Telling the story of the White Sox, this book recounts the adventures of "the Hitless Wonders" who stole the pennant in 1906 with a team batting average of only .228.
The growth of what some academics refer to as 'the policy analysis movement' represents an effort to reform certain aspects of government behaviour. The policy analysis movement is the result of efforts made by actors inside and outside formal political decision-making processes to improve policy outcomes by applying systematic evaluative rationality to the development and implementation of policy options. This volume offers a comprehensive ov...
As recently seen by the Kitzmiller vs. Dover case, the evolution versus creation debate never goes away. The best way to understand these debates is to read the arguments of the individuals involved. This reference work provides over 40 of the most important documents to help readers understand the debate in the eyes of the people of the time. Each document is from a major participant in the debates - from the predecessors of Darwin to the jud...
Environmentalists often predict an Apocalypse is coming. The earth will heat up like a greenhouse. We will run out of energy. Overpopulation will lead to starvation and war. This book begins by asking whether planning is different for dangers that are truly apocalyptic, ones that could end life on the planet or at least modern economic prosperity.
Reveals the ways in which the news media affect American political actions and policies, from the timing of going to war to the fortunes of presidential campaigns.
A unique look at rock n' roll lyrics that are adept at highlighting and explaining psychological issues, especially those so common to all of us -- including falling in love, losing love, the value of friendships, nature of depression and the search for meaning in life.
From tall tales, trickster tales, and noodlehead stories to hoaxes, urban legends, riddles and songs-here are more than 70 stories from around the world and across the centuries that you can pull out of your story bag at a moment's notice-to read aloud or re-tell before, between and after daily activities,
What would a truly democratic, functional, and educationally productive system look like? How did we arrive at our current system? How can an informed public work to reshape the system equitably? How can educators partner with their broader communities? In this provocative book, renowned expert Evans Clinchy shows how we can revitalize American public education and build a new system that will serve all children, rich and poor, foreign or nati...
The Catholic Church has cared for the sick and dying of the world as an extension of the healing ministry of Jesus. This book is collection of contemporary essays that represent the efforts of Catholic scholarship in the field of health care and medical ethics. It addresses topics such as artificial reproduction, contraception, abortion, and more.
The Wind River Experimental Forest has been called the cradle of forestry in the Pacific Northwest. Located in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest in southwest Washington, the forest is a nexus of groundbreaking discoveries in forest genetics and ecology, and is one of more than seventyfive Forest Service landscapes across the U.S. devoted to forest and range research. Forest of Time follows one hundred years of forest science at Wind River, a...
The Great Rebellion claimed tens of thousands of lives and traumatized imperial psyches for decades. This work delves into the fractious relations between Indian communities and their clergy and the role that such tensions played as a major causal factor in the rebellion.
ContentsTools and Scripts for Cursing in Early Modern and Medieval Ireland
"Lisa M. Bitel"MONVMENTA ROMAE": An Alternative Title-Page for the Duke of Sessa's Personal Copy of the "SPECULUM ROMANAE MAGNIFICENTIAE"
"Louis Cellauro"The Battle of Zama after Giulio Romano: Part II
Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus: A Renaissance "exemplum virtutis"
"Elfriede R. Knauer"The Woman from Frosinone: Honorific Portrait Statues of Roman Imperial Women
"Mo...
Originally published in English as White-Tailed Deer Habitat: Ecology and Management on Rangelands (Texas A&M, University Press, 2005), this Spanish-language edition brings a valuable management tool to a new reading audience. Unlike other books on white-tailed deer in places where rainfall is relatively high and the environment stable, this book takes an ecological approach to deer management in the semiarid lands of Oklahoma, Texas, and nort...
Interweaving written documents, oral interviews, and images, this book presents a picture of Galveston's alleys and alley life from the founding of the city into the twenty-first century. It blends a combination of research, photography, and the voices of those who have lived and those who live along the alleys.
Students of democratic theory have watched the dramatic transformation of Eastern Europe from communism to various forms of democracy. With a blend of theory and empirical analysis, this work offers insight into the processes, challenges, and accomplishments of this area.
In exploring pioneering works of digital poetry, Funkhouser demonstrates how technological constraints that would seemingly limit the aesthetics of poetry have instead extended and enriched poetic discourse. As a history of early digital poetry and a record of an era that has passed, this study aspires both to influence poets working today and to highlight what the future of digital poetry may hold.
