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The Gray Cardinal

The Wolfpire Saga;

By: Raymond Van Zleer

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THE GRAY CARDINAL The Wolfpire Saga VOLUME III Books 5 & 6 Yang : Gray Cardinals In the resurrected USSR, the American born wolfpire, Ilyana Yurievna Kirakova, struggles to unleash the Dream mankinds only hope. Standing in her way is the KGB who ruthlessly crush even the mere hint of less than one hundred percent loyalty. Especially within the Communist Party and the KGBs own ranks. Yet within this elite bastion manned by the USSRs staunchest defenders, Ilyana must do more than topple the communists and the KGB. She must find a way to guide the Dream into being and protect the people of this world from the hellish doom that the antichrist intends to unleash. Life would be easier if she did not also have to deal with spies, criminals, traitors, power struggles within the Communist Party and the KGB, her own parents, and a boyfriend. Yin : Old Baba Answers The birth of the Dream begins the ultimate battle between good and evil. A battle far from won, as Ilyana Yurievna Kirakova confronts the ultimate challenge. Molding a new nation and transforming the former USSRs many contentious lands within into a unified nation whose peoples must voluntarily stand shoulder to shoulder against the antichrists evils or be crushed by them. Looming too are major secrets from her past. The timely revelation of one secret will hopefully doom her to death. The untimely revelation of any could destroy the Dream and all of mankind.

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1490748636

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In Defense of Decadent Europe

By: Raymond Aron

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In Defense of Decadent Europe

By: Raymond Aron

Raymond Aron's "In Defense of Decadent Europe" was first conceived at a time of great uncertainty for the Western democracies. The postwar economic boom had been interrupted by "stagflation," while communist and socialist parties in Italy and France were powerful factors in Europe's political landscape. Aron's book has a threefold purpose: the analysis of the Soviet Russian regime and its Marxist-Leninist theoretical foundation; the detailed empirical comparison between liberal democracies and collectivist regimes of the East; and, above all, the exploration of what might be termed the "problem" of democracy the tendency of democratic regimes to undermine themselves unless checked in their most extreme tendencies. Aron denounces the clash between democracy and the Marxist-Leninist mystification and explains how Marxism leads to Soviet-style ideology. The second part of the book constitutes a defense of liberal Europe. The author makes comparisons in terms of productivity, technical innovation, living standards, scientific progress, and human freedom. But Aron also notes there are important ways in which the West must put her house in order by cultivating authority in the church, in universities, in business, and even in the army. This paradox is conveyed by the title of the book, the juxtaposition of the words "In Defense of and Decadent Europe." In the new introduction, Daniel Mahoney and Brian Anderson discuss the disenchanted conservative liberalism of Raymond Aron that set him apart. Among the topics they cover are: the challenge of ideocracy, the decadence of democracy, and Aron as a civic philosopher. "In Defense of Decadent Europe" combines ideological debate with economic and social analysis. Its thorough examination of Western freedom versus the Eastern communism of the recent past extends well beyond parochial debates into a basic vision of Western societies. The book will be compelling for historians, political scientists, economists, and philosophers.

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1412826047

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The Last Matryoshka

The Wolfpire Saga:

By: Raymond Van Zleer

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The Last Matryoshka

The Wolfpire Saga:

By: Raymond Van Zleer

THE LAST MATRYOSHKA The Wolfpire Saga VOLUME IV Books 7 & 8 Yang : Unveilings In a Moskva courtroom, the fate of the world hangs in the balance. In order to give permanence to the Dream, Ilyana Yurievna Kirakova must be convicted, then put to death for her crimes. There is only one major problem: The ones who must condemn her are her most loyal followers. Those who turned the Dream into a living reality. They want to spare her, unaware that doing so will destroy the Dream and more. It will unleash Hell, for if the Dream dies, the antichrists conquest of the world will then be total and complete. Equally a concern is Petr, the CIA man who knows who Ilyana really is. He too will do everything he can to save her, including reveal her. A revelation that could also potentially destroy the Dream. Thus, this has become a time of trial and struggle, love, fear, and loss, unleashed amidst the uncompromising final battle. A battle the wolfpire desperately needs to win even though victory will likely cost her everything she personally wants and loves. It could even cost her, her actual life. Yin : The Ultimate Gift The Tragic, Joyful, Uplifting Conclusion. Bonus Material The Constitution of the Federatsiya Narodov.

