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In this groundbreaking volume, scholars from Europe and the United States come together to ask what Americans can learn from other countries experience with publicly funded educational choice.

Here is THE way to see Los Angeless rich architectural heritage! L.A. is a driving city, best seen from the car. Tour guide, author, and architectural historian Laura Massino Smith directs you on an unforgettable ride to uncover the citys exciting cultural past. You can efficiently visit dozens of L.A.s architectural marvels in a short amount of time. Maps and explicit driving directions help you navigate roads, while detailed descriptions of ...

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Explores the debate over what rights gay individuals should have, including marriage, protection from institutionalized discrimination and military policy.

Truth is stranger than fiction, " people say. Longtime journalist Nancie Hudson thinks that truth is funnier than fiction. She's interviewed hundreds of people during her career, and in Truth is Funnier Than Fiction, she shares the funniest true stories people have told her. This delightful collection of humorous essays and true stories explores the hilarious things that happen to real people in everyday life. The funniest things happen when y...

The Crusades of the Middle Ages were fought by "Latin" Christians against peoples who they believed were threatening the existence of their Christian faith. Some of these campaigns were against Muslims, some were against other Christians, and some were against pagans. Topically oriented chapters backed up by biographies, primary documents, maps, and illustrations make this an ideal introductory reference resource to this pivotal period in Euro...

How did one of the great inventions of the 19th century-- Thomas Edison's phonograph--eventually lead to one of the most culturally and economically significant technologies of the 20th and 21st centuries? Sound Recording tells that story, tracing the history of the business boom and the cultural revolution begun by Edison's invention. Ever since, recorded sound has been all around us-- not just in reproducing and playing popular music, but al...

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You Won't Believe My Mother-In-Law, A Guide To the Milish Culture (Part 1) takes a humorous, pseudo-anthropological look at one of the oldest cultures on the planet: the mother-in-law culture, otherwise known as Milish. She is a one of the world's most widespread of naturally occurring phenomena, yet society has provided little explanation for her - until now. She lives deep within every woman. She starts growing within human females from the ...

The popularity of the circus in the United States reached its zenith in the early 1900s, as the century progressed, the circus gradually came to reflect traditional American values. Observing the growing conservatism of the circus during this period, Robert Penn Warren and other authors of the Southern Renaissance found it complemented their representations of both the mythic Old South and the cultural stagnation resulting from allegiance to i...

In the courtroom and the classroom, in popular media, public policy, and scholarly pursuits, the Holocaust-its origins, its nature, and its implications-remains very much a matter of interest, debate, and controversy. Arriving at a time when a new generation must come to terms with the legacy of the Holocaust or forever lose the benefit of its historical, social, and moral lessons, this volume offers a richly varied, deeply informed perspectiv...

For a long time now, religion in the West has been polarized between a democratic kind of faith meant for simple believers, and divine mysteries so high that hardly anyone can claim to know much about them. The vital connecting link between them, that of metaphysical religion, is all but lost..." (From the Introduction.) There are many books that seek to answer the fundamental questions of life: Who am I? Does life have a purpose? How ...

This second book in the 4 book Children's Book Corner set provides a complete program for those starting a read aloud program at home, in their classroom or in a school or public library. This volume focuses on read-alouds for children in grades 1 and 2.

Dostoevskys highest and most permanent achievement as a novelist lies in his exploration of mans religious complex, his world and his fate. His primary vision is to be found in his last five novels: Crime and Punishment, The Idiot, The Devils, A Raw Youth, and The Brothers Karamaov. This volume culminates twenty years of studying, teaching, and writing on Dostoevsky. Panichas critically analyes the religious themes and meanings of the authors ...

In the past thirty years, Congress has dramatically changed its response to unpopular deficit spending. While the landmark Congressional Budget Act of 1974 tried to increase congressional budgeting powers, new budget processes created in the 1980s and 1990s were all explicitly designed to weaken member, majority, and institutional budgeting prerogatives. These later reforms shared the premise that Congress cannot naturally forge balanced budge...

From the development of radio to the cloning of Dolly the sheep, science influenced many of the most important events of the twentieth century. Understanding the science is essential to understanding this history--but where to get started? This handy reference source provides students, parents, and teachers with the tools needed to understand how the concepts and principles from biology, chemistry, physics, and earth science affected social, c...

For monetary policymakers worldwide, developing a practical understanding of how monetary policy transmits to the economy is a day-to-day challenge. The data such policymakers have is imperfect, the maps they use are continually redrawn. With such uncertainty, understanding this complicated issue is rarely straightforward. This book, a collaboration between some of the finest minds working on monetary theory in the world, helps to provide a fo...