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Education and Inequality in India

A Classroom View

By: Manabi Majumdar,Jos Mooij

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Education and Inequality in India

A Classroom View

By: Manabi Majumdar,Jos Mooij

This book focuses on primary education in India and interrogates what schooling means and does to children from weaker sections of Indian society and which values underpin the school system. It examines whether the concept of "education for all" is just a mechanically conceived policy target to chasing enrolment and attendance or whether it a larger social goal and a deeper political statement about the need for attacking entrenched social inequalities, and above all an affirmation of the idea that schooling has a liberating potential. Drawing on original data collected in the two states of Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal, the authors first present the multiple ways in which social class impinges on the educational system, educational processes and educational outcomes. In the second part of the book, issues around autonomy and accountability are explored via an analysis of the position of teachers within the educational hierarchy, and by looking at the various possibilities of making teachers accountable. The last part centres on the learning process, with a particular focus on the classroom. The conclusion includes recommendations that are related to the necessity for a larger debate and normative framework, which includes private schools as possible partners in the pursuing of a public good for which a public entity should take some responsibility, and in conjuncture to that, the necessity to move from government action and responsibilities to a broader concept of public action"-- Provided by publisher.

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1136680551

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The White Devil

By: José Manuel Cano PavóN,Jos Manuel Cano Pav N.

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The White Devil

By: José Manuel Cano PavóN,Jos Manuel Cano Pav N.

This is a short novel by science fiction, in which an aggressive computer virus that is transmitted over the Internet affects the behaviour of those who come into contact with it when working with computers. No one knows its origin, although the authorities try to control its spread, with some success at first. But the virus is more dangerous than suspected, and things start to get complicated.

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1466948132

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Brain Responses to Auditory Mismatch and Novelty Detection

Predictive Coding from Cocktail Parties to Auditory-Related Disorders

By: Jos J. Eggermont

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Brain Responses to Auditory Mismatch and Novelty Detection

Predictive Coding from Cocktail Parties to Auditory-Related Disorders

By: Jos J. Eggermont

Brain Responses to Auditory Mismatch and Novelty Detection: Predictive Coding from Cocktail Parties to Auditory-Related Disorders provides the connections between changes in the 'error-generating network' and disorder-specific changes while also exploring its diagnostic properties. The book allows the reader to appreciate the outcomes of predictive coding theory in fields of auditory streaming (including the cocktail-party effect) and psychiatric disorders with an auditory component. These include mild cognitive impairment (MCI), Alzheimer's disease, attention-deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), autism spectrum disorder (ASD), schizophrenia and the cognitive aspects of Parkinson's disease. The book combines animal experiments on adaptation, human auditory evoked potentials, including MMN and their maturational, as well as aging aspects into one comprehensive resource. - Compares and contrasts animal vs human data - Provides detailed maturational and aging aspects - Details the differences between auditory, visual and somatosensory MMN networks - Reviews predictive coding in various psychiatric disorders

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Elsevier

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0443155496

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9780443155499

Death Draws Five

A Wild Cards Novel

By: George R. R. Martin,John Jos. Miller

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Death Draws Five

A Wild Cards Novel

By: George R. R. Martin,John Jos. Miller

Edited by bestselling author George R. R. Martin, in the next Wild Cards adventure we follow John Fortune, son of two of the most powerful and popular Aces the world has ever seen. In Death Draws Five, John Fortune's card has finally turned. He's an Ace! And proud of it . . . except that his new powers put him on a collision course with enemies he never knew he had. Is he the new messiah? Or the Anti-Christ? Or is he just a kid who's in over his head and about to drown? It's really quite simple. Mr. Nobody wants to do his job. The Midnight Angel wants to serve her Lord. Billy Ray, dying from boredom, wants some action. John Nighthawk wants to uncover the awful secret behind his mysterious power. Fortunato wants to rescue his son from the clutches of a cryptic Vatican office. John Fortune just wants to catch Siegfried and Ralph's famous Vegas review. The problem is that all roads, whether they start in Turin, Italy, Las Vegas, Hokkaido, Japan, Jokertown, Snake Hill, the Short Cut, or Yazoo City, Mississippi, lead to Leo Barnett's Peaceable Kingdom, where the difference between the Apocalypse and Peace on Earth is as thin as a razor's edge and where Death himself awaits the final, terrible turn of the card. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

