Author: Publisher:
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Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 564
Book Description
Turning Points
Author: Max L. ChristensenPublisher: Westminster John Knox Press
ISBN: 9780664253578
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
Great movements have leaders and leaders have moments when commitments are made, when new attitudes are formed, when new directions are chosen, and when distant visions are transformed into realities. This inspirational book examines some of these important times--occasions when notable people, during moments of crisis and insight, found the grace and strength to change our world for the better, forever.
Sunset
Author: Publishers Weekly
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ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1786
Book Description
The Journal of the New York State Teachers' Association
Author: Whistlestop
Author: John DickersonPublisher: Twelve
ISBN: 1455540463
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
From Face the Nation moderator and contributing editor for The Atlantic John Dickerson come the stories behind the stories of the most memorable moments in American presidential campaign history. The stakes are high. The characters full of striving and ego. Presidential campaigns are a contest for control of power in the most powerful country on earth. The battle of ideas has a clear end, with winners and losers, and along the way there are sharp turning points-primaries, debates, conventions, and scandals that squeeze candidates into emergency action, frantic grasping, and heroic gambles. As Mike Murphy the political strategist put it, "Campaigns are like war without bullets." Whistlestop tells the human story of nervous gambits hatched in first-floor hotel rooms, failures of will before the microphone, and the cross-country crack-ups of long-planned stratagems. At the bar at the end of a campaign day, these are the stories reporters rehash for themselves and embellish for newcomers. In addition to the familiar tales, Whistlestop also remembers the forgotten stories about the bruising and reckless campaigns of the nineteenth century when the combatants believed the consequences included the fate of the republic itself. Some of the most modern-feeling elements of the American presidential campaign were born before the roads were paved and electric lights lit the convention halls-or there were convention halls at all. Whistlestop is a ride through the American campaign history with one of its most enthusiastic conductors guiding you through the landmarks along the way.
The Heart of the Curriculum
Author: E. Ehrlich SmithPublisher:
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Category : Books and reading
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
This book offers a brief historical sketch of the development of the elementary school curriculum, a defense of reading as a subject not to be confined to the mastery of skills, and specific constructive suggestions for the improvement of both reading instruction and the curriculum as a whole. For those elementary school pupils who will never enter college, the general curriculum--and the reading curriculum especially--must be revised with the aim of preparing these pupils for full, effective participation in American democratic society. To that end, the reading selections included herein are taken from actual classroom practice, with examples of how to direct the reading of literature, and a selection of materials on the subjects of geography, history, and civics.
Musical Messenger
Author: The Publishers Weekly
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ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1104
Book Description
Proceedings of the Annual Meeting
Author: Pennsylvania Shorthand Reporters' AssociationPublisher:
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Category : Law reporting
Languages : en
Pages : 494
Book Description
Conversational Sign Language II
Author: Willard J. MadsenPublisher: Gallaudet University Press
ISBN: 9780913580004
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
For use in instruction of sign language beyond basic course.