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1490748628

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The White Crow

The Wolfpire Saga;

By: Raymond Van Zleer

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The White Crow

The Wolfpire Saga;

By: Raymond Van Zleer

The White Crow The Wolfpire Saga VOLUME II Books 3 & 4 Yin : White Crow, Black Crow Less than three months after being transformed, Heather Rogers finds herself in Moscow, the capital of the newly resurrected USSR whose internal security is again in the hands of the fearsome KGB and its fanatic Party ultra loyalists. Hellish is the doom inflicted upon anyone who gives even the appearance of supporting anything except the Communist Party. Thus to save herself from a fate worse than death, she must keep her American heritage and her blossoming wolfpire abilities totally secret. Yet even more, she must somehow become the girl she is now supposed to be. The Russian born Ilyana Yurievna Kirakova. A girl whom the KGB has always been more than just interested in. Yang : Chekist The KGB wants sixteen year old Ilyana Yurievna Kirakova to serve its cause, unaware of who and what she is really is. Equally unknown to the KGB, is that Ilyana has covertly founded the Dream whose secret goal is to one day oppose the evil threatening to overwhelm the entire world, for the time of the antichrist is almost at hand. Hence the American born wolfpire must somehow keep all of her secrets from the KGB, even as she serves their every whim. Of course, no one ever said that college, family issues, KGB training, and espionage would be easy. All too soon, the time of reckoning will be at hand.

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149074861X

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Invisible Trillions

How Financial Secrecy Is Imperiling Capitalism and Democracyand the Way to Renew Our Broken System

By: Raymond W. Baker

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Invisible Trillions

How Financial Secrecy Is Imperiling Capitalism and Democracyand the Way to Renew Our Broken System

By: Raymond W. Baker

Essential reading for anyone truly interested in saving democracy from the predations of kleptocracy and plutocracy. -Charles Davidson, The Journal of Democracy This book expands our understanding of the financial secrecy system dominating capitalism today and shows how we can create accountability to restore our democracy. Over the last half century, capitalism has created the means for trillions of dollars, euros, pounds, and other stores of wealth to move invisibly-beyond the control of central bankers, law enforcement agents, and international institutions. With an entire financial secrecy system now dominating capitalist operations, riches flow inexorably upward and accelerate economic inequality. And rising inequality is directly imperiling-weakening, obstructing, and degrading-democracy. This book is not a screed against capitalism-it is a call for capitalism to return to its roots, reenergizing its synergies with democracy. Raymond Baker writes, Democratic capitalism is, in my judgment, the best system yet devised in political economy, but dysfunctions within its capitalist component are undermining the two-part system. Baker explains the tax havens, secrecy jurisdictions, disguised corporations, anonymous trusts, fake foundations, regulatory loopholes, money laundering techniques, and more that make up the financial secrecy system. But he goes beyond the what to the why, examining the motivations driving the system that generates and shelters trillions of dollars that could go toward spreading wealth, generating public goods, and protecting the environment. Going deeper, Baker illustrates how these realities further corrode the commonwealth, with chapters devoted to the facilitating activities and impacts of banks, corporations, enabling lawyers and accountants, governments, and international institutions and concluding with the limiting role played in policy silos that are missing the bigger picture. Finally, he provides specific, pragmatic measures to reset capitalism so that it once again contributes to shared prosperity and sustained democracy. This is a magisterial treatment of an issue that is at the root of so many problems that plague our nation and the world today.

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1523003049

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Economic Restructuring of the Former Soviet Bloc

The Case of Housing

By: Raymond J. Struyk

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Economic Restructuring of the Former Soviet Bloc

The Case of Housing

By: Raymond J. Struyk

The countries of Eastern Europe have been on the long road to the market for more than a decade. And while the macroeconomic record has been well documented, there has been little analysis of individual country and cross-sector progress. This book offers detailed comparative analysis of the housing sector in seven countries as a window to understanding the developments beyond the headlines. The authors document housing progress towards reliance on markets, how easy it is for families to buy housing, and how the housing sector has contributed to macroeconomic stabilization in Hungary, Slovenia, the Czech and Slovak Republics, Poland, Russia, Armenia, and Estonia.