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Tor Books

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1250227259

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Michael Jackson

The Icon

By: Jos Borsboom

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Michael Jackson

The Icon

By: Jos Borsboom

The King of Pop was without any doubt the world's biggest entertainer of all time. Michael Jackson's tragic death shocked the world for weeks. He was planning the biggest concert tour the world had ever seen. Michael tried to hide his addiction to painkillers for years. A doctor, who visited his trashed hotel suite in The Mirage in Las Vegas said: ""It is Elvis all over again."" The pop star died of an overdose on June 25, 2009 while preparing for his comeback tour. The ultimate story about Michael Jackson's life, his work as a humanitarian, his awards, his music, his problems with fame, and finally his last days. The whole story about the biggest legend ever. BIOGRAPHY and MEMOIR, Music (20th Century), Celebrities, King of Pop, Michael Jackson, Humanitarian, Biographies, Memoirs, Musician, Pop, Thriller, Aid, Addiction, Videos, Albums, Fanclub, Legend, Icon, Memorial, Funeral. Please visit Michael-Jackson.mobi for more information. Author: Jos Borsboom ISBN 9781447516927 Pages 400

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1447516923

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The Making of a Civil Rights Leader

Jos? Angel Guti?rrez

By: Jos? Angel Guti?rrez

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The Making of a Civil Rights Leader

Jos? Angel Guti?rrez

By: Jos? Angel Guti?rrez

Born in 1944, Jose Angel Gutierrez grew up in a time when Mexicans and Mexican Americans in Texas and the Southwest attended separate schools and avoided public facilities and restaurants that were designated "Whites Only." Despite the limits of segregation and rural culture in Texas, the passion to learn and to educate others, as well as to undo injustice, burned in his belly from an early age. Gutierrez offers portraits of his early influences, from his father's own pursuit of knowledge and political involvement, to his Mexican pre-school teacher's interest in bilingual-bicultural education which did not exist in public schools at that time, and to his mother's courage and persistence, taking up migrant field work to provide for her family after the death of young Gutierrez's father. In this intensely narrated memoir, Gutierrez details his rise from being beaten down by racist political and agricultural interests in South Texas to his leadership role in the Chicano civil rights movement of the 1960s and 1970s. Complemented by photos from his personal archives, Gutierrez recalls his struggle for education, his early baptism in grass-roots political organizing, and his success in creating one of history's most successful third party movements, La Raza Unida Party. Along the way, Gutierrez earned college and law degrees, as well as a Ph.D. in Political Science. He was elected or appointed to school boards, commissions, judgeships and party chairmanships, all with the single-minded purpose of extending equality to Mexican Americans and other minorities in the United States. Through his tireless efforts, he crossed paths with African American and Native American civil rights leaders, Mexican presidents, and other international figures.

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1611922151

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Hearing Loss

Causes, Prevention, and Treatment

By: Jos J. Eggermont

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Hearing Loss

Causes, Prevention, and Treatment

By: Jos J. Eggermont

Hearing Loss: Causes, Prevention, and Treatment covers hearing loss, causes and prevention, treatments, and future directions in the field, also looking at the cognitive problems that can develop. To avoid the "silent epidemic of hearing loss, it is necessary to promote early screening, use hearing protection, and change public attitudes toward noise. Successful treatments of hearing loss deal with restoring hearing sensitivity via hearing aids, including cochlear, brainstem, or midbrain implants. Both the technical aspects and effects on the quality of life of these devices are discussed. The integration of all aspects of hearing, hearing loss, prevention, and treatment make this a perfect one-volume course in audiology at the graduate student level. However, it is also a great reference for established audiologists, ear surgeons, neurologists, and pediatric and geriatric professionals. - Presents an in-depth overview of hearing loss, causes and prevention, treatments, and future directions in the field - Written for researchers and clinicians, such as auditory neuroscientists, audiologists, neurologists, speech pathologists, pediatricians, and geriatricians - Presents the benefits and problems with hearing aids and cochlear implants - Includes important quality of life issues

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Academic Press

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0128093498

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9780128093498

The Passion of Javier Heraud

By: Jos Manuel Cano Pav N.

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The Passion of Javier Heraud

By: Jos Manuel Cano Pav N.

While doing scientific work at the École Polytechnique in Paris, a fellow Spanish contacted Willy, a Peruvian student who is writing a book about the poet and guerrilla Javier Heraud. Interested in the story, the protagonist gradually learns the details of the process that leads to a tragic end of this young revolutionary.

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1466967153

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Annals of Augusta County, Virginia, from 1726 to 1871

By: Jos. A. Waddell

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Annals of Augusta County, Virginia, from 1726 to 1871

By: Jos. A. Waddell

This is the standard history of Augusta County, Virginia, with chapters on the county's first settlement, first courts, Indian wars, and Augusta County in the Revolution and the Civil War. Genealogists will most appreciate the discussion of the migration trail out of Augusta County and the numerous genealogical and biographical sketches of Augusta County families.

