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Mark Twain is America's-perhaps the world's-best known humorous writer. Yet many commentators in his time and our own have thought of humor as merely an attractive surface feature rather than a crucial part of both the meaning and the structure of Twain's writings. This book begins with a discussion of humor, and then demonstrates how Twain's artistic strategies, his remarkable achievements, and even his philosophy were bound together in his c...

A large-format illustrated storybook offering moral-free fables about real emotion. With delicate full-colour illustrations that put the reader into the heart of the forest. Ages: 9+

This book uses a new theoretical framework to explain when civil wars become protracted. It focuses on how individuals evaluate their prospects under a peace settlement and shows how fears of future security can make war seem like the safest option, providing new insights on how intergroup interactions and reputation influence civil war processes.

In Recovering Christian Realism, H. David Baer interprets just war theory as political ethic concerned with the moral administration of power. He argues that contemporary just war theorists, by debating the finer points of individual criteria, have lost sight of the theory of politics that gives rise to just war thinking in the first place. Baer attempts to relocate just war theory within the tradition of Christian realism in order to develop ...

Pyong Gap Min and Samuel Noh compile a comprehensive examination of 1.5- and second-generation Korean experiences in the United States and Canada with contributor chapters focusing on important topics related to younger-generation Koreans. The volume provides insight for studies of minorities, migration, ethnicity and race, and identity formation.

The education system is dealing with a concerted effort at making it more accountable and transparent. Whereas measurement of a quality education used to focus on inputs such as money spent, the new measurement is focused on student outcomes such as learning success determined by large-scale standardized tests. This change in perspective assesses personnel and system performance using empirical data rather than perceptual information. Transpar...

Change is the most significant factor of contemporary society and humanity s past

In recent years certain leading figures in the world of economics have called the usefulness of general equilibrium theory into question. This book brings together leading economic theorists with important contributions to the this debate.

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The Courtauld Gallery houses one of the most significant collections of works on paper in Britain, with approimately 7, 000 drawings and watercolours and 20, 000 prints ranging from the REnaissance to the 20th Century. Accompanying the second Summer Showcase at the Gallery, this book serves as an introduction to the largest but least well-known part of the Gallery's outstanding collection - its holdings of prints. This selection of some thirty...

Rabbi Zeev Karov describes the moments of joy only a father can have on his son's wedding day. Soon after the wedding, his son, Aharon, is called up for duty and leaves to fight for his nation. While fighting, Aharon suffers traumatic injuries from an explosion. Although doctors are sure he will not survive, Aharon defies the odds and overcomes an incredible obstacle. This book is the heartwarming story of an individual who enthusiastically an...

Rabbi Abraham Isaac HaKohen Kook's seminal work on repentance, Oros HaTeshuvah , is recognized as a classic of Jewish thought but has, because of its difficult language and its theological depth, remained inaccessible to many. This book presents readers with the original Hebrew text of Oros HaTeshuvah with a new translation into English, as well as expert commentary in English from Rabbi Moshe Weinberger. Weinberger draws on his extensive know...

Adrianna Bakos uses the changing nature of Louis XI's historical reputation to explore the intellectual and political climate of early modern France, offering new, more complex interpretations of its ideological landscape.

Based on extensive original research, this book explores the early educational experiences of foreign children in Japan. It considers foreign children¿s experiences of Japanese schools, examines the special tutoring such children often receive to improve their language proficiency, and explores the role of mothers in encouraging their children¿s education. It contrasts the experiences of foreign children with those of Japanese children, and se...

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The purpose of this book is to bring glory to God by promoting the Christian values that made America great - values such as biblical masculinity, biblical marriage and biblical family life, the God-honoring values that are directly under open and vile attack, to influence a generation of American men to live God-honoring lives worthy of the calling and appellation of "Christian, " to demonstrate the importance of male servant leadership in th...

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