D'autres livres qui pourraient vous intéresser

• 

  The School and Society and The...

  John Dewey, Philip W. Jackson

  • 0
  • 0
  • 0

  This edition brings Dewey’s educational theory into sharp focus, framing his two classic works by frank assessments, past and present, of the practical applications of Dewey’s ideas. In addition to a substantial introduction in which Philip W. Jackson explains why more of Dewey’s ideas haven’t been put into practice, this edition restores a “lost” chapter, dropped from the book by Dewey in 1915.

  Voir livre

• 

  Beyond Her Yes - Reimagining...

  Marisol Maldonado Rodriguez

  • 0
  • 0
  • 0

  Much pro-life ministry is focused on encouraging women to say yes to life rather than terminate their pregnancies. But what happens after that decision has been made? Who will provide that mother, who likely considered abortion because she could not see how she could afford to have a child, with the long-term emotional support, education, and guidance that will help her out of poverty? 
   
   
   
  Economics and abortion are intrinsically linked, and if pro-life ministry is to make a real difference in the lives of women and families, it must expand its perspective beyond that initial yes in order to address the underlying problem of generational poverty. In Beyond Her Yes, cofounder of RENEW Life Center Marisol Maldonado Rodriguez helps you understand the full impact that poverty has on women making life decisions and then shows how a comprehensive approach to pro-life ministries can make a far greater impact. 
   
   
   
  Saving the lives of the not-yet-born is just the first step. Discover how you can be part of saving entire families from a life of hardship and hard choices.

  Voir livre

• 

  Black Slaves Indian Masters -...

  Barbara Krauthamer

  • 0
  • 0
  • 0

  From the late eighteenth century through the end of the Civil War, Choctaw and Chickasaw Indians bought, sold, and owned Africans and African Americans as slaves, a fact that persisted after the tribes' removal from the Deep South to Indian Territory. The tribes formulated racial and gender ideologies that justified this practice and marginalized free black people in the Indian nations well after the Civil War and slavery had ended. Through the end of the nineteenth century, ongoing conflicts among Choctaw, Chickasaw, and U.S. lawmakers left untold numbers of former slaves and their descendants in the two Indian nations without citizenship in either the Indian nations or the United States. In this groundbreaking study, Barbara Krauthamer rewrites the history of southern slavery, emancipation, race, and citizenship to reveal the centrality of Native American slaveholders and the black people they enslaved. 
   
   
   
  Krauthamer's examination of slavery and emancipation highlights the ways Indian women's gender roles changed with the arrival of slavery and changed again after emancipation and reveals complex dynamics of race that shaped the lives of black people and Indians both before and after removal.

  Voir livre

• 

  Dismistifying the Subtle Art of...

  MAX EDITORIAL

  • 0
  • 0
  • 0

  Description of the goal of the e-book: present a critical and alternative approach in relation to Manson's book, seeking to stimulate further reflection on the topic and offer new perspectives to readers.The book "The Subtle Art of Liging the F*dse" by Mark Manson has become a great sales success, presenting a unique and unusable approach to achieving a better life. With his irreverent and stripped style, Manson proposes a strategy that involves basically failing to care about things that aren't worth it and focus on the important stuff.However, although it has won many readers and fans, Manson's approach has been the subject of criticism for being simplistic and shallow in some respects. It is rightly with the aim of presenting a critical and alternative vision in relation to Manson's book that this e-book was created.Over the next few pages, we will present a detailed analysis of each of the main points of Manson's approach, looking to show its limitations and flaws, as well as present new perspectives and more complete approaches to a better life.Our goal is not to undeserving Manson's oeuvre, but rather to stimulate further reflection on the topic, offering readers a more critical and comprehensive view on how to live a more full and satisfying life. We hope that this e-book will be a valuable source of insights and reflections for all those who wish to achieve a better life, in a more healthy, realistic and complete way.

  Voir livre

• 

  aka bpNichol - A Preliminary...

  Frank Davey

  • 0
  • 1
  • 0

  Reflecting on the career of a prominent poet, this biography focuses on Canadian wordsmith Barrie Nichol — more commonly known by his pen name, bpNichol — who was a practicing lay psychoanalyst and vice president of one the largest and long-lasting North American communes for more than a decade. Recognizing his international influence as both a visual and sound poet, Nichol's literary achievements are reviewed, including The Martyrology, a renowned, seven-volume poem, four novels, two musical comedies, six children's books, hundreds of hand-drawn visual poems, and even 10 episodes of Jim Henson's hit television series Fraggle Rock. Penned by one of Nichol's numerous literary collaborators, this account reveals the close connections among the writer's various activities, particularly how the autobiographical inquiries and Freudian dream theory linked with the young poet's biographical self-awareness. The book demonstrates how the Subject's main psychoanalytic client was his own writing, following Nichol as he explored its slips, accidental puns, and unintended meanings and implications for the communal future of the human species, both in high literature and comical prime time television.

  Voir livre

• 

  Reagan-Mondale Debate 1

  Ronald Reagan, Walter Mondale

  • 0
  • 0
  • 0

  The first of two debates between President Ronald Reagan and former Vice President Walter F. Mondale was held in Louisville, Kentucky on October 7, 1984. Barbara Walters was the debate moderator. James Weigart, Diane Sawyer, and Fred Barnes were the three panelists who asked questions. 
  This first debate was on the economy and domestic issues. Questions focused on the following topics: the nation’s economy, leadership qualities, religion, political issues, abortion, federal taxation, social welfare programs, the presidential campaign, and closing statements. Reagan won a landslide victory in 1984 winning every state except Minnesota and the District of Columbia. 
  Note: 43 seconds of the audio (part of Barbara Walter’s introduction) was garbled. The section from 57 seconds to 1 minute 40 seconds was omitted. This omitted section can be seen and heard in the text and video versions at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library. Search online for “Ronald Reagan major speeches” to see both a text version and a video version of this debate.  
  Audio recording courtesy of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library. 
  aspenleafmedia.com

  Voir livre