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The Urban Insitute

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0877666431

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What To Do To Survive An Economic Collapse

By: Raymond Wayne

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What To Do To Survive An Economic Collapse

By: Raymond Wayne

The world is shrinking. With globalization and outsourcing, we're becoming increasingly connected with each other and connected to the global economy. The global stock market crashing in 2008 is a stark reminder that economic collapse happens and will continue to happen as we become more dependent on the global economy. In view of current global trends, the sustainability dilemma, and our inherently materialistic society, it is safe to state that a sustained economic collapse will eventually happen. We all need to realize that sooner or later, the modern industrialized economy will collapse. Humanity’s capacity to continue living the way we have been living is limited - many studies project this downward spiral to continue due to climate change, economic inequality, inefficient resource management, etc In order to be viable in the event of this happening, you need to know what resources remain available and how sustainable they are. This ebook will discusses on these resources with an emphasis on modern survival options. If you do not know what may happen if an economic collapse happens, it is time to do some research and find out what you need to do. We will look at what types of preparations are available, your personal prerequisites and how to avoid making critical mistakes in this potential disaster. The key word in an economic collapse is "collapse." It does not require a violent image image and can be slow and steady. Society may buckle under the weight of its own demands; others may think that financial institutions should try to avert an uncontrolled recession or depression - but at any rate, something needs to give. Financial Collapse: How prepared would you be as a consumer to resist such as collapse as major disruptions in energy markets, labor markets, housing markets? When will those markets hit the breaking point ? Maybe we have the answer here , on these resources with an emphasis on modern survival options.

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Round Up the Usual Suspects

Criminal Investigation in Law & Order, Cold Case, and CSI

By: Raymond Ruble

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Round Up the Usual Suspects

Criminal Investigation in Law & Order, Cold Case, and CSI

By: Raymond Ruble

TV shows that retain their popularity over the years do so for obvious reasons: good production values, good acting, and compelling storylines. But detective stories in particular also endure because they appeal to the gumshoe in all of us. America is obsessed with crime solving. Nancy Grace on CNN Headline News, Greta Van Susteren on Fox, and the seemingly annual recurrence of the courtroom sensation all testify to this fact. And these people and cases are able to reach their phenomenal status not simply because of the media-the media only demonstrates the enormous national appetite for this material. Rather, Cold Case, CSI, and Law & Order have achieved their current popularity because they all respond to the same national craving for crime, and do so with great skill and creativity. Round Up the Usual Suspects provides a comparison of the crime fighting models and justice proceedings of each of these TV series. Each series has its own special crime-fighting niche, and each approaches its job with a different set of values and different paradigms of discovery and proof. Their separate approaches are each firmly grounded in different components of human nature — analytical reasoning, for instance, in CSI, memory in Cold Case, and teamwork in Law & Order. After examining each of the individual series in depth, Ruble goes on to investigate some of the historical antecedents in classical TV detective series such as The FBI and Dragnet. It is interesting to note that these crime fighting methodologies are extensions of the way we all process information about the world. Ray Ruble here aims to increase our appreciation for the ingenious manner in which fictional cases are broken and convictions convincingly secured, and also illuminates the deeper human elements that lie under a more implicit spotlight in these runaway hits.

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0275995135

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9780275995133

Build a Successful Business: The Entrepreneurship Collection (10 Items)

By: Joe Knight,Anjali Sastry,Anthony K. Tjan,Raymond Sheen,Jeff Weiss

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Build a Successful Business: The Entrepreneurship Collection (10 Items)

By: Joe Knight,Anjali Sastry,Anthony K. Tjan,Raymond Sheen,Jeff Weiss

Learn what it takes to build a great business with this digital collection curated by Harvard Business Review; it contains everything you need to know about entrepreneurship, from leadership traits and a willingness to fail to financial intelligence and tips for building a business case. Includes Financial Intelligence for Entrepreneurs; Fail Better; Heart, Smarts Guts, and Luck; Entrepreneur’s Toolkit; HBR on Entrepreneurship; HBR Guide to Building Your Business Case; HBR Guide to Negotiating; How I Did It; and the Harvard Business Review articles “Five Stages of Small Business Growth,” and “Why Entrepreneurs Don’t Scale.”