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0806345756

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Delaware Tom Or, The Traitor Guide

By: Jos. E. Badger

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Delaware Tom Or, The Traitor Guide

By: Jos. E. Badger

Delaware Tom: Or The Traitor's Guide" by Jos. E. Badger is a riveting ancient fiction story set all through a turbulent second in American history. The plot revolves around Delaware Tom, a capable and innovative protagonist who becomes embroiled in a dangerous community of espionage and betrayal. As tensions upward push in the course of the American Revolution, Delaware Tom, a faithful patriot, is all of sudden thrown into the theater of espionage. Tom, tasked with coming across a traitor in the Continental Army's ranks, ought to go treacherous pathways and confront numerous hurdles in order to finish his undertaking. Delaware Tom uses speedy wondering and talent to infiltrate enemy tracks, collect crucial information, and outwit his foes. Along the way, he meets a numerous group of characters, each with their own dreams and secrets. As the tale progresses, Tom's devotion and clear up are examined to the very give up. "Delaware Tom: Or The Traitor's Guide" tells a dramatic story of journey, suspense, and sacrifice. Jos. E. Badger expertly mixes collectively historic data and fictional factors to create a vibrant and engrossing narrative.

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9361156713

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9789361156717

The Progressive Translator

By: Jos. Baldauf,T. Ulbricht

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The Progressive Translator

By: Jos. Baldauf,T. Ulbricht

Reprint of the original, first published in 1875.

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3385258456

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9783385258457

The Texas Hawks; or, The Strange Decoy

By: Jos. E. Badger

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The Texas Hawks; or, The Strange Decoy

By: Jos. E. Badger

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3368926063

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Morning Star's Child

By: Jos?ramon Aguilar F

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Morning Star's Child

By: Jos?ramon Aguilar F

A young man's search for spiritual honesty and compassion; doomed to a life of loneliness he meets a young priest beginning an ill-fated relationship that transcends time itself.

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142512108X

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9781425121082

Painters and Communities in Seventeenth-Century Brussels

A Social History of Art

By: Rudy Jos Beerens

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Painters and Communities in Seventeenth-Century Brussels

A Social History of Art

By: Rudy Jos Beerens

In seventeenth-century Brussels, the careers of painters were shaped not only by their artistic talents but also by the communities to which they belonged. This book explores the intricate relationship between the social structures and artistic production of the 353 painters who became masters in the Brussels Guild of Painters, Goldbeaters, and Stained-Glass Makers between 1599 and 1706. This innovative study combines quantitative digital analysis with detailed qualitative case studies, offering a novel approach to the social history of art. By examining the various communities in which these artists operated, this book provides new insights into how early modern painters — both in Brussels and beyond — created their art, earned a living, and navigated the complexities of urban life. Painters and Communities in Seventeenth-Century Brussels also presents the first overview of the Brussels Baroque, with extensive biographical lists of the city’s master painters.

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Leuven University Press

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9462704287

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9789462704282

Chicano Manual on How to Handle Gringos

By: Jos? Angel Guti?rrez

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Chicano Manual on How to Handle Gringos

By: Jos? Angel Guti?rrez

Under this somewhat threatening title, the renowned civil rights leader Jos? Angel Guti?rrez provides a guidebook to minority empowerment through the use of analysis, practical experience and anecdote. His primary goal is the conversion of Latino demographic power into educational, economic and political power. In an incisive introduction, Guti?rrez analyzes the types of power and evaluates Chicano and Latino access to power at various levels in U.S. society. In very plain, down-to-earth language and examples, Guti?rrez takes pains to make his broad knowledge and experience available to everyone, but especially to those who want to be activists for themselves and their communities. For him the empowerment of a minority or working-class person can transfer into greater empowerment of the whole community. This manual penned by the founder of the only successful Hispanic political party, La Raza Unida, brings together an impressive breadth of models to either follow or avoid. Quite often, Guti?rrezÍs voice is not only the seasoned voice of reason, but also that of humor, wry wit and satire. If nothing else, The Chicano Manual on How to Handle Gringos is a wonderful survey of the Chicano and Latino community on the move in all spheres of life in the United States on the very eve of its demographic and cultural ascendancy.

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Arte Publico Press

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1611920930

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Clinical Applications of Music Therapy in Developmental Disability, Paediatrics and Neurology

By: Tony Wigram,Jos De Backer

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Clinical Applications of Music Therapy in Developmental Disability, Paediatrics and Neurology

By: Tony Wigram,Jos De Backer

Reflecting on and developing the applications of music therapy, this collection will help establish effective therapy methods in which the creative use of music is employed by skilled and clinically experienced music therapists in a client-oriented interactive process.

