several commonly held beliefs, demonstrating that there is no such thing as the law of averages, that gambling is not inherently sinful, immoral, or criminal, and that money is not always the prime motivator for gamblers. Isaacs shows how habitual gambling can lead to compulsive gambling, but avoids oversimplifying this condition. Arguing against a undifferentiated interpretation of pathological gambling as a simple impulse control disorder, he draws examples from fiction, film, and his own practice to demonstrate additional ways gambling can be abused. A radical departure from established views, You Bet Your Life identifies the costs—in dollars, people, families, and credit ratings—of society's failure to address adequately the burdens of gambling.

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University Press of Kentucky

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0813157773

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9780813157771

Infelicia and Other Writings

By: Adah Isaacs Menken

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Infelicia and Other Writings

By: Adah Isaacs Menken

Adah Isaacs Menken was the most highly paid and most scandalous stage performer of the 1860s. She is also one of the most fascinating and unconventional writers in American literary history, and the first to follow the revolution in poetry started by Whitman's Leaves of Grass. This edition presents, for the first time, a generous selection of Menken's uncollected poems and essays, along with the first edition of Infelicia (1868), her only book. Also included is a range of carefully selected appendices that help contextualize Menken's writings in terms of theater, Judaism, Bohemianism, women's rights, and women writers.

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Broadview Press

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1770480226

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9781770480223

Characters of Solvable Groups

By: I. Martin Isaacs

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Characters of Solvable Groups

By: I. Martin Isaacs

This book, which can be considered as a sequel of the author's famous book Character Theory of Finite Groups, concerns the character theory of finite solvable groups and other groups that have an abundance of normal subgroups. It is subdivided into three parts: -theory, character correspondences, and M-groups. The -theory section contains an exposition of D. Gajendragadkar's -special characters, and it includes various extensions, generalizations, and applications of his work. The character correspondences section proves the McKay character counting conjecture and the Alperin weight conjecture for solvable groups, and it constructs a canonical McKay bijection for odd-order groups. In addition to a review of some basic material on M-groups, the third section contains an exposition of the use of symplectic modules for studying M-groups. In particular, an accessible presentation of E. C. Dade's deep results on monomial characters of odd prime-power degree is included. Very little of this material has previously appeared in book form, and much of it is based on the author's research. By reading a clean and accessible presentation written by the leading expert in the field, researchers and graduate students will be inspired to learn and work in this area that has fascinated the author for decades.

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American Mathematical Soc.

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1470434857

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9781470434854

To Improve Health and Health Care Vol XI

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Anthology

By: Stephen L. Isaacs,David C. Colby

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To Improve Health and Health Care Vol XI

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Anthology

By: Stephen L. Isaacs,David C. Colby

Since 1972, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has been the nation's largest philanthropy devoted exclusively to health. To further its mission of improving the health and health care of all Americans, the Foundation strives to foster innovation, develop ideas, disseminate information, and enable committed people to devote their energies to improving the nation's well-being. As part of the Foundation's efforts to inform the public, the eleventh volume in the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Anthology series, To Improve Health and Health Care, provides an in-depth look into the programs it funds. Written for policymakers and practitioners, as well as interested members of the public, the series offers valuable lessons for leaders and educators developing plans for the coming years.

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John Wiley & Sons

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0470227265

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9780470227268

Beginning Windows Store Application Development – HTML and JavaScript Edition

By: Scott Isaacs,Kyle Burns

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Beginning Windows Store Application Development – HTML and JavaScript Edition

By: Scott Isaacs,Kyle Burns

Beginning Windows Store Application Development – HTML and JavaScript Edition introduces you to the Windows 8 modern app design paradigm and the new Windows 8 programming model developed around this paradigm. You'll learn to build rich, immersive applications designed to run on the many devices powered by Windows 8. The authors draw on their extensive practical experience to provide not only a comprehensive introduction to the model and its features, but guidance on best practices and a real-world sample application that you develop over the course of the book. Beginning Windows Store Application Development – HTML and JavaScript Edition also emphasizes how devices will be used and applications will be built in a world that has become far more connected. The book takes you beyond the syntax of any development language and examines factors such as application design, user experience, social integration, and maintaining data and settings across multiple devices. What you’ll learn Apply Windows 8 modern UI style design guidelines to build effective user interfaces Use the new programming libraries available in Windows 8 Effectively use application tiles and notifications Integrate with Windows by exposing your application’s data to Windows Search and Share menus Consume services to bring data into your application Use the cloud to share data and application settings across multiple devices Publish your applications in the Windows Store Who this book is for Beginning Windows Store Application Development – HTML and JavaScript Edition is for the novice programmer with a basic understanding of web development who is interested in learning how to build the next generation of applications designed to run on Windows 8. Readers who already have an understanding of HTML, CSS and JavaScript will get the most out of the book. It also is an excellent choice for more experienced developers who want to get started programming for Windows 8. Table of Contents Welcome to a Touch First World The Microsoft Design Language Designing Windows Store Applications Visual Studio 2012 and Windows Store Application Types HTML Controls WinJS Controls WinJS Collection Controls WinJS Custom Controls Building the User Interface Transitions and Animations Data Binding Concepts Promises Web Workers Data Source Options Session State and Settings Files Handling State Changes External Libraries Windows Search and Share Printing Notifications and Tiles Sensors, Devices and Location Publishing Apps in the Windows Store

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Apress

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1430257792

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9781430257790

The First Railroads

By: Sally Senzell Isaacs

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The First Railroads

By: Sally Senzell Isaacs

An account of the early railroad era in the United States, describing the first trains, progress in train development, the growth of railroad networks, and the contribution of trains to the growth of the country.

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Capstone Classroom

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1403447918

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9781403447913

The Oregon Trail

By: Sally Senzell Isaacs

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The Oregon Trail

By: Sally Senzell Isaacs

This series captures the exciting and turbulent times that spawned America's first quests for westward expansion. Focusing on key events in history that shaped our country, each vividly illustrated book features clearly written text that explains the social, political, and economic realities of the time.

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1403447756

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