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1633691969

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Peace and War

A Theory of International Relations

By: Raymond Aron

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Peace and War

A Theory of International Relations

By: Raymond Aron

Peace and War by Raymond Aron is one of the greatest books ever written on international relations. Aron's starting point is the state of nature that exists between nations, a condition that differs essentially from the civil state that holds within political communities. Ever keeping this brute fact about the life of nations in mind and ranging widely over political history and many disciplines, Aron develops the essential analytical tools to enable us to think clearly about the stakes and possibilities of international relations. In his first section, "Theory," Aron shows that, while international relations can be mapped, and probabilities discerned, no closed, global "science" of international relations is anything more than a mirage. In the second part, "Sociology," Aron studies the many ways various subpolitical forces influence foreign policy. He emphasizes that no rigorous determinism is at work: politics—and thus the need for prudent statesmanship—are inescapable in international relations. In part three, "History," Aron offers a magisterial survey of the twentieth century. He looks at key developments that have had an impact on foreign policy and the emergence of what he calls "universal history," which brings far-flung peoples into regular contact for the first time. In a final section, "Praxeology," Aron articulates a normative theory of international relations that rejects both the bleak vision of the Machiavellians, who hold that any means are legitimate, and the naivete of the idealists, who think foreign policy can be overcome. This new edition of Peace and War includes an informative introduction by Daniel J. Mahoney and Brian C. Anderson, situating Aron's thought in a new post-Cold War context, and evaluating his contribution to the study of politics and international relations.

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1351500406

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Credit Intelligence & Modelling

Many Paths Through the Forest of Credit Rating and Scoring

By: Raymond A. Anderson

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Credit Intelligence & Modelling

Many Paths Through the Forest of Credit Rating and Scoring

By: Raymond A. Anderson

Credit Intelligence and Modelling provides an indispensable explanation of the statistical models and methods used when assessing credit risk and automating decisions. Over eight modules, the book covers consumer and business lending in both the developed and developing worlds, providing the frameworks for both theory and practice. It first explores an introduction to credit risk assessment and predictive modelling, micro-histories of credit and credit scoring, as well as the processes used throughout the credit risk management cycle. Mathematical and statistical tools used to develop and assess predictive models are then considered, in addition to project management and data assembly, data preparation from sampling to reject inference, and finally model training through to implementation. Although the focus is credit risk, especially in the retail consumer and small-business segments, many concepts are common across disciplines, whether for academic research or practical use. The book assumes little prior knowledge, thus making it an indispensable desktop reference for students and practitioners alike. Credit Intelligence and Modelling expands on the success of The Credit Scoring Toolkit to cover credit rating and intelligence agencies, and the data and tools used as part of the process.

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0192844199

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A Distant Star

How Humanity Gets to the Stars

By: Raymond Hardcastle

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A Distant Star

How Humanity Gets to the Stars

By: Raymond Hardcastle

This book approaches in novel form what steps Humanity needs to take to become a more than single planet species so we humans don’t become extinct. The dinosaurs didn’t have a Space Program. Picture a Tyrannosaurus in a space suit. It uses current and projected developments to advance into low Earth orbit, the Moon and the Lagrangian balanced gravity points. A small dedicated crew of explorers advance beyond earth orbit to Mars, the Asteroid Belt and dwarf planet Ceres. On an exploration of Jupiter’s Trojan points in search of geologic resources they discover something that leads them eventually to a Star Gate. Established Scientists keep telling them what they are doing can’t be done, but then take credit for their accomplishments.

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Image of America

By: Raymond LÃ©opold Bruckberger

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Image of America

By: Raymond LÃ©opold Bruckberger

Either America is the hope of the world, or it is nothing. Th ere are those who have begun to despair of the West. It is for them that I am writing." Bruckberger's book has been compared by many to Tocqueville's Democracy in America. In both works, Americans see themselves through the sympathetic, sometimes critical eyes of a Frenchman. Bruckberger, as chaplain general of the French Resistance during World War II, was a scholar who lived a life of action, and a priest who knew the life of the spirit. He begins with a celebration of the American past, but also off ers a clear warning for the future. The book was written after Bruckberger's eight years in the United States, during which he thought deeply about the country, and came to love and admire it. He sees what others have not, and his heroes are, in most instances, not the ones normally chosen. As seen from the perspective of the old Europe, the ideas and ideals that have shaped the history and character of America, take on a new meaning. The result is an image of America that is as enlightening as it is surprising. Bruckberger believes America brings to the Western heritage an essential spark, one vital for the angry and perilous post-World War II world, and one equally important today. That is America's regard for the individual, for the non-abstract, living human being. Th is theme, contrasted with what Bruckberger sees as the heresy of Europe--the subordination of human beings to abstraction-- is developed with wit and insight.

