1132 Ergebnisse - Zeige 1081 von 1100.

The cultural history of the region emerges through a series of thematic chapters that treat settlement, economy, crafts, exchange and foreign contact, and religion and burial customs are all discussed in this book.

Alternative account of the development of one of the greatest states of the twentieth century.

L'enigma, il gioco, il rompicapo hanno da sempre intrattenuto un rapporto intrigante e privilegiato con la lingua e la letteratura, ed infatti si ritrovano nel corso del tempo e nelle diverse nazioni e culture numerosi ed affascinanti esempi di contiguità e contaminazione reciproca. Questo volume contiene, pur con qualche aggiunta, gran parte dei lavori presentati nel convegno Il gioco, l'enigma, l'inganno nella linguistica e nella pratica let...

Inquiry-based learning (IBL) is a learner-centered and active learning environment where deep learning is cultivated by a process of inquiry owned by the learner. IBL has its roots in a constructivist educational philosophy and it is oriented around at least three components: 1) exploration and discovery (e.g. problem-based learning, open meaning-making), 2) authentic investigations using contextualized learning (e.g. field studies, case studi...

A friendly beaver seeks wood to build a strong dam. A grouchy bird resting soundly in his home is awakened by the gnawing of two large 'fangs'. What happens when two mammals in the deep woods cross paths and cannot find the means to get along? - A lesson in sharing, making a friend and helping one another when things go all wrong. Furry Weather and a Storm of Feathers teaches children about friendship, the consequences of bullying, and the im...

Alliance has been a railroad center ever since the Burlington Railroad established the city in 1888 while pushing tracks into the vast, open regions of Nebraska, South Dakota, Wyoming, Colorado, and Montana. As a hub for trains carrying a variety of agricultural and mining products to market, Alliance became headquarters in 1902 for the large and geographically diverse area of Burlington train operations called the Alliance Division. For 86 ye...

Cabot Yerxa's discovery of natural hot and cold mineral water in 1914 was the impetus for the establishment of Desert Hot Springs. His eccentric pueblo-style home, which is listed in the National Register of Historic Places, is a unique tourist attraction. L.W. Coffee also recognized the value of the hot water, so he drilled wells and opened his famous bathhouse in 1941. The development of more than 200 spas followed. Angel View Children's Hos...

In 1801, the first settlers to the Pulaski and Richland area arrived on the eastern shores of Lake Ontario. These communities were shaped by notable personalities, including early residents Nathan Tuttle, Benjamin Winch, and the Mathewson family, tavern owner Pliny Jones, store owner Capt. John Meacham, businessman Charles Tollner, banker Robert Ingersoll, and philanthropist John Ben Snow. They built businesses and industries, shops and homes,...

Keine Beschreibung.

Sonia Ben Ouagrham-Gormley shows that bioweapons development is a difficult, protracted, and expensive endeavor, rarely achieving the expected results whatever the magnitude of investment.

In 1962, the Frazar brothers purchased 1, 648 acres of land, which included a 40-acre lake, in San Diego's North County with the goal of building a lakeside community of homes and two golf courses. By 1964, the lake was enlarged to 80 acres and the land was reshaped to accommodate 1, 500 homes (eventually growing to over 2, 500 homes), two golf courses, one a private country club and the other a public course, and a bridge across the lake. A m...

In 1984, the White Mountain communities of Pinetop and Lakeside in east-central Arizona undertook a "marriage of convenience" and incorporated. Historically, they could not be more different. Like rival sisters, one was pious and churchgoing while the other was wayward and fun loving. But in the best of American traditions, they formed a town government to provide services for their combined residents. Pinetop-Lakeside's history is as rough-an...

During the early 1960s, local leaders in western and northwestern North Carolina were dedicated to developing winter recreational opportunities in the mountains. North Carolina's ski industry dates back to the winter of 1961-1962, when the Cataloochee resort in Maggie Valley developed the first ski slope in the state. Once thought impossible to make snow south of the Mason-Dixon Line, technological innovations in snowmaking allowed several oth...

Al-cArabiyya is the annual journal of the American Association of Teachers of Arabic and serves scholars in the United States and abroad. Al-cArabiyya includes scholarly articles and reviews that advance the study, research, and teaching of Arabic language, linguistics, literature, and pedagogy.

This book explores the potential impact of online video game involvement on social competence outcomes, theoretically and empirically.

Formulated around a number of key thematic concerns, this reassessment of contemporary Spanish cinema from 1992 to 2012 brings leading academics into dialogue with critically and commercially successful practitioners to suggest the need to redefine the parameters of one of the world's most creative national cinemas.

Most people know little about the Hebrew Bible. They know what they were taught in grade school and perhaps what they hear in sermons. But sermons are designed to teach moral lessons, not disclose the Bible's true meaning. In this book, Dr. Israel Drazin, a noted Bible scholar, reveals insights from the Bible that many readers will consider unusual, ideas from both traditional and non-traditional scholars and the author's own views. He discuss...

Methods for the Ethnography of Communication is a guide to conducting ethnographic research in classroom and community settings that introduces students to the field of ethnography of communication, and takes them through the recursive and nonlinear cycle of ethnographic research. Drawing on the mnemonic that Hymes used to develop the Ethnography of SPEAKING, the authors introduce the innovative CULTURES framework to provide a helpful structur...

Uncle Rocky visits his nephews, Ben and Luke, for supper. While Rocky fills up on his sister's good food, the family fills up on fire safety tips. - - Called "Good Books for Young Boys" Uncle Rocky, Fireman is a series of children's illustrated story books about the adventures of a firefighter and his two nephews. Apart or together they fight fires, rescue people, and help neighbors. The stories are free of bad behavior and the characters are ...

Uncle Rocky visits his nephews, Ben and Luke, for supper. While Rocky fills up on his sister's good food, the family fills up on fire safety tips. - - Called "Good Books for Young Boys" Uncle Rocky, Fireman is a series of children's illustrated story books about the adventures of a firefighter and his two nephews. Apart or together they fight fires, rescue people, and help neighbors. The stories are free of bad behavior and the characters are ...