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Jessica Kingsley Publishers

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1853027340

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9781853027345

A Gift of Freedom

How the John M. Olin Foundation Changed America

By: John Jos. Miller

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A Gift of Freedom

How the John M. Olin Foundation Changed America

By: John Jos. Miller

In the 1970s, John M. Olin, one of the country’s leading industrialists, decided to devote his fortune to saving American free enterprise. Over the next three decades, the John M. Olin Foundation funded the conservative movement as it emerged from the intellectual ghetto and occupied the halls of power. The foundation spent hundreds of millions of dollars fostering what its longtime president William E. Simon called the “counterintelligentsia” to offset liberal dominance of university faculties and the mainstream media and to make conservatism a significant cultural force. Among the counterintellectuals the foundation identified and supported at key stages of their careers were Charles Murray during his early work on welfare reform, Allan Bloom as he wrote The Closing of the American Mind, and Francis Fukuyama as he was developing his “End of History” thesis. Using exclusive access to the John M. Olin Foundation’s leading personalities as well as its extensive archives, John J. Miller tells the story of an intriguing man and his unique philanthropic vision. He gives fascinating insights into the foundation’s role in helping the CIA fund anti-Communist organizations during the Cold War and its extensive help to Irving Kristol and others as they moved from left to right to found the neoconservative movement. He tells of the foundation’s early and critical role in building institutions such as the Federalist Society and the Heritage Foundation, which served to transform conservative ideas into national policies. A Gift of Freedom shows how John M. Olin’s “venture capital fund for the conservative movement” helped develop one of the leading forces in American politics and culture.

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Encounter Books

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1594034044

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The Rise of the Indo-Afghan Empire, c. 1710-1780

By: Jos J.L. Gommans

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The Rise of the Indo-Afghan Empire, c. 1710-1780

By: Jos J.L. Gommans

The Rise of The Indo-Afghan Empire, c. 1710-1780 deals with the magnificent world of Afghan nomads, horse-dealers and mercenaries bridging the frontiers between the old metropolitan centres of India, Iran and Central Asia. During the eighteenth century they succeeded in establishing a vigorous new system of Indo-Afghan states. In Central Asia, the Afghans created an imperial tradition on the basis of long-standing Perso-Islamic ideals. In India, along the caravan routes with Turkistan and Tibet, they carved out thriving principalities in association with military service and the breeding and trade in war-horses. By fully incorporating this Afghan ascendancy into the fabric of Islamic and world history the author challenges the widely held notion of a gloomy Afghan past.

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BRILL

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9004644733

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9789004644731

Dinosaur's Playground

By: Jos Phiz

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Dinosaur's Playground

By: Jos Phiz

Literary novel combining elements of coming of age drama, conspiracy thriller and historical science fiction Four twenty-somethings try to make sense of their lives while history unravels around them

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1326566008

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9781326566005

Applied Multilevel Analysis

A Practical Guide for Medical Researchers

By: Jos W. R. Twisk

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Applied Multilevel Analysis

A Practical Guide for Medical Researchers

By: Jos W. R. Twisk

This is a practical introduction to multilevel analysis suitable for all those doing research. Most books on multilevel analysis are written by statisticians, and they focus on the mathematical background. These books are difficult for non-mathematical researchers. In contrast, this volume provides an accessible account on the application of multilevel analysis in research. It addresses the practical issues that confront those undertaking research and wanting to find the correct answers to research questions. This book is written for non-mathematical researchers and it explains when and how to use multilevel analysis. Many worked examples, with computer output, are given to illustrate and explain this subject. Datasets of the examples are available on the internet, so the reader can reanalyse the data. This approach will help to bridge the conceptual and communication gap that exists between those undertaking research and statisticians.

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Cambridge University Press

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1316102068

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9781316102060

Hieronymus Bosch

Visions of Genius

By: Matthijs Ilsink,Jos Koldeweij,A. M. Koldeweij,Charles Cornelis Maria Mooij

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Hieronymus Bosch

Visions of Genius

By: Matthijs Ilsink,Jos Koldeweij,A. M. Koldeweij,Charles Cornelis Maria Mooij

An accessible survey on a genius artist, published to accompany the 500th anniversary of Bosch's death Hieronymus Bosch (c. 1450-1516) lived and worked in 's-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands, where he created enigmatic paintings and drawings full of bizarre creatures, phantasmagoric monsters, and terrifying nightmares. He also depicted detailed landscapes and found inspiration in fundamental moral concepts: seduction, sin, and judgment. This beautiful book accompanies a major exhibition on Bosch's work in his native city, and will feature important new research on his 25 known paintings and 20 drawings. The book, divided into six sections, covers the entirety of the artist's career. It discusses in detail Bosch's Pilgrimage of Life, Bosch and the Life of Christ, his role as a draughtsman, his depictions of saints, and his visualization of Judgment Day and the hereafter, among other topics, and is handsomely illustrated by new photography undertaken by the Bosch Research and Conservation Project Team.