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1412825873

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Peace and War

A Theory of International Relations

By: Paul Thompson,Raymond Aron

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Peace and War

A Theory of International Relations

By: Paul Thompson,Raymond Aron

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1351500414

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Impacts of Racism on White Americans

By: Raymond G. Hunt,Benjamin Bowser

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Impacts of Racism on White Americans

By: Raymond G. Hunt,Benjamin Bowser

What motivates white racism? What effects does racism have on white Americans? The Second Edition of this provocative book reveals that racism remains a pervasive force in American society and that its effects on whites are still misunderstood. Combining the contributions of sociologists, historians and economists, this new edition contains updated chapters which take account of the developments in American society over the past 15 years. The editors expand on the recommendations they presented in the First Edition, demonstrating clearly the progress made and, more significantly, what remains to be achieved.

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SAGE Publications

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1452246513

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Classic Mathemagic

By: Raymond Blum,Adam Hart-Davis,Bob Longe,Derrick Niederman

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Classic Mathemagic

By: Raymond Blum,Adam Hart-Davis,Bob Longe,Derrick Niederman

Dozens of number tricks from easy to expert.

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Metro Books

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1586636839

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Moscow And The Third World Under Gorbachev

By: W. Raymond Duncan

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Moscow And The Third World Under Gorbachev

By: W. Raymond Duncan

This book explores the scope of Moscow's "new thinking" in its Third World context—highlighted by the USSR's surprising withdrawal from Afghanistan in 1988. It reviews the foreign policy record Gorbachev inherited and assesses his economic and strategic priorities in the diplomatic arena.

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0429718330

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Enhancing Adult Motivation to Learn

A Comprehensive Guide for Teaching All Adults

By: Raymond J. Wlodkowski,Margery B. Ginsberg

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Enhancing Adult Motivation to Learn

A Comprehensive Guide for Teaching All Adults

By: Raymond J. Wlodkowski,Margery B. Ginsberg

The classic interdisciplinary reference on adult education, updated for today's learning environment Enhancing Adult Motivation to Learn provides adult educators with the information and strategies they need to guide non-traditional students toward positive educational outcomes. Providing a clear framework, guidelines for instructional planning, real-world examples, and cutting-edge ideas, this book fills the need for intrinsically motivating instruction targeted specifically toward adults returning to school. This new fourth edition sharpens the focus on community colleges, where most first-generation college students and working adults begin their higher education, and explores the rising use of technology and alternative delivery methods including a new chapter covering online instruction. Since the publication of its first edition, this book has become a classic reference for understanding adult motivation in educational and training settings. As more and more adults re-enter the educational system, instructors and trainers will find extraordinary value in this exploration at the intersection of research and practice. Examine the latest neuroscience and psychological research pertaining to adult motivation and learning Delve into alternative formats including online learning, interactive learning materials, and more Elicit and encourage adult intrinsic motivation using the Motivational Framework for Culturally Responsive Teaching and sixty practical, research-backed strategies Adopt a culturally responsive instructional approach for an inclusive and equitable learning environment. Adult students differ from traditional students in motivation, attitude, experience, and more; this, combined with an increasingly diverse body of students as well electronic delivery methods, makes today's teaching environment a new landscape for instructors to navigate. Enhancing Adult Motivation to Learn provides a clear guide to success for instructors and students alike.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1119078016

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Teaching Intensive and Accelerated Courses

Instruction that Motivates Learning

By: Raymond J. Wlodkowski,Margery B. Ginsberg

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Teaching Intensive and Accelerated Courses

Instruction that Motivates Learning

By: Raymond J. Wlodkowski,Margery B. Ginsberg

In this comprehensive resource, Raymond J. Wlodkowski and Margery B. Ginsberg describe how to meet the challenge of teaching intensive and accelerated courses to nontraditional learners and working adults. By making motivation and cultural relevance essential to instruction, they clearly show what instructors can do to enhance learning in classes that can last from three to six hours. Teaching Intensive and Accelerated Courses makes full use of the authors' twenty years of experience researching and teaching accelerated courses, along with selected strategies from Wlodkowski's classic Enhancing Adult Motivation to Learn, to offer tried-and-true practices instructors can use to provide continuously engaging learning.

