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Japan, 1745, is a land under the iron grip of the Tokugawa shoguns. Roads are monitored, dissent stifled, and order maintained through blackmail and an extensive network of informers. Amid rumors of rebellion, Kurosawa Kinko- samurai and monk- is expelled in disgrace as the head music instructor of his Zen temple in Nagasaki. He begins an odyssey across Japan, dogged by agents and assassins from an unknown foe. Along his journey, Kinko encount...

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The book argues that the proper aim of civic education in schools is to shore up liberal democracy, shows how discussion can be the main dish, not a side dish, of classroom instruction, shows how classroom discussion develops voice, defined as the freedom to make and express un-coerced decisions, and disciplinary knowledge, defined as the knowledge that results from a public process of error-seeking, contestation, and validation, argues that s...

The book argues that the proper aim of civic education in schools is to shore up liberal democracy, shows how discussion can be the main dish, not a side dish, of classroom instruction, shows how classroom discussion develops voice, defined as the freedom to make and express un-coerced decisions, and disciplinary knowledge, defined as the knowledge that results from a public process of error-seeking, contestation, and validation, argues that s...

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This book covers a constructive approach to modeling analog neuromorphic circuits with CMOS and nano transistors, focusing on the BioRC project at the University of Southern California.

When a sudden, catastrophic event occurs, where do you turn for help? Who is able to fix all the broken bodies, the psychological trauma, the emotional damage? Who's big enough to fix a marriage, fear, guilt, and shame, not to mention a huge medical debt?When Anita loaded their four children into the van that afternoon, she had no way to know that her world was going to drastically change. When she pulled out from behind the semi-truck in fron...

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Excerpt from The Story of Shelagh, Olaf Cuaran's Daughter: A Saga of the Northmen in Cumberland in the Tenth CenturyNow his men came back to King Harald, bringing him the words of the girl, and, said they, she was so bold and heedless that she well deserved the king should put her to some disgrace. Then answered the king, This maid hath not done or spoken so much amiss that she should be punished, but the rather should she be thanked for her w...

Excerpt from The Gosforth District, Its Antiquities and Places of InterestThis volume will not be his only monument, but as it may come into the hands of readers at a distance, and perhaps at a time when memories now fresh are beginning to fade, I should like to add a few words about the personality of the author and his work in connexion with these antiquities which he has described.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of tho...

Excerpt from The Gosforth District, Its Antiquities and Places of InterestThis volume will not be his only monument, but as it may come into the hands of readers at a distance, and perhaps at a time when memories now fresh are beginning to fade, I should like to add a few words about the personality of the author and his work in connexion with these antiquities which he has described.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of tho...

The main goal of this Monograph is to understand parents' beliefs about the role of emotions in the family and how cultural or ethnic background may influence those beliefs. Implications of parental beliefs for emotion socialization theory and future research, as well as limitations, are discussed.

In "Teaching Democracy, Walter Parker makes a unique and thoughtful contribution to the hot debate between proponents of multicultural education and those who favor a cultural literacy approach. Parker conclusively demonstrates that educating for democratic citizenship in a multicultural society includes a fundamental respect for diversity.

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Excerpt from The Story of Shelagh, Olaf Cuaran's Daughter: A Saga of the Northmen in Cumberland in the Tenth Century On the stone monuments, weapons, ornaments, and other articles belonging to our Norse ancestors, inscriptions in Runic characters have frequently been found, which prove that the art of writing was not unknown. Runes, derived from some earlier alphabet, which is still a subject of controversy, were formerly a puzzle, but are no...

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From the rise of the Nazi party, through the bombing of Pearl Harbor, to the ultimate defeat of the Axis nations and the first chills of the Cold War, The Second World War: A Short History offers a completely comprehensive overview of the Second World War in one readable, compact volume.Alastair Parker deftly explores the causes of the war and why it lasted so long, how it was won and lost, and its consequences for humanity. The author traces ...