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Yale University Press

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0300220138

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9780300220131

The Lost City

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By: Jos. E. Badger

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The Lost City

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By: Jos. E. Badger

Reproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision.

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338700432X

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The Five Questions

An Academic Handbook in Youth Ministry Research

By: Jos de Kock,Bard Norheim

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The Five Questions

An Academic Handbook in Youth Ministry Research

By: Jos de Kock,Bard Norheim

Research in youth ministry has excelled and developed rapidly over the last four decades. Youth ministry is not just a church practice, but has become an emerging academic discipline, with a variety of methodological, theoretical, and contextual approaches. This academic handbook offers an assessment of contemporary youth ministry research to assist students doing bachelor, master, and doctoral research, and youth ministry scholars, in their studies of youth ministry. By examining youth ministry research through the lens of the following five fundamental questions, the reader is challenged to engage with state-of-the-art theory, methods, and findings from current youth ministry research: • Who are the youth in youth ministry? • Where is God in youth ministry? • What is the purpose of youth ministry? • Who is the youth minister in youth ministry? • How to research practices in youth ministry? The academic handbook is a must-read for everyone who is interested in systematic reflection on youth ministry and youth ministry research.

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Wipf and Stock Publishers

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1532646690

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9781532646690

Outlaw Jack; Or, the Mountain Devil

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By: Jos. E. Badger

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Outlaw Jack; Or, the Mountain Devil

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By: Jos. E. Badger

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3387306989

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Dusky Dick: Or, Old Toby Castor's Great Campaign

A Story of The Last Sioux Outbreak

By: Jos. E. Badger

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A Story of The Last Sioux Outbreak

By: Jos. E. Badger

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3368936905

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9783368936907

We Won't Back Down

Severita Lara's Rise from Student Leader to Mayor

By: Jos? Angel Guti?rrez

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We Won't Back Down

Severita Lara's Rise from Student Leader to Mayor

By: Jos? Angel Guti?rrez

On December 9, 1969, change was in the air. The small town of Crystal City, Texas would never be the same. After weeks of petitioning for a hearing with the Crystal City school board, students of Crystal City High and their parents descended on the superintendent's office. The students had been threatened with suspension and even physical violence. Powerful members of the community had insisted they would fire the parents of students if they went in front of the school board, and still, they came. Finally, the school board removed the chairs in the gallery, and the parents and students stood until members of the school board fled to avoid the confrontation. As the students and their parents stood in front of the building, a cry rose from the crowd. "Walk out. Walk out." So began the Crystal City High student walk out. At the center of the fervor was Severita Lara. Called la cabezuda, or stubborn girl, by her mother, Lara bore the mark of a leader from an early age. She was not afraid to stand up to anyone: girls or boys, teachers or superintendents. She always followed her father's advice, "If you know it's right, do it." José Angel Gutiérrez, the famous civil rights leader, chronicle's Lara's ascent from a willful child to the mayor of Crystal City. From her father's doting support to her mother's steel-rod discipline, Gutiérrez offers a detailed portrait of the early family life of the woman whose continuing struggle against segregation and discrimination began while she was still a high school student in Crystal City. He also follows her attempts as a single mother to achieve her dream of being a doctor and providing for her sons. This is the story of la cabezuda, Severita Lara, who has made an indelible imprint on American history. JOSÉ ANGEL GUTIÉRREZ is the author of a memoir for young adults The Making of a Civil Rights Leader: José Angel Gutiérrez (Piñata Books, 2005); two works of social commentary, A Chicano Manual on How to Handle Gringos (Arte Público Press, 2003) and A Gringo Manual on How to Handle Mexicans (Arte Público Press, 1998); and a memoir for adults, The Making of a Chicano Militant (University of Wisconsin Press, 1998). He is the editor and translator of Reies López Tijerina's autobiography, They Called Me King Tiger (Arte Público Press, 2000). The founder and former director of the Center for Mexican American Studies at the University of Texas at Arlington, he is a professor of Political Science at the University of Texas at Arlington. He also practices law in Dallas, Texas, where he lives with his family.

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