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0787968935

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Mathematical Reasoning

Patterns, Problems, Conjectures, and Proofs

By: Raymond Nickerson

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Mathematical Reasoning

Patterns, Problems, Conjectures, and Proofs

By: Raymond Nickerson

The development of mathematical competence -- both by humans as a species over millennia and by individuals over their lifetimes -- is a fascinating aspect of human cognition. This book explores when and why the rudiments of mathematical capability first appeared among human beings, what its fundamental concepts are, and how and why it has grown into the richly branching complex of specialties that it is today. It discusses whether the ‘truths’ of mathematics are discoveries or inventions, and what prompts the emergence of concepts that appear to be descriptive of nothing in human experience. Also covered is the role of esthetics in mathematics: What exactly are mathematicians seeing when they describe a mathematical entity as ‘beautiful’? There is discussion of whether mathematical disability is distinguishable from a general cognitive deficit and whether the potential for mathematical reasoning is best developed through instruction. This volume is unique in the vast range of psychological questions it covers, as revealed in the work habits and products of numerous mathematicians. It provides fascinating reading for researchers and students with an interest in cognition in general and mathematical cognition in particular. Instructors of mathematics will also find the book’s insights illuminating.

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Psychology Press

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1136945385

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The Great Transition

By: Raymond L. Garthoff

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The Great Transition

By: Raymond L. Garthoff

Raymond L. Garthoff examines the fateful final decade of U.S.-Soviet relations, from the start of the Reagan administration in 1981 through the end of the Soviet era—the collapse of the communist bloc, the end of Gorbachev's failed perestroika, and the demise of the Soviet Union itself at the end of 1991. While standing on its own, the book is a sequel to the author's earlier acclaimed, Détente and Confrontation: American-Soviet Relations from Nixon to Reagan, which covers the period 1969-1980. This volume features a detailed examination of the perspectives and actions of both the United States and the Soviet Union and their interaction, including the interrelationships of domestic factors with foreign and security policies in both countries and the involvement of both powers with other countries around the world, which infringed on their direct relationship. Besides analyzing the turn from confrontation to détente over the years of the Reagan and Bush administrations and Brezhnev through the Gorbachev administration, it reflects on the significance of the great transition from the cold war to a new era. It thus illuminates the very relevant recent history that underlines and informs American-Russian relations and the new situation of a post-Soviet, post-cold war world. Garthoff has obtained access to many formerly secret Soviet documents on this period in the Russian archives, as well as to a number of official American documents that have only recently been declassified. In addition, he has been able to interview and discuss the issues with many active or former Soviet and American officials. The author concludes that the key development was the advent of a Soviet leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, who recognized the need to cast off a failed world view and to end the cold war—and who successfully moved with the United States, under the Reagan and Bush administrations, and others, to achieve that goal; notwithstanding his failure in the parallel attempt to revitalize and transform the Soviet Union. Selected by Choice as an Outstanding Book of 1994

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0815791445

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The Political Economy of the United Nations Security Council

Money and Influence

By: James Raymond Vreeland,Axel Dreher

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The Political Economy of the United Nations Security Council

Money and Influence

By: James Raymond Vreeland,Axel Dreher

Trades of money for political influence persist at every level of government. Not surprisingly, governments themselves trade money for political support on the international stage. Strange, however, is the tale of this book. For, in this study, legitimacy stands as the central political commodity at stake. The book investigates the ways governments trade money for favors at the United Nations Security Council - the body endowed with the international legal authority to legitimize the use of armed force to maintain or restore peace. With a wealth of quantitative data, the book shows that powerful countries, such as the United States, Japan, and Germany, extend financial favors to the elected members of the Security Council through direct foreign aid and through international organizations, such as the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. In return, developing countries serving on the Security Council must deliver their political support ... or face the consequences.

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Cambridge University Press

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1139952064

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Consolidating Democracy In Poland

By: Raymond Taras

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Consolidating Democracy In Poland

By: Raymond Taras

A comprehensive analysis of politics in a young European democracy, this book describes the principal features of Poland's democratic system-the political institutions, parties, elections, and leaders that have shaped the transition from communism. Raymond Taras examines the complex Walesa phenomenon; the comeback of the communists; and the uneasy

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0429719558

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Hungary

By: Raymond Hill

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Hungary

By: Raymond Hill

Explores the history, daily life, politics, and culture of Hungary, as well as the many challenges facing the country since the decline of communism.

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0816050813

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The Road to Disillusion: From Critical Marxism to Post-communism in Eastern Europe

From Critical Marxism to Post-communism in Eastern Europe

By: Raymond C. Taras

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The Road to Disillusion: From Critical Marxism to Post-communism in Eastern Europe

From Critical Marxism to Post-communism in Eastern Europe

By: Raymond C. Taras

The history of reform movements in postwar Eastern Europe is ultimately ironic, inasmuch as the reformers' successes and defeats alike served to discredit and demoralize the regimes they sought to redeem. The essays in this volume examine the historic and present-day role of the internal critics who, whatever their intentions, used Marxism as critique to demolish Marxism as ideocracy, but did not succeed in replacing it. Included here are essays by James P. Scanlan on the USSR, Ferenc Feher on Hungary, Leslie Holmes on the German Democratic Republic, Raymond Taras on Poland, James Satterwhite on Czechoslovakia, Vladimir Tismaneanu on Romania, Mark Baskin on Bulgaria, and Oskar Gruenwald on Yugoslavia. In concert, the contributors provide a comprehensive intellectual history and a veritable Who's Who of revisionist Marxism in Eastern Europe.

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1317454790

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Democracy In Poland

Second Edition

By: Raymond Taras

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Democracy In Poland

Second Edition

By: Raymond Taras

Ever-changing election rules, a highly fluid party system, a constitution considered illegitimate by more than one major political actor, polarized political elites, and a system of corruption that has grown up together with the young democracy itself -these characterize contemporary Polish politics. At the same time Poland is frequently identified as the most successful example of a transition from communism to capitalism, having led this series of world-changing transitions. It has distanced itself from a turbulent history as pawn in Eastern Europe's international politics to become a leading candidate for membership in the exclusive European Union club. As Polish democratic politics evolves it is taking unexpected forms and producing equally unexpected results. Through a comprehensive analysis of politics in this young European democracy, Marjorie Castle and Ray Taras explain the complexity and uncertainty of political processes and outcomes in Poland. Poland'spast -the flawed Second Republic established after World War I, as well as the imperfect independence in the Soviet shadow following World War II's devastation - dramatizes the unique historic opportunity it was given in 1989 to determine its own political future and perhaps eventually become a major European power. Choices made in 1989 and thereafter would not only construct a new democracy but shape and limit its possibilities. The primary focus here is on contemporary politics: what the fundamental political cleavages are, whether parties adequately represent popular interests, who the political elites are and what games they play, whatinfluence the Catholic Church still holds in an aspiring Western-style secular republic, and what policy challenges face Poland in the future. Inimitable political leaders, changing political arenas, and complexpolicy-making processes come to life through a fascinating narrative characterized by an insider's insight.

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0429980671

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Ennuey

A Story of Love, Politics, and Murder

By: Raymond H. Osbrink

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Ennuey

A Story of Love, Politics, and Murder

By: Raymond H. Osbrink

Ennuey by Raymond H. Osbrink Something is rotten in the city of St. Petersburg. When Harvard professor Dr. Ernest Ennuey arrives in Russia for an international Entomology Conference, he and the beautiful Dr. Yawn Yarkowsky find themselves embroiled in an Agatha Christie murder mystery involving poisonous spiders, an unscrupulous munitions company, Ukrainian separatists, and a gang of Igors. Sprinkled with a slew of allusions to contemporary politics, soda shop charm, and international intrigue, Ennuey is a classic farcical mystery with a modern twist. As the bodies keep dropping in Russia and Boston, can Ennuey and pals answer the question “Whodunit?”

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